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Different regulatory periods
Figure 9 shows the following split of ENTSOG’s Mem-
bers in terms of different regulatory periods: (a) one
year for Denmark, Poland and Sweden; (b) three years
for Bulgaria, Portugal and Slovenia; (c) four years for
Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary,
Italy and Luxembourg; (d) five years for Croatia, the
Czech Republic, Germany, Ireland, Lithuania, the
Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Romania and Slovakia;
and (e) eight years for Great Britain. In addition:
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In Greece the four-year regulatory period has an
exception: the latest tariff regulation approved in
October 2016 establishes a two-year regulatory
period for 2017–2018. Both before and after
2017–2018, the ‘normal’ regulatory period is
four years.
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The Czech Republic has a five-year regulatory
period except for the current shorter three-year
regulatory period extending from 2016 to 2018.
As of 2019, the regulatory period will last at least
five years.
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In Spain, parliament established a regulatory peri-
od of six years.
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In Great Britain the regulatory period of eight
years applies only to National Grid. Interconnector
UK does not function under the concept of a reg-
ulatory period.
Different tariff periods
Figure 10 shows the following split of ENTSOG’s Mem-
bers in terms of different tariff periods: (a) Janu-
ary-December for Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia,
Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Greece, Italy, Lith-
uania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Slova-
kia, Slovenia and Spain; (b) April-March for France; (c)
July-June for Portugal; and (d) October-September for
Denmark, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Northern
Ireland, Romania and Sweden.
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In Austria and Belgium the tariff period lasts not
one year but four years, and in Slovakia it lasts five
years, although Figure 10 shows that they fall
within the category January-December. In Austria
the current tariff period is from 1 January 2017 to
31 December 2020, in Belgium it is from 1 Janu-
ary 2016 to 31 December 2019, and in Slovakia it
is from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2021.
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In Spain the government sets the tariff period
instead of the NRA.
1 year
5 years
3 years
6 years
4 years
8 years
Figure 9:
Different regulatory periods in ENTSOG’s Members
January – December
April – March
July – June
October – September
Figure 10:
Different tariff periods for ENTSOG’s Members