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Commission Regulation (EU) No 312/2014Show full title
Commission Regulation (EU) No 312/2014 of 26 March 2014 establishing a Network Code on Gas Balancing of Transmission Networks (Text with EEA relevance)
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1.This Regulation shall apply to balancing zones [F1to the extent that they are within the United Kingdom or the UK marine area, and taking into account the specific nature of interconnectors].
2.[F2To the extent they fall within the United Kingdom or the UK marine area,] this Regulation shall not apply to balancing zones [F3of member] States that hold a derogation on the basis of Article 49 of Directive 2009/73/EC [F4 as it has effect in EU law, unless the national regulatory authority and the member State agree otherwise].
3.This Regulation shall not apply to reconciliation that would be necessary between the allocations and actual consumption subsequently derived from final customer meter readings when obtained.
4.This Regulation shall not apply in emergency situations where the transmission system operator shall implement specific measures defined F5... on the basis of Regulation (EU) No 994/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2010 concerning measures to safeguard security of gas supply(1) [F6and other applicable national rules], as appropriate.
5.The respective rights and obligations originating from this Regulation with regard to network users shall only apply to those network users which have concluded a legally binding agreement, being a transport contract or another contract, which enables them to submit trade notifications in accordance with Article 5.
[F76.To the extent it falls within the United Kingdom or the UK marine area, this Regulation does not apply to the balancing zone of another country that is not a member State unless the national regulatory authority determines otherwise.
7.If a transmission system operator is regulated by both national regulatory authorities, where relevant they must cooperate with each other regarding the regulation of that transmission system operator.
8.If a transmission system operator is regulated by a national regulatory authority and a non-UK regulatory authority, where relevant the national regulatory authority must endeavour to cooperate with the non-UK regulatory authority regarding the regulation of that transmission system operator.
9.Any reference to an adjacent balancing zone in this Regulation includes a balancing zone outside the United Kingdom or the UK marine area.]
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F1Words in Art. 2(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Gas (Security of Supply and Network Codes) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/531), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 1(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in Art. 2(2) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Gas (Security of Supply and Network Codes) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/531), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 1(3)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in Art. 2(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Gas (Security of Supply and Network Codes) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/531), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 1(3)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Word in Art. 2(2) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Gas (Security of Supply and Network Codes) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/531), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 1(3)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5Words in Art. 2(4) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Gas (Security of Supply and Network Codes) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/531), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 1(4)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F6Word in Art. 2(4) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Gas (Security of Supply and Network Codes) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/531), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 1(4)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F7Art. 2(6)-(9) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Gas (Security of Supply and Network Codes) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/531), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 1(5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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