Latvia under pressure on EU unbundling rules
Sections of pipeline in Lithuania. The country has built a new supply corridor to its neighbour Latvia. (Lietuvos Dujos)
The European Commission has told Latvia it will not be exempt from EU Third Energy Package (TEP) rules on unbundling once the country can receive gas via its Baltic neighbour Lithuania.
In a letter sent to Latvia’s Ministry of Economics, the commission argues a pipeline linking Lithuania’s Klaipeda FSRU with infrastructure close to the Latvian border removes the country’s status as an ‘energy island’, dependent on pipeline deliveries from Gazprom.