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The MEGAL pipeline ((ドイツ語:Mittel-Europäische-Gasleitung)) is a major natural gas pipeline system in southern Germany. It transports natural gas from the Czech–German and Austrian–German borders to the German–French border.〔 ==History== Construction started in 1975 when Ruhrgas and Gaz de France formed a partnership (''Mittel-Europäische-Gasleitungsgesellschaft'') for transportation of Russian natural gas to France and southern Germany. The pipeline was commissioned in 1980.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】Gazprom Export "> url=http://www.gazpromexport.ru/history/?pkey1=00004 ) 〕 The pipeline cost €634 million.〔 〕 In July 2009, the European Commission fined GDF Suez and E.ON €553 million each due to collusion on the MEGAL pipeline. Commission officials claimed there was a deal between the two groups’ predecessor companies – Gaz de France and Ruhrgas – not to sell gas sent via MEGAL into each other's home markets dating from the mid-1970s. The Commission alleged that the companies maintained these arrangements after European gas markets were liberalised despite knowing that the 1975 deal violated competition rules.〔 They are the second largest fines imposed by the European Commission and the first on the energy sector.〔〔 〕 The decision is contested by both companies, who argue that the business rules in 1975 differed from those of today.〔〔 〕 In 1975, Ruhrgas and Gaz de France concluded arrangements according to which they agreed not to sell gas in each other's home market. The deal was abandoned in 2005.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「MEGAL pipeline」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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