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Regulatory Overview of April 2024
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Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/873 of 30 January 2024 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/331 as regards transitional Union-wide rules for harmonised freeallocation of emission allowances published in the EU Official Journal
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Benchmarking Regulation (Harmonised Allocation Rules)
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ESMA publishes outcome of first year of the DLT Pilot Regime (ESMA75-117376770-460) |
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ENTSO-E Amendment proposal for CCR Hansa ID/DA Capacity Calculation Methodology (Common Coordinated Capacity Calculation Methodology for Capacity Calculation Region Hansa in accordance with article 20(2) of the Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1222 of 24 July 2015 establishing a Guideline on Capacity Allocation and Congestion Management) |
Cross-zonal capacity |
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Agency Report Analysis of the Consultation Document on the Gas Transmission Tariff Structure for the Netherlands NRA: Authority for Consumers & Markets, TSO: Gasunie Transport Services B.V. |
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5 | ESMA Market Report, EU Securities Financing Transactions markets 2024, ESMA50-524821-3147 |
Regulation on transparency of securities financing transactions and of reuse (SFTR) |
6 | Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1041 of 28 November 2023 amending Regulation (EU) 2022/869 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the Union list of projects of common interest and projects of mutual interest published in the EU Official Journal |
Regulation on Trans-European Energy Networks (TEN-E Regulation)
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7 | ACER alerts European Parliament and Commission of pressing need for power grid operators to maximise the electricity transmission capacity they make available for cross-border trading
ACER Opinion No 02/2024 of 10 April 2024 on the necessary developments for the fulfilment of the minimum cross-zonal capacity requirements |
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8 | European Commission approves €1 billion Greek State aid measures to support renewable energy generation and storage projects | |
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Commission approves €350 million German State aid scheme to support renewable hydrogen production
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10 | The Council formally adopted a revised directive on the energy performance of buildings | Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) |
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The Council adopted the revised directive on industrial emissions (IED) and the regulation on the establishment of an industrial emissions portal (IEP) |
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12 | The electricity market design (EMD) composed of a Regulation and a Directive adopted on by the European Parliament
European Parliament legislative resolution of 11 April 2024 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) 2019/943 and (EU) 2019/942 as well as Directives (EU) 2018/2001 and (EU) 2019/944 to improve the Union’s electricity market design (COM(2023)0148 – C9-0049/2023 – 2023/0077A(COD)) |
Energy Package |
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European Parliament legislative resolution of 11 April 2024 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for the internal markets in renewable and natural gases and in hydrogen (recast) (COM(2021)0803 – C9-0468/2021 – 2021/0425(COD)
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Hydrogen use in the energy sector |
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Regulation (EU) 2024/1106 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 April 2024 amending Regulations (EU) No 1227/2011 and (EU) 2019/942 as regards improving the Union’s protection against market manipulation on the wholesale energy market published in the EU Official Journal
ACER Open letter on the implications of the revision of Regulation (EU) No 1227/2011 on REMIT data reporting aspects and notification obligations
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Organised market place or organised market - OMP
Market manipulation prohibition under REMIT
Registered Reporting Mechanism (RRM)
Single day-ahead coupling (SDAC)
Single intraday coupling (SIDC)
The notion of "market participant" under REMIT Regulation
Wholesale energy products under the REMIT Regulation
Persons professionally arranging and executing transactions - PPAET
Direct Electronic Access (DEA)
Insider trading prohibition under REMIT
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15 | REMIT breach: the Bulgarian energy regulator (EWRC) fines Kozloduy NPP EAD € 300,000 for insider trading | Insider trading prohibition under REMIT |