InSerbia News: EU to examine South Stream agreement between Serbia and Russia
The Energy Community Secretariat of the European Union submitted a request to the EU Council to examine the legality of bilateral agreements on the construction of the South Stream gas pipeline concluded between Serbia and the Russian Gazprom company.
The Secretariat has resorted to this measure after Serbia failed to respond to repeated requests from Brussels to inspect the operations of Srbijagas and Yugorosgas, Serbia’s two transmission system operators in the South Stream section through Serbia, Energy Community Secretariat released on Wednesday.
According to the Energy Community, the agreements between Serbia and Gazprom do not comply with the so-called unbundling rules in force in the EU, which prevent one company from being both a producer and a supplier of natural gas.