“The Commission has formally requested Romania to ensure full compliance with EU rules on security of gas supply. The EU Security of Gas Supply Regulation (EU) No 994/2010 aims to ensure that Member States are well prepared to deal with possible supply disruptions. To this end, Member States have to enable bi-directional gas flow across borders and prepare emergency and preventive action plans in advance,” the Commission said.
The Commission added that Romania also failed to inform it about its decisions on bi-directional gas flows.
Authorities in the EU member states had to adopt preventive action plans and emergency plans already by 3 December 2012, while the decisions on bi-directional gas flow had to be taken by 3 September 2012.
EC warns that Romania has to two months to comply with its obligations as otherwise the Commission may decide to refer the case to the Court of Justice.