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Legislation regarding Access Tariffs as well as Access Fees:

• Royal Decree 1164/2001, of October 26, establishing access tariffs for the electricity transport and distribution networks.
• Order ITC/2794/2007, of September 27, revising electricity tariffs from October 1, 2007.
• Order ITC/3801/2008, of December 26, revising electricity tariffs from January 1, 2009.
• Order ITC/1659/2009, of June 22, establishing the mechanism for transferring clients from the market to the last resort electricity supply tariff and the calculation procedure and structure of last resort electricity tariffs.
• Royal Decree 1544/2011, of October 31, establishing access fees to the transport and distribution networks to be paid by electricity producers.
• Royal Decree 1718/2012, of December 28, determining the procedure for reading and billing electricity supplies at low voltage with a contracted power not exceeding 15 kW.
• Order IET/843/2012, of April 25, establishing access fees from April 1, 2012, and certain tariffs and premiums for special regime installations.
• Order IET/1491/2013, of August 1, revising electricity access fees for application from August 2013 and reviewing certain tariffs and premiums for special regime installations for the second quarter of 2013.
• Circular 3/2014, of July 2, from the National Commission on Markets and Competition, establishing the methodology for calculating electricity transport and distribution fees.
• Order TEC/1366/2018, of December 20, establishing electricity access fees for 2019.
• Royal Decree-Law 1/2019, of January 11, regarding urgent measures to adapt the competencies of the National Commission on Markets and Competition to the requirements derived from Community law in relation to Directives 2009/72/EC and 2009/73/EC of the European Parliament and the Council, of July 13, 2009, on common rules for the internal electricity and natural gas market.

Legislation related to the Distribution of electricity activity:

• Royal Decree 842/2002, of August 2, approving the Electrotechnical Regulation for low voltage and its complementary technical instructions ITC BT 01 to 51.
• Royal Decree 1435/2002, of December 27, regulating the basic conditions of contracts for energy acquisition and access to low voltage networks.
• Order ECO/797/2002, of March 22, approving the procedure for measuring and controlling the continuity of the electricity supply.
• Royal Decree 1110/2007, of August 24, approving the unified Regulation for measurement points of the electrical system.
• Royal Decree 1048/2013, of December 27, establishing the methodology for calculating the remuneration for electricity distribution activity.

Legislation regarding the activity of Energy Marketing and Supply:

• Royal Decree 1435/2002, of December 27, regulating the basic conditions of energy acquisition contracts and access to low-voltage networks.
• Royal Decree 1718/2012, of December 28, determining the procedure for reading and billing energy supplies at low voltage with a contracted power not exceeding 15 kW.
• Resolution of May 23, 2014, from the General Directorate of Energy Policy and Mines, establishing the minimum content and model of the electricity bill.
• Royal Decree 216/2014, of March 28, establishing the calculation methodology for voluntary prices for small consumers of electrical energy and their legal contracting regime.
• Royal Decree 897/2017, of October 6, regulating the figure of the vulnerable consumer, the social bonus, and other protective measures for domestic consumers of electrical energy.

Legislation regarding the modalities of electricity supply with self-consumption and production with self-consumption:

• Royal Decree 900/2015, of October 9, regulating the administrative, technical, and economic conditions of electricity supply modalities with self-consumption and production with self-consumption.
• Royal Decree 244/2019, of April 5, regulating the administrative, technical, and economic conditions of self-consumption of electrical energy.

State Legislation of the Electric Sector:

• Law 54/1997, of November 27, on the Electric Sector.
• Law 48/1998, of December 30, on procurement procedures in the water, energy, transportation, and telecommunications sectors, incorporating directives 93/38 EEC and 92/13 EEC into Spanish law.
• Royal Decree 1955/2000, of December 1, regulating the activities of transportation, distribution, commercialization, supply, and authorization procedures for electrical installations.
• Royal Decree-Law 14/2010, of December 23, establishing urgent measures to correct the tariff deficit in the electric sector.
• Law 17/2013, of October 29, to guarantee supply and increase competition in insular and extra-peninsular electric systems.
• Law 24/2013, of December 26, on the Electric Sector.
• Royal Decree-Law 15/2018, of October 5, on urgent measures for the energy transition and consumer protection.
• Royal Decree-Law 1/2019, of January 11, on urgent measures to adjust the powers of the National Commission of Markets and Competition to meet the requirements derived from European Union law concerning Directives 2009/72/EC and 2009/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, dated July 13, 2009, on common rules for the internal electricity and natural gas markets.