Russian pipeline breaks free from EU rules

EurActiv's partner in Bulgaria, Dnevnik, reported in July 2011 Bulgarian Energy Minister Traycho Traykov as saying that both the EU-favoured Nabucco pipeline and its Gazprom-sponsored competitor South Stream will 'most probably' get a derogation from the Third Energy Package, the EU's legislative framework that provides competitors with free access to pipeline networks.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Europe's southern gas corridor: The great pipeline race http://www.europeansources.info/record/europes-southern-gas-corridor-the-great-pipeline-race/

ESO: Background information: Russia lobbies EU for special treatment on major pipeline http://www.europeansources.info/record/russia-lobbies-eu-for-special-treatment-on-major-pipeline/

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