On 16 April 2008, an informal workshop of experts took place following the 5th Workshop of the International Feed-In-Cooperation in Brussels to discuss in detail the consequences of the GoO-trade-concept of the draft directive for renewable energies. Presentations are available below.

Agenda 

Overview of the economic aspects 

Paul Wilson
BERR, United Kingdom

Legal impacts of free trade with GOs on operator level (persons)

Jaques Lengyel 
Ministry for environment, sustainable development and spatial planning, France

Karina Veum
European Commission

Martin Schöpe, Nina Neumann
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Germany

Scope of GO, Different Nature of the “GO” 

Ron van Erck,
Ministry for Economy, Netherlands 

Dietmar Preinstorfer
Energie-Control, Austria 

Flexibility mechanisms – Possibilities and consequences 

Tom Howes
European Commission

Possible alternatives to COM Proposal 

Hugo Lucas Porta
IDAE, Spain

Mariusz Kawnik
Ministry of Economy, Poland