(ANSA) - BELGRADE, AUG 13 - Gas storage levels in Germany are falling, remaining below 48% in mid-August, whereas the EU is above 59% and Italy is nearly 78%. According to data from Gas Infrastructure Europe, an association of European transmission network operators, German stocks fell by 0.9% yesterday, to 47.28% at 116.52 TWh, down from 65.45% at 161.44 TWh a year earlier. This situation caused European inventories to fall by 0.01%, to 59.32% at 670.43 TWh, down from 72.64% at 820.99 TWh the previous year. (ANSA).