3rd IG Meeting – Region South-South East 9th October 2007, Maribor, Slovenia

1. 3rd IG Meeting – Region South-South East 9th October 2007, Maribor, Slovenia

2. IG meeting agenda – 1

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4. Action Points 1-3 of the last IG meeting

5. Action Points 4-6 of the last IG meeting

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7. Best-practice standardised bulletin board • What was expected: • Implementation of an online, user-friendly, and secure trading platform. • implementation of an online platform using a harmonised standard (best practice TAG) for transmission capacity on all major transit systems of the region SEE

8. Example to be used for all Austrian transit capacities

9. * Harmonised Bulletin Board (3) • TAG Bulletin Board * Optional information may be in the form of an attachment or as directly published text

10. Action POINT 1 - Best-practice standardised bulletin board • Suggested next steps • Coordinator: TAG • Action Point from last IG meeting: • Implementation of the standard content until next IG meeting • Next steps: • Preparation of guideline for the standard bulletin board by TSOs • RCC to comment on guideline before implementation • Role of RCC to monitor implementation

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12. Summary of planned investments in the region • First analysis • Natural gas demand growth: Where data have been submitted, there is an indication of growing natural gas consumption up to 2015 • This is the case in eg: Austria, Czech Republic, Italy, Slovenia, Poland • Infrastructure investment • At the TSO level: • Building activity in the region mainly as reinforcement, only little or few true new projects • Examples: TAG compressor stations, reinforcement in Italy • New infrastructure in Czech Republic and Italy • At the SSO level • Both expansion and new projects • Examples: Expansion: 2 projects (A), Virtual storage (CZ), expansion (I, P), new capacity: A, CZ, H, I, P, Rom, Sl (preliminary analysis)

13. Summary of planned investments in the region • Implications of findings • Natural gas demand growth seems unquestionedin line with: rising energy demand, economic growth etc. • Expansion/new infrastructure mainly in storage areaFewer infrastructure projects in terms of volume • However: Infrastructure projects might not ‘come online’ until 2010-2015 • From a regulatory viewpoint:Issue of capacity shortages unsolved • Clear acknowledgement:SSE region affected by capacity shortages in a heterogeneous manner: • North of the region (Poland, Czech Republic) different from Southern part (Austria, Italy) • Impact of LNG both in the North (Poland) and South (Croatia-Italy-Austria) [potentially]

14. Summary of planned investments in the region • Further analysis: • Pipeline capacity: Is there enough (cf. rout assessment)? • Congestion scenarios 2010, 2015, 2020 • Expansion projects till 2020 • Storage capacity: A flourishing market-but how much capacity will be available to the market? • Congestion scenarios 2010, 2015, 2020 • Expansion projects till 2020 • Market needs till 2020 • Impact of LNG: What will it be? • Projects that have an influence on the region

15. Summary of planned investments in the region • Further data needs and next steps • NRAs to complete natural gas demand forecast (national level) • RCC to ask shippers and traders (EFET and EURELECTRIC) to submit their estimates regarding natural gas demand per country in the region • RCC to ask TSOs and SSOs to cross check the information provided and update it if required

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18. Removing remaining obstacles to implementation of IPA/OBA

19. Action Point 3: Removing remaining obstacles to implementation of IPA/OBA • Suggested next steps Affected TSOs Action Point of last IG meeting: • CEGH will coordinate a solution for Baumgarten within the next 3 months and present the results at the next meeting Next steps: • CEGH to outline barriers for conclusion of IPA/OBA at Baumgarten Timing: • CEGH and involved TSOs to conclude IPA/OBA until the end of 2007

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21. Best practice provision of OSS service • What was expected: • Practical implementation of a voluntary one-stop-shop (OSS) service based on the recommendations of the OSS study • Information requirements • Capacity information • Cumulative transportation tariff for the requested route • Contract information to be signed with different parties • Service fee for the OSS service

22. Action Point 4: Best practice provision of OSS service • Suggested next steps • Coordinator: RWE TGN / OMV Gas • Next steps: • TSOs of the region are invited to participate in the GATRAC platform • TSOs offer OSS service to shippers who request the service according to best practice OSS (www.gatrac.com, OMV Gas) • Timing: update next meeting • Role of RCC to monitor implementation

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28. Action Point 6: Hub development as regional balancing market (I) • Suggested next steps • Lead: PSV/EFET and CEGH/EFET • Next steps: • Separate workstreams and update on implementation of next steps according schedule • Timing:

29. Action Points 1-3

30. Action Points 4-6

31. IG meeting agenda – 2

32. Any other business-AOB Proposed date of next meeting • Suggestion: Next meeting (SG meeting) end of January 2008 • Key: Progress report and participation of stakeholders • Regulators only to facilitate the process • Context of regional activities • Next Madrid Forum on 16th/17th October 2007 • ERGEG to report on progress • Update on issues regarding transparency (Outcome of recent survey)