121 / 272
TAR NC Implementation Document – Second Edition September 2017 |
121
‘NEW’ TARIFFS
Responsibility: subject to national decision regarding the tariff period
31 May 2019 (‘AD 3’) is the date for applying Chapter II ‘Reference price
methodologies’, Chapter III ‘Reserve prices’ and Chapter IV ‘Reconciliation of
revenue’. The date falls within the gas year October 2018–September 2019, for
which the binding reserve prices will be published in June 2018.
The TAR NC stipulates that 31 May 2019 does not imply a change in the reserve
prices. Article 27(5) clarifies that the tariffs applicable for the prevailing tariff period
as of 31 May 2019 remain ‘until the end’ of the period.
Table 13 provides an overview of the remaining time period for ‘old’ tariffs. Figure 32
shows with red crosses the tariff period from which ‘new’ tariffs apply, for four cases
where the tariff period is equal to one year.
1)
BORDER DATE BETWEEN ‘OLD’ AND ‘NEW’ TARIFFS
Concerned MS
Tariff period prevailing
as of 31 May 2019
‘Old’ tariffs applicable
until
‘New’ tariffs
applicable as from
Sequence of change
to ‘new’ tariffs
BG, CZ, DE, ES, FI, GR, HR, IT,
LT, LU, NL, PL, SI, SK
1 January 2019 –
31 December 2019
31 December 2019 1 January 2020
3
rd
to change
FR
1 April 2019 –
31 March 2020
31 March 2020
1 April 2020
4
th
to change
PT
1 July 2018 –
30 June 2019
30 June 2019
1 July 2019
1
st
to change
DK, GB, HU
1)
, IE, NIR, RO, SE
1 October 2018 –
30 September 2019
30 September 2019 1 October 2019
2
nd
to change
AT
1 January 2017 –
31 December 2020
31 December 2020 1 January 2021
5
th
to change
BE
1 January 2016 –
31 December 2019
31 December 2019 1 January 2020
3
rd
to change
SK
1 January 2017 –
31 December 2021
31 December 2021 1 January 2022
6
th
to change
Although Table 13 shows that Portugal is the 1
st
MS to switch from ‘old’ tariffs to the
‘new’ ones, this only applies to non-IPs. The tariffs at IPs applicable at 31 May 2019
will persist for an additional three months beyond the end of the prevailing tariff
period on 30 June 2019, to 30 September 2019. ENTSOG has estimated that
17 months are needed for all the process to calculate the ‘new’ tariffs
2)
. Therefore,
in case the deadline of 1 July 2019 applies for a switch to the ‘new’ tariffs for all
points, it would be necessary to start preparing the final consultation document
already in December 2016 when the TAR NC was still under the scrutiny of the
European Parliament and the Council. Hence, Figure 32 shows ‘new’ tariffs twice for
the tariff period July–June: for non-IPs, the ‘new’ tariffs apply as of July 2019, while
for IPs, the ‘new’ tariffs apply as of October 2019. Such an approach has implica-
tions for separate reserve prices, reflected in Chapter III ‘Reserve prices’, and also
has implications for the publication requirements reflected in Annex T.
1) The current tariff period applicable in Hungary is January–December. It will be changed to October–September
as from 2017.
2) See Section ‘Article 26(2), 26(3) and Article 27 – procedure for the periodic consultation’.
ARTICLE 27(5)
Table 13:
Border date between ‘old’ and ‘new’ tariffs