The Ministerial Council of the Energy Community has extended Moldova’s deadline for the implementation of ownership unbundling rules in the gas sector until 1st January 2020. This decision reflects the particular situation of Moldova’s energy sector, which is 100% dependent on a single gas supplier.
Moldova has no domestic production of gas and a single supplier is also the majority owner of the country's gas transmission system. Gas accounts for 90% of domestic power generation. In addition, key parts of the gas import and transport infrastructure are located in Transnistria, a territory with an unsolved sovereignty.
By Decision of the Ministerial Council adopted on October 2011, all members of the Energy Community committed themselves to implement the EU gas and electricity rules of the "Third Package" by 1st January 2015 and to unbundle their gas transmission systems and gas transmission operators by 1st June 2016.
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