Specific situations have occurred where a country which is currently still being supplied under existing long-term supply contracts for Russian pipeline gas is specifically affected by recent changes of supply routes from the Russian Federation, removing the possibility to import gas via these supply routes, due to limited or no alternative routes for the transport of the contracted gas. In order to remedy the situation, suppliers from other Member States are currently ensuring the delivery of pipeline gas under short-term supply contracts with suppliers from the Russian Federation via uncongested interconnection points. Due to this very specific situation and in order to give them sufficient time to find new suppliers, a longer transition period should also apply to those short-term supply contracts with suppliers from the Russian Federation which are used to supply landlocked countries affected by changes of supply routes for Russian gas.
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