Article 11
Directive 96/92/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 December 1996 concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity · European Union
1. The distribution system operator shall maintain a secure, reliable and efficient electricity distribution system in its area, with due regard for the environment. 2. In any event, it must not discriminate between system users or classes of system users, particularly in favour of its subsidiaries or shareholders. 3. A Member state may require the distribution system operator, when dispatching generating installations, to give priority to generating installations using renewable energy sources or waste or producing combined heat and power.
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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-31 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.