European External Energy Law & Policy

The security of the energy supply used to be invoked by EU Member States against the enforcement of the fundamental freedoms in the internal market before it became one of the objectives of energy policy and triggered a string of legislative and regulatory measures on a European level, including the creation of new bodies and the more vigorous promotion of infrastructure. External energy policy, on the other hand, is increasingly "juridified" as well as "communitised". This book follows in a systematical manner the manifold ramifications of European external energy law and policy, including the case law and acquits related to security of supply, project-related interventions through so-called "pipeline diplomacy," the relevance of competition law and international climate change law for external action, and natural resources law, including shale gas. It also analyzes the EU's bilateral international relations with countries as diverse as Russia, Ukraine, or Switzerland. It focuses in particular on the law of multilateral organizations of relevance for European energy policy, such as the WTO, the Energy Charter, the European Economic Area, and the Energy Community.

Dirk Buschle is Deputy Director and Legal Counsel at the Energy Community Secretariat in Vienna.