(a) addresses the identification of projects of common interest necessary to implement priority corridors and areas falling under the energy infrastructure categories in electricity, gas, oil, and carbon dioxide set out in Annex II ("energy infrastructure categories"); (b) facilitates the timely implementation of projects of common interest by streamlining, coordinating more closely, and accelerating permit granting processes and by enhancing public participation; (c) provides rules and guidance for the cross-border allocation of costs and risk-related incentives for projects of common interest; (d) determines the conditions for eligibility of projects of common interest for Union financial assistance.
Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2013 on guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure and repealing Decision No 1364/2006/EC and amending Regulations (EC) No 713/2009, (EC) No 714/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 Text with EEA relevance
Modified by
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1391/2013of 14 October 2013amending Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure as regards the Union list of projects of common interest, 32013R1391, December 21, 2013
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/89of 18 November 2015amending Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the Union list of projects of common interest, 32016R0089, January 27, 2016
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/540of 23 November 2017amending Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the Union list of projects of common interest, 32018R0540, April 6, 2018
- Regulation (EU) 2019/942 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 5 June 2019establishing a European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators(recast)(Text with EEA relevance), 32019R0942, June 14, 2019
- Regulation (EU) 2019/943 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 5 June 2019on the internal market for electricity(recast)(Text with EEA relevance), 32019R0943, June 14, 2019
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/389of 31 October 2019amending Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the Union list of projects of common interest, 32020R0389, March 11, 2020
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/564of 19 November 2021amending Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the Union list of projects of common interest, 32022R0564, April 8, 2022
- Regulation (EU) 2022/869 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 30 May 2022on guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure, amending Regulations (EC) No 715/2009, (EU) 2019/942 and (EU) 2019/943 and Directives 2009/73/EC and (EU) 2019/944, and repealing Regulation (EU) No 347/2013Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1041of 28 November 2023amending Regulation (EU) 2022/869 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the Union list of projects of common interest and projects of mutual interest, 32022R086932024R1041, June 3, 2022
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1041of 28 November 2023amending Regulation (EU) 2022/869 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the Union list of projects of common interest and projects of mutual interest, 32024R1041, April 8, 2024
(1) "energy infrastructure" means any physical equipment or facility falling under the energy infrastructure categories which is located within the Union or linking the Union and one or more third countries; (2) "comprehensive decision" means the decision or set of decisions taken by a Member State authority or authorities not including courts or tribunals, that determines whether or not a project promoter is to be granted authorisation to build the energy infrastructure to realise a project without prejudice to any decision taken in the context of an administrative appeal procedure; (3) "project" means one or several lines, pipelines, facilities, equipments or installations falling under the energy infrastructure categories; (4) "project of common interest" means a project necessary to implement the energy infrastructure priority corridors and areas set out in Annex I and which is part of the Union list of projects of common interest referred to in Article 3; (5) "energy infrastructure bottleneck" means limitation of physical flows in an energy system due to insufficient transmission capacity, which includes inter alia the absence of infrastructure; (6) "project promoter" means one of the following: (a) a TSO, distribution system operator or other operator or investor developing a project of common interest; (b) where there are several TSOs, distribution system operators, other operators, investors, or any group thereof, the entity with legal personality under the applicable national law, which has been designated by contractual arrangement between them and which has the capacity to undertake legal obligations and assume financial liability on behalf of the parties to the contractual arrangement;
(7) "smart grid" means an electricity network that can integrate in a cost efficient manner the behaviour and actions of all users connected to it, including generators, consumers and those that both generate and consume, in order to ensure an economically efficient and sustainable power system with low losses and high levels of quality, security of supply and safety; (8) "works" means the purchase, supply and deployment of components, systems and services including software, the carrying out of development and construction and installation activities relating to a project, the acceptance of installations and the launching of a project; (9) "studies" means activities needed to prepare project implementation, such as preparatory, feasibility, evaluation, testing and validation studies, including software, and any other technical support measure including prior action to define and develop a project and decide on its financing, such as reconnaissance of the sites concerned and preparation of the financial package; (10) "national regulatory authority" means a national regulatory authority designated in accordance with Article 35(1) of Directive 2009/72/EC or Article 39(1) of Directive 2009/73/EC; (11) "commissioning" means the process of bringing a project into operation once it has been constructed.
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