Est. 1min 23-07-2001 (updated: 07-11-2012 ) Euractiv is part of the Trust Project >>> Languages: Français | DeutschPrint Email Facebook X LinkedIn WhatsApp Telegram Competition Commissioner Mario Monti threatens to start an investigation into a German law promoting renewable energy. According to German newspaper Handelsblatt, the Commission wants to initiate a state aid investigation into a piece of German legislation which is one of the cornerstones of the SPD-Greens coalition. The Commission’s competition DG takes issue with the fact that state-owned electricity suppliers will have to buy eco-electricity at high prices. According to Monti’s top lawyers this comes down to the transfer of state funds and is thus illegal subsidisation for the promotion of renewable energy. Read more with Euractiv Commission sets out guidelines for future transport policyThe Commission presented on Wednesday 18 July its political guidelines for the upcoming White Paper on the future common transport policy. The main objectives of the new EU transport policy will be decoupling of economic growth and transport growth and rebalancing the modes of transport. Subscribe now to our newsletter EU Elections Decoded Email Address * Politics Newsletters BackgroundThe German ökostrom (eco-electricity) legislation foresees that private electricity consumers as well as municipal and regional suppliers of the so-called eco-electricity will have to pay a very high minimum price.
