52The Republic of Poland recalls that, in accordance with Article 36(1)(a) of Directive 2009/73, an exemption to the rules may only be granted for the benefit of a major new gas infrastructure if the investment in the infrastructure concerned improves the security of supply of gas, which is a criterion that should, according to it, be interpreted consistently with Regulation (EU) No 994/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2010 concerning measures to safeguard security of gas supply and repealing Council Directive 2004/67/EC (OJ 2010 L 295, p. 1), and in the light of the primary objective of the energy policy of the European Union, set out in Article 194(1) TFEU, namely to ensure energy security in the European Union as a whole and in all its Member States individually.
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