What changed

From · Plenary report · 25 Apr 2025 A-10-2025-0079 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2017/1938 as regards the role of gas storage for securing gas supplies ahead of the winter season

To · Adopted text · 8 May 2025 TA-10-2025-0101 The role of gas storage for securing gas supplies ahead of the winter season

✦ In short · AI narration of the differences below, generated 4 Sept 2026

Adds a recital urging Member States to avoid Russian gas and pursue sanctions on all Russian gas imports, including LNG. #2 Reduces the gas storage filling target for Member States with underground storage to 32.28% of five-year average consumption. #4 The other changes are formal: added headings, renumbered references, and adjusted signature block. #1 #3 #5 #7

2 changes of substance, plus 7 formaland1 wording-only. Each change below carries a one-line ✦ note from the same model. Written from the two texts only — read the highlighted passages before relying on it.

The changes to the text itself, in document order. Cover page, citations (“having regard to …”), standard resolution paragraphs and punctuation-only edits are left out — they are in “Show every difference”.

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Change #2 Substance

Adds a recital stating that Member States should refrain from storing Russian gas and that the Union should pursue sanctions on all Russian gas imports, including LNG.

(1a) In view of Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine and in line with the Union’s strategic commitment to end its dependence on Russian fossil fuels, Member States should refrain from storing gas of Russian origin. In that context, the Union should pursue coordinated and immediate sanctions on the import and purchase of all Russian gas, including liquefied natural gas (LNG). The ENTSO-G Winter Supply Outlook 2024–2025 confirms that the Union can achieve its storage targets and maintain the security of supply without relying on Russian gas, by implementing a combination of measures, including continued demand reduction. A full embargo on Russian gas is therefore both necessary and feasible, and its swift implementation would contribute to strengthening the Union’s energy sovereignty and geopolitical resilience. [Am. 7]

Change #4 Substance

Replaces the filling target for Member States with underground storage with a reduced target of 32.28% of average annual gas consumption over the preceding five years.

‘2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1 and without prejudice to the obligations of other Member States to fill the underground gas storage facilities concerned, the filling target for each Member State in which the underground gas storage facilities are located shall be reduced to a volume corresponding to 32,28 % of the average annual gas consumption over the preceding five years for that Member State.’;