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The European Commission coordinates the actions of EU countries to ensure energy security in the face of high prices.
Gas supply in the European Union remains stable. This was stated by the official representative of the European Commission (EC), Anna-Kaisa Itkonen, as quoted by Interfax.
At a briefing in Brussels after a meeting of the gas coordination group, a representative of the organization admitted that the authorities are working in an extremely unstable global situation, when energy prices are extremely high and the situation is difficult to predict.
“The European Network of Gas Transmission System Operators (ENTSOG) will publish its detailed report on winter preparedness on October 8, and this will certainly give us additional information to determine the next steps,” Itkonen explained.
Next week the informal EU Energy Council will be held in Dublin, where relevant EU ministers and EC energy heads will be able to sum up the work.
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Release of the ENTSOG Winter Preparedness Report.
Very likely · Within weeks

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