| At the BALTREL Committee annual meeting held in Helsinki on 9 September, 2002 Vattenfalls Chairmanship of BALTREL was completed and the task shifted to Fortum, from Sweden to Finland. |

Former Chairman, Mr Carl-Erik Nyquist of Vattenfall, hands over the chair to Mr Tapio Kuula, Fortum.
| As of the same date Mr Seppo Aho was appointed Secretary General of BALTREL, and the Secretariat is now located in Finland. |