Nord Stream 2 Won’t Be Exempted From EU Rules, German Court Says
Sections of Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline at the Baltic port of Mukran in Sassnitz, Germany, on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s district on the Baltic coast was the site of the last major Soviet military project in communist East Germany and is now at the center of a deepening rift between Cold War allies. Photograph: Alex Kraus/Bloomberg
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Karin Matussek and Vanessa Dezem, Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) -- Nord Stream 2 AG, the controversial gas pipeline project owned by Gazprom PJSC, lost a German court fight to sidestep European Union rules separating production from transportation, a decision that may delay the start of the operations.
The Dusseldorf Higher Regional Court on Wednesday dismissed a bid by Gazprom to overturn the German Network Agency’s decision to impose the EU measures.
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