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29th European Energy Law Seminar

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The Dutch Energy Law Association announced that the upcoming 29th round of the European Energy Law Seminar w ill take place on 22 and 23 January 2018 in Hampshire Hotel Babylon in The Hague (Netherlands). The finalized programme and all further details will be available asap at the Association`s  website www.never.nl . Registration will be possible via that website. Financial support for European PhD or Master students is available to enable participation in this high-profile seminar.

European Commission on `Nord Stream 2` - New Amendments to Gas Directive Proposed

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On 8 November 2017 the European Commission issued a proposal for a Directive amending Directive 2009/73/EC concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas COM(2017) 660 final. The main aim of the proposed Directive is to make the Gas Directive in its entirety applicable to gas pipelines that are connecting a third state with a EU state, like the envisaged Russian-German Nord Stream 2 pipeline.

How Germany Could Get Rid of Coal

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The phase out of coal in Germany is one of the most contentious topics in current discussions on the formation of a new German government after Germany held general elections in September 2017 . The  biggest German energy law firm Becker Buettner & Held now issued a legal analysis of the possibilities to phase out coal in Germany. It finds that a phasing out of coal in Germany would be possible and the study highlights ways in which the legal pitfalls encountered with the pase out of nuclear power in the country could be circumvented. The study is available here  (German language version only).