Directive 2009/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas and repealing Directive 2003/55/EC (Text with EEA relevance) Basic information Dates Date of document: Date of publication: Date of effect: September 3, 2009 Entry into force - Date pub. + 20 See Art 56 March 3, 2011 Partial application - See Art 53 Date of transposition: Date of end of validity: Modified by Corrected by: Modified by: Directive (EU) 2019/692 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 amending Directive 2009/73/EC concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas (Text with EEA relevance.)
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detail Regulation (EU) 2022/869 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2022 on guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure, amending Regulations (EC) No 715/2009, (EU) 2019/942 and (EU) 2019/943 and Directives 2009/73/EC and (EU) 2019/944, and repealing Regulation (EU) No 347/2013
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detail Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action, amending Regulations (EC) No 663/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives 94/22/EC, 98/70/EC, 2009/31/EC, 2009/73/EC, 2010/31/EU, 2012/27/EU and 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 2009/119/EC and (EU) 2015/652 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance.)
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detail Repealed by: Modifies Repeal: Affected by case undefined Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 25 January 2024. Global NRG Kereskedelmi és Tanácsadó Zrt. v Magyar Energetikai és Közmű-szabályozási Hivatal. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Törvényszék. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Internal market in natural gas – Directive 2009/73/EC – Article 41(17) – Natural gas transmission system – National regulatory authority – Fixing of system usage charges and connection fees – Fixing of remuneration for any services provided by the system operator – Concept of ‘a party affected by a decision of a regulatory authority’ – Appeal against that decision – Right to an effective remedy – Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. Case C-277/22. Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 24 February 2022. Latvijas Gāze' AS. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Satversmes tiesa. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Internal market in natural gas – Directive 2009/73/EC – Article 2(3) – Concept of ‘transmission’ – Article 23 – Decision-making powers regarding the connection of storage facilities, liquid natural gas regasification facilities and industrial customers to the transmission system – Article 32(1) – Access to the network for third parties – Possibility of direct connection for final customers to the natural gas transmission system. Case C-290/20. Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 19 March 2015. E.ON Földgáz Trade Zrt v Magyar Energetikai és Közmű-szabályozási Hivatal. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Kúria. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Internal market in natural gas –Directive 2003/55/EC — Article 25 — Directive 2009/73/EC — Articles 41 and 54 — Temporal application –Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005 — Article 5 — Capacity allocation mechanisms and congestion management procedures — Decision of a regulatory authority — Right to bring an action — Action brought by a company holding a natural gas transmission authorisation — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 47 — Right to effective judicial protection against a decision of a regulatory authority. Case C-510/13. Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 30 April 2020. „Оvergas Mrezhi“ AD and „Balgarska gazova asotsiatsia“ v Komisia za energiyno i vodno regulirane (KEVR). Request for a preliminary ruling from the Varhoven administrativen sad. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common rules for the internal market in natural gas — Directive 2009/73/EC — Article 3(1) to (3) and Article 41(16) — Public service obligations — Natural gas storage obligations for the purposes of ensuring the security and regularity of supply — National legislation providing that the financial burden of the public service obligations imposed on the natural gas undertakings is to be passed on to their customers — Conditions — Adoption of a legal act by a national regulatory authority imposing a public service obligation — Procedure — Articles 36 and 38 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. Case C-5/19. Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 7 September 2016. Association nationale des opérateurs détaillants en énergie (ANODE) v Premier ministre and Others. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d'État (France). Reference for a preliminary ruling — Approximation of laws — Directive 2009/73/EC — Energy — Gas sector — Fixing of prices for supplying natural gas to final customers — Regulated tariffs — Obstacle — Compatibility — Criteria of assessment — Objectives of security of supply and territorial cohesion. Case C-121/15. Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 19 December 2019. GRDF SA v Eni Gas & Power France SA and Others. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common rules for the internal market in natural gas — Directive 2009/73/EC — Article 41(11) — Settlement of disputes concerning the obligations imposed on a system operator — Temporal effects of decisions of the dispute settlement authority — Legal certainty — Legitimate expectations. Case C-236/18. Case C-205/23, Engie România: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunalul București (Romania) lodged on 28 March 2023 — Engie România SA v Autoritatea Națională de Reglementare în Domeniul Energiei Case C-236/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation (France) lodged on 29 March 2018 — GRDF SA v Eni Gas & Power France SA, Direct énergie, Commission de régulation de l’énergie, Procureur général près la Cour d’appel de Paris Case C-417/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per il Lazio (Italy) lodged on 10 July 2017 — Hera Comm Srl v Autorita Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato, Autorità per l'Energia Elettrica il Gas e il Sistema Idrico Case C-408/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per il Lazio (Italy) lodged on 6 July 2017 — Enel Energia SpA v Autorità Garante della Concorrenza ed del Mercato and Others Case C-407/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per il Lazio (Italy) lodged on 6 July 2017 — Green Network SpA v Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato and Others Case C-406/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per il Lazio (Italy) lodged on 6 July 2017 — Acea Energia SpA v Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato and Others Case C-87/24, Gaso and Conexus Baltic Grid: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Administratīvā apgabaltiesa (Latvia) lodged on 2 February 2024 – AS Gaso and AS Conexus Baltic Grid v Sabiedrisko pakalpojumu regulēšanas komisija article 41 paragraph 8 article 41 Case C-5/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Varhoven administrativen sad (Bulgaria) lodged on 4 January 2019 — Оvergaz Mrezhi AD, Non-profit association Bulgarska Gazova Asotsiatsia v Komisia za energiyno i vodno regulirane recital 49 recital 48 recital 47 recital 44 article 3 Case C-121/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d'État (France) lodged on 18 December 2014 — Association nationale des opérateurs détaillants en énergie (ANODE) v Premier ministre, Ministre de l’économie, de l’industrie et du numérique, Commission de régulation de l’énergie, GDF Suez article 3 paragraph 2 article 3 paragraph 1 Case C-290/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Satversmes tiesa (Latvia) lodged on 30 June 2020 — AS Latvijas Gāze v Latvijas Republikas Saeima, Sabiedrisko pakalpojumu regulēšanas komisija article 2 point 3 article 32 paragraph 1 article 23 Case C-277/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Törvényszék (Hungary) lodged on 22 April 2022 — Global NRG Kereskedelmi és Tanácsadó Zrt. v Magyar Energetikai és Közmű-szabályozási Hivatal Legal basis Treaty establishing the European Community (consolidated version) Part Three - Community policies TITLE III - Free movement of persons, services and capital Chapter 2 - Right of establishment Article 47 Treaty establishing the European Community (consolidated version) Part Five - Institutions of the Community TITLE I - Provisions governing the institutions Chapter 2 - Provisions common to several institutions Article 251 Treaty establishing the European Community (consolidated version) Part Three - Community policies TITLE III - Free movement of persons, services and capital Chapter 3 - Ser vices Article 55 Treaty establishing the European Community (consolidated version) Part Three - Community policies TITLE VI - Common rules on competition, taxation and approximation of laws Chapter 3 - Approximation of laws Article 95 EuroVoc Vocabulary Market access Energy storage Other measures relating to oil or gas Energy Single market Restriction on competition Energy distribution Natural gas Gas supply Biogas Consumer protection Approximation of laws Internal market - Principles Energy grid