No L 233/86 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 30 . 9 . 95
COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 95/49/EC of 26 September 1995 updating the list of entities covered by Directive 91/296/EEC on the transit of natural gas through grids (Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Article 2
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations Community, and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Having regard to Council Directive 91 /296/EEC of 31 this Directive before 31 December 1995 . They shall forth May 1991 on the transit of natural gas through grids ('), as with inform the Commission thereof . amended by Commission Directive 94/49/EC (2) and in When Member States adopt these measures, they shall particular Article 2 (2) thereof, contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompa Whereas the high-pressure natural gas transmission grids nied by such reference on the occasion of their official and the entities responsible for them in the Member publication . The methods of making such a reference States covered by Directive 91 /296/EEC are listed in the shall be laid down by the Member States . Annex to that Directive ; Whereas the list is to be updated by the Commission after Article 3 consultation with the Member States concerned, whenever necessary within the context of the objectives of Directive This Directive shall enter into force on the day of its 91 /296/EEC, and in particular taking into account Article publication in the Official Journal of the European 2 ( 1 ) (a) thereof ; Communities. Whereas the evolution of the gas industries in Spain and Article 4 the adhesion of the three new Member States, Austria, Finland and Sweden, necessitates the updating of the list ; This Directive is addressed to the Member States . After consultation with the Member States concerned ,
Done at Brussels , 26 September 1995 . HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :
Article 1 For the Commission Christos PAPOUTSIS The Annex to Directive 91 /296/EEC is replaced by the Annex to this Directive . Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 147, 12. 6. 1991 , p . 37 . 2) OJ No L 295, 16 . 11 . 1994, p. 16 . 30 . 9 . 95 EN Official Journal of the European Communities No L 233/87
ANNEX
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 Erdgas — Erdöl GmbH Ruhrgas AG Saar Ferngas AG Thyssengas GmbH Vereinigte Elektrizitätswerke Westfalen AG (VEW) Westfälische Ferngas AG EWAG, Nürnberg Gasversorgung Süddeutschland Schleswag AG Thüga AG Verbundnetz Gas AG Wingas GmbH Belgium Distrigaz SA Denmark Dansk Naturgas A/S Spain Empresa Nacional de Gas SA (ENAGAS) Gas Natural SDG, SA Gas de Euskadi
Greece DEPA Luxembourg SOTEG Netherlands NV Nederlandse Gasunie
Italy Snam SpA Edison Gas SpA Società Gasdotti del Mezzogiorno SpA
France Gaz de France SNGSO Compagnie française du méthane (CEFEM) United Kingdom British Gas
Ireland Irish Gas Board
Austria ÖMV AG
Sweden Vattenfall Naturgas AB Sydgas AB
Finland Neste Oy