re #4, ein weiterer Link zur Quelle (man weiß ja nie, wie lange die zielführend sind) :
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TX...
Official Journal of the European Union
... (7) Germany has transposed Directives 2009/72/EC and 2009/73/EC in the national law on the energy industry — Energiewirtschaftgesetz (hereinafter referred to as ‘EnWG’). The sale of electricity and gas is regulated in Part 4, Article 36 et seq. of EnWG. The German Electricity Default Supply Regulation — Stromgrundversorgungsverordnung (hereinafter referred to as ‘StromGVV’) (4) and the Gas Default Supply Regulation — Gasgrundversorgungsverordnung
(hereinafter referred to as ‘GasGVV’) (5) also contain special statutory regulations for the sale of electricity and gas. Consequently, and in accordance with Article 34(1), access to the market should be deemed not to be restricted on the entire territory of the Federal Republic of Germany. ...