No L 295/16 Official Journal of the European Communities 16. 11 . 94

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 94/49/EC of 11 November 1994 updating the list of entities covered by Council Directive 91/296/EEC on the transit of natural through grids

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Article 2 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Having regard to Council Directive 91 /296/EEC of 31 this Directive before 31 December 1994. They shall forth­ May 1991 on the transit of through grids ('), with inform the Commission thereof. and in particular Article 2 (2) thereof, When Member States adopt these measures, they shall Whereas the high-pressure natural gas transmission grids contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accom­ and the entities responsible for them in the Member States covered by the Directive 91 /296/EEC are listed in panied by such reference on the occasion of their official the Annex to that Directive ; publication . The methods of making such a reference shall be laid down by the Member States. Whereas the list is to be updated by the Commission after consultation with the Member States concerned, whenever necessary within the context of the objectives of the Article 3 Directive 91 /296/EEC, and in particular taking into account paragraph 1 (a) of Article 2 ; This Directive shall enter into force on the day of its Whereas the evolution of the gas industries in , publication in the Official Journal of the European in particular with regard to the German reunification, and Communities. in Italy, necessitates the updating of the list, After consultation with the Member States concerned, Done at Brussels, 11 November 1994. HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :

Article 1 For the Commission The Annex to Directive 91 /296/EEC is replaced by the Marcelino OREJA Annex to this Directive. Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

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List of entities and high-pressure gas transmission grids

Member State Entity

Germany Bayerngas GmbH BEB Erdgas und Erdöl GmbH Erdgas Verkaufs-Gesellschaft mbH Gas-Union GmbH Mobil Oil AG Ruhrgas AG Saar Ferngas AG Thyssengas GmbH Vereinigte Elektrizitätswerke Westfalen AG (VEW) Westfälische Ferngas AG EWAG, Nurnberg Gasversorgung Süddeutschland Schleswag AG Thüga AG Verbundnetz Gas AG Wingas GmbH Distrigaz SA

Denmark Dansk Naturgas A/S

Spain Empresa Nacional de Gas SA (ENAGAS) Catalana de Gas Gas de Euskadi

Greece DEPA

Luxembourg SOTEG

Netherlands NV Nederlandse Gasunie

Italy Snam SpA Edison Gas SpA Societa Gasodotti del Mezzogiorno SpA

France Gaz de SNGSO Compagnie française du (Cefem)

United Kingdom British Gas

Ireland Irish Gas Board'