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The Western Balkan Six (WB6) initiative is a complex regional scheme facing significant energy challenges. This chapter addresses the issue of energy growth and sustainability for the WB6 countries within the Energy Community. Recent changes in energy economics within the region will have long-term geopolitical consequences at the expense of several global actors. An upcoming reform of the Energy Community Treaty represents a golden opportunity to meet significant challenges with a unified approach and a sense of common purpose within the Western Balkan Six (WB6) Initiative countries. Any further reform initiatives should express the growing demand for transparent and accountable governance within the Energy Community. The chapter argues for the further strengthening of the existing dispute settlement mechanism by establishing a Tribunal, to enhance the current, rather ineffectual, administrative procedures.
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See, inter alia, “The Energy Community: Legal Framework, 4th Edition”, Energy Community Secretariat, 2018. file:///C:/Users/user/Downloads/ECS_LF4_2018.pdf.
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Semkoua, A., et al. (2019). “Integrating Energy Markets in the Wider Europe: The Eastern Dimension” European Journal of Sustainable Development 8(4).
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“WB6 Electricity Monitoring Report”, Energy Community Secretariat, May 2019. https://www.energy-community.org/dam/jcr:6fcc56dd-4dcc-4986-8171-bb867d10f8fe/EnC_WB6_EL_05_2019.pdf.
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Ibid.
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“Towards a Balkan Gas Hub: The interplay between pipeline gas, LNG and renewable energy in South East Europe”, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. Accessed March 14, 2020. https://www.oxfordenergy.org/wpcms/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Towards-a-Balkan-gas-hub-NG-115.pdf.
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“Directive 2001/80/EC on the limitation of emissions of certain pollutants into the air from large combustion plants”, European Parliament, October 23, 2001. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32001L0080.
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“The roots of democracy and sustainable development: Europe’s engagement with Civil Society in external relations”, European Commission, September 12, 2012. https://europa.eu/capacity4dev/policy-forum-development/documents/eu-communication-roots-democracy-and-sustainable-development-europes-engagement-civil.
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“A Roadmap for moving to a competitive low carbon economy in 2050”, European Commission, March 8, 2011. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2011:0112:FIN:EN:PDF.
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“Administrative Arrangement between ACER and Energy Community on Working Modalities in the Areas of Gas and Electricity”, Energy Community, October 7, 2019. https://www.energy-community.org/dam/jcr:447ef1a3-b14e-400b-9193-9c8392fe7cef/Administrative%20Agreement%20between%20ACER%20and%20Energy%20Community%20Secretariat_consolidated%20version.pdf.
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Małgorzata Smolak, Barbara Skardzińska, Aleksandra Bujaroska, Dragana Mileusnić, and Garret, Tankosić-Kelly, “Recommendations Regarding the Reform of the Energy Community Treaty”, June 2014, http://www.caneurope.org/docman/south-east-europe/2833-recommendations-for-the-reform-of-the-energy-community-treaty.
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Adam Balcer, “A real game changer in the region”, New Eastern Europe, Issue 1−2, January 28, 2020, https://neweasterneurope.eu/2020/01/28/a-real-game-changer-in-the-region/.
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Manolkidis, S. (2021). Geopolitical Challenges and Cooperation in the European Energy Sector: The Case of SE Europe and the Western Balkan Six Initiative. In: Mathioulakis, M. (eds) Aspects of the Energy Union. Energy, Climate and the Environment. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55981-6_5
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