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  09/04/2024

  United Kingdom

  Core fuel sector resilience in the UK: the role of Part 12 of the Energy Act 2023

  On 11 January 2024, a new set of requirements came into force, focussed on the downstream transport fuel industry, and designed to ensure core fuel sector resilience in the UK, in particular that (i) economic activity in the UK is not adversely affected by disruptions to core fuel sector activities; and (ii) the risk of emergencies affecting fuel supplies is reduced. It is important that those companies falling within the scope of the new requirements carefully ensure compliance, since failure to do so may attract criminal sanctions.The new requirements are contained in Part 12 (sections 267 to...

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  08/04/2024

  Ukraine

  Ukraine discontinues War and Sanctions Portal

  Following a governmental discussion on 19 March 2024, the Ukrainian government announced its decision to shut down a sanctions-related database maintained by the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP).This database, the “War & Sanction Portal”, was created in the first days of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine as part of the implementation of the sanctions plan against Russia (i.e. the Individual Sanctions Roadmap) of the Yermak-McFaul Sanctions Group.Starting with the "International Sponsors of War" section, the Portal was expanded to include additional segments...

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  03/04/2024

  Bulgarien

  Bulgaria supports wind and storage projects with New Grid Connection Ordinance

  Following the recent legislative amendments in the Energy Act and the Energy from Renewable Sources Act of 2023 and 2024, the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission adopted a new Ordinance No. 6 on the connection of energy sites to the grids of 28 March 2024 (the “New Ordinance”).The changes in the New Ordinance mainly relate to: (i) introduction of new rules for grid connection rules of storage facilities; (ii) amendments of the current grid connection procedure for RES producers such as securing a grid connection opinion solely on the grounds of in rem rights, removal of the firm...

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  03/04/2024

  Ukraine

  Register of Damage for Ukraine is open for claims submission

  On 2 April 2024, the Register of Damage for Ukraine opened the claims submission process for compensation for damage, loss or injury caused by Russian aggression against Ukraine. The launch took place as part of the Ministerial Conference "Restoring Justice for Ukraine" co-hosted by the Netherlands, Ukraine and the European Commission at the World Forum in The Hague.As a reminder, the official website of the Register of Damage for Ukraine was launched on 4 March 2024. The website contains the following:documents governing the work of the Register;answers to frequently asked questions on the Register’s...

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  28/03/2024

  United Kingdom

  Towards Net Zero: The OGA Plan

  The NSTA has, for the first time, introduced an OGA Plan, setting out its views as to how the UKCS oil & gas industry should meet the obligations in the OGA Strategy that require relevant persons to carry out their regulated activities in such a way as to assist the UK government in meeting the target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050. In particular, it outlines the steps that the NSTA thinks are necessary to continue reducing greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas production, continuing the NSTA’s focus on reducing the emissions from production activities as far as possible.The...

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  22/03/2024

  Niederlande

  Dutch energy regulator to tolerate cable pooling for batteries

  On 14 March 2024 the director of the ACM, the Netherland’s energy market authority, announced that ACM will tolerate the use of cable pooling for batteries in anticipation of new legislation formally allowing cable pooling for installations other than wind and solar parks. Cable pooling, which allows different installations to share a single grid connection, can help solve current congestion on the electricity grid. Pursuant to article 1.7 of the Dutch Electricity Act 1998, a wind park and a solar park in close proximity but owned by different parties can share a connection, provided...

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