2007/394/EC: Commission Decision of 7 June 2007 amending Council Directive 90/377/EEC with regard to the methodology to be applied for the collection of gas and electricity prices charged to industrial end-users   (Text with EEA relevance)

9.6.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 148/11
COMMISSION DECISION
of 7 June 2007
amending Council Directive 90/377/EEC with regard to the methodology to be applied for the collection of gas and electricity prices charged to industrial end-users
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2007/394/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/377/EEC concerning a Community procedure to improve the transparency of gas and electricity prices charged to industrial end-users (1), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Directive 90/377/EEC sets out details concerning the form, content and all other features of the information to be provided by undertakings which supply gas or electricity to industrial end-users.
(2) The methodology used to collect price information needs to be kept up to date to reflect the reality of competitive markets for electricity and gas developed under Directive 2003/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2003 concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity and repealing Directive 96/92/EC (2) and Directive 2003/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2003 concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas and repealing Directive 98/30/EC (3), including the fact that several suppliers are now active in each market.
(3) Directive 90/377/EEC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee referred to in Article 7 of Directive 90/377/EEC,