Communication from the Commission of 19 December 2003 concerning the calculation of the average Community share of electricity market opening, as defined in Directive 96/92/EC(1), concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity

(2003/C 321/14)

(Text with EEA relevance)

According to the calculations made by the Commission under Article 19(1) 2nd and 3rd paragraph of Directive 96/92/EC, the Community's average share of the electricity market opening in the period 1 January 2004 to 1 July 2004 is 34,76 %.

This figure has been calculated by adding, on the one hand electricity consumed by final consumers consuming more than 9 GWh in all the Member States and, on the other, total net consumption in all the Member States, and then dividing the first figure by the second.

(1) OJ L 27, 30.1.1997, p. 20.