Bjørn W Melaa Excom Vice Chairman The Gas Regional Initiatives and the CBP "working towards a standardised European gas network"

Who is EASEE-gas? What are the CBPs? The service proposed by EASEE-gas

Who is EASEE-gas? What are the CBPs? The service proposed by EASEE-gas

European Association for the Streamlining of Energy - gas Exchange- gas Mission: "to develop and promote common practices to simplify and streamline business processes between the stakeholders that will lead to an efficient and effective European Gas Market" Created in March 2002 with the support of the Madrid Forum Member States Industry European Commission Regulators

Few participants, stable and long lasting relationships Before new regulation With new regulation Hence need to streamline transactional processes Many players, short lived and fast changing relationships

Ownership of gasPhysical flow of gas Producers End Users Transporters Distribution Network Operators Suppliers Retail Suppliers LNG Terminal and Storage Operator and Service Provider (LTSOSP) Traders & Shippers Associate Members Members are from the entire European gas chain

86 full members & 25 associate members 6 segments currently active

Provides a unique structured platform in Europe where gas industry participants can: -discuss harmonisation & simplification of business process -agree on CBP, on a voluntary basis "Voluntarism is better than regulation" Will not advocate before any regulatory body The US example shows it works

Who is EASEE-gas? What are the CBPs? The service proposed by EASEE-gas

CBP aim to deal with "user oriented purposes", and with the whole description of the process: business process, message and workflow design, technology standard It is essential to monitoring implementation business process message & workflow design technology standard implementation CBP "Common Business Pratice"

CBP (02)Harmonisation of units CBP Harmonisation of nomination and matching process CBP protocol CBP Harmonisation of gas quality CBP Interconnection agreement CBP Constraints CBP Message transmission protocol CBP Common data network CBP Company's identifier encoding CBP Connexion point identifier encoding CBP release periods CBP CBP Harmonisation of the allocation information exchange Secondary capacity trading Existing CBPs: current situation tbi tbc tbc : to be completed tbi : to be implemented

Who is EASEE-gas? What are the CBPs? The service proposed by EASEE-gas

Action plan Implement existing CBPs 2. Complete existing CBPs 3. "Transpose" existing CBPs to other segments 4. Draw up new CBPs

implementation Action plan Implement existing CBPs Make implementation easier –Help desk –Inform EASEE-gas members & partners for IT preparation –Set up a responsible contact list for implementation, for each company Propose to monitor implementation –Set up a CBP preparation & implementation timetable (eg. "company x CBP") –Set up "EASEE-gas workshops" dedicated to implementation issues

technology standard message & workflow design Action plan Complete existing CBPs CBP Harmonisation of nomination and matching process CBP Harmonisation of the allocation information exchange CBP Secondary capacity trading Common manual for sales agreements "Dictionary of terms & definitions"

technology standard business process message & workflow design CBP TSO / producer TSO / regas operator TSO / storage operator regas nominations storage nominations CBP TSO / producer TSO / regas operator TSO / storage operator CBP regas capacity storage capacity CBP regas capacity storage capacity Action plan "Transpose" existing CBPs to other segment harmonisation of nomination and matching process harmonisation of the allocation information exchange secondary capacity trading interconnection agreement

business process Commodity trading arrangements (cf. Efet) Shipping-swapping Changing supplier Explore and develop ways for the consultation process, with GTE+ Action plan Draw up new CBPs technology standard message & workflow design

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