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Directive 2003/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (repealed)Show full title

Directive 2003/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2003 concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas and repealing Directive 98/30/EC (repealed)

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. CHAPTER I SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS

    1. Article 1.Scope

    2. Article 2.Definitions

  3. CHAPTER II GENERAL RULES FOR THE ORGANISATION OF THE SECTOR

    1. Article 3.Public service obligations and customer protection

    2. Article 4.Authorisation procedure

    3. Article 5.Monitoring of security of supply

    4. Article 6.Technical rules

  4. CHAPTER III TRANSMISSION, STORAGE AND LNG

    1. Article 7.Designation of system operators

    2. Article 8.Tasks of system operators

    3. Article 9.Unbundling of transmission system operators

    4. Article 10.Confidentiality for transmission system operators

  5. CHAPTER IV DISTRIBUTION AND SUPPLY

    1. Article 11.Designation of distribution system operators

    2. Article 12.Tasks of distribution system operators

    3. Article 13.Unbundling of distribution system operators

    4. Article 14.Confidentiality for distribution system operators

    5. Article 15.Combined operator

  6. CHAPTER V UNBUNDLING AND TRANSPARENCY OF ACCOUNTS

    1. Article 16.Right of access to accounts

    2. Article 17.Unbundling of accounts

  7. CHAPTER VI ORGANISATION OF ACCESS TO THE SYSTEM

    1. Article 18.Third party access

    2. Article 19.Access to storage

    3. Article 20.Access to upstream pipeline networks

    4. Article 21.Refusal of access

    5. Article 22.New infrastructure

    6. Article 23.Market opening and reciprocity

    7. Article 24.Direct lines

    8. Article 25.Regulatory authorities

  8. CHAPTER VII FINAL PROVISIONS

    1. Article 26.Safeguard measures

    2. Article 27.Derogations in relation to take-or-pay commitments

    3. Article 28.Emergent and isolated markets

    4. Article 29.Review Procedure

    5. Article 30.Committee

    6. Article 31.Reporting

    7. Article 32.Repeals

    8. Article 33.Implementation

    9. Article 34.Entry into force

    10. Article 35.Addressees

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