ACER monitors the effective implementation of the Gas Balancing Net​work Code​ and shares its findings in dedicated reports. Most reports used an enhanced review of the country assessments for all or a large subset of balancing zones, focusing on key features of the balancing design.

What are the main findings?

Interim measures have been terminated in most countries and Code implementation has reached a high degree across Europe, with a few exceptions due to structural market limitations.

What does ACER say?

ACER recommends to increase transparency on information provision, also beyond the minimum requirements, and to explore possible efficiency gains (e.g. via balancing zone mergers) to overcome the persisting structural market limitations that do not allow full code implementation.

What is the Balancing Analytical Framework and how it can serve monitoring?

The Balancing Analytical Framework builds on analysing neutrality as a key indicator to understand robust gas accounting and wider regime performance. The Balancing Analytical Framework serves as a quantitative comparison tool, to quantify whether the role of the TSO is residual in balancing or whether network users play an active role, while shedding light on imbalance price differences and neutrality accounting. The framework facilitates comparisons between various balancing regimes in the European Union. The data used in the analysis was provided by ENTSOG and complemented and validated by the Agency. ​

Workshops

​To facilitate the discussion and sharing of best practices on the Code's implementation, a series of workshops was organised. These debates included inputs from the Agency, ENTSOG and representatives of the network user community.​​​​

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The Agency has been informed by the European Commission that the proposed changes to the Articles of Association and other statutory documents of ENTSO-E would still need to be further adapted, inter alia in light of the obligations stemming from the Trade and Cooperation Agreement with the UK, and which would therefore require a resubmission of the afore-mentioned ENTSO-E documents.

For reasons of procedural efficiency, the Agency has therefore decided to halt its proceedings on the proposed changes to ENTSO-E's Articles of Association and other statutory documents.

Any comments which the Agency has meanwhile received in the course of the current proceedings will be taken into account when the Agency will examine the finalised proposal of statutory documents, once the above-mentioned further implementing measures have been taken, and to the extent that they will remain relevant in light of the possible additional changes made to the documents submitted. In case relevant changes would be made to any of the statutory documents consulted, the Agency will allow for a new consultation, so as to enable additional comments to the Agency.

Original consultation of 25 March

ACER consults on amended statutory documents of ENTSO-E,  in accordance with Article 29 of Regulation (EU) 2019/943 of 5 June 2019 on the internal market for electricity. 

This consultation is addressed to the organisations representing all stakeholders, in particular system users, including consumers.

Replies to this consultation should be submitted to ACER by 12 April 2021, 09:00 hrs (CET).

For any questions, please contact us on:  ENTSO-E-statutes-amendments(at)acer.europa.eu

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ACER is committed to sharing knowledge and first-hand experience with relevant stakeholders and interested parties. 

​ACER communicates the relevant information via dedicated REMIT publications: ​

​First published in March 2015, the REMIT Quarterly is ACER's main channel of communication with stakeholders on REMIT-related matters. It primarily provides updates on ACER's activities, as well as guidance on the application of the REMIT framework and data reporting.

The REMIT Quarterly also reports any assessments of the operation and transparency of different categories of organised market places and ways of trading, in accordance with Article 7(3) of REMIT.

The REMIT Quarterly is published each quarter on ACER's REMIT Portal. ​

​In accordance with Article 7(3) of REMIT, ACER shall assess on an annual basis the operation and transparency of different categories of organised market places (OMPs) and ways of trading.

The REMIT Annual Report was discontinued in 2017. Ever since, ACER reports its transparency assessments through the REMIT Quarterly instead.​

ACER's Q&As on REMIT provide a summary of frequently asked questions about REMIT and ACER's answers to these questions. The document covers:

• Background information on REMIT.
• REMIT definitions.
• Obligations and prohibitions for market participants.
• Implementation timeline.
• ACER's role in REMIT implementation.

These Q&As serve as guidance to interested stakeholders and does not constitute a binding legal interpretation of REMIT. 

An Inside information platform (IIP) is an electronic system for the delivery of information which allows multiple market participants to share information with the wider public and complies with the minimum quality requirements listed in the ACER Guidance.