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EU: Commission to meet with Gazprom in March over monopoly accusations

By  |  February 21, 2016

Gazprom and the European Commission could hold a meeting on the antitrust investigations in March, Deputy Energy Minister Anatoly Yanovsky told reporters at the Krasnoyarsk Economic Forum.

“I think that the meeting will be held in March,” he said.

On April 22, the European Commission sent the official list of claims within the European antitrust investigation to Gazprom. The European Commission suspects Gazprom of abusing its leading position in the European gas market, and also questions its system of long-term contracts and the pricing system.

The official antimonopoly investigation was initiated on the basis of complaints of Lithuanian authorities to the EC on September 4, 2012. The investigation is carried out in the Baltic States, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Bulgaria.

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