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Balgarska energiyna borsa AD (BEB) v Komisia za energiyno i vodno regulirane (KEVR) (C-347/16)
Consideration of the questions referred
Question 4
46

Balgarska energiyna borsa AD (BEB) v Komisia za energiyno i vodno regulirane (KEVR) (C-347/16)

Judgment of 26 Oct 2017law://eu/cjeu/2016/c-347-16/para_46@2026-11-10

46As is apparent from recital 11 of that directive, the unbundling of ownership implies the designation of the network owner as the system operator and its independence from any supply and production interests.

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

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Court: Court of Justice · Fifth Chamber
Case: C-347/16 · ECLI:EU:C:2017:816
Decided: 26 Oct 2017
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Administrativen sad Sofia-grad (Sofia City Administrative Court, Bulgaria)
Applicant: Balgarska energiyna borsa AD (BEB)
Defendant: Komisia za energiyno i vodno regulirane (KEVR)
Rapporteur: J.L. da Cruz Vilaça
Advocate General: N. Wahl
Bench: 5 judges
J.L. da Cruz Vilaça, E. Levits, A. Borg Barthet, M. Berger, F. Biltgen
Language: Bulgarian
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62016CJ0347

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Approximation of laws Energy Freedom of establishment Freedom to provide services

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Interprets 4: Directive 2009/72/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity and repealing Directive 2003/54/EC (Text with EEA relevance); Regulation (EU) No 1227/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on wholesale energy market integrity and transparency Text with EEA relevance; Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1222 of 24 July 2015 establishing a guideline on capacity allocation and congestion management (Text with EEA relevance); Regulation (EC) No 714/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on conditions for access to the network for cross-border exchanges in electricity and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003 (Text with EEA relevance)
Cited by 7: Confederazione Generale Italiana dei Trasporti e della Logistica (Confetra) and Others v Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni and Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico (C-259/16); Romaqua Group SA v Societatea Națională Apele Minerale and Agenția Națională pentru Resurse Minerale (C-510/22); Bursa Română de Mărfuri SA v Autoritatea Naţională de Reglementare în domeniul Energiei i (ANRE) (C-394/21); Latvijas Gāze' AS (C-290/20); European Commission v Federal Republic of Germany (C-718/18); European Commission v Kingdom of Belgium (C-767/19)2 provisions; „Elektrorazpredelenie Yug“ EAD v Komisia za energiyno i vodno regulirane (KEVR) (C-31/18)
Cites 17: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)4 provisions; Treaty on European Union (consolidated 2016); Directive 2009/72/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity and repealing Directive 2003/54/EC (Text with EEA relevance); Microsoft Mobile Sales International Oy and Others v Ministero per i beni e le attività culturali (MiBAC) and Others (C-110/15); Criminal proceedings against Atanas Ognyanov (C-614/14); Davide Gullotta and Farmacia di Gullotta Davide & C. Sas v Ministero della Salute and Azienda Sanitaria Provinciale di Catania (C-497/12); Abdoulaye Amadou Tall v Centre public d’action sociale de Huy (CPAS de Huy) (C-239/14); Regulation (EC) No 714/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on conditions for access to the network for cross-border exchanges in electricity and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003 (Text with EEA relevance); Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1222 of 24 July 2015 establishing a guideline on capacity allocation and congestion management (Text with EEA relevance); Kostas Konstantinides (C-475/11); Regulation (EU) No 1227/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on wholesale energy market integrity and transparency Text with EEA relevance; Eurosaneamientos SL and Others v ArcelorMittal Zaragoza SA and Francesc de Bolós Pi v Urbaser SA (C-532/15, C-538/15); Daniele Striani and Others v Union européenne des Sociétés de Football Association (UEFA) and Union Royale Belge des Sociétés de Football - Association (URBSFA) (C-299/15); ‘Private Equity Insurance Group’ SIA v ‘Swedbank’ AS (C-156/15); Zentralbetriebsrat der gemeinnützigen Salzburger Landeskliniken Betriebs GmbH v Land Salzburg (C-514/12); Thomas Pringle v Government of Ireland and Others (C-370/12); Nordecon AS and Ramboll Eesti AS v Rahandusministeerium (C-561/12)