Newsletter-21

292 NEWSLETTER 2016 such extra capacity shall be announced by TEIAS on its website each year, in April, August and December. Such announcements shall be made upon the execution of a system utilization agreement concluded between TEIAS and the related system operator. The applications for such extra capacity shall be evaluated by the related network operator three months from the announcement date. However, according to the sixth subparagraph of Art. 6 of the Regulation, if additional capac- ity arises in the substations due to other reasons, TEIAS shall notify such extra capacity to the related system operator. TEIAS shall then announce this extra capacity on its website on the eleventh day of the following month. Applications regarding such capacities shall be evaluated by the related system operator three months after the an- nouncement date. Along with these announcement requirements, the Amending Regulation also stipulates certain rules on the types of connections. For instance, as per Art. 6/7 that was added to the Regulation, unlicensed generation facilities shall not be directly connected to substations, and such facilities shall not be allocated any feeders. Subparagraphs 8 and 9 that were added to Art. 6 of the Regulation by the Amending Regu- lation, indicates that the generation facilities having installed power between 0.5 MW and 1 MW shall neither be located more distant than ten kilometers by air travel, nor more than twelve kilometers as the main distance to the network to which it is connected. Similarly, gen- eration facilities that have a maximum installed power of 0.499 MW shall not be closer than five kilometers by air travel, and six kilometers as the main distance to the network to which it is connected. Addition- ally, generation facilities shall not be connected to any distribution systems located outside of their own distribution territories. However, theAmending Regulation highlights that these limitations on distances shall not apply to the applications that are announced on the website of the related network operator, as deemed qualified for a connection agreement call letter prior to the date of entry into force of the Amend- ing Regulation. In accordance with Art. 7/6 and Provisional Art. 7 of the Regula- tion, the procedures and principles regarding the connection applica- tions and utilization of surplus energy of the generation facilities that are directly connected to their own power consumption facilities, as