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ANNEX I U.K. CONTRACTING ENTITIES IN THE SECTORS OF TRANSPORT OR DISTRIBUTION OF GAS OR HEAT

Belgium U.K.

• Distrigaz/NV Distrigaz.

• Local authorities, or associations of local authorities, for this part of their activities.

Denmark U.K.

• Entities distributing gas or heat on the basis of an authorisation pursuant to § 4 of the lov om varmeforsyning, see Consolidation Act No 772 of 24 July 2000.

• Entities transporting gas on the basis of a licence pursuant to § 10 of lov nr. 449 om naturgasforsyning of 31 May 2000.

• Entities transporting gas on the basis of an authorisation pursuant to bekendtgørelse nr. 141 om rørledningsanlæg på dansk kontinentalsokkelområde til transport af kulbrinter of 13 March 1974.

Germany U.K.

• Local authorities, public law bodies or associations of public law bodies or State-controlled undertakings supplying gas or heat to others or operating a general supply network pursuant to Article 2(3) of the Gesetz über die Elektrizitäts- und Gasversorgung (Energiewirtschaftsgesetz) of 24 April 1998, as last amended on 10 November 2001.

Greece U.K.

• ‘Δημόσια Επιχείρηση Αερίου (Δ.ΕΠ.Α.) Α.Ε.’, which transports and distributes gas in accordance with Law No 2364/95, as amended by Laws Nos 2528/97, 2593/98 and 2773/99.

Spain U.K.

• Enagas, S.A.

• Bahía de Bizkaia Gas, S.L.

• Gasoducto Al Andalus, S.A.

• Gasoducto de Extremadura, S.A.

• Infraestructuras Gasistas de Navarra, S.A.

• Regasificadora del Noroeste, S.A.

• Sociedad de Gas de Euskadi, S.A

• Transportista Regional de Gas, S.A.

• Unión Fenosa de Gas, S.A.

• Bilbogas, S.A.

• Compañía Española de Gas, S.A.

• Distribución y Comercialización de Gas de Extramadura, S.A.

• Distribuidora Regional de Gas, S.A.

• Donostigas, S.A.

• Gas Alicante, S.A.

• Gas Andalucía, S.A.

• Gas Aragón, S.A.

• Gas Asturias, S.A.

• Gas Castilla – La Mancha, S.A.

• Gas Directo, S.A.

• Gas Figueres, S.A.

• Gas Galicia SDG, S.A.

• Gas Hernani, S.A.

• Gas Natural de Cantabria, S.A.

• Gas Natural de Castilla y León, S.A.

• Gas Natural SDG, S.A.

• Gas Natural de Alava, S.A.

• Gas Natural de La Coruña, S.A.

• Gas Natural de Murcia SDG, S.A.

• Gas Navarra, S.A.

• Gas Pasaia, S.A.

• Gas Rioja, S.A.

• Gas y Servicios Mérida, S.L.

• Gesa Gas, S.A.

• Meridional de Gas, S.A.U.

• Sociedad del Gas Euskadi, S.A.

• Tolosa Gas, S.A.

France U.K.

• Société nationale des gaz du Sud-Ouest, transporting gas.

• Gaz de France, set up and operated pursuant to loi n^o 46-628 sur la nationalisation de l'électricité et du gaz of 8 April 1946, as amended.

• Entities distributing electricity mentioned in Article 23 of loi n^o 46-628 sur la nationalisation de l'électricité et du gaz of 8 April 1946, as amended.

• Compagnie française du méthane, transporting gas.

• Local authorities or associations of local authorities, distributing heat.

Ireland U.K.

• Bord Gáis Éireann

• Other entities that may be licensed to undertake the activity of natural gas distribution or transmission by the Commission for Energy Regulation pursuant to the provisions of the Gas Acts 1976 to 2002.

• Entities licensed under the Electricity Regulation Act 1999 which as operators of ‘Combined Heat and Power Plants’ are engaged in the distribution of heat.

Italy U.K.

• SNAM Rete Gas s.p.a., SGM and EDISON T&S, transporting gas.

• Entities distributing gas governed by the consolidated text of the laws on the direct assumption of control of public services by local authorities and provinces, approved by Royal Decree No. 2578 of 15 October 1925 and by Presidential Decree No. 902 of 4 October 1986.

• Entities distributing heat to the public as referred to in Article 10 of Law No. 308 of 29 May 1982 — Norme sul contenimento dei consumi energici, lo sviluppo delle fonti rinnovabili di energia, l'esercizio di centrali elettriche alimentate con combustibili dagli idrocarburi.

• Local authorities, or associations of local authorities, distributing heat to the public.

Luxembourg U.K.

• Société de transport de gaz SOTEG S.A.

• Gaswierk Esch-Uelzecht S.A.

• Service industriel de la Ville de Dudelange.

• Service industriel de la Ville de Luxembourg.

• Local authorities or associations formed by those local authorities responsible for the distribution of heat.

Netherlands U.K.

• Entities producing, transporting or distributing gas on the basis of a licence (vergunning) granted by the municipal authorities pursuant to the Gemeentewet.

• Municipal or provincial authorities transporting or distributing gas pursuant to the Gemeentewet or the Provinciewet.

• Local authorities or associations of local authorities distributing heat to the public.

Austria U.K.

• Entities authorised to transport or distribute gas pursuant to the Energiewirtschaftsgesetz, dRGBl. I, pp. 1451-1935 or the Gaswirtschaftgesetz, BGBl. I No 121/2000, as amended.

• Entities authorised to transport or distribute heat pursuant to the Gewerbeordnung, BGBl. No 194/1994, as amended.

Portugal U.K.

• Entities transporting or distributing gas pursuant to Article 1 of Decree-Law No 8/2000 of 8 February 2000, with the exception of subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of paragraph 3(b) of that Article.

Finland U.K.

• Public or other entities operating a gas network transport system and transporting or distributing gas under a licence pursuant to Chapter 3(1) or Chapter 6(1) of themaakaasumarkkinalaki/naturgasmarknadslagen (508/2000); and municipal entities or public enterprises producing, transporting or distributing heat or providing heat to networks.

Sweden U.K.

• Entities transporting or distributing gas or heat on the basis of a concession pursuant to lagen (1978:160) om vissa rörledningar.

United Kingdom U.K.

• A public gas transporter as defined in section 7(1) of the Gas Act 1986.

• A person declared to be an undertaker for the supply of gas under Article 8 of the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996.

• A local authority which provides or operates a fixed network which provides or will provide a service to the public in connection with the production, transport or distribution of heat.

• A person licensed under section 6(1)(a) of the Electricity Act 1989 whose licence includes the provisions referred to in section 10(3) of that Act.

• The Northern Ireland Housing Executive.