Unable to come an agreement over which country should get the planned new LNG terminal, Estonia and Finland have requested that the European Commission conduct an independent assessment.

“The situation where Estonia's and Finland's gas markets are isolated must end. There must be competition in the market,” Estonian Minister of Economic Affairs Juhan Parts was quoted as saying in a press release today.
Estonia and Finland are both vying to claim the 300 to 500-million-euro terminal, after a Commission study named Muuga and Paldiski in Estonia, and Inkoo in Finland, as possible locations.
However, if a site is not chosen by the end of June, the project will lose EU funding.
The terminal, due for completion in 2016, would allow the Baltic region to have greater independence from Russian supplier Gazprom, hopefully lowering gas rates for consumers, officials say