Legislative notification obligations of gas supply licensees towards the Regulatory Office for Network Industries (URSO)

• notify the Office annually by the end of February that they did not perform a regulated activity in the previous year for which they have a license or confirmation of compliance with the notification obligation (e. g. for 2021, the Office must be notified by the end of February 2022)

• before starting gas supply, register in the National Register of Wholesale Market Participants (CEREMP) pursuant to REMIT according to the instructions on the Office's website

• within 30 days from the beginning of the activity, submit to the Office for approval the Rules for the allocation of assets and liabilities and costs and revenues according to URSO Decree no. 446/2012 Coll. They are submitted once and are valid for an indefinite period. [If the gas supplier does not carry out any other activity as part of their business, they must only notify the Office that they are not submitting them for this reason.]

• by end of February each year, inform the Office the fact that it did not supply gas to households’ customers / non-households’ customers and therefore does not submit to the Office an evaluation of quality standards for the previous year according to the Decree No. 278/2012 Coll.

• by 30 April each year, submit to the Office the outputs from the Separate Accounts for the previous year in accordance with Annex 8 or 9 of Decree 446/2012 Coll. The data sheets can be found on the Office's website.

• by 15 July each year, submit to the Office an overview of the reciprocal financial transactions between the related undertakings for the preceding year, in the case of a related undertaking.

• notify the Office of contact details for the purpose of requesting data for URSO's Annual Report and for its other activities.

• before starting gas supply, register in the National Register of Wholesale Market Participants (CEREMP) pursuant to REMIT according to the instructions on the Office's website

• within 30 days from the beginning of the activity, submit to the Office for approval the Rules for the allocation of assets and liabilities and costs and revenues according to URSO Decree no. 446/2012 Coll. They are submitted once and are valid for an indefinite period. [If the gas supplier does not carry out any other activity as part of their business, they must only notify the Office that they are not submitting them for this reason.]

• notify the Office of contact details for the purpose of requesting data for URSO's Annual Report and for its other activities.

• by 30 April each year, submit to the Office the outputs from the Separate Accounts for the previous year in accordance with Annex 8 or 9 of Decree 446/2012 Coll. The data sheets can be found on the Office's website.

• annually, by the end of February, submit to the Office an overview of paid compensation payments for the previous year pursuant to Decree No. 278/2012 Coll.

• annually, by the end of February, submit to the Office an evaluation of the quality standards for the previous year according to Decree No. 278/2012 Coll. and at the same time publish it on their website

• before starting gas supply to vulnerable consumers (households/small enterprises), submit to the Office by post their price proposal (for households and for small enterprises) within 15 days from the delivery of the license (then until 30 September of the last calendar year of the regulatory period) according to Decree 223/2016 Coll. The price decision is valid until the end of current regulatory period

• before starting gas supply to vulnerable consumers (households/small enterprises), submit to the Office by post the terms and conditions of gas supply within 30 days from the delivery of the license (then no later than 30 days before their amendment) according to the model terms and conditions (for households and for small enterprises).

• by 15 July each year, submit to the Office an overview of the reciprocal financial transactions between the related undertakings for the preceding year, in the case of a related undertaking.

• submit to the Office for approval a service level agreement with an estimated value of more than EUR 100 000 in the case of a vertically integrated undertaking.

• notify the Office of the subject and conditions of the tender for a contract with a value exceeding more than EUR 100 000 in the case of a vertically integrated undertaking, and does not procure it in accordance with a special regulation.

• notify the Office of a contract with a value of more than EUR 300 000, unless it is a vertically integrated undertaking and has a price decision issued, within 30 days of the delivery (receipt) of the subject of the contract.

• submit to the Office a price list of gas before its coming into force, if it has a price decision issued, and at the same time, publish it on the supplier's website.

• Act No. 250/2012 Coll. on Regulation in Network Industries, as amended
• Act No. 251/2012 Coll. on Energy and on Amendments to Certain Acts, as amended
• URSO Decree No. 278/2012 Coll. which lays down quality standards for gas storage, gas transmission, gas distribution and gas supply, as amended by Decree No. 233/2016 Coll.
• URSO Decree No. 446/2012 Coll. which establishes the method of keeping records of facts that are the subject of accounting, the method of keeping records of costs, revenues, assets and liabilities, the form and deadlines for submitting outputs from the records
• URSO Decree No. 223/2016 Coll. which establishes price regulation in the gas sector and as amended by Decree No. 206/2018 Coll.

• Electricity Regulation Department: National Register of energy market participants (CEREMP)
• Gas Regulation and Electricity and Gas Trade Department: gas supply price proposal for vulnerable customers, price list of gas supply for vulnerable customers, the terms and conditions of gas supply for vulnerable customers
• Regulatory Policy Department: quality standards, compensation payments, separate accounts, rules for the allocation of assets and liabilities and costs and revenues, financial transactions of affiliated companies, tenders and contracts, service level agreements, notification of non - performance of a regulated activity