EU ROUND UP
July 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLA COMPREHENSIVE deal over third party access to gas pipelines has been agreed between German joint venture BEB and the European Commission, leading to Brussels closing its competition investigation into the company's refusal to allow Norway's Marathon to pump gas into its infrastructure. BEB - owned by Shell and Exxon/Mobil - will establish a sophisticated entry and exit system for competitors, allowing them to book online the feeding of gas into BEB's German networks and the removal of gas elsewhere for their customers. Crucially, fees charged ...
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