PART IIGAS SUPPLY AND ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES

Licensing of supply of gas and associated activities

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1

This Article applies if the Department is notified by the Authority under Article 8C(2) that an application has been made by, or nominating as an independent system operator, a person from a third country or a person controlled by a person from a third country.

2

The Department must prepare a report on whether the security of gas supplies in the United Kingdom and the European Economic Area would be put at risk by the certification of the applicant.

3

In preparing the report, the Department must take into account—

a

any relevant international law; and

b

any relevant agreement between the government of the United Kingdom and the government of the third country in question.

4

The Department must send the report to the Authority within the 6 weeks beginning with the day on which the notification under Article 8C(2) is received by it.