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Poland plans to impose an embargo on Russian coal imports by May and stop using Russian oil by the end of 2022, the prime minister said today, as Warsaw cuts its economic ties with Moscow following its invasion of Ukraine.
Poland wants its European partners to agree to a pan-European ban on Russian oil, coal and gas imports, but Germany and some other EU countries that rely heavily on Russian energy oppose it.
However, the EU is indeed planning to gradually reduce its dependence on Russian gas, and Germany said last week that it would stop buying Russian oil by the end of 2022 and cut off Russian gas in 2024.
Polish Prime Minister Matthew Morawiecki has said that Warsaw will impose its own embargo on Russian coal.
“I hope that by April, May at the latest, we will have completely withdrawn from Russian coal,” Mateusz Morawiecki told reporters in Moscow, a fuel storage facility outside Warsaw owned by Poland’s largest oil refinery. , PNK Orlen. “We will do everything we can to stop using Russian oil by the end of this year.”
Morawiecki also called on the European Union to impose a tax on imports of Russian hydrocarbons.
“I call on the European Commission today to introduce a tax on Russian hydrocarbons so that trade and economic rules in the European single market can function fairly,” he said.
“I will push hard for this idea within the European Union, so that the situation is fair in terms of market competition principles,” Morawiecki said.
Climate Minister Anna Moskva said Poland could buy coal from South Africa and Australia and it would not be more expensive.
About 60% of Poland’s refined oil comes from Russia. PKN Orlen has a long-term contract with Rosneft that expires later this year and an agreement with Tatneft that expires in 2024.
“We have renegotiated many contracts,” said PKN Orlen CEO Daniel Obaitek. “We are ready for any scenario and there are provisions in the contract, which generally offers us some possibilities.”
Source: AMPE
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