17. 12. 96 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 326/13 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2386/96 of 16 December 1996 applying Council Regulation (EC) No 736/96 of 22 April 1996 on notifying the Commission of investment projects of interest to the Community in the petroleum, natural gas and electricity sectors (Text with EEA relevance) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community and in particular Article 213 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 736/96 of 22 April 1996 on notifying the Commission of invest- ment projects of interest to the Community in petroleum, natural gas and electricity sectors ('), and in particular Article 2.2 thereof, Whereas Article 2.2 of Regulation (EC) No 736/96 provides that the Commission may, within the limits laid down by that Regulation and the annexes thereto, adopt implementing provisions concerning the form, content and other details of the notifications provided for in Article 1 thereof, Whereas to simplify, on a technical level, the information system and to gather comparable data, notifications to be made by Member States and, in certain cases under- takings, should be standardized by the use of question- naires which would serve as a guide for the presentation and content of such notifications, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The notifications referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 736/96 shall be drawn up as shown in the annex hereto. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day fol- lowing its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 16 December 1996. () OJ No L 102, 25. 4. 199, p. 1. For the Commission Christos PAPOUTSIS Member of the Commission