It is stated that Ukraine fails to comply with its obligations under the Energy Community Treaty by (completely, partly or incorrectly) not having transposed the unbundling requirements of the Third Energy Package into national legislation.
The European Commission approved the proposal to extend European energy legislation to the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline project, through which Russia plans to transport gas bypassing Ukraine along the bottom of the Baltic Sea, while the Commission reiterated EU’s continued support for the transit of gas via the territory of Ukraine, Deputy Foreign Minister Olena Zerkal wrote on Facebook, referring to a report published by the EC.
The European Commission could force the Russian Federation to comply with European rules in building the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline, as reported by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine on European Integration Olena Zerkal.
Polish government's documents have concluded that controversial pipelines from Russia to Germany should be a subject to EU legislation. This may reduce its harmfulness for Central and Eastern Europe markets or even – in case of Nord Stream 2 – block the construction. Poles' new opinion confirms it, writes Wojciech Jakobik, BiznesAlert.pl's editor-in-chief.