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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9370

21 February 2007
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/energy
Commission urges initiators of Nordstream project to make their own environmental impact assessment

Brussels, 20/02/2007 (Agence Europe) - Although the Nordstream pipeline project - which is to allow Russian gas to be carried to Germany as of 2010, passing under the Baltic Sea - is struggling to gain financial support from the European Investment Bank (EIB) because environmental requirements have not been met at this stage (EUROPE 9362), the Commission said on Tuesday that it would not take part in the environmental impact assessment foreseen for the autumn. “Although the project has...

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