Press Release: Commission gives its support to a pipeline which will limit oil pollution risks in Black and Mediterranean seas

Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs signed on 3 April 2007 in Zagreb a ministerial declaration on next steps to build a pipeline which will bring oil directly from the Black Sea to the Central European markets and avoid further oil tanker traffic. The so called "Pan-European Oil Pipeline" would significantly reduce the chances of a serious accident in the Bosphurus Straits, the Black, Aegean and Adriatic Seas. "This project is a good example of enhanced co-operation among the members of the Energy Community", Commissioner Piebalgs said.