Market integration

Supports Contracting Parties in transposing the Electricity Integration Package through drafting, amending and reviewing relevant draft legal acts and provisions
Supports Contracting Parties and relevant energy sector stakeholders in implementing the Electricity Integration Package
Facilitates regional cooperation and accelerated electricity market integration of the Contracting Parties’ markets into the EU internal market for electricity, including through co-chairing of the Pentalateral Coordination Group Joint Expert Team for Energy Community (PCG JET EnC)
Supports harmonization of value-added tax (VAT) regulations and other legislative provisions which are essential for the efficient operation of the integrated electricity markets
Provides guidance and interpretations of the provisions of the Electricity Integration Package

Document Name	Published on	All Cats
Interpretative Note 23/02/2024 on References to the Procedural Act 2022/01/MC-EnC for pan-EU terms and conditions or methodologies approved by ACER	01.03.2024	f6dcb63464bd41e1a324ac2df5a879a7

Monitoring
- Monitoring and reporting of the proper transposition and implementation of the Electricity Integration Package in line with its legal obligations stemming from the Treaty.
- By December 2025, the Secretariat to review the implementation of the Electricity Directive and submit a report to the Ministerial Council

Timeline and tasks
Timeline

For a complete and detailed overview by each act, please refer to the respective EIP roadmap.
Dec 2022

Adoption of Decision 2022/03/MC-EnC on Energy Integration Package

Jan 2024

General implementation deadline Electricity integration package.

Dec 2025

Secretariat to prepare the Ministerial Council a report on the implementation status.
- Tasks
Legal basis and purpose
Legal basis and purpose

On 15 December 2022, the Energy Community Ministerial Council adopted Decision 2022/03/MC-EnC on the incorporation of the European Union’s electricity market acquis in the Energy Community together with Procedural Act 2022/01/MC-EnC on fostering regional energy market integration. With these acts the Contracting Parties obliged themselves to bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with the new provisions by 31 December 2023.

The electricity integration package (EIP) enables full market integration of Contracting Parties into the single European market for electricity, based on the principle of reciprocity. Encompassing nine acts, the EIP aims to make the markets fit to deliver on cost-efficient clean energy transition while ensuring secure and affordable electricity supply to the citizens.

There are four EIP acts which are part of the Clean Energy for all Europeans package:
- Electricity Directive (EU) 2019/944 (recast);
- Electricity Regulation (EU) 2019/943;
- Risk-preparedness Regulation (EU) 2019/941 (recast);
- ACER Regulation (EU) 2019/942.
The five Network Codes and Guidelines establish detailed rules related to different market segments and system operation:
- Forward Capacity Allocation Guideline (FCA);
- Capacity Allocation and Congestion Management Guideline (CACM);
- Electricity Balancing Guideline (EB GL);
- System Operation Guideline (SOGL);
- Network Code on Emergency and Restoration (ER NC).

Electricity

Market integration

Timeline

Legal basis and purpose

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