2000/761/EC: Commission Decision of 16 November 2000 defining the specifications of projects of common interest identified in the sector of the trans-European energy networks by Decision No 1254/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document number C(2000) 2683) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2000-11-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: electrical energy, energy grid, management of resources, natural gas, security of supply, trans-European network

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 16 November 2000

defining the specifications of projects of common interest identified in the sector of the trans-Euro-
pean energy networks by Decision No 1254/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council

(notified under document number C(2000) 2683)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2000/761/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

The measures provided for in this Decision are in
accordance with the opinion of the Committee estab-
lished by Article 9 of Decision No 1254/96/EC,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The specification of the projects of common interest identified
by Decision No 1254/96/EC shall be as set out in the Annex to
this Decision.

Decision No 97/548/EC is repealed.

Article 2

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 16 November 2000.

For the Commission

Loyola DE PALACIO

Vice-President

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Decision No 1254/96/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 1996, laying down a
series of guidelines for trans-European energy networks (1), as
last amended by Decision No 1741/1999/EC (2), and in partic-
ular Article 6(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The projects of common interest identified by Decision
No 1254/96/EC should be specified by indicating their
location and, where required, their main characteristics.

By Decision No 97/548/EC (3),
the Commission has
defined the specifications of the projects of common
interest identified by Decision No 1254/96/EC.

Since projects of common interest have developed and
new projects of common interest have been introduced
by amendments to Decision No 1254/96/EC,
those
specifications should be adapted accordingly. It is there-
fore expedient to replace Decision No 97/548/EC.

(1) OJ L 161, 29.6.1996, p. 147.
(2) OJ L 207, 6.8.1999, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 225, 15.8.1997, p. 25.

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ANNEX

TRANS-EUROPEAN ENERGY NETWORKS

Specifications (1) (in the right column) of projects of common interest (in the left column) identified by
Decisions No 1254/96/EC, No 1047/97/EC and No 1741/1999/EC

ELECTRICITY NETWORKS

(a) Connection of isolated electricity networks to European interconnected networks

Project

Specification

a01 United Kingdom:

Connection by submarine cable of Northern Ireland
to Scotland

Island Magee-Coylton link

a02 Ireland-United Kingdom:

Connection by submarine cable of the network of
Ireland to the network of
the United Kingdom
(Wales)

Specification not defined

a04 Greece-Italy:

Connection by submarine cable of Greek network to
Italian network through north-western Greece and
south-eastern Italy

Ipiros-Puglia link

a07 United Kingdom:

Connection by submarine cable of the Isle of Man

North-west England-Isle of Man link

a08 United Kingdom (Scotland):

Connection by submarine cable of
Islands

a09 Greece:

the Shetland

North-east Scotland-Shetland Islands link

Connections between the islands and between the
islands and the mainland

Connection of the Southern Cyclades

(b) Development of electricity interconnections between Member States

Project

Specification

b01 Germany-Denmark:

Connection by submarine cable between the German
network (UCTE) and Denmark's eastern network
(Nordel)

Specification not defined

b04 France-Belgium:

Completion of connection between the two coun-
tries' networks through north-eastern France and
southern Belgium

Molulaine-Aubange line

b05 France-Germany:

Strengthening of the connections between the two
countries

Vigy (F)-Marlenheim (F) line
Vigy (F)-Uchtelfangen (D) line

b06 France-Italy:

Connection between the two countries' networks
through south-eastern France and north-western Italy

Grand île-Piossasco line
La praz (F) phase transformer

b07 France-Spain:

connection between the

through

south-western

Land
networks
northern Spain

two countries'
and

France

Cazaril-Aragón line or alternative route/layout,
connection to the Sallent-Sentmenat line
Pragneres (F) phase transformer
Eastern Pyrenees interconnection

including

(1) All projects in the list below are specified without prejudice to the results of the Environmental Impact Assessment for the projects.

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Project

Specification

b09 Belgium-Luxembourg:

Connection between the two countries' networks

Aubange-Bertrange line

b10 Spain-Portugal:

and

Strengthening
connections
between the two countries through the regions of
northern Portugal and north-western Spain

completion

of

Connection through northern Portugal
Connection through southern Portugal:
Balboa-Alqueva-Sines line

b10a Spain-Portugal:

New connection between the two countries through
the southern region of Portugal and the south-west
of Spain

b11 Finland-Sweden:

Strengthening interconnections north of the Gulf of
Bothnia

New lines parallel to the existing ones

b12 Austria-Italy:

Strengthening connections between the north of Italy
and the Austrian network

Lienz-Cordignano line

b13 Ireland-United Kingdom (Northern Ireland):

Strengthening of connections between Ireland and
Northern Ireland

Specification not defined

b14 Austria-Germany:

Strengthening of the connections between the two
countries

St Peter-Isar line

b15 The Netherlands-United Kingdom:

Connection by submarine cable between south-
eastern England and central Netherlands

Rotterdam area-south-eastern England link

b16 Denmark-Germany:

Strengthening the aerial connections between the
two countries

Specification not defined

(c) Development of internal electricity connections necessary to make the best use of interconnections between

Member States

c02 Denmark:

Project

Specification

Connections by submarine cable between the coun-
try's western (UCTE) and eastern (Nordel) networks

Fyn-Sjælland link

c03 The Netherlands:

Strengthening connections in the north-east of the
country

Specification not defined

c04 France:

Strengthening connections in the north-east of the
country

Sierrentz-Mulbach line

c05 Italy:

Strengthening and developing connections on the
east-west axis in the north of the country and on the
north-south axis

— Connections on the east-west axis:
— Vado Ligure-Morigallo line
— Turbigo-Rho line
— Turbigo-Baggio line
— Gorlago-San Fiorano line
— San Fiorano substation
— Turbigo-Piedilago line
— Piedilago pumping station
— Chivasso-Magenta line
— Colunga-Calenzo line

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Project

Specification

c05a Italy:

Strengthening and development of connections on
the east-west axis in the north-west of the country
and on the north-south axis in the centre of the
country

— Connections on the north-south axis:

— Tavarnuzze-Poggio a Caiano-Calenzano line
— Pietrafitta-Santa Barbara line
— Santa Barbara-Tavarnuzze line
— Tavarnuzze substation
— Matera-Santa Sofia line
— Galatina-Taranto Nord line
— Pian della Speranza/Roma Nord-Montalto/Suvereto

line

— Pietrafitta-Villavalle line
— Laino-Rizziconi

line

c06 Spain:

Strengthening
connections

and

development

of

internal

North axis
Mediterranean axis
Galicia-Centro axis
Centro-Aragón axis
Aragón-Levante axis
Connections in Andalucía

c07 Portugal:

Strengthening connections necessary for interconnec-
tions with Spain in the north and centre of the
country

Pego-Rio Maior II line
Recarei-Pocinho-Aldeadavila line

c08 Greece:

Strengthening
connections

c09 Ireland:

and

development

of

internal

Thessaloniki, Lamia and Patras substations and connecting
lines

Strengthening of connections in the north-west of
the country

Tynagh-Cashla line
Flagford-East Sligo line

c10 Spain:

Strengthening and development of connections in
the north-east and west of the country, in particular
to connect to the network production capacities of
electricity generated from wind-power

Connections in the north-east: in Basque country, Aragón
and Navarra
Connections in the west:

in Galicia

c11 Sweden:

Strengthening
connections

c12 Germany:

and

development

of

internal

Connections in northern Sweden
Connections in central Sweden
Connections in southern Sweden

Development of connections in the north of
country

the

Lübeck/Siems-Görries-Güstrow line
Lübeck/Siems-Krümmel

line

c13 United Kingdom (Northern Ireland):

Strengthening of internal connections in Northern
Ireland,
in relation to the interconnections with
Ireland

Connections in the north-west

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(d) Development of electricity interconnections with third countries in Europe and the Mediterranean region

helping to improve the reliability, security and supply of Community electricity networks

Project

Specification

d02 Germany-Poland:

Strengthening of the connections between the two
countries

Neuenhagen (D)-Vierraden (D)-Krajnik (PL) line

d03 Germany-Norway:

Connection by submarine cable between northern
Germany (UCTE) and southern Norway (Nordel)

Brunsbüttel-southern Norway link

d05 Italy-Switzerland

Strengthening connections between northern Italy
and Switzerland

S. Fiorano-Robbia line
Piedilago-Airolo line

d08 Greece-Balkan countries

Strengthening of connections between Greece and,
respectively, Albania, Bulgaria and former Yugoslavia,
including the restoration of the connections with the
north of former Yugoslavia and the UCTE network

Philippi (GR)-Plovdiv or Maritsa 3 (Bulgaria) line

Amintaio (GR)-Bitola (FYROM) line

(GR)-Elbasan

(Albania)-Podgorica

Kardia
via)-Mostar (Bosnia)-Melina (Croatia) line,
— Elbasan (Albania)-Podgorica (F.R. Yugoslavia) new line
— Mostar (Bosnia) substation and connecting lines
Ernestinovo (Croatia) substation and connecting lines

including:

(Yugosla-

d09 Greece-Turkey:

Connections between the two countries through
north-eastern Greece

Philippi-Hamidabad line

d10 United Kingdom-Norway:

Connection by submarine cable between the north-
east/east England and southern Norway (Nordel)

East coast of England-south-west coast of Norway link

d11 The Netherlands-Norway:

Connection by submarine cable between the north-
eastern Netherlands (UCTE) and southern Norway
(Nordel)

Eemshaven-Feda link

d13 Spain-Morocco:

Connection by submarine cable between southern
Spain and the Moroccan network

Specification not defined

d14 Baltic ring (Germany-Poland-Russia-Estonia-Latvia-Lithu-

ania-Sweden-Finland-Denmark-Belarus:

Strengthening and developing connections between
these countries networks by overground and/or
submarine cables

Southern Finland-Russia links
Sweden-Finland link (through submarine cable)
Sweden-Poland link (through submarine cable)
Germany-Poland-Lithuania-Belarus-Russia link (east-west
high-power link)
Poland-Lithuania link
Finland-Estonia link (through submarine cable)

d15 Sweden-Norway:

Strengthening of the connections between the two
countries

North Sweden-North Norway lines
Mid Sweden-Mid Norway lines
Borgvik (S)-Hoesle (NO)-Oslo region line

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Project

Specification

d16 EU-Belarus-Russia-Ukraine:

Development of connections and interface between
the (extended) UCTE network and the networks of
third countries in eastern Europe, including the relo-
cation of the HVDC conversion stations operating
previously between Austria and Hungary, Austria and
the Czech Republic and, Germany and the Czech
Republic

Connections between the UCTE and Centrel systems
Connection between the UCTE/Centrel system and the
Balkan countries
Connections and interface between the extended UCTE
system and Belarus, Russia and Ukraine,
including the
relocation of existing HVDC conversion stations

NATURAL GAS NETWORKS

(e) Introduction of natural gas into new regions

Project

Specification

e04 Spain:

Setting up gas networks in the regions of Galicia,
Extremadura, Andalucía, Valencia-South, Murcia,
including an LNG terminal

in Galicia

Network in Galicia
Network in Extremadura
Network in Andalucía
Valencia-Murcia-Cartagena pipeline
LNG at Huelva (extending existing terminal)
LNG at Cartagena (extending existing terminal)
LNG in Galicia (new terminal)

e05 Portugal:

Setting up in the country,
Atlantic coastline, of a gas network

in particular along the

LNG in Sines (new terminal)

e05a Portugal:

Construction of an LNG terminal on the Atlantic
coast

e06 Greece:

Setting up a gas network in the country, in particular
along the Aegean coastline,
including an LNG
terminal

in Attica and storage facilities

High pressure branch to Thrace
High pressure branch to Corinth
High pressure branch to north-western Greece
Compression station on the main pipeline
Storage facilities (underground)
LNG at Revithoussa (extending existing terminal)
LNG on the western coast (new terminal)
LNG on the island of Crete (new terminal)

(f) Connection of isolated gas networks to European interconnected networks, including the improvement of

the existing networks, and connection of separate natural gas networks

Project

Specification

f01 Ireland-United Kingdom:

Strengthening of the gas transport capacity between
the two countries

Additional gas interconnection pipeline Between Ireland
and Scotland
North-south interconnection including Dublin-Belfast pipe-
line

f02 United Kingdom-Continent:

Submarine connection between the gas networks of
the United Kingdom and the continent
through
Belgium

Specification not defined

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Project

Specification

f03 Luxembourg-Germany:

Establishing a connection to supply Luxembourg
from the German networks

Leudelange (L)-Remich (L)-Mittelbrunn (D) pipeline

f05 France-Spain:

Strengthening of transport capacity between the two
countries

Interconnection through the western border.
Compression station on the Lumbier-Calahorra pipeline
Perpignan-Barcelona pipeline

f06 Portugal-Spain:

gas pipelines

to supply Portugal
Constructing
through southern Spain and to supply Galicia and
Asturias through Portugal

Specification not defined

f07 France:

Connection of the networks of the south-west and of
the south of the country

Specification not defined

f08 Austria-Germany:

Strengthening of transport capacity between Austria
and Bavaria

Purchkirchen (A)-Burghausen (D)-Schnaitsee (D) pipeline
Andorf-Simbach pipeline

f09 Austria-Hungary:

Connection between the networks of
countries

the

two

Wiener Neustadt-Sopron pipeline

f10 Austria-Slovakia:

Connection of Austria to underground storage in
Slovakia

Baumgarten-March (Lab storage) pipeline

f11 Austria:

Connection between gas pipelines linking Austria to,
respectively, Germany and Italy

Krift-Pyhrn pipeline
Bad Leonfelden-Linz pipeline

f12 Greece-Albania:

Connection between the networks of
countries

the

two

North-Western Greece-Elbasan pipeline

f13 Italy-Greece-other Balkan countries:

Construction of a gas pipeline to supply Greece and
other Balkan countries through southern Italy

Specification not defined

f14 Austria-Czech Republic:

Construction of gas pipelines
networks of the two countries

to connect

the

Specification not defined

f16 Austria:

Interconnection
networks

of

isolated

gas

transmission

Specification not defined

f17 Austria-Slovenia-Croatia:

Strengthening of the gas transport capacity between
the three countries

Gas transport corridor to south-eastern Europe

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(g) Increasing reception (LNG) and storage capacities necessary to satisfy demand, and diversification of supply

sources and routes for natural gas

Project

Specification

g01 Ireland:

Developing natural gas storage facilities to supply the
Irish network

Storage at Kinsale Head (underground)

g03 France:

Extending capacity of existing LNG terminal
western France

in

LNG at Montoir (extending existing terminal)

g04 Italy:

Construction of new LNG terminal to allow diversifi-
cation of supplies, in particular for electricity genera-
tion

Specification not defined

g06 Germany:

Developing underground gas storage facilities

Storage in Bavaria
Storage at Buchhorst

g07 France:

Developing underground gas storage facilities

Storage at Lussagnet (extending existing site)
Storage at Pecorade (conversion of a depleted oil field)

g08 Spain:

Development of underground storage capacity on the
country's north-south axis

g08a Spain:

Development of underground storage capacities on
the Mediterranean axis

Storage on the north-south axis (new sites) in:
— Cantabria
— Aragón
— Castilla y León
— Castilla-La Mancha
— Andalucía

Storage on the Mediterranean axis (new sites) in:
— Catalonia
— C.A. Valenciana
— Murcia

g09 Portugal:

Constructing an underground storage facility

Storage in Carriço (new site)

g11 Belgium:

Extending existing underground storage capacity in
northern Belgium

Storage at Loenhout (extending existing site)

g12 Denmark:

underground

Extending
by
increasing capacity on existing sites or creating a new
site close to the frontier with Germany

capacity

storage

g13 Austria:

Extension and development of underground storage
capacities

Storage at Stenlille (extending existing site)
Storage at Toender (new site)

Storage at Purchkirchen (extending existing site), including
connecting pipeline to the MEGAL system near Wilden-
ranna
Storage at Baumgarten (new site)
Storage at Haidach (new site), including connecting pipe-
line to the existing European gas grid

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Project

Specification

g14 Italy:

Construction of an offshore LNG terminal

LNG terminal

in the northern Adriatic Sea

g15 United Kingdom:

Developing underground gas storage facilities

Specification not defined

(h) Increasing transmission capacity (gas delivery pipelines) necessary to meet demand and diversification of

supply sources and routes for natural gas

Project

Specification

h01 Norway-France:

Construction of a 4th gas pipeline from Norwegian
resources (North Sea) to the Continent

Specification not defined

h03 Norway-Denmark-Sweden-Finland-Russia-Baltic States:

Creation and development of connections between
the networks of these countries with a view to setting
up an integrated gas network

h04 Algeria-Spain-Portugal-France:

Construction of new gas pipelines to allow Spain and
Portugal
to be
initially, and subsequently France,
supplied from Algeria via Marocco

The Baltic natural gas interconnector project: Germany,
Denmark, Sweden
The Mid-Nordic gas pipeline
Nybro-Dragor pipeline,
the storage at Stenlille
The north European gas pipeline

including connecting pipeline to

— Algeria-Morocco-Spain (up to Córdoba) pipeline:

increasing the transport capacity
— Extension towards the north-east:
— Córdoba-Ciudad Real pipeline
— Ciudad Real-Madrid pipeline
— Ciudad Real-Mediterranean coast pipeline
— Branches in Castilla-La Mancha

— Extension towards the north-west: western pipeline

h05 Algeria-Tunisia-Italy:

Increasing the transport capacity of the trans-Medi-
terranean gas pipeline
to Italy from Algerian
resources

Specification not defined

h06 Russia-Ukraine-EU:

Increasing transport capacity to the European Union
from Russian resources via the main existing axis
and the Czech
through the Ukraine, Slovakia
Republic

Increasing the transport capacity:
— Section in Russia, Ukraine and Slovakia
— Section in Czech Republic, Germany and France
— Section in Austria and Italy

h07 Russia-Belarus-Poland-EU:

Creation of a second transport axis from Russian
resources to the European Union via Belarus and
Poland

Increasing the transport capacity:
— Section in Russia and Belarus
— Section in Poland
Section in Germany:
— Yagal Nord pipeline (between Frankfurt/Oder and the

STEGAL pipeline)

— Yagal Sud pipeline (between the STEGAL pipeline
crossing the SUDAL leading to the D, F, CH triangle)
— Sudal West pipeline (between Jockgrim and the Yagal

Sud)

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Specification

h10 Caspian Sea countries-EU:

Construction of new gas pipelines to allow the Euro-
pean Union to be supplied from resources in the
Caspian Sea Countries

h11 Russia-Ukraine-Moldavia-Romania-Bulgaria-Greece-other

Balkan countries:

Improvements to the gas transportation networks to
ensure supplies from Russian resources to the new
gas network in Greece and to other Balkan countries

h12 Belgium-Germany:

Specification not defined

Doubling the transportation network in Bulgaria: St
Zagora-Ihtiman pipeline

Connecting gas pipeline between the Belgian and the
German networks

Specification not defined

h13 Germany-Czech Republic-Austria-Italy:

Construction of a system of connecting pipelines
between the German, Czech, Austrian and Italian gas
networks

h14 Russia-Ukraine-Slovakia-Hungary-Slovenia-Italy:

Construction of a new gas pipeline, from Russian
resources, to Italy

h15 The Netherlands-Germany-Switzerland-Italy:

Increasing gas transport capacity of the TENP pipe-
line running from the Netherlands through Germany
to Italy

h16 Belgium-France-Switzerland-Italy:

Specification not defined

Section in Russia, Ukraine and Slovakia
Section in Hungary and Slovenia
Section in Italy

Specification not defined

Increasing gas transport capacity from north-western
Europe through France to Italy

Taisnieres (F)-Oltingue (CH) pipeline

h17 Denmark-Poland:

Construction of a gas pipeline through Denmark to
Poland

Denmark-Poland submarine pipeline