EU Energy Solidarity as a Way of Implementing Just Transition in Energy Policy

• Authors: Robert Zajdler

Abstracts

FR

Le principe de solidarité énergétique de l’UE, régi par l’article 194 du traité de Lisbonne, a donné une nouvelle dimension aux développements du secteur de l’énergie. Initialement, il était considéré comme un concept abstrait, purement politique, sans signification normative particulière. Cependant, l’arrêt de la CJUE dans l’affaire OPAL a fait de la solidarité énergétique un principe du droit de l’UE, découlant, entre autres, du principe de justice. Le concept de transition juste, basé sur les mêmes fondements de justice, crée des orientations pour la transformation socio-économique basée sur une économie durable et à faible émission de carbone. La solidarité énergétique est en fait un moyen de mettre en œuvre les hypothèses et les orientations du développement de la transition juste, sur la base de prémisses normatives garantissant la sécurité énergétique, la compétitivité économique et le développement durable.

EN

The principle of EU energy solidarity, regulated by Article 194 of the Lisbon Treaty, has created a new dimension of energy sector developments. Initially, it was treated as an abstract, purely political concept with no particular normative significance. However, the CJEU judgment in the OPAL case established energy solidarity as a principle of EU law, deriving, inter alia, from the principle of justice. The concept of just transition, based on the same foundations of justice, creates directions for socio-economic transformation based on a sustainable and low-carbon economy. Energy solidarity is, in fact, a way of implementing the assumptions and directions of the development of just transition, based on normative premises ensuring energy security, economic competitiveness and sustainable development.

Keywords

FR

energy solidarity; just transition; internal market; energy policy; sustainable development; competition

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski. Wydawnictwo Naukowe Wydziału Zarządzania
• Journal: Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 16
• Issue: 28
• Pages: 69-88

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Robert Zajdler

• Politechnika Warszawska: Wydział Administracji i Nauk Społecznych

• https://orcid.org/0000000242588979

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Identifiers

DOI

10.7172/1689-9024.YARS.2023.16.28.4

Biblioteka Nauki

43467356