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Annex B Article 4(2) – Examples of Currently Offered Firm Capacity Products with ‘Conditions’

For further details, please refer to the national documents envisaging such products: Austria  1) ; Belgium  2) , Germany  3) , Luxembourg  4) , the Netherlands  5) .  6)7)

EXAMPLES OF FIRM CAPACITY PRODUCTS WITH ‘CONDITIONS’

Firm capacity product with ‘conditions’

TSOs offering a given firm capacity product with ‘conditions’

Explanation

Restrictedly usable firm

Capacity that ensures firm freely allocable network access within an entry-exit-system on a firm basis within certain gas flows, within certain tempera- ture ranges and/or entry-exit-system load/demand; Access to the VTP included

Thyssengas, Fluxys TENP, GRTgaz Deutschland, GTG Nord, OGE (called ‘bFZK’ in Germany – used on entry points to control local distribution of incoming flows; called ‘TAK’ if used at network points to storage facilities) Creos bayernets, Fluxys TENP, OGE, GUD (called ‘BZK’ in Germany; if the distance between the entry and exit points is short, the product may be called ‘Shorthaul’) Fluxys Belgium (called ‘Wheeling and OCUC – Operational Capacity Usages Commitments’)  6) GTS  7) GASCADE, GRTgaz Deutschland, GCA, TAG, NEL, GTG Nord, Fluxys Deutschland, Lubmin-Brandov Gastransport, ONTRAS (called ‘DZK’ in Germany)

Restrictedly allocable firm

Restrictedly allocable capacity ensures the injec- tion of gas on a firm basis at entry point(s) and the withdrawal of gas at explicitly dedicated exit point(s) and vice versa on a firm basis Can use this capacity with ‘explicitly dedicated exit point(s)’, but not in combination with other exit/entry points or VTP Dynamically allocable capacity ensures the injec- tion of gas on a firm basis at entry point(s) and the withdrawal of gas at explicitly dedicated exit point(s) and vice versa on a firm basis Functions as interruptible capacity in combination with the VTP and all exit/entry point(s) other than ‘explicitly dedicated exit points’

Dynamically allocable firm

Table 24: Examples of firm capacity products with ‘conditions’

 1) Definition 55 of the Gas Market Code: https://www.e-control.at/documents/20903/-/-/afbc2c68-672a-4ff0-8da5-62c7315f177c#page=15 .  2) Section 3.2, Attachment A: http://www.fluxys.com/belgium/en/Services/Transmission/Contract/~/media/Files/Services/ Transmission/TermsConditions/Version20161020/ACT_EN_Approved_20161020.ashx  3) GasNZV § 3, Abs. 3: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gasnzv_2010/BJNR126110010.html  4) http://www.creos-net.lu/fournisseurs/gaz-naturel/acces-capacites-transport.html, http://www.creos-net.lu/fournisseurs/ gaz-naturel/capacites-ip-remich.html  5) Article 2.1.6 of the Transmission Code, description of shorthaul: https://www.gasunietransportservices.nl/en/shippers/ terms-and-conditions/dutch-network-code  6) Wheeling is shorthaul over a zero distance (two flanges on the same physical location) to allow shippers a U-turn on the Dutch or Belgium border. ‘OCUC’ means an entry or exit service subject to an Operational Capacity Usage Commitment (OCUC), which is an operational agreement between network user and TSO in the framework of the proactive congestion management policy.  7) GTS offers a product called shorthaul on a FCFS basis. Shorthaul is different from restricted allocable firm capacity, as shorthaul gives access to exactly one physical exit point using flange capacity that exceeds the available technical capacity. Shorthaul does not limit the amount of available technical capacity on auction at any network point in the GTS transmission network. The feasibility of shorthaul depends on the distance between the entry and the exit point, the amount of capacity and the duration of the contract. These parameters determine the shorthaul tariff.

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