Transitional provisions
Article 52
1. The national regulatory authority may allow the transmission system operator, based on its justified request, to comply with the provisions of this Regulation within a twenty four-month period as from 1 October 2014, provided no interim measure referred to in Chapter X is implemented by the transmission system operator. In case the national regulatory authority makes use of this possibility, this Regulation shall not apply in the balancing zone of that transmission system operator to the extent and for the duration of the transitional period laid down in the decision of the national regulatory authority. 2. The national regulatory authority shall take and publish a motivated decision in accordance with paragraph 1 within three months following the receipt of such a request. Such a decision shall be notified, without delay, to the Agency and the Commission.