Capacity booking and transactions

Starting from the 27th July 2009, users will be able to make use of Snam Rete Gas’s new “ Capacity Portal�? web service. The Portal will enable users to digitally manage all capacity booking and transaction processes without any need for letters, faxes, or emails.

The processes managed are all those that come under Chapters 5 and 7 of the Snam Rete Gas Network Code:

- Capacity booking at the beginning of the Thermal Year; 

- Capacity booking after the beginning of the Thermal Year;

- Trades;

- Transfers,

as well as rate reductions for start up periods.

To access the service and request transportation capacity at Entry Points, Exit Points and Redelivery Points, the user can fill in and sign the Transportation Contract, Attachment A and Attachment B below and send the original copy to Snam Rete Gas; to speed up the process, you can send in advance a copy by fax to 02 520 28396.

On receiving the signed Transportation Contract, Snam Rete Gas will send, to the email address indicated in the Contract, the credentials for the legal representative necessary for accessing the Capacity Portal. The legal representative can submit requests for other subject access by using the related section on the Capacity Portal. For the Thermal Year 2010/2011 it is necessary to submit new qualification requests for subjects already qualified to the use of Capacity Portal for the Thermal Year 2009/2010.

Capacity bookings and transactions between Snam Rete Gas and the user, concluded using the Capacity Portal according to the instructions detailed in the Regulations for Use attached to the Contract, have full legal and contractual validity.

Here follows a list of the documentation required to access the Portal, as well as the support material to make the tool easier and faster to use.

The english version of the documents below reported has not legal validity but only illustrative purpose

01. Transportation Contract
Transportation Contract Standard text of the Transportation Contract to be signed with Snam Rete Gas S.p.A. at the same time as the signing of Attachment A and Attachment B.
02. Attachment A
Attachment A Facsimile of the legally binding statement attesting ownership of user representative powers attached to Transportation Contract.
03. Attachment B
Attachment B Regulations for the use of the Capacity Portal Service attached to Transportation Contract.
04. Attachment B/1
Attachment B/1 Document containing the Regulations for Use, attached to the Regulations for the Use of the Capacity Portal Service.
05. Attachment B/2
Attachmnet B/2 Facsimile of legally binding statement attesting that the new subject is equipped with User representative powers, attached to the Regulations for the Use of the Capacity Portal Service.
06. 20% Guarantee confirmation
20% Guarantee confirmation Facsimile of the bank guarantee text regarding the confirmation of the capacity commitments to be presented by 20 August 2010. This guarantee should be worth 20% of the maximum annual confirmed capacity transmission and should be issued by an Italian bank institute or an Italian branch/office of a foreign bank.
07. 1/3 Guarantee
1/3 Guarantee Facsimile of the bank guarantee text regarding the coverage of obligations deriving from capacity booking, to be presented within the deadline established by the Network Code. This guarantee should be worth a third of the maximum annual confirmed capacity on the National and Regional Networks.
08. Company Letter of Guarantee
Company Letter of Guarantee This is a facsimile of the letter that the parent company of the tendering party, which holds the credit rating reported in Chapter 5 of the Network Code, must submit to express their commitment to cover the payment obligations in name and on behalf of the tendering party. The amount guaranteed must equal one-third of the total annual consideration for capacity on the National and Regional Networks.
09. 3% Guarantee
3% Guarantee Facsimile of the bank guarantee text regarding the coverage of obligations deriving from the provision of the transport service, to be presented within the deadline established by the Network Code. This guarantee should be worth 3% of the maximum annual capacity on the National and Regional Networks
10. Late corrections - Communication of succession to another subject
Late corrections - Communication of succession to another subject Facsimile of the communication of succession to another subject, with reference to Late Corrections described in Paragraph 4 of Chapter 9 of the Network Code of Snam Rete Gas.
11. Templates
Template CSGG
Template CESS
Template CONP
Template CONA
Template INCS
Template NATT
Template TRAS
12. Presentation Workshop 23 June 2009
Presentation Workshop 23 June 2009 Presentation used by Snam Rete Gas during meetings with users of the transmission network to illustrate the main characteristics and functions of the new Capacity Portal.
13. Training Online
TOL_Multiannual_Capacity_Booking
TOL_Annual_Capacity_Booking
TOL_Report Electronic support for use by the user, designed to show the main functions of the Capacity Portal service.