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Regulation (EU) 2017/1938 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2017 concerning measures to safeguard the security of gas supply and repealing Regulation (EU) No 994/2010 (Text with EEA relevance. )| Legal instrument | Regulation |
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| Number legal act | Regulation 2017/1938 |
| Original proposal | COM(2016)52  |
| CELEX number i | 32017R1938 |
| Document | 25-10-2017; Date of signature |
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| Publication in Official Journal | 28-10-2017; OJ L 280 p. 1-56 |
| Signature | 25-10-2017 |
| Effect | 01-11-2017; Entry into force Date pub. +4 See Art 22 01-11-2017; Application See Art 22 01-12-2018; Partial application See Art 22 |
| End of validity | 31-12-2025; Partial end of validity See Art. 22 And 32022R1032 31-12-9999 |
28.10.2017 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 280/1 |
REGULATION (EU) 2017/1938 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 25 October 2017
concerning measures to safeguard the security of gas supply and repealing Regulation (EU) No 994/2010
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 194(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),
After consulting the Committee of the Regions,
Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (2),
Whereas:
(1) |
Natural gas (gas) remains an essential component of the energy supply of the Union. A large proportion of such gas is imported into the Union from third countries. |
(2) |
A major disruption of gas supply can affect all Member States, the Union and Contracting Parties to the Treaty establishing the Energy Community, signed in Athens on 25 October 2005. It can also severely damage the Union economy and can have a major social impact, in particular on vulnerable groups of customers. |
(3) |
This Regulation aims to ensure that all the necessary measures are taken to safeguard an uninterrupted supply of gas throughout the Union, in particular to protected customers in the event of difficult climatic conditions or disruptions of the gas supply. Those objectives should be achieved through the most cost-effective measures and in such a way that gas markets are not distorted. |
(4) |
Union law, in particular Directive 2009/72/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (3), Directive 2009/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (4), Regulation (EC) No 713/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5), Regulation (EC) No 714/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (6), Regulation (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (7) and Regulation (EU)No 994/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council (8), has already had a significant positive impact on the security of gas supply in the Union, both in terms of preparation and mitigation. Member States are better prepared to face a supply crisis now that they are required to establish preventive action plans and emergency plans, and they are better protected now that they have to meet a number of obligations regarding infrastructure capacity and gas supply. However, the Commission's report on the implementation of Regulation (EU) No 994/2010 of October 2014 highlighted areas in which improvements to that Regulation could further bolster the security of gas supply in the Union. |
(5) |
The Commission's communication of 16 October 2014 on the short-term resilience of the European gas system analysed the effects of a partial or complete disruption of gas supplies from Russia and concluded that purely national approaches are not very effective in the event of severe disruption, given their scope, which is by definition limited. The stress test showed how a more cooperative approach among Member States could significantly reduce the impact of very severe disruption scenarios in the most vulnerable Member States. |
(6) |
Energy security constitutes one of the objectives of the Energy Union Strategy, as set out in the Commission's communication of 25 February 2015 on a Framework Strategy for a Resilient Energy Union with a Forward-Looking Climate Change Policy, which also emphasised the ‘energy efficiency first’ principle and the need to fully implement existing Union energy legal acts. The communication highlighted the fact that the Energy Union rests on solidarity, enshrined in... |
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