{"id":1362,"date":"2017-10-25T07:02:50","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T07:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madaresharghi.com\/eu-wants-gazprom-to-increase-concessions\/"},"modified":"2017-10-25T07:02:50","modified_gmt":"2017-10-25T07:02:50","slug":"eu-wants-gazprom-to-increase-concessions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/eu-wants-gazprom-to-increase-concessions\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Wants Gazprom to Increase Concessions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/madaresharghi..com\">madaresharghi<\/a><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p> \tThe European Commission wants Russian gas giant Gazprom to make more concessions in order to end a six-year long antitrust investigation, the commission said on Friday after another round of talks.<br \/> \tGazprom said progress was made during the meeting, Reuters reported. The comments by the EU competition authority came after Gazprom deputy chief executive, Alexander Medvedev, met EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager to discuss the case in Brussels.<br \/> \t\u201cOur exchanges with Gazprom continue and, on this basis, Gazprom will first have to submit an improved commitments proposal. So, there is still some work ahead,\u201d a commission spokesman said in an email.\u00a0 The Russian state-controlled company is fighting allegations of overcharging customers and blocking East European rivals in contravention of EU rules. It denies the allegations.\u00a0 Gazprom said it and the commission had agreed to continue work on \u201cseeking a mutually acceptable solution\u201d in relation to EU\u2019s investigation into the company\u2019s practices.<br \/> \t\u201cWe are satisfied about the outcome of today\u2019s meeting, which was conducted in a constructive atmosphere,\u201d Gazprom\u2019s Medvedev said in a statement.<br \/> \tThe EU antitrust authority has said Gazprom\u2019s gas price formula, which is linked to the oil price, has led to consumers in Poland, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Estonia and Latvia paying excessive prices compared with Germany. Gazprom denies any wrongdoing.<br \/> \tGazprom, which supplies a third of the EU\u2019s gas, is facing fines of up to 10% of its global turnover.\u00a0 To meet EU requests, Gazprom offered to let clients renegotiate decades-long, oil-indexed contracts, with prices linked to benchmarks such as European gas market hubs and border prices, including in Germany.<br \/> \tGazprom\u2019s concessions were market tested among rivals and customers. The proposals made during the \u201cmarket test\u201d were discussed during the Friday talks, Gazprom said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>madaresharghi The European Commission wants Russian gas giant Gazprom to make more concessions in order to end a six-year long antitrust investigation, the commission said on Friday after another round of talks. Gazprom said progress was made during the meeting, Reuters reported. 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