The European Union is going to propose measures to prohibit Russian imports gas By the end of 2027, as the block is pushing to discontinue the links with the country that was once its largest energy supplier, according to Bloomberg.

Despite efforts to reduce markets after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, cheap imports of Russian gas prove to be difficult to eliminate at a time when the block of 27 countries is struggling to reduce energy prices. The biggest headache for Europe is the rapid increase in Russian liquefied natural gas supplies (Lng), which were ejected at record level after Gazprom significantly limited pipelines.

Imports from Russia shrunk to about 19% of EU’s total gas markets last year, from over 40% before the war. In order to proceed with a plan to limit this dependency, the EU plans to propose June a ban on all gas imports in the context of new supply agreements with Russia and existing spot contracts. These measures – covering a spot contracts corresponding to about a third of imports – will come into force by the end of 2025 at the latest.

Like gas through pipelines, the majority of Russian LNG is purchased in the context of long-term contracts with European buyers with take-or-pay clauses-and it remains difficult to escape them. In the plans to be presented in Strasbourg on Tuesday, the Commission will announce a proposal next month to ban imports of Russian gas, both through pipelines and in the form of LNG in the context of these long -term agreements. The ban will come into force by the end of 2027.

This timetable is based on the block of the block to procure LNG alternatively from the US, Qatar, Canada and Africa, according to people who are aware of the issue. US markets are being discussed as part of trade talks with the Trump government, Bloomberg said last week.

The plan to gradually abolish gas will have limited effects on prices and energy safety, given large quantities of liquefied natural gas worldwide to come to the market in the coming years, the agency sources said. Plans may be amended before Tuesday’s announcement, Bloomberg sources added.