Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:27:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 AndersonSS.pdf: 411955 bytes, checksum: 5e1635b0c0478f712655188f802072b8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-04-23 / In the middle of modern social changes produced by globalization and capitalism, several markets have changed. States have left the direct coordination of these markets (chiefly public utility sector in the form of monopolies), introducing regulation in order to promote competition. These changes have affected natural gas industry by promoting competition as a key factor to the development and the increase of firms in this market. The regulatory reform of natural gas industry ocurred in EUA and Europe Union and it has produced its first results. In Brazilian context, Constitutional Amendment nbr. 09 and Federal Law nbr. 9.478/97 ( Petroleum Law ) opened the natural gas market to a broad range of private economic agents and they finished the monopoly over the industry before managed by Petrobras. The new regulatory framework of Brazilian natural gas industry has designed competition as a central element to the new form of managment of business and contractual relationships of this industry. Among the regulatory instruments, open access regulation in natural gas pipelines is directed to promote competition. The questions arised about its implementation in Brazilian context are studied in the present work, in which it is discussed the constitutional rules and principles are to be applied to the open access regulation within the theme of statal regulation of economy present in constitutional economic order / No movimento de mudan?as sociais capitaneados pelo capitalismo global e pelo discurso neoliberal, t?m sido promovidas no mundo reformas nos chamados setores de infra-estrutura (antes geralmente geridos de forma direta pelo Estado sob a forma de monop?lios) no sentido de se introduzir uma regula??o que promova a concorr?ncia. Desses setores a industria do g?s natural vem sofrendo reformas institucionais relevantes que procuram retirar-lhe caracter?sticas monopol?sticas e permitir, dessa maneira, o aumento dos agentes nesse mercado. Em alguns paises essas transforma??es na industria do g?s natural encontram j? seus resultados (EUA e Uni?o Europ?ia). O Brasil tem promovido reformas no setor de g?s desde a Emenda Constitucional n? 09 e a Lei 9.478/97, abrindo as portas do mercado brasileiro de petr?leo e g?s para os investimentos privados, criando um cen?rio onde a Petrobr?s n?o est? mais sozinha na execu??o de atividades da cadeia do petr?leo e g?s natural. Acabou-se, assim, com o monop?lio da execu??o das atividades da industria do petr?leo e g?s (foi mantido o monop?lio da titularidade), passando-se a introduzir nesses setores a interven??o pela regula??o, a regula??o econ?mica. Dentre as pautas de regula??o importante da ind?stria do g?s natural encontra-se o chamado livre acesso (open access) aos gasodutos de transporte, fazendo-se pensar a regula??o do livre acesso ? luz da ordem econ?mica da nossa Constitui??o e projetar as rela??es entre Estado e Economia, buscando desenhar o conjunto de regras e princ?pios que orientam a a??o reguladora e fundamentam a possibilidade constitucional do controle de estruturas pelo livre acesso no segmento de transporte de g?s natural

This master thesis The emergence of the Common energy policy of the EU in the context of the EU-Russia energy cooperation aims to answer the question of whether Russia with its aggressive energy policy (gas crisis, gas pipeline projects) stands behind the EU's inability to advance a strong Common energy policy despite all its efforts. By analysing the member states' behaviour in relation to the key development in the energy field, we will be able to assess Russia's influence. The thesis will then demonstrate that it is the divergent national policies of the member states that stand behind the EU's inability to push forward a Common energy policy. The member states, in the pursuit of the maximization of benefits, support the Common energy policy only if it aligns with their national interests. The categorization of the member states based on their dependence on Russian gas and the size of their gas markets in relation to Russian gas exports will provide broadly representative conclusions about the member states behaviour towards the Common energy policy based on these two variables.