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Regulation (EU) 2017/1938 concerning measures to safeguard the security of gas supply
The main goals of Regulation: ❑ The States should designate the competent state authority or national regulatory authority for implementation of measures established by this Regulation; ❑ States must ensure that all the necessary measures are taken to safeguard an uninterrupted supply of gas, in particular to protected customers in the event of difficult climatic conditions or disruptions of the gas supply ❑ To boost solidarity and trust between the States and put in place the measures needed to achieve those aims, as well as to enhance regional cooperation; ❑ To improve cross-border capacity by developing a new infrastructure that does not necessarily have to be economically viable, but is necessary to provide security of supply. This can be achieved by applying the Infrastructure Standard (N-1 criterion) and by providing a permanent reverse flow; ❑ To provide a minimum level of gas supply, especially the so-called group of "protected consumers„ - all households connected to a gas distribution network, small or medium-sized enterprise as well as essential social service provided they do not together represent more than 20% of the total annual final gas consumption. ❑ To provide guaranteed continuous gas supply to protected consumers in a period of at least 7 or 30 days depending on the defined scenario by using gas supply standard.