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In developing the preventive action plan and the emergency plan the competent authority shall consider the contribution of the following indicative and non-exhaustive list of measures only in the event of an emergency:
supply-side measures:
use of strategic gas storage,
enforced use of stocks of alternative fuels (e.g. in accordance with Council Directive 2009/119/EC(1)),
enforced use of electricity generated from sources other than gas,
enforced increase of gas production levels,
enforced storage withdrawal;
demand-side measures:
various steps of compulsory demand reduction including:
enforced fuel switching,
enforced utilisation of interruptible contracts, where not fully utilised as part of market-based measures,
enforced firm load shedding.
Council Directive 2009/119/EC of 14 September 2009 imposing an obligation on Member States to maintain minimum stocks of crude oil and/or petroleum products (OJ L 265, 9.10.2009, p. 9).