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1. Member States which are not directly connected to the interconnected system of any other Member State may derogate from Article 3, 8, 34 or 60 or Article 31(1). Any such derogation shall expire from the moment when the first interconnector to the Member State is completed. Any such derogation shall be notified to the Commission.

2. Member States may apply to the Commission for derogations from applying Article 3, 8, 60 or 31 to outermost regions within the meaning of Article 349 TFEU or to other geographically isolated areas. Any such derogation shall expire from the moment a connection from the region or area to a Member State with an interconnected system is completed.

3. Luxembourg may derogate from Article 60. Any such derogation shall be notified to the Commission.

4. The Commission shall inform the Member States of applications for derogations pursuant to paragraph 2 before taking a decision, taking into account justified requests for confidentiality of commercially sensitive information.

5. Derogations granted by the Commission pursuant to paragraph 2 shall be limited in time and subject to conditions that aim to increase competition in and the integration of the internal market and to ensure that the derogations do not hamper the transition towards renewable energy or the application of the energy efficiency first principle.

6. Derogations granted pursuant to Directive 2009/73/EC without a date of expiry or without a set period of application shall expire on 31 December 2025. Member States that on 4 August 2024 still benefit from such derogations may decide to apply a new derogation pursuant to paragraph 1 or 7 of this Article, or they may apply to the Commission fora new derogation pursuant to paragraph 2 of this Article.

7. Member States that receive the first commercial supply of their first long-term natural gas supply contract after 4 August 2024 may derogate from Article 3(1) to (4), Article 4(1), Article 8, Article 31(1), Article 32(1), Article 34, Article 39(1) to (5), Article 43, Article 44(6) and Articles 46, 60, 61 and 75. Any such derogation shall be notified to the Commission. The derogation shall expire 10 years after the reception of the first commercial supply of their first long-term natural gas supply contract.

8. Notifications of derogations granted by Member States pursuant to paragraphs 1, 3 and 7, and Commission decisions to grant derogations pursuant to in paragraphs 2, 5 and 6, shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.