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TAR NC – Network Code
on Harmonised Transmission
Tariff Structures for Gas
The TAR NC has undergone the formal review
(‘Comitology Procedure’) according to Article 5a(1) to
(4) and Article 7 of Council Decision 1999/468/EC
1)
,
as envisaged by Article 28(2) of Regulation (EC) No
715/2009 (‘Gas Regulation’)
2),3)
. The Official Journal of
the European Union (‘EU’) published the TAR NC on
17 March 2017
4)
, and it entered into force 20 days
later on 6 April 2017.
TAR NC – THE FOURTH GAS NETWORK CODE
A network code
(‘NC’)
is a set of common EU-wide rules in the form of an EU regu-
lation established in accordance with the process contemplated by Article 6 of the
Gas Regulation for a given subject matter, as indicated by Article 8 (6). Article 6 (11)
clarifies that NCs supplement the Gas Regulation and
‘amend… [its] non-essential
elements’
.
The TAR NC is the fourth network code in the gas sector, following the NCs on ca-
pacity allocation mechanisms
(‘CAM NC’)
5)
, gas balancing of transmission networks
(‘BAL NC’)
6)
, and interoperability and data exchange rules
(‘INT NC’)
7)
. The
CAM NC
(‘Old CAM NC’)
has been subject to amendment in parallel to the devel-
opment of the TAR NC. The Comitology Procedure has been finalised, repealing the
Old CAM NC. The Official Journal of the EU published the revised version
(‘Amended
CAM NC’)
on 17 March 2017
8)
, and it entered into force 20 days later on 6 April
2017. For the avoidance of doubt, the TAR IDoc refers to the Amended CAM NC in
all instances.
1) Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers con-
ferred on the European Commission as amended by Council Decision 2006/512/EC of 17 July 2006 (OJ L 200, 22.7.2006,
p. 11).
2) Regulation (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on conditions for access to
the natural gas transmission networks and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005 (OJ L 211, 14.8.2009, p. 36).
3) Currently the Gas Regulation provides for the application of the regulatory procedure with scrutiny. In case of the change
of the applicable procedure due to the Lisbon Treaty, the new procedure will apply accordingly.
4) Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/460 of 16 March 2017 establishing a network code on harmonised transmission tariff
structures for gas (OJ L 72, 17.3.2017, p. 29).
5) Commission Regulation (EU) No 984/2013 of 14 October 2013 establishing a Network Code on Capacity Allocation
Mechanisms in Gas Transmission Systems and supplementing Regulation (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament
and of the Council (OJ L 273, 15.10.2013, p. 5). 6) Commission Regulation (EU) No 312/2014 of 26 March 2014 establishing a Network Code on Gas Balancing of
Transmission Networks (OJ L 91, 27.3.2014, p. 15).
7) Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/703 of 30 April 2015 establishing a network code on interoperability and data exchange
rules (OJ L 113, 1.5.2015, p. 13).
8) Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/459 of 16 March 2017 establishing a network code on capacity allocation mechanisms
in gas transmission systems and repealing Regulation (EU) No 984/2013 (OJ L 72, 17.3.2017, p. 1).