Analyst Kardas: section of Nord Stream 2 into 2 parts will help achieve its certification 
Employee of the Center for Eastern Studies in Warsaw Shimon Kardas In an interview with Energetyca24, he named a way through which Russia can achieve certification of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. In his opinion, for this it needs to be “divided” into two parts.
The Polish analyst pointed out the “weakness” of the updated EU Gas Directive, which applies only to the territorial waters of the EU member state where the pipeline ends, in in this case, Germany. “The applicant is hinting that the pipeline should be 'split' into two parts: one that is covered by European law (about five percent) and one that is not covered by European law (95 percent),” Kardas explained.
< p> According to the expert, approval by the European Commission and Berlin of this approach will allow Gazprom and its partners to operate Nord Stream 2 on more favorable terms, since in this case most of the project will be removed from the action which require, for example, to provide access to third parties, “Kardas added.
On November 16, Germany suspended the certification of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. Sources in the German government noted that the launch of the gas pipeline could be postponed until March 2022 due to certification problems.
They also indicated that Gazprom needed to create a subsidiary of the Swiss operator of the Nord Stream 2 AG project. and then transfer property and rights to her in Germany. Only after that, the regulator will be ready to resume the certification process in order to then submit it to the European Commission. A spokesman for the German Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) declined to comment on information about the postponement of the launch of Nord Stream 2 to March 2022.