Operating environment for distribution companies in Europe competitiveness through better regulation

One important new role of distribution companies is to facilitate and promote the functioning and the development of the internal market. The opening up of the markets to all non-domestic consumers from July 2004 and to all consumers in July 2007 requires a series of measures (procedures and methods) to be put in place in order to enable new operators, the drivers of competition, to enter the market and to supply the new eligible customers.