According to Yushkov, this court decision can be called expected.
“This is an unpleasant story, but it was not formed today. Back in 2019, European regulation was adopted, from which it followed that Gazprom as one company could load only half of the pipe's capacity. Accordingly, there is a way out - to transfer ownership of the gas in the last section of the gas pipeline. Thus, 27.5 billion cubic meters will be pumped by Gazprom (this will be its property) and the same amount will be pumped by European companies. That is, he will transfer the ownership right to them and thus comply with the antimonopoly legislation, and in total the gas pipeline will be loaded by 100% - by 55 billion cubic meters, ”the expert explained.
Earlier, Nord Stream 2 AG said that the decision of the German court to refuse to exempt the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from the provisions of the EU Gas Directive demonstrates “the discriminatory effect of the amended EU Gas Directive”.
In 2019, the European Parliament adopted an updated directive extending EU gas market rules to pipelines from non-EU countries.
Among the main provisions is the separation of companies supplying and transporting gas.