Implementing regulation 2014/1348 - Data reporting implementing Article 8(2) and Article 8(6) of Regulation 1227/2011 on wholesale energy market integrity and transparency - Main contents

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 363/121

Effective oversight of wholesale energy markets requires the regular monitoring of details of contracts including orders to trade as well as data on capacity and use of facilities for production, storage, consumption or transmission of electricity and natural gas.

Regulation (EU) No 1227/2011 requires the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (‘the Agency’) established by Regulation (EC) No 713/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) to monitor wholesale energy markets in the Union. In order to enable the Agency to fulfil its task it should be provided with complete sets of relevant information in a timely manner.

Market participants should report to the Agency on a regular basis details of wholesale energy contracts both in relation to the supply of electricity and natural gas and for the transportation of those commodities. Contracts for balancing services, contracts between different members of the same group of companies and contracts for the sale of the output of small energy production facilities should be reported to the Agency only at its reasoned request on ad-hoc basis.

In general, both parties to the contract should report the required details of the concluded contract. To facilitate reporting, parties should be able to report on each other's behalf or use the services of third parties for this purpose. Notwithstanding this and to facilitate data collection, the details of transportation contracts acquired through primary capacity allocation of a transmission system operator (TSO) should be reported by the respective TSO only. The reported data should also include filled and unfilled capacity requests.

In order to effectively uncover market abuses, it is important that next to the details of contracts the Agency can also monitor orders to trade placed on organised markets. Since market participants cannot be expected to record such data with ease, matched and unmatched orders should be reported through the organised market place where they were placed or through third parties who are able to provide such information.

In order to avoid double reporting, the Agency should collect details of derivatives relating to contracts for the supply or transportation of electricity or natural gas which have been reported in accordance with applicable financial regulation to trade repositories or to financial regulators from those sources. Notwithstanding this, organised markets, trade matching or reporting systems, who have reported details of such derivatives under financial rules, subject to their agreement, should be able to report the same information also to the Agency.

Efficient reporting and targeted monitoring requires standard and non-standard contracts to be distinguished. Since prices of standard contracts serve also as reference prices for non-standard contracts, the Agency should receive information regarding standard contracts on a daily basis. Details of non-standard contracts should be reportable up to one month from their conclusion.

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