32025R1733#rec_5Regulation (EU) 2025/1733 of the European Parliament and of the Council

Recital (5)

The laying down of a binding filling target and a filling trajectory with a series of intermediate targets for each Member State in February, May, July and September to ensure that gas storage facilities are 90 % full by 1 November of a respective year, proved to be fundamental during the energy crisis sparked by Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine for the purpose of both weathering the gas supply shortages and reducing market uncertainties and price volatility.

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