This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of unbundling and, in particular, ownership unbundling policies from the perspective of international economic law.
Introduction.- The unbundling and unbundling-related measures in the EU energy sector.- Ownership unbundling and national constitutional law and EU law: A brief summary of the relevant legal issues.- International economic law as a possible limit to the implementation of unbundling and unbundling-related measures: WTO law.- International economic law as a possible limit to the implementation of unbundling and unbundling-related measures: international investment law.- International economic law as a possible vehicle for the implementation of unbundling measures.- Final conclusions: unbundling as a competition instrument in the light of international trade and investment law.