TAP, SRG & DESFA JOINT UPDATES ON THE 2025 MARKET TEST (22/12/2025)
TAP, SRG and DESFA have launched the 2025 Market Test in July 2025, in line with the CAM NC timeline. The TSOs are hereby jointly informing the market that the 2025 Market Test is still ongoing and the TSOs open a Revision Window for the Non-Binding Phase of the 2025 Market Test between 22nd December 2025 and 16th of January 2026 to allow all interested parties to revise their Non-Binding Demand Indications submitted between July and September 2025 during the Demand Assessment Phase of the 2025 Market Test. The deadline also applies to any other parties who wish to submit Non-Binding Demand Indications under this Market Test, so that inclusion in the Demand Assessment Report remains possible.
The revision of the Non-Binding Demand Indication has to be performed through the submission of an individual Revision Form to the relevant TSO to the indicated email address, as follows:
- DESFA Revision Form sent to market-test@desfa.gr
- SRG Revision Form sent to ipa@pec.snam.it
- TAP Revision Form sent to market.test@tap-ag.com
The submission of a new Non-Binding Demand Indication to the relevant TSOs has to be made according to the procedural details indicated on the websites of each TSO, as follows:
- DESFA website
- TAP Non-Binding Phase Notice
- SRG website
The above revisions and/or new submissions of the Non-Binding Demand Indications will be included by the TSOs in the common Demand Assessment Report for the 2025 Incremental Capacity Process.
DEMAND ASSESSMENT REPORTS (27.10.2025)
The demand assessment for incremental capacity consists of two stages: Interested parties submit their non-binding demand indications and TSOs prepare joint Demand Assessment Reports (DARs).
Following the completion of the non-binding phase for Incremental Capacity 2025, DESFA publishes the below joint Demand Assessment Reports for Incremental Capacity (DAR):
- Demand Assessment Report (DAR) for Incremental Capacity between DESFA and ICGB, at the interconnection point at Komotini on the borders of their neighbouring gas transmission systems DESFA / ICGB.
- Demand Assessment Report (DAR) for Incremental Capacity between DESFA and BULGARTRANSGAZ, at the interconnection point of the neighbouring gas transmission systems between Bulgaria and Greece.
CALL FOR NON-BINDING PHASE LAUNCH (07.07.2025)
DESFA announces that on the 7th of July 2025, the Procedure for requesting Incremental Capacity will be launched under the Chapter V of the Regulation (EU) No. 2017/459 of 16th of March 2017:
(i) at existing interconnection points, and
(ii) by establishing new interconnection points.
To participate in the incremental capacity procedure, interested parties must complete the “Incremental Capacity Request” (word, pdf) and its accompanying Αttachments and send it via email to market-test@desfa.gr (Subject: Incremental Capacity 2025), by the 1st of September 2025.
The above procedure is generally to be followed also by requests to the competent TSOs. In case of discrepancies encountered between the Capacity Request Forms submitted to different TSOs for the same incremental capacity, DESFA will apply the “lesser of” rule, in order to elaborate the demand assessment report.
Requests related to the expansion of the system of the related TSO can be submitted as per the information available in the following link:
TAP AG: Market tests › Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP)
ICGB AD: ICGB AD Bulgaria
BULGARTRANSGAZ EAD: Bulgartransgaz EAD launches assessment of market demand for incremental capacity at interconnection points
For any further clarification please contact us at market-test@desfa.gr (Subject: Incremental Capacity 2025).