BRUSSELS – The European Commission is proposing to extend EU internal energy market rules to cover offshore gas pipelines, an EU document shows, its latest attempt to regulate Russia’s planned Nord Stream 2 pipeline to Germany.
Reuters: EU plans rule change to snag Russian pipeline
A Nord Stream pipeline operator stands on Oct. 8, 2012 on a platform overlooking the diagnostic cleaning plant before the opening ceremony of the North Stream second gas link in Portovaya bay, some 60 kilometers from Vyborg in northwestern Russia.
