Agreement on Nord Stream 2 directive reached

Representatives of the European Parliament, member states (Council of the EU) and the European Commission agreed in Strasbourg on a draft gas directive that concerns the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. The document contains an amendment that says EU law will be directly governed by those parts of the sea gas pipeline that run through the territorial waters of the last Member State along the gas pipeline route, in this case Germany.

Legal conditions for the remaining part of the gas pipeline would therefore have to be negotiated by Germany with Russia as part of an intergovernmental agreement. However, the European Commission informs about possible exemptions from the regulations for gas pipelines.