Dear current and future users of the Gas Storage System!

We hereby inform you that the Gas Storage System Operator, in accordance with the Article 13  of the Amendments of the Storage Code (Official Gazette No.: 58/21), announces relevant information regarding contracting storage capacities - Standard bundled units (hereinafter: SBU)  which will be available from 1^st of April  2022 till 31^th of March 2027 available number of SBU:
 

2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
32	32	32	32	32

SBU is defined by the following parameters:

1. working volume, where the working volume of one SBU is determined in the amount of 50 GWh,
2. associated dependence injection curve for storage years 2022-2026
3. associated dependence withdrawal curve for storage years 2022-2026.

• period for which the lease of the SBU service available = max 5 years,
• deadline for submitting the SBU reservation request at the Operator's address = June 17, 2021.
• deadline for notification allocated SBUs  and of the resulting auction premium for each storage year based on the requests received = June 25, 2021.

 
The request for reservation of SBU is submitted in accordance with the conditions and in the manner prescribed by the Storage Code (Official Gazette No.: 50/18, 23/20 and 58/21):

• Request for reservation of SBU is submitted on the form: Request for reservation of standard package of storage capacity (unofficial translation).
• The delivery of the request for the reservation of the SBU is a binding offer by the applicant for contracting the service of the SBU.
• The request for the reservation of the SBU contains the following:

             - name of the applicant, including the official and operational contacts;
             - the requested number of SBUs for each storage year for which the request is submitted
             - period to which the request applies.

The request for the reservation of a SBU must be accompanied by the following:

• excerpt from the court registry or suitable evidence which proves that the person is authorised to act on the behalf of the applicant;
• copy of a valid license for carrying out energy activities which entitles him to access the Storage;
• form of solvency BON 1 and BON 2 which are not older than 30 days for companies which have their headquarters located in the Republic of Croatia,
• for companies with headquarters outside the Republic of Croatia, certified translations of financial reports for the previous three years by a Court Interpreter for the Croatian language or other relevant proof of financial capability in accordance with the regulations of the country where the applicant’s headquarters is located or an assessment of Credit Rating Agency that is acceptable to the Operator,
• proof of payment of a cash deposit or a bank bid bond for each request in the amount:

              -      750.000,00 kn for the request in the total amount up to 5 SBU's
              -   1.500.000,00 kn for the request in the total amount from 6 up to 10 SBU's
              -   3.000.000,00 kn for the request in the total amount from 11 up to 20 SBU's
              -   4.500.000,00 kn for the request in the total amount from 21 up to 30 SBU's
              -   6.000.000,00 kn for the request in the total amount from 31 up to 40 SBU's
              - 10.000.000,00 kn for the request in the total amount for more than 40 SBU's,

and which shall be returned by the Operator to the applicant within eight days from the date of receipt of the means of payment security referred to in the Confirmation of Contracted Service;

•       by way of derogation the applicant may also submit a regular debenture, which the Operator shall return to the applicant within eight days from the receipt of the means of payment security referred to in the Certificate of Contracted Service, only in the case of a written approval of the Operator after the creditworthiness evaluation upon the inquiry of the applicant and the previously submitted BON 1 and BON 2 solvency forms at least 5 business days before the deadline for submitting the reservation request.

Delivery of SBU reservation request:

The Request is delivered to the Operator exclusively by registered mail with the indication: "Request for reservation of SBU", where the moment of acceptance of the Request is considered when the Operator receives the Request on his address.

The Operator shall reject the requests for reservation of SBU with which the applicants did not submit the attachments referred to in Article 40, paragraph 8 of the Storage Code, as well as those that were not submitted in the manner prescribed by the Storage Code.

The lease of the SBU service in the period from 1^st of April 2022 till 31^th of March 2027 will be contracted on the basis of:

• - Gas Storage Agreement (unofficial translation)
• - Confirmation of Contracted Service of the SBU (unofficial translation)
• - Confirmation on the contracted lease service of interruptible non-nominated withdrawal capacity on a daily basis (unofficial translation)
• - Confirmation of contracted lease service of interruptible non-nominated injection capacity on a daily basis (unofficial translation)
• - Agreement on access to the storage system operator's information platform  (unofficial translation)
• - Information about the natural person for whom the user requests access rights for the its platform (unofficial translation) 
• - Form of Bank Guarantee. 

 
 
Individual firm services:  

If the Operator regarding its technical storage characteristics is in a position to offer some of the individual firm services, he will notify potential users in a timely fashion.