The European Commission is referring Poland and Finland to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to fully transpose the EU internal energy market rules. To date Poland has transposed the Gas Directive into national law only partially. Finland has not fully transposed neither the Electricity nor the Gas Directive. The third internal energy market package includes key provisions for a proper functioning of the energy markets, including new rules on unbundling of networks, rules strengthening the independence and the powers of national regulators and rules on the improvement of the functioning of retail markets to the benefit of consumers. These directives had to be transposed by the Member States by 3 March 2011.
For Poland, the Commission proposes a daily fine of € 88819. For Finland, the Commission proposes a daily fine of € 32140 for the non-transposed Electricity Directive and a daily fine of € 28569 for the non-transposed Gas Directive. The daily penalties would be paid as from the date of the Court's affirmative ruling until Poland and Finland notify the Commission that they have fully implemented the rules into national law.
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