ANNEX II

In developing the Preventive Action Plan and the Emergency Plan the Competent Authority shall take into account the indicative and non-exhaustive list of measures set out in this Annex. The Competent Authority shall duly take into account the environmental impact of the measures proposed when developing the Preventive Action Plan and the Emergency Plan and shall give preference, as far as possible, to those measures which have the least impact on the environment while taking into account security of supply aspects. Supply-side measures: increased production flexibility, increased import flexibility, facilitating the integration of gas from renewable energy sources into the gas network infrastructure, commercial gas storage — withdrawal capacity and volume of gas in storage, LNG terminal capacity and maximal send-out capacity, diversification of gas supplies and gas routes, reverse flows, coordinated dispatching by transmission system operators, use of long-term and short-term contracts, investments in infrastructure, including bi-directional capacity, contractual arrangements to ensure security of gas supply. Demand-side measures: use of interruptible contracts, fuel switch possibilities including use of alternative back-up fuels in industrial and power generation plants, voluntary firm load shedding, increased efficiency, increased use of renewable energy sources.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-04 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.