Reporting of national practices
1. In order to ensure the transparency and non-discrimination of national procedures for access to data, in line with Article 23 of the Directive (EU) 2019/944, Member States shall
(a)
carry out and keep up to date a mapping of national practices at national level that also includes a detailed description and explanation of how the procedural steps of Tables III.1 to III.6 of the Annex of this Regulation are performed setting out which steps, if any, have been combined, and the order in which the steps are carried out; and
(b)
report to the Commission the mapping of national practices referred to in paragraph (a) which shall be published in a publicly accessible repository to be established pursuant Article 12.
2. The reporting shall include information on the national implementation of the reference model and of the various roles, information exchanges, and procedures.
3. This reporting shall take into account the guidance developed by the Commission referred to in Article 13.
4. Member States shall provide the reporting of national practices referred to in paragraph 1 to the Commission no later than on 5 July 2025.
5. If a Member State has transitioned to a new national data management system before 5 January 2025, the reporting may be limited to the new arrangements provided that this system will cover over 90 % of final customers by 5 July 2026.
Cooperation on data transparency between the EU DSO entity and the ENTSO for Electricity
1. The cooperation foreseen between the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (the ‘ENTSO for Electricity’) and the European Entity for Distribution System Operators (the ‘EU DSO entity’), in Article 30(1) points (g) and (k) and Article 55(1) points (d) and (e) of the Regulation (EU) 2019/943, may take the form of a Joint Working Group setting up a process to collect and publish national practices provided by the Member States. ENTSO for Electricity and EU DSO entity may in that way also cooperate to advise and support the Commission in monitoring the implementation of, and further developing the implementing acts on data interoperability under Article 24(2) of Directive (EU) 2019/944.
2. While preparing their advice and undertaking their supporting activities to the Commission, the ENTSO for Electricity and EU DSO entity cooperate closely with representatives of national regulatory authorities, competent authorities and regulated entities with institutional roles at national level regarding the right to access to metering and consumption data, as well as with all relevant stakeholders, including consumer associations, electricity retailers, European standardisation organisations, service and technology providers, and equipment and component manufacturers.
Tasks under the EU DSO entity and ENTSO for Electricity cooperation on data transparency
1. In order to ensure transparency of access to data across the EU, the main tasks that ENTSO for Electricity and the EU DSO entity perform under their cooperation on data transparency shall include
(a)
developing guidance to assist Member States in the reporting of national practices as set out in Article 13;
(b)
collecting the reports of national practices provided by Member States regarding the implementation of the reference model, as set out in Article 10;
(c)
publishing the reports of national practices in a publicly available repository which shall be kept up to date.
2. The ENTSO for Electricity and the EU DSO entity may also cooperate in assisting the Commission, following the process set out in paragraph 2 of Article 11, in the monitoring of the implementation of the reference model included in this Regulation and its further development as a result of regulatory, market or technology changes, and support the Commission, upon its request, in developing, as part of future implementing acts, interoperability requirements and non-discriminatory and transparent procedures for access to data required for customer switching, demand response, and other services referred to in Article 23(1) of Directive (EU) 2019/944.
Guidance for the reporting of national practices
No later than on 5 July 2024, the Commission shall develop and make publicly available, assisted by the ENTSO for Electricity and the EU DSO entity, a guidance on the reporting of national practices.
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