This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 5 June 2019.
For the European Parliament
The President
A. TAJANI
For the Council
The President
G. CIAMBA
(1) OJ C 288, 31.8.2017, p. 91.
(2) OJ C 342, 12.10.2017, p. 79.
(3) Position of the European Parliament of 26 March 2019 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and decision of the Council of 22 May 2019.
(4) Regulation (EU) 2019/943 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on the internal market for electricity (see page 54 of this Official Journal).
(5) Directive (EU) 2019/944 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on common rules for the internal market for electricity and amending Directive 2012/27/EU (see page 125 of this Official Journal).
(6) Directive 2005/89/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 January 2006 concerning measures to safeguard security of electricity supply and infrastructure investment (OJ L 33, 4.2.2006, p. 22).
(7) Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1485 of 2 August 2017 establishing a guideline on electricity transmission system operation (OJ L 220, 25.8.2017, p. 1).
(8) Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/2196 of 24 November 2017 establishing a network code on electricity emergency and restoration (OJ L 312, 28.11.2017, p. 54).
(9) Commission Decision of 15 November 2012 setting up the Electricity Coordination Group (OJ C 353, 17.11.2012, p. 2).
(10) Directive (EU) 2016/1148 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2016 concerning measures for a high common level of security of network and information systems across the Union (OJ L 194, 19.7.2016, p. 1).
(11) Council Directive 2008/114/EC of 8 December 2008 on the identification and designation of European critical infrastructures and the assessment of the need to improve their protection (OJ L 345, 23.12.2008, p. 75).
(12) Decision No 1313/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 924).
(13) Regulation (EU) 2019/942 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 establishing a European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (see page 22 of this Official Journal).
(14) Regulation (EU) 2017/1938 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2017 concerning measures to safeguard the security of gas supply and repealing Regulation (EU) No 994/2010 (OJ L 280, 28.10.2017, p. 1).
ANNEX
TEMPLATE FOR RISK-PREPAREDNESS PLAN
The following template shall be completed in English.
General information
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Name of the competent authority responsible for the preparation of this plan
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Member States in the region
1. SUMMARY OF THE ELECTRICITY CRISIS SCENARIOS
Describe briefly the electricity crisis scenarios identified at regional and national level in accordance with the procedure laid down in Articles 6 and 7, including the description of the assumptions applied.
2. ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY
Define the role and responsibilities of the competent authority and the bodies to which tasks have been delegated.
Describe which tasks, if any, have been delegated to other bodies.
3. PROCEDURES AND MEASURES IN THE ELECTRICITY CRISIS
3.1. National procedures and measures
(a)
Describe procedures to be followed in the cases of an electricity crisis, including the corresponding schemes on information flows;
(b)
Describe preventive and preparatory measures;
(c)
Describe measures to mitigate electricity crises, in particular demand-side and supply-side measures, whilst indicating in which circumstances such measures can be used especially the trigger of each measure. Where non-market-based measures are considered, they must be duly justified in light of the requirements laid down in Article 16 and must comply with regional and, where applicable, bilateral measures;
(d)
Provide a framework for manual load shedding, stipulating under which circumstances loads are to be shed. Specify with regard to public safety and personal security which categories of electricity users are entitled to receive special protection against disconnection, and justify the need for such protection. Specify how the transmission system operators and the distribution system operators should act in order to decrease the consumption;
(e)
Describe the mechanisms used to inform the public about the electricity crisis.
3.2. Regional and bilateral procedures and measures
(a)
Describe the agreed mechanisms for cooperation within the region and for ensuring appropriate coordination before and during the electricity crisis, including the decision-making procedures for appropriate reaction at regional level;
(b)
Describe any regional and bilateral measures that have been agreed, including any necessary technical, legal and financial arrangements for the implementation of those measures. When describing such arrangements, provide information on, inter alia, the maximum quantities of electricity to be delivered at regional or bilateral level, the trigger for the assistance and possibility to request its suspension, how the electricity will be delivered, and the provisions on fair compensation between Member States. Describe the national measures necessary to implement and enforce the regional and bilateral measures agreed;
(c)
Describe the mechanisms in place for cooperation and for coordinating actions, before and during the electricity crisis, with other Member States outside of the region as well as with third countries within the relevant synchronous area.
4. CRISIS COORDINATOR
Indicate and define the role of the crisis coordinator. Specify the contact details.
5. STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATIONS
In accordance with Article 10(1), describe the mechanism used for and the results of the consultations carried out, for the development of this plan, with:
(a)
relevant electricity and natural gas undertakings, including relevant producers or their trade bodies;
(b)
relevant organisations representing the interests of non-industrial electricity customers;
(c)
relevant organisations representing the interests of industrial electricity customers;
(d)
regulatory authorities;
(e)
the transmission system operators;
(f)
relevant distribution system operators.
6. EMERGENCY TESTS
(a)
Indicate the calendar for the biennial regional (and, if applicable also national) real time response simulations of electricity crises;
(b)
In accordance with point (d) of Article 12(1), indicate procedures agreed and the actors involved.
For the updates of the plan: briefly describe the tests carried out since the last plan was adopted and the main results. Indicate which measures have been adopted as a result of those tests.