The EU has set 2027 term for energical contracts with Russia

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According to officials, the European Commission will set a term of 2027 for EU companies to avoid any other energy contracts with Russia and move to other sources, including the US.

The plan, which will be announced on Tuesday, was carefully guarded by the publication of high -ranking EU officials who were alert to its likely impact on the energy market. This means enhancement of the block Efforts to wean yourself from Russian fossil fuels With a full -scale Moscow language Invading Ukraine In 2022.

While Russian oil and coal are subject to strict sanctions, the EU is fighting for banning gas imports due to opposition by pro-Russian governments, such as Hungary and Slovakia, who claim it will increase energy prices.

Four officials informed the commission in the document, stated that by the end of this year, companies would be completed to complete all gas contracts on the market with Russian suppliers and complete all long -term contracts by 2027.

The measures that have once announced are still to be approved by the majority of EU member states and the European Parliament, designed to bypass the need for a block in unanimous approval by the member states for imposing gas sanctions. Hungary and Slovakia said they would block any sanctions.

Three officials said Brussels would also push power to get greater supervision of commercial contracts to trace buyers of Russian fuels.

By 2022, the EU received more than two fifth of gas gas imports and about 28 percent of imported crude oil from Russia. Since then, the Russian share has decreased to approximately 13 percent of gas imports, including liquefied natural gas, and less than 3 percent of oil imports.

Despite a significant decrease in gas gas, the EU has increased its SPG imports from Russia with supplies Putting record levels last year.

According to KPLER, the company according to data and analytics, in April there were 17 supplies from the Yamal LNG plant to the EU. The court was transported by 1.2 million tonnes of MPG to the block, and about 59 percent of the cargo was delivered to France and 23 percent to Belgium. The rest went to the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain.

Unlike Hungary and Slovakia, other member countries, including the Netherlands and Belgium, said they would support sanctions on Russian gas as a way to force the company to cut their Russian contracts.

“This impetus will reach zero will be difficult,” said one senior EU diplomat, adding that companies will have to pay more gas if it is forbidden to buy in Russia. “If you want to raise all the secrecy of commercial contracts, the price will be.”

The diplomat stated that it would be difficult to prevent the treatment of the proposed rules, such as the gas sent through the Turk pipeline, allegedly from Azerbaijan, but potentially including supplies from Russia.

The commission’s document is partially intended to inform Washington that the EU is ready to buy more U.S. in the framework of the trade deficit transaction, officials said.

The factory plan will also cover nuclear fuel and spare parts. Finland, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary depend on various proceedings by Russian nuclear technology.

All this, with the exception of Hungary, signed contracts with the US Nuclear Company Westinghouse to replace their Russian fuel rods, but spare parts remain difficult to replace because few non -non -non -non -non -non -non -non -non -non -non -non -non -non -non -non -non -non -non -non -non -non -non -non -non -non -non -non -non -non -non -trade oneth.

One EU official said the roadmap was intended for the member states to “face difficulties” when they support their Russian contracts.

Bloomberg first reported the date of the 2027 release.

Additional Paola Tama report in Brussels and Chris Cook in London