In August 2020 the Ministry of Commerce issued the Master Plan for Comprehensively Deepening the Pilot Programme on the Innovative Development of Trade in Services. The plan covers 28 provinces and municipalities directly under the central government, including Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai. The pilot programme, which concerns cross-border data transfer security management, will run for three years.
A new law has amended the conditions for the approval of, and narrowed down the renewable energy source (RES) projects which may be accepted as, investments of strategic interest. Henceforth, only investments of at least €50 million in projects which use technological innovations to produce electricity from an RES and have a common connection point to the grid and investments of at least €100 million in projects with a common connection point to the grid may be approved as strategic investments.
The Market Court of the Brussels Court of Appeal recently ruled in a case involving a Belgian telecoms operator, which had been ongoing for more than a decade. In this latest judgment, the Market Court ruled on the effects of a dawn raid's illegality and confirmed the two-step test for determining the same.
Introduction
In a recent judgment, the Supreme Court applied Article 56(1)(6) of the Energy Law, clarifying when the Polish regulator (ie, The President of the Energy Regulatory Office) can impose an administrative fine on an energy company.(1) The Supreme Court dealt with a situation where the tariff applied was contrary to the conditions specified therein. The court s verdict is a reminder for energy companies operating in Poland that administrative fines also apply in situations other than when the prices or fee rates are higher than approved.
Facts
On 30 August 2012 the President of the Energy Regulatory Office imposed an administrative fine on energy company PSA amounting to 0.018% of its total revenue in 2011, equating to PLN1.5 million. The administrative body concluded that PSA had applied the relevant tariff contrary to the conditions specified therein in relation to customers in Tariff Group G. The evidence demonstrated that between 2008 and 2011, PSA had applied referen
When it comes to clearing a path in a forest to construct and operate an overhead electrical power line, electricity grid operators face various legal issues. In its recent decision on the 380kV Salzburg line, the Supreme Administrative Court considered whether the permitting requirements of the Forestry Act stipulated for grubbing ups must also be applied to path clearances in an EIA permitting procedure by reason of EU law.