guidance

High-risk § 3.2.5

The supply of gas use case in critical infrastructure

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According to the approach presented in section 3.2.1.ii above, ‘an AI system intended to be used in the management and operation of supply of gas ’ refers to an AI system intended to be used in an asset, a facility, equipment, a network, or an system or a part of an asset, a facility, equipment, a network or a system which is necessary for the provision of the essential services established in in Article 2(1)(d) CER Delegated Regulation. This includes28:

  • the supply of gas (supply undertaking);
  • the distribution of gas (distribution system operators);
  • the transmission of gas (transmission system operators);
  • the storage of gas (storage system operators);
  • the operation of a liquified natural gas (LNG) system (LNG system operators);
  • the production of natural gas (natural gas undertakings);
  • the purchase of natural gas (natural gas undertakings);
  • the refinement and treatment of natural gas (operators of natural gas refining and treatment facilities).
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An AI system used in the management and operation of supply of gas should be considered high risk if it is intended to be used by a gas entity (i.e.: gas supply undertaking, distribution, transmission or storage system operator, LNG system operator, natural gas undertaking, operator of natural gas refining and treatment facility) that has been identified by a Member State as a critical entity under the CER Directive.

a) Practical example of an AI system falling outside of the high-risk use case of the supply of gas

AI system used as a predictive maintenance tool for gas pipeline monitoring by analysing operational data to predict maintenance needs . Such AI system does not directly control safety functions and existing safety systems remain independently operational.

  1. The supply of gas use case does not include anoil subsectoras definedin Annex III point 1c of the CER Directive(operators of oil transmission pipelines ; operators of oil production, refining and treatment facilities, storage and transmission; central stockholding entities as defined in Article 2, point (f), of Council Directive 2009/119/EC).