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36.
Mr. Dykes
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy when he next proposes to discuss reciprocal electricity supplies sharing and purchase arrangements between EEC member states with his counterparts in the Council of Energy Ministers.
Mr. Wakeham
Sharing and purchase arrangements for electricity supplies within the Community are for the electricity industries. However, the Energy Council on 21 May is likely to consider the Commission proposal for a directive on electricity transit. The directive seeks to reduce barriers to transit and thus promote interstate trade in electricity.