National Emergency Supply Agency

In general, security of supply means the capacity to maintain the basic social activities and infrastructures that are indispensable for safeguarding the population's living conditions, maintaining a functioning society, and sustaining the material preconditions for uphoding national defence in case of serious disturbances and in emergency situations.

International co-operation constitutes an essential aspect of ensuring national security of supply. This is a natural consequence of increased international openness and of transnational business networking brought about by globalisation.

Dimensions of Energy Supply

Security of supply of energy is key element for the functionality of the modern societies. Energy could be called a primary infrastructure which is the basis for other infrastructures like telecommunication and information systems.

Two significant changes were highlighted in the operations of 2008: reform of the security of supply organisation and the new Government decision regarding the security of supply objectives. They provided a new direction for developing operations. The amendment to the Act governing the security of supply entered into force on 1 July 2008; pursuant to this amendment, the organisations of the National Emergency Supply Agency and the National Board of Economic Defence were merged. The proposal for the new Government decision regarding the security of supply objectives, prepared in the security of supply organisation, was confirmed on 21 August 2008. The new decision now contains a more unambiguous and detailed division between, on the one hand, the critical objectives of securing national infrastructure, and, on the other, securing the critical production.