REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO THE EIC CODES USED BY BULGARTRANSGAZ’ NETWORK USERS FOR REGISTRATION IN THE INFORMATION SYSTEM CDP AND THE AUCTIONS FOR CAPACITY ALLOCATION AT BULGARTRANSGAZ’ POINTS ON RBP
On 1 march 2021, ACER activated new validation rules for verification of the reported in line with Article 8 of Regulation (EU) No 1227/2011 (REMIT) details on contracts for transportation of gas and electricity. The rules require and check whether the reported EIC type-X which is used to identify a market participant in the reported data for the capacity allocation transaction corresponds to the EIC provided by the market participant during its registration in accordance with article 9 paragraph 1 of REMIT.
Upon the activation of the rules, all reported records containing EIC codes as identifiers of market participants that are not present in the ACER CEREMP will be rejected.
Having regard to the above, to ensure fulfilment of Bulgartransgaz’ reporting obligations, when a network user register in and request access to Bulgartransgaz’ information system CDP and auctions for capacity allocation at Bulgartransgaz’ points on RBP, Bulgartransgaz requires consistency and performs verification and comparison of the registration data provided by the relevant network user for access to the system against the contents of the public records of ACER CEREMP, ENTSO-E CIO EIC database, EC VIES VAT validation tool, as follows:
Verification for:
- ACER code – fulfillment of the requirement for registration in compliance with article 9 of Regulation (EU) No 1227/2011
- Presence of EIC in the market participant’s profile in ACER CEREMP – provision of EIC during the registration in compliance with article 9 of Regulation (EU) No 1227/2011
- Correspondence of the ACER code, provided during the registration for access to the relevant information system with the market participants’ ACER code published in ACER CEREMP
- Correspondence of the EIC code, provided during the registration for access to the relevant information system with the market participants’ EIC code published in ACER CEREMP
- Correspondence of the EIC code, provided during the registration for access to the relevant information system with the market participants’ EIC code published in ENTSO-E CIO EIC database
- Correspondence and consistency between the VAT number, provided during the registration for access to the relevant information system and the VAT number provided by the network user for the contract for access and transmission through Bulgartransgaz’ network, the company VAT number published in EC VIES VAT validation tool and ENTSO-E CIO EIC database