Snam’s contribution to integration at a European level

The AEEGSI and Snam also work at the European level, respectively, in the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) and the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas (ENTSOG).

These two bodies have the task of respectively developing European guidelines and codes aimed at contributing to the objective of creating a single natural gas market.

The following progress was made in 2016:

• implementation of EU rules on the allocation of capacity, balancing and interoperability, which came into force between 2015 and 2016;
• definition of the European codes on tariffs and changes to the CAM code on the sale of newly created transport capacity, for which the legislative approval process was concluded in 2016 and which is expected to come into force in 2017;
• preparation of the European Ten-Year Network Development Plan (TYNDP) published in December;
• drafting of two regional investment plans respectively involving the south-north connecting route between Italy and Northern European markets and South-East Europe, involving the new natural gas procurement routes from the Caspian Sea region. The publication of the third edition of the reports is expected in early 2017;
• preparation of around 20 documents including responses to public consultations and association positions, in relation to documents and opinions produced mainly by the European Commission and ACER. The most important issues for consultation involved EU and domestic market energy policy developments, with special reference to the role of gas in the future energy mix and that of infrastructures in guaranteeing benefits in terms of the security of procurement, competitiveness and sustainability.