GAS TRADING OBLIGATION AS AN INSTRUMENT OF GAS MARKET LIBERALIZATION
The article describes the effects of the functioning of the trading obligation on competition in the gas market. It also indicates the origin of these obligations, as well as the legal regulation commitments relating specifically to gas (power generators have been under a public trading obligation since 2010).
The article by W&W’s Wojciech Bigaj on gas trading obligations is published in the edited volume “Legal Conditions of Competition in the Gas Market” (ISBN 978-83-255-6723-1), edited by. B. Popowska, prof. E. Kosinski, Dr. P. Lissoni (Poznan University of Adam Mickiewicz), published by CH Beck 2015.
The edited volume is a summary of the discussions held during the National Scientific Conference -“Competition in the Gas Market. Legal Conditions.”, which was held on the 3rd and 4th March 2013 in the Faculty of Law of Poznan University of Adam Mickiewicz. The event was under the honorary patronage of the Minister of Economy, the Minister of the Treasury, the Ministry of Justice, the President of the Energy Regulatory Office, the President of the OCCP, and others. Wojciech Bigaj was a speaker at the Conference and presented a paper entitled, “The Small Energy Tripack as an instrument for the liberalization of the gas market.”