VOL. XLIV

No. 16

16-April-2001

TURKEY

Turkey Ratifies Energy Charter Treaty

Turkey has become the 42nd state to ratify the Energy Charter Treaty, according to an 11 April announcement by the Energy Charter Secretariat (ECS). The Energy Charter Treaty, which provides a legal foundation for East-West energy cooperation in the areas of trade, transit, investments and energy efficiency, forms part of the "acquis communautaire" of legislation with which all candidate states for accession to the...