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Serbia's failure to implement energy agreements holds KOSTT hostage

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Serbia's failure to implement the energy agreement is preventing the Kosovo Electricity System, Transmission and Market Operator (KOSTT) from joining the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-).

As a result, KOSTT is unable to function as an independent control block/area within the Continental European synchronous area, "Koha Ditore" writes today.

In 2015, the Association Agreement between KOSTT and ENTSO-E was signed. Prerequisites for the full implementation of this agreement are the registration and licensing of the supplier company for the north of Kosovo.

Serbia has not yet done this. And in the absence of implementation of the agreement, the Serbian energy transmission operator, EMS, continues to benefit in millions from the allocation of capacities of Kosovo's border lines with neighboring countries. In 2017 alone, according to KOSTT data, EMS collected 9.6 million euros... (read more in "Koha Ditore" today)