Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/2195 of 23 November 2017 establishing a guideline on electricity balancing (Text with EEA relevance. )
Modified by
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/280of 22 February 2021amending Regulations (EU) 2015/1222, (EU) 2016/1719, (EU) 2017/2195 and (EU) 2017/1485 in order to align them with Regulation (EU) 2019/943(Text with EEA relevance), 32021R0280, February 23, 2021
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/828of 25 May 2022correcting the Polish language version of Regulation (EU) 2017/2195 establishing a guideline on electricity balancing(Text with EEA relevance), 32022R0828, May 30, 2022
Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/2195of 23 November 2017establishing a guideline on electricity balancing(Text with EEA relevance)TITLE IGENERAL PROVISIONSArticle 1Subject matter and scope1.This Regulation lays down a detailed guideline on electricity balancing including the establishment of common principles for the procurement and the settlement of frequency containment reserves, frequency restoration reserves and replacement reserves and a common methodology for the activation of frequency restoration reserves and replacement reserves.2.This Regulation shall apply to transmission system operators ("TSOs"), distribution system operators ("DSOs") including closed distribution systems, regulatory authorities, the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators ("the Agency"), the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity ("ENTSO-E"), third parties to whom responsibilities have been delegated or assigned and other market participants.3.This Regulation shall apply to all transmission systems and interconnections in the Union except the transmission systems on islands that are not connected with other transmission systems via interconnections.4.Where more than one TSO exists in a Member State, this Regulation shall apply to all TSOs in a Member State. Where a TSO does not have a function relevant to one or more obligations under this Regulation, Member States may provide that the responsibility to comply with those obligations is assigned to one or more specific TSOs.5.Where a load-frequency control ("LFC") area consists of two or more TSOs, all TSOs of that LFC area may decide, subject to the approval by the relevant regulatory authorities, to exercise one or more obligations under this Regulation in a coordinated manner for all scheduling areas of the LFC area.6.The European platforms for the exchange of standard products for balancing energy may be opened to TSOs operating in Switzerland on the condition that its national law implements the main provisions of Union electricity market legislation and that there is an intergovernmental agreement on electricity cooperation between the Union and Switzerland, or if the exclusion of Switzerland may lead to unscheduled physical power flows via Switzerland endangering the system security of the region.7.Subject to the conditions of paragraph 6, the participation of Switzerland in the European platforms for the exchange of standard products for balancing energy shall be decided by the Commission based on an opinion given by the Agency and all TSOs in accordance with the procedures set out in paragraph 3 of Article 4. The rights and responsibilities of Swiss TSOs shall be consistent with the rights and responsibilities of TSOs operating in the Union, allowing for a smooth functioning of balancing market at Union level and a level-playing field for all stakeholders.8.This Regulation shall apply to all system states defined in Article 18 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1485.Article 2DefinitionsFor the purposes of this Regulation, the definitions in Article 2 of Directive 2009/72/EC, Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 714/2009, Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 543/2013Commission Regulation (EU) No 543/2013 of 14 June 2013 on submission and publication of data in electricity markets and amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 714/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 163, 15.6.2013, p. 1)., Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1222Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1222 of 24 July 2015 establishing a guideline on capacity allocation and congestion management (OJ L 197, 25.7.2015, p. 24)., Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/631Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/631 of 14 April 2016 establishing a network code on requirements for grid connection of generators (OJ L 112, 27.4.2016, p. 1)., Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1388Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1388 of 17 August 2016 establishing a network code on demand connection (OJ L 223, 18.8.2016, p. 10)., Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1447Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1447 of 26 August 2016 establishing a network code on requirements for grid connection of high voltage direct current systems and direct current-connected power park modules (OJ L 241, 8.9.2016, p. 1)., Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1719Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1719 of 26 September 2016 establishing a guideline on forward capacity allocation (OJ L 259, 27.9.2016, p. 42)., Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1485, and Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/2196Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/2196 of 24 November 2017 establishing a network code on electricity emergency and restoration (see page 54 of this Official Journal). shall apply.The following definitions shall also apply:(1)"balancing" means all actions and processes, on all timelines, through which TSOs ensure, in a continuous way, the maintenance of system frequency within a predefined stability range as set out in Article 127 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1485, and compliance with the amount of reserves needed with respect to the required quality, as set out in Part IV Title V, Title VI and Title VII of Regulation (EU) 2017/1485;(2)"balancing market" means the entirety of institutional, commercial and operational arrangements that establish market-based management of balancing;(3)"balancing services" means balancing energy or balancing capacity, or both;(4)"balancing energy" means energy used by TSOs to perform balancing and provided by a balancing service provider;(5)"balancing capacity" means a volume of reserve capacity that a balancing service provider has agreed to hold and in respect to which the balancing service provider has agreed to submit bids for a corresponding volume of balancing energy to the TSO for the duration of the contract;(6)"balancing service provider" means a market participant with reserve-providing units or reserve-providing groups able to provide balancing services to TSOs;(7)"balance responsible party" means a market participant or its chosen representative responsible for its imbalances;(8)"imbalance" means an energy volume calculated for a balance responsible party and representing the difference between the allocated volume attributed to that balance responsible party and the final position of that balance responsible party, including any imbalance adjustment applied to that balance responsible party, within a given imbalance settlement period;(9)"imbalance settlement" means a financial settlement mechanism for charging or paying balance responsible parties for their imbalances;(10)"imbalance settlement period" means the time unit for which balance responsible parties' imbalance is calculated;(11)"imbalance area" means the area in which an imbalance is calculated;(12)"imbalance price" means the price, be it positive, zero or negative, in each imbalance settlement period for an imbalance in each direction;(13)"imbalance price area" means the area for the calculation of an imbalance price;(14)"imbalance adjustment" means an energy volume representing the balancing energy from a balancing service provider and applied by the connecting TSO for an imbalance settlement period to the concerned balance responsible parties, used for the calculation of the imbalance of these balance responsible parties;(15)"allocated volume" means an energy volume physically injected or withdrawn from the system and attributed to a balance responsible party, for the calculation of the imbalance of that balance responsible party;(16)"position" means the declared energy volume of a balance responsible party used for the calculation of its imbalance;(17)"self-dispatching model" means a scheduling and dispatching model where the generation schedules and consumption schedules as well as dispatching of power generating facilities and demand facilities are determined by the scheduling agents of those facilities;(18)"central dispatching model" means a scheduling and dispatching model where the generation schedules and consumption schedules as well as dispatching of power generating facilities and demand facilities, in reference to dispatchable facilities, are determined by a TSO within the integrated scheduling process;(19)"integrated scheduling process" means an iterative process that uses at least integrated scheduling process bids that contain commercial data, complex technical data of individual power generating facilities or demand facilities and explicitly includes the start-up characteristics, the latest control area adequacy analysis and the operational security limits as an input to the process;(20)"integrated scheduling process gate closure time" means the point in time when the submission or the update of integrated scheduling process bids is no longer permitted for the given iterations of the integrated scheduling process;(21)"TSO-TSO model" means a model for the exchange of balancing services where the balancing service provider provides balancing services to its connecting TSO, which then provides these balancing services to the requesting TSO;(22)"connecting TSO" means the TSO that operates the scheduling area in which balancing service providers and balance responsible parties shall be compliant with the terms and conditions related to balancing;(23)"exchange of balancing services" means either or both exchange of balancing energy and exchange of balancing capacity;(24)"exchange of balancing energy" means the activation of balancing energy bids for the delivery of balancing energy to a TSO in a different scheduling area than the one in which the activated balancing service provider is connected;(25)"exchange of balancing capacity" means the provision of balancing capacity to a TSO in a different scheduling area than the one in which the procured balancing service provider is connected;(26)"transfer of balancing capacity" means a transfer of balancing capacity from the initially contracted balancing service provider to another balancing service provider;(27)"balancing energy gate closure time" means the point in time when submission or update of a balancing energy bid for a standard product on a common merit order list is no longer permitted;(28)"standard product" means a harmonised balancing product defined by all TSOs for the exchange of balancing services;(29)"preparation period" means the period between the request by the connecting TSO in case of TSO-TSO model or by the contracting TSO in case of TSO-BSP model and the start of the ramping period;(30)"full activation time" means the period between the activation request by the connecting TSO in case of TSO-TSO model or by the contracting TSO in case of TSO-BSP model and the corresponding full delivery of the concerned product;(31)"deactivation period" means the period for ramping from full delivery to a set point, or from full withdrawal back to a set point;(32)"delivery period" means the period of delivery during which the balancing service provider delivers the full requested change of power in-feed to, or the full requested change of withdrawals from the system;(33)"validity period" means the period when the balancing energy bid offered by the balancing service provider can be activated, where all the characteristics of the product are respected. The validity period is defined by a start time and an end time;(34)"mode of activation" means the mode of activation of balancing energy bids, manual or automatic, depending on whether balancing energy is triggered manually by an operator or automatically in a closed-loop manner;(35)"divisibility" means the possibility for a TSO to use only part of the balancing energy bids or balancing capacity bids offered by the balancing service provider, either in terms of power activation or time duration;(36)"specific product" means a product different from a standard product;(37)"common merit order list" means a list of balancing energy bids sorted in order of their bid prices, used for the activation of those bids;(38)"TSO energy bid submission gate closure time" means the latest point in time when a connecting TSO can forward the balancing energy bids received from a balancing service provider to the activation optimisation function;(39)"activation optimisation function" means the function of operating the algorithm applied to optimise the activation of balancing energy bids;(40)"imbalance netting process function" means the role to operate the algorithm applied for operating the imbalance netting process;(41)"TSO-TSO settlement function" means the function of performing the settlement of cooperation processes between the TSOs;(42)"capacity procurement optimisation function" means the function of operating the algorithm applied for the optimisation of the procurement of balancing capacity for TSOs exchanging balancing capacity.(43)"TSO-BSP model" means a model for the exchange of balancing services where the balancing service provider provides balancing services directly to the contracting TSO, which then provides these balancing services to the requesting TSO;(44)"contracting TSO" means the TSO that has contractual arrangements for balancing services with a balancing service provider in another scheduling area;(45)"requesting TSO" means the TSO that requests the delivery of balancing energy.Article 3Objectives and regulatory aspects1.This Regulation aims at:(a)fostering effective competition, non-discrimination and transparency in balancing markets;(b)enhancing efficiency of balancing as well as efficiency of European and national balancing markets;(c)integrating balancing markets and promoting the possibilities for exchanges of balancing services while contributing to operational security;(d)contributing to the efficient long-term operation and development of the electricity transmission system and electricity sector in the Union while facilitating the efficient and consistent functioning of day-ahead, intraday and balancing markets;(e)ensuring that the procurement of balancing services is fair, objective, transparent and market-based, avoids undue barriers to entry for new entrants, fosters the liquidity of balancing markets while preventing undue distortions within the internal market in electricity;(f)facilitating the participation of demand response including aggregation facilities and energy storage while ensuring they compete with other balancing services at a level playing field and, where necessary, act independently when serving a single demand facility;(g)facilitating the participation of renewable energy sources and support the achievement of the European Union target for the penetration of renewable generation.2.When applying this Regulation, Member States, relevant regulatory authorities, and system operators shall:(a)apply the principles of proportionality and non-discrimination;(b)ensure transparency;(c)apply the principle of optimisation between the highest overall efficiency and lowest total costs for all parties involved;(d)ensure that TSOs make use of market-based mechanisms, as far as possible, in order to ensure network security and stability;(e)ensure that the development of the forward, day-ahead and intraday markets is not compromised;(f)respect the responsibility assigned to the relevant TSO in order to ensure system security, including as required by national legislation;(g)consult with relevant DSOs and take account of potential impacts on their system;(h)take into consideration agreed European standards and technical specifications.Article 4Terms and conditions or methodologies of TSOs1.TSOs shall develop the terms and conditions or methodologies required by this Regulation and submit them for approval to the Agency in accordance with Article 5(2), or to the relevant regulatory authorities in accordance with Article 5(3) within the respective deadlines set out in this Regulation. In exceptional circumstances, notably in cases where a deadline cannot be met due to circumstances external to the sphere of TSOs, the deadlines for terms and conditions or methodologies may be prolonged by the Agency in procedures pursuant to Article 5(2), jointly by all relevant regulatory authorities in procedures pursuant to Article 5(3), and by the relevant regulatory authority in procedures pursuant to Article 5(4).2.Where a proposal for terms and conditions or methodologies pursuant to this Regulation needs to be developed and agreed by more than one TSO, the participating TSOs shall closely cooperate. TSOs, with the assistance of the ENTSO for Electricity, shall regularly inform the relevant regulatory authorities and the Agency about the progress of developing those terms and conditions or methodologies.3.Where TSOs deciding on proposals for terms and conditions or methodologies listed in Article 5(2) are not able to reach an agreement, they shall decide by qualified majority voting. A qualified majority for proposals listed in Article 5(2) shall require the following majority:(a)TSOs representing at least 55 % of the Member States; and(b)TSOs representing Member States comprising at least 65 % of the population of the Union.A blocking minority for decisions on proposals for terms and conditions or methodologies listed in Article 5(2) shall include TSOs representing at least four Member States, failing of which the qualified majority shall be deemed attained.4.Where TSOs deciding on proposals for terms and conditions or methodologies listed in Article 5(3) are not able to reach an agreement, and where the regions concerned are composed of more than five Member States, they shall decide by qualified majority voting. A qualified majority for proposals in accordance with Article 5(3) shall require the following majority:(a)TSOs representing at least 72 % of the Member States concerned; and(b)TSOs representing Member States comprising at least 65 % of the population of the concerned area.A blocking minority for decisions on proposals for terms and conditions or methodologies listed in Article 5(3) shall include at least a minimum number of TSOs representing more than 35 % of the population of the participating Member States, plus TSOs representing at least one additional Member State concerned, failing of which the qualified majority shall be deemed attained.5.TSOs deciding on proposals for terms and conditions or methodologies listed in Article 5(3) in relation to regions composed of five Member States or less shall decide by consensus.6.For TSO decisions on proposals for terms and conditions or methodologies pursuant to paragraphs 3 and 4, one vote shall be attributed per Member State. If there is more than one TSO in the territory of a Member State, the Member State shall allocate the voting powers among the TSOs.7.Where TSOs fail to submit an initial or amended proposal for terms and conditions or methodologies to the relevant regulatory authorities or the Agency in accordance with Articles 5 and 6 within the deadlines set out in this Regulation, they shall provide the relevant regulatory authorities and the Agency with the relevant drafts of the proposals for terms and conditions or methodologies and explain why an agreement has not been reached. The Agency, all relevant regulatory authorities jointly, or the relevant regulatory authority shall take the appropriate steps for the adoption of the required terms and conditions or methodologies in accordance with Article 5, for instance by requesting amendments or revising and completing the drafts pursuant to this paragraph, including where no drafts have been submitted, and approve them.Article 5Approval of terms and conditions or methodologies of TSOs1.Each regulatory authority or where applicable the Agency, as the case may be, shall approve the terms and conditions or methodologies developed by TSOs under paragraphs 2, 3 and 4. Before approving the terms and conditions or methodologies, the Agency or the relevant regulatory authorities shall revise the proposals where necessary, after consulting the respective TSOs, in order to ensure that they are in line with the purpose of this Regulation and contribute to market integration, non-discrimination, effective competition and the proper functioning of the market.2.The proposals for the following terms and conditions or methodologies and any amendments thereof shall be subject to approval by the Agency:(a)the frameworks for the establishment of the European platforms pursuant to Articles 20(1), 21(1) and 22(1);(b)the modifications of the frameworks for the establishment of the European platforms pursuant to Articles 20(5) and 21(5);(c)the standard products for balancing capacity pursuant to Article 25(2);(d)the classification methodology for the activation purposes of balancing energy bids pursuant to Article 29(3);(e)the assessment on the possible increase of the minimum volume of balancing energy bids that shall be forwarded to the European platforms pursuant to Article 29(11);(f)the methodologies for pricing balancing energy and cross-zonal capacity used for the exchange of balancing energy or operating the imbalance netting process pursuant to Article 30(1) and (5);(g)the harmonisation of the methodology for the allocation process of cross-zonal capacity for the exchange of balancing capacity or sharing of reserves pursuant to Article 38(3);(h)the methodology for a co-optimised allocation process of cross-zonal capacity pursuant to Article 40(1);(i)the TSO-TSO settlement rules for the intended exchange of energy pursuant to Article 50(1);(j)the harmonisation of the main features of imbalance settlement pursuant to Article 52(2).A Member State may provide an opinion to the concerned regulatory authority on the proposals for the terms and conditions or methodologies listed in the first subparagraph.3.The proposals for the following terms and conditions or methodologies and any amendments thereof shall be subject to approval by all regulatory authorities of the concerned region:(a)the framework, for the geographical area concerning all TSOs performing the reserve replacement process pursuant to Part IV of Regulation (EU) 2017/1485, for the establishment of the European platform for replacement reserves pursuant to Article 19(1);(b)for the geographical area concerning two or more TSOs exchanging or mutually willing to exchange balancing capacity, the establishment of common and harmonised rules and process for the exchange and procurement of balancing capacity pursuant to Article 33(1);(c)for the geographical area covering TSOs exchanging balancing capacity, the methodology for calculating the probability of available cross-zonal capacity after intraday cross-zonal gate closure time pursuant to Article 33(6);(d)the exemption, for the geographical area in which the procurement of balancing capacity has taken place, for not allowing balancing service providers to transfer their obligations to provide balancing capacity pursuant to Article 34(1);(e)the application of a TSO-BSP model, in a geographical area comprising two or more TSOs, pursuant to Article 35(1);(f)the cross-zonal capacity calculation methodology for each capacity calculation region pursuant to Article 37(3);(g)in a geographical area comprising two or more TSOs, the application of the allocation process of cross-zonal capacity for the exchange of balancing capacity or sharing of reserves pursuant to Article 38(1);(h)for each capacity calculation region, the methodology for a market-based allocation process of cross-zonal capacity pursuant to Article 41(1);(i)for each capacity calculation region, the methodology for an allocation process of cross-zonal capacity based on an economic efficiency analysis and the list of each individual allocation of cross-zonal capacity based on an economic efficiency analysis pursuant to Article 42(1) to (5);(j)for the geographical area comprising all TSOs intentionally exchanging energy within a synchronous area, the TSO-TSO settlement rules for the intended exchange of energy pursuant to Article 50(3);(k)for the geographical area comprising all asynchronously connected TSOs intentionally exchanging energy, the TSO-TSO settlement rules for the intended exchange of energy pursuant to Article 50(4);(l)for each synchronous area, the TSO-TSO settlement rules for the unintended exchange of energy pursuant to Article 51(1);(m)for the geographical area comprising all asynchronously connected TSOs, the TSO-TSO settlement rules for the unintended exchange of energy pursuant to Article 51(2);(n)the exemption, at synchronous area level, to the harmonisation of the imbalance settlement periods pursuant to Article 53(2);(o)for the geographical area comprising two or more TSOs exchanging balancing capacity, the principles for balancing algorithms pursuant to Article 58(3).A Member State may provide an opinion to the concerned regulatory authority on the proposals for the terms and conditions or methodologies listed in the first subparagraph.4.The proposals for the following terms and conditions or methodologies and any amendments thereof shall be subject to approval by each regulatory authority of each concerned Member State on a case-by-case basis:(a)the exemption to publish information on offered prices of balancing energy or balancing capacity bids due to market abuse concerns pursuant to Article 12(4);(b)where appropriate, the methodology for allocating costs resulting from actions taken by DSOs, pursuant to Article 15(3);(c)the terms and conditions related to balancing pursuant to Article 18;(d)the definition and the use of specific products pursuant to Article 26(1);(e)the limitation on the amount of bids that is forwarded to the European platforms pursuant to Article 29(10);(f)the exemption to separate procurement of upward and downward balancing capacity pursuant to Article 32(3);(g)where appropriate, the additional settlement mechanism separate from the imbalance settlement, to settle the procurement costs of balancing capacity, administrative costs and other costs related to balancing with balance responsible parties pursuant to Article 44(3);(h)the derogations to one or more provisions of this Regulation pursuant to Article 62(2);(i)the costs relating to the obligations imposed on system operators or assigned third entities in accordance with this Regulation pursuant to Article 8(1).A Member State may provide an opinion to the concerned regulatory authority on the proposals for the terms and conditions or methodologies listed in the first subparagraph.5.The proposal for terms and conditions or methodologies shall include a proposed timescale for their implementation and a description of their expected impact on the objectives of this Regulation. The implementation timescale shall not be longer than 12 months after the approval by the relevant regulatory authorities, except where all relevant regulatory authorities agree to extend the implementation timescale or where different timescales are set out in this Regulation. Proposals for terms and conditions or methodologies subject to the approval by several regulatory authorities in accordance with paragraph 3 shall be submitted to the Agency within 1 week of their submission to regulatory authorities. Proposals for terms and conditions or methodologies subject to the approval by one regulatory authority in accordance with paragraph 4 may be submitted to the Agency within 1 month of their submission at the discretion of the regulatory authority while they shall be submitted upon the Agency’s request for information purposes in accordance with Article 3 paragraph 2 of the Regulation (EU) 2019/942 if the Agency considers the proposal to have a cross-border impact. Upon request by the relevant regulatory authorities, the Agency shall issue an opinion within 3 months on the proposals for terms and conditions or methodologies.6.Where the approval of the terms and conditions or methodologies in accordance with paragraph 3 of this Article or the amendment in accordance with Article 6 requires a decision by more than one regulatory authority, the relevant regulatory authorities shall consult and closely cooperate and coordinate with each other in order to reach an agreement. Where the Agency issues an opinion, the relevant regulatory authorities shall take that opinion into account. Regulatory authorities or, where competent, the Agency shall decide on the terms and conditions or methodologies submitted in accordance with paragraphs 2, 3 and 4, within 6 months following the receipt of the terms and conditions or methodologies by the Agency or the relevant regulatory authority or, where applicable, by the last regulatory authority concerned. The period shall begin on the day following that on which the proposal was submitted to the Agency in accordance with paragraph 2, to the last regulatory authority concerned in accordance with paragraph 3 or, where applicable, to the relevant regulatory authority in accordance with paragraph 4.7.Where the relevant regulatory authorities have not been able to reach agreement within the period referred to in paragraph 6, or upon their joint request, or upon the Agency’s request according to the third subparagraph of Article 5(3) of Regulation (EU) 2019/942, the Agency shall adopt a decision concerning the submitted proposals for terms and conditions or methodologies within 6 months from the day of referral, in accordance with Article 5(3) and the second subparagraph of Article 6(10) of Regulation (EU) 2019/942.8.Any party may complain against a relevant system operator or TSO in relation to that system operator’s or TSO’s obligations or decisions under this Regulation and may refer the complaint to the relevant regulatory authority which, acting as dispute settlement authority, shall issue a decision within 2 months after receipt of the complaint. That period may be extended by a further 2 months where additional information is sought by the relevant regulatory authority. That extended period may be further extended with the agreement of the complainant. The relevant regulatory authority’s decision shall be binding unless and until overruled on appeal.Article 6Amendments to terms and conditions or methodologies of TSOs1.Where the Agency, all relevant regulatory authorities jointly or the relevant regulatory authority require an amendment in order to approve the terms and conditions or methodologies submitted in accordance with Article 5(2), (3) and (4) respectively, the relevant TSOs shall submit a proposal for amended terms and conditions or methodologies for approval within 2 months following the request from the Agency or the relevant regulatory authorities. The Agency or the relevant regulatory authorities shall decide on the amended terms and conditions or methodologies within 2 months following their submission.2.Where the relevant regulatory authorities have not been able to reach an agreement on terms and conditions or methodologies within the 2-month deadline, or upon their joint request, or upon the Agency’s request according to the third subparagraph of Article 5(3) of Regulation (EU) 2019/942, the Agency shall adopt a decision concerning the amended terms and conditions or methodologies within 6 months, in accordance with Article 5(3) and the second subparagraph of Article 6(10) of Regulation (EU) 2019/942. If the relevant TSOs fail to submit a proposal for amended terms and conditions or methodologies, the procedure provided for in Article 4 shall apply.3.The Agency or the regulatory authorities where they are responsible for the adoption of terms and conditions or methodologies in accordance with Article 5(2), (3) and (4) may respectively request proposals for amendments of those terms and conditions or methodologies and determine a deadline for the submission of those proposals. TSOs responsible for developing a proposal for terms and conditions or methodologies may propose amendments to regulatory authorities and the Agency. The proposals for amendments to the terms and conditions or methodologies shall be submitted to consultation in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 10 and approved in accordance with the procedure set out in Articles 4 and 5.Article 7Publication of terms and conditions or methodologies on the internetTSOs responsible for establishing the terms and conditions or methodologies in accordance with this Regulation shall publish them on the internet following approval by the Agency or the relevant regulatory authorities or, where no such approval is required, following their establishment, except where such information is considered as confidential in accordance with Article 11.Article 8Recovery of costs1.Costs related to the obligations imposed on system operators or assigned third entities in accordance with this Regulation shall be assessed by the relevant regulatory authorities in accordance with Article 37 of Directive 2009/72/EC.2.Costs considered as reasonable, efficient, and proportionate by the relevant regulatory authority shall be recovered through network tariffs or other appropriate mechanisms as determined by the relevant regulatory authorities.3.If requested by the relevant regulatory authorities, system operators or assigned entities shall, within three months of the request, provide the information necessary to facilitate the assessment of the costs incurred.4.Any costs incurred by market participants in meeting the requirements of this Regulation shall be borne by those market participants.Article 9Stakeholder involvementThe Agency, in close cooperation with ENTSO-E, shall organise stakeholder involvement regarding the balancing market and other aspects of the implementation of this Regulation. Such involvement shall include regular meetings with stakeholders to identify problems and propose improvements related to the integration of the balancing market.Article 10Public consultation1.TSOs responsible for submitting proposals for terms and conditions or methodologies or their amendments in accordance with this Regulation shall consult stakeholders, including the relevant authorities of each Member State, on the draft proposals for terms and conditions or methodologies and other implementing measures for a period of not less than one month.2.The consultation shall last for a period of not less than one month, except for the draft proposals pursuant to points (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (j) of Article 5(2) that shall be consulted for a period of not less than two months.3.At least the proposals pursuant to points (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (j) of Article 5(2) shall be subject to public consultation at European level.4.At least the proposals pursuant to points (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (n), and (o) of Article 5(3) shall be subject to public consultation at the concerned regional level.5.At least the proposals pursuant to points (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) and (i) of Article 5(4) shall be subject to public consultation in each concerned Member State.6.TSOs responsible for the proposal for terms and conditions or methodologies shall duly consider the views of stakeholders resulting from the consultations undertaken in accordance with paragraphs 2 to 5, prior to its submission for regulatory approval. In all cases, a sound justification for including or not including the views resulting from the consultation shall be provided together with the submission and published in a timely manner before or simultaneously with the publication of the proposal for terms and conditions or methodologies.Article 11Confidentiality obligations1.Any confidential information received, exchanged or transmitted pursuant to this Regulation shall be subject to the conditions of professional secrecy laid down in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4.2.The obligation of professional secrecy shall apply to any person subject to the provisions of this Regulation.3.Confidential information received by the persons or regulatory authorities referred to in paragraph 2 in the course of their duties may not be divulged to any other person or authority, without prejudice to cases covered by national law, the other provisions of this Regulation or other relevant Union legislation.4.Without prejudice to cases covered by national law or Union legislation, regulatory authorities, bodies or persons who receive confidential information pursuant to this Regulation may use it only for the purpose of carrying out their duties under this regulation, except where written consent has been provided by the primary owner of the data.Article 12Publication of information1.All entities referred to in Article 1( 2) shall provide TSOs with all the relevant information to fulfil their obligations laid down in paragraphs 3 to 5.2.All entities referred to in Article 1( 2) shall ensure that information in paragraphs 3 to 5 is published at a time and in a format that does not create an actual or potential competitive advantage or disadvantage to any individual or companies.3.Each TSO shall publish the following information as soon as it becomes available:(a)information on the current system balance of its scheduling area or scheduling areas, as soon as possible but no later than 30 minutes after real-time;(b)information on all balancing energy bids from its scheduling area or scheduling areas, anonymised where necessary, no later than 30 min after the end of the relevant market time unit. The information shall include:(i)type of product;(ii)validity period;(iii)offered volumes;(iv)offered prices;(v)information on whether the bid was declared as unavailable;(c)information on whether the balancing energy bid was converted from a specific product or from an integrated scheduling process no later than 30 min after the end of the relevant market time unit;(d)information regarding how balancing energy bids from specific products or from integrated scheduling process have been converted into balancing energy bids from standard products no later than 30 min after the end of the relevant market time unit;(e)aggregated information on balancing energy bids no later than 30 min after the end of the relevant market time unit, which shall include:(i)total volume of offered balancing energy bids;(ii)total volume of offered balancing energy bids separately per type of reserves;(iii)total volume of offered and activated balancing energy bids separately for standard and specific products;(iv)volume of unavailable bids separately per type of reserves;(f)information on offered volumes as well as offered prices of procured balancing capacity, anonymised where necessary, no later than one hour after the results of the procurement have been notified to the bidders;(g)the initial terms and conditions related to balancing referred to in Article 18 at least one month before the application and any amendments to the terms and conditions immediately following approval by the relevant regulatory authority in accordance with Article 37 of Directive 2009/72/EC;(h)information on the allocation of cross-zonal capacity for the exchange of balancing capacity or sharing of reserves pursuant to Article 38 at the latest 24 hours after the allocation and no later than 6 hours before the use of the allocated cross-zonal capacity:(i)date and time when the decision on allocation was made;(ii)period of the allocation;(iii)volumes allocated;(iv)market values used as a basis for the allocation process in accordance with Article 39;(i)information on the use of allocated cross-zonal capacity for the exchange of balancing capacity or sharing of reserves pursuant to Article 38 at the latest one week after the use of allocated cross-zonal capacity:(i)volume of allocated and used cross-zonal capacity per market time unit;(ii)volume of released cross-zonal capacity for subsequent timeframes per market time unit;(iii)estimated realised costs and benefits of the allocation process;(j)approved methodologies referred to in Articles 40, 41 and 42 at least one month before the application;(k)description of the requirements of any algorithm developed and amendments to it referred to in Article 58, at least one month before the application;(l)common annual report referred to in Article 59.4.Subject to approval pursuant to Article 18, a TSO may withhold the publication of information on offered prices and volumes of balancing capacity or balancing energy bids if justified for reasons of market abuse concerns and if not detrimental to the effective functioning of the electricity markets. A TSO shall report such withholdings at least once a year to the relevant regulatory authority in accordance with Article 37 of Directive 2009/72/EC.5.No later than two years after entry into force of this Regulation, each TSO shall publish the information pursuant to paragraph 3 in a commonly agreed harmonised format at least through the information transparency platform established pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 543/2013. No later than four months after the entry into force of this Regulation, ENTSO-E shall update the manual of procedures as referred to Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 543/2013 and submit it to the Agency for its opinion, which the Agency shall provide within two months.Article 13Delegation and assignment of tasks1.A TSO may delegate all or part of any tasks with which it is entrusted under this Regulation to one or more third parties in case the third party can carry out the respective function at least as effectively as the delegating TSO. The delegating TSO shall remain responsible for ensuring compliance with the obligations under this Regulation, including ensuring access to information necessary for monitoring by the relevant regulatory authorities in accordance with Article 37 of Directive 2009/72/EC.2.Prior to the delegation, the third party concerned shall demonstrate to the delegating TSO its ability to meet the tasks to be delegated.3.In the event that all or part of any tasks specified in this Regulation are delegated to a third party, the delegating TSO shall ensure that suitable confidentiality agreements in accordance with the confidentiality obligations of the delegating TSO have been put in place prior to the delegation. After delegating all or part of any tasks to a third party, the delegating TSO must inform the relevant regulatory authority and publish this decision on the internet.4.Without prejudice to the tasks entrusted to TSOs pursuant to Directive 2009/72/EC, a Member State, or where applicable a relevant regulatory authority, may assign tasks or obligations entrusted to TSOs under this Regulation to one or more third parties. The concerned Member State, or where applicable the concerned regulatory authority, may only assign TSOs' tasks and obligations which do not require direct cooperation, joint decision-making or entering into contractual relationship with TSOs from other Member States. Prior to the assignment, the third party concerned shall demonstrate to the Member State, or where applicable the relevant regulatory authority, its ability to meet the task to be assigned.5.In the event that tasks and obligations are assigned to a third party by a Member State, or a regulatory authority, references to TSO in this Regulation shall be understood as referring to the assigned entity. The relevant regulatory authority shall ensure regulatory oversight of the assigned entity in respect of the assigned tasks and obligations.