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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11900

9 November 2017
SECTORAL POLICIES / Energy
Commission proposes amendment to Gas Directive to cover gas pipelines entering EU from third countries
Brussels, 08/11/2017 (Agence Europe)

On Wednesday 8 November, the European Commission put forward a proposal to amend the 2009 Gas Directive so as to clarify the regulatory framework for gas pipelines entering the EU from third countries, and thus to oversee Russia's controversial Nord Stream-2 project.

The goal of this amendment to Directive 2009/73/EC on the common rules for the EU's internal gas market (resulting from the third package on the liberalisation of energy markets) is to show clearly that the core principles...

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