The Electricity and Gas (Internal Markets and Network Codes) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

1.—(1) Article 1 (subject matter) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 2—

(a) for “the internal electricity market” substitute “electricity markets”;

(b) omit “Union-wide”.

(3) In paragraph 3, omit the words from “to provide” to the end.

(4) In Article 2 (definitions)—

(a) in the first unnumbered paragraph—

(i) after “and of the Council” insert “(other than the definition of ‘transmission system operator’)”;

(ii) for “Regulation (EC) No 714/2009” substitute “Regulation (EU) 2019/943 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on the internal market for electricity (recast) (other than the definition of ‘transmission system operator’ or ‘TSO’)”;

(iii) omit “Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1222,”;

(iv) after “Directive 2009/72/EC” insert “(other than the definitions of ‘distributed generation’, ‘renewable energy sources’ and ‘transmission system operator’)”.

(b) in the second unnumbered paragraph, in point (5) (definition of closed distribution system)—

(i) for the words “Article 28 of Directive 2009/72/EC” substitute “paragraph 12(2) of Schedule 2ZA to the Electricity Act 1989(1)”;

(ii) for the words from “national regulatory” to “Member State,” substitute “the regulatory authority”.

(1)

1989 c.29. Schedule 2ZA was inserted by S.I. 2011/2704.