据俄罗斯新闻媒体3月4日布鲁塞尔报道,欧盟委员会3日在一份声明中表示,欧委会日前批准了希腊当局和跨亚得里亚海管道(TAP)公司之间达成的一项有关建造TAP天然气管道把阿塞拜疆天然气输送到欧洲的协议。
声明说,希腊对这个项目的投资激励机制“符合国家援助规则”。
声明援引欧盟反垄断专员玛格丽特?维斯塔格的话说,跨亚得里亚海管道将给欧盟带来新的天然气并将增加东南欧洲能源供应的安全。
作为协议的一部分,TAP公司在希腊将获得25年的减税优惠。
跨亚得里亚海管道是欧洲南部天然气走廊(Southern Gas Corridor)的一部分,它将把欧盟市场与新气源连接。TAP将通过希腊、阿尔巴尼亚和亚得里亚海把里海的天然气输送到欧洲,天然气随后进入意大利南部与意大利天然气网连接。TAP公司由来自英国、阿塞拜疆、比利时和意大利的几家能源公司拥有。这条管道预计具有年输送100亿立方米天然气的初始能力。
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原文如下:
European Commission Approves Greece-Trans Adriatic Pipeline Project Deal
Russian News Media
March o4, 2016
Brussels
The European Commission has approved the agreement between the Greek authorities and the TAP AG company on the construction of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) gas pipeline bringing Azeri gas to Europe, the commission said in a statement on Thursday.
According to the statement, the Greek investment incentives for the project are "in compliance with state aid rules."
"The Trans Adriatic Pipeline will bring new gas to the EU and increase the security of energy supply for Southeast Europe," Commissioner Margrethe Veestager said, as quoted in the statement.
As part of the deal, the TAP AG will be granted an eased tax regime in Greece for 25 years.
The Trans Adriatic Pipeline is the European leg of the Southern Gas Corridor, which aims to connect the EU market to new gas sources. The TAP will transport Caspian natural gas to Europe, crossing Greece, Albania and the Adriatic Sea, then coming to Southern Italy to connect to the Italian gas network. The TAP AG is owned by several energy companies from Britain, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Italy. The pipeline is expected to have an initial capacity of 10 billion cubic meters of gas per year.