ITAR-TASS: EU to decide on Gazprom's use of OPAL pipeline by January 2015
European Commission has delayed allowing Russian gas giant Gazprom to use 100% of OPAL pipeline capacities until the end of January, a representative for the commission told PRIME Wednesday.
“The European Commission has agreed with Germany’s Federal Network Agency to extend the deadline for an OPAL decision. The decision was delayed due to some technical aspects which require further consideration. It is hard to mention the date of the decision. The deadline for a decision is the end of January 2015,” the representative said.
In September, the EU postponed the decision to the end of October.
On October 31, a European source told PRIME that the decision on the pipeline capacities will be made by a new line-up of the commission which started its work on November 1.
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