ENTSOG Annual Report 2014

Follow-up Activities

The main changes to the initially submitted version of INT NC were:

In close cooperation with INT WG, the System Operations de- partment at ENTSOG continued to assist ACER and the EC until INT NC passed through comitology. During preparations for the comitology process, ENTSOG provided advice and support to the participating parties. This consisted of holding additional trilateral meetings and acting as a consultant to the formal Gas Committee sessions. The first comitology meeting was held from 10–11 July. The main topics discussed by the member states and European Commission were: \\ Scope of the code, which generally focuses on intercon- nection points but also addresses virtual trading points and hub operators in terms of data exchange \\ The use of a lesser rule in the matching process that could be a contradiction to the restrictions of nomina- tion rights when ‘use-it-or-lose-it’ (UIOLI) congestion management is applied \\ Plans to draft an Interconnection Agreement template in 2015 \\ Possible adoption of CEN units (MJ, kPa, K) and reference conditions (15°C/15°C). \\ Odourisation chapter, which required some changes in timing, rules, impact assessment and share of the costs after failing to be approved by the member states. \\ Refinement of data exchange chapters The network code was approved by the Gas Committee during the second comitology meeting, which was held from 3–4 November.

\\ An additional task assigned to ENTSOG was to develop and publish an Interconnection Agreement Template on the ENTSOG website taking into account ACER’s reasoned opinion, due by the end of 2015 \\ Monitoring of implementation is now mentioned in recital and in a dedicated article that sets specific deadlines. ENTSOG is to receive the mandatory terms of Interconnection Agreements concluded or amended after INT NC is applicable (May 2016). \\ Matching process was amended to make CMP rules prevail over the lesser rule \\ The Units chapter gives an exemption allowing other reference conditions where one member state is connected to only one other member state, and where the parties and National Authorities agree \\ Long term gas quality monitoring to be published together with TYNDP. This has to be delivered for the first time in 2017 \\ If parties fail to agree on odourisation practises within six months and also fail to define a suitable plan for a cost-effective solution within the following twelve months, non-odourised gas will apply within four years. Once the technical realisation of non-odourised gas is complete, TSOs shall accept reducing residual amounts of odourants in cross-border flows where necessary. \\ Data exchange rules apply to network users active at interconnection points or virtual trading points as well as to REMIT.

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