With the objective of creating an internal energy market, the EU has adopted three consecutive legislative packages between 1996 and 2009, with the overarching aim of integrating markets and liberalising national gas and electricity markets.
Da bi EU vzpostavila notranji trg energije, je med letoma 1996 in 2009 sprejela tri zaporedne zakonodajne svežnje, katerih glavni namen je povezovanje trgov in liberalizacija nacionalnih trgov električne energije in plina.