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 The SAVE Directive
2.1.6 Directives on Labelling of Consumption of Energy
2.1.7 Directives on Energy Efficiency Requirements for Household Appliances
2.1.8 Directive on Integrated Pollution Prevention Control
2.2 Decisions and Programs
2.2.1 R&D Programs: Energy Framework Program (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 Energy policy in Hungary: a short overview
3.1.1 Legislative and institutional framework
3.1.2 Hungary’s energy profile
3.1.3 Energy and environment
3.2 Environmental and Energy Actors and Institutions
3.2.1 Actors and Institutions
3.2.2 Coalitions and interactions
3.3 Regulation patterns
3.3.1 An overview of Hungary’s energy and environmental policy principles
3.3.2 Instrumentation
3.3.3 Policy evaluation
3.4 Policy style and conclusions
4 Existing Co-operation
4.1 Methodology
4.2 Selection
4.3 Categories
4.4 Best Practice characteristics in general
4.5 Difficulties in general
4.6 Best Practice Projects
4.6.1 Energy Saving Credit Fund - Energiatakarékossági Hitel Alap (EHA)
4.6.2 Energy Efficiency Program - ELÉG
4.6.3 Energy Saving Credit Program - Energiatakarékossági Hitel Program (EHP)
4.6.4 Building Network of Regional Energy Advisory Centres - SCORE Program
4.6.5 Energy Service Company (ESCO) – Prometheus
5 Conclusions
5.1 Summary
5.2 Recommendations
6 References
6.1 Patterns of Regulation and Implementation
6.2 Best Practice Projects
6.3 Energy and Environment Data
7 Appendix
7.1 Energy and Environment Data
7.2 Monitoring of Accession Process
7.3 Screening of Co-operation Project