Gazprom Said to Get EU Antitrust Complaint on Gas This Week
Gasoline prices sit on display outside a fuel station operated by OAO Gazprom Neft in Belgrade, Serbia, on June 5, 2014.
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OAO Gazprom will get an antitrust complaint from the European Union as soon as Wednesday in a two-year-old probe into gas pricing that’s been delayed amid political tension in Ukraine, according to an EU official.
The EU, which relies heavily on Russian gas, will send a statement of objections to Gazprom that lays out where regulators see possible violations of competition law, according to the official, who asked not to be identified because the decision isn’t public. The EU has been examining whether the company’s contracts unfairly link oil and gas prices and prevent customers from reselling gas.