The third attempt at a compromise by the Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU, dated 18 July and reviewed by Agence Europe, includes only slight changes to the previous version (see EUROPE B13680A17), but does clarify the derogation granted to landlocked countries.
This derogation allows landlocked Hungary and Slovakia to receive Russian gas by pipeline until 1 January 2028, which means that the short-term contracts needed to “execute a long-term delivery contract for the import...