...
1.
...
If
...
a
...
natural
...
gas
...
undertaking
...
encounters,
...
or
...
considers
...
it
...
would
...
encounter,
...
serious
...
economic
...
and
...
financial
...
difficulties
...
because
...
of
...
its
...
take-or-pay
...
commitments
...
accepted
...
in
...
one
...
or
...
more
...
gas-purchase
...
contracts,
...
it
...
may
...
send
...
an
...
application
...
for
...
a
...
tempo?
...
rary
...
derogation
...
from
...
Article
...
32
...
to
...
the
...
Member
...
State
...
concerned
...
or
...
the
...
designated
...
competent
...
authority.
...
Applications
...
shall,
...
in
...
accordance
...
with
...
the
...
choice
...
of
...
Member
...
States,
...
be
...
presented
...
on
...
a
...
case-by-case
...
basis
...
either
...
before
...
or
...
after
...
refusal
...
of
...
access
...
to
...
the
...
sys?
...
tem.
...
Member
...
States
...
may
...
also
...
give
...
the
...
natural
...
gas
...
undertaking
...
the
...
choice
...
of
...
presenting
...
an
...
application
...
either
...
before
...
or
...
after
...
refusal
...
of
...
access
...
to
...
the
...
system.
...
Where
...
a
...
natural
...
gas
...
undertaking
...
has
...
refused
...
access,
...
the
...
application
...
shall
...
be
...
presented
...
without
...
delay.
...
The
...
applications
...
shall
...
be
...
accompanied
...
by
...
all
...
relevant
...
information
...
on
...
the
...
nature
...
and
...
extent
...
of
...
the
...
problem
...
and
...
on
...
the
...
efforts
...
under?
...
taken
...
by
...
the
...
natural
...
gas
...
undertaking
...
to
...
solve
...
the
...
problem.
...
If
...
alternative
...
solutions
...
are
...
not
...
reasonably
...
available,
...
and
...
taking
...
into
...
account
...
paragraph
...
3,
...
the
...
Member
...
State
...
or
...
the
...
designated
...
competent
...
authority
...
may
...
decide
...
to
...
grant
...
a
...
derogation.
...
2.
...
The
...
Member
...
State,
...
or
...
the
...
designated
...
competent
...
authority,
...
shall
...
notify
...
the
...
Commission
...
without
...
delay
...
of
...
its
...
decision
...
to
...
grant
...
a
...
derogation,
...
together
...
with
...
all
...
the
...
relevant
...
information
...
with
...
respect
...
to
...
the
...
derogation.
...
That
...
information
...
may
...
be
...
submitted
...
to
...
the
...
Commission
...
in
...
an
...
aggregated
...
form,
...
enabling
...
the
...
Commission
...
to
...
reach
...
a
...
well-founded
...
decision.
...
Within
...
eight
...
weeks
...
of
...
receipt
...
of
...
that
...
notification,
...
the
...
Commission
...
may
...
request
...
that
...
the
...
Member
...
State
...
or
...
the
...
designated
...
competent
...
authority
...
concerned
...
amend
...
or
...
withdraw
...
the
...
decision
...
to
...
grant
...
a
...
derogation.
...
If
...
the
...
Member
...
State
...
or
...
the
...
designated
...
competent
...
authority
...
con?
...
cerned
...
does
...
not
...
comply
...
with
...
that
...
request
...
within
...
a
...
period
...
of
...
four
...
weeks,
...
a
...
final
...
decision
...
shall
...
be
...
taken
...
expeditiously
...
in
...
accordance
...
with
...
the
...
advisory
...
procedure
...
referred
...
to
...
in
...
Article
...
51(2).
...
The
...
Commission
...
shall
...
preserve
...
the
...
confidentiality
...
of
...
commer?
...
cially
...
sensitive
...
information.
...
3.
...
When
...
deciding
...
on
...
the
...
derogations
...
referred
...
to
...
in
...
para?
...
graph
...
1,
...
the
...
Member
...
State,
...
or
...
the
...
designated
...
competent
...
author?
...
ity,
...
and
...
the
...
Commission
...
shall
...
take
...
into
...
account,
...
in
...
particular,
...
the
...
following
...
criteria:
...
(a)
...
the
...
objective
...
of
...
achieving
...
a
...
competitive
...
gas
...
market;
...
(b)
...
the
...
need
...
to
...
fulfil
...
public-service
...
obligations
...
and
...
to
...
ensure
...
security
...
of
...
supply;
...
(c)
...
the
...
position
...
of
...
the
...
natural
...
gas
...
undertaking
...
in
...
the
...
gas
...
market
...
and
...
the
...
actual
...
state
...
of
...
competition
...
in
...
that
...
market;
...
(d)
...
the
...
seriousness
...
of
...
the
...
economic
...
and
...
financial
...
difficulties
...
encountered
...
by
...
natural
...
gas
...
undertakings
...
and
...
transmission
...
undertakings
...
or
...
eligible
...
customers;
...
(e)
...
the
...
dates
...
of
...
signature
...
and
...
terms
...
of
...
the
...
contract
...
or
...
contracts
...
in
...
question,
...
including
...
the
...
extent
...
to
...
which
...
they
...
allow
...
for
...
mar?
...
ket
...
changes;
...
(f)
...
the
...
efforts
...
made
...
to
...
find
...
a
...
solution
...
to
...
the
...
problem;
...
(g)
...
the
...
extent
...
to
...
which,
...
when
...
accepting
...
the
...
take-or-pay
...
commit?
...
ments
...
in
...
question,
...
the
...
undertaking
...
could
...
reasonably
...
have
...
foreseen,
...
having
...
regard
...
to
...
the
...
provisions
...
of
...
this
...
Directive,
...
that
...
serious
...
difficulties
...
were
...
likely
...
to
...
arise;
...
(h)
...
the
...
level
...
of
...
connection
...
of
...
the
...
system
...
with
...
other
...
systems
...
and
...
the
...
degree
...
of
...
interoperability
...
of
...
those
...
systems;
...
and
...
(i)
...
the
...
effects
...
the
...
granting
...
of
...
a
...
derogation
...
would
...
have
...
on
...
the
...
correct
...
application
...
of
...
this
...
Directive
...
as
...
regards
...
the
...
smooth
...
functioning
...
of
...
the
...
internal
...
market
...
in
...
natural
...
gas.
...
A
...
decision
...
on
...
a
...
request
...
for
...
a
...
derogation
...
concerning
...
take-or-pay
...
contracts
...
concluded
...
before
...
4
...
August
...
2003
...
should
...
not
...
lead
...
to
...
a
...
situation
...
in
...
which
...
it
...
is
...
impossible
...
to
...
find
...
economically
...
viable
...
alternative
...
outlets.
...
Serious
...
difficulties
...
shall
...
in
...
any
...
case
...
be
...
deemed
...
not
...
to
...
exist
...
when
...
the
...
sales
...
of
...
natural
...
gas
...
do
...
not
...
fall
...
below
...
the
...
level
...
of
...
minimum
...
offtake
...
guarantees
...
contained
...
in
...
gas-purchase
...
take-or-pay
...
contracts
...
or
...
in
...
so
...
far
...
as
...
the
...
relevant
...
gas-purchase
...
take-or-pay
...
contract
...
can
...
be
...
adapted
...
or
...
the
...
natural
...
gas
...
undertak?
...
ing
...
is
...
able
...
to
...
find
...
alternative
...
outlets.
...
4.
...
Natural
...
gas
...
undertakings
...
which
...
have
...
not
...
been
...
granted
...
a
...
derogation
...
as
...
referred
...
to
...
in
...
paragraph
...
1
...
of
...
this
...
Article
...
shall
...
not
...
refuse,
...
or
...
shall
...
no
...
longer
...
refuse,
...
access
...
to
...
the
...
system
...
because
...
of
...
take-or-pay
...
commitments
...
accepted
...
in
...
a
...
gas
...
purchase
...
contract.
...
Member
...
States
...
shall
...
ensure
...
that
...
the
...
relevant
...
provisions
...
of
...
Articles
...
32
...
to
...
44
...
are
...
complied
...
with.
...
5.
...
Any
...
derogation
...
granted
...
under
...
the
...
above
...
provisions
...
shall
...
be
...
duly
...
substantiated.
...
The
...
Commission
...
shall
...
publish
...
the
...
decision
...
in
...
the
...
Official
...
Journal
...
of
...
the
...
European
...
Union.
...
6.
...
The
...
Commission
...
shall,
...
within
...
4
...
August
...
2008,
...
submit
...
a
...
review
...
report
...
on
...
the
...
experience
...
gained
...
from
...
the
...
application
...
of
...
this
...
Article,
...
so
...
as
...
to
...
allow
...
the
...
European
...
Parliament
...
and
...
the
...
Coun?
...
cil
...
to
...
consider,
...
in
...
due
...
course,
...
the
...
need
...
to
...
adjust
...
it.
...
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