Date: December 16th
Time: 14:00–16:00 CET / 15:00–17:00 Kyiv time
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Energy Club, the largest energy business community in Ukraine, invites you to a reception dedicated to the pressing issues of natural gas supply diversification in Poland. This event will delve into the legal complexities surrounding gas temporarily stored in customs warehouses in Ukraine and its impact on Polish energy and tax legislation.
Key topics for discussion:
Origin and Status of Gas:
- Determining the origin of gas after temporary storage in Ukraine.
- Maintaining EU gas status.
- Practical confirmation of Polish origin.
- Impact of using gas for balancing the Polish market.
Pre-Designated Use of Gas:
- The role of forward contracts and temporary storage in determining legal status.
- Impact on excise legislation.
Compliance with Excise Legislation:
- Applying Polish legislation on excise goods to gas retaining Polish customs status.
- Excise duty payment for export-import operations.
- The impact of forward contracts.
Supply Diversification:
- Impact of gas status on diversification rules.
- Documentary confirmation of supply from Poland.
- Accounting for gas within the Polish gas balance framework.
- Precedents for regulating similar cases.
Import of Natural Gas and Excise Taxation:
- Defining “natural gas import” in the context of diversification and excise taxation.
- Impact of re-import on compliance with diversification requirements.
- Conditions for excise duty exemption in case of re-import.
Additional Issues:
- Norms of Polish and European legislation on preserving EU goods status during temporary storage.
- Key legal differences between temporary storage and full import.
Introduction
- Valerii Bezus, Vice President of Energy Club
Speakers:
- Mykola Kolisnyk, Deputy Minister of Energy of Ukraine
- Andrii Prokofiev, Head of Customer Relations Department of Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine (GTSOU)
- Aleksander Kwaśniewski, president of Poland from 1995 to 2005
- Stanisław Brzęczkowski, Chief Engineer, Gas Market Development Division, Gaz-System S.A.
- Hubert Kabulski, Head of Customer Relations Department, Gas Market Development Division, Gaz-System S.A.
- Andrzej Nehrebecki, Head of Transmission Agreements Department, Gas Market Development Division, Gaz-System S.A.
- Willem Coppoolse, ERU Group Director
- Taras Kulinich, PhD, Advisor to the Chairman of the Board of Cherkasygaz PJSC, Advisor to the Chairman of the Board of Uman’gaz PrJSC, Professor at the Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
UKR
Energy Club, the largest business community of energy companies in Ukraine, invites you to a meeting dedicated to the current issues of diversification of natural gas supplies in Poland. The focus of the discussion will be on explaining the principles of handling gas temporarily stored in a customs warehouse in Ukraine and the impact of this situation on the application of Polish energy and tax legislation.
Key topics:
Origin and status of gas:
- Determination of origin of gas after temporary storage in a customs warehouse in Ukraine.
- Maintenance of EU gas status in accordance with EU legislation.
- Practical confirmation of Polish origin of gas (customs procedures, documentation).
- Impact of gas use for balancing the Polish market on its status.
Preliminary determined use of gas:
- The role of forward contracts and temporary storage in underground storage in determining the legal status of gas.
- Impact on excise legislation.
Compliance with excise legislation:
- Application of Polish legislation on the import of excisable goods to gas that retains Polish customs status.
- Issues of excise duty payment in export-import transactions with gas.
- The impact of forward contracts on the status of gas in the context of excise legislation.
Diversification of supplies:
- The impact of maintaining the status of gas on the rules for diversification of supplies.
- Documentary confirmation of supplies from Poland.
- Accounting for gas available for the Polish gas balance within the framework of diversification rules.
- Precedents for the settlement of similar cases.
Import of natural gas and excise taxation:
- Definition of “import of natural gas” in the context of diversification and excise taxation.
- The impact of re-import on compliance with diversification requirements.
- Conditions for exemption from excise tax in the case of re-import of gas.
Additional issues:
- Norms of Polish and European legislation confirming the preservation of the status of EU goods during temporary storage.
- Key legal differences between temporary storage and full import of gas.
Introduction
- Valeriy Bezus, Vice President of Energy Club
Speakers:
- Mykola Kolisnyk, Deputy Minister of Energy of Ukraine
- Andriy Prokofiev, Head of the Customer Relations Department of the Ukrainian Gas Transmission and Distribution System
- Alexander Kwasniewski, President of Poland in 1995–2005
- Stanisław Brzeczkowski, Chief Engineer of the Gas Market Development Department, Polish GTS Operator (GAZ–SYSTEM)
- Hubert Kabulski, Head of the Client Relations Department of the Gas Market Development Department, Polish GTS Operator (GAZ–SYSTEM)
- Andrzej Negrebecki, Head of the Transportation Contracts Department of the Gas Market Development Department, Polish GTS Operator (GAZ–SYSTEM)
- William Koppuls, Director of ERU Group
- Taras Kulinich, Advisor to the Chairman of the Board of PJSC Cherkasygaz, Advisor to the Chairman of the Board of PJSC Umangaz, Professor of the Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
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