Chapter II, Section 2, Article 9 · Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/855

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Article 9Reporting of national practices#

1.For the purposes of reporting national practices regarding the implementation of the reference model, Member States shall:

(a)appoint a competent authority or another entity to fulfil the reporting obligations outlined in this Article. The mandate and arrangements for its appointment shall be clearly detailed in the national implementation framework and communicated to the Commission;

(b)require the appointed authority or entity to produce and keep up to date a detailed mapping of national practices, which includes a comprehensive description and explanation of how the procedural steps set out in Tables III.1 and III.2 of the Annex are performed. This mapping should indicate any combined steps and the sequence in which they are executed;

(c)ensure the mapping of national practices, as mentioned in point (b), is submitted by the appointed authority or entity to the ENTSO-E and the EU DSO entity, who shall publish it in a publicly accessible repository, as referred to in Article 10.

2.The reporting of national practices shall include information on the national implementation of the reference model, including of the various roles involved, information exchanges, and procedures.

3.The reporting of national practices shall adhere to the guidance developed by the ENTSO-E and the EU DSO entity referred to in Article 11.

4.The competent authority or other entity appointed in accordance with paragraph 1(a) shall provide the reporting of national practices to the ENTSO-E and the EU DSO entity and ensure the Commission is duly informed by no later than 1 July 2027.

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accounting point
means a metering point or a virtual metering point under the responsibility of a balance responsible party, where the energy supply is provided by an energy supplier, the settlement is performed, and the energy supplier switch can take place;
affected party
means a market participant who gains or loses responsibility for the accounting point concerned as a direct result of a process in the retail market or the cancellation of that process;
authentication
means authentication as defined in point (16) of Article 2 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1162;
balance responsible party
means balance responsible party as defined in point (14) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2019/943 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
electricity supply contract
means a contract for the supply of electricity, but does not include electricity derivatives, as defined in point (13) of Article 2 of Directive (EU) 2019/944;
entitled party
means a market participant that is to be informed about changes made in the metering point register by the metering point administrator, or the delegated entity where Member States have so provided, as a result of a process in the retail market or the cancellation of that process;
final customer
means final customer as defined in point (3) of Article 2 of Directive (EU) 2019/944;
future supplier
means a supplier that is already registered in the metering point register for an accounting point for a specified time period in the future.
metered data administrator
means metered data administrator as defined in point (7) of Article 2 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1162;
metering point
means a physical location where the withdrawal or injection of electrical quantities is measured or calculated;
metering point administrator
means metering point administrator as defined in point (12) of Article 2 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1162;
permission
means permission as defined in point (8) of Article 2 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1162;
permission administrator
means permission administrator as defined in point (10) of Article 2 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1162;
reference model
means reference model as defined in point (1) of Article 2 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1162;
supply
means supply as defined in point (12) of Article 2 of Directive (EU) 2019/944;