ITAR-TASS: South Stream pipeline in Bulgaria to be built under European rules — official

Bulgaria needs the South Stream gas pipeline, however, it will be built according to European rules, Bulgarian vice premier for economic policy Ekaterina Zakharieva said in an interview to the BTV television channel on Thursday.

“The European Commission suspects Bulgaria of violating the EU legislation in the South Stream gas pipeline construction, in particular, non-observance of competition rules. However, this does not mean that the project should be halted. We guarantee full assistance to the EC and will provide all the needed information to the commission so that it could look into the validity of their claims, we have voiced recommendations on the necessary changes in the project to continue South Stream construction,” Zakharieva said.

The vice premier confirmed that former Regional Development Minister Desislava Terzieva at the close of her office term signed the permission for the construction of the gas pipeline’s receiving terminal in the area of Pasha Dere near Varna and a compressor station.
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