Poland opposed the creation of a joint venture for the project pipeline “Nord Stream – 2″. It is said the release of the Office of Protection of Competition and Consumers in Poland (UOKiK), published on Friday. We are talking about shareholders’ agreement for the JV-2, which last year entered into a “Gazprom”, the German E.On and of Wintershall, Austrian OMV, British-Dutch Shell and French ENGIE. Under this agreement, the “Gazprom” will be 51% in the JV, the other shareholders, except for the French (they will get 9%), will receive 10%.
UOKiK with the help of the Polish gas sector players (among which was the company Europol of Gaz – the operator of the Polish section of the pipeline “Yamal – Europe”, through which Russian gas is supplied not only in itself to Poland, but also through its territory in transit in the EU) has conducted a market investigation
results of the analysis, according to UOKiK, has shown that the consolidation of these companies on the draft SP-2 can lead to restriction of competition.
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In particular, the Polish antitrust authority indicates that “Gazprom” already holds a dominant position in gas supplies to Poland and the transaction “Nord stream – 2″ can further strengthen the negotiating position of the Russian company in relation to the Polish consumers
Statement by Poland is not a final decision. . Now the parties concerned within 14 days may submit their views on the issue, according to a report UOKiK. They can also require double this term.
According to “Gazeta.ru” in “Gazprom”, the Russian company and its partners in the JV-2 preparing a joint response to the objections of UOKiK.
«The decision of the Polish anti-monopoly regulator can not be accepted until the end of the statutory period for the preparation of a response to a” Statement of objections “, – emphasized in« Gazprom »
. on Tuesday, the head of “Gazprom” Board of Directors Viktor Zubkov in an interview with TV channel “Russia 24″ said that Poland’s decision on the second “Nord stream” is expected by 31 August. At the same, he said that the project has good prospects and, in his opinion, the Polish side should “agree”
project last week. “Nord Stream – 2″ envisages the laying of the gas pipeline capacity of 55 billion cubic meters under the Baltic Sea to the German coast . The pipe will be held parallel to the already existing “Nord Stream”. His power also is 55 billion cubic meters, 51% owned by “Gazprom”, in the German Wintershall and E.On – by 15.5%, in the Netherlands and Gasunie ENGIE – 9%
However, Poland has repeatedly opposed the “Nord stream – 2″, calling it a “political” and “economically unjustified»
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So, the Polish president Anzhdey Duda said that the project harms the EU as a whole, breaking the balance of the diversification of gas supplies, which seeks EU. Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski, in turn, spoke of the “selfish pursuit” of individual EU countries to independence in energy policy. While the SP-2, according to the Minister, not only causes damage to the EU’s energy security, but also threatens Ukraine stability.
The fact that the SP-2 primarily is focused on the exclusion of the supply chain in Ukraine, that in this connection the first opposed its implementation. In the words of occupied at that time as prime minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, the launch of “Nord Stream – 2″ will deprive Ukraine $ 2 billion transit revenues a year
In this regard, Kiev. repeatedly appealed to the European Commission to ban the second «Nord stream»
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According to the contract concluded before 2022, Poland annually buys up to 10.2 billion cubic meters of Russian gas in total consumption of about 15 billion cubic meters. In 2015, deliveries from Russia were significantly lower than the maximum contract – 8.91 billion cubic meters according to “Gazprom export”. However, only 3.7 billion cubic meters of the volume coming through Ukraine.
In this regard, the head of East European Gas Analysis Mikhail Korchemkina, Poland SP-2 implementation is virtually no danger. “Poland is concerned over the excessive concentration of Russian gas supplies to a transport corridor that is in contradiction with EU diversifikaktsii policy”, – explains the expert
«Objections Warsaw are purely political. since no economic logic in them no, “- says the head of the national energy security Fund Konstantin Simonov
However, the Polish anti-monopoly legislation provides for the possibility of intervention in Poland if a project on the territory of EU. the participation of companies from countries outside the European Union may damage the interests of Polish consumers. By the way, have a similar item in the German legislation, but Berlin SP-2 has already approved
But to prove that the “Nord Stream – 2″. Violates the interests of Poland, according to Simon, is virtually impossible
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this was stated by a member of the Board of Wintershall Ties Tiessen at the international conference “Prospects of Russian energy cooperation – EU . Gas Aspect “. And in late May, Poland has stated that it intends not to renew the contract on gas supplies from Russia after its expiry.
It is possible that it is the latter fact and relate objections UOKiK. Mikhail Korchemkin believes that Poland is really going to completely abandon the direct contract with “Gazprom”, buying Russian gas at the virtual circuit reversal from Germany and the UK. This scheme assumes that physically gas to the end user does not reach, while remaining in a transit country (in this case just in Poland). But “Gazprom” price for the Germans and the British, according to Korchemkina lower than for the Poles. By the way, before Poland has repeatedly demanded that the price revision, and to refuse to renew the contract with Russia she decided because of Russian gas price.
«The dominance of gas from Russia in the German market, which will cause the commissioning of the SP-2, may affect the price, and this will affect Poland “- Korchemkin explains
So far, however, the second” Nord stream “enough problems without Poland. . Against the project will also serve the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Leaders of these countries earlier appealed to the European Commission, indicating that the Russian project is a threat to energy security of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe.
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