Naftogaz achieved an important victory over Gazprom in the Stockholm tribunal

01 June 2017, 04:19 | Economy 
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The Stockholm tribunal granted the demand of Naftohaz Ukrayiny to cancel the ban on re-export of gas, said Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine Elena Zerkal.

"The decision of the Stockholm Arbitration Institute today provides answers to legal questions in the dispute over the contract for gas supplies between Naftogaz and Gazprom ... In 2009, their position on key issues was as follows: 1. The "take or pay" condition (the lion's share of Gazprom's financial claims) has been canceled completely;. The prohibition of re-export was abolished completely; 3. Price formula revised from 2014 - European hub. This is an unequivocal victory. European integration is in force, "- she wrote on the page in the social network" Facebook "on Wednesday.

Gazprom also reported on the receipt of the decision of the Court of Arbitration in Stockholm to review the terms of the contract, Rain reports..

"Indeed, we just received an interim arbitration award. It is devoted to the solution of fundamental legal issues and does not contain any specific figures. The volume of the document is very large, it is 790 pages. We are now analyzing its content in order to reach any conclusions, "said Sergey Kuznets, deputy head of the Gazprom department (quoted by Interfax).

In June 2014, Naftogaz and Gazprom filed counterclaims under a gas supply contract. In early April of this year, Gazprom's claim against Naftogaz amounted to $ 45.7 billion, including claims for unpaid bills for a part of the disputed price for the period from November 2013 to May 2014 and payment of undelivered gas on condition "take Or pay ».

The claim of Naftogaz consisted of claims under the contract for compensation of overpayment of the company for gas purchased from May 20, 2011 to October 2015.

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