At the EU ‘Energy’ Council on Monday 4 March, the European energy ministers discussed security of supply and preparations for the winter, agreeing in particular on a European Commission recommendation to continue the coordinated reduction in gas demand (see EUROPE B13359A14) and assessing the end of the agreement on the transit of Russian gas via Ukraine.
Reducing demand for gas
The gas demand reduction regulation was adopted in 2022 as an emergency instrument to deal with the energy...