+Article 6a Filling targets and filling trajectories
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Article 6a Filling targets and filling trajectories
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Article 6a 1.
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Subject to paragraphs 2 to 5f, Member States shall meet the following filling targets for the aggregated capacity of all underground gas storage facilities that are located on their territory and directly interconnected to a market area in their territory and for storage facilities listed in Annex Ib at any point in time between 1 October and 1 December each year:
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For the purpose of complying with this paragraph, Member States shall take into account the objective of safeguarding the security of gas supply in the Union in accordance with Article 1.
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Article 6a 2.
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Notwithstanding paragraph 1 and without prejudice to the obligations of other Member States to fill the underground gas storage facilities concerned, the filling target for each Member State in which the underground gas storage facilities are located shall be reduced to a volume corresponding to 35 % of the average annual gas consumption over the preceding five years for that Member State.
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Article 6a 3.
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Notwithstanding paragraph 1 and without prejudice to the obligations of other Member States to fill the underground gas storage facilities concerned, the filling target for each Member State in which the underground gas storage facilities are located shall be reduced by the volume which was supplied to third countries during the reference period 2016 to 2021 if the average volume supplied was more than 15 TWh per year during the gas storage withdrawal period (October – April).
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Article 6a 4.
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For the underground gas storage facilities listed in Annex Ib, the filling targets pursuant to paragraph 1 and the filling trajectories pursuant to paragraph 7 shall apply. The details of the obligations of each Member State will be determined in a bilateral agreement in accordance with Annex Ib.
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Article 6a 5.
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A Member State may partially meet the filling target by counting the LNG physically stored and available in its LNG facilities if both of the following conditions are met:
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the gas system includes significant capacity of LNG storage, accounting annually for more than 4 % of the average national consumption over the preceding five years;
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the Member State has imposed an obligation on gas suppliers to store minimum volumes of gas in underground gas storage facilities and/or LNG facilities in accordance with Article 6b(1), point (a).
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Article 6a 5a.
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Notwithstanding paragraph 1 and without prejudice to the obligation of other Member States to fill the underground gas storage facilities concerned, in the case of difficult conditions that limit the ability to ensure that the underground gas storages are filled in accordance with this Regulation, each Member State may decide to deviate from the filling target set out in paragraph 1, point (b) by up to 10 percentage points.
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Article 6a 5b.
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Notwithstanding paragraph 1, in addition to a possible deviation in accordance with the paragraph 5a and without prejudice to the obligation of other Member States to fill the underground gas storage facilities concerned, each Member State may decide to deviate from the filling target set out in paragraph 1, point (b) by up to five percentage points, if:
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its national gas production exceeds its average annual gas consumption over the preceding two years; or
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specific technical characteristics of an individual underground storage facility with technical capacity above 40 TWh located on its territory require a slow injection rate causing an exceptionally long injection period of more than 115 days.
A Member State may only use the flexibilities provided under the first subparagraph, as long as this does not negatively impact the ability of directly connected Member States to supply gas to their protected customers or this does not negatively impact the functioning of the internal market in gas. The Commission, in cooperation with the Member States using the flexibilities referred to in this subparagraph, shall assess the potential consequences of implementing those flexibilities, and inform the GCG immediately.
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Article 6a 5c.
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In the case of persistent unfavourable market conditions and provided that the security of supply of the Union and the Member States is not undermined, the Commission is empowered to increase, for one filling season, the level of deviation allowed pursuant to paragraph 5a of this Article, by means of a delegated act in accordance with Article 19. Such an increase shall not exceed an additional five percentage points. When assessing a potential increase, the Commission shall take into account, in particular, the level of storage-filling, global gas supply, ENTSOG’s seasonal supply outlook, and indications of market manipulation. When increasing, in accordance with this paragraph, the level of deviation allowed pursuant to paragraph 5a of this Article, the Commission shall adapt the volumes set out in paragraph 2 of this Article and in Article 6c(1) and (5) to the same extent, in order to ensure full consistency in the filling targets applicable to Member States.
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Article 6a 5d.
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Member States may, under the same conditions as those set out in paragraph 5a, decide to deviate by up to three percentage points and eighty-eight hundredth from the volume set out in paragraph 2.
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Article 6a 5e.
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Member States may, under the same conditions as those set out in paragraph 5a of this Article, decide to deviate by up to one percentage point and sixty-six hundredth from the average annual gas consumption volume set out in Article 6c(1) and (5).
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Article 6a 5f.
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A Member State using any of the flexibilities provided for in paragraphs 5a to 5e shall consult the Commission and provide justification immediately. The Commission shall update the GCG and any directly affected Member States on the cumulative effects of all used flexibilities without delay.
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Article 6a 6.
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In order to meet the filling target, Member States shall strive to follow the filling trajectory set in accordance with paragraph 7.
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Article 6a 7.
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For 2023 and the following years, each Member State with underground gas storage facilities shall submit to the Commission, by 15 September of the previous year, a filling trajectory with intermediary targets for February, May, July and September, including technical information, for the underground gas storage facilities on its territory and directly interconnected to its market area in an aggregated form. The filling trajectory and the intermediate targets shall be based on the average filling rate during the preceding five years. For Member States for which the filling target is reduced to 35 % of their average annual gas consumption pursuant to paragraph 2, the intermediate targets of the filling trajectory shall be reduced accordingly. The Commission shall inform the GCG of the aggregated filling trajectories submitted by Member States without undue delay.
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Article 6a 8.
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Each Member State shall take all necessary measures in accordance with Article 6b to meet the filling target. Where, in any given year, a Member State does not meet its filling target, it shall take effective measures to ensure the security of supply while taking into consideration the price impact on the gas market. Where a Member State fails to meet the filling target, that Member State shall inform the Commission and the GCG without delay, providing reasons for the failure to meet the filling target and the measures taken.
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Article 6a 9.
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The filling target shall not apply where and for as long as the Commission has declared a regional or Union emergency pursuant to Article 12 at the request, as the case may be, of one or more Member States that have declared a national emergency.
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Article 6a 10.
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The competent authority of each Member State may take all necessary measures in accordance with Article 6b to meet the filling trajectory, including the introduction of binding intermediate targets at national level. It shall continuously monitor alignment with the filling trajectory and shall inform the GCG regularly of the alignment with the filling trajectory. The Commission shall regularly inform the GCG of the extent to which each Member State meets the indicative trajectory.
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Article 6a 11.
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In the event of a substantial and sustained deviation by a Member State from the filling trajectory, compromising the meeting of the filling target, or in the event of a deviation from the filling target which is not allowed pursuant to paragraphs 5a to 5e, the Commission shall, where appropriate, after consulting the GCG and the Member States concerned, issue a recommendation to that Member State or to the other Member States concerned, regarding measures to be taken to remedy that deviation or to minimise the impact on security of supply, while taking into consideration, inter alia, possible difficult conditions or unfavourable market conditions as well as specificities of Member States, such as the technical characteristics and sizes of underground gas storage facilities in relation to domestic gas consumption, the declining importance of the underground low calorific gas storage facilities for the security of gas supply, and existing LNG storage capacity.
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1.1 Referenser
1.2 Identifierade krav
1.3 Relaterade standarder
2. Identifierade krav
3. Relaterade standarder
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