DESFA announces the launch of the Market Test for the capacity booking in the Greek part of the IP “Evzonoi-Gevgelija”, in a single phase, for the Natural Gas Interconnection between Greece and North Macedonia.
Interested parties are asked to submit binding requests for booking Capacity at the Section of the project in Greece (Greek Side of the Interconnection Point), in accordance with the present Notice and the Market Test Guidelines for the allocation of capacity at the Greek Side of the Interconnection Point “Evzoni – Gevgelija”, as approved by the Regulatory Authority for Energy (RAE Decision 532/2022).
To participate in the Market Test procedure, interested parties must submit to DESFA all the forms provided (Attachments 1-4 of the Notice), together with the mandatory supporting documentation (Article 6 of the Market Test Guidelines), within a period of at least twenty (20) days after this publication in DESFA’s web site that follows the publication in the Government’s Gazette of RAE’s Decision approving the Guidelines and the Notice, namely/ i.e.until Septembrer 12th, 2022.
The participation to the Market Test is open to entities active in, or intending to enter the natural gas market, including owners and/or operators of natural gas infrastructure, registered in a European Union (EU) or in a European Economic Area (EEA) or an OECD country or in a Contracting Party of the Energy Community, or having established a Branch office in Greece (Interested Entities).
The Section of the project in Greece consists of an approximately 55 km long, 30” pipeline, stretching from Nea Messimvria, in the Thessaloniki area, to Evzoni, at the border between the two countries, and of a Border Metering Station. The Section of the project in Greece is indicatively expected to begin in Q3 2022 and indicatively expected to be completed in Q3 2024.
RAE, with its decision 775/2020, approved the inclusion of the Section of the project in Greece in DESFA’s Ten Year Development Plan 2020-2029 subject to the performance of a successful Market Test proving that there is adequate interest from the market for this project.
The present Notice and the Market Test Guidelines have been approved by RAE’s Decision 532/2022, as follows:
Notice to the Market Test Guidelines for the allocation of capacity at the Greek Side of the Interconnection Point “Evzoni – Gevgelija”
Market Test Guidelines for the allocation of capacity at the Greek Side of Interconnection Point “Evzoni – Gevgelija”
The documents, and the forms to request capacity are also published here below:
1) Mandatory Supporting Documents
2) Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)
3) Market Test Guarantee in the form of a Bank letter of guarantee
4) Binding Product Form
5) Pro-forma ARCA
Requests for clarifications regarding the provisions of the Notice or/and the Market Test Guidelines, can be addressed to market-test@desfa.gr, by writing in the subject of the email «Market Test for the Greek Side of IP “Evzoni – Gevgelija”».