{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-1938/annex-VI/division-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-1938/annex-VI/division-5.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2017/1938",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2017/1938 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2017 concerning measures to safeguard the security of gas supply and repealing Regulation (EU) No 994/2010 (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-1938",
  "path": "annex/VI/division/5",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Preventive measures",
  "text": "Describe the preventive measures in place or to be adopted:\n(a)describe each of the preventive measures adopted per identified risk in accordance with the risk assessment, including a description of:\n(i)their national ... dimension;\n(ii)their economic impact, effectiveness and efficiency;\n(iii)their impact on customers.\nWhere appropriate, include:\n...\nmeasures to diversify gas routes and sources of supply,\nmeasures to protect key infrastructure relevant for the security of supply in relation to control by third-country entities (including, where relevant, general or sector-specific investment screening laws, special rights for certain shareholders, etc.);\n(b)describe other measures adopted for reasons other than the risk assessment but with a positive impact for the security of supply ....\n(iii)provide an analysis of the impact of such measure:\njustify why the measure is necessary (i.e. why the security of supply cannot be achieved via market-based measures alone),\njustify why the measure is proportionate (i.e. why the non-market-based measure is the least restrictive means to achieve the intended effect),\nprovide an analysis of the impact of the measure on the national market;\nexplain the extent to which efficiency measures, including on the demand side, have been considered to increase the security of supply;\nexplain the extent to which renewable energy sources have been considered to increase the security of supply.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Annex 6 point 5(a)(i) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Gas (Security of Supply and Network Codes) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/531), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 23(7)(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Annex 6 point 5(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Gas (Security of Supply and Network Codes) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/531), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 23(7)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Annex 6 point 5(b) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Gas (Security of Supply and Network Codes) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/531), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 23(7)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Annex 6 point 5(c)(iii) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Gas (Security of Supply and Network Codes) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/531), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 23(7)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/1938/annex/VI/division/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:44:30.374784+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}