Registration as market participant

We administer and maintain the Register of Market Participants in the Finnish gas market. In order to participate in the Finnish gas market, all market participants must register in the Register of Market Participants. The same participant may also register as a market participant in multiple market roles. To register as a market participant, go to: https://gasgridportal.fi/register.

To be able to register as a market participant, your company must have signed a role-specific framework agreement with us and, depending on your market role, have a Global Location Number (GLN) or an Energy Identification Code (EIC). For more information about these, see chapter 4 of the Gas Market Code and Information Exchange Guidelines. You will also find more information about the Gas Market Code and Information Exchange Guidelines. Additionally, your latest financial statements and your Business ID will be needed as well. Gasgrid performs a KYC-questionnaire to all market participants as part of the registration process.

For more information about the registration process, see section 3.3 of the Gas Market Code and Information Exchange Guidelines.

EIC codes

In the Finnish gas market shippers and traders are required to have an EIC-X party code (Energy Identification Coding, EIC). The code scheme is a premise for reliable and efficient data exchange between the market participants and the transmission system operators, and a basis for automated electronic data interchange. Gasgrid Finland (TSO) acts as a Local Issuing Office (LIO) for gas market EIC-X party codes in Finland. An EIC Participant is responsible for the accuracy and completeness of the information it submits when applying for an EIC code. Once an EIC code is issued, the EIC Participant shall be responsible for the information provided in the EIC code and shall inform the LIO that issued the EIC Code of any changes in the EIC information.

By applying for and being allocated an EIC code, an EIC Participant accepts explicitly The Energy Identification Coding Scheme (EIC) Reference Manual (see ENTSO-E’s website) and to comply with its provisions. By applying EIC participant also accepts, that TSO publishes the party code holder’s following information: X EIC Code, Party Name, Display Name, VAT Code, Postal Code, Function on TSO’s website and sends received application data (see list below) also to ENTSO-E to make the EIC code international and published on ENTSO-E’s EIC list.

Only one X code will be allocated per VAT number.

EIC codes are administrated and supplied by the Central Issuing Office of ENTSO-E or Local Issuing Offices. It is recommendable to apply for an EIC from the nearest office, and in practice, Local Issuing Office which is Gasgrid Finland.

When requesting EIC-X code for Finnish gas market, please send request and provide the following information via email, customerservice[at]gasgrid.fi:

Party Name (name of the company)
Display Name (name wished to be displayed, max 14 characters) – please note that total number of characters is 16, but 2-character LIO number will be added in the beginning of requested display name
VAT Code
Postal address of the company
Contact details regarding EIC code: contact person, phone number, email address
Market role (shipper/trader)
Company registry certificate as attachment

Please note that (due to international nature of gas market and possible future Finnish-Baltic market integration) Gasgrid Finland always reports the requested EIC-X codes and EIC participant’s application data to central issuing office ENTSO-E to make them international EIC codes. Please also note that EIC is only a coding scheme and it does not guarantee the right to trade energy.