27/01/17
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Author(s): Martijn Brons, Isabel Grilo, Åsa Johannesson Lindén, Fotios Kalantzis, Dimitri Lorenzani, Emmanuelle Maincent, Jerzy Pienkowski, and Andras Rezessy
Market Functioning in Network Industries - Electronic Communications, Energy and Transport
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Network industries, such as electronic communications, energy, and transport, are of vital economic importance because the infrastructure and services that they provide underpin the functioning of modern economies.
To improve the functioning of markets in these essential sectors, the EU has pursued a three-pronged strategy: to introduce competition into economically inefficient monopolistic structures; regulate infrastructure; and transform fragmented national markets into a larger, more efficient, integrated EU market.
The main objective of this report is to provide a comparative assessment of market functioning in EU Member States in the electronic communication, energy, and transport sectors. It assesses Member States’ progress in market opening and competition and highlights potential market distortions that can hinder the proper functioning of these markets
| KC-AH-14-204-EN-N (online) | KC-AH-14-204-EN-C (print) |
| ISBN 978-92-79-38820-0 (online) | ISBN 978-92-79-38821-7 (print) |
| doi: 10.2765/8537 (online) | doi: 10.2765/85397 (print) |
Occasional Papers are written by the staff of the Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs, or by experts working in association with them. The Papers are intended to increase awareness of the technical work being done by staff and cover a wide spectrum of subjects. Views expressed in unofficial documents do not necessarily reflect the official views of the European Commission.
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