Pursuant to the Law on Stocks, power sector companies specialising in foreign trade in natural gas, as well as entities importing natural gas to Poland are obligated to maintain emergency stocks of natural gas. The entity responsible for the management of natural gas storage facilities in Poland is Gas Storage Poland sp. z o.o, as an storage system operator.
The Ticketing Service provided by Orlen is an alternative form of implementation of the obligation to maintain stocks to individual procurement of such service from Gas Storage Poland sp. z o.o or to maintain such stocks abroad. The Law stipulates the possibility to maintain emergency stocks also within the territory of another EU Member State or within the territory of a Member State of the European Free Trade Agreement (EFTA). Customers who decide to use the services provided by Orlen commission the latter to maintain an emergency stock of natural gas on their behalf.