Czechia decided not to apply to the European Union for an extension of the exception to the European ban on imports of Russian petroleum products introduced in 2022. Source: Reuters with reference to the Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade,

Czechia aims to stop consuming Russian oil by July 2025 once upgrades to a transalpine pipeline enable increased shipments from the west, Zdenek Dundr, Operations Director of the State pipeline company MERO says.

The Czech Republic is not looking to extend an EU exemption allowing it to import diesel and other products made from Russian oil, its industry and trade ministry said on Friday, taking a position that could end such imports from neighbouring Slovakia.