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

TAR NC and its Applicable Dates

The Network Code on Harmonised Transmission Tariff Structures for Gas (‘TARNC’) was developed as per the process set out in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on conditions for access to the natural gas transmission networks and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005 (‘Gas Regulation’), which involved the European Network of Transmission System Opera- tors for Gas (‘ENTSOG’), the Agency for the Coopera- tion of Energy Regulators (‘ACER’), the European Commission (‘EC’) and other market participants. The aim of the TARNC is to further harmonise the principles laid down in the Gas Regulation, in particular the ones set out in Articles 13, 14(1)(b) and 14(2). Thus, the TAR NC contributes to achieving tariffs, or methodologies used to calculate them, which are transparent, take into account the need for system integrity and its improvement, reflect the actual cost incurred, non-discriminatory, facilitate efficient gas trade and competition, avoid cross-subsidies between network users and provide incentives for investment. The TARNC was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 17 March 2017 and entered into force on 6 April 2017. The TAR NC foresees three different application dates (‘ADs’) for its different chapters, as shown in Figure 1:

Chapter I

‘General provisions’

Chapter V

‘Pricing of bundled capacity and capacity at VIPs’

Application date: entry into force 6 April 2017

Chapter VII

‘Consultation requirements’

Chapter IX

‘Incremental capacity’

Chapter X

‘Final and transitional provisions’

Chapter VI

‘Clearing and payable price’

Application date: 1 October 2017

Chapter VIII

‘Publications requirements’

Chapter II

‘Reference price methodologies’

Application date: 31 May 2019

Chapter III

‘Reserve prices’

Chapter IV

‘Reconciliation of revenue’

Figure 1: TAR NC application dates

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