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title: "Regulation (EU) 2026/261 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 January 2026 on phasing out Russian natural gas imports and preparing the phase-out of Russian oil imports, improving monitoring of potential energy dependencies and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/1938"
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place: "European Union"
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publisher_url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:32026R0261
attribution: "© European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu"
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# Regulation (EU) 2026/261 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 January 2026 on phasing out Russian natural gas imports and preparing the phase-out of Russian oil imports, improving monitoring of potential energy dependencies and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/1938