As you will be aware, at the Santa Maria da Feira European Council, the Commission was asked to present a report by March 2001 on developments in the energy markets under the Lisbon strategy, so that we could assess progress in the liberalisation of the electricity market at the Stockholm Summit in March 2001. With the support of various governments, mechanisms were strengthened during the Portuguese Presidency with the aim of speeding up the process that was already underway with the December 1996 electricity directive.
Som bekendt blev Kommissionen på Det Europæiske Råd i Santa Maria da Feira opfordret til "inden marts 2001 at forelægge en rapport om udviklingen af energimarkederne i overensstemmelse med Lissabon-strategien" med henblik på en vurdering af de fremskridt, der måtte være sket i liberaliseringen af elektricitetsmarkedet på topmødet i Stockholm i marts 2001.