Common use of REGENT Provisions Clause in Contracts

REGENT Provisions. ‌ As of 1 January 2020 the provisions of the Bundesnetzagentur “Festlegung zur Referenz- preismethode sowie der weiteren in Art. 26 Abs. 1 der Verordnung (EU) Nr. 2017/460 ge- nannten Punkte für alle im Ein- und Ausspeisesystem NetConnect Germany / GASPOOL täti- gen Fernleitungsnetzbetreiber (REGENT-NCG/GP, BK9-18/611-GP)” (following: REGENT) shall apply to the calculation of transmission fees in the German gas grid. In this context, German transmission system operators (TSOs) shall – beside other rules under REGENT – grant a 75% discount on the yearly fees for German transmission capacities at storage facilities. Some special REGENT provisions concerning the transmission fee discount at storage con- nection points are applicable to storage facilities in Germany – as UGS Jemgum –, which are connected to more than one market area or to the market area of a neighbouring country. In case of a single-market area usage of the Storage Service a transmission fee discount shall be offered by the TSO. For the cross-market area/ cross-border usage of the Storage Service no transmission fee discount will be granted (Storage Customer pays the undiscounted transmission fee). The parallel cross-market area/ cross-border usage and single-market area usage of the Storage Service is possible as long as the REGENT provisions are maintained. For this case, EWE must separate the gas amounts of the Storage Customer according to the use of discounted and undiscounted transmission capacity. EWE has generally to separate between a) discounted gas-accounts, and

REGENT Provisions. ‌ As of 1 January 2020 the provisions of the Bundesnetzagentur “Festlegung zur Referenz- preismethode sowie der weiteren in Art. 26 Abs. 1 der Verordnung (EU) Nr. 2017/460 ge- nannten Punkte für alle im Ein- und Ausspeisesystem NetConnect Germany / GASPOOL täti- gen Fernleitungsnetzbetreiber Fernleitungsnetzbetreiber“ (REGENT-NCG/GPGPL, BK9-18/61118/610 NCG bzw. XX0-GP)” (00/000 XX; following: REGENT) shall apply to the calculation of transmission fees in the German gas grid. In this context, German transmission system operators (TSOs) shall – beside other rules under un- der REGENT – grant a 75% discount on the yearly fees for German transmission capacities at storage facilities. Some special REGENT provisions concerning the transmission fee discount at storage con- nection points are applicable to storage facilities in Germany – as UGS Jemgum –, which are connected to more than one market area or to the market area of a neighbouring country. In case of a single-market area usage of the Storage Service a transmission fee discount shall be offered by the TSO. For the cross-market area/ cross-border usage of the Storage Service no transmission fee discount will be granted (Storage Customer pays the undiscounted transmission fee). The parallel cross-market area/ cross-border usage and single-market area usage of the Storage Service is possible as long as the REGENT provisions are maintained. For this case, EWE must separate the gas amounts of the Storage Customer according to the use of discounted and undiscounted transmission capacity. EWE has generally to separate between a) discounted gas-accounts, and