ENTSOG First Report on Implementation Monitoring and Baseline for Effect Monitoring of the Tariff Network Code

3.1 Introduction

This part of the report gives an analysis and draws conclusions about the implementation of the relevant provisions of the TARNC that TSOs need to implement in 2017.

3.1.1 INFORMATION SOURCES AND DATA COLLECTION

ENTSOG collected the information for the TARNC IM from 46 TSOs from the 23 EU MS where the TAR NC applies. The information was collected by means of a questionnaire. The questionnaire was evidence based where possible, the TSOs were asked to provide links to published information or other supporting data to back up their answers. Article 36 ‘Implementation monitoring’ of the TARNC states: ‘ENTSOG shall ensure the completeness and correctness of all relevant information to be provided by transmission system operators’ . For ENTSOG, this means that all the relevant information is published consistently as per the TARNC, which entails: consistency checks that the information published on the TSOs website and on ENTSOG’s Transparency Platform corresponds to the requirements as set out in the TARNC; that the links provided on ENTSOG’s Transparency Platform lead to the information on the TSOs website required by the TARNC; and that the information provided on the TSOs website and on ENTSOG’s Transparency Platform corresponds to the relevant gas year and tariff period. Ensuring that all individual data items are right remains a responsibility for the relevant NRAs as part of NRAs obligation to ensure TSOs compliance with their obligations.

3.1.2 SCOPE

The relevant provisions of the TARNC TSOs have to comply with in 2017 that fall under the first two application dates, are: (1) AD 1 – Chapter I ‘General provisions’, Chapter V ‘Pricing of bundled capacity and capacity at virtual interconnection points’, Chapter VII ‘Consultation requirements’, Chapter X ‘Final provisions’; (2) AD 2 – Chapter VI ‘Clearing price and payable price’, Chapter VIII ‘Publication requirements’.

Application Date and Compliance

Although all Chapters have specific ADs, the TARNC allows for compliance at a later date for some provisions within these Chapters. For example, the AD for Chapter VIII ‘Publication requirements’ is 1 October 2017, however, compliance with the publication of all Article 29 information is not until before the annual capacity auctions, which will be in 2018 for the first time. Some Article 29 information items will be published in 2017 as per ‘early compliance’, this will be explained further in the ‘Publication requirements’ and ‘Publication requirements in 2017’ sections, below. Even though the AD is in 2017, compliance is later, for this reason, not all provisions from the Chapters listed above are covered in this report. Further explanation of what is covered in the IM part of this report is provided below .

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