Abstract

There are multilateral and regional efforts to control and regulate transit aspects of cross-border oil and gas transport activities. These are supported by a multitude of transit-related principles adopted under existing multilateral legal instruments dealing with trade and energy. Some of these, especially those devised to be implemented within the Eurasian region, such as the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), directives and regulations of the European Union on energy and the Energy Community Treaty, introduce rules and principles tailored for energy exchange and transit between ...