Plans, in this respect that European companies to discontinue long -term Russian gas conventions, without paying fines in Moscow, is considering the European Commission according to the Financial Times.

Citing three officials with the knowledge of the plan, the Financial Times said the Commission was studying the possibility of allowing companies to declare force majeure to relieve importers of their obligations to pay fines in the event of termination of contracts.

According to the report, these plans are part of a roadmap on how the EU will get rid of Russian fossil fuels by 2027, a document scheduled to be published on May 6, after repeated delays.

It is recalled that the President of the Commission, Ursula von der Laienne, pledged last month at a press conference on the gradual abolition of Russian gas, saying it was “absolutely necessary” to do so.

EU leaders promised to end dependence on Russian oil and gas in 2022, amid extensive concern that these revenue funded Russia’s war against Ukraine.

The EU introduced just less than 52 billion cubic meters of Russian gas in 2024, compared to 150 billion cubic meters in 2021, according to EU statistics. However, the latest data, Europe bought a quantity of Russian gas records and a quantity of Russian liquefied gas. With the energy Think Tank Ember.

But imports continued despite the end of the natural gas flows through Ukraine on January 1, 2025, when the transit agreement ended. In February 2025, the EU took 56 million cubic meters a day via the Turkstream pipeline, a monthly increase of 11%. “These increases could threaten the gradual abolition of Russian gas in 2027,” the Hink Tank also referred to the liquefied natural gas (LNG).