Adoption of proposal on security of gas supply regulation

Background and further information:

This regulation allows a member state facing an emergency gas shortage to call on other member states to supply it with gas via 'supply corridors' that would link EU countries into seven transnational regions, the so-called 'regional solidarity mechanism'.

The proposal was put forward by the European Commission in February 2016 as part of a package of measures on energy security. An informal agreement between the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament on the final text was reached in April 2017. The latter institution formally adopted the proposed regulation in September 2017.

The formal endorsement by the Council was decided during a meeting of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council.

The Council of the European Union formally endorsed on 9 October 2017 a proposal for a regulation concerning measures to safeguard the security of gas supply.

The approved text later became the first EU legislative act electronically signed by the institutions.

• Primary Source

Council of the European Union: Press Release, 25.10.17: First e-signing of an EU legislative act http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2017/10/25/first-e-signing-of-an-eu-legislative-act/

EPRS: Briefing, June 2017: New rules on security of gas supply http://www.europeansources.info/record/new-rules-on-security-of-gas-supply-4/

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