Energy Risk CEE: New EU regulations create confusion for firms, says panel

Energy firms face heightened compliance and regulatory risk thanks to a raft of new regulations coming from the European Union over the next 12 months, said panellists at the Energy Risk Central and Eastern European (CEE) conference.
With the coming publication in the European Union's (EU's) official journal of the Regulation on Energy Market Integrity and Transparency (Remit), as well as overhauls of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid II) and the Market Abuse Directive (MAD)
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