Abstract

In the context of the EU legislation and the Energy Community acquis, a very particular legal and regulatory problem has appeared relating to the South Stream pipeline project - Gazprom's (and other project partners') preferential access to the natural gas transport system of the South Stream for long term contracts on delivery of natural gas at unequal prices and other terms and conditions. That problem appears not only in the EU Member States but also in the Energy Community Contracting Parties where the South Stream has been planned to run through. The problem has also another context ...