Privatisation and unbundling of the gas industry; limiting the market power of British Gas; extending competition to industrial and domestic markets to obtain benefits of competition in terms of market entry and in benefits to customers

Gas pipeline integrity and securing safety in the design, construction, installation, operation, maintenance and decommissioning of pipelines. Establishing a safe operations framework that applies to pipelines in Great Britain and to those in territorial waters and the UK Continental Shelf

Provided for the establishment and functions of the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority and the Gas and Electricity Consumer Council; to amend the legislation regulating the gas and electricity industries; and for connected purposes – subsequently to become the Office For Gas & Electricity Markets (OFGEM

UK Statutory Agency legally responsible for applying all relevant EC Directives relating to the design, installation and operation of facilities and their operative workforce personnel

Directive 2009/73/EC establishes common rules for the transmission, distribution, supply and storage of natural gas.
Its provisions and obligations apply to Hydrogen Gas by virtue of Article 1 (2), which states that the rules established by this Directive for natural gas, including LNG, shall also apply in a non–discriminatory way to biogas and gas from biomass or other types of gas in so far as such gases can technically and safely be injected into, and transported through, the natural gas system.

Other relevant provisions for the injection of hydrogen at transmission level are contained in Article 42 “Regulatory regime for cross–border issues” and Article 43 “Compliance with the guidelines"

Article 8 “Technical rules”, Article 25 “Tasks of a distribution system operator”; Article 28 “Closed distribution systems”
Article 41 “Duties and powers of the regulatory authorities”
Article 35 “Refusal of access”; Article 8 “Technical rules”; ”

Regulation 715/2009 sets non-discriminatory rules for access conditions to (a) natural gas transmission systems; (b) LNG facilities and storage facilities taking into account the special characteristics of national and regional markets

To achieve this, it sets harmonised principles for tariffs, or the methodologies underlying their calculation, for access to the network, but not to storage facilities, the establishment of third-party access services and harmonised principles for capacity-allocation and congestion-management, the determination of transparency requirements, balancing rules and imbalance charges, and the facilitation of capacity trading.

This Regulation establishes an Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators in order to assist the regulatory authorities in various regulatory tasks.

Article 8 sets the Agency’s “Tasks as regards terms and conditions for access to and operational security of cross border infrastructure” thus making it a relevant stakeholder in the regulatory landscape of hydrogen gas transmission and distribution.

Regulation 2015/703 establishes a network code which sets out rules regarding interoperability and data exchange as well as harmonised rules for the operation of gas transmission systems.

The network code on interoperability aligns the complex technical procedures used by network operators within the EU, and possibly with network operators in the Energy Community and other countries neighbouring the EU. This Regulation may also apply at entry points from and exit points to third countries, subject to the decision of the national authorities.