Conclusions STC Core Group 8 September 2009 The Hague

Project plan Project plan agreed by core group with amendments Project plan to be circulated to shippers Project plan to be presented to PB on 24th September Project plan to be agreed by RCC/IG on 29th September

Interruptible October: views of shippers on 2 aspects: improvements of interruptible products. effects of STC project on existing interruptible rights (allocation of additional firm capacity) Legal assessment by RCC of current provisions for new firm allocation and how to apply them Depending on results presentation to gas platform

Incentives for offering additional firm transport capacity by TSOs TSOs with help of regulators further develop incentives paper with overview of 4 countries of current cost recovery systems and incentives mechanisms (focus: additional capacities) RCC will discuss if there are other possible concepts RCC to discuss incentive paper 29/9/2009 Depending on results presentation to gas platform

Other issues List on issues related to day-ahead over subscription and short-term calculation (Fiete and Oliver) Pilot’s current focus on day-ahead product does not exclude later extension to other projects Definitions to be worked out at a later stage (e.g. additional capacity)