On Friday 8 February, the Romanian Presidency of the Council will submit to the delegations of the EU countries a compromise text on the proposal amending Directive 2009/73/EC concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas (see EUROPE 12186).
The objective for the Romanian Presidency is to obtain from the EU ambassadors (Coreper), “a general mandate for negotiating a first-reading agreement with the European Parliament” on the basis of the compromise text presented. The...