US EditionEU Considers Tighter Rules to Block Russian Gas After 2027 Ban, Bloomberg Reports
Denmark's proposal aims to block disguised Russian gas imports via swap deals and TurkStream, ensuring compliance with the EU's full ban by 2027, with exemptions for some landlocked countries.
- Bloomberg reported that Denmark circulated a draft requiring gas importers to prove supplies are not of Russian origin, prepared while it holds the EU rotating presidency.
- Growing concern that blending and complex ownership chains make tracing Russian gas difficult, with the draft highlighting risks tied to the TurkStream pipeline into Southeast Europe.
- The draft would bar swap deals that substitute non-Russian shipments and include exemptions for landlocked countries such as Hungary and Slovakia, with short-term contracts ending by June 17, 2026 and longer-term agreements banned by 2027.
- Authorized bodies would be required to verify gas origin, but imports from countries that have banned Russian gas and landlocked Hungary and Slovakia remain exempt under Denmark's draft.
- Denmark aims to secure consensus among EU governments by October, then negotiate with the European Parliament to finalize legislation by year's end, closing loopholes in the Russian gas ban.
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Denmark, which now chairs the Council of the European Union, has offered the bloc's countries a way to close a potential loophole that would allow imports of Russian gas after the relevant ban comes into force at the end of 2027.
EU Considers Tighter Rules To Block Russian Gas: Bloomberg - Iran Front Page
European Union countries are weighing new measures to close potential loopholes that could allow Russian gas to continue flowing into the bloc after a full ban takes effect by the end of 2027, Bloomberg has reported.
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