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Around such date, the consultation document(s) need to be forwarded to ACER for
analysis. The TAR NC sets out that the minimum duration of the final consultation is
two months which bring us to the end of October 2018. Within one month as from
the end of the final consultation, it is necessary to publish the consultation responses
received as well as their summary, and, to the extent possible, its translation in
English, which is indicated as the end of November 2018.
In parallel with the final consultation under Article 26(1), the NRA must conduct
another consultation on multipliers, seasonal factors, interruptible discounts,
discounts at entry-points-from LNG facilities and discounts at entry-points-from/ex-
it-points-to infrastructure ending isolation of MSs in respect of their gas transmission
systems. The white box indicates the date of launching such consultation, just under
the box indicating the date for launching the final periodic consultation: the end of
August 2018. As the TAR NC foresees that both consultations must be ‘conducted’
at the same time, the end date of consultation under Article 28 coincides with the
end of the final consultation under Article 26: the end of October 2018 as indicated
by the orange boxes. In absence of explicit provisions in the TAR NC, ENTSOG
assumed that the consultation responses for consultation under Article 28 should be
published simultaneously with the responses to the final consultation under
Article 26.
Blue box:
The blue box is linked to the orange and white boxes on the final
consultation. The TAR NC foresees that ACER has two months to analyse the final
consultation document and publish the results of its analysis – as well as sending it
to TSO/NRA and the EC – after the completion of the final consultation. On the
assumption that those are sent simultaneously with the launch of the final
consultation at the end of August 2018, ACER would have 4 months to complete its
task by the end of December 2018.
Grey boxes:
Similar to the grey boxes on the timeline ‘Calendar year 2017’ (showing
the publication of tariff information before the tariff period for January–December
MSs), the four grey boxes on this timeline represent the deadlines for publication of
the set of tariff information before the tariff period, for four tariff periods which is
equal to one year: March, June, September and December 2018. Similar to the case
explained for the ‘old’ tariffs published in December 2017, for this calendar year the
tariffs will also be derived following the ‘old’ RPM. The same rule for publication of
tariff information on ENTSOG’s TP applies.
Red box:
This box represents the date of the annual yearly capacity auctions per
CAM NC.
Yellow box:
Apart from the early compliance in December 2017 regarding the
publication of reserve prices for the prevailing gas year of October 2017 to September
2018, this is the first time when the requirement to publish the set of tariff information
before the annual yearly capacity auctions, on TSO/NRA website, takes place
(Article 29 of the TAR NC). As explained in Part 1, Chapter VIII ‘Publication require-
ments’, such an obligation applies to all cases, regardless of the tariff period used.
Furthermore, if the tariff period does not coincide with the gas year, it is necessary
to publish separate reserve prices applicable for the respective time portions of the
tariff periods falling within the gas year. The box under the yellow box lists such
separate reserve prices. ENTSOG’s TP will simultaneously provide a link to such
information, and will also publish the reserve prices for firm/interruptible standard
capacity products directly in a standardised table.
Green box:
This box is linked to the green box on the timeline ‘Calendar year 2017’.
As explained above, ENTSOG’s report to ACER on TSOs’ compliance with the
TAR NC Chapter VIII ‘Publication requirements’ will cover only the compliance of the
TSOs functioning under the tariff period January–December with the obligation to
publish the set of tariff information before the tariff period.