On 7 December 2006 the ERGEG launched a public consultation on  Draft Guidelines of Good Practice for Open Season Procedures.  Open season procedures generally consist of a two-step process starting with an open assessment of market demand for a specific proposal (first step) and a subsequent phase of capacity allocation (second step).

These draft Guidelines were prepared on foot of a request of the  European Commission at the 11^th Madrid Forum (18-19 May 2006).   The guidelines aim at clarifying the role of open season procedures in light of Commission’s draft explanatory notes on Article 5 (1 – 5) as well as Annex 2.1 and 2.2 of Regulation 1775/2005/EC.

ERGEG invites all interested parties to comment on issues raised in the text.  If a respondent would like ERGEG to treat their submission with confidentiality, this must be explicitly mentioned.

Any comments should be received by 19 January 2007 and should be sent to openseason@ergeg.org

Any question to this document should in first instance be directed to:

         Mrs Fay Geitona
         Email: fay.geitona@ceer-eu.org
         Tel. +32 2 788 73 30
         Fax +32 2 788 73 50 

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