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EU blocks Russian complaint at WTO on third energy package

Brussels, 19/06/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 19 June, the EU rejected Russia's first request for WTO arbitration to rule on the Russian complaint against the rules of the EU's third legislative package for the liberalisation of the internal energy market (DS 476).

Adopted in 2009, the third energy package sets out common rules at EU level to regulate the production, transport and distribution of natural gas and electricity.

Russia believes that the third energy package - like the EU's...