DUESSELDORF, Aug 25 (Reuters) - The Nord Stream 2 gas
pipeline is not exempt from European Union rules that require
the owners of pipelines to be different from the suppliers of
the gas that flows in them to ensure fair competition, a German
court ruled on Wednesday.
The Duesseldorf Higher Regional Court threw out a challenge
brought last year by the operators of the Gazprom-backed
project to carry gas from Russia to Germany under the
Baltic Sea. They had argued the rules were
discriminatory.
(Reporting by Tom Kaeckenhoff
Editing by Madeline Chambers)