The Minister was asked who specifically recognized the project as inappropriate to EU law.
“The Federal Grid Agency has suspended the certification process, because there are clear requirements of European energy law in the issue of unbundling (the principle of differentiating the roles of the pipeline owner, its operator and resource supplier. -
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for different legal entities
) and other design issues.
This was done a few days ago by the agency, ”said Berbock, quoted by RIA Novosti.
Earlier, the German Foreign Minister stated that the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline does not yet comply with EU norms, therefore, "this pipeline cannot be approved at the moment."
Igor Yushkov, an expert at the Financial University under the Russian government, commented on her words in an interview with RT.
He recalled that Berbock declares this because he is actually the leader of the Green Party, and “they based their election campaign in many respects on criticism of Nord Stream 2”.