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Plans to remove interim measures

57) Both BRM and OPCOM gas exchanges consider projects enabling them to introduce in short time the STSP, as follows: BRM works with KELER CCP

for the introduction of STSP in cooperation with the clearing house – implementing deadline Q2-2017; OPCOM submitted the documentation for

approval to NRA for the day ahead market (PZU), and the platform is expected to be commissioned in Q1-2017.

According to BAL NC provisions, TSO should

identify the steps that will be taken to remove the

interim measures, including the criteria for

making these steps and for an assessment of

the related timing.

The four countries (DE, PL, SK and UK-NI) report-

ed in the updated report on next steps, milestones

and deadlines planned to remove further the

interim measures. All four countries foresee the

usage of interim measures until April 2019.

Further details can be found in

Annex VIII, table 8.2 .

TSOs have the possibility to apply any other in-

terim measures as an alternative or additionally,

provided that such measures aim at promoting

competition and liquidity of the short term

wholesale gas market and are consistent with

the general principles of BAL NC.

Poland reported implementing interim balanc-

ing products that are traded on the balancing

platform in all three balancing zones.

Compared to the previous report, Romania im-

plemented the planned interim measures, by

1 October 2016. Bulgaria plans to implement in-

terim measures during 2017. Romania

57)

decid-

ed not to implement a balancing platform but to

implement directly one or two trading plat-

forms – until Q1-2017 (OPCOM platform) and

until Q2-2017 (BRM platform). Greece pro-

longed the implementation timeline of the

balancing platform until Q3-2017.

An Interim imbalance charge was reported as

implemented in three countries (IE, PL (L-gas,

TGPS) and UK-NI) compared to previous report

at which time implementation was only planned.

Overview of the Interim measures applied by 1 October 2016

Country

Balancing platform

Alternative to a

balancing platform

Interim daily

imbalance charge

Tolerances

–

Planned (during 2017)

In place

–

Planned (Q3/2017)

In place

–

In place

–

In place

–

In place for L-gas

and TGPS

In place for H-gas

–

In place

in place

In place

–

In place

–

In place

–

In place

–

UK-NI

–

In place

Table 4:

Overview of the Interim measures applied by 1 October 2016

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