Estland har under tiltrædelsesforhandlingerne fremhævet særlige forhold for landets elsektor for at få tilkendt en overgangsperiode i forbindelse med anvendelsen af Europa-Parlamentets og Rådets direktiv 96/92/EF af 19. december 1996 om fælles regler for det indre marked for elektricitet [3].
During the accession negotiations, Estonia invoked the specific characteristics of its electricity sector to request a transitional period for the application of 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 [3].