# The Gas Transit (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1992, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations implement Council Directive No. 91/296/EEC (O.J. 1991, No. L 147, 12.6.91, p.37), which requires member States to take the measures necessary to facilitate the transit of natural gas between high pressure transmission grids. At the date on which the Regulations were made, British Gas plc, the owner and operator of the only high pressure pipe-line grid in the United Kingdom, was the only grid operator in the United Kingdom to which these Regulations apply.
The grid operator, when any request for gas transit has been made, is placed under an obligation to notify the Commission, the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and the Director General of Gas Supply ( “the national authorities ”) of the request, open negotiations on the conditions of gas transit, and inform the national authorities of the conclusion of a relevant contract. If negotiations fail to result in the conclusion of a contract within twelve months of the request for gas transit, the grid operator must also inform the national authorities of the reasons for the negotiations to result in a contract. The Director General of Gas Supply is empowered to enforce any of these obligations in civil proceedings.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/1190/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/gas-transit-eec-requirements-regulations-1992/note
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