Research Handbook on EU Competition Law and the Energy Transition

Edited by Leigh Hancher, Professor of European Law, University of Tilburg, the Netherlands and Part time Professor of European Union Energy Law, FSR/RSCAS/EUI, Florence, Italy and Professor II, Faculty of Law, University of Bergen, Norway and Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Bergen, Norway

• ContentsPART I OLD WINE IN NEW BOTTLES: THE ENERGYTRANSITION’S IMPACT ON COMPETITION POLICY MATTERS1 Introduction to the Research Handbook on EU Competition Law andthe Energy Transition 2Leigh Hancher and Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui2 Long-term energy supply contracts in the EU: where competition policymeets market design 13Peter Alexiadis3 Long-term upstream gas supply and purchase agreements andcompetition law considerations 38Kim Talus and Aikaterini Florou4 From geographical restrictions to the importation of natural gas to theEU: between prohibitions of territorial clauses and security of supplyexceptions 54Nuno Cunha Rodrigues5 Relevant offshore electricity markets: energy hubs and hybrid solutions 71Ceciel Nieuwenhout6 EU taxonomy, level playing field and competition policy in the energy sector 90Berte-Elen KonowPART II AGREEMENTS FOR SUSTAINABILITY7 Collaborating in offshore renewable energy projects and competitionlaw: consortium bids in deep waters 117Even Tukun and Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui8 Sustainability agreements and Article 101(3) TFEU 143Ronny Gjendemsjø9 Climate change and the energy transition: what role for Article 101(3) TFEU? 158Julian Nowag and Wolf SauterPART III MARKET POWER10 Access to energy networks: between abuse of dominance, third partyaccess and unbundling 182Gonçalo Coelho11 Applying competition law to cross-border interconnector cables ina changing, high-price electricity sector 202Julius Rumpf and Leigh Hancher12 Data leveraging in energy markets in the aftermath of EDF and ENEL:taking stock, looking ahead 236Alexis Brunelle, Adrien de Hauteclocque, Pablo Ibanez-Colomo and Juliette Ogez13 Merger control and sustainability in the energy sector 253Tjarda van der Vijver14 Article 22 of the EC Merger Regulation – National and Europeancontrol: energy sector 277Michał KrzykowskiPART IV STATE INTERVENTION AND AID15 The new State Aid Guidelines on Climate, Environmental Protectionand Energy: what changes do they bring? 298Antonis Metaxas16 Building an industry through State aid and energy auctions: solar power 323Hugo Talbot and Nicole Robins17 Capacity remuneration mechanisms: new rules, new problems? 346Kaisa Huhta

‘This collective work provides a thorough, diverse, and comprehensive analysis of the relationship between European Union competition law and the demands of the energy transition. Through contributions covering a wide range of fields, the book highlights the general movement toward integrating climate objectives into EU competition law.’