Members of the European Union, with the exception of Poland, on Thursday tentatively agreed to cap the price of Russian oil transported by sea at $60 a barrel. barrel – an idea from the G7 – according to reports. diplomats and a document seen by Reuters.
This agreement will be accompanied by an adjustment mechanism that allows maintaining the ceiling 5% below the market price of crude oil from Russia, based on figures from the IEA (International Energy Agency), specified a diplomat.
Poland, which had pushed for the lowest possible ceiling, had not given its consent on Thursday evening.
The agreement must be approved by all member states’ governments via a written procedure by this Friday at the latest.