For as long as a Member State can cover the gas consumption of its solidarity protected customers from its own production and therefore does not need to request solidarity, it should be exempt from the obligation to conclude technical, legal and financial arrangements with other Member States for the purpose of it receiving solidarity.
Fad is féidir le Ballstát tomhaltas gáis a chuid custaiméirí atá faoi chosaint leis an dlúthpháirtíocht a chumhdach óna tháirgeacht féin agus nach gá dó, dá bhrí sin, an dlúthpháirtíocht a iarraidh, ba cheart dó a bheith díolmhaithe ón oibleagáid socruithe teicniúla, dlíthiúla agus airgeadais a thabhairt i gcrích le Ballstáit eile chun go bhfaighidh sé an dlúthpháirtíocht.