ENTSOG Tariff NC - Implementation Document 2nd Edition

General Concepts

ARTICLE 1

SUBJECT MATTER

ARTICLE 1

Responsibility: no implications for TSO/NRA responsibility

As indicated by its title, the TAR NC covers ‘ harmonised transmission tariff structures for gas ’, one of the areas for developing a NC as stated in Article 8(6)(k) of the Gas Regulation. The ‘tariff structures’ cover the ways TSOs collect revenues associated with the provision of services at entry and exit points, via capacity- and commodity-based transmission tariffs and non-transmission tariffs. For capacity- based tariffs, the ‘tariff structures’ cover the methodologies both for calculating the reference price and for deriving specific tariffs based on the reference price. Article 1 also provides some examples of TAR NC rules: RPM application, consulta- tion requirements, publication requirements and the calculation of reserve prices. The list is not exhaustive.

ARTICLE 2

SCOPE

ARTICLE 2

Responsibility: the NRA may decide to apply the CAM NC at entry-points-from/ exit-points-to third countries, in which case the ‘limited’ scope rules of the TAR NC apply automatically. The ‘limited’ scope rules may be extended per national decision to: (1) entry-points-from/exit-points-to third countries where the CAM NC does not apply; and (2) non-IPs other than entry-points-from/exit-points- to third countries As a general remark, ENTSOG notes that the TAR IDoc is written to reflect the refer- ence of IPs and non-IPs as set out in the TAR NC. However, nothing prevents the relevant national authority to extend the ‘ limited scope ’ rules to non-IPs. Such possibility is recognised explicitly in the TAR NC text for entry-points-from/exit- points-to third countries. It is ENTSOG’s assumption that such possibility is also valid for other non-IPs: based on the principle that the EU-wide NC only sets the minimum degree of harmonisation and the relevant national authority can further detail the EU law respecting its supremacy. Therefore, the TAR IDoc should be read together with Figure 3.

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