Commissioner Piebalgs and Minister Bartenstein statement on the recent announcement of Bolivia regarding its gas industry

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Series Details IP/06/568 (03.05.06)
Publication Date 03/05/2006
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Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs and Austrian Federal Minister for Energy, Martin Bartenstein, on behalf of the EU Presidency, took note of the recent unexpected announcement of the Bolivian Government regarding its gas industry.

Bolivia's new President Evo Morales on 1 May 2006 signed a decree placing his country's energy industry under state control.
Source Link http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-06-568_en.htm?locale=en
Related Links
BBC News: Bolivia gas under state control, 2.5.06 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4963348.stm
ESO: Background information: Relations between Peru and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/relations-between-bolivia-and-the-european-union/
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