Licensing
To be able to use the services offered by GTS, a shipper needs to be recognized by GTS. GTS advises to submit the application for licensing well in advance of the date on which the transport service commences.
GTS assumes that every party requesting to be licensed is well informed on the current tariff system and related services, the “gasvoorwaarden” (only Dutch) and the general Transport Service Conditions (TSC) of GTS.
GTS accepts everyone as a participant to the gas transport who;
- is sufficiently creditworthy in respect to its intended transport obligations, meaning that conditions in respect to financial sureties, that fit the credit risk according to fixed rules by GTS, have been met. These rules are included in Appendix 1 of the ´Transportvoorwaarden Gas-LNB´ which is part of the ´Gasvoorwaarden´.
In case the participant is considered not creditworthy by GTS, additional sureties will have to be supplied. Financial sureties that surely will be accepted are listed under the header ”Forms” (surety agreement of surety deposit) and; - meets the requirements for the electronic message interaction with respect to the nomination process; see Operating Procedures Appendix 5 of the current TSC and;
- in all respects expresses to dispose of the professionalism, precision and technical, administrative and organizational facilities, which are requested to become a participant in the gas transport in the national gas transport grid and behaves itself in accordance to that; and;
In case the above-mentioned conditions are met, GTS will publish the licensing on the website and the party will be indicated as shipper.
Click here to download the licenselist.
GTS uses two types of licensing for a shipper, licensing LA and licensing LB, the difference being the possibility to contract transport capacity on an exit point between the national gas transport grid and a regional gas transport grid.
Licensing LA
Parties with licensing LA make use of the services of GTS, except for transport capacity on an exit point between the national gas transport grid and a regional gas transport grid. Apart from the requirements as listed above, no further conditions are applicable.
Licensing LB
Parties with licensing LB make use of the services of GTS, including transport capacity at exit points between the national gas transport grid and a regional gas transport grid. Besides the requirements as listed above the following conditions apply:
- party should have an EAN-code, which can be applied for at EAN-Nederland http://www.gs1.nl;
- party should participate in the messaging with respect to the allocation. To participate in this, a party should register for the virtual private network (VPN) of GTS. See VPN.
An application form for licensing can be requested via
Application form Licensing.xls 
Please send application forms, in case completely filled in and signed, to:
Gas Transport Services B.V.
Attn. Secretariaat afdeling LT
P.O. Box 181
9700 MA Groningen
The Netherlands
or by fax to:
Gas Transport Services B.V.
Attn. Secretariaat afdeling LT
+31 50 360 30 36
