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Current stage of Nabucco project discussed with ANRE experts on Wednesday

Representatives of the Nabucco Gaspipeline International Company presented on Wednesday to the experts of the National Regulatory Authority in the Field of Energy (ANRE) the current stage of the Nabucco project, and also supported the supplementary request on the modification of the ANRE decision to make an exception from the rule in the case of the gas pipeline, submitted in July 2008, ANRE informs.

In June, 2008, ANRE approved making an exception in the case of the Romanian segment of the gas pipeline while comes of implementation of such stipulations referring to the access of the third parties to the transport networks and the implementation of the tariff methodologies specific to the transport of gas via pipeline.

The decision to exempt the Romanian segment from observing such rules was sent to the European Commission, with the conditions waiting to be checked, following that, according to the in force European legislation, the Commission's stand to be communicated to ANRE.

The discussions with the representatives of the Nabucco International Company showed a real advance of the project as compared with other projects in the field, with the NRE decision on the supplementary request back in July following to be taken by end-October.

On Wednesday took place at the ANRE headquarter the meeting between the Nabucco representatives and the experts of the Romanian authority.

Nabucco is a project aiming at transporting gas from the Caspian Sea are to Europe via Turkey, Romania, Hungary and Austria. The pipeline is to measure 3,300 kilometres in length and is to transport some 31 billion cubic metres of natural gas annually. The gas pipeline might become operational in 2012. The final decision on the building of the Nabucco pipeline should be taken this year. If this happens, the construction works might begin in 2008/2009, with the first transport to be carried out in 2012.

The Nabucco project was initiated by five companies in the field: OMV (Austria), MOL (Hungary), Botas (Turkey), Bulgargaz (Bulgaria), Transgaz (Romania). Recently, the Nabucco consortium became the 6th partner in the project by the inclusion of the RWE company (Germany).

Conceived as an alternative to the natural gas supplied by Russia, Nabucco is to offer the European Union an alternative source of supply with gas from Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan.

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