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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9948
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/energy

Andris Piebalgs does not rule out new gas crisis

Brussels, 24/07/2009 (Agence Europe) - Speaking on the sidelines of the informal Energy Council held in Åre on 23 July, European Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs did not rule out the possibility of a new crisis in gas supply to the EU this winter, given the problems encountered by Ukraine, through which country 80% of the Russian gas destined for the Community market transits, in paying the Russian gas company, Gazprom, for its supply. "We believe that the possibility of an interruption...

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