Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws,
this book provides a systematic approach to legislation and legal practice
concerning energy resources and production in
Germany. The book
describes the administrative organization, regulatory framework, and relevant
case law pertaining to the development, application, and use of such forms of
energy as electricity, gas, petroleum, and coal, with attention as needed to
the pervasive legal effects of competition law, environmental law, and tax law.
A general introduction covers the geography of energy resources, sources and
basic principles of energy law, and the relevant governmental institutions.
Then follows a detailed description of specific legislation and regulation
affecting such factors as documentation, undertakings, facilities, storage,
pricing, procurement and sales, transportation, transmission, distribution,
and supply of each form of energy. Case law, intergovernmental cooperation
agreements, and interactions with environmental, tax, and competition law are
explained.
Its succinct yet scholarly nature, as well as the practical quality of the
information it provides, make this book a valuable resource for energy sector
policymakers and energy firm counsel handling cases affecting
Germany.
It will also be welcomed by researchers and academics for its contribution to
the study of a complex field that today stands at the foreground of
comparative law.
