ANNEX III

Regulation (EU) No 994/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2010 concerning measures to safeguard security of gas supply and repealing Council Directive 2004/67/EC Text with EEA relevance · European Union

In developing the Preventive Action Plan and the Emergency Plan the Competent Authority shall consider the contribution of the following indicative and non-exhaustive list of measures only in the event of an emergency: Supply-side measures: use of strategic gas storage, enforced use of stocks of alternative fuels (e.g. in accordance with Council Directive 2009/119/EC of 14 September 2009 imposing an obligation on Member States to maintain minimum stocks of crude oil and/or petroleum products OJ L 265, 9.10.2009, p. 9. ), enforced use of electricity generated from sources other than gas, enforced increase of gas production levels, enforced storage withdrawal. Demand-side measures: Various steps of compulsory demand reduction including: enforced fuel switching, enforced utilisation of interruptible contracts, where not fully utilised as part of market measures, enforced firm load shedding.

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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.