Definitions of used terms

  • echipamente de măsurare

    ansamblul mijloacelor de măsurare care furnizează informaţii de măsurare utilizate în determinarea unei mărimi fizice

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  • above ground technological installation pertaining to a gas storage facility

    installation used for storing natural gas and which is operated by a storage license holder , including LNG installations used for storage

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  • access to storage facilities

    right of an producer, supplier, transmission company, eligible consumer and / or foreign legal entities – beneficiaries of transit services on Romanian territory to use the storage facilities

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  • access to the distribution system

    the right of a supplier and / or consumer to use the distribution system

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  • access to the transmission system

    the right of a producer, distributor, storage operator, supplier, consumer and / or investors to use the transmission system

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  • ancillary services

    all activities and operations conducted by the transmission/ distribution/ storage operator in connection with balancing the transmission/ distribution system, as applicable, the dispatching of gas volumes notified by the users and including access

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  • assets owned by third parties

    component parts of the national transmission system or the distribution systems, commissioned until the effective date of the present law, used by licensed operators for performing public services of national interest, whether transmission or distribution, assets non included in their asset register

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  • authorization

    individual administrative act issued by ANRE to a natural / legal person

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  • available capacity

    employed transmission, distribution or storage capacity, established under relevant regulations which the system operator can make available to users or consumers

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  • beneficiary

    Romanian or foreign legal entity, holder of a gas supply license or having the status of an eligible consumer

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  • booked capacity

    the capacity which the distributor undertakes to hold available for the beneficiary at any moment in time during the contract term, being established according to the maximum quantity requested by the beneficiary and accepted by the distributor to be run through the distribution system in one hour; it is expressed in cm / hour

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  • capacity booking

    maintaining a part of the available transmission/ distribution/ storage capacity at the user´s disposal with a view to transmission / distribution/ storage of a given natural gas quantity

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  • captive consumer

    the consumer who due to regulatory constraints cannot chose his own supplier

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  • class of accuracy

    the class of metering instruments complying with certain metrological conditions with a view to keeping errors within a specified range (definition according to SR 13251/1996)

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  • code

    collection of technical and commercial regulations issued by the competent authority, whereby compulsory rules and procedures for undertakings in the natural gas sector are established

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  • commercial consumer

    consumer using natural gas in the commercial sector – restaurants, hotels, business centers, agriculture or similar usage

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  • company in the natural gas sector

    legal entity conducting at least one of the following activities: production, transmission, distribution, supply or storage of natural gas, as well as activities in design, engineering and execution related to the former

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  • compressed natural gas for vehicles (GNCV)

    natural gas stored in tanks, compressed at over 200 bar for usage as fuel for vehicles with heat engines

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  • connection

    connection pipeline between a main line (upstream pipe, gas distribution pipe) and a metering station or a metering – regulating station supplying a distribution system, a consumer or a group of consumers

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  • consumer

    natural or legal person purchasing natural for own consumption

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  • consumer in the chemical industry

    consumer using natural gas as a raw material in the chemical industry

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  • consumption history

    consumption of natural gas expressed in volume units – cm during a certain period as evidenced in the data base of the distribution operator

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  • consumption place

    placement of the utilization installations of a consumer, where gas supplied through one or more supply installations is consumed and where measuring is done through a baseline measuring system; one consumer may have several consumption places

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  • contracted quantity

    the gas quantity established by contract, expressed in cubic meters

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  • credit

    gas quantities paid in advance, recharged on the client card

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  • cubic meter of natural gas

    the quantity of natural gas occupying a volume of a cube with the side of 1 meter, under standard conditions at 15 degrees C and pressure of 1,01325 bar

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  • customer card

    medium through which the information transfer concerning the gas consumption is performed between supplier and consumer and the other way around

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  • dedicated main pipeline

    pipeline operating under high pressure, including installations, equipment and related machinery, through which the gas transit only is ensured

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  • direct main pipe

    natural gas pipe complementary to the interconnected system for supplying an eligible consumer directly from the upstream pipes or from the points of import

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  • dispatching

    specific activity designed to permanently and operatively correlate and balance in the systems the gas quantities entering and exiting the system, respectively, at the parameters resulting from the delivery obligations and well as taking appropriate measures by using specific means for limiting the effects of exceptional situations such as:  very low temperatures, natural calamities, major breakdowns and other similar

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  • distribution system

    distribution grid, respectively all pipelines, regulating-metering stations, devices and accessories operating at a working pressure of up to or equal to 6 bar, except for the usage installation

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  • electricity and / or heart producer

    consumer using natural gas to produce electricity and or / heat

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  • eligible consumer

    consumer who may chose his supplier and who has access to the systems under the conditions of the present law

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  • emergency credit

    percentage of the last credit charge on the client card established by the natural gas supplier meant to ensure the continuity of natural gas supply after using up the last credit and until a new credit recharge in situations such as official holidays, non working days and other similar

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  • emergency pressure

    the minimum pressure required for maintaining in operation equipment which is a prerequisite for the safety of installations and personnel

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  • force majeure

    an outside event which is exceptional, absolutely invincible and unpredictable. Force majeure exonerates the party invoking it, provided that such event directly or indirectly hinders the respective party to fulfill its obligations under the contract or by law. Force majeure events include but are not limited to: acts of war, rebellions and civil commotions, sieges, state of emergency, natural calamities, landslide, serious accidents in the distribution system

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  • fortuitous case

    future, relatively unpredictable and insurmountable event that leads to a reconsidering of the contractual obligations of the party in point

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  • fraudulent consumption

    consumption based on deceit with a view to obtaining unjust material benefit, of nature such as to cause damage

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  • horizontally integrated company

    company in the natural gas sector conducting at least one of the activities related to production, transmission, distribution, supply or storage, as well as one other activity outside the gas sector

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  • hourly/daily/monthly contracted quantity

    the gas quantity established in the present contract, expressed in cubic meters, referring to every calendar hour/ day/ month during the contract term

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  • household consumer

    consumer purchasing natural gas for his own home consumption

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  • industrial consumers

    consumer using natural gas for technological processes in industrial manufacturing

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  • interconnection pipeline

    transmission line which crosses or spans a border between states for the sole purpose of connecting the national transmission systems of the two states

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  • license

    individual administrative act issued by ANRE, granting the holder, legal entity, the right to conduct commercial activities and / or services in connection with one or several of the activities related to supply, storage, transmission, transit, dispatching and distribution

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  • linepack

    gas storage by compression in the transport and distribution systems, but excluding  facilities reserved for the transmission system operators who are conducting their own activities

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  • liquefied natural gas (LNG)

    natural gas which following specific process is brought to a liquid state and stored in special tanks

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  • liquefied petrol gas (LPG)

    mixture of hydrocarbons containing more the 90% in volume of an acylic unsaturated hydrocarbon, other than ethylene and propylene or one of their isolated isomers

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  • main line

     line operating under high pressure, above 6 bar, including related installations, equipment and machinery, through which transmission of natural gas between takeover points in upstream systems, handover points at final customers / distributors / suppliers and respectively, the transit between entry and exit points to / from the country is ensured

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  • maximum flow capacity

    volume of gas that flows through a device – meter, regulator, usage installation, burner and others similar – in a period of one hour, at the maximum work pressure indicated by the producer

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  • maximum installed flow capacity

    the amount of the maximum flow capacity, expressed in cubic meters/h, of the usage devices within a usage installation

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  • meter

    device for measuring consumed gas volumes and which complies with the requirements of the metrological legislation in force

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  • meter reader – cash collector

    authorized representative of the gas distribution operator to read the meter index, distribute and collect the invoices issued by the supplier, as applicable

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  • meter with prepaid customer card

    device or all interconnected equipment meant to measure consumed natural gas volumes, paid in advance by charging the customer card

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  • metering pointmetering point

    place where the gas meter is located

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  • minimum technological pressure

    required minimum pressure, when supply limitation is undertaken at the consumer, meant to keep under safe operation only that equipment and installations which are technologically needed for avoiding unrecoverable production losses

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  • natural gas

    gas free from methane deposits, gas dissolved into crude oil, gas from the gas head associated to oil deposits as well as gas resulting from extraction or separation of liquid hydroca

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  • natural gas distribution

    circulation of natural gas through a distribution system under pressures below or equal to 6 bar

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  • natural gas sector

    all installations and activities conducted by companies for the production, transmission, transit, storage, distribution, supply and usage of natural gas, as well as installation and equipment used for conducting these activities

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  • natural gas storage

    all activities and operations conducted by the storage license holder for or in connection with booking storage capacity in underground storage facilities and for the injection, storage and extraction of determined gas volumes from these facilities

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  • natural gas supply

    commercial activity of selling and purchasing natural gas conducted by a legal entity on the basis of a supply license under the conditions of the present law

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  • natural gas transmission

    activity organized for conveying natural gas through the NTS

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  • natural monopoly in the natural gas sector

    situation in which gas transmission, storage or distribution services are ensured by a single operator for a determined area

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  • nominal flow capacity

    flow capacity expressed in cubic meters/h, which is granted to the home consumer upon his request, destined to ensure the necessary consumption at the usage devices

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  • non-household consumer

    consumer purchasing natural gas which is not meant for his own home consumption; such can be: other industrial consumers -  consumer using natural gas for technological processes in the industry , other than as raw material in the chemical industry or for producing electricity  and / or heat; other non-household consumers – non-household consumers, other than industrial and commercial consumers – private legal entities for non-profit, public institutions – establishments in education, health, culture, national defense, law enforcement, social assistance, public administration, churches and other similar

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  • parameters of the usage installations in the gas burning process

    totality of the gas quality parameters – flow capacity, pressure, temperature – that must be cumulatively complied with at the entrance into the usage device

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  • protection area

    area close to facilities in the natural gas sector, extending over premises where interdictions related to the access or persons apply, activities and constructions are subject to a regime regulated by technical norms

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  • provisional license

    individual administrative act issued by ANRE, grating the holder the right to participate in a tender with a view to obtaining the concession for the gas distribution service

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  • public service in the natural gas sector

    obligation consisting in a state organized and / or authorized activity with a view to satisfying the requirements of public interest in the natural gas sector

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  • regulated price

    price for consumer are supplied with gas, based on a framework contract, subject to the conditions established by ANRE

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  • regulating – metering station

    all installations for pressure reduction and regulation, flow metering, filtering and odorization which are linked through a connection to collecting pipelines, transmission or distribution grid and which supply a distribution system, a consumer or a group of consumers

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  • regulating-metering unit

    all devices, fittings and accessories, placed in a niche, closet or directly onto technological equipment, through which reduction-regulation of pressure, as well as metering of the measured gas flow is conducted

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  • Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority - ANRE

    is a public independent body of national interest, a legal entity under the coordination of the prime minister, with an independent decision-making process, which draws up, enforces and monitors observance of the regulatory system which is compulsory at national level and required for the functioning of the gas sector and the gas market to promote efficiency, safety, competition, transparency, non-discriminatory treatment of the participants on the gas market and consumer and environment protection

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  • safety

    ensuring continuity of natural gas supply at the optimum working parameters and technical security of the establishments

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  • putere calorifică superioară

    puterea calorifică a gazelor naturale furnizate în intervalul perioadei de facturare diferă în funcţie de zona de calitate şi se poate modifica lunar, în funcţie de calitatea gazelor naturale.

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  • security and continuity of supply

    all measures taken by licensed operators with a view to covering the gas demand of the system, diversifying sources and ensuring deliveries to the customers under conditions of safety

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  • security area

    area close to facilities in the natural gas sector, extending over premises where restrictions and interdictions are enforced with a view to ensuring normal operation and avoiding risk exposure of persons, goods and the environment, as established by technical norms; the security area also comprises the protection area

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  • service line

    connection pipe through non-metered gas is flowing from the distribution grid /NTS up to the valve, or the regulating station or point, respectively

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  • service line valve

    valve mounted at the end of the service line, downstream, by which the gas supply to a consumer can be stopped

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  • storage operator

    legal entity holding a storage license

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  • supplier

    legal entity holding a supply license who trades natural gas based on a supply contract

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  • technical Agreement

    Technical agreement for the operation of the commercial handover / takeover points, approved by the Romanian Energy Regulatory  Authority, hereinafter referred to as ANRE

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  • technical opinion (approval)

    document required for obtaining an authorization, issued by the system operator after analysis of the engineering documentation, verifying that the conditions imposed by the technical prescriptions and legislation in force are complied with

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  • The national transmission system (NTS)

    gas transmission grid, respectively all main pipes, installations, equipment and related facilities operating at a pressure higher than 6 bar, by means of which the takeover of the natural gas extracted from production fields or import as well as transport thereof is ensured, with a view to delivery to distributors, direct consumers, storage, export and beneficiaries from third countries

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  • transmission and / or distribution grid

    all interlinked pipelines, including installations and equipment for conveying gas under pressure, according to specific technical regulations

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  • transmission operator

    legal entity holding a transmission license subject to the conditions of the present law, having transmission services as object of activity

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  • underground storage facility

    space beneath the ground having natural or acquired qualities as a result of previous oil operations or mining activities, appropriate for injection, storage and extraction of gas volumes

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  • upstream pipeline

    pipeline, including related installations, equipment and machinery through which the flow of gas from the production field / storage facilities to the transmission / distribution system is ensured

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  • usage device

    a complex system designed to consume natural gas (as fuel or raw material), by fulfilling the legal conditions for operation, a component part of an usage installation working on natural gas

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  • usage device burning parameters

    the proportion of the gas/air mixture, stability of the flame

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  • zonă de calitate

    The natural gas quality, respectively its energy content, is different depending on the gas source (extraction field) and is set by ANRE on quality areas/areas of calorific value. The natural gas quality area is written on the natural gas invoice. There are 321 natural gas quality areas in Romania.

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  • usage installation

    all the pipelines, devices and accessories, including the burner and the burned gas exhaust chimney , placed behind the station / point for pressure regulation and flow metering, as applicable, except for the flow rate metering device which is part of the distribution system

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  • vertically integrated company

    company or group of company in the natural gas sector conducting at least of regulated activity such as transmission, distribution LNG or storage an at least one of the activities related to natural gas production or supply

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