# Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1719 of 26 September 2016 establishing a guideline on forward capacity allocation (Text with EEA relevance) (revoked) EU Regulation 2016/1719 · adopted 26 September 2016 Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1719 of 26 September 2016 establishing a guideline on forward capacity allocation (Text with EEA relevance) ## Introductory text Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1719 of 26 September 2016 establishing a guideline on forward capacity allocation (Text with EEA relevance) (revoked) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title I: GENERAL PROVISIONS ## 1 Subject matter and scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Objectives of forward capacity allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Adoption of terms and conditions or methodologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Stakeholder involvement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Consultation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Confidentiality obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title II: REQUIREMENTS FOR TERMS, CONDITIONS AND METHODOLOGIES ### Chapter 1: Forward capacity calculation ### Section 1: General requirements ## 8 Capacity calculation regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Capacity calculation time frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: Capacity calculation methodology ## 10 Capacity calculation methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Reliability margin methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Methodologies for operational security limits and contingencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Generation shift keys methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Methodology for remedial actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Cross-zonal capacity validation methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Methodology for splitting long-term cross-zonal capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 3: Common grid model ## 17 Generation and load data provision methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Common grid model methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Scenarios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Individual grid model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 4: Capacity calculation process ## 21 General provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Creation of a common grid model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Regional calculations of long-term cross-zonal capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Validation and delivery of cross-zonal capacity and split cross-zonal capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Coordinated curtailment of cross-zonal capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 5: Biennial report on capacity calculation ## 26 Biennial report on capacity calculation and allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 2: Bidding zones ## 27 General provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 3: Forward capacity allocation ### Section 1: General provisions ## 28 General principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Input and results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: Options for cross-zonal transmission risk hedging ## 30 Decision on cross-zonal risk hedging opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Regional design of long-term transmission rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Physical transmission rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Financial transmission rights — options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Financial transmission rights — obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Principles for long-term transmission rights remuneration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 3: Nomination procedures for physical transmission rights ## 36 General provisions for physical transmission rights nomination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 4: Processes and operation ## 37 Terms and conditions for participation in the forward capacity allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Submission of input data to the single allocation platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Operation of the forward capacity allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Pricing of the long-term transmission rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Financial requirements and settlement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Establishment of fallback procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Return of long-term transmission rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Transfer of long-term transmission rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Delivery of results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 Initiation of fallback procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 Publication of market information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 4: Single allocation platform ## 48 Establishment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49 Functional requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 50 General tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 5: Harmonised allocation rules ## 51 Introduction of harmonised allocation rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 52 Requirements for the harmonised allocation rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 6: Firmness of allocated cross-zonal capacity ## 53 General firmness provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 54 Definition of caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 55 Compensation rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 56 Firmness in the event of force majeure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 7: Congestion income distribution ## 57 Congestion income distribution methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 8: Cost recovery ## 58 General provisions on cost recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 59 Cost of establishing, developing and operating the single allocation platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 60 Cost of establishing and operating the coordinated capacity calculation process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 61 Cost of ensuring firmness and remuneration of long-term transmission rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title III: DELEGATION OF TASKS AND MONITORING ## 62 Delegation of tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 63 Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title IV: FINAL PROVISIONS ## 64 Entry into force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/1719 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1719 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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