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Regulation (EC) No 714/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (repealed)Show full title

Regulation (EC) No 714/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on conditions for access to the network for cross-border exchanges in electricity and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003 (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed)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.Certification of transmission system operators

  5. Article 4.European network of transmission system operators for electricity

  6. Article 5.Establishment of the ENTSO for Electricity

  7. Article 6.Establishment of network codes

  8. Article 7.Amendments of network codes

  9. Article 8.Tasks of the ENTSO for Electricity

  10. Article 9.Monitoring by the Agency

  11. Article 10.Consultations

  12. Article 11.Costs

  13. Article 12.Regional cooperation of transmission system operators

  14. Article 13.Inter-transmission system operator compensation mechanism

  15. Article 14.Charges for access to networks

  16. Article 15.Provision of information

  17. Article 16.General principles of congestion management

  18. Article 17.New interconnectors

  19. Article 18.Guidelines

  20. Article 19.Regulatory authorities

  21. Article 20.Provision of information and confidentiality

  22. Article 21.Right of Member States to provide for more detailed measures

  23. Article 22.Penalties

  24. Article 23.Committee procedure

  25. Article 24.Commission report

  26. Article 25.Repeal

  27. Article 26.Entry into force

  28. Signature

    1. ANNEX I

      GUIDELINES ON THE MANAGEMENT AND ALLOCATION OF AVAILABLE TRANSFER CAPACITY OF INTERCONNECTIONS BETWEEN NATIONAL SYSTEMS

      1. 1. General Provisions

        1. 1.1. Transmission system operators (TSOs) shall endeavour to accept all commercial...

        2. 1.2. When there is no congestion, there shall be no restriction...

        3. 1.3. Where scheduled commercial transactions are not compatible with secure network...

        4. 1.4. If structural congestion appears, appropriate congestion-management methods and arrangements defined...

        5. 1.5. The methods adopted for congestion management shall give efficient economic...

        6. 1.6. No transaction-based distinction shall be applied in congestion management. A...

        7. 1.7. When defining appropriate network areas in and between which congestion...

        8. 1.8. When balancing the network inside the control area through operational...

        9. 1.9. By 1 January 2008, mechanisms for the intra-day congestion management of...

        10. 1.10. The national regulatory authorities shall regularly evaluate the congestion-management methods,...

      2. 2. Congestion-management methods

        1. 2.1. Congestion-management methods shall be market-based in order to facilitate efficient...

        2. 2.2. Depending on competition conditions, the congestion-management mechanisms may need to...

        3. 2.3. Each capacity-allocation procedure shall allocate a prescribed fraction of the...

        4. 2.4. TSOs shall optimise the degree to which capacity is firm,...

        5. 2.5. The access rights for long and medium-term allocations shall be...

        6. 2.6. TSOs shall define an appropriate structure for the allocation of...

        7. 2.7. Capacity allocation shall not discriminate between market participants that wish...

        8. 2.8. In regions where forward financial electricity markets are well developed...

        9. 2.9. Other than in the case of new interconnectors which benefit...

        10. 2.10. In principle, all potential market participants shall be permitted to...

        11. 2.11. Market participants shall firmly nominate their use of the capacity...

        12. 2.12. Capacity shall be freely tradable on a secondary basis, provided...

        13. 2.13. The financial consequences of failure to honour obligations associated with...

      3. 3. Coordination

        1. 3.1. Capacity allocation at an interconnection shall be coordinated and implemented...

        2. 3.2. A common coordinated congestion-management method and procedure for the allocation...

        3. 3.3. The regions referred to in point 2.8. may allocate all interconnection...

        4. 3.4. Compatible congestion-management procedures shall be defined in all those seven...

        5. 3.5. With a view to promoting fair and efficient competition and...

        6. 3.6. Coordination shall also include the exchange of information between TSOs....

      4. 4. Timetable for market operations

        1. 4.1. The allocation of the available transmission capacity shall take place...

        2. 4.2. Having full regard to network security, the nomination of transmission...

        3. 4.3. Successive intra-day allocations of available transmission capacity for day D...

        4. 4.4. When preparing day-ahead network operation, the TSOs shall exchange information...

      5. 5. Transparency

        1. 5.1. TSOs shall publish all relevant data related to network availability,...

        2. 5.2. TSOs shall publish a general description of the congestion-management method...

        3. 5.3. The congestion management and capacity-allocation procedures in use, together with...

        4. 5.4. The operational and planning security standards shall form an integral...

        5. 5.5. TSOs shall publish all relevant data concerning cross-border trade on...

        6. 5.6. All relevant information shall be available for the market in...

        7. 5.7. The TSO shall publish the relevant information on forecast demand...

        8. 5.8. When forecasts are published, the ex post realised values for...

        9. 5.9. All information published by the TSOs shall be made freely...

        10. 5.10. TSOs shall exchange regularly a set of sufficiently accurate network...

      6. 6. Use of congestion income

        1. 6.1. Congestion-management procedures associated with a pre-specified timeframe may generate revenue...

        2. 6.2. National regulatory authorities shall be transparent regarding the use of...

        3. 6.3. The congestion income shall be shared among the TSOs involved...

        4. 6.4. TSOs shall clearly establish beforehand the use they will make...

        5. 6.5. On an annual basis, and by 31 July each year, the...

        6. 6.6. The use of congestion income for investment to maintain or...

    2. ANNEX II

      CORRELATION TABLE

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