MOSCOW, March 23 - The new interim decision on the terms of gas shipments to Ukraine starting April 2015 will not last just one season like the previous "winter package," but until the Stockholm International Arbitration Court reaches a decision, the vice president of the European Commission for energy, Maros Sefcovic, said.

"We have held a constructive first meeting on the follow-up to the Winter Package. I am happy that the parties were able to agree on a joint statement and on the steps forward. On this basis we can work towards a bridging agreement until the Stockholm Arbitration Tribunal settles the disputed issues. I am also reassured that the transit gas flows to the EU will remain unaffected," Sefcovic is quoted as saying.