Euroconfidentiel & OGEL joint publication
Publication date: December 2009
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2009
Format: 17 x 24.5 cm
Pages: 459
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Introduction
Over the last 36 months the energy relationship between
Europe and Russia, a customer and its supplier, has been
re-written in many ways. This book endeavors to grasp the
political and legal issues that surround these developments.
Firstly, the political aspects of the EU-Russia relations
are discussed by some of the leading practitioners and
academics in the field. With Russia being the single most
important energy supplier for the European Union, the
security of supply issue inevitably hinges to a large extent
on the complex relationship between Brussels and the
Kremlin. The events following the most recent disruption of
gas supply from Ukraine in 2009 is evidence of the fragile
political interrelation between the EU and Russia and it is
not surprising that speculation about the future of Russian
energy supplies to the EU keeps growing. These issues are
further complicated by the stated intention of both parties,
the EU in particular, to diversify their energy flows. In
the first section of the book, the Energy Commissioner
Andris Piebalgs and his colleague from the Cabinet,
Ferran Tarradellas, approach the issue from an EU
perspective as international relations practitioners. Their
viewpoint on EU-Russia relations is then followed by an
academic assessment from Dr Fraser Cameron.
Above and beyond policy issues, the legal issues that
surround the intricate political backdrop of the
relationship are also examined in much detail. Indeed the
legal relations between the two partners are at the center
stage of this book. Various mechanisms including the
EU-Russia Partnership Agreement, the EU-Russia energy
dialogue and the Energy Charter Treaty are examined and
debated. Another re-occurring theme of the book is the role
of transit countries. Here, the international law aspects of
EU-Russia energy relations are discussed by an eminent group
of experts including Mark Baker, Dr. Andrey Konoplyanik,
Dr. Dirk Buschle, Sophie Nappert and others. These
experts discuss issues including the Energy Charter Treaty,
EU-Russia Partnership Agreement and the enforcement of
arbitral awards in Russia.
The changing legal regime, in the EU in particular, also
has its effects on EU-Russia relations. Some of the most
significant and controversial changes in EU energy law and
policy and its implications for EU-Russia energy relations
are examined in the chapters written by some of the leading
academics from various countries including many EU Member
States, Ukraine and the US. The authors include Dr.
Michelle Michot Foss, Dr. Dmitry Volkov, Dr. Gürcan Gülen,
Dr. Alan Riley, Arnoud Willems, Jung-ui Sul, Yohan Benizri,
Michael Gonchar, Vitalii Martyniuk and Olena Prystayko,
Aleksander Kotlowski, Kim Talus and Michaël Hunt.
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