BERLIN, December 12 & nbsp;/TASS /. The Nord Stream certification process 2 '' continues, the rule of European law plays a major role. & Nbsp; This was announced on & nbsp; Sunday by the head of the German Foreign Ministry, Annelena Berbock, on the & nbsp; air of the ZDF TV channel.
& nbsp; We discussed this in & nbsp; within the framework of the coalition negotiations and & nbsp; prescribed in the & nbsp; coalition agreement that & nbsp; European law in & nbsp; energy projects should be applied in the field of energy. This means that & nbsp; at & nbsp; at the moment, this pipeline is not & nbsp; can be approved & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; she said. According to the & nbsp; minister, the project is not yet & nbsp; meets the requirements & raquo; EU.
To start pumping gas, the Nord Stream operator & nbsp; & mdash; 2 '' you need to get the approval of the German regulator, which checks the project for & nbsp; compliance with the & nbsp; EU Gas Directive. Now the certification has been stopped, since the operator Nord Stream 2 AG & nbsp; with & nbsp; headquarters in & nbsp; Switzerland needs to register a subsidiary in & nbsp; Germany. Until this & nbsp; happens, certification will not continue.
In & nbsp; agreed by the coalition in & nbsp; Germany, the Nord Stream treaty & nbsp; & mdash; 2 '' it is not & nbsp; mentioned, it only emphasizes the supremacy of common European standards in & nbsp; issues of energy projects. Chancellor Olaf Scholz has been very restrained about the future of the pipeline. He & nbsp; pointed out & nbsp; that & nbsp; no & nbsp; one country not & nbsp; can violate the borders of another state, in & nbsp; otherwise, there will be consequences. Burbock, as co-chair of the Greens, has constantly demanded that the project be stopped in recent years. Now she is the head of the Foreign Ministry in the & nbsp; government of Scholz. The main foreign policy course, as a rule, was determined in the & nbsp; department of the chancellor, and & nbsp; not & nbsp; in the & nbsp; ministry of foreign affairs.
The Russian side has repeatedly emphasized that & nbsp; & laquo; Nord Stream & nbsp; & mdash; 2 '' is a commercial project and & nbsp; is being implemented jointly with & nbsp; European partners. The press secretary of the President of the & nbsp; RF Dmitry Peskov expressed bewilderment at the attempts of a number of countries to determine the fate of the gas pipeline on politically motivated circumstances. Moscow has also repeatedly stated & nbsp; that & nbsp; never & nbsp; used energy resources as a pressure tool.