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Austria relies to a large extent on energy imports and at the same time exports significantly less energy to other countries. Ensuring the supply of sustainable and affordable energy in the long term is one of the key challenges of Austrian international energy policy.
Two global challenges facing the European Union as a whole and its Member States – and therefore Austria as well – have become increasingly apparent in recent years.
The Lisbon Treaty places energy policy in the focus of European Union activities. The Lisbon Treaty provides it with the legal underpinning which was missing in preceding treaties (Article 194 of the treaty on the functioning of the EU).
Safeguarding our standard of living presupposes smoothly functioning and reliable energy supply. Long-term supply of the population with energy and the associated costs and environmental effects largely dominate Austria's economic Efficiency.
In the framework of its multilateral energy policy, Austria works closely with international energy organizations to achieve secure, transparent, competitive and sustainable energy markets and energy systems. Find a selection of organizations based in and outside Austria below.