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Regulation (EU) 2017/1938 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Regulation (EU) 2017/1938 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2017 concerning measures to safeguard the security of gas supply and repealing Regulation (EU) No 994/2010 (Text with EEA relevance)

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. Article 1.Subject matter

  3. Article 2.Definitions

  4. Article 3.Responsibility for the security of gas supply

  5. Article 4.Gas Coordination Group

  6. Article 5.Infrastructure standard

  7. Article 6.Gas supply standard

  8. Article 7.Risk assessment

  9. Article 8.Establishment of preventive action plans and emergency plans

  10. Article 9.Content of preventive action plans

  11. Article 10.Content of emergency plans

  12. Article 11.Declaration of a crisis

  13. Article 12.Regional and Union emergency responses

  14. Article 13.Solidarity

  15. Article 14.Information exchange

  16. Article 15.Professional secrecy

  17. Article 16.Cooperation with the Energy Community Contracting Parties

  18. Article 17.Monitoring by the Commission

  19. Article 18.Notifications

  20. Article 19.Exercise of the delegation

  21. Article 19A.Regulations: procedure

  22. Article 20.Derogation

  23. Article 21.Repeal

  24. Article 22.Entry into force

  25. Signature

    1. ANNEX I

      Regional cooperation

    2. ANNEX II

      Calculation of the N – 1 formula

      1. 1. Definition of the N – 1 formula

      2. 2. Calculation method of the N – 1 formula

      3. 3. Definitions of the parameters of the N – 1 formula...

        1. Demand-side definition

        2. Supply-side definitions

      4. 4. Calculation of the N – 1 formula using demand-side measures...

        1. Demand-side definition

      5. 5.

    3. ANNEX III

      Permanent bi-directional capacity

      1. 1 For the execution of the provisions set out in this...

      2. 2. To enable or enhance bi-directional capacity on an interconnection or...

      3. 3. Upon receipt of the proposal or the exemption request the...

      4. 4 The regulatory authority must within six months of receipt of...

      5. 5. The Secretary of State shall on the basis of the...

      6. 6. ...

      7. 7. ...

      8. 8. ...

      9. 9. ...

      10. 10. ...

      11. 11. ...

      12. 12. The Secretary of State ..., the national regulatory authorities and...

      13. 13. Exemptions from the obligation to enable bi-directional capacity granted under...

    4. ANNEX IV

      Template for the common risk assessment

      1. The following template shall be completed in a language agreed...

      2. General information

      3. 1. Description of the system

      4. 2. Infrastructure standard (Article 5)

      5. 3. Identification of risks

      6. 4. Risk analysis and assessment

      7. 5. Conclusions

    5. ANNEX V

      Template for the national risk assessment

      1. General information

      2. 1. Description of the system

        1. 1.1. Provide a brief consolidated description of the regional gas system...

        2. ... Provide a brief description of the gas system of the...

      3. 2. Infrastructure standard (Article 5)

      4. 3. Identification of risks

        1. Analysis

      5. 4. Risk analysis and assessment

      6. 5. Conclusions

    6. ANNEX VI

      Template for preventive action plan

      1. General information

      2. 1. Description of the system

        1. 1.1. Provide a brief consolidated description of the regional gas system...

        2. ... Provide a brief description of the gas system for the...

      3. 2. Summary of the risk assessment

      4. 3. Infrastructure standard (Article 5)

        1. 3.1. N – 1 formula

        2. 3.2. ...

      5. 4. Compliance with the supply standard (Article 6)

      6. 5. Preventive measures

      7. 6. Other measures and obligations (e.g. safety operation of the system)...

      8. 7. Infrastructure projects

      9. 8. Public service obligations related to the security of supply

      10. 9. Stakeholder consultations

      11. 10. Additional matters

        1. 11.1 Calculation of the N – 1 at the level of...

        2. 11.2 Mechanisms developed for cooperation

        3. 11.3 Preventive measures

    7. ANNEX VII

      Template for emergency plan

      1. General information

      2. 1. Definition of crisis levels

      3. 2. Measures to be adopted per crisis level

        1. 2.1. Early Warning

        2. 2.2. Alert Level

        3. 2.3. Emergency Level

      4. 3. Specific measures for the electricity and district heating

      5. 4. Crisis manager or team

      6. 5. Roles and responsibilities of different actors

      7. 6. Measures regarding undue consumption by customers who are not protected...

      8. 7. Emergency tests

      9. 8. Regional Dimension

    8. ANNEX VIII

      List of non-market-based security of gas supply measures

      1. In developing the preventive action plan and the emergency plan...

      2. supply-side measures: use of strategic gas storage, enforced use of...

    9. ANNEX IX

      Correlation table

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