2012 Legislative Decree on Minimum Stocks of Crude Oil (249/2012)

The Legislative Decree on Minimum Stocks of Crude Oil (DMS) implements the European Union’s Directive 2009/119/EC and lays out a specific legal framework concerning the protection of Italy's energy supply by stockholding oil and other petroleum products. Article 3(7) DMS specifies that emergency oil stocks must be created and maintained by commercial actors who have in the previous year released for consumption petrol, diesel oil, fuel oil and kerosene type jet fuel and other specified fuel products. Article 7 DMS identifies the parameters governing the holding of emergency stocks by the Italian CSE.

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