# Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1388 of 17 August 2016 establishing a Network Code on Demand Connection (Text with EEA relevance), Article 17: Control requirements

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. The relevant TSO and the transmission-connected demand facility owner or the transmission-connected distribution system operator shall agree on the schemes and settings of the different control devices of the transmission-connected demand facility or the transmission-connected distribution system relevant for system security.
2. The agreement shall cover at least the following elements:
(a) isolated (network) operation;
(b) damping of oscillations;
(c) disturbances to the transmission network;
(d) automatic switching to emergency supply and restoration to normal topology;
(e) automatic circuit-breaker re-closure (on 1-phase faults).
3. The relevant TSO and the transmission-connected demand facility owner or the transmission-connected distribution system operator shall agree on any changes to the schemes and settings of the different control devices of the transmission-connected demand facility or the transmission-connected distribution system relevant for system security.
4. With regard to priority ranking of protection and control, the transmission-connected demand facility owner or the transmission-connected distribution system operator shall set the protection and control devices of its transmission-connected demand facility or its transmission-connected distribution system respectively, in compliance with the following priority ranking, organised in decreasing order of importance:
(a) transmission network protection;
(b) transmission-connected demand facility or transmission-connected distribution system protection;
(c) frequency control (active power adjustment);
(d) power restriction.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/1388/article/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1388/article-17
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