Security of gas supply

On the 16 of July, the European Commission will come up with a reinforced Security of Gas Supply instrument that will better equip the European Union to face disruptions of gas supplies and to develop solidarity mechanisms among Member States. During the gas crisis of January 2009, a number of European citizens suffered from shortages of supply. This was the case particularly for Member States that were less interconnected with the rest of the Internal Energy Market. During the crisis, the rules of the security of gas supply directive (like calling for the Gas Coordination Group) were applied with positive results in a number of Member States, but both Parliament and Council considered that the directive had to be reinforced to increase the security of gas supply.

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Science & Technology

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• Security
• gas
• supply