In a new draft compromise by the Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU on the REPowerEU regulation, shared on Thursday 25 September, the date of 1 January 2028 has been retained for a complete phase-out of Russian gas imports into the EU.
A week earlier, as part of the 19th package of sanctions against Russia, the European Commission put forward a proposal to phase out imports of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) a year earlier than envisaged in the proposed REPowerEU regulation...