6th RCC Meeting – Region South-South East 30th March 2007, Milano

2 Agenda Agenda TopicsRapporteur Opening Approval of the agenda Approval of minutes 5 th RCC Update on new CEER rules Co-chairs 9:152. Preparation of the Stakeholder Meeting and Development of the GRI in the SSE regional market after the 2nd Stakeholder Meeting: regulatory harmonisation and promotion of OSS services AGEN, AEEG, E-Control 10:303. ClosureCo-chair

3 New CEER rules – General Framework (1) Invitations to all stakeholders in the stakeholder’s Group  engage governments in the stakeholder’s group  engage implementation groups Annual Report important basis for dialogue with stakeholders  ERGEG Chair to present report to EU Parliament, ITRE Committee  Lead Regulators present report to National Parliaments and their regions  Individual Regulators pursue further contacts with Ministries on content of Annual Report

4 New CEER rules – General Framework (2) Annual Conference  Ensure wide participation of those invited to Madrid and Florence Fora  Organization through CEER Secretariat  Chairmanship by ERGEG

5 New CEER rules – Lead Regulator’s Tasks in GRI TASK 1 Internal Organization of the Region TASK 2 Communication with CEER Secretariat TASK 3 External Communication TASK 4 Cooperation+Information Exchange with GRI-TF/GFG/GA/ERGEG Invitation to Meetings, Agendas, Minutes, Organization of Meetings, monthly update (by 15th of the month) of website key achievement, general update of website Inform about new public consultations and press releases on website, scheduled meeting dates within the 5 first days of the quarter Present Annual RI Report to Nat. Parliaments and their regions; Strong involvement in organization of Annual Conference Provide input for quarterly report and presentations on each region for GA

6 New CEER rules – Communication Policy Jan FebMarAprMay Jun JulAugSeptOctNovDec Annual Report Letter by ERGEG chair to the EU Presidency on progress regarding the Regional Initiatives (twice a year) Correspondence with Ministries, outlining progress in the region by Lead Regulators (quarterly) Correspondence with Key Stakeholder’s organizations on progress of particular topics (regularly) Annual Conference

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10 Agenda Agenda TopicsRapporteur Opening Approval of the agenda Approval of minutes 5 th RCC Update on new CEER rules Co-chairs 9:152. Preparation of the Stakeholder Meeting and Development of the GRI in the SSE regional market after the 2nd Stakeholder Meeting: regulatory harmonisation and promotion of OSS services AGEN, AEEG, E-Control 10:303. ClosureCo-chair

11 Route Assessment – Regulators’ conclusions (1) Addressing contractual congestion Proposed solution:  platform for re-trading transmission capacity  standardised bulletin board for secondary market capacity trading Proposed action:  TSOs are invited to set up an Enabler Group to establish a best- practice standardised bulletin board (e.g. Trac-X, OMV Gas platform)

12 Route Assessment – Regulators’ conclusions (2) Addressing long-term physical congestion Proposed solution:  information sharing between market participants and TSOs on planned investments and demand forecasts in the region  aggregation of information on transmission capacity development in order to identify future bottlenecks Proposed action:  TSOs are invited to set up an Enabler Group to establish a summary of planned investments in the region

13 Route Assessment – Regulators’ conclusions (3) Addressing remaining obstacles to implementation of IPA/OBA Proposed solution:  coordination among TSOs for implementation of IPAs/OBAs  “common voice” when negotiating with GazExport Proposed action:  TSOs are invited to set up an Enabler Group to coordinate on installation of IPAs/OBAs

14 Regional OSS service – Regulators’ Conclusions (4)  Step 1 outlined that an OSS service would facilitate network access for new shippers Proposed action:  TSOs are invited to set up an Enabler Group to establish a framework for the provision of a OSS service

15 REETS – Regulators’ Conclusions (5) Proposed action:  ???

16 Hub as balancing point – Regulators’ Conclusions (6)  How can hubs bring liquidity to the regional market? Proposed action:  Hub operators are invited to set up an Enabler Group to establish a regional balancing market

17 APOutputChairMembersResult until 1 Best-practice standardised bulletin board 2 Summary of planned investments in the region 3 Removing remaining obstacles to implementation of IPA/OBA 4 Best practice provision of OSS service 5REETS ??? 6 Hub development as regional balancing market Actions to be taken forward by Enabler Groups