In the case of difficult conditions, such as indications of trading activities hindering cost-effective storage filling, low seasonal price spread, high price environment, storage levels below the trajectory at Member State level or unforeseen technical circumstances that would make storage injection difficult and costly, limiting the ability to ensure that the gas storages are filled in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1938, Member States should have the possibility to deviate from the filling target by up to ten percentage points.
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