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Article
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2
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Definitions
1.
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For
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the
...
purpose
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of
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this
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Regulation,
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the
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following
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definitions
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apply:
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1)
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‘transmission’
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means
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the
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transport
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of
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natural
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gas
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through
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a
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network,
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which
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mainly
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contains
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high-pressure
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pipelines,
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other
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than
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an
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upstream
...
pipeline
...
network
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and
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other
...
than
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the
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part
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of
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high-pressure
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pipelines
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primarily
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used
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in
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the
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context
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of
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local
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distribution
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of
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natural
...
gas,
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with
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a
...
view
...
to
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its
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delivery
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to
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customers,
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but
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not
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including
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supply;
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2)
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‘transport
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contract’
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means
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a
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contract
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which
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the
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transmission
...
system
...
operator
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has
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concluded
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with
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a
...
network
...
user
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with
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a
...
view
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to
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carrying
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out
...
transmission;
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3)
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‘capacity’
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means
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the
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maximum
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flow,
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expressed
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in
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normal
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cubic
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meters
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per
...
time
...
unit
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or
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in
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energy
...
unit
...
per
...
time
...
unit,
...
to
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which
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the
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network
...
user
...
is
...
entitled
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in
...
accordance
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with
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the
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provisions
...
of
...
the
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transport
...
contract;
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4)
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‘unused
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capacity’
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means
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firm
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capacity
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which
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a
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network
...
user
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has
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acquired
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under
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a
...
transport
...
contract
...
but
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which
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that
...
user
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has
...
not
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nominated
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by
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the
...
deadline
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specified
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in
...
the
...
contract;
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5)
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‘congestion
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management’
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means
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management
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of
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the
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capacity
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portfolio
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of
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the
...
transmission
...
system
...
operator
...
with
...
a
...
view
...
to
...
optimal
...
and
...
maximum
...
use
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of
...
the
...
technical
...
capacity
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and
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the
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timely
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detection
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of
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future
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congestion
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and
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saturation
...
points;
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6)
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‘secondary
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market’
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means
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the
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market
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of
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the
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capacity
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traded
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otherwise
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than
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on
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the
...
primary
...
market;
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7)
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‘nomination’
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means
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the
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prior
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reporting
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by
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the
...
network
...
user
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to
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the
...
transmission
...
system
...
operator
...
of
...
the
...
actual
...
flow
...
that
...
the
...
network
...
user
...
wishes
...
to
...
inject
...
into
...
or
...
withdraw
...
from
...
the
...
system;
...
8)
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‘re-nomination’
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means
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the
...
subsequent
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reporting
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of
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a
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corrected
...
nomination;
...
9)
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‘system
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integrity’
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means
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any
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situation
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in
...
respect
...
of
...
a
...
transmission
...
network
...
including
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necessary
...
transmission
...
facilities
...
in
...
which
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the
...
pressure
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and
...
the
...
quality
...
of
...
the
...
natural
...
gas
...
remain
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within
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the
...
minimum
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and
...
maximum
...
limits
...
laid
...
down
...
by
...
the
...
transmission
...
system
...
operator,
...
so
...
that
...
the
...
transmission
...
of
...
natural
...
gas
...
is
...
guaranteed
...
from
...
a
...
technical
...
standpoint;
...
10)
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‘balancing
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period’
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means
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the
...
period
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within
...
which
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the
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off-take
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of
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an
...
amount
...
of
...
natural
...
gas,
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expressed
...
in
...
units
...
of
...
energy,
...
must
...
be
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offset
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by
...
every
...
network
...
user
...
by
...
means
...
of
...
the
...
injec?
...
tion
...
of
...
the
...
same
...
amount
...
of
...
natural
...
gas
...
into
...
the
...
transmission
...
network
...
in
...
accordance
...
with
...
the
...
transport
...
contract
...
or
...
the
...
network
...
code;
...
11)
...
‘network
...
user’
...
means
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a
...
customer
...
or
...
a
...
potential
...
customer
...
of
...
a
...
transmission
...
system
...
operator,
...
and
...
transmission
...
system
...
operators
...
themselves
...
in
...
so
...
far
...
as
...
it
...
is
...
necessary
...
for
...
them
...
to
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carry
...
out
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their
...
functions
...
in
...
relation
...
to
...
transmission;
...
12)
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‘interruptible
...
services’
...
means
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services
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offered
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by
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the
...
transmission
...
system
...
operator
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in
...
relation
...
to
...
interruptible
...
capacity;
...
13)
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‘interruptible
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capacity’
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means
...
gas
...
transmission
...
capacity
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that
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may
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be
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interrupted
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by
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the
...
transmission
...
system
...
operator
...
in
...
accordance
...
with
...
the
...
conditions
...
stipulated
...
in
...
the
...
transport
...
contract;
...
14)
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‘long-term
...
services’
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means
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services
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offered
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by
...
the
...
transmission
...
system
...
operator
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with
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a
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duration
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of
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one
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year
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or
...
more;
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15)
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‘short-term
...
services’
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means
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services
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offered
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by
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the
...
transmission
...
system
...
operator
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with
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a
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duration
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of
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less
...
than
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one
...
year;
...
16)
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‘firm
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capacity’
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means
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gas
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transmission
...
capacity
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contractually
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guaranteed
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as
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uninterruptible
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by
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the
...
transmission
...
system
...
operator;
...
17)
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‘firm
...
services’
...
mean
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services
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offered
...
by
...
the
...
transmission
...
system
...
operator
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in
...
relation
...
to
...
firm
...
capacity;
...
18)
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‘technical
...
capacity’
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means
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the
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maximum
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firm
...
capacity
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that
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the
...
transmission
...
system
...
operator
...
can
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offer
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to
...
the
...
network
...
users,
...
taking
...
account
...
of
...
system
...
integrity
...
and
...
the
...
operational
...
requirements
...
of
...
the
...
transmission
...
network;
...
19)
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‘contracted
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capacity’
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means
...
capacity
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that
...
the
...
transmission
...
system
...
operator
...
has
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allocated
...
to
...
a
...
network
...
user
...
by
...
means
...
of
...
a
...
transport
...
contract;
...
20)
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‘available
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capacity’
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means
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the
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part
...
of
...
the
...
technical
...
capacity
...
that
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is
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not
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allocated
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and
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is
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still
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available
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to
...
the
...
system
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at
...
that
...
moment;
...
21)
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‘contractual
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congestion’
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means
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a
...
situation
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where
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the
...
level
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of
...
firm
...
capacity
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demand
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exceeds
...
the
...
technical
...
capacity;
...
22)
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‘primary
...
market’
...
means
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the
...
market
...
of
...
the
...
capacity
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traded
...
directly
...
by
...
the
...
transmission
...
system
...
operator;
...
23)
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‘physical
...
congestion’
...
means
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a
...
situation
...
where
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the
...
level
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of
...
demand
...
for
...
actual
...
deliveries
...
exceeds
...
the
...
technical
...
capacity
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at
...
some
...
point
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in
...
time;
...
24)
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‘LNG
...
facility
...
capacity’
...
means
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capacity
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at
...
an
...
LNG
...
terminal
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for
...
the
...
liquefaction
...
of
...
natural
...
gas
...
or
...
the
...
importation,
...
offloading,
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ancillary
...
services,
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temporary
...
storage
...
and
...
re-gasification
...
of
...
LNG;
...
25)
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‘space’
...
means
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the
...
volume
...
of
...
gas
...
which
...
a
...
user
...
of
...
a
...
storage
...
facility
...
is
...
entitled
...
to
...
use
...
for
...
the
...
storage
...
of
...
gas;
...
26)
...
‘deliverability’
...
means
...
the
...
rate
...
at
...
which
...
the
...
storage
...
facility
...
user
...
is
...
entitled
...
to
...
withdraw
...
gas
...
from
...
the
...
storage
...
facility;
...
27)
...
‘injectability’
...
means
...
the
...
rate
...
at
...
which
...
the
...
storage
...
facility
...
user
...
is
...
entitled
...
to
...
inject
...
gas
...
into
...
the
...
storage
...
facility;
...
28)
...
‘storage
...
capacity’
...
means
...
any
...
combination
...
of
...
space,
...
injectability
...
and
...
deliverability.
...
2.
...
Without
...
prejudice
...
to
...
the
...
definitions
...
in
...
paragraph
...
1
...
of
...
this
...
Article,
...
the
...
definitions
...
contained
...
in
...
Article
...
2
...
of
...
Directive
...
2009/73/EC,
...
which
...
are
...
relevant
...
for
...
the
...
application
...
of
...
this
...
Regulation,
...
also
...
apply,
...
with
...
the
...
exception
...
of
...
the
...
definition
...
of
...
trans?
...
mission
...
in
...
point
...
3
...
of
...
that
...
Article.
...
The
...
definitions
...
in
...
points
...
3
...
to
...
23
...
of
...
paragraph
...
1
...
of
...
this
...
Article
...
in
...
relation
...
to
...
transmission
...
apply
...
by
...
analogy
...
in
...
relation
...
to
...
storage
...
and
...
LNG
...
facilities.
...
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