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Montenegro has completed the transposition of the European Union’s Electricity Integration Package, according to the Energy Community Secretariat.
The transposition of the EU’s Electricity Integration Package (EIP) is a key step in achieving electricity market coupling between Montenegro and the European single market. The country has now joined Moldova and Serbia.
It should boost both Montenegro’s energy transition and electricity market competitiveness, the Energy Community Secretariat said.
This paves the way to join the EU’s single day-ahead coupling (SDAC) and single intraday coupling (SIDC) — even ahead of EU accession, it added.
Montenegro is now stepping up efforts to submit a formal request initiating the verification process
A key precondition is for the secretariat and the European Commission to verify compliance. Montenegro is now stepping up efforts to submit a formal request initiating the verification process, according to the secretariat.
After the annual meeting of the Energy Community Ministerial Council, held in late 2025 in Vienna, Secretariat Director Artur Lorkowski Director said Serbia has entered the two-step verification phase on October 22.
“Now we are about to start this process for Moldova. And soon, I hope, after the remaining elements of the legislative package are adopted by Montenegro and North Macedonia, the verification can start in these two cases,” he stressed at the time.
The secretariat now pointed out that Serbia is in the process of verification by the European Commission.
Montenegro adopted the two governmental decrees
On February 15, Montenegro finalized the transposition of the EIP with the adoption of the remaining pieces of legislation, the update notes. The two governmental decrees set out rules for system operation, and emergency and restoration.
Together with the Law on Energy and the recently adopted Law on Cross-Border Exchanges in Electricity and Natural Gas, the framework aims to provide clearer investment signals, strengthen regional cooperation, reinforce fair competition, and enhance security of supply in Montenegro’s electricity sector — four factors central to a cost-efficient clean energy transition, the secretariat added.
It welcomed this achievement and expressed readiness to support Montenegro in ensuring effective implementation.
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