2019 incremental capacity procedure

Incremental capacity request

Annex 1 - Declaration in lieu of affidavit

Annex 2 - Request capacity form

Annex 3 - Declaration for the collection of personal data

DAR for incremental capacity between Italy and Austria

DAR for Incremental capacity between Italy and Slovenia

DAR for incremental capacity between Italy and TAP

DAR for incremental capacity between Italy and Malta

Public consultation report for Incremental Capacity between TAP and Italy

Public Consultation report for Incremental Capacity between Malta and Italy

Public Consultation report for Incremental Capacity between Slovenia and Italy

Project proposal for incremental capacity between Italy and TAP sent to Authorities

Project proposal for incremental capacity between Italy and TAP approved by the Authorities

Resolution 189/2021/R/gas for the approval of the Project Proposal issued by ARERA
https://www.arera.it/it/docs/21/189-21.htm 

Resolution 426/2021/R/gas for the approval of the Project Proposal issued by RAE

It is important to note that the approved by RAE "Project Proposal of TAP, SRG and DESFA for the 2019 Incremental Capacity Process", is formulated on the basis of the following changes (unofficial translation):

A. In section G2.4 entitled as "Economic test parameter for DESFA", the f-factor is defined equal to 0.75.

B. In section E1 entitled as "Participation criteria and Registration" and E7 entitled as "Gas Transportation Agreement (GTA)", in the points concerning DESFA, the Letters of guarantee to be submitted to DESFA, should be issued by any Greek financial institute supervised by the ECB (systemic Banks, namely any of Alpha Bank, Eurobank, National Bank of Greece and Piraeus Bank), or any Greek branch of an internationally reputable bank - or any internationally reputable bank - with a minimum credit rating of A -at Standard & Poor's or A3 at Moody's, which has benn approved in advanced by DESFA.

Resolution 122/2021/R/gas di approvazione della Proposta di Progetto emanata da ERE

https://ere.gov.al/doc/Decison_No.122_2021.pdf 

Project proposal for incremental capacity between Malta and Italy

With reference to the Italy-Malta Project Proposal, we inform you that, following a request to postpone the binding phase of the incremental capacity process received by the shippers who sent an expression of interest during the non-binding phase, the incremental capacity won’t be offered during the yearly auction procedure foreseen in July 2021 and the binding phase will be postponed to a later stage.The relative information will be given as soon as possible.

Project proposal for incremental capacity between Slovenia and Italy

With reference to the Italy-Slovenia Project Proposal, we inform you that, following the communication received from the adjacent TSO about the necessity to evaluate the developments of its system with reference to the incremental capacity processes still ongoing with other systems, the incremental capacity won’t be offered during the yearly auction procedure foreseen in July 2021.

The relevant information will be given as soon as possible about the future stages of the process.

Joint notice

With regard to the incremental capacity process TAP-Italy, Snam Rete Gas, DESFA and TAP prepared a joint notice for the opening of the binding phase.

Binding Notice SRG

With regard to the incremental capacity process TAP-Italy, the Binding Notice is the document that describes the procedures and requirements for the partecipation to the binding phase on Snam Rete Gas side.

Annex 1 - GTA

With regard to the incremental capacity process TAP-Italy, it's the Transportation Contract to be subscribed with Snam Rete Gas simultaneously with the subscription of the Annexes.

Annex 4 - Guarantee 20%

With regard to the incremental capacity process TAP-Italy, it's the fac-simile of the bank guarantee regarding the confirmation of the capacity commitments to be presented within the deadline established by the Binding Notice.

Annex 5 - Guarantee 3%

With regard to the incremental capacity process TAP-Italy, it's the fac-simile of the bank guarantee regarding the coverage of obligations deriving from the provision of the transport service, to be presented within the deadlines defined in the Binding Notice.

Annex 6 - Guarantee 2/3

With regard to the incremental capacity process TAP-Italy, it's the fac-simile of the bank guarantee regarding the coverage of obligations deriving from capacity booking, to be presented within the deadline established by the Binding Notice.

Annex 7 - Guarantee 100%

With regard to the incremental capacity process TAP-Italy, it's the fac-simile of the bank guarantee regarding the coverage of obligations deriving from capacity booking, to be presented within the deadline established by the Binding Notice.

Annex 8 - Competing procedure

With regard to the incremental capacity process TAP-Italy, it's the procedure that will be followed in case the requests on Melendugno, Mazara and Gela IPs exceed the existing competing constraint. 

Market Test for Incremental Capacity between TAP and Italy

The 2019 Market Test has ended and no binding bids have been submitted. Interested parties are encouraged to follow the 2021 Market Test process. You may find all relevant information here.