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EC welcomes Russia's decision regarding gas price discount for Ukraine
02.04.2015 15:08 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
The extension of the discount on Russian gas supplies for Ukraine in the second quarter was described on Wed by the European Commission as a «good development», UNIAN says referring to the European Commission official Yakub Adamovich report.
«It is a good and welcome development to see that the Russian government intends to extend the price formula,» Adamovich emphasized.
Besides, Adamovich admitted that gas supplies to the EU are being carried out correctly.
As to earlier report, the RF Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev had signed a decree on Mar 31, No. 295 on granting Ukraine in the second quarter of this year a gas price discount in the amount of export duties, but no more than US$100 per thousand cubic meters.
«The export duty is calculated as follows: at a price of US$333.3 and higher per thousand cubic meters of gas, the discount will amount to UD$100, at a price lower than US$333.30, [and] the discount will be 30% of such prices,» the document reads.
It is to be admitted, the decree extended preferential period of natural gas supplies from the RF to the territory of Ukraine from Apr 1 to Jun 30 inclusive.
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