They were submitted to the Energy Committee, Commerce, Industry and Tourism Committee the Regulations for the recruitment of staff by the Cyprus Transmission System Operator, so that the opening of the electricity market in Cyprus can proceed to the next step.
The regulations were discussed in the Committee on Tuesday and are expected to be submitted for approval to the Plenary Session of the Parliament before it closes.
The Chairman of the Committee, DISY MP Kyriakos Hatzigiannis, said in a statement after the conclusion of the Committee's meeting that the Regulations regulating the recruitment of staff by the Cyprus Transmission System Operator have finally been submitted to the Parliament. These are the regulations that are directly related to the opening of the market. We have been waiting for a very long period of time, finally we have them before us.
He noted that the Commission discussed the regulations, albeit briefly, in great depth. We will let them come to the plenary for a vote or a vote against before the House closes, he noted.
On the other hand, AKEL MP Kostas Kostas said that while the Parliament passed relevant legislation for the independence of the Cyprus Transmission System Operator a year and a half ago, it was only today and with huge pressure from the Parliament that the relevant bill with the regulations, which will help the operator to hire two directors, came.
He added thatthe regulations that have to do with the service plans for the remaining staff have not yet come. Worst of all,we have been waiting for a year and a half, and today we learned from the spokesperson of the Ministry of Commerce that nothing has been done to amend the relevant legislation so that the employees of the AEC can be transferred to the Administrator's office. At this rate, it is certain that the competitive electricity market will not be opened even in the next two years, he stressed.
Source: CNA
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