1 Amendments of Stanislav POLČÁK related to 2016/0030(COD)
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Natural gas (gas) remains an essential component of the energy supply of the Union. A large proportion of such gas is imported into the Union from third countries. The current form of the political relations with some of those countries, however, provides no guarantee for the reliability and continuity of supplies nor for the energy security of the EU and its Member States.