“For force majeure” .. “Gazprom” informs its customers in Europe that it will not supply them with gas

Reuters published the text of a notification sent by the Russian company, “Gazprom” to its customers in Europe, on the 14th of this month, in which it notified them, “that it will not guarantee their supply of gas due to force majeure circumstances.”

According to the notification, according to “Reuters”, the company announced a “state of force majeure in supplies, as of June 14.”

The well-known “force majeure” is defined as a standard in employment contracts and stipulates extreme circumstances that relieve a party from its legal obligations.

Uniper, Germany’s largest importer of Russian gas, was among the customers who said they had received this letter from the Russian side, and officially rejected this “claim as unjustified”.

RWE (RWEG.DE), Germany’s largest energy producer and importer of Russian gas, said it had received a force majeure notice, adding: “Please understand that we cannot comment on the details of this notice or our legal opinion on it.”