PETERSBURG, April 1 -. RIA Novosti The lawyers of “Gazprom” and the operator of the project “North Stream-2″ concluded that the sea of the future gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea is not covered under the Third Energy Package, told reporters the head of “Gazprom” Alexey Miller.
“that, as the European Commission, you know that the” Nord stream-1 “with the European Commission did not coordinate … In our work, we believe it is from this I can say that because of that we are working (on the construction of the “Nord stream-2″ – Ed.) on schedule … There are a legal opinion that the “Nord stream-2″ does not fall under the rules governing the Third Energy Package ” – Miller told reporters.
He said that we are talking about the offshore portion of the pipeline. Legal opinions, according to Miller, were made by lawyers of “Gazprom” and the company Nord Stream-2.
“In our address and the address of Nord Stream-2 no notification, the conclusions that the project is subject to the rules regulation of the Third Energy Package has been received, “- he added
In February, media reported with reference to the legal opinion of the European Commission, that the project could violate EU legislation, but a decision on whether the offshore section of the pipeline to meet these standards, the commission did not. adopted.
The project “North Stream-2″ involves the construction of two pipeline strings with a total capacity of 55 billion cubic meters of gas a year from the Russian coast of the Baltic Sea to Germany. Land plot on the territory of the European Union project is not provided. Against the “Nord Stream-2″ stands Ukraine, which in the case of its construction will lose the role of transit of Russian gas to Europe.
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