Platts: European Commission to Publish Study on Common EU Gas Buying Options This Fall

The European Commission expects to publish the results of a commissioned study into possible common EU gas buying options this fall, an EC press officer said late Monday.

EC vice-president for energy union Maros Sefcovic had earlier Monday told the European Parliament's energy committee that the study would assess how such options could be developed in a way that respected World Trade Organization and EU competition rules.

The EC is looking at how such options could be used, particularly in a supply crisis, to give the EU another tool to negotiate better with its external gas suppliers and to cope better if there were a crisis, Sefcovic said.

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