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"en.20120911.6.2-120-000"2
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"Our European energy community represents an opportunity for the countries of the former Yugoslavia, for all the countries in the Western Balkans. You are a Member of Parliament there. Moreover, Serbia will take over the Presidency next year. In other words, the largest country in the Western Balkans will be leading the energy community. Here, we have been very successful in expanding the European energy community beyond the 27 Member States into neighbouring countries, for the benefit of all citizens both within and outside the European Union.
The European budget is only used to fund infrastructure that will benefit more than one Member State. Why? It is because the basic idea of subsidiarity says that where a transmission network – a smart grid – serves only the local citizens in one Member State, this is a matter for that Member State and for the regional market. What we do is standardise. Together with our partners in the European energy community and in the electrical industry, we are in the process of arriving at uniform European standards for smart grids and smart meters. This is in the interests of the internal market and, since it results in higher volumes and facilitates possible associated cost reductions, it is in the interests of the consumer. Our budget does not yet foresee subsidies for transmission networks in the region."@en1
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