If Serbia activities are not effectively separated by July 1, the Energy Community will recommend imposing sanctions against Serbia, Director of the Energy Community Secretariat Janez Kopac said in Belgrade Monday.
Following a meeting at the Serbian Ministry of Energy and Mining, which was attended by representatives of Srbijagas, Kopac told a press conference that members of the Energy Community had received assurances that Srbijagas wold be undundled by July 1.
If this does not happen by July 1, we will recommend adoption of sanctions against Serbia at the Ministerial Council of the Energy Community, said Kopac.
We do not see much progress here, and are waiting for further explanation and suggestions from Serbia, he said.
Asked about what the sanctions might look like, Kopac explained that they could be both minor and quite serious – financial.
The symbolic ones may include ban on voting at Energy Community meetings or not receiving reimbursements for travel expenses of coming to the meetings of the Energy Community, he said.
And as for serious sanctions, Serbia may stop receiving European IPA funds for energy, warned Kopac.
Source: Tanjug
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