ENTSOG GRIP BEMIP 2014-2023 / Main Report

LEGAL FRAMEWORK

Description of the most important legal acts that determine the functioning the natural gas sector in Poland: \\ Energy law – it is the main act on the energy market in Poland. The law refers to electricity, gas, heat and renewable energy sectors. The objectives of the energy law is to create conditions, inter alia, for: sustainable development of the country, energy security, economical and rational use of energy sources, development of competition and fulfilment of obligations arising from inter­ national agreements. The energy law was amended to implement relevant pro- visions referring to the gas sector as provided for in the Third Energy Package. At present, a separate package of three legal acts governing electricity, gas sectors and renewables is drafted. \\ The Law on compulsory reserves of fuel and natural gas – it sets forth the rules concerning creation, maintaining and financing, inter alia, of natural gas re- serves. The law determines the minimum mandatory reserves (30 days of sales of the entity) that should be stored by producers and TSOs. \\ Regulation on conditions of functioning of the gas system – the regulation spe­ cifies the maximum possible share of gas originating from one source of supply (understood as the country of origin), at the level of: 70% – in the period be- tween 2010–2014, 59% – in the period between 2015–2018, 49% – in the period between 2019–2020. \\ Regulation on principles of tariff calculation and settlement of the gas trade – the regulation provides for detailed principles of components of: gas tariffs, calculation of regulated revenue and calculation of gas prices and other charg- es (including transmission charges). \\ The transmission network code – according to the energy law, the code is developed by GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. in cooperation with the Energy Regulatory Office and the network users. The network code was amended in 2012 and 2013 to implement operational instruments for the development of a fully liberalised, competitive and exchange-based gas market in Poland. The network code transposes the provisions set forth in the Third Energy Package (conges- tion management procedures, capacity allocation mechanisms, balancing).

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