Security of Supply Provisions for Gas
Article from: OGEL 3 (2004), in Electricity Law and Regulation
Introduction
On 26 June 2003, the 2nd Internal Gas Market (IGM) Directive (Directive 2003/5/EC) was adopted. The new directive, which Member States shall implement into national legislation no later than 1 July 2004, contains a number of provisions with regard to security of gas supply. Some of these were already contained in the first directive while some are new and others have been reinforced. The objective of this note is to provide some guidance as to the understanding and interpretation of the measures of the 2nd IGM directive with regard to security of supply. Pursuant to Art ...