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Regulation (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Regulation (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on conditions for access to the natural gas transmission networks and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005 (Text with EEA relevance)

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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 gas

  6. Article 5.Establishment of the ENTSO for Gas

  7. Article 6.Establishment of network codes

  8. Article 7.Amendments of network codes

  9. Article 8.Tasks of the ENTSO for Gas

  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.Tariffs for access to networks

  15. Article 14.Third-party access services concerning transmission system operators

  16. Article 15.Third-party access services concerning storage and LNG facilities

  17. Article 16.Principles of capacity-allocation mechanisms and congestion-management procedures concerning transmission system operators

  18. Article 17.Principles of capacity-allocation mechanisms and congestion-management procedures concerning storage and LNG facilities

  19. Article 18.Transparency requirements concerning transmission system operators

  20. Article 19.Transparency requirements concerning storage facilities and LNG facilities

  21. Article 20.Record keeping by system operators

  22. Article 21.Balancing rules and imbalance charges

  23. Article 22.Trading of capacity rights

  24. Article 23.Guidelines

  25. Article 24.Regulatory authorities

  26. Article 25.Provision of information

  27. Article 26.Right of Member States to provide for more detailed measures

  28. Article 27.Penalties

  29. Article 28.Committee procedure

  30. Article 29.Commission report

  31. Article 30.Derogations and exemptions

  32. Article 31.Repeal

  33. Article 32.Entry into force

  34. Signature

    1. ANNEX I

      GUIDELINES ON

      1. 1. Third-party access services concerning transmission system operators

        1. 1. Transmission system operators shall offer firm and interruptible services down...

        2. 2. Harmonised transport contracts and common network codes shall be designed...

        3. 3. Transmission system operators shall develop network codes and harmonised contracts...

        4. 4. Transmission system operators shall implement standardised nomination and re-nomination procedures....

        5. 5. Transmission system operators shall harmonise formalised request procedures and response...

        6. 6. Transmission system operators shall not separately charge network users for...

        7. 7. Information requests that require extraordinary or excessive expenses such as...

        8. 8. Transmission system operators shall cooperate with other transmission system operators...

        9. 9. Transmission system operators shall publish at least annually, by a...

        10. 10. Transmission system operators shall maintain and make available to the...

      2. 2. Principles of capacity-allocation mechanisms and congestion-management procedures concerning transmission system...

        1. 2.1. Principles of capacity-allocation mechanisms and congestion-management procedures concerning transmission system...

          1. 1. Capacity-allocation mechanisms and congestion-management procedures shall facilitate the development of...

          2. 2. Those mechanisms and procedures shall take into account the integrity...

          3. 3. Those mechanisms and procedures shall neither hamper the entry of...

          4. 4. Those mechanisms and procedures shall provide appropriate economic signals for...

          5. 5. Network users shall be advised about the type of circumstance...

          6. 6. Should difficulties in meeting contractual delivery obligations arise due to...

        2. 2.2. Congestion-management procedures in the event of contractual congestion

          1. 1. In the event that contracted capacity goes unused, transmission system...

          2. 2. Revenues from released interruptible capacity shall be split according to...

          3. 3. A reasonable price for released interruptible capacity may be determined...

          4. 4. Where appropriate, transmission system operators shall make reasonable endeavours to...

      3. 3. Definition of the technical information necessary for network users to...

        1. 3.1. Definition of the technical information necessary for network users to...

        2. 3.2. Definition of all relevant points for transparency requirements

        3. 3.3. Information to be published at all relevant points and the...

          1. 1. At all relevant points, transmission system operators shall publish the...

          2. 2. For all relevant points, transmission system operators shall publish available...

          3. 3. Transmission system operators shall publish daily updates of availability of...

          4. 4. Transmission system operators shall publish historical maximum and minimum monthly...

          5. 5. Transmission system operators shall keep a daily log of actual...

          6. 6. Transmission system operators shall keep effective records of all capacity...

          7. 7. Transmission system operators shall provide user-friendly instruments for calculating tariffs...

          8. 8. Where transmission system operators are unable to publish information in...

    2. ANNEX II

      CORRELATION TABLE

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