1 Introduction
2 Legal Gap Assessment
2.1 Directives
2.1.1 Liberalisation of the Electricity Market
2.1.2 Liberalisation of the Gas Market
2.1.3 Energy Taxation
2.1.4 Large Combustion Plant Directive (and Proposed Revision)
2.1.5 SAVE Directive
2.1.6 Directives on the Labelling of the Consumption of Energy
2.1.7 Directives on Energy Efficiency Requirements for Household Appliances
2.1.8 Directive on Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control
2.2 Decisions and Programmes
2.2.1 R&D Programmes: Energy Framework Programme (1998 - 2002)
2.2.2 Coal Subsidies
2.3 Environmental Agreements
2.4 General Policies and Strategies for the Future
2.4.1 Combined Heat and Power (Co-generation)
2.4.2 Renewable Energy Sources
2.4.3 Energy Efficiency
2.5 Planned and Proposed Activities
2.5.1 Integrated Resource Planning Directive
2.5.2 Feed-In Directive (Renewables)
2.6 Conclusion
3 Patterns of Regulation and Implementation
3.1 Political Instruments
3.1.1 A Lack of Political Concepts
3.1.2 Ministerial Jurisdiction in Energy and Environmental Policy
3.1.3 Implementing EIA Procedure When Debating Conceptions
3.1.4 State Environmental Policy
3.1.5 State Energy Policy
3.1.6 Conflicts between Environmental and Energy Policies
3.1.7 Other relevant Government programs
3.1.8 Legislation on Energy Use and Production
3.1.9 The Czech Republic Screening Results, Chapter 14, ENERGY
3.1.10 The subvention of electricity for the population; an absence of economic instruments
3.2 Policy style
3.2.1 The strong position of the energy sector
3.2.2 The high demands of energy
3.2.3 State energy production, state distribution, state regulation
3.2.4 The Links between the MIT and CEZ
3.2.5 The Problematic Completion of the Temelín Nuclear Plant: A Determining Factor for Energy
3.2.6 Electoral Programs of the Political Parties 1998 — Energy Policy
3.2.7 The Role of Non-Governmental Environmental Organisations
3.2.8 Trade Unions
3.3 The Prospects for Environmental Policy and the Pushing Through of Innovations
3.3.1 What Should Czech Energy Policy Be?
3.3.2 Proposed Approach to the (NON-) Privatisation of Energy Companies and CEZ
3.3.3 Environmental Tax Reform
3.3.4 The creation of an environment for the pushing through of an active policy
4 Existing Co-operation
4.1 Best Practise Projects
4.1.1 PHARE Energy Saving Fund
4.1.2 Programme/ Fund MUFIS (Financing of Municipal Infrastructure)
4.1.3 Energy Efficiency Centres
4.1.4 Project Development
4.2 Best Practice Programmes
4.2.1 European Union programmes
4.2.2 Co-operation with international finance institutions
4.2.3 Activities Implemented Jointly / Joint Implementation - Grant Assistance
4.2.4 Country specific support programmes
5 References
6 Appendix
6.1 Energy and Environment Data
6.2 Monitoring of Accession Process
6.3 Screening of Co-operation Project