Brussels also accounts ....
The economic damage caused by power cuts Russian gas to Europe are "certainly very important," said Friday a spokesman for the European Commission. If no accurate assessment of the financial damage could not be ascertained at present, elements could clarify the situation in the coming days.
The EU would consider it the application of any compensation, depending on the content of the various contracts with the member countries?
Unless the person making the Union force, and that context "helping", member states do more to coordinate. Especially if the European countries are dependent on Russia for their energy supply, Moscow should not "postpone" its customers, the energy sector represents about 20% of Russian GDP.
Remember, however, historically, each Member State negotiates freely at the moment, its own energy supplies through bilateral agreements with suppliers of their choice.
"We must develop a mechanism on how to handle the unexpected, until we have better infrastructure in the EU", held his hand to the Czech Deputy Prime Minister Alexandr Vondra, whose country holds the presidency the EU. Referring also noted the absence of "emergency plan" automatic solidarity at European level.
However, the legislation requires EU countries to ensure their own energy supply to households in the event of severe shortages. To do so, they must restrict their business, use their national stockpiles or switch to alternative sources. If the measures taken are insufficient, they can turn to their European partners meeting in the "coordination group gas.
But all this is - huge - cost ... The current conflict could also revive the idea of pooling European gas reserves in case of crisis. One topic that could be an extraordinary meeting in Brussels.
As a reminder, deliveries of Russian gas to Europe and transiting through the territory of Ukraine began to be disrupted this weekend due to the Russian-Ukrainian ports - especially - the prices paid for Russian gas Ukraine within the framework of its domestic supply.
Deliveries were then totally cut thereafter from Wednesday, the remaining today. Given the technical associates and transit time, the Brussels Commission believes that it will be necessary to wait a minimum of three days between the opening of floodgates upstream by Moscow and the actual arrival of traffic on the territory countries directly affected. It remains to define precise date and time for such an operation, which would "normally" as soon as European observers will be deployed in Ukraine and Russia.
However, the gas supplier RosUkrEnergo, a subsidiary of Russian gas giant Gazprom, will always require payment by Kiev of a debt of 614 million dollars (447.5 million euros). The Ukrainian state company Naftogaz oil was about 31 she said last December it paid in 1522 billion to RosUkrEnergo, a total of more than 2 billion of debt.
Remember also that'accord Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) EU-Russia ratified in 1997, expired in 2007. But given the conflict between Russia and Georgia on 1 September, the Heads of State and Government of the EU decided to suspend negotiations on the PCA to pressure Moscow.
In order to strengthen the security of the EU's oil and gas, the European Commission published on 13 November 2008 a Communication proposing a strategic analysis on energy, proposing to amend several directives. In the field of gas, the Commission highlights the strong gas markets between Member States. The European executive also highlights the deficiencies in cross-border cooperation in the event of a supply disruption or extreme weather conditions.
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