Filling Level Requirements Sample Clauses
The Filling Level Requirements clause sets specific standards for the minimum or maximum levels at which a container, tank, or similar vessel must be filled during operations. In practice, this clause may dictate that a storage tank should not be filled beyond a certain percentage of its capacity to prevent overflows, or it may require a minimum fill level to ensure proper functioning of equipment. Its core function is to ensure safety, operational efficiency, and regulatory compliance by clearly defining acceptable fill levels and preventing issues such as spillage, equipment damage, or non-compliance with industry standards.
Filling Level Requirements. (1) In the scope of using the working gas volume (WGV) of the Contract, the Customer shall be obliged to observe the filling level requirements set out in the Annex “Capacities and Storage Fee” as of the reference dates set out in the Annex “Capacities and Storage Fee” to the Contract (“Filling Level Requirements”).
(2) Failing this, i.e. in the case that the aforementioned Filling Level Requirements have not been met, VGS shall be permitted to withdraw from the Customer their storage capacities contracted by means of the Contract in accordance with the provisions of this Supplementary Agreement.
Filling Level Requirements. The following table shows the Filling Level Requirement to be observed by the customer at the respective Reference Dates as well as the dates for the customer's Filling Level Commitment: 01/11/2023 12/08/2023 95.00 01/02/2024 12/11/2023 40.00 4 Temporary Minimum Filling Level1 The following table shows the Minimum Filling Level to be maintained by the customer during the respective period: 01/11/2022 – 01/10/2024 0.00 1 Dependent on potential withdrawal of capacities according to " Supplementary Agreement – Filling Level Require- ments” between and – hereinafter referred to as “VGS” – By means of Sections 35a to 35g of the German Law regarding the Electricity and Gas Supply [Gesetz über die Elektrizitäts- und Gasversorgung, in short: Energiewirtschaftsgesetz, abbreviation: EnWG] (“Part 3a – Filling level requirements regarding gas storage facilities and ensuring security of supply”) that took effect on 30 April 2022, the German legislature defined filling level requirements with regard to gas storage facilities that are located in the Federal Republic of Germany and have at least one point of connection with the German long-distance pipeline network. With the Regulation on the Adjustment of Filling Level Requirements for Gas Storage Facilities (Gas Storage Level Regulation) of 29. July 2022, the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Action made use of its delegated legislationton issue an ordinance pursuant to Section 35b subsection (3) of the German Law regarding the Electricity and Gas Supply and adjusted the level requirements pursuant to Section 35b
(1) Sentence 2 of the the German Law regarding the Electricity and Gas Supply (on 1 October: 85%; on 1 November: 95%; on 1 February: 40%). In that context, the filling level requirements serve for ensuring that the respective filling levels will be kept available at the relevant gas storage facilities on the reference dates defined in Section 35b, subsection (1), sentence 2 of the German Law regarding the Electricity and Gas Supply. This requires the actual utilisation by the storage customer of the storage capacities provided by the operators of the storage facilities; failing this, the capacities shall be withdrawn from the relevant storage customer and shall be made available to the market area coordinator (“use it or lose it” principle). Against this background, the operators of the storage facilities are now required by law to include contractual regulations into their storage contracts that, on th...