European Regulatory Framework
The European Framework with which the Electricity Distribution System Operators must comply mainly includes the Regulations and Directives of the Package” (Clean Energy for all Europeans package). This package was completed in May 2019 and contains 8 legal texts which aim at modernizing the European Framework on Energy Policy for facilitating the transition from fossil fuels to clean energy and to achieve the goals relating to less greenhouse gas emissions, as these were specified with the 12 December 2016 Paris Agreement.
The legal texts of the package concerning the operation of HEDNO SA are:
- Regulation 2019/943/ΕU,
- Directive 2019/944/ΕU on common rules for the internal market for electricity which was incorporated into Greek Law with laws 4986/2022 (GG 204/Α΄/22-10-2022, as in force) and 5037/2023 (GG 78/Α’/28-03-2023),
- Directive 2018/844/ΕU on the energy performance of buildings which was incorporated into Greek Law with law 4685/2020 (GG 92/Α΄/07-05-2020, as in force),
- Directive 2018/2001/ΕU on renewable energy sources which was incorporated into Greek Law with law 5037/2023 (GG 78/Α΄/28-03-2023) and
- Directive 2018/2002/ΕU on energy performance which was incorporated into Greek Law with law 4843/2021 (GG 193/Α΄/20-10-2021, as in force).