2026 - Market Consultation 3: Fluxys c-grid and Fluxys c-grid Antwerp standard agreements

Fluxys c-grid and Fluxys c-grid Antwerp hereby publish their separate Standard CO2 Transmission Agreement and Connection Agreement for consultation with interested stakeholders. At the same time, the VNR is organizing a public consultation on the draft technical regulation. More information about the consultation of the VNR (in Dutch) can be found here: https://www.vlaamsenutsregulator.be/consultaties

Following the conclusion of this market consultation and the assessment of all comments and feedback received from stakeholders, a formal process will be initiated with the competent regulatory authorities with a view to obtaining approval of the agreements.

At this stage, preliminary and informal exchanges have taken place with the regulatory authorities on certain elements of the Standard CO2 Transmission Agreement and the Connection Agreement. These exchanges are not finalised and do not constitute approval, endorsement, or informal agreement by the regulatory authorities on the content of the proposed agreements. Any regulatory assessment or approval will take place exclusively within the framework of the formal approval process.

Fluxys c-grid Standard CO2 Transmission Agreement contains the terms and conditions for Fluxys c-grid to transport CO2 delivered by the shipper within the Flemish and Walloon regions. Although separate agreements will apply per region, the contractual terms will be aligned. Before submission for approval by the competent regulatory authorities, this agreement will be transformed into one specific agreement for the Walloon region and one for the Flemish region. The envisaged differences between the version for the Walloon region and the version for the Flemish region are indicated between brackets in the Fluxys c-grid Standard CO2 Transmission Agreement.

Fluxys c-grid Antwerp Standard CO2 Transmission Agreement contains the terms and conditions for Fluxys c-grid Antwerp to transport CO2 delivered by the shipper within the local cluster covering the Antwerp port area. This Agreement is identical to the Fluxys c-grid Standard CO2 Transmission Agreement but has been adapted for the local cluster. Therefore, the main only changes are as follows:

  • CNO becomes LCNO
  • CO2 network becomes Local CO2 network
  • A definition of “Antwerp Local Cluster” has been included

Each Transmission Agreement refers to the corresponding Connection Agreement which the Carbon Network Operator or the Local Carbon Network Operator must conclude with a Network User connected to the CO2 Network or to the Local CO2 Network before CO2 is transferred into or out of the CO2 Network or the Local CO2 Network.

The Fluxys c-grid Antwerp Connection Agreement is identical to the Fluxys c-grid Connection Agreement but has been adapted for the local cluster. Therefore, the main changes are as follows:

  • CNO becomes LCNO
  • CO2 Network becomes Local CO2 Network

 

Overview of the Agreements to be signed:

 

Market consultation window

This market consultation will take place from 22 May 2026 until 6 July 2026 COB.

 

Document in consultation

 

Supporting tool

In this PDF (Supporting tool EN-NL-FR), you will find a list which intended to facilitate the link between the English terms used in the Agreements, the Dutch terms used in the draft technical regulation which is currently under public consultation by the VNR, and their general translation into French.

 

Submission of your written comments

You are kindly invited to write your comments concerning:

and send it to info@fluxys-c-grid.com and info@fluxys-c-grid-antwerp.com by 6 July 2026 close of business.

To ensure that market feedback can be properly assessed, you will be asked in the Consultation Comments document to explain the maturity of your project. This information will help us to properly contextualize your input and will remain confidential.

Please specify for the rest of your responses whether they are to be treated as confidential or not. Unless otherwise mentioned, all comments will be treated as non-confidential.