The European Commission has proposed short-term solution to the situation with the transit pumping gas from Russia to the EU via Ukraine after 2019, If proper contracts are ready all the rules, said the Vice-President of the EC energosoiuz Maros Sefcovic. according to his statement, the new operator of the GTS shall make the end and He will be obliged to become a new partner of "Gazprom" in the issue of pumping gas transit to the European Union on Ukraine. "If there is slippage, for example, parliamentary approval or certain technical delays, we did offer so-called tiered approach When it will be possible to go on short-term allocation (capacity transit - ed.) for the period from 1 January to 1 June, but It has to be part of a long-term consensus on the transit pumping ", - He said at a press conference after trilateral consultations with Russia and Ukraine at the Ministerial level. When all the rules work on the basis of a long transit contract will be ready, the parties will move from the scheme into the workplace under the contract, said Sefcovic. "It was, I think, accepted by the Russian side, but we have to see It on paper," said Commissioner of the EC. He tried to convince the Russian Federation and Ukraine to use every day and minute for intensive bilateral discussions between the countries, ministries and companies, " because January 1 is near ". The details of the negotiations told the Head of Ministry of Ukraine Alexey Orzhel. "Another important point, which was taken into account - It's still some of the Russian position in respect of arbitration and the volumes of direct deliveries. This so-called batch element positions, " He said. The Minister confirmed that the issue of the transit contract is not associated directly with other batch agreements that are required to work the Russian Federation and Ukraine. He also said that the settlement of legal disputes the parties will discuss separately. Thus He has noticed that considers possible a situation In which the parties can come to an agreement. Russia, Ukraine and the European Commission hold a trilateral dialogue on transit pumping gas, a completion Box 2019, When the existing agreement with Kiev. The head of "Gazprom" Alexey Miller first outlined the 3 key rules to continue transit: judicial nullification of the claims of "Gazprom" and " Naftogaz ", the definition of the regulatory contract for the transit as well as certainty in the supply of gas to Ukraine, and their volume. <span style="color:darkgray