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Application date
31 May 2019
2019
2018
NC mandated process
Preparatory work
Fixed time
TSO/NRA to prepare the final consultation document
Dec
Jan
Feb Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan Feb Mar
Apr
Entry into force
6 April 2017
TSO/NRA to
update
calculation;
to calculate
bundled and
VIP prices;
to prepare
publication
If applicable,
NRA to
approve final
tariffs;
TSO/NRA to
publish final
tariffs
TSO/NRA to conduct the
final public consultation
Article 26(1)-(2)
TSO/NRA to publish cons.
responses and summary
Article 26(3)
NRA to take and publish motivated decision on all aspects of the final
consultation document
Article 27(4)
one-off
TSO/NRA to forward the
consultation document(s)
to ACER upon launching of
the final consultation
Article 27(1)
ACER to analyse certain
aspects of the final consulta-
tion document, to publish and
send to TSO/NRA and the EC
the conclusion of analysis
Article 27(3)
Figure 31:
Final consultation timeline
‘Intermediate’ consultations
17 months for the ‘final’ consultation leaves nine months to dedicate to ‘intermedi-
ate’ consultations on all/some elements listed in Article 26(1), extending from the
entry into force of the TAR NC on 6 April 2017 to the estimated start date of
December 2017 for preparing the final consultation document.
The TAR NC is flexible with respect to ‘intermediate’ consultations: there can be one
consultation on all the elements of Article 26(1) or multiple consultations on specific
elements of Article 26(1). The TAR NC is open about the number and format of the
‘intermediate’ consultations, which are only optional, but it mandates the duration
and the format of the ‘final’ consultation. Such ‘intermediate’ consultations do not
appear on the timeline below. Regardless of the content of ‘intermediate’
consultations, the final consultation must cover all the elements of Article 26(1) as
Table 11 shows.
ACER review
ACER review applies only to the ‘final’ consultation and not to the ‘intermediate’
consultations. As explained above, the ‘final’ consultation must cover all the elements
of Article 26(1) even if they were subject to an ‘intermediate’ prior consultation.
Under Article 27(2) of the TAR NC, ACER analysis follows:
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Checking for completeness: whether the final consultation document publishes
all the information in Article 26(1);
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Checking for compliance with the TAR NC requirements:
(i) the proposed commodity-based transmission tariffs must comply with
Article 4(3);
(ii) the proposed non-transmission tariffs must comply with Article 4(4); and
(iii) the proposed RPM must comply with Article 7.
The section below deals with ACER’s template for the consultation document. This
template provides upfront the criteria that will be used for the completeness and
compliance checks.