{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1388/article-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1388/article-16.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2016/1388",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1388 of 17 August 2016 establishing a Network Code on Demand Connection (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1388",
  "path": "article/16",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Protection requirements",
  "text": "1. The relevant TSO shall specify the devices and settings required to protect the transmission network in accordance with the characteristics of the transmission-connected demand facility or the transmission-connected distribution system. The relevant TSO and the transmission-connected demand facility owner or the transmission-connected distribution system operator shall agree on protection schemes and settings relevant for the transmission-connected demand facility or the transmission-connected distribution system.\n2. Electrical protection of the transmission-connected demand facility or the transmission-connected distribution system shall take precedence over operational controls while respecting system security, health and safety of staff and the public.\n3. Protection scheme devices may cover the following elements:\n(a) external and internal short circuit;\n(b) over- and under-voltage at the connection point to the transmission system;\n(c) over- and under-frequency;\n(d) demand circuit protection;\n(e) unit transformer protection;\n(f) back-up against protection and switchgear malfunction.\n4. The relevant TSO and the transmission-connected demand facility owner or the transmission-connected distribution system operator shall agree on any changes to the protection schemes relevant for the transmission-connected demand facility or the transmission-connected distribution system, and on the arrangements for the protection schemes of the transmission-connected demand facility or the transmission-connected distribution system.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/1388/article/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:45:37.269760+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}