The External Dimension of the EU Internal Market and its Effect on the Russian Gas Sector: an Analysis of the Extraterritoriality of EU Law and its Global Reach in the Energy Sector

The article will assess the extraterritorial application of EU law and its global reach in the energy sector, by examining the external dimension of the internal market rules as a regulatory tool to extend the EU's energy regulation and competition rules (i.e. the energy acquis) to Russia. In undertaking this analysis, the article will explore the EU's role as a global regulator by scrutinising the Union's approach to its external energy relations with Russia and its involvement in the shaping of an international legal order in the energy sector. By examining the externalisation of the EU's energy acquis, the article will seek to place the analysis within the context of the broader phenomenon of the global reach of EU law, using the impacts on Gazprom and Russia as a case study to demonstrate its implications and the extraterritorial effects of EU law.