Common use of Balance Group Nomination Clause in Contracts

Balance Group Nomination. 4.1 The Contracted Capacity may only be nominated after allocation to a Balance Group and/or a Sub-Balance Account by the Balance Responsible Party (“Bilanzgruppenverantwortlicher BGV”) in accordance with the provisions of the Other Market Rules as last amended. The System User shall perform the allocation to a Balance Group in due time. The respective lead times and further details are published in the dedicated procedure on the TAG GmbH’s website. 4.2 The System User has to ensure that an authorization by the Balance Responsible Party exists, in order to enable the allocation of Contracted Capacity to the appropriate Balance Group(s) or to a Sub-Balance Account and communicate this information to the TSO according to the rules of the Other Market Rules as last amended and further details published in the dedicated procedure on the TAG GmbH’s website. 4.3 Should the Balance Responsible Party violate provisions of the market rules and therefore limitations to nominations are ordered or the authorization to nominate has been suspended, this shall not affect the validity of this Frame Capacity Contract and the payment obligation of the System User. If these capacity rights are assigned to another Balance Group or Sub-Balance Account of another Balance Responsible Party with a valid nomination authorization or the contractual conditions between Balance Responsible Party and Market Area Manager are restored, these capacity rights are fully entitled to be nominated. 4.4 The allocation of capacity to a Balance Group or a Sub-Balance Account shall remain valid as long as the contractual obligations are met by the System User. The allocation of capacities is otherwise deemed void. 4.5 Balance Responsible Party on behalf of System User is obliged to notify TSO of any change of third-party delivering/off-taking with 3 (three) working days in advance. In the event that Balance Responsible Party fails to provide such information in a timely manner TSO cannot be held responsible for any damages occurring due to a mismatch with the interconnected transmission system operator. 4.6 The allocation shall take place in accordance with the confirmed nominations.

Balance Group Nomination. 4.1 The Contracted Capacity may only be nominated after allocation to a Balance Group and/or a Sub-Balance Account by the Balance Responsible Party (“Bilanzgruppenverantwortlicher BGV”) in accordance with the provisions of the Other Market Rules as last amended. The System User shall perform the allocation to a Balance Group in due time. The respective lead times and further details are published in the dedicated procedure on the TAG GmbH’s website. 4.2 The System User has to ensure that an authorization by the Balance Responsible Party exists, in order to enable the allocation of Contracted Capacity to the appropriate Balance Group(s) or to a Sub-Balance Account and communicate this information to the TSO according to the rules of the Other Market Rules as last amended and further details published in the dedicated procedure on the TAG GmbH’s website. 4.3 Should the Balance Responsible Party violate provisions of the market rules and therefore limitations to nominations are ordered or the authorization to nominate has been suspended, this shall not affect the validity of this Frame Capacity Contract and the payment obligation of the System User. If these capacity rights are assigned to another Balance Group or Sub-Balance Account of another Balance Responsible Party with a valid nomination authorization or the contractual conditions between Balance Responsible Party and Market Area Manager are restored, these capacity rights are fully entitled to be nominated. 4.4 The allocation of capacity to a Balance Group or a Sub-Balance Account shall remain valid as long as the contractual obligations are met by the System User. The allocation of capacities is otherwise deemed void. 4.5 Balance Responsible Party on behalf of System User is obliged to notify TSO of any change of third-party delivering/off-taking with 3 (three) working days in advance. In the event that Balance Responsible Party fails to provide such information in a timely manner TSO cannot be held responsible for any damages occurring due to a mismatch with the interconnected transmission system operator. 4.6 The allocation shall take place in accordance with the confirmed nominations. 5.1 The System User shall pay to the TSO on a monthly basis the capacity-based “Em” and commodity-based “Cm” fee, if any, in Euros (EUR) for the services provided and based on the Contracted Capacity, calculated in accordance with the Gas System Charges Ordinance 2013 (Gas-Systemnutzungsentgelte-Verordnung 2013, hereinafter GSNE-VO 2013) in its latest valid version as approved by E-Control as follows: Em = Em1 + Em2 where, for successfully booked standard yearly, quarterly and monthly capacity products: Em1 �( *D*K*100) *Q� /M/100 (Rounded to integer in €) 365 Em2 = (AP*Q)/M/100 (Rounded to integer in €) SUCcap: Capacity-based System Utilisation Charge for the respective Contracted Capacity pursuant to GSNE-VO 2013 in its latest valid version, in €/(kWh/h)/year

Balance Group Nomination. ‌ 4.1 The Contracted Capacity may only be nominated after allocation to a Balance Group and/or a Sub-Balance Account by the Balance Responsible Party (“Bilanzgruppenverantwortlicher BGV”) in accordance with the provisions of the Other Market Rules as last amended. The System User shall perform the allocation to a Balance Group in due time. The respective lead times and further details are published in the dedicated procedure on the TAG GmbH’s website. 4.2 The System User has to ensure that an authorization by the Balance Responsible Party exists, in order to enable the allocation of Contracted Capacity to the appropriate Balance Group(s) or to a Sub-Balance Account and communicate this information to the TSO according to the rules of the Other Market Rules as last amended and further details published in the dedicated procedure on the TAG GmbH’s website. 4.3 Should the Balance Responsible Party violate provisions of the market rules and therefore limitations to nominations are ordered or the authorization to nominate has been suspended, this shall not affect the validity of this Frame Capacity Contract and the payment obligation of the System User. If these capacity rights are assigned to another Balance Group or Sub-Balance Account of another Balance Responsible Party with a valid nomination authorization or the contractual conditions between Balance Responsible Party and Market Area Manager are restored, these capacity rights are fully entitled to be nominated. 4.4 The allocation of capacity to a Balance Group or a Sub-Balance Account shall remain valid as long as the contractual obligations are met by the System User. The allocation of capacities is otherwise deemed void. 4.5 Balance Responsible Party on behalf of System User is obliged to notify TSO of any change of third-3rd party delivering/off-taking with 3 (three) working days in advance. In the event that Balance Responsible Party fails to provide such information in a timely manner TSO cannot be held responsible for any damages occurring due to a mismatch with the interconnected transmission system operator. 4.6 The allocation shall take place in accordance with the confirmed nominations.