Interpretative Note on Transparency Requirements
Interpretative Note on Transparency Requirements
Consultation of the "Energie-Control Austria Interpretative Note on Transparency Requirements and Third-Party Access Services Concerning Storage Facilities”The European Commission's Gas Regulation (715/2009/EC) sets transparency requirements for storage system operators in its Article 19. Article 15 of that same Regulation includes provisions for third-party access services concerning storage facilities. E-Control has now issued a note in which it interprets and details the relevant provisions with the aim to provide storage customers with all information they need to take informed decisions, in an easily understood and non-discriminatory manner.
As part of its supervisory duties according to section 24 para. 1 item 1 Energie-Control-Gesetz(E-Control Act), E-Control is entrusted with monitoring compliance of the market participants with all tasks assigned to them by virtue of ordinances issued pursuant to the E-Control Act or by way of directly applicable EU law.
Therefore, the market participants are invited to send their comments on the consultation paper "Interpretative Note on Transparency Requirements and Third-Party Access Services Concerning Storage Facilities" to Ms Emese Rieder ( emese.rieder@e-control.at ) by 28 October 2011 at the latest.
