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Monday, July 2nd, 2012
How Can Romania Meet European Requirements in the Field of Energy?
Abstract
The Romanian energy market suffers from structural flaws, which pre-date the beginning of liberalization. Although the restructuring process by breaking-up vertical monopolies (damaging for competition and for competitiveness at the same time) started off relatively early - 1998 for electricity, 2000 for gas, uncompetitive commercial practices and damaging administrative decisions...
