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EASEE-gas
Madrid Forum Joint Working Group 15 July
2003 Technical Interoperability Peter Taff -
Centrica Secretary of EASEE-gas Exec Committee
Member
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Status of the organisation
59 Full Members
Producers 6 Traders Shippers 15 Trans
porters 19 Suppliers 5 Service
Providers 9 Distribution Network Operators
4 Retail Suppliers 0 End Users 1
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Status of the organisation
13 Associate Members
EUROGAS EURELECTRIC EFET ENERGIENED GEODE G
TE IFIEC OGP AFG ANRGN ENERGIE
CONTROL MARCOGAZ FEDERGASACQUA
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Status of the organisation
Executive Committee Membership
Producers Service Providers
Suppliers NAM (chair) GMSL (Vice chair)
Distrigas BP viavera
Ruhrgas Statoil Logica CMG ENI
Traders Shippers Transporters ExxonMobil
International Gastransport Services Centrica Flu
xys GdF Negoce SNAM Rete Gas
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Working Groups
1) Harmonisation of Units 2) Gas Quality
Harmonisation 3) Business Rules 4) Message
Specification 5) Edig_at_s Message Codification
and Maintenance 6) Real-time Data Exchange 7) IT
Communication Network 8) eb XML
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MADRID FORUM VI - ACTION PLAN Harmonisation of
Units

• Dec 02 GTE proposal circulated to all
  EASEE-gas Members
• Jan 03 15 responses on the GTE proposal. Many
  different views
• February Gastransport Services analyse
  responses
• 27th March Working Group meeting held. Chaired
  by GTS
• 17th April Specific questionnaire on
  implementation/costs issued.
• 16th May Responses submitted. Analysis of
  results by GTS
• 19th June 2nd Working Group meeting held
• 27th June Draft Common Business Practice
  submitted to the Exec Com
• July Submit CBP to all EASEE-gas Members for
  comment
• August Executive Committee review/approve
  revised CBP
• September Report outcome to the 7th Madrid
  Forum

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MADRID FORUM VI - ACTION PLAN Gas Quality
Harmonisation

• 16th Jan 03 1st Working Group meeting held.
  Chaired by Statoil
• 5 meetings to date
• Good (lively) involvement by Producers,
  Transporters, Suppliers and Traders Shippers
  but End-User input limited
• Each parameter is being challenged/debated
• EFIEC representing Industrial Users
• Marcogaz involved representing impact on
  domestic users
• Future work
• Finalise quality parameters and values
• Propose billing arrangements that accommodate
  the agreed gas specifications
• Progress/outcome will be reported to the
  EASEE-gas Exec Com in August to the 7th Madrid
  Forum in September

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MADRID FORUM VI - ACTION PLAN Business Rules

• 4 Meetings of this Working Group this year to
  date. Chaired by Fluxys
• Participation from producers, transporters,
  traders shippers, suppliers, service providers
• Very large interest in this Working Group,
  numbers will be limited in future to make it more
  efficient
• Smaller Task Force established to develop
  detailed proposals
• Discussion has centred on initial (and re-)
  nomination cycles and associated matching and
  confirmation messages
• Good progress towards synchronized nomination
  scheme for the European Gas Business
• Proposals being developed for a series of CBPs
  to address the progressive (and continuous)
  nature of the work in this area
• Initial CBP on nomination cycle planned to be
  completed for the EASEE-gas Executive Committee
  meeting in August

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EASEE-gas Executive Committee

• Members now elected from 5 Gas Industry Segments
  (3 per Segment)
• Distribution Network Operators, Retail Suppliers
  and End User segments still not active
• 1st meeting of the 15 held on 25th June 03
• Actions
• To produce a guideline for Working Groups on the
  production and format of CBPs
• Reorganisation of Working Groups to remove areas
  of overlap
• Clearer timetables for delivery of CBPs from
  each Working Group
• To produce a work-plan to set down proposals for
  new areas of work to consider, with subjects for
  future CBPs

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EASEE-gas
Madrid Forum Joint Working Group 15 July
2003 Technical Interoperability Peter Taff -
Centrica Secretary of EASEE-gas Exec Committee
Member