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In accordance with the decision of the Parliament:
The purpose of this law is to ensure the conditions for an efficient natural gas market, with a view to securing supplies of natural gas at an affordable and adequate level. The main instruments for the functioning of the natural gas market are to safeguard healthy and functioning economic competition for the sale and storage of natural gas and to maintain reasonable and equitable service principles in the operation of natural gas networks.
It is the responsibility of undertakings operating in the natural gas market to provide services related to the natural gas supply of their customers and to promote the efficient and efficient use of natural gas by their customers and customers.
This law shall apply to the natural gas market, which refers to the import, export, transfer, distribution, sale and storage of natural gas, including liquefied natural gas. This law shall not apply to the internal natural gas distribution of a property or an equivalent property group.
Articles 2, 5 and 6 of this Act shall not apply to the defence system for natural gas networks.
This law shall also apply to gas and other gas from renewable energy sources, if the gas can be technically and safely supplied to the natural gas network and transferred on that network. The gas shall then be subject to the provisions of this Act for natural gas. (9.8.2011)
For the purposes of this law:
(1) Natural gas network Natural gas pipelines and pipelines connected with each other, and all the tanks, equipment and installations covered by the natural gas, intended for the transmission or distribution of natural gas;
(2) Natural gas transmission network A natural gas pipeline where natural gas is mainly transferred to the local distribution of natural gas, with the exception of parts of high-pressure pipelines used for the local distribution of natural gas;
(3) Natural gas distribution network A local or regional natural gas pipeline through which natural gas is transported with less pressure, including parts of high-pressure pipelines to be used for the local distribution of natural gas;
(4) With a interconnected net Several interconnected networks;
(5) A separate line A natural gas pipeline complementary to the interconnected network;
(6) By transmission of natural gas The transport of natural gas from a transmission or distribution network between the parties to the natural gas trade;
(7) Distribution The transfer of natural gas through local or regional pipelines to customers, but not the supply of natural gas;
(8) Natural gas network operation Business in which the operator ( System operator ) The supply of natural gas in the transmission or distribution system of natural gas, and the production and supply of other natural gas to the network operator for the transmission or distribution network of natural gas laid down by this law or by virtue thereof, Providing services to those in need;
(9) The transmission system operator The trader who carries on the movement and is responsible for the operation, maintenance and, where appropriate, development of the transmission system in its area of operation, its possible links with other networks and ensuring that the network is able to: To meet reasonable gas transmission requirements in the long term;
(10) The distribution system operator The trader, who carries out distribution activities and is responsible for the operation, maintenance and, where appropriate, development of the distribution system in its area of operation, its possible links with other networks, and ensuring that the network is able to: To meet reasonable gas distribution requirements in the long term;
(11) For the natural gas market Energy Market Agency;
(12) Consumer Consumer protection law (38/1978) in Chapter 1, Article 4 The consumer;
(13) Gas from renewable energy sources Biogas from biomass, gas produced in landfills and sewage treatment plants, as well as rotted biogas;
(14) By supply of natural gas The sale of natural gas to customers, including resale;
(15) Supplier of natural gas Any natural or legal person supplying natural gas;
16) Third country Any State other than the Member State of the European Union;
(17) Control Rights, agreements or other means which, taking into account the factual and legal circumstances of either one or other of the relevant factual and legal circumstances, confer a decisive influence on the undertaking, in particular:
(a) giving ownership or access to all or some assets of an undertaking;
(b) rights or agreements which confer decisive influence on the composition, voting or decisions of the institutions of the undertaking;
(18) Natural gas undertaking Any natural or legal person who carries out natural gas, including liquefied natural gas, production, transmission, distribution, supply, purchase or storage, and which is responsible for the commercial, technical or Maintenance tasks, with the exception of end-users;
19) Warehouse An installation owned or operated by a natural gas undertaking which is used for the storage of natural gas, including the part to be used for storage in lng facilities, but excluding the part and equipment used for the production; Are accessible only to the transmission system operator holding their functions;
20) Storage system operator: Any natural or legal person who stores natural gas and is responsible for the management of the storage facility;
21) Lng facilities, The reception station used for liquefaction of natural gas or for the importation, dismantling and gasification of liquefied natural gas, including ancillary services and temporary storage, necessary for gas extraction and gas supply after The transmission system, but not the parts of natural gas terminals used for storage;
22) Operator of the lng system operator A natural or legal person who liquefies natural gas or imports, defuses and accelses liquefied natural gas and is responsible for the operation of the lng facility;
23) Additional services All services necessary for the operation and operation of transmission systems, distribution networks and liquefied natural gas facilities, including the balancing of the load, including the mixture and the addition of inert gases, but not installations which: Are accessible only to the transmission system operator holding their functions;
24) With a pipeline of pipelines The gas pressure by increasing the storage of natural gas in transmission and distribution networks, but not storage in equipment which is available to the transmission system operator holding its functions;
25) New infrastructure Infrastructure which has not been completed by 4 August 2003;
26) Customer The wholesale customer of natural gas and the end-user and the natural gas undertaking which purchases natural gas;
27) Wholesale customer Any natural or legal person who purchases natural gas for resale within or outside the network to which he belongs, except for the transmission or distribution system operator;
28) End-user The customer who purchases natural gas for his own use;
29) Network user Any natural or legal person who supplies natural gas to or for which it is supplied from the network;
30) The natural gas supply agreement A contract for the supply of natural gas, with the exception of natural gas derivatives;
31) Natural gas derivative On markets in financial instruments and amending Council Directives 85 /611/EEC and 93 /6/EEC and Directive 2000 /12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 93 /22/EEC A financial instrument as defined in points 5, 6 or 7 of Part C of Annex I to Directive 2004 /39/EC, the underlying asset of which is natural gas.
The network operator shall maintain, operate and develop its natural gas network as well as connections to other networks, in accordance with the reasonable needs of its customers, and shall contribute to the supply of natural gas to customers. In addition, the transmission system operator shall build sufficient cross-border transmission capacity to integrate the European transmission system, provided that the construction is necessary from an economic point of view for a reasonable and technically feasible In order to meet demand and take account of the security of natural gas supply.
The system operator shall ensure that the planning of the construction of the natural gas pipeline is notified to the municipalities. In conjunction with the municipalities, the network-holder, together with municipalities, must ensure that adequate joint action is organised in such a way that the spatial planning aspects of the municipalities are taken into account in the establishment of pipelines and equipment.
The network operator shall, on request and against a reasonable fee, connect the technical requirements of its network to the use and storage of natural gas, lng facilities, gas from renewable energy sources, Production facilities and separate lines. The conditions and technical requirements for the adaptation shall be fair and non-discriminatory and shall take into account the interoperability and operational security of the natural gas transmission system and of the system and the efficiency of the gas transmission system Conditions required.
The network operator shall publish the technical requirements for the connection and a reasonable period during which the system operator deals with the call for tenders for accession.
The network operator shall provide the subscriber with a comprehensive and sufficiently detailed estimate of the costs of accession and an estimate of the time limit for the connection.
Within the limits of the transmission capacity of its network (a transfer obligation) for customers who are end-users or retailers of natural gas and who want to buy or sell Finland from Finland, it is reasonable for the tax-holder to sell the transmission services. From a wholesaler to its own use or resale through its distribution network, the natural gas it supplies. The requirement for a transfer obligation is that customers consume natural gas in their places of use or purchase at least 5 million cubic metres of natural gas per year for resale and that the measurement of natural gas is within the district heating system.
Access to the transmission service shall cover all places of use covered by a contract or contract covered by a supply limit of 5 million cubic metres.
The provisions of this Article shall not apply to gas from renewable energy sources. (9.8.2011)
The transmission and distribution services of gas from renewable energy sources from renewable energy sources shall be sold by the network operator to those in need within the limits of the transmission capacity of their network. The requirement for a transfer obligation is that the measurement of the gas is within the district heating system.
The natural gas market authority may grant to the system operator on a case-by-case basis a temporary authorisation to refuse a transmission service (a waiver) where the operator considers that it is facing serious economic or financial difficulties with the In the event of a long-term contract-related or pay-related commitment. An application for a derogation must be sought before refusing to provide a transmission service. The procedure for applying for an exemption (exemption authorisation procedure) and time limits are laid down in more detail by a decree of the Council of Ministers.
In considering the granting of an exemption, the natural gas market authority shall take particular account of the following aspects and criteria:
(1) the general objective of achieving a competitive natural gas market, the effect of the derogation on the common rules for the internal market in natural gas and repealing Directive 2003 /55/EC of the European Parliament and of the 2009 /73/EC, hereinafter Natural gas market directive , proper application for the proper functioning of the natural gas market and the competitive situation of the market;
(2) the seriousness of the economic and financial difficulties of natural gas undertakings and customers;
(3) take or pay the date and conditions of the contract, including the extent to which the contract takes into account the changes in the market and the extent to which the applicant can reasonably be expected to assess that the contract As a result of potential serious difficulties; however, the system operator is not considered to have serious difficulties where the sale of natural gas does not fall below the minimum number of operating costs or the minimum operating quantity agreed in the contract, the contract may be adapted or The system operator is able to find alternative outlets;
(4) measures taken to address the problem;
(5) the level of network interconnection with other networks and the interoperability of these networks, as well as the needs to ensure the security of natural gas supply and meet the public service obligations.
(9.8.2011)The natural gas market authority may, upon application to it, exempt a significant new infrastructure manager, the operator of the lng system operator, or the storage system operator, for a limited period of 3 months. Of the Act concerning the transfer obligation laid down in Article 12 or Article 14, and the Law on the control of the electricity and natural gas markets Article 10 (590/2013) , the procedure for setting the conditions, the conditions and conditions and the fixing of tariffs. As a significant new infrastructure, the construction of the interconnector between the Member States of the European Union, the lng facility or storage facility, the substantial increase in their capacity to increase their capacity And their amendment to enable the development of new sources of natural gas supply. The exemption may cover the whole or part of the capacity of the new infrastructure or of the existing infrastructure with significant capacity. The decision shall be published.
The condition for granting an exemption is that:
(1) the investment increases competition in the supply of natural gas and improves security of supply;
(2) in view of the risks associated with it, the investment would not be made without exemption from the natural gas market authority;
(3) the applicant for the investment exemption is not the network operator related to the investee;
(4) the cost of the investment is charged to the users of the investment;
(5) the exemption does not affect competition in the natural gas market, the efficient functioning of the internal market in natural gas and the efficient operation of the network to which the investment target is linked.
The decision may include conditions for the duration of the exemption and non-discriminatory access to the new infrastructure. In particular, when deciding on the conditions, the additional capacity to be built or the change in existing capacity, the timetable and circumstances of the project in Finland shall be taken into account.
Before granting an exemption, the natural gas market authority shall decide on the rules and procedures for the management and allocation of new infrastructure capacity. The rules shall require all potential users of the infrastructure to indicate their interest in the acquisition of capacity before the capacity of the new infrastructure, including the installed capacity, shall be allocated. The natural gas market authority shall require that the rules on congestion management include the obligation to provide unused capacity on the market and that the infrastructure users are entitled to visit the capacity obtained by: Trade in secondary markets. The natural gas market authority shall take into account the results of the capacity allocation procedure when assessing the fulfilment of the exemption criteria. The decision shall be published.
The Ministry of Trade and Industry may provide that the gas transmission service requests, the opening of negotiations and their results shall be notified to the natural gas market authority and to international organisations, if the international Contractual obligations so require.
The system operator shall publish the general terms and conditions for the sale of its network services and the basis for their assessment.
System Operators shall inform the natural gas market authority of the terms and conditions for the sale of the network services, as well as the basis for their assessment, as determined by the natural gas market authority.
The network operator shall publish the price level of its network services, as well as the efficiency, quality and profitability of the network activities, as the natural gas market authority decides.
The selling prices and conditions for online services and their assessment criteria shall be fair and non-discriminatory for all network users. They may only deviate from them for specific reasons. Moreover, the marketing conditions for consumers must be presented in a clear and comprehensible manner and must not include non-contractual barriers to the exercise of consumer rights. (9.8.2011)
The pricing of online services must be reasonable.
The pricing of the network services and the terms of sale shall not constitute unjustified or restrictive conditions or restrictions on the competition of natural gas trade. However, it shall take into account the operational safety and efficiency requirements of the natural gas system.
The network operator shall arrange for the customer to agree on all online services with the network operator to which he has joined.
The system operator shall arrange for the customer to receive the relevant payments by carrying out the right to use the natural gas network of the whole country, with the exception of international connections (baking).
In the distribution system, the price of the transmission service shall not depend on the geographical location of the customer in the network operator's territory. However, when the distribution system operators combine their network activities, the price changes resulting from significant changes to the payments of individual customers shall be carried out by the natural gas market authority prior to the introduction of new pricing. During a transitional period. (12/0993)
The Ministerial Decree of the Ministry of Trade and Industry may provide, where appropriate, more detailed provisions on the application of the principles of urtication.
The calculation of the distribution system operator shall be carried out on the basis of actual consumption at least four times a year. If the measuring equipment is not covered by a remote restraint system, the invoicing may be based on the reading of the measuring equipment used by the end user.
However, the invoicing may be based on estimated consumption or on a fixed amount when the invoicing is based on the measuring equipment used by the end-user and has not reported the meter reading from the calculation period. Derogation from the calculated consumption may also be waived where the provision of measurement and billing based on the verified natural gas consumption is not possible or is inexpensive.
The distribution system operator shall disclose to the user a breakdown of how the price of the natural gas distribution is made up. The information and estimates for the price of the natural gas distribution shall be provided to the end user in a timely and easily understandable form. The invoice shall be accompanied by the actual consumption and price information of the end-user and the comparison with the consumption and costs of the previous year. The distribution system operator shall provide information to consumers in respect of customer complaints and, in its billing to consumers, information on the dispute settlement procedures available to consumers. The natural gas market authority may provide more detailed provisions as to what data should be included in the invoice and the manner in which the information is to be presented.
The invoices and the price and consumption data referred to in this Article shall be given to the end-user in a proper and free manner. The end-user must, if he so wishes, receive invoices and consumer information in electronic form.
L to 14/04/2014 Article 9a shall enter into force on 1 January 2016.
The distribution system operator shall provide consumers with different means of payment for paying bills. The options offered shall not contain any unjustified or discriminatory conditions for different categories of customers. The conditions of payment may take into account the reasonable differences between the costs incurred by the distribution system operator for the provision of different means of payment. Where the distribution system operator provides an advance payment system for consumers, the system shall adequately reflect the consumer's estimated annual gas consumption.
L to 14/04/2014 Article 9b enters into force on 1 January 2016.
The network operator shall acquire the energy it uses in accordance with transparent, non-discriminatory and market-based procedures.
The storage facility or lng system operator shall use, maintain and develop, in accordance with economic conditions, safe, reliable and efficient storage facilities or lng Processing facilities, with due regard for the protection of the open market and the environment. In addition, the holder of the storage facility or lng system shall ensure that sufficient resources are available to fulfil the service obligations and are carried out in a non-discriminatory manner.
The storage facility or lng system operator shall provide system operators and other storage facilities or lng system operators with sufficient information to ensure that: The transmission and storage of natural gas may take place in a manner compatible with the secure and efficient use of the interconnected system.
The holder of the lng system shall have reasonable compensation for the sale of equipment to those in need, within the limits of the capacity of its equipment.
The fees and procedures for access rights shall allow for the necessary investments to ensure the functioning of the lng system.
The operator of the lng facility shall publish the general conditions and prices of its services and the basis for their assessment. The holder shall declare the terms and conditions of the sale of the services and the bases for their assessment to the natural gas market authority, as specified by the Authority.
The storage facility manager shall negotiate access to storage and storage ancillary services and the access to the network operator's linepack and related ancillary services in the interconnected system area or In the case of natural gas undertakings and customers, provided that access is technically and economically necessary for the provision of efficient network access and the right to access other additional services. The storage facility holder and the system operator shall publish information on which stocks or parts of storage facilities and facilities are available and shall be notified to the natural gas market authority.
The parties shall negotiate access to storage, linepack and other ancillary services in good faith. The terms and conditions of the agreement, including tariffs and methods, shall be reasonable and applied in a non-discriminatory manner.
The storage facility holder and the system operator shall publish their main commercial terms of supply each year for stocks, linepack and related ancillary services. Before publication of delivery terms, network users and customers shall be consulted. The conditions of delivery shall be notified to the natural gas market authority. The natural gas market authority may provide more detailed provisions on the conditions for publication of the delivery terms.
The transmission system operator shall inform the natural gas market authority of the situation resulting in the acquisition of control of the natural gas transmission system or transmission system operator by persons from a third country or persons from third countries.
The natural gas market authority shall immediately inform the Ministry of Employment and the Ministry of Employment if:
(1) the natural gas transmission system operator or the transmission system operator, controlled by a third country person or persons from third countries, has made a declaration to the natural gas market authority referred to in paragraph 1;
(2) the natural gas market authority has otherwise been informed of the situation which would result in the acquisition of control by a third country person or persons from third countries of a natural gas transmission system or transmission system operator.
The natural gas market authority shall verify the independence of the transmission system operator in the situation referred to in Article 1.
The natural gas market authority shall issue the independence of the transmission system operator in the case of certification:
(1) the interim decision as to the situation referred to in Article 1; or
(2) the decision to close the procedure for the verification of the independence of the transmission system operator.
The interim decision referred to in paragraph 2 or the decision shall be taken within four months of the arrival of the notification by the transmission system operator. The interim decision shall not be subject to a separate appeal. The natural gas market authority shall immediately inform the Ministry of Employment and the Ministry of Employment of its interim decision and request the opinion referred to in Article 3. The natural gas market authority shall provide the information with the relevant information in the notification.
Within two months of receipt of the opinion of the Ministry of Employment and the Economy, the natural gas market authority shall take its final decision on the certification of the independence of the transmission system operator.
The natural gas market authority shall leave the independence of the transmission system operator without reservation if the Ministry of Employment and the Economy has delivered an opinion, in accordance with Article 3, to the Authority that it has not been shown that: Does not jeopardise the security of energy supply in Finland or elsewhere in the European Union.
The GGC Authority shall attach to its final decision the opinions referred to in Article 3.
The Ministry of Employment and the Economy shall give an opinion to the natural gas market authority on whether the independence of the transmission system operator in Finland or elsewhere in the European Union has been compromised by the independence of the transmission system operator in the situation referred to in Article 1. The opinion shall be submitted to the natural gas market authority within two months of receipt of the request from the gas market authority. When considering the matter, the Ministry shall take into account:
(1) the rights and obligations of the European Union to the third country concerned resulting from international law, including an agreement with one or more third countries in which the European Union is a party; and The security of energy supply;
(2) the rights and obligations of Finland in relation to the third country concerned arising from agreements between Finland and the third country, provided that they are compatible with European Union law;
(3) other specific facts and circumstances relating to the case and to the third country concerned.
For its opinion, the Ministry of Employment and the Economy may ask the European Commission for an opinion as to whether the certification of the security of energy supply in the European Union is at risk. The Ministry may deviate from the opinion of the European Commission if the granting of the certificate endangers the security of energy supply in Finland or another Member State of the European Union.
The opinion of the Ministry shall not be subject to an appeal.
The transmission system operator or the parties shall not enter into a transaction or measure within the meaning of Article 1 (1) unless otherwise provided for in this Act or otherwise provided for in this Act, before the independence of the transmission system operator has been verified For a transaction or measure.
The provisions of paragraph 1 shall not prevent the (624/2006) Article 18 (1) (1) the exercise of the redemption obligation or right under paragraph (1) and the granting of an authorisation for a merger within the meaning of Chapter 16 of that law. However, the merger shall not be registered until the independence of the transmission system operator has been verified for the merger.
The market law may, on a proposal from the natural gas market authority, order the operation of a transaction or measure if the independence of the transmission system operator is not validated for the transaction or measure. Before making a proposal, the natural gas market authority shall consult with the parties on the voluntary liquidation of the transaction or measure. If the voluntary liquidation of the transaction or measure is agreed, the natural gas market authority shall determine the conditions to be respected.
Notwithstanding the previous decision, the natural gas market authority may take a new decision on the independence certification of the transmission system operator where incorrect or misleading information has been provided by the transmission system operator or by the parties, Have had a material impact on the case, or if the transaction or measure has been implemented in breach of Article 4. A new decision may be issued only for a weighty reason if more than five years have elapsed since the final decision was taken into account or the execution of a transaction or measure.
The natural gas market authority shall determine the technical functioning and security of the natural gas transmission system by a single transmission system operator in the natural gas network and to carry out the tasks of the transmission system. In an appropriate and non-discriminatory manner for the parties to the natural gas market (systemic exposure).
The system-responsible transmission system operator may impose the necessary conditions for the operation of the natural gas transmission system in order to implement systemic responsibility. These conditions may be applied after approval by the natural gas market authority and the conditions laid down by its decision. Unless otherwise specified by the Appeals Authority, the established conditions may be applied in spite of the appeal.
The transmission system operator assigned to the system liability shall publish and inform the natural gas market authority of the existing conditions and prices of its services and their bases of assessment.
The Ministerial Decree of the Ministry of Trade and Industry makes it possible to lay down more precise rules on the status and content of system liability.
The system operator shall organise the measurement of the natural gas supply in the natural gas network and the measurement of the natural gas supply, as well as the registration and notification of measurement data to the natural gas market participants. The measurement data required for the calculation shall be reported to the supplier by place of use or measurement.
A competitively priced meter shall be offered to the end user, which shall accurately measure the consumption of natural gas and provide information on the timing of consumption when:
(1) the existing meter shall be replaced, except where it is technically impossible or is not cost-effective, taking into account long-term savings potential;
2) the new entry into the new building;
3) it is a matter of land use and construction (132/1999) A building permit pursuant to Article 125 or a corrective action required under Article 126, which may have a significant impact on the energy performance of the building.
The network operator can provide a measuring service either as a work or a service. The service may also be acquired from other parties to the natural gas trade.
More detailed provisions on the measurement of natural gas supplies in natural gas networks are laid down by the Government Decree. The provisions may relate to:
(1) equipment for the installation, storage, lng and renewable gas production facility;
(2) requirements for measuring equipment and systems;
3) the readings of the measuring equipment;
4. The exploitation of measurement data;
(5) time-time for measuring services.
The natural gas user shall have the right to receive or give to another entity the right to receive, without separate compensation, the measurement data relating to the natural gas consumption which the operator has collected from the gas station measuring equipment. The information shall be delivered at the place of use or measurement of natural gas in a form corresponding to the general approach followed by the industry and the system operator. The natural gas market authority may provide more detailed provisions on the format of the data and the procedure to be followed for the disclosure of information.
The provisions of this Article shall not apply where the use of natural gas is not measured.
The tax holder shall be obliged to carry out the investigation of the natural gas trade. The settlement of natural gas transactions shall be based on the measurement of natural gas for commercial purposes, as well as for consignments of supplies. More detailed provisions on the methodology to be used in the report on natural gas transactions are laid down by the Government Decree.
A party to the natural gas market shall be responsible for the fact that the party's natural gas supply contracts cover the use and supply of natural gas by the Party during each balancing period (balance sheet liability).
The Ministerial Decree of the Ministry of Trade and Industry may provide, where appropriate, more detailed provisions on the content of the balance sheet liability.
The natural gas market participant and the system operator shall ensure that the natural gas trade, the balance sheet liability and the notifications required by the natural gas trade transactions are carried out. Each notification shall be made within the prescribed time limit and in accordance with the notification procedure provided for. The decree of the Council of State lays down more precisely the content of the notification requirement. The Regulation on the Ministry of Employment and the Economy lays down detailed rules for the notification procedure.
A natural gas vendor with a dominant position on the natural gas network shall supply natural gas at a reasonable price when the customer so requests, if the customer does not have other economically competitive alternatives to natural gas By means of a natural gas network (supply obligation).
The natural gas market authority may order natural gas vendor to supply natural gas to the operator of natural gas if it does not otherwise have access to natural gas.
The provisions of this Article shall not apply to gas supplied as a separate product from renewable energy sources. (9.8.2011)
The supplier of natural gas shall have the terms and conditions for the sale of natural gas and the basis for their assessment of the supply to the customers concerned. They shall neither be disproportionate nor impose restrictive conditions on trade in natural gas. Moreover, the marketing conditions for consumers must be presented in a clear and comprehensible manner and must not include non-contractual barriers to the exercise of consumer rights.
The natural gas supplier shall supply the sales conditions and prices referred to in paragraph 1 and the bases for their assessment to the natural gas market authority before they are put into service. The natural gas market authority may lay down more detailed rules on the information relating to the terms and conditions of the sales and their assessment criteria, how the information is to be specified and how the information is to be provided.
The natural gas supplier shall publish information describing the average price level of natural gas as determined by the natural gas market authority.
The natural gas supplier shall maintain relevant information on all transactions relating to natural gas supply contracts and the information provided for in the Commission Regulation or Decision relating to natural gas derivatives For a period of at least five years from the end of the financial year in which the transaction is concluded with natural gas resellers and transmission system operators, storage and lng system operators Completed. The information to be retained shall be at least:
(1) the duration of the transaction;
(2) the procedures for delivery and settlement;
(3) quantity of delivery;
(4) the period of implementation;
5) the price;
(6) information identifying the party;
7) information on outstanding contracts.
The natural gas supplied to the end user shall be invoiced on the basis of actual consumption at least four times a year. If the measuring equipment is not covered by a remote restraint system, the invoicing may be based on the reading of the measuring equipment used by the end user.
However, the invoicing of natural gas may be based on estimated consumption or on a fixed amount when the invoicing is based on the measurement equipment used by the end-user and has not reported the landing period in question. Derogation from the calculated consumption may also be waived where the provision of measurement and billing based on the verified natural gas consumption is not possible or is inexpensive.
The natural gas supplier shall provide a breakdown of the price of natural gas as well as the period of validity of the contract. Information on the price of natural gas and estimates shall be made available to the end user in a timely and easily understandable form. The invoice shall be accompanied by the actual consumption and price information of the end-user and the comparison with the consumption and costs of the previous year. The natural gas supplier shall, in the case of invoices sent to the consumer, provide information for the purpose of customer complaints and, in its billing to consumers, information on the dispute settlement procedures available to consumers. The natural gas market authority may provide more detailed provisions as to what data should be included in the invoice and the manner in which the information is to be presented.
The supplier of natural gas shall deliver the final invoice to the consumer within six weeks of the end of the supply of natural gas to the consumer.
The invoices and the price and consumption data referred to in this Article shall be given to the end-user in a proper and free manner. The end-user must, if he so wishes, receive invoices and consumer information in electronic form.
L to 14/04/2014 Article 3 enters into force on 1 January 2016. The previous wording reads:
The supplier of natural gas shall provide a breakdown of the price of natural gas and information on the period of validity of the contract. The natural gas supplier shall, in the case of invoices sent to the consumer, provide information for the purpose of customer complaints and, in its billing to consumers, information on the dispute settlement procedures available to consumers. The natural gas market authority may provide more detailed provisions as to what data should be included in the invoice and the manner in which the information is to be presented.
The supplier of natural gas shall deliver the final invoice to the consumer within six weeks of the end of the supply of natural gas to the consumer.
The natural gas supplier must provide consumers with different means of payment for paying bills. The options offered shall not contain any unjustified or discriminatory conditions for different categories of customers. The conditions of payment may take into account the reasonable differences between the costs incurred by the distribution system operator for the provision of different means of payment. Where a supplier of natural gas provides an advance payment system for consumers, the system shall adequately reflect the consumer's estimated annual consumption of natural gas.
Moreover, the invoicing of natural gas supplier is regulated by the law on energy efficiency services for companies operating in the energy market. (1211/2009) .
The natural gas supplier must provide consumers with different means of payment for paying bills. The options offered shall not contain any unjustified or discriminatory conditions for different categories of customers. The terms of the payment methods may take into account the reasonable differences between the costs incurred by the supplier for the provision of different payment methods. Where a supplier of natural gas provides an advance payment system for consumers, the system shall adequately reflect the consumer's estimated annual consumption of natural gas.
L to 14/04/2014 Article 3a shall enter into force on 1 January 2016.
The consumer shall have the opportunity to conclude an agreement with the seller, in addition to the sale of natural gas, from the transfer service necessary for the transmission of natural gas. In this case, the seller is also responsible for the transfer service.
The supply of natural gas may be suspended if, in spite of the consumer's point of view, the payment of future payments to the seller or distribution system operator fails to materialise, or, by the way, substantially infringes the Contract terms.
Where the payment of a payment has been due to the consumer's difficulties in payment to which he has been subjected, due to a serious illness, unemployment or other particular circumstances, mainly without his own fault, the distribution of the natural gas or the supply of natural gas at the earliest Two months after the due date of the payment. (9.8.2011)
However, the supply of natural gas cannot be interrupted as a result of non-compliance with a permanent dwelling or part thereof whose heating is dependent on natural gas, between the beginning of October and the end of April Four months have elapsed since the due date of the default.
Consumer protection in the natural gas market shall apply to the electricity market (588/2013) in Articles 95 to 99 And Article 101 provides for standard compensation in the event of a delay in connection with compensation, due to a delay, an error, a price reduction due to an error, compensation for damage caused by an error and a liability.
The supply of natural gas and natural gas transmission services to the consumer shall include the following information:
(1) name and address of the service provider;
(2) the services provided, the quality of the services provided and the time for the initial connection;
(3) maintenance services provided;
(4) methods enabling the consumer to obtain up-to-date information on all applicable tariffs and maintenance charges;
(5) the duration of the contract, the conditions applicable to the renewal and termination of the contract, the possible right of termination of the fixed-term contract and the possibility of termination of a fixed-term contract;
(6) information on the consumer's right to compensation and any other compensation if the quality of the service or service is not compatible;
(7) information on available complaints procedures and dispute settlement procedures and their initiation;
(8) information on the rights of the consumer, set out in invoices or on the website of natural gas undertakings.
Contract terms shall be fair and communicated to the consumer prior to the conclusion or confirmation of the contract. The conditions shall be provided prior to the conclusion or confirmation of the agreement, even when the contract is concluded by means of a third party.
The service provider shall inform the consumer of the change in the terms of the contract in a transparent and easily comprehensible manner no later than 30 days before the change enters into force. If the service provider changes the terms of the contract and the consumer does not accept them, the consumer shall have the right to terminate the contract. This right must also be mentioned in the contract with the consumer.
The natural gas undertaking shall differentiate between the operation of natural gas, the sales and storage of natural gas and non-natural gas operations.
Where the non-natural gas business is limited, such a minor sale of goods or services does not need to be differentiated from the sale of natural gas. This activity is considered to be limited if its turnover does not exceed 10 % of the sales turnover of natural gas.
Differentiation means, in this law, that a statement of profit and loss account and a balance sheet shall be drawn up for unbundled natural gas transactions. The profit and loss account and the balance sheet, which shall be deductible from the accounts of the companies, shall be drawn up, where applicable, by the accounting law (136/1997) In accordance with the provisions
The municipal body or group of municipalities in the field of natural gas shall be kept separate from the municipality and shall be subject to a profit and loss account and a balance sheet comparable to the financial statements of the limited liability company.
The auditors of an undertaking or a municipal natural gas undertaking shall check the profit and loss accounts, balance sheets and additional information of the differentiated activities. They shall issue an opinion in the audit report on whether the profit and loss accounts and the balance sheets of the differentiated activities and their additional information are in accordance with this law and the provisions adopted pursuant thereto.
The profit and loss account and the balance sheet of the separate transactions, together with the additional information, shall be public and shall be presented as part of the company's financial statements. The annual accounts of the municipal installation carrying out the natural gas business and the profit and loss account and the balance sheets of the differentiated activities shall be presented in the municipal accounts.
The Ministerial Decree of the Ministry of Trade and Industry may provide for the implementation of the functional separation of activities and the drawing-up of the profit and loss accounts and balance sheets for the different activities, as well as their additional information, and the way in which this information will be published.
The natural gas market authority may lay down provisions for the provision of profit and loss accounts and balance sheets for differentiated operations, together with additional information and the submission of financial statements by undertakings engaged in activities to the natural gas market authority.
The natural gas market authority may, for a justified reason, grant derogations from the mode of unbundling required by this Act in individual cases, if its implementation in accordance with the requirements of the law would be disproportionate.
A natural gas undertaking or a group of natural gas undertakings in which the same person or persons are entitled to exercise control, either directly or indirectly, and in which the undertaking or group of undertakings carries out the transmission of natural gas, The holder of a storage device belonging to the storage or storage system and the storage or supply of natural gas shall be independent of any activity which is not connected to the transmission, distribution or storage facility, its legal form, its organisation and With regard to its decision making.
The persons responsible for the management of the storage facility operator shall not participate in the management of the integrated natural gas undertaking which is directly or indirectly responsible for the day-to-day operation of natural gas production or supply. Activities. Their professional interests must be taken into account in such a way that they can act independently.
The holder of the storage facility shall have the power, independent from the integrated natural gas undertaking referred to in paragraph 1, to decide on the resources required for the use, maintenance or development of stocks. However, the parent company shall, notwithstanding the above, have the right to supervise the return on capital generated by the subsidiary, in particular by approving the annual financial plan or equivalent instrument of the holder of the storage system and the setting of general limits The level of indebtedness of its subsidiary. However, the parent company does not have the right to issue instructions to the storage system operator concerning day-to-day operations or individual decisions relating to the construction or improvement of stocks which do not exceed: The terms of the financing plan or equivalent instrument.
The holder of a storage facility shall establish a compliance programme with the provisions necessary to ensure non-discriminatory treatment and to comply with the programme. The programme shall also set out the specific obligations of employees to achieve the objectives. The person responsible for monitoring compliance with the programme shall draw up and report annually to the natural gas market authority on the measures taken. The holder of the storage facility shall publish the report.
Natural gas network operation may only be carried out with the permission of the natural gas market authority (NGO). The authorisation shall be granted for the time being or for a specific reason. The authorisation may be granted to the Community or the institution.
In an individual case, the natural gas market authority may exempt from the authorisation of the system operator for a limited period or for an indefinite period, where the network operator's natural gas network is of minor importance for the transmission of natural gas.
Authorisation shall be granted if the applicant has technical, financial and organisational conditions to provide for natural gas network operation in accordance with the legislation on the natural gas market. The applicant shall fulfil the following conditions:
(1) the applicant's organisation shall be responsible for the extent and nature of its network operation;
(2) the applicant shall have adequate staff in his service;
(3) the applicant must have financial conditions for viable natural gas network operation;
(4) the applicant shall have in his service a person designated as the administrator of use and has a natural gas (1058/1993) And the possibility of monitoring the use of the pipeline.
I shall be able to attach any conditions which are necessary for action.
The authorisation cannot be transferred to another entity or body.
In addition to the requirements laid down in Article 2, the applicant applying for a natural gas network of a transmission system operator shall comply with the following requirements:
(1) the applicant owns a natural gas transmission system in Finland;
(2) the applicant has submitted a report stating that it meets the requirements laid down in Chapter 5 for the separation of activities; and
(3) the applicant has submitted a report that it complies with the requirements laid down in Chapter 2a on the independence and independence of the transmission system operator in accordance with the procedure laid down in that Chapter.
The natural gas network of the transmission system operator assigned to the system liability may lay down conditions relating to:
(1) the tasks and management of the system;
(2) the responsibilities and performance of the system equivalent;
3) system-related rights and their use.
Paragraph 4 has been repealed by L 9.8.2013/589 .
In the case of the construction of a transfer tube that crosses the country's border, the project should be submitted in writing from the Ministry of Employment and the Economy.
The granting of the authorisation shall be conditional on the construction of a transit tube crossing the national border appropriate for the development of the natural gas market and for reciprocity. When granting the authorisation, account shall be taken of the importance of the project for the internal gas market.
The permit does not specify the route of the transfer tube. The project may be accompanied by any conditions deemed necessary for the purposes of the permit. The project authorisation cannot be transferred to another.
Where Regulation (EC) No 1364 /2006/EC on guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure and repealing Decision No 1364 /2006/EC and amending Regulations (EC) No 713/2009, (EC) No 714/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 The energy project of common interest referred to in paragraph 1 shall be subject to the energy project referred to in paragraph 1, shall be subject to the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council and to the common interest of the European Union. Of the Law on the authorisation procedure for energy projects (204/2014) . (22.08.2014/86)
The application for a project application for cross-border transmission shall state the information and reports provided for by the Government Decree.
If the application concerns a law on the environmental impact assessment procedure (448/1994) , the application shall be accompanied by an assessment statement in accordance with that law before the decision is taken.
The authorisation decision shall indicate how the assessment of the environmental impact assessment procedure has been taken into account.
The Ministry of Trade and Industry may decide in an individual case that the import and export agreements of natural gas must be notified to the Ministry. The notification shall include information provided by the Ministry.
A natural gas undertaking owned by a storage facility or a liquefied natural gas processing plant shall notify the GOC to the Authority at least six months prior to the commencement of the operation. The natural gas market authority shall designate the notified operator as the holder of the storage facility or lng facility if it carries out the activities indicated. The appointment shall be valid for a period of no more than 10 years.
The Ministry of Employment and the Economy is responsible for general guidance and monitoring of the implementation of the law.
The role of the gas market authority shall be to monitor compliance with the provisions of this law and the provisions adopted pursuant to it, and to compliance with the authorisations granted under this law. The supervision is expressly provided for in the Law on the control of the electricity and natural gas markets (18/04/2013) .
The consumer ombudsman monitors the legality of the contractual terms referred to in Sections 6 and 7 of Chapter 4.
Articles 1 to 7 have been repealed by L 9.8.2013/589 .
Article 2 (2), (3) or (3a), (3), (2), (2), (2), (4), (4), (4), (1) or (5) of Chapter 4, shall be liable to compensate for the damage caused.
Compensation for damages is also laid down in the law on damages (1999) .
Any undertaking to operate a natural gas network without the authorisation referred to in Article 1 of Chapter 6 or, contrary to the conditions laid down in the authorisation, or to construct a transfer tube without the authorisation referred to in Article 5 of Chapter 6 or the conditions imposed in the authorisation shall be condemned: On unauthorised access to natural gas networks Fine or imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months, unless other law provides for a more severe penalty.
Penalties for breach of the obligation of professional secrecy laid down in Section 2 of Chapter 9 are punishable under criminal law (39/1889) 1 or 2, if the act is not punishable Article 5 of Chapter 40 of the Penal Code Or, unless otherwise provided for in the rest of the law, a heavier penalty.
The municipality or the entity governed by it may operate natural gas networks, including the sale and storage of natural gas outside the municipality's territory.
In carrying out the functions referred to in this law or by the holder of the storage system and of liquefied natural gas, in the performance of the documents it receives and prepared in accordance with the provisions of this Law or of the lng system, The confidentiality of information and the prohibition of abuse and of the prohibition of abuse, as well as the prohibition on the use of confidentiality, as well as of the law on the transparency of the activities of the authorities (621/1999) Articles 22 and 23 And Article 24 (1) (1), even where the question is not of a document to which Article 4 of the Act applies.
Where necessary, the police shall provide assistance in matters relating to the supervision of this law and of the provisions and provisions adopted pursuant thereto. Where necessary, the police authority shall also provide assistance in the implementation of the order or prohibition referred to in Chapter 7, Section 3.
Appeal against the decision of the Land Gas Market Authority under this Act to appeal to the administrative court, as in the case of administrative law (18/06/1996) Provides.
Pursuant to Chapter 2 (4) and (4a) of Chapter 2 of the Gas Market Authority, an appeal is brought against a decision by the choice of market law as provided for in the Administrative Law. The conduct of the proceedings in market law is governed by the law on the conduct of court proceedings (100/2013) .
The decision to be adopted by the Ministry of Employment and the Economy under this law, as well as the decision of the administrative court and the market law, shall be appealed against by the appeal to the Supreme Administrative Court as provided for in the Administrative Law. The natural gas market authority shall have the right to appeal against the decision of the appeal court which annulled or amended the decision of the Court of Appeal.
Paragraph 4a has been repealed by L 9.8.2013/589 .
Where a derogation is granted to the applicant as referred to in Article 4 of Chapter 2, the natural gas market authority shall comply with the procedure laid down in Article 48 (2) of the Gas Market Directive.
Where a natural gas market authority has received an application for exemption referred to in Article 4a (a) of Chapter 2, or has adopted a decision for such an application, the natural gas market authority shall comply with Article 36 (4), (8) and (9) of the Natural Gas Market Directive. The procedure provided for in paragraph 1.
The activities of the Ministry of Employment and the Economy and the natural gas market authority under this law shall be paid. The fees are laid down in the State payment law (150/1992) .
More detailed provisions on the implementation of this law are laid down by the Government Decree.
The date of entry into force of the transfer obligation referred to in Article 3 of Chapter 2 shall be laid down by a decree of the Council. Upon the entry into force of this Act, the transfer obligation shall apply to the supply of natural gas based on the supply contract based on the contract. The obligation to transfer shall also apply to the natural gas purchased before the entry into force of the law, provided that the provisions of this law are agreed upon by the entry into force of this Act with regard to the pricing of natural gas or the adaptation of the contract After.
The date of entry into force of the pricing principle referred to in Article 9 of Chapter 2 (stp) and the unbundling of the activities referred to in Article 1 (1) of Chapter 5 shall be laid down by a decree of the Council of Ministers.
In the case of an application by the GGC, the Authority may grant an additional period of up to one year in order to comply with the unbundling requirements if this is considered reasonable for the applicant.
This Act shall enter into force on 1 August 2000.
Every time the law enters into force, a natural gas network operation, which has made an application for a natural gas network application within six months of the entry into force of the law, may continue to operate until such time as the decision on the authorisation has been taken.
Before the entry into force of this Act, measures may be taken to implement the law.
THEY 134/1999 , TaVM 8/2000, HVL 4/2000, EV 51/2000This Act shall enter into force on 1 September 2003.
THEY 218/2002 , TaVM 29/2002, EV 303/2002
This Act shall enter into force on 1 January 2005.
Article 7 of Chapter 4 also applies to natural gas contracts concluded before the entry into force of this Act.
The first control period referred to in Article 7 (1a) shall start on 1 January 2006.
The provisions of Chapter 7 (a) of Chapter 7 shall apply to requests for research received by the natural gas market authority after the entry into force of this Law.
The provisions of Article 4 (2) of Chapter 9 on appeals against decisions of the natural gas market authority shall apply to decisions adopted pursuant to Chapter 7, Section 2, which have been brought before the entry into force of this Law.
Before the entry into force of this Act, measures may be taken to implement the law.
THEY 128/2004 , TaVM 28/2004, EV 214/2004, Directive 2003 /55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (32003L0055); OJ L 176, 15.7.2003, p. 57
This Act shall enter into force on 1 September 2013.
L 125/2013 Has been repealed by L 9.8.2013/589 .
Before the law enters into force, action can be taken to enforce the law.
THEY 124/2012 , LaVM 15/2012, EV 158/2012
This Act shall enter into force on 1 September 2013.
2. Repeal the Law on the amendment of Article 4 of Chapter 9 of the Gas Market Act (125/2013) .
3. Regulations adopted on the date of entry into force of the Act and the provisions of the Gas Market Authority shall remain in force.
4. Upon the entry into force of the law, the transmission system operator shall submit its application for natural gas to the natural gas market authority within one month of the entry into force of the law. The requirement of Article 3 (1) (3) of Chapter 6 does not apply to a situation which has not been notified in accordance with Article 1 (1) of the Act. Prior to the application of the application for a natural gas network application, the natural gas market authority may modify the conditions of the existing natural gas network licence for a specified transmission system operator in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
5. Article 6 of Chapter 4 shall also apply to natural gas contracts concluded before the entry into force of the law.
FROM 20/2013 , TaVM 17/2013, YmVL 7/2013, EV 88/2013, Regulation (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (32009R0715); OJ L 211, 14.8.2009, p. Directive 2009 /28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (32009L0028); OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 16, Directive 2009 /73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (32009L0073); OJ L 211, 14.8.2009, p. 94., the national provisions corresponding to the provisions of the Directive are in addition to the following existing acts, which are not specifically referred to in the directive:, (1) the law on income support (19/05/1997) 30 December 1997, last amended (10/06/2012) 28.12.2012, 2) Gas Market Act (508/2000) 31 May 2000, last amended (1293/2004) 30 December 2004; (3) Government Decree on natural gas markets (622/2000) (4) Regulation of the Ministry of Trade and Industry on the exchange of information and balancing of natural gas transactions; (1999) 23 November 2000;, 5) (2003) 6 June 2003, last amended (1920/2010) 11.6.2010;, 6) Gas equipment regulation (1434/1993) 22.12.1993, last amended (194/1999) (7) Decision of the Ministry of Trade and Industry amending the decision of the Ministry of Trade and Industry on gas installations (15/05/1995) (8) Decision of the Ministry of Trade and Industry on gas installations (1286/1993) (9) Decree of the Council of Ministers on the safety of natural gas (1801/2009) (10) the law on the safety of dangerous chemicals and explosives (390/2005) 3.6.2005, last amended (400/2013) (11) law on energy efficiency services for undertakings operating in the energy market (1211/2009) 30 December 2009; (12) Law on financial supervision (878/2008) 19.12.2008, last amended (12/04/2013) 12 April 2013;, (13) the law on trade with standardised options and forward transactions (772/1988) 26 August 1988, last amended (1425/2007) 28.12.2007; (14) securities markets (445/1989) 26 May 1989, last amended (1492/2011) 29.12.2011;, 15) Emission Law (12/02011) 8.4.2011, last amended (136/2013) (16) Regulation amending the Regulation on the storage of imported fuels (187/1997) 11.12.1997;, 17) Regulation on the obligation to store imported fuels (10/04/1994) 28.11.1994, last amended (18/02/2012) 13 December 2012;, (18) repeal of certain provisions on penalties (2003) 1 November 2001; (19) the law amending the law on the storage of imported fuels (729/1997) 31 July 1997; (20) Law on the storage of imported fuels (10/04/1994) 28.11.1994, last amended (206/2012) 30.11.2012; (21) Finnish Constitution (1999) 11 June 1999, last amended (1312/2011) 4.11.2011;, 22) Law on consumer information (0000/2008) 5.12.2008, last amended (12/06/2012) 30.11.2012;, 23) Law on the Consumer Protection Board (10) 12 January 2007;, 24) Consumer law (38/1978) 20 January 1978, last amended (207/2013) 15 March 2013, 25) (622/1947) 31 July 1947, last amended (889/2010) 22 October 2010;, 26) Law on public authorities (18/09/1999) 21 May 1999, last amended (302/2013) 19 April 2013;, 27) (198/2011) 12 August 2011, last amended (123/2013) 31 January 2013;, 28) (165/1995) 17 March 1995, last amended (325/2012) 15 June 2012;, 29) (209/2007) 13 April 2007, last amended (1454/2011) 22.12.2011;, 30) Accounting Regulation (13/09/1997) 30 December 1997, last amended (1047/2008) 28 August 2008;, 31) (136/1997) 30 December 1997, last amended (999/2013) (32) Council Regulation on the environmental impact assessment procedure (19/06/2006) 17 August 2006, last amended (359/2011) 14.4.2011; (33) law on environmental impact assessment law (448/1994) 10 June 1994, last amended (1584/2009) 22 December 2009;, 34) Land use and building law (132/1999) 5.2.1999, last amended (19/08/2012) 21 December 2012; 35) Environmental law (2006) 4 February 2000, last amended (240/2012) 19 October 2012; (36) Regulation of the Ministry of Trade and Industry on the unbundling of natural gas undertakings (22/02/2005) 19.4.2005;, 37) Decree of the Government of the Energy Market Agency (621/2000) 21.6.2000; 38) Law on the Energy Market Agency (507/2000) 11.2.2000;, 39) Regulation of the Ministry of Employment and the Economy amending the Regulation on the exchange of information and balance sheet management for natural gas transactions (1920/2009) 10 September 2009;, 40) Regulation of the Ministry of Trade and Industry amending the Regulation on the exchange of information and balance sheet management in natural gas transactions (12/2007) 22 January 2007;, 41) State Civil Service (18/04/1994) 19 August 1994, last amended (177/2013) 1 March 2013;, 42) (971/1994) 14.11.1994, last amended (175/2012) 25 October 2012; (43) Law on State budget (423/1988) 13 May 1988, last amended (1096/2009) 11 December 2009; (44) Regulation on the State budget (1243/1992) 11.12.1992, last amended (12/07/2011) 15.12.2011. Furthermore, the provisions of the Directive are contained in Decision dn 59/711/2001 of 21 August 2001 on the Energy Market Agency for Gasum Ltd. The Decision does not refer expressly to the Directive
This Act shall enter into force on 1 September 2014.
THEY 75/2014 , TaVM 11/2014, EV 77/2014, Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (32013R0347); OJ L 115, 25.4.2013, p. 39
This Act shall enter into force on 1 January 2015. However, Articles 9a and 9b of Chapter 2 and Articles 3 and 3a of Chapter 4 shall not enter into force until 1 January 2016.
THEY 182/2014 , TaVM 23/2014, EV 226/2014, Directive 2012 /27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (32012L0027); OJ L 315, 14.11.2012, p. 1
