any period of 30 days of exceptionally high gas demand, occurring with a (b) ▐ statistical probability of once in 20 years; for a period of 30 days in case of the disruption of the single largest gas (c) ▐ infrastructure under average winter conditions. By OJ please insert date: 3 months after the date of entry into force of this ▐ …[ Member States shall notify the Commission their definition of protected Regulation], ▌ customers, the annual gas consumption volumes of the protected customers and the percentage they represent of the total annual final gas consumption in that Member State. Where a Member State includes in its definition of protected customers the categories referred to in point (a) or (b) of Article 2(1) it shall specify in the notification to the Commission the gas consumption volumes corresponding to consumers belonging to those categories and the percentage that each of those groups of consumers represents in total annual final gas consumption. ▌ The competent authority shall identify the natural gas undertakings referred to in the first subparagraph and specify them in the preventive action plan. of this paragraph Any new measures envisaged to ensure the supply standard shall comply with the procedure established in Article 8(4) to (5). Member States may comply with the obligation laid down in the subparagraph by replacing the gas through the implementation of energy efficiency measures or with a different source of energy, to the extent that inter alia renewable energy sources, the same level of protection is achieved. 2. Any increased supply standard going beyond the 30-day period referred to in points (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 or any additional obligation imposed for reasons of security of gas supply shall be based on the risk assessment▐, shall be reflected in the preventive action plan and shall: (a) comply with Article 3(6); not impact negatively on the ability of any other Member State to supply its (b) protected customers in accordance with this Article in the event of a national, regional or Union emergency; and
(b) any period of ▐ 30 days of exceptionally high gas demand, occurring with a statistical probability of once in 20 years; (c) for a period of ▐ 30 days in case of the disruption of the single largest gas infrastructure under average winter conditions. ▐ By …[ OJ please insert date: 3 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], ▌ Member States shall notify the Commission their definition of protected customers, the annual gas consumption volumes of the protected customers and the percentage they represent of the total annual final gas consumption in that Member State. Where a Member State includes in its definition of protected customers the categories referred to in point (a) or (b) of Article 2(1) it shall specify in the notification to the Commission the gas consumption volumes corresponding to consumers belonging to those categories and the percentage that each of those groups of consumers represents in ▌ total annual final gas consumption. The competent authority shall identify the natural gas undertakings referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph and specify them in the preventive action plan. Any new measures envisaged to ensure the supply standard shall comply with the procedure established in Article 8(4) to (5). Member States may comply with the obligation laid down in the subparagraph through the implementation of energy efficiency measures or by replacing the gas with a different source of energy, inter alia renewable energy sources, to the extent that the same level of protection is achieved. 2. Any increased supply standard going beyond the 30-day period referred to in points (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 or any additional obligation imposed for reasons of security of gas supply shall be based on the risk assessment▐, shall be reflected in the preventive action plan and shall: (a) comply with Article 3(6); (b) not impact negatively on the ability of any other Member State to supply its protected customers in accordance with this Article in the event of a national, regional or Union emergency; and
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