The conditions of natural gas supply are governed by the provisions of the Law “On the Natural Gas Market” No. 329-VIII of 04/09/2015, the Rules of Natural Gas Supply, approved by the Resolution of the NCRECP No. 2496 of 09/30/2015, the Code of the Gas Transportation System and the Code of Gas Distribution Systems.
The supply of natural gas to the consumer is carried out on the basis of a contract for the supply of natural gas between the supplier and the consumer, which is concluded in accordance with the requirements of the Rules for the supply of natural gas, approved by the resolution of the NCREKP dated 30.09.2015 No. 2496, and after the inclusion of the consumer in the Register of consumers of the supplier in the information platform of the GTS Operator in the corresponding settlement period in the manner determined by the Code of the gas transportation system. The supplier does not have the right to register the consumer in the supplier’s own register of consumers in the settlement period not agreed with the consumer.
The natural gas supply contract between other consumers and their suppliers is concluded in accordance with the requirements of the current legislation of Ukraine.
The basis for supplying natural gas to the consumer is:
- the presence of a consumer, whose facility is connected to the gas distribution system, of a natural gas distribution contract concluded in accordance with the established procedure between the consumer and the Timing Operator, and the assignment of a personal EIS code to the consumer by the Timing Operator as a subject of the natural gas market;
- the presence of the consumer, whose object is connected to the gas transmission system, a natural gas transportation contract concluded in the established manner between the consumer and the GTS Operator, and the assignment of a personal EIS code to the consumer by the GTS Operator as a subject of the natural gas market;
- the consumer has a natural gas supply contract concluded with the supplier and compliance with its terms;
- inclusion of the consumer in the register of consumers of the supplier in the relevant accounting period;
- the absence of overdue debt owed by the consumer for the delivered natural gas to the current supplier (if any), which must be confirmed by a written certificate from the current supplier or an act of reconciliation of mutual settlements drawn up with him.
The conclusion of the natural gas supply contract is carried out taking into account the following requirements:
- the consumer has the right to conclude a contract for the supply of natural gas with any supplier, provided that there is no overdue debt for the supplied natural gas to the current supplier;
- the natural gas supply contract is not concluded in case of natural gas purchase by the supplier for its own needs from its own confirmed volume of natural gas;
- the natural gas supply contract is concluded for the entire expected volume of natural gas consumption required by the consumer, or at his commercial accounting point, which is assigned a separate EIC code, and for a term that is a multiple of the settlement period specified in the natural gas supply contract.
Confirmed volumes of natural gas are determined according to the rules established by the Code of the Gas Transportation System and are provided to the consumer under the terms of the natural gas supply contract concluded between the supplier and the consumer.
The consumer and his supplier have the right to adjust the confirmed volumes of natural gas during the calculation period in accordance with the procedure established by the Code of the Gas Transportation System.
The consumer (except for the household consumer) must adhere to the confirmed volume of natural gas (approved denomination) determined for him by the supplier for the relevant settlement period, and in the event of a possible exceedance of it based on the results of the settlement period, he is obliged to warn his supplier about this, and in the event of the supplier’s refusal from adjusting the volumes or non-adjustment of the adjustment (renomination) in accordance with the procedure established by law, to implement measures to limit (stop) own consumption of natural gas in order to prevent exceeding the confirmed volumes of natural gas (approved nomination).
A cubic meter of natural gas, reduced to standard conditions and expressed in energy units, is taken as the calculation unit of natural gas supplied.
Consumption of the confirmed volume of natural gas during the calculation period is usually carried out evenly, based on the daily rate, unless another mode of consumption is provided for in the concluded natural gas supply contract.
The volume of natural gas consumption by the consumer in the calculation period should not exceed the confirmed volume of natural gas. It is allowed to deviate the consumption of the volume of natural gas during the calculation period in the amount of ± 5% from the confirmed volume of natural gas.
According to the results of the settlement period, the consumer is obliged to provide the current supplier with a copy of the relevant act on the actual volume (volume) of natural gas distributed (transported) to the consumer for the settlement period, which was drawn up between the HRM/HTS Operator and by the consumer, in accordance with the requirements of the Gas Transportation System Code / Gas Distribution Systems Code.
On the basis of the data received from the consumer and/or the data of the GTS Operator, the supplier prepares and provides the consumer with two copies of the act of acceptance and transfer of natural gas for the settlement period, signed by the authorized representative of the supplier, within three working days.
The relationship between the supplier and the GTS Operator regarding the exchange of information on the actual volumes of natural gas consumption by the consumer is regulated by the Code of the Gas Transportation System and a separate natural gas transportation contract concluded between the supplier and the GTS Operator.
Before the court makes a decision, the price of the delivered natural gas is set according to the supplier’s data.
In case of transfer of the consumer’s object or part of it for lease and the lease agreement stipulates the transfer to the lessee of the relevant powers to supply the leased object or part of it with natural gas, a natural gas supply contract may be concluded between the lessee and the supplier.
In case of vacating the occupied premises and/or final termination of use of natural gas, the consumer is obliged to notify the supplier and the Operator of GRM/HTS no later than 20 working days before the day of vacating the premises and/or final termination of use of natural gas and submit a statement of termination of the contract and make payment of all types of payments provided for in the relevant contracts, up to and including the date specified by the consumer for vacating the premises and/or for the final termination of the use of natural gas.
If the consumer does not have an active supplier and/or a confirmed amount of natural gas in the relevant billing period, the consumer does not have the right to withdraw (consume) natural gas from the gas distribution system and must submit a written application to the Timing Operator to stop the distribution of natural gas to his facility.
The conditions of natural gas supply are governed by the provisions of the Law “On the Natural Gas Market” No. 329-VIII of 04/09/2015, the Rules of Natural Gas Supply, approved by the Resolution of the NCRECP No. 2496 of 09/30/2015, the Code of the Gas Transportation System and the Code of Gas Distribution Systems.
All conditions of natural gas supply under the contract must be fair and well known in advance. In any case, all relevant information must be provided to the consumer before the conclusion of the contract.