the Polish antitrust regulator (UOKiK) has initiated proceedings against “Gazprom” for failure to provide information in the investigation of the “Nord stream-2” and lack of cooperation.
the Penalty can be up to 50 million euros, “regardless of the consequences arising from the proceedings in the transaction made without the consent of the Director of the UOKiK”, RIA “Novosti” with reference to the statement.
in 2018, the office initiated an investigation against “Gazprom” and its five partners in the “Nord stream — 2” — OMV, Wintershall, Shell, Uniper and Engie — the results of which were charged with violation of the Antimonopoly legislation of Poland for funding project. According to the regulator, “Gazprom” without the prior agreement of management entered into a financial transaction with these companies, which may lead to restriction of competition, notes TASS.
In November 2019 UOKiK “for persistent and unjustified refusal” to provide the requested documents to participate in the pipeline project. was fined 172 million zlotys (40.3 million euros) one of the investors of the “Nord stream-2” — Engie French company, RBC.
At the beginning of this year, the head of the Polish regulator has addressed to Gazprom with the request to submit the documents in the case, in particular the contracts signed with the firms financing construction of the “Nord stream — 2”, transfer, sale, storage gas.
we will Remind also that on may 20 the European court rejected the claim 2 Nord Stream AG, the operator of the gas pipeline “Nord stream-2”, the decision on legislation on the gas. “The court declares that the claim of Nord Stream AG (the operator of Nord stream — editor) and Nord Stream AG against 2 of the Directive 2019/692 that distributes Departmentcovered market rules to pipelines from third countries are not accepted by the court” — quoted “Interfax” the court’s decision.
the Court ruled that the operators of gas pipelines Nord Stream 1 Nord Stream 2 and “in any case are not directly related to this Directive”.
Revised Gas Directive was agreed in record time at the beginning of last year. The essence of your changes is to extend the pipelines in the Maritime economic zone of the EU, the norms of the third energy package of the community, which oblige the operator to reserve up to 50% of the capacity of the gas pipeline for pumping fuel from alternative suppliers.
the gas Pipeline “Nord stream-2”, which is to be laid under the Baltic sea intended for direct delivery of gas from suppliers in Russia customers in Europe. The estimated capacity “of the stream” — 55 billion cubic meters of gas per year. This project is an alternative option of gas supply to Europe. The pipeline is to bypass the transit States — Ukraine, Belarus, Poland and other Eastern European and Baltic countries through the economic zones and territorial waters of Russia, Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Germany. 30 Oct Denmark — the last of the above foreign countries — approved the construction of the “Nord stream-2” in its territorial waters.
However, on 20 December 2019 US President Donald trump signed the defense budget, including restrictive measures against the “Nord stream-2” and “Turkish stream.” The day before one of the contractors of the “Nord stream-2”, the Swiss company Allseas, has announced the suspension of work because of the sanctions. 21 Dec sanctions formally took effect. Washington requires companies engaged in laying of pipelines, to immediately stop the construction.
30 Dec court-pipesokladskii Аllseas, who previously worked on the project “Nord stream-2”, left the region on the Baltic sea and was discharged to prepare for another project.
Reacting to the situation, the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov confirmed that the launch date of the pipeline “Nord stream-2” is shifted due to a force majeure event.
However, recently, Bloomberg did not rule out the resumption of construction in the coming days. In particular, the Agency drew attention to the fact that logistics centre “Nord stream -2” arrived Russian laying vessel “Akademik Chersky”, which is able to build the pipeline.
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