Focus on Energy, 2010 - Karanovic & Nikolic

egulations and articles transposing the relevant acquis communnautaire. The chapter “Market structure”addresses market concentration and pursues the separation (unbundling) of system operators. Thethird chapter addresses the wholesale market and the market rules. The chapter entitled “Retail market”deals with retail market opening issues. The customer switching process, payment reform and customerprotection are being addressed as well by this chapter. The fifth chapter covers the issues of cost reflectivetariffs and affordability. Finally, the sixth chapter relates to cross border trade and cross bordertransport. As this chapter brings together measures needed for the establishment of a trans-nationalenergy market in the SEE region, relevant actions have to be agreed upon by regional bodies.In terms of a timeframe, the Road Maps comprise of 5 distinct stages, namely drafting, agreeing, committing,implementing and monitoring.For every single policy issue, the plan defines a required action, a deadline and an institution in chargewith respect to the actual needs and the compliance status of each party.9Pursuant to the Treaty, the Secretariat monitors the effective implementation of the treaty obligationsby each of the parties. It submits yearly progress reports to the Ministerial Council in the form of a “Reporton the Implementation of the acquis communautaire under the Treaty”.The latest Report on the Implementation of the acquis communautaire under the Treaty Establishingthe Energy Community 1 focuses on the main achievements and the outstanding problems regarding theimplementation of the Treaty in 2009. It indicates the key issues that need to be addressed in 2010 andbeyond. The main points of the Report are presented in the following paragraphs along with the nationalenergy strategy adopted by the respective country.FOCUS ON ENERGYBosnia and HerzegovinaAlthough Republika Srpska has adopted the Energy Law 2 and an amended Electricity Law 3 and the Federationof Bosnia and Herzegovina is preparing an Electricity Law 4 as well as a regulation concerningrenewable resources, the overall conclusion of the Secretariat in the Report is that the legal frameworkof both entities needs to be further upgraded.An act on gas has not been enacted yet, but according to the Report if a political agreement is achieved it couldbe developed and implemented relatively quickly. The Report identifies an insufficient administrative capacity;accordingly, the strengthening of human resources should be set as a priority. The European Council (“EC”)Directive concerning measures to safeguard security of natural gas supply 5 and the EC Regulation on conditionsfor access to the natural gas transmission networks 6 have not yet been implemented to a satisfactory level.1 Report on the Implementation of the acquis under the Treaty Establishing the Energy Community reflecting the status as of November 2009 („theReport“).2 The Law on Energy (“Official Gazette of the Republika Spska” No. 49/09 ).3 The Law on Electricity (“Official Gazette of the Republika Spska” Nos. 8/08 and 34/09).4 The Law on Electricity (“Official Gazette of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina” Nos. 41/02, 38/05, 61/09).5 2004/67/EC of 26 April 2004.6 EC Regulation 1775/2005.