Gazprom employee at a gas measuring stationMOSCOW, Feb. 2 Gazprom confirmed that filed an arbitration claim against the Polish PGNiG and EuRoPol Gaz, the company said. «Gazprom PJSC confirms the filing of a request for arbitration proceedings against PGNiG SA and EuRoPol GAZ SA and reserves all rights to protect its interests,» they noted. 
Gazprom did not resume gas transportation through Yamal-EuropeEarlier, PGNIG reported that it had received a lawsuit from Gazprom for the payment of dividends from the profits of EuRoPol Gaz, the owner of the Polish part of the Yamal-Europe gas pipeline, as well as an alleged violation of the rights of the Russian the company and the members of the board of EuRoPol Gaz appointed by it. According to the PGNiG board of directors, the claims contained in Gazprom's lawsuit are «absolutely unfounded.» The Polish company added that it «will take legal steps to show the groundlessness of the claims. PGNiG owns directly and indirectly, through its subsidiary Gas-Trading, 51.18 percent of the shares in the authorized capital of EuRoPol Gaz. The remaining 48.82 percent of the shares belong to Gazprom. It also became known that the EU Court of General Jurisdiction dismissed the claim of the Polish oil and gas company demanding to annul the decision of the European Commission on the antimonopoly case against Gazprom, adopted in May 2018. The investigation, which the EC initiated back in 2012, was closed without fines for the Russian exporter, but they imposed obligations on it regarding work in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe… For their violation, sanctions may be imposed against the company in the amount of up to ten percent of global turnover. Europe.Clients from the region also received the right to demand from Gazprom lower prices for 
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