Brussels / Strasbourg, 26 March 2019 | Europex, the Association of European Energy Exchanges, welcomes today’s adoption of the four remaining files of the Clean Energy for All Europeans package by the plenary of the European Parliament. These concern the recast Electricity Regulation and Directive, the Regulation on risk-preparedness in the electricity sector and the recast ACER Regulation. This new framework represents significant progress towards the further integration of the EU Internal Energy Market. In the following, we would like to highlight four major improvements: 1. A strengthened role for electricity wholesale markets, based on the principle of free price
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Europex feedback at intermediate stage of Commission study on sector coupling
Brussels, 20 March 2019 | Europex, the Association of European Energy Exchanges, welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback at this intermediate stage of the Commission study on “Potentials of sector coupling for decarbonisation – Assessing regulatory barriers in linking the gas and electricity sectors in the EU”. A cross-sectoral approach, including electricity and gas both conventional and renewable, is necessary in order to develop more system flexibility, to free up unused cross-sectoral potential and to increase the coordination and competitiveness between the gas and electricity sectors. Developing and enhancing this potential is a pre-condition for successfully implementing the energy transition
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Europex response to the BMF consultation on MiFID II experiences
Brussels, 15 March 2019 | Europex, the Association of European Energy Exchanges, welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the present consultation on MiFID II / MiFIR experiences1. In the following, we would like to share our concerns on three main aspects: 1) pre-trade transparency requirements for commodity derivatives, 2) position limits for commodity derivatives and 3) the scope of the hedging exemption in relation to the previous two points. 1) Pre-trade transparency requirements for commodity derivatives (MiFIR, Arts. 8 & 9) Europex members have long argued that the MiFIR pre-trade transparency regime in its present form is not fit for purpose
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