World economy: March 2017

Sunday, March 26, 2017

Vettel returned Ferrari to victory at the start of the season in Formula 1

After more than a year and a half Scuderia celebrates again. After more than a year and a half Scuderia celebrates again. Sebastian Vettel did! Ferrari won the race for the Australian Grand Prix, ahead of Lewis Hamilton and new pilot Mercedes Valtteri Bottas of "Albert Park." In training yesterday Scuderia were not able to fight for pole positions, but today proved that they have the necessary speed and recorded the first victory from 2015 onwards. Fourth crossed the finish Kimi Raikkonen and the fifth was Max Verstappen. Unfortunately, the other Red Bull driver, Daniel Ricciardo, who race in Australia is home, dropped and failed to please their home fans.

Felipe Massa, who this season returned to help Williams and replace Botas, finished sixth. Top 10 closed Sergio Perez, Karlos Saynts, Daniil Kvyat and Esteban Definitive.

The competition was exciting, with quite twists and overtaking dropped. Here's how it developed:

Grand Prix of Australia 2017

Unfortunately the race Daniel Ricciardo was eliminated before it even started. Yesterday the Australian pilot suffered a crash in the final part of the qualification and last night had Red Bull to change the gearbox in his car, and today bad luck did not let him. Daniel stopped on the way to the starting grid and said on the radio that his gear box is blocked gear.

Excellent start for Lewis Hamilton, who led before Vettel and Botas to third turn. Back into the column Magnussen and Erickson strike and out in chipping and Lance dismounting progressing to the 15-position. After the second round of pit lane arises Daniel Ricciardo. His mechanics that did not stop working on the car during the formation laps and old, managed to repair the car and his Australian pilot starts.

Stofal Vandoorn with McLaren, which apparently began yet another painful season report on the radio that the board did not work. The response team is "doing well."

In the fourth lap Vettel is approaching threatening to Hamilton to 0.6 seconds, the stewards confirmed that consider incident between Eriksson and Magnussen. "It's hard to find grip," says Lewis on the radio, but recorded the fastest lap and goes beyond the DRS zone Sebastian.

Grand Prix of Australia 2017 In the seventh Ricardo is already close, but still behind by two laps. Red Bull encourage him to keep going.

In forehead Vettel still catching Hamilton after recording the fastest lap and the difference between the two is now 1.5 seconds. Back Vandoorn enters the pit lane, but not for changing tires and restart the engine. McLaren is still in front of the garage and the team instructed him what to do, manages and hitting. Hamilton did continue with complaints on the radio, this time its tires overheated. Bad news for Haas - Romen Grozhan arrives boxing smoking car, out of the cockpit and removable. Good for McLaren - Alonso became the tenth.

Then begin pit stops: in the 17th circumference that makes Lewis Hamilton and ultrasoft passes soft. Briton goes behind Giovinazzo and while Vettel leads from Ferrari it ensure that its tires look good.

Sebastian Vettel did! Ferrari won the race for the Australian Grand Prix, ahead of Lewis Hamilton and new pilot Mercedes Valtteri Bottas of "Albert Park." In training yesterday Scuderia were not able to fight for pole positions, but today proved that they have the necessary speed and recorded the first victory from 2015 onwards.Fourth crossed the finish Kimi Raikkonen and the fifth was Max Verstappen. Unfortunately, the other Red Bull driver, Daniel Ricciardo, who race in Australia is home, dropped and failed to please their home fans.

Felipe Massa, who this season returned to help Williams and replace Botas, finished sixth. Top 10 closed Sergio Perez, Karlos Saynts, Daniil Kvyat and Esteban Definitive.

The competition was exciting, with quite twists and overtaking dropped. Here's how it developed:

Grand Prix of Australia 2017

After the second round of pit lane arises Daniel Ricciardo. His mechanics that did not stop working on the car during the formation laps and old, managed to repair the car and his Australian pilot starts.

Stofal Vandoorn with McLaren, which apparently began yet another painful season report on the radio that the board did not work. The response team is "doing well."

Grand Prix of Australia 2017 In the seventh Ricardo is already close, but still behind by two laps. Red Bull encourage him to keep going.

Bad news for Haas - Romen Grozhan arrives boxing smoking car, out of the cockpit and removable. Good for McLaren - Alonso became the tenth.

"This competition is a critical need to overtake Verstappen," said Mercedes Lewis, but he meets, no how. The longer the delay Max Hamilton, the greater becomes the lead to Vettel, which pit the 24 th lap. Good stop for Ferrari and Sebastian returned to Lewis. "Nothing left in those tires," reported Hamilton's team, but by repetition shows how Toto Wolff hit the table, seeing how Vettel out before Hamilton of boxing. Meanwhile Botas enters forehead and passes soft. Then so does Verstappen and so put Hamilton ahead.

In the 26th he arrives and asks to Kimi Raikkonen, releasing Vettel took the lead column. Slow stop for Ferrari but the Finn returns to the fourth Verstappen. "We think of Plan B," reported Mercedes of Hamilton.

Yellow flags for Daniel Ricciardo. This time the Australians really fell. The car is parked at the third turn, apparently once again technical problem. "OK, Daniel, I'm sorry, friend, the car finished," heard on the radio Ricardo.

C H I N K I

Grand Prix of Australia 2017 competition is halved and Vettel leads Hamilton to 6.1 seconds and a third Botas of 5.4 seconds, but catching his teammate. "Tell me what you can do, we must close this gap," said Mercedes Lewis. At that time, Valtteri recorded the fastest lap and melted lead Hamilton by 3.5 seconds. "We remain on plan A" complement Mercedes on the radio, assuring the triple champion that its tires look good.

In the 38th lap Botas continues to be the fastest driver on the track. The difference between him and Hamilton is already under three seconds. Whether Mercedes will ask him to let him go, because obviously there are more chances to attack Vettel?

Ferrari's Kimi ninth song on the radio: "The race is not over, Hamilton complained of your tires. If you stop behind Verstappen will come." Tour later dropped out of the race rookie Lance formation with Williams.

Hamilton reported a problem with the car and lack of power, but front Vettel well controlled column. The German driver led to Hamilton by over eight seconds and go confidently ahead to the first victory for Ferrari Grand Prix of Singapore 2015 onwards.

Yellow flags again, this time because of Magnussen, who stopped off the track and fell. So the list of drivers who will not see the checkered flag in Melbourne becomes long, slender, Ericsson, Ricardo Palmer, Magnussen and Grosjean.

The order is Vettel, Hamilton, Botas, Raikkonen and Massa Verstappen. On the tour were Perez Sainz, Kwiat and Definitive the top 10.

Grand Prix of Australia 2017. A few laps before the finish Fernando Alonso said that there is a problem with the car, pull it to the left: "Maybe there is something wrong with the suspension." Then enter the pits and remains there ... Spaniard out of the car and so the race for it over.

In the last two laps battles everywhere around the column - whether Verstappen can overtake Raikkonen for fourth position? Red Bull, is seen to be only 1.4 seconds from Ferrari-s. The answer comes lap later. Vettel crossed the finish line and won the race in Australia. Second was Lewis Hamilton in 9.9 seconds and a third on the podium is Valtteri Bottas. Kimi fourth, fifth Verstappen.

"First, First! Veliko so done!" Scream Ferrari radio and Vettel thanked them.

"Great job, Valtteri" greet and Mercedes new driver on the radio. "Thank you, guys. The Reds were too fast", he meets them.

Thursday, March 16, 2017

Germany takes on hate speech and false news

The German government presented a draft law which provides for fines of up to 50 mln. Euros on social networks that do not erase hate speech and false news. This represents the firm position of the European country against Internet platforms like Facebook and Twitter, writes Financial Times. Justice Minister Heiko Maas said that social networks are not doing enough to erase racist comments, incite violence, lean from their users. "Too few illegal content is deleted and is not erased quickly enough. The biggest problem is and remains that that networks do not take seriously enough the complaints of their own customers," says Maas.

Potential impact

The law reflects growing concerns in German political circles about the potential impact that false news and hate speech can have on federal elections later this year. Fears are that the internet lies can play a big role in Germany, as they did during the US election campaign. Then fake news like this that the Pope supports Donald Trump were distributed in Facebook. But some are wary. "The danger is that the platforms will start to delete posts that are not really illegal to avoid possible fines. This will undermine freedom of speech," says Stefan Human technological institute Stiftung Neue Verantwortung.

Experts say that was inevitable tone to social networks to harden in Germany. Holocaust denial and incitement to racial violence are considered serious crimes. The draft law is aimed mainly towards hate speech, which reached a peak in the country since Chancellor Angela Merkel decided to allow hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing civil wars and poverty in the Middle East and North Africa. According to Maas targets are taken and false news, especially those that are potentially libelous. Although there will be no criminal sanctions against all fictional news stories. Facebook says that there is "clear rules against hate speech" and worked hard to erase from its platform. "We are committed to working with the government and with our partners to tackle this social problem," the Facebook. And add that to the end of the year, over 700 people will work on the screening of content on the platform in Berlin. The company also announced in January that test their filtering equipment false news in Germany.

Registering complaints

The proposed law creates a legal requirement for social networks to provide users "easily recognizable and quickly accessible process for registering complaints about illegal content." They will also be obliged to delete or block any content that is defined as a criminal, within 24 hours. However, the platforms will have more time - seven days to erase or block comments that are not so obviously illegal and need verification. In any case, complaints will have to be informed immediately of any decision. According to Maas law will oblige the social networks present a quarterly report how they handled complaints, how many complaints were received and how they were resolved. They must announce how and personnel devoted to the processing of whistleblowing.

Mixed feelings of Scots

Sociologists reported the highest levels of support for independence in the country at all, but growing euroscepticism. Scots want independence more than they have been in the last 18 years. But, it seems, they have become more Eurosceptic than a year ago, when 62% of them voted against the country's exit from the EU. This shows the longest ongoing regular academic study of Scottish sentiment among voters The Social Attitudes Survey, conducted by the Centre for Social Research ScotCen. Academic research is also a yawning discrepancy between votes of Scots Brexit of the referendum and expressed their attitude towards the EU in the study.

More voices "for" independence

According to the survey, conducted since 1999 among about 1,200 people, support for leaving the union between Edinburgh and London reached 46% - the highest value since the beginning of the study. In comparison, on the eve of the referendum in 2014 ScotCen throwing support for the country's independence from only 33%. The study comes a day after two major Scottish newspapers - tabloid Daily Mail Scotland and The Times Scotland, made their own inquiries about the mood of the Scots against potential second referendum on independence. According to the results of the Daily Mail, 53% of Scots want to remain part of the UK against 47% who would leave. The Times poll indicates a slightly greater margin - 57 percent in favor of staying in the UK against 43% for the exit. The difference between the two newspaper studies and academic research in that first show short-term sentiment among Scots, the second relies on long-term trends in their views.

Increasingly Eurosceptic paradoxically

In 2014, 44% of Scots over 16 rightly said aloud his desire to leave the country UK. These were 1.618 mln. People. Just over 2 million. People wished to remain part of the United Kingdom. An interesting detail is that according to the survey of ScotCen over 72% of 16-24 year olds support independence, while only 26% of people over 65 want Scotland to separate. If these sentiments prove to be sustainable, it is possible a few decades in the country to form a critical mass of young people who support independence.

Academic research is also a large discrepancy between votes of Scots Brexit of the referendum and expressed their attitude towards the EU in the study. In the referendum, 62% of them have asked the country to remain a member of the EU. However, over 67% of respondents from ScotCen said they want Britain to leave the union or to limit his powers. According to the study ScotCen skepticism at Scots also increases and the highest levels since the beginning of measurements in 1999. This raises the question why the Scots voted "for" staying in the EU and the answer may have more to do with their hatred to London than their close feelings towards Brussels.The uncertainty of the upcoming negotiation process between Britain and the EU led the prime minister Nicola Sturgeon to push for a second referendum in late 2018 or early 2019. Both the EU and NATO said that if Scotland leaves the UK, it can not automatically remain a member of the organization.

Employers have the right to prohibit the wearing of Islamic headscarves decide the European Court

Employers may prohibit employees to work with Muslim headscarves and other ostentatious worn religious, political or philosophical symbols. Like internally properly in the company is not discrimination. Discrimination, however, if the employer dismiss or punish an employee because of complaints from customers on this occasion.

It reads decision Tuesday by the European Court in Luxembourg. The decision of the magistrates concerns two cases - one was filed in Belgium by a Muslim woman hired as a receptionist of the company G4S and fired once began to cover her head. Another - in France by Muslim fired after a customer complained of her clothing.European magistrates decided that internal rule is not discriminatory because it applies to all workers and all political, philosophical and religious beliefs.

The justices noted that it is possible that this rule constitutes indirect discrimination if it appears that penalizes representatives of certain religions or belief - for example, if a Christian wants to wear a visible cross or T-shirt Jesus is great. However, such indirect discrimination can be justified, according to the court. Will the employer to demonstrate to customers neutrality is a legitimate aim and is part of the freedom to conduct a business recognized in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU. This argument has even greater weight when just about employees working directly with customers, according to the court.

Luxembourg recommended that the national court, the Belgian case, whether those rules are applied consistently and whether the company was able to offer the employee another position that does not require visual contact with customers, rather than fire her.However, now can not retreat blindly and thoughtlessly over any requirements or expression of the will of others even if they are important customers Advocate General in his opinion.

Brexit begins

British Prime Minister avoid rebellion in parliament and received carte blanche to negotiate, but will have to face another referendum on independence in Scotland. The process of the British departure from the EU can now begin. On Monday night at Westminster parliament rejected two amendments of the upper house (Lords) and on Tuesday, Prime Minister Theresa May received approval to start negotiations with Brussels. Lords not started the "game of ping-pong" with lawmakers that would delay the negotiations and tried to push back amendments to the bill for Brexit, which oblige the government to agree the final deal with the EU to Westminster and to guarantee the rights of European citizens on the island. The preparation of the negotiating framework will be complicated diplomatic process that will encounter different visions of Brexit countries - EU members. In a speech to the lower house of parliament on Tuesday afternoon, however Mei gave no indication of when it will inform the European Commission and the EU Council for Britain's decision to trigger Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon.

Most likely it will happen sometime in the week between 26 and March 30 - after the anniversary of the Treaties of Rome, which created the European Economic Community (March 25) and before the release of the British Parliament in the rest of March 31st.

In his speech to parliament on Tuesday May stressed that everything is on the table, but on certain topics should achieve a quick consensus. Such is the rights of EU citizens in the UK and the reciprocal rights of the British in the EU. In other will be more difficult to reach consensus, such as the British contribution to the EU budget and the country's participation in the common EU market. Fighting on three fronts. In this situation, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom will have to wage war on three fronts in the next two years. The first, of course, is with the EU. During the negotiations, the UK will most likely trying to reach consensus with Brussels for key negotiating points as the rights of British citizens in EU countries, contributions to the Community budget and access to the single market. Since it is unlikely that this can be achieved, London will probably try to negotiate in parallel with the 27 members of the community behind the European Commission. "I do not like Brexit, I want to be on the same boat on which they were British. The day will come in which they will embark again on our boat, I hope"

Jean-Claude Juncker, European Commission President

The second front will be in Westminster. According to British newspaper The Times, referring to the leaked reports from the government in Whitehall, Parliament will have to adopt at least seven law as part of Brexit process. They are related to agriculture, trade and tariff data protection, fisheries policy and, of course, immigration to the country. All these legal changes have to be agreed by Parliament and can cause turbulence in the parliament, which remains divided regarding specific elements of Brexit negotiations.

Final battle could be the worst for the conservative government, and the future of the UK. On Monday the Scottish Premier Nicola Sturgeon stated intention to initiate a second referendum on Scottish independence between the end of 2018 and the spring of 2019 - in the middle of negotiations between London and Brussels. May Sturgeon attack in parliament on Monday and accused it of "looking like a horse with blinders" when he wants a new referendum for independence in such an important and uncertain moment in British history. Most likely the British Prime Minister will honor the request of Edinburgh, but will try to postpone the date of the referendum itself. Sturgeon, however, admitted that there is no guarantee that Scotland will remain part of the EU and NATO automatically when removed - this is the official position of both institutions since before the first referendum. This is not the only voice for separation from Britain, which was heard on Tuesday. Northern Ireland, "Sinn Fein" also said he wanted a referendum on the separation of Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom. However, the party does not have the same weight as the Scottish nationalists and likely to trigger a referendum is less. Certainly London and Dublin would have to agree on a special regime border on the island of Ireland.

B-Day is approaching, and with it - and uncertainty

After a day that Mei told European leaders on their intentions (jokingly referred to as B-Day in British media and political circles, a code name of the landing operation in Normandy during the Second World War - D-Day), will follow a complicated procedure preparation of the agenda of the talks until then they will start. According to Bloomberg's decision of May to wait until the end of March called into question when it will meet European leaders to prepare the negotiating framework. The reason is that this should have happened a month after the activation of Article 50, which will coincide with the French elections (April 23 and the runoff on May 7). So the French can request postponement of the summit for late May, which will cut the already short time to negotiate and to the detriment of London.

The preparation of the negotiating framework will be complicated diplomatic process that will encounter different visions of Brexit countries - EU members. Some, like Germany insist on "hard" out of Britain, the country's exit from the single market and the payment of money that London due to the EU budget by the end of the negotiations. Others, such as Eastern European countries will be more willing to negotiate with London and can work for "mitigation" of the negotiating framework.

Bulgaria has not expressed its official position on Brexit negotiations.

Republicans are increasingly an obstacle to trade policies Trump

They worry that his plans may harm the exports of their states and undermine long-standing alliances US

Republican lawmakers show increasing resistance to plans for a new trade policy President Donald Trump. They worry that his plans may harm the exports of their states and undermine long-standing alliances US, writes Wall Street Journal. This shows that the biggest threat to the commercial intentions of Trump, who focus on new bilateral deals and more hard-line approach against countries that violate trade rules, comes from his party. The opposition Republicans, who control both chambers of Congress will hamper the efforts of the President to review the North American Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and to deal with trade distortions, which accuses China.

Republicans have long supported free trade and who are close to business groups have warned that the imposition of duties could lead to retaliation against US goods. Lawmakers from states where there is developed agriculture, are unhappy that Trump withdraw the country from Trade Partnership (TPP).

"I am more worried about what they can do renegotiating existing agreements than what they are doing bilaterally with countries with which no transactions. We know what we have and not think it's as bad as thought the president," said Republican Senator from Iowa Chuck Grassley.

Trump caused a wave of discontent, threatening to terminate traditional US trade policies and challenging orthodox Republican lawmakers who support free trade. In fact, few members of his party oppose him openly about the issue because they want to work with the president on other priorities. But as the trade policies of Trump on several fronts legislators are beginning to express reservations.

"My concern is that they make it too difficult entry into a trade agreement. When you subtract themselves from the field of multilateral opportunities, our trading partners will look elsewhere for leadership. That leadership can come from countries that do not follow the same norms and values like us, "said Republican Senator from Colorado Cory Gardner.

Trump recently sent to Congress measures of commercial policy that supports aggressive use of a rarely used law to punish trading partners, and questioned the credibility of the WTO as an arbitrator in international disputes. Republicans responded with a strong statement in support of the organization and the existing American agreements.

Test for support

Trump intention to renegotiate NAFTA will be a test of support in Congress for its policies. US lawmakers watched carefully when Mexican lawmaker introduced a bill beneficial Latin American goods exported to the US grain. The move came as a result of warnings from Trump that NAFTA would be renegotiated and that Mexico will have to pay for the new border wall. "I'm worried because other countries Our answer: You want to build a wall, then you will not take your grain. If we talk about renegotiating NAFTA, we will actually lose in agriculture. So you really have to work very, very carefully" said Republican Senator from Iowa Johnny Ernst. According to Republican Senator Mike Lee of Utah, if Trump fulfill his threats to raise tariffs, "there may be some extreme economic consequences."

Europe tries to cool passions between Turkey and the Netherlands

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg urged Ankara and its allies from NATO "to demonstrate mutual respect" and to de-escalate tensionsGermany, France, the European Commission and NATO - leading European countries and organizations on Monday urged Turkey and the Netherlands to master diplomatic crisis between them.

So far it does not work and the authorities in Ankara are talking about preparing sanctions against the Allies in NATO and a review of part of the agreement with the EU to stop the influx of migrants to Europe. German Chancellor Angela Merkel condemned the words of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who compared the authorities in The Hague by "remnants of Nazism", because his ministers were not allowed to campaign on Dutch territory. "Germany rejects entirely rhetorical and any other comparisons to the Nazis made by the Turkish president," Merkel said.

"This rejection is true for our allies, including the Netherlands. These comparisons are absolutely irrelevant. They trivialize the suffering. Especially unacceptable are the Netherlands, which suffered so much torture for the National Socialists. That is why the Netherlands can count on my full solidarity and support" said Merkel.

"It is unacceptable to mention Nazism and fascism," said and French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault. He called for the termination of diplomatic conflict, adding that Turkey must respect the European Convention on Human Rights, said the agency "Reuters". EU Commissioner for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini and EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn urged Turkey "to refrain from strong statements and actions that risked exacerbating the conflict." "It is vital to avoid further escalation," reads their common statement. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg urged Ankara and its allies from NATO "to demonstrate mutual respect" and to de-escalate tensions. According to Turkish media, the government can discuss on Monday evening economic sanctions, perhaps limiting cultural activities and military and technological cooperation.

"Gazprom" often offer an opportunity to renegotiate prices

"Gazprom" offers the possibility of new contractual relations under which Bulgarian customers to pay a competitive price and request a renegotiation it, if it deviates from the reference prices in Western Europe, including the prices of competitive hub. Such price revisions in contracts should be able to do more often and to clarify in what moments are made. This should help gas prices in Bulgaria are more closely tied to those formed in EU markets where there are sources other than Russia and the prices competitive. These are some of the suggestions of "Gazprom" to the European Commission, which the company hopes to be terminated its operation of gas markets in Central and Eastern Europe. The Commission communicated to them on Monday and invited all interested parties to provide comments. "The fact that the European Commission moved procedure is good news. As an interested party, we will have our position within two weeks," said deputy executive director of the gas distribution company "Overgas Inc." Svetoslav Ivanov, in which "Gazprom" still has nearly 50 % share.

Among these suggestions are more:

"Gazprom" undertakes not want benefits from Bulgarian partners in the "South Stream" because of the termination of the project. This does not affect whether those claims would be generally valid. This is the compromise proposed by the Russian company on suspicion of the commission that takes advantage of its dominant position on the market for supply of gas to gain advantages associated with access to gas infrastructure or control.

"Gazprom" proposes to remove all contractual barriers to the free transfer of gas in Bulgaria and 7 other countries and take concrete actions to better pricing and integration of these markets.

- Moreover, the company is committed to remove market segmentation to remove all direct and indirect contractual restrictions that prevent its customers to resell abroad purchased gas or resale make this economically unattractive to customers.

- "Gazprom" undertook to make changes in the relevant agreements, so as to provide Bulgarian operator of the gas transmission infrastructure control over cross-border flows of gas and facilitate the conclusion of agreements on interconnection between Bulgaria and its neighboring EU countries, more particularly Greece.

What next. If these proposals are acceptable to Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia, as well as anti-trust authorities in Brussels, commitments may be shaped in a decision legally binding on "Gazprom".

This means that the Russian side will most likely be discontinued anti-trust investigation, the commission - if the company violates its commitments - can impose a fine of up to 10% of the global turnover of the company without having to prove the existence of violation of EU antitrust rules. Commissioner policy competition Margrethe Vesteger said: "We believe that the commitments of" Gazprom "will allow unrestrained gas at competitive prices in Central and Eastern Europe. These commitments distract our concerns regarding competition and provide prospective decision in accordance with EU rules. in fact, they help to achieve better integration of the gas markets in the region. "

The Commission considers that the commitments of "Gazprom" meet its objectives in relation to each competition concern, namely by ensuring that:

- Restrictions on cross-border resale of gas finally removed; cross-border gas transmission to central and eastern European gas markets has eased

- Gas prices in Central and Eastern Europe reflect competitive pricing benchmarks

- "Gazprom" can not benefit from any advantage on gas infrastructure received from customers, taking advantage of its market position in the field of gas supply.

However, the Commission recalls that effective competition in the Central and Eastern European gas markets depends not only on the application of EU rules on competition and investment in the diversification of gas supply, targeted European and national legislation in the field of energy and proper application.

For Bulgaria suggestions of "Gazprom" affect another question - to allow customers in Hungary, Poland and Slovakia to request delivery of all contracted gas or part of it to the entry points in the Baltic States and Bulgaria. This will allow those customers to seek new business opportunities even before it was finished connecting gas infrastructure. Of "Gazprom" will be allowed to charge a fixed and transparent service fee corresponding to the fee that would be charged the company.