3. When considering the risk to the security of energy supply in the Union, the certifying authority shall take into account any security of natural gas supply risk at Union, national or regional level as well as any mitigation of such risk, resulting, inter alia, from:
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(a)
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ownership, supply or other commercial relationships that could negatively affect the incentives and the ability of the natural gas storage system operator to fill the underground natural gas storage facility;
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(b)
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the rights and obligations of the Union with respect to a third country arising under international law, including any agreement concluded with one or more third countries to which the Union is a party and which addresses the issue of the security of energy supply;
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(c)
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the rights and obligations of the Member States concerned with respect to a third country arising under agreements concluded by the Member States concerned with one or more third countries, in so far as those agreements comply with Union law; or
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(d)
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any other specific facts and circumstances of the case.
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