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This note seeks to provide an initial analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the European Commission's Impact Assessment accompanying its proposal for a Regulation on the implementation of the Single European Sky (recast) (COM (2013) 410 final), which was submitted on 11 June 2013. It analyses whether the principal criteria laid down in the Commission’s own Impact Assessment Guidelines, as well as additional factors identified by the Parliament in its Impact Assessment Handbook, appear to ...

Large-scale smart meter rollout is expected to take place in most of Europe by the year 2020. Thanks to bi-directional communication between consumer and producer, this technology allows a better monitoring of energy consumption and the introduction of flexible energy tariffs, which are better suited to fluctuating renewable energy production. However, a number of issues have also been raised in relation to smart meters; particularly in relation to data privacy and the risk of an increase in electricity ...