Itar-Tass: European Commission explains its recommendation to freeze the South Stream pipeline project
European Commission explains its recommendation to freeze the South Stream pipeline project with Russia’s actions in the World Trade Organization (WTO). According to the EC Commissioner for energy’s spokeswoman Sabine Berger, it is important to estimate whether the project complies with the EU energy security policy.
Russia’s lawsuit against the EU Third Energy Package disrupted the work of the bilateral intergovernmental group examining compliance of bilateral agreements between Russia and eight EU countries on the South Stream construction with the EU norms, Berger said.