The EU Council of Ministers adopted, on Monday 15 April, the text of the new gas directive to extend EU rules to pipelines to and from third countries (see EUROPE B12229A6). Only Bulgaria abstained from voting.
The overall objective of the amendment to the gas directive is to ensure that the rules governing the EU’s internal gas market apply to gas transmission lines between a Member State and a third country, up to the border of the Member State’s territory and territorial sea. The...