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Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (repealed)Show full title

Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2003 on conditions for access to the network for cross-border exchanges in electricity (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed)

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. Article 1.Subject-matter and scope

  3. Article 2.Definitions

  4. Article 3.Inter transmission system operator compensation mechanism

  5. Article 4.Charges for access to networks

  6. Article 5.Provision of information on interconnection capacities

  7. Article 6.General principles of congestion management

  8. Article 7.New interconnectors

  9. Article 8.Guidelines

  10. Article 9.Regulatory authorities

  11. Article 10.Provision of information and confidentiality

  12. Article 11.Right of Member States to provide for more detailed measures

  13. Article 12.Penalties

  14. Article 13.Committee

  15. Article 14.Commission Report

  16. Article 15.Entry into force

  17. Signature

    1. ANNEX

      Guidelines on the management and allocation of available transfer capacity of interconnections between national systems

      1. General

        1. 1. Congestion management method(s) implemented by Member States shall deal with...

        2. 2. The TSOs, or, where appropriate, Member States, shall provide non-discriminatory...

        3. 3. Different treatment of the different types of cross-border transactions, whether...

        4. 4. Price signals that result from congestion management systems shall be...

        5. 5. TSOs shall offer to the market transmission capacity that is...

        6. 6. Considering the fact that the European continental network is a...

      2. Position of long-term contracts

        1. 1. Priority access rights to an interconnection capacity shall not be...

        2. 2. Existing long-term contracts shall have no pre-emption rights when they...

      3. Provision of information

        1. 1. TSOs shall implement appropriate coordination and information-exchange mechanisms to guarantee...

        2. 2. TSOs shall publish all relevant data concerning the cross-border total...

        3. 3. The TSOs shall publish a general scheme for calculation of...

      4. Principles governing methods for congestion management

        1. 1. Network congestion problems shall preferentially be solved with non-transaction based...

        2. 2. Cross-border coordinated redispatching or counter trading may be used jointly...

        3. 3. The possible merits of a combination of market splitting, or...

      5. Guidelines for explicit auctions

        1. 1. The auction system must be designed in such a way...

        2. 2. Total interconnection capacity shall be offered in a series of...

        3. 3. The explicit auction procedures shall be prepared in close collaboration...

        4. 4. The power flows in both directions over congested tie lines...

        5. 5. In order to offer as much capacity to the market...

        6. 6. Any auction procedure adopted shall be capable of sending directional...

        7. 7. In order not to risk creating or aggravating problems related...

        8. 8. To promote the creation of liquid electricity markets, capacity bought...

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