Alternative to a balancing platform
Article 48
Where the transmission system operator can demonstrate that as a result of insufficient interconnection capacity between balancing zones a balancing platform cannot increase the liquidity of the short term wholesale gas market and cannot enable the transmission system operator to undertake efficient balancing actions, it may use an alternative, such as balancing services, subject to the approval by the national regulatory authority. Where such an alternative is used, the terms and conditions of the subsequent contractual arrangements as well as the applicable prices and duration shall be specified