Public consultation on business rules and exceptional events of draft Interconnection Agreement at the Interconnection Point of Komotini

Documents in Public Consultation – An Interconnection Agreement at the Interconnection Point of Komotini is to be concluded between DESFA and ICGB AD, which will be effective as of the date when transmission capacity will be made available on both sides of the said Interconnection Point. Important Note: due to physical constraints, DESFA is not able to offer Transmission Capacity at neither direction in the IP Komotini (i.e. from NNGTS to ICGB and from ICGB to NNGTS), until certain reinforcement projects of the NNGTS are realized, in accordance with the provisions of applicable legislation (pls. refer to the provisions of EU Reg. 2017/459 pertaining to Incremental Capacity and the provisions of the NNGS Code). The Interconnection Agreement will: a) secure the safe, reliable and effective operation of the interconnected transmission systems; b) promote the development of a competitive and liquid Natural Gas market, c) determine the conditions for coordinated operation of the interconnected gas transmission systems d) establish data/information exchange and guarantee the bilateral collaboration of the contracting parties. The business rules and provisions dealing with the exceptional events, related to the Natural Gas transmission through the IP are included in this Interconnection Agreement. DESFA presents for public consultation the above business rules, namely the confirmation/matching and the allocation procedures of the quantities at IP, as well as the provisions dealing with exceptional events. This consultation is intended to collect views from all parties interested in transmitting natural gas through IP Komotini. DESFA S.A. invites all interested parties to provide comments on the above procedures between 27 June 2022 17:00 CET until 27 August 2022 23:59 CET. Please follow the guidelines as specifically described in the text IA Public Consultation Guidelines and use the Business Template for submitting your comments. The filled in Response Template should be submitted in English language to the following e-mail: commercial.dispatching@desfa.gr with the subject title “IA at the IP of Komotini consultation process / COMMENTS”. ICGB will invite Network Users to submit comments on the Consultation Process for the IA at the IP of Komotini simultaneously with DESFA.