EU explores legal options for ending Russian gas deals
Brussels is exploring legal options that would allow European companies to break long-term Russian gas contracts without paying hefty penalties to Moscow.
The European Commission has been studying the contracts and the possibility of declaring force majeure, which would allow importers to exit their obligations without paying additional fees, according до трима чиновници, които знаят за проекта. ; Moscow’s gas now makes up just 11 per cent of the bloc’s supplies via pipeline, compared with almost two-fifths in 2022, but volumes of Russian liquefied natural gas LNG have increased rapidly in the past three years.
Commission lawyers are exploring legal options as part of a road map on how the bloc will rid itself of Russian fossil fuels by 2027. The plan comes at a critical time for the EU as Той също по този начин се пробва да показа енергийна договорка на Съединени американски щати, с цел да се опълчи на тарифния режим на президента Доналд Тръмп.
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