FRANKFURT, May 15 (Reuters) - Germany's energy regulator the
Bundesnetzagentur has denied the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to
run from Russia to Germany under the Baltic Sea a waiver from
European Union gas directives it had applied for, delivering
another blow to the delayed plan.
In a statement on Friday, the authority said the
infrastructure project, designed by Gazprom to
increase direct shipments to Europe, falls under unbundling
rules under EU energy laws for its section on German territory.
The Gazprom-led Nord Stream 2 consortium, which
also involves five western partners that put up 50% of the
finance, had challenged a ruling by the German Lower House of
Parliament late last year, which approved tighter regulation on
grounds that the project had not been ready before May 23, 2019.
(Reporting by Vera Eckert, editing by Riham Alkousaa)