I. Introduction

This Q&A document contains a summary of frequently asked questions about Regulation (EU) No 1227/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on wholesale energy market integrity and transparency (‘REMIT’), the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1348/2014 on data reporting implementing Article 8(2) and Article 8(6) of Regulation (EU) No 1227/2011 (‘REMIT IR’) and the EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators’ (‘ACER’ or ‘the Agency’) answers to those questions. The Q&A covers questions of a general nature sent to the Agency’s functional mailboxes or via the online REMIT query form available at https://support.acer-remit.eu/forms/remit-query-form.

With the entry into force of Regulation (EU) 2024/1106 of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) No 1227/2011 and (EU) 2019/942 as regards improving the Union’s protection against market manipulation on the wholesale energy market (‘REMIT revision’) on 7 May 2024, as well as Regulation (EU) 2024/1789 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the internal markets for renewable gas, natural gas and hydrogen, it was necessary to undertake a comprehensive update of this Q&A in order to the bring it up to date with the amended legal framework. The Agency expects that there will be a need to further updated this Q&A on a regular basis as the implementation of the amended REMIT continues. In particular, the amended REMIT also anticipated that by May 2025, the REMIT IR will be revised and new delegated act(s) on the basis of Articles 4a and 9a of REMIT will be created, which will have an impact on this Q&A.

The Agency also publishes Guidance to assist National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) in carrying out their tasks under REMIT in a coordinated and consistent way1 . The ACER Guidance on the application of REMIT is updated from time to time to reflect changing market conditions and the experience gained by the Agency and NRAs in the implementation of REMIT, including through the feedback of market participants and other stakeholders.

Market participants should bear in mind that they have to comply with the obligations and the prohibitions established in REMIT. The Agency recommends that in complying with REMIT, market participants should make their own research and set up a compliance system.

The Q&A document serves as guidance to REMIT stakeholders and does not constitute a binding legal interpretation of REMIT.

All REMIT related documents are published on the REMIT Portal at
https://www.acer.europa.eu/remit-documents.