PC_2024_G_10 - Public consultation on the draft statutory documents of the European Network of Network Operators for Hydrogen

Status
Closed
Open:
23.09.2024
Close:
21.10.2024
Policy area
Hydrogen, gas
Contact information
Audience
Organisations representing all stakeholders, in particular hydrogen system users, including customers (as per Article 57(9) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1789).

Overview

On 30 August 2024, future hydrogen transmission network operators submitted their draft statutory documents to the European Commission and ACER to formally establish the European Network of Network Operators for Hydrogen (ENNOH) as an association under the Belgian law. These include the draft statutes, a list of members and draft rules of procedure (including the rules of procedure on the consultation of stakeholders).

Following the receipt of these documents, ACER has four months to review them and provide an opinion to the Commission.

Why we are consulting

In December 2021, the European Commission proposed the Hydrogen and Decarbonised Gas Market package, updating the common rules on the internal market in natural gas and introducing a new regulatory framework for the hydrogen market. The new package (adopted in June 2024 through Directive 2024/1788 and Regulation 2024/1789) requires the establishment of ENNOH as an independent body to facilitate the cooperation of the EU’s hydrogen transmission network operators.

Under the new regulatory framework, ACER is tasked with reviewing ENNOH’s draft statutory documents and providing an opinion to the Commission. To ensure an informed and inclusive process, ACER invites all interested parties to respond to the consultation. Specifically, ACER encourages input from organisations representing all stakeholders, in particular hydrogen system users, including customers.

Next steps

ACER consultation will run from 23 September to 21 October 2024.

Following this period, ACER will evaluate the feedback received to finalise its opinion and submit it to the Commission by 30 December 2024.

The Commission will then issue its own opinion on the documents.