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PGNiG can't legally appeal Gazprom antitrust settlement, EU Commission tells court

By Nicholas Hirst
  • 19 May 2021 12:01
  • 19 May 2021 12:01
Polish gas company PGNiG doesn't appear to have legal standing to challenge an EU antitrust settlement with Gazprom, the European Commission told judges today.
Reversing its previous position, the EU's antitrust enforcer today sided with Gazprom in asking the General Court to throw out a legal challenge to a controversial

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Nicholas Hirst

Chief Correspondent


Nicholas covers EU merger review and antitrust investigations for Mlex in Brussels. He previously wrote about EU affairs for Politico Europe, European Voice and PaRR. After earning an LLM in European law from the College of Europe in Bruges, he spent a year working in the competition practice of a leading competition law firm in Brussels 2009-10. He graduated in modern European languages from Oxford University in 2006.

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