Checks of Gazprom subsidiaries were objective - European Commissioner for Energy
MOSCOW. Dec 1 (Interfax) - Audits and checks of Russian gas giant Gazprom's subsidiaries by the Eurocommission were implemented in an objective fashion, the European Commissioner for Energy, Gunther Oettinger, told journalists on Thursday.
"The experts in antimonopoly rules carried them [the audits] out with a high level of objectivity," Oettinger said.
It was earlier reported that representatives of the Eurocommission carried out inspections at the offices of Gazprom's buyers and its associated companies in Central and Eastern Europe at the end of September. The raids were carried at Gazprom Germania GmbH, E.ON Ruhrgas and RWE (Germany), PGNiG, EuRoPol Gas SA (Poland), Vemex LLC (Czech Republic), OMV, GWH Gashandel GmbH (Austria), Overgas Inc. AD (Bulgaria), Panrusgas Co. (Hungary), Latvijas Gaze JSC (Latvia), Eesti Gaas AS (Estonia), Lietuvos dujos AB (Lithuania).