TSOs responsible for submitting proposals for terms and conditions or methodologies or their amendments in accordance with this Regulation shall consult stakeholders, including the F1regulatory authority, on the draft proposals for terms and conditions or methodologies listed in F2Article 6(2)(a) and (3). The consultation shall last for a period of not less than 1 month.

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Any consultation undertaken before IP completion day in respect of draft proposals for terms and conditions or methodologies listed in Article 6(2)(a) is as effective for the purposes of this Regulation as consultation undertaken after IP completion day.

The TSOs responsible for developing the proposal for terms and conditions or methodologies shall duly take into account the views of stakeholders resulting from the consultations prior to its submission for regulatory approval. In all cases, a sound justification for including or not including the views resulting from the consultation shall be provided together with the submission of the proposal and published in a timely manner before, or simultaneously with the publication of the proposal for terms and conditions or methodologies.