(2) An independent advisory group on electricity and gas, ║ the ║European Regulators Group for Electricity and Gas║ (ERGEG), was established by Commission Decision 2003/796/EC to facilitate consultation, coordination and cooperation between the regulatory bodies in Member States, and between those bodies and the Commission, with a view to consolidating the internal market for electricity and ║ gas.

(2) An independent advisory group on electricity and gas, ║ the ║European Regulators Group for Electricity and Gas║ (ERGEG), was established by Commission Decision 2003/796/EC to facilitate consultation, coordination and cooperation between the regulatory bodies in Member States, and between those bodies and the Commission, with a view to consolidating the internal market for electricity and ║ gas.

(14) The Commission has indicated its intention to set up a European Regulators Group for Electricity and Gas which would constitute a suitable advisory mechanism for encouraging cooperation and coordination of national regulatory authorities, in order to promote the development of the internal market for electricity and gas, and to contribute to the consistent application, in all Member States, of the provisions set out in this Directive and Directive 2003/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2003 concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity(5) and in Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003 of the Europe ...[+++]an Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2003 on conditions for access to the network for cross-border exchanges in electricity(6).

(16) The Commission has indicated its intention to set up a European Regulators Group for Electricity and Gas which would constitute a suitable advisory mechanism for encouraging cooperation and coordination of national regulatory authorities, in order to promote the development of the internal market for electricity and gas, and to contribute to the consistent application, in all Member States, of the provisions set out in this Directive and Directive 2003/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2003 concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas(5) and in Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003 of the Europe ...[+++]an Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2003 on conditions for access to the network for cross-border exchanges in electricity(6).

(14) The Commission has indicated its intention to set up a European Regulators Group for Electricity and Gas which would constitute a suitable advisory mechanism for encouraging cooperation and coordination of national regulatory authorities, in order to promote the development of the internal market for electricity and gas, and to contribute to the consistent application, in all Member States, of the provisions set out in this Directive and Directive 2003/./EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of .concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity and in Regulation (EC) No ./2003 of the European Parliament and o ...[+++]f the Council of .on conditions for access to the network for cross-border exchanges in electricity .

The Commission has notified its intention to establish a European Regulators’ Group, which would constitute a suitable mechanism for encouraging cooperation and coordination of national regulatory authorities, in order to promote the development of the internal market for natural gas, and to seek to achieve consistent application, in all Member States, of the provisions set out in this directive, particularly in areas where national legal provisions on the implementation of Community law leave the national regulatory authorities considerable discretion in the application of such provisions.