Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/2196

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This text since 28 Nov 2017law://eu/reg/2017/2196/art_38@2026-11-12

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Article 38Communication procedure#

1.The rules for suspension and restoration of market activities developed pursuant to Article 36 shall also contain a communication procedure detailing the tasks and actions expected from each party in its different roles during the suspension and restoration of market activities.

2.The communication procedure shall provide that information is sent, simultaneously, to the following entities:

(a)the parties referred to in Article 35(5);

(b)the balance responsible parties;

(c)the balancing service providers;

(d)the transmission connected DSOs; and

(e)the relevant regulatory authority of the concerned Member States in accordance with Article 37 of Directive 2009/72/EC.

3.The communication procedure shall include at least the following steps:

(a)the notification by the TSO that market activities have been suspended in accordance with Article 35;

(b)the notification by the TSO of best estimate for the time and date for transmission system restoration;

(c)the notification by the NEMO and other entities designated to execute market functions according to Regulation (EU) 2015/1222 and to Regulation (EU) 2016/1719 of the suspension of their activities, if any;

(d)the updates by the TSOs on the process for restoration of the transmission system;

(e)the notification by the entities referred to in points (a) to (d) of paragraph 2, that their market tools and communication systems are operational;

(f)the notification by the TSO(s) that the transmission system has been restored back to normal state or alert state;

(g)the notification by the NEMO and other entities assigned or delegated to execute market functions according to Regulation (EU) 2015/1222 of the best estimate for time and date when market activities will be restored; and

(h)the confirmation by the NEMO and other entities assigned or delegated to execute market functions according to Regulation (EU) 2015/1222 that market activities have been restored.

4.All notifications and updates by the TSO(s), the NEMO(s) and other entities assigned or delegated to execute market functions referred to in paragraph 3, shall be published on the websites of those entities. When notification or update on the website is not possible, the entity subject to the obligation to notify, shall inform via email, or via any other available means, at least those parties directly participating in the suspended market activities.

5.Notification pursuant to point (e) of paragraph 3 shall be done via email or via any other available means to the concerned TSO.

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Key facts

Type: Regulation · Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/2196 · EEA relevant
Adopted: 24 Nov 2017
Text current to: 28 Nov 2017
In force: 18 Dec 2017
Applies from: 18 Dec 2022
Made by: Directorate-General for Energy, European Commission
Official: EUR-Lex 32017R2196 · ELI

Topics

electrical energy electricity supply energy distribution energy grid energy law energy supply security of supply technical specification technical standard Energy

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Cited by 6: Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/19232 provisions; Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/14472 provisions; Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/480; Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/2157; Regulation (EU) 2019/941; this act4 provisions

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bottom-up re-energisation strategy
means a strategy where part of the system of a TSO can be re-energised without the assistance from other TSOs;
defence service provider
means a legal entity with a legal or contractual obligation to provide a service contributing to one or several measures of the system defence plan;
frequency leader
means the TSO appointed and responsible for managing the system frequency within a synchronised region or a synchronous area in order to restore system frequency back to the nominal frequency;
high priority significant grid user
means the significant grid user for which special conditions apply for disconnection and re-energisation;
netted demand
means the netted value of active power seen from a given point of the system, computed as (load — generation), generally expressed in kilowatts (kW) or megawatts (MW), at a given instant or averaged over any designated interval of time;
re-energisation
means reconnecting generation and load to energise the parts of the system that have been disconnected;
restoration plan
means all technical and organisational measures necessary for the restoration of the system back to normal state;
restoration service provider
means a legal entity with a legal or contractual obligation to provide a service contributing to one or several measures of the restoration plan;
resynchronisation
means synchronising and connecting again two synchronised regions at the resynchronisation point;
resynchronisation leader
means the TSO appointed and responsible for the resynchronisation of two synchronised regions;
resynchronisation point
means the device used to connect two synchronised regions, usually a circuit breaker.
synchronised region
means the fraction of a synchronous area covered by interconnected TSOs with a common system frequency and which is not synchronised with the rest of the synchronous area;
top-down re-energisation strategy
means a strategy that requires the assistance of other TSOs to re-energise parts of the system of a TSO;