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Gazprom i GdF Suez podpisały w Paryżu 1. marca 2010 r. porozumienie (memorandum) o dodatkowych dostawach gazu (1,5 mld m3 rocznie od 2015 r.) z Rosji do Francji poprzez rurociąg Nord Stream oraz o wejściu GdF Suez w skład konsorcjum budującego ten rurociąg z udziałami 9% do czasu rozpoczęcia budowy.

Komunikat spółki:

ON SIGNING MEMORANDUM WITH REGARD TO ADDITIONAL GAS SUPPLIES TO GDF SUEZ AND THE NORD STREAM PROJECT

Today in Paris and in presence of President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev and
President of France Nicolas Sarkozy Gazprom Management Committee Chairman Alexey Miller and GDF SUEZ Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Gérard Mestrallet signed a Memorandum on additional supplies of Russian natural gas and on the entry of GDF SUEZ into the Nord Stream project.

The document specifies that the parties have started discussions about supplying to GDF SUEZ up to 1.5 bcm of additional gas per year from 2015. The supplies will be fulfilled via Nord Stream.

Alexey Miller and Gérard Mestrallet also expressed their satisfaction with the progress made to finalize the deal under which GDF SUEZ will become shareholder of Nord Stream AG with a share of 9 per cent in its capital before the start of the gas pipeline construction.

«Nord Stream is a strategically important pipeline for Europe. The value of the project is difficult to overestimate, as it will be an additional guarantor of energy security for millions of consumers and give them confidence in the future. Nord Stream is a good example of an offshore gas pipeline complying with stringent international environmental requirements. It recently received the last approval needed to begin construction in April of this year. We and our colleagues at GDF SUEZ believe that Nord Stream does not merely strengthen cooperation between our companies, but will also help develop the energy sector of the entire continent and be another factor in the success of the long-term Russo-French partnership in the gas sphere», - said Alexey Miller.

«In the framework of the cross-year 2010, year of Russia in France and of France in Russia, the agreement with Gazprom, our long term Russian partner and largest gas producer in the world, illustrates the high-quality relationship developed over the years. Furthermore, GDF SUEZ regards with high consideration this major industrial partnership with Gazprom. By entering in Nord Stream AG and increasing its gas purchase from Russia, GDF SUEZ aims at contributing to the security of supply of Europe including North West Europe where the Group is one the major power producers and holds a large portfolio of final power and gas customers», - declared Gérard Mestrallet.

01.03.2010 Moscow