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New pipelines now connect or will soon connect
European countries with the Caspian and North
Africa, two major producing regions whose gas
will reinforce Europe’s security of supply.
In July 2016, Ukrtransgaz informed the EC about system
atic pressure drops on the border between Ukraine and
Russia (see also point 5.2). In order to gain a better under-
standing of the technical background and reasons for those
pressure drops, additional trilateral talks were held and new
elements were added to the above-mentioned daily report.
The extended daily report provides a better understanding
on the development of flows and pressures and as such en-
ables a better assessment of the general situation.
In addition, necessary preparations were made for a possi-
ble fact-finding mission including physical visits to the inter-
connection points between Russia and Ukraine as well as
relevant compressor stations.
ENTSOG would like to mention that all trilateral talks and
meetings took place on a basis of trust and good reliable
communications.
Facilitation of regional cooperation with the EnC
Supporting the Contracting Parties (CPs) to the Energy
Community (EnC) regarding SoS
A major disruption of gas supply can not only affect all
Member States, but also the Union as a whole and the CPs
to the EnC . Therefore ENTSOG foresaw also the CPs to the
EnC and other relevant third countries participation in the
RCSG in line with the cooperation requirements mentioned
in Annex IV of the existing SoS Regulation 994/2010. So far
GASSCO, the Norwegian TSO as well as Ukrtransgaz from
Ukraine are part of the RCSG.
Workshop with the EnC and the CPs
According to Article 8(3)(c) of Regulation 715/2009,
ENTSOG is in charge of providing “recommendations relat-
ing to the coordination of technical cooperation between
Community and third-country transmission system opera-
tors”. In line with this provision, ENTSOG is organizing a
workshop together with the EnC Secretariat on a yearly basis
for the CPs to the EnC and other relevant stakeholders. In
2016, the workshop was held on 19 October at the premis-
es of the EnC Secretariat in Vienna and this time it was ded-
icated to the following two main topics:
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Implementation of transparency requirements of
Regulation (EC) No 715/2009 by CPs to EnC – scope
of transparency requirements within EnC and CPs
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Implementation of NC on INT&DE
Several points were discussed and questions asked during
the workshop. In addition some of the participants contact-
ed ENTSOG’s interoperability and transparency team after
the workshop and ENTSOG was able to provide its expertise
and recommendations on request.
EC Initiative to Establish WG with EnC, ACER, EC and
ENTSOG for NC Implementation
In April 2016 the EC asked ACER and ENTSOG to be part of
a "working group" to be set up to address the issue of imple-
mentation modalities which would (in addition to ACER and
ENTSOG) also consist of EnC Secretariat and the EC. The
aim of the working group was to develop a proposal for an
implementation plan especially for the timing and the con-
tent for the NCs. Several talks as well as three physical
meetings took place between the members of the WG and
the CPs to the EnC.
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