The question of the date of entry into force of the ban on all Russian gas contracts (long term and short term) was still far from being settled between the co-legislators, as revealed by a provisional compromise text on the ‘REPowerEU’ regulation dated 14 November, consulted by Agence Europe.
Nor is there yet any question of a final decision on the ban on Russian oil, which the European Parliament wanted in the text, but which the EU Council decries, believing that this addition would...