Amendment Gas Act

As from 1 April 2011 several significant provisions of the Act "Wijziging van de Gaswet en de Elektriciteitswet 1998, tot versterking van de werking van de gasmarkt, verbetering van de voorzieningszekerheid en houdende regels met betrekking tot de voorrang voor duurzame elektriciteit, alsmede enkele andere wijzigingen van deze wetten¹" will come into force. These provisions intend to improve the functioning of the Dutch gas market.

1. Improvement of the functioning of the gas market

In order to improve the functioning of the gas market, the Gas Act is amended as follows:

a) Integration of gas quality
In the past, market parties were obliged to tender for conversion capacity as provided by the grid operator of the national gas transmission grid ("GTS")², as a result of which this conversion capacity was fully booked in advance. In practice it turned out that the capacity booked was not always used, while the unused capacity did not become available