Joint information of all German Transmission System Operators about publication of entry and exit points in the PRISMA Yearly auction 2018

Due to the coming merger of the market areas GASPOOL and NetConnect Germany, please note following information about booking of entry and exit points in the PRISMA Yearly auction 2018 starting as of 2 July 2018.

In accordance with Section 21 Paragraph 1 Sentence 2 GasNZV, the German transmission system operators are obligated to merge the market areas GASPOOL and NetConnect Germany into a joint market area. Such market area merger may have an impact on firm capacities and may require measures in accordance with Section 31 of the General Terms and Conditions for the Entry and Exit Contract (Entry-Exit-System).

The legally required German market area merger results in the disappearance of the IPs between the GASPOOL and NetConnect Germany market areas as of 01.04.2022 at the latest (Section 21 Paragraph 1 Sentence 2 GasNZV).