Press Release: Gas Coordination Group identify regional cooperation and filling storages as the best means to mitigate potential gas cuts

The Gas Coordination Group, chaired by the Commission, analysed in a extraordinary meeting held on 2 July, 2009, in Brussels the progress made by the Member States of the EU and the Energy Community (EnCT) to increase their preparedness to a potential supply disruption. The Commission stressed the need to fill the storages and seek further regional arrangements ahead of any possible disruption.