In the offices of the Russian Gazprom with searches, representatives of the EU antimonopoly regulator, report Reuters and Bloomberg with reference to sources.
According to Bloomberg, searches were held in German divisions, including Gazprom Germania and Wingas, which provide gas about 20% of the German market. Reuters does not specify the search venue, RBC reports.
Agencies write that searches are associated with the investigation in terms of gas supplies. The antimonopoly regulator checks the role of Gazprom in the increase in gas prices in Europe before record values.
Bloomberg notes that the EU antitrust investigation began until Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Earlier in March, European Commissioner for Energy Cadri Simson informed the European Parliament that the process of establishing facts in the course of the investigation of the possible anti-competitive behavior of Gazprom was underway. The investigation called on the laws and policies of the EU in order to establish whether the Russian company is abuses by its position, limiting gas supplies to Europe in order to put pressure and achieve the approval of the North Stream-2 gas pipeline.
RBC reminds that in September the group of deputies of the European Parliament said that Gazprom may be guilty of a record increase in gas prices and use it in its own interests. They called on the European Commission to investigate “possible deliberate manipulations on the market by Gazprom and a potential violation of the EU Competition Rules.”