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1. The Commission is empowered to adopt binding guidelines in the areas listed in this Article.

2. The Commission is empowered to adopt guidelines in the areas where such acts could also be developed under the network code procedure pursuant to Articles 71 and 72. Those guidelines shall be adopted in the form of delegated or implementing acts, depending on the relevant empowerment provided for in this Regulation.

3. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 80 to supplement this Regulation by establishing guidelines in the following areas:

(a) details of third-party access services, including the character, duration and other requirements of those services, in accordance with Articles 6, 7 and 8;

(b) details of the principles underlying capacity-allocation mechanisms and on the application of congestion-management procedures in the event of contractual congestion, in accordance with Articles 10 and 11;

(c) details of the provision of information, definition of the technical information necessary for network users to obtain effective access to the system and the definition of all relevant points for transparency requirements, including the information to be published at all relevant points and the time schedule for the publication of that information, in accordance with Articles 33 and 34;

(d) details of tariff methodology related to cross-border trade of natural gas, in accordance with Articles 17 and 18.

4. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 80 in order to amend the guidelines laid down in Annex I, with a view to specifying:

(a) the details of the information to be published on the methodology used to set the regulated revenue of the transmission system operator, in accordance with Articles 33 and 34;

(b) the details of the principles of capacity-allocation mechanisms and congestion-management procedures implementing Articles 10 and 11;

(c) the details of the technical information necessary for network users to obtain effective access to the natural gas system implementing Article 33(1);

(d) the details of the definition of all relevant points, the information to be published and the schedule for transparency requirements implementing Article 33;

(e) the details of the format and content of technical information on network access to be published by hydrogen network operators implementing Article 66.

5. When amending guidelines, the Commission shall consult:

(a) ACER, the ENTSO for Gas and the EU DSO entity and, where relevant, other stakeholders for guidelines that concern natural gas;

(b) ACER, the ENNOH and the EU DSO entity and, where relevant, other stakeholders for guidelines that concern hydrogen.