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Law On Common Rules For The Internal Market In Natural Gas (Natural Gas Law)

Original Language Title: Lov om felles regler for det indre marked for naturgass (naturgassloven)

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Law on joint rules of the interior market for natural gas (natural gas law).

Date LAW-2002-06-28-61
Ministry of Oil and Energy Department
Last modified LAW-2006--06-30-60 from 01.07.2006
Published In 2002 booklet 6
Istrontrecation 01.08.2002
Changing LAW-1996-11-29-72
Announcement
Card title Natural Gas Act

Lovens title modified by law 30 June 2006 # 60 (ikr. 1 July 2006 ifg res. 30 June 2006 # 741).

SECTION 1. Scope

The law comes to the use of transmission, distribution, supply and storage of natural gas that is not retaken by law 29. November 1996 # 72 about petroleum business.

SECTION 2. Definitions

In this law understood by :

a) natural gas enterprises, any physical or legal person who is taking care of at least one of the following functions : manufacturing, transmission, distribution, purchases, or storage of natural gas, herunder refrigerated liquid natural gas (LNG), and that has responsibility for those business and technical tasks or maintenance associated with these functions, with the exception of end customers,
b) transmission, transport of natural gas through a high-pressure gas pipeline, excluding the stream of gas pipeline, with aim of delivery to customers,
c) distribution, transport of natural gas through local or regional gas pipeline, with aim of delivery to customers,
d) supply, delivery or sale of natural gas, herunder by LNG, to customers,
e) customers, wholesosts or end customers as well as natural gas enterprises buying natural gas,
f) system, any transfer or distribution net, LNG facilities or storage facilities owned or powered by a natural gas enterprise, storage in pipeline and enterprise facilities that provide associated services, as well as associated enterprises that are necessary to provide access to transfer, distribution and LNG,
g) LNG facilities, a terminal used for the transform of natural gas into fluid or import, unloading and regression of LNG, herding additional services and temporary storage necessary for the regression and the subsequent delivery to the transmission grid, but should not include any part of LNG terminals used for storage,
h) qualified customers, all customers home-heartwear in an EES state, excluding household customers. As of 1. July 2007 all customers.
0 Modified by law 30 June 2006 # 60 (ikr. 1 July 2006 ifg res. 30 June 2006 # 741).
SECTION 3. Adgoing to system

The king can decide that natural gas enterprises and qualified customers should be entitled to access to the system.

0 Modified by law 30 June 2006 # 60 (ikr. 1 July 2006 ifg res. 30 June 2006 # 741).
SECTION 4. Authority to provide regulations

The king brings closer rules to the execution and padding of this law, hering closer regulations on the right to access to the system and other filler regulations on the operation of the system, such as the requirements of natural gas enterprises, consession, accounting, consumer protection, independent regulator and treatment of disputes, case management deadlines and deferred commit of the ordinance.

0 Modified by law 30 June 2006 # 60 (ikr. 1 July 2006 ifg res. 30 June 2006 # 741).
SECTION 5. Recall or change of permission

By the violation of this law, regulation granted in co-hold of the law, determined terms or given injunction, the ministry can recall or change permission granted in the co-hold of the law here.

0 Modified by law 30 June 2006 # 60 (ikr. 1 July 2006 ifg res. 30 June 2006 # 741).
SECTION 6. Compulsive

By the violation of this law or an injunction given in the co-state of the law, the ministry or the ministry of the ministry can be charged with the ministry of fire, illagolav.

Compulsive fall of the state and is compulsory basis for the outlay.

The king gives rules about the compulsions of the foreclosure, duration and other regulations on determining and completion.

0 Added by law 30 June 2006 # 60 (ikr. 1 July 2006 ifg res. 30 June 2006 # 741).
SECTION 7. New assessment of the law

By 2014, the ministry shall review the law in order to assess the need for a closer legal regulation on the territory of the law.

0 Added by law 30 June 2006 # 60 (ikr. 1 July 2006 ifg res. 30 June 2006 # 741).
SECTION 8. Istrontrecation

The law applies from the time the King decides. 1

0 Added by law 30 June 2006 # 60 (ikr. 1 July 2006 ifg res. 30 June 2006 # 741).
1 From 1 aug 2002 ifg. res. 28 June 2002 # 654.