1. Coordination of Capacity Products Meinhard Janssen GTE ExCom Member GTE+ Workshop on GTE+ Work Programme 24 June 2008

2. Scope Request from Madrid Forum XII to GTE Recommendation of coordinated services, which should than be offered by European TSOs Serve as minimum service descriptions that should at least be applied  simplifies grid access and shipping through the EU  enhances customer friendliness -Common understanding of products  Contract durations  Lead times etc. -Common understanding of applied operational procedures  Nomination  Communication  Units

3. Drivers Main target group are TSO customers (e.g. shippers) Objectives -Identification of potential for coordination  Practical value for market participants  Both feasible and implementable for TSOs -Identification of barriers for harmonisation Priorities -Focus on customer needs (offered cross-border services) -Remove market and legal barriers and improve EU gas market (GTE+ recommendation for non-domestic services) -Sustainable coordination

4. Schedule 2008 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Analysis of the database based on the questionnaire in 2007 Internal GTE workshop Stakeholders workshop Writing of the final report Final report publication Pre-report writing Preparation of stakeholders workshop

5. Evaluation process and deliverables Evaluation Process -Three step process  Is it feasible to coordinate?  Is it possible to coordinate for the TSOs?  Is it interesting for the market to coordinate? -Cross-analysis and case studies identification of services and procedures -Internal and external workshops -Service and procedure recommendations Deliverables -Phase 1: Analysis and recommendations report -Phase 2: Analysis and extended recommendations report -Phase 3: Impact Assessment Report

6. First findings, barriers and recommendations First general findings: -Network access model are mostly P2P (non-domestic) or EE (domestic) -Most TSOs offer same shipping services -For non-domestic bookings the use of energy and volume as units are balanced 2 : 3 Legal/regulatory barriers: -Lead times, Capacity allocation methodologies, Service durations, Access model, Booking unit) Possible recommendations if legally implementable: -Services like Shipping periods -Operational procedures (e. g. lead times) -Nomination (and re-nom) management

7. Discussion