Paragraph 16

(1)

Article 15 is amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph 1, after “cooperate”, insert “with each other and must endeavour to cooperate with non-UK TSOs”.

(3)

In paragraph 2—

(a)

in the words before point (a)—

(i)

for “national regulatory authorities, those authorities”, substitute “national regulatory authority, it”;

(ii)

after “require the”, insert “concerned”;

(b)

in point (e)—

(i)

for “their respective national regulatory authorities”, substitute “the national regulatory authority”;

(ii)

omit “of each involved member State”;

(c)

after point (e), insert—

“In performing the actions referred to in points (a) to (e), the concerned transmission system operators must endeavour to cooperate with the concerned non-UK TSOs.”; and

(d)

in the words after point (e), after “transmission system operators”, insert “and concerned non-UK TSOs”.

(4)

In paragraph 3—

(a)

for “each national”, in both places it occurs, substitute “the national”;

(b)

after “consult the”, for “national”, substitute “non-UK”;

(c)

for “Member States”, substitute “countries or territories”; and

(d)

after “adjacent”, for “national”, substitute “non-UK”.

(5)

After paragraph 3, insert—

“4.

If both national regulatory authorities are concerned, they must cooperate with each other, and references in paragraphs 2 and 3 to “the national regulatory authority” are to be read as references to “the national regulatory authorities”. ”.