REMIT is Regulation No 1227/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on wholesale energy market integrity and transparency. According to REMIT regulation Article 8(1) market participants are required to provide ACER with a record of wholesale energy market transactions, including orders to trade, in order to enhance energy wholesale market transparency and integrity.
17 of December, 2015 European commission approved implementing regulation on the provision of data (REMIT Implementing Regulation), which implements REMIT Article 8(2) and Article 8(6). REMIT Implementing Regulation provides more detailed information about data reporting procedure, list of reportable contracts to ACER, time when data should be provided to ACER, format and rules how data should be presented to ACER.
After the REMIT Implementing Regulation came into force, market participants and third parties that provide data on their behalf must:
• during 9 months period (from 7 of October, 2015) prepare to report data about:
Standard contracts, contracts for wholesale energy products that can be executed in organized market places (exchange), regardless of whether the transactions are conducted inside or outside the system. Additionally, main data from European Network of Transmission System Operators (ENTSO) Transparency Platform.
• during 15 months period (from 7 of April, 2016) prepare to report data about:
Other wholesale market contracts for any kind of wholesale energy products that are not considered as standard contracts (Over-the-counter (OTC) contracts related to the transportation of the natural gas (standard and non-standard)) as well as TSO, LNG and storage system operator main data.