In 1996 France accepted the European directive defining the terms of the single electricity market. In 2010, the Nome law introduced the Arenh (regulated access to historic nuclear electricity) EDF will have to sell 25% of its production (100 TWh) at the fixed price of €42/MWh, lower than the full cost of nuclear power.
The Champsaur Commission, set up to remedy this procedure, proposed in 2009 that EDF sell part of itsproduction to other suppliers.