New agreement between Gazprom and the buyers of gas from Italy , with the resumption of supplies and transport of Russian gas through the Austrian territory and towards our country. This is what the Russian gas producer said in a statement.
"Gazprom and the Italian buyers managed to find an agreement on the cooperation format between the regulatory changes in Austria at the end of September. The Austrian operator has communicated its willingness to confirm the transport appointments of Gazprom Export, which makes it possible the resumption of Russian gas supplies through Austrian territory ".
Meanwhile, from Strasbourg, the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen , makes it known how the EU is ready to put a ceiling on the price of gas . "High gas prices drive up electricity prices . We need to limit this inflationary impact of gas on electricity everywhere in Europe. For this reason, we are ready to discuss a ceiling on the price of gas used to generate electricity. This ceiling would be also a first step towards a structural reform of the electricity market ", clarified von der Leyen.
"We have decreased our gas consumption by about 10%. We need to do more but it is an important fact. Russian gas supplies have decreased to 7.5% of gas in pipelines," he also added.
"Such a ceiling on gas prices must be adequately conceived - then specified the president of the EU Commission - to guarantee security of supply. And it is a temporary solution to cope with the fact that the TTF, ours main benchmark for prices, it is no longer representative of our market ".
(Unioneonline / vl)