CELEX: 31973R1069
Language: en
Date: 1973-03-16 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1069/73 of the Commission of 16 March 1973 applying Council Regulation (EEC) No 1056/72 of 18 May 1972 on notifying the Commission of investment projects of interest to the Community in the petroleum, natural gas and electricity sectors

No L 113 / 14                      Official Journal of the European Communities                             28.4.73
                           REGULATION (EEC) No 1069/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                   of 16 March 1973
               applying Council Regulation (EEC) No 1056/72 of 18 May 1972 on notifying the
               Commission of investment projects of interest to the Community in the petroleum,
                                           natural gas and electricity sectors
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 Whereas to simplify the transmission of information
COMMUNITIES,                                                    and to ensure that statistics are comparable, notifi­
                                                               cations to be made by Member States and under­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Eu­               takings should be standardized by the use of ques­
ropean Economic Community;                                     tionnaires which would serve as a guide for the
                                                               presentation and content of such notifications;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
1056/72 (*) of 18 May 1972 on notifying the Com­
mission of investment projects of interest to the
Community in the petroleum, natural gas and elec­                                     Article 1
tricity sectors, and in particular Article 2 (2) thereof;      The notifications referred to in Article 1 of Regu­
                                                               lation (EEC) No 1056/72 shall be drawn up as shown
Whereas Article 2 (2) of Regulation , (EEC) No                 in the Annex to this Regulation.
1056/72 provides that the Commission may, within
the limits laid down by that Regulation and the                                       Article 2
Annexes thereto, adopt implementing provisions con­
cerning the form, content and other details of the             This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
notifications provided for in Article 1 of that Regu­          following its publication in the Official Journal of
lation ;                                                       the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 16 March 1973 .
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                     The President
                                                                               Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(») OJ No L 120, 25. 5. 1972, p. 7.
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                                                     CONFIDENTIAL
                                                   QUESTIONNAIRE
           to be submitted
           (a) by companies to the Governments of the Member States
            (b) by the Member States to the Commission of the European Communities
           Establishing of the implementing provisions pursuant to Article 2 (2) of Council Regu­
           lation (EEC) No 1056/72 of 18 May 1972 on notifying the Commission of investment
           projects of interest to the Community in the petroleum, natural gas and electricity sectors
           DEFINITIONS
            The following shall be considered as 'investment projects':
           The decision in principle to construct or enlarge an installation or part installation (within
            the meaning of the Annex to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1056/72), taken under a financial
           plan covering a number of years for investments, the realization of which must normally begin
           within three years.
           The following shall be considered as 'proposed withdrawals from service':
           The decision in principle to withdraw from service an installation or a part installation
            (within the meaning of the Annex to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1056/72), this decision
           normally being put into effect within three years.
           TIME LIMITS :
           1 . To be communicated by persons and companies to the Member States before 15 January
                of each year.
           2. To be communicated by the Governments of the Member States to the Commission of the
                European Communities before 15 February of each year.
            (If there is insufficient room on the forms, additional information may be included on separate
           sheets.)
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                               INVESTMENTS IN THE PETROLEUM SECTOR                                          Position as of 1 January 19. . .
                                                                                                                                                          P
                                          Refining/ 1 st stage processing plants
                                                                                                                                                                    No L 113 / 16
                                                                                                             Member State :
                           Atmospheric distillation plants ( 1 ) with a capacity of 1 000 000                                                              1
                                                          t/year or more
                               3                4                      5                    6                            7                         8
                                Proposed date
                                                             Nominal capacity    Expected capacity after    Input raw material (nature
                                                                   ,(t/year)    construction is completed     of the crude oil and/or          Remarks
                         Commence­      Commission­
                                                                                         (t/year)                  feedstocks)
                         ment ofwork      ing (year)
                                                                                                                                                                     Official
   on ( 2 )
                       /                                                             //
                                                                                                                                                                  Journal of the European
                                                              /
   lations ( 2 )
                                                                                                                                                                      Communities
s or part installatio ns
                                                       /
                          Withdrawals from service
                    duce them only as by-products, are excluded.                                                                                                     28. 4. 73
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                             INVESTMENT IN THE PETROLEUM SECTOR                                          Position as of 1 January 19 . . .                  28 . 4. 73
                                                                                                                                               F
                                     Refining/downstream processing plants                               Member State :
                         Reforming/cracking plants, etc (1).. . with a capacity of 500                                                          2
                                                       t/day or more
                   3         4           5                6             7                   8                                           9
                  Processing
                  methods ( 2 )           Proposed date                             Expected capacity
                                                                 Nominal capacity   after construction
                                                                                                                                    Remarks
                eform­   Crack­    Commence­       Commission­      ( t//day           completed
                 ing       ing     ment of work         ing                              (t/day)
                                                                                                                                                             Official
  on
                                  /                                                 /
   lations
                                                                 /                                                                                     Journal of the European Communities
s or part installations
                                                                 /7
                                    Withdrawals from service
                       / /
              // duce them only as by products, are excluded.                                                                                               No L 113/17
                         cking processes), etc.
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                         INVESTMENTS IN THE PETROLEUM SECTOR                                                  Positions as of 1 January 19
                                                        Transport
                                                                                                                                                                      P
                                                                                                              Member State :
                                                                                                                                                                                  No L 113/ 18
                       Crude oil pipelines ( 1 ) with an installed or planned capacity                                                                                 3
                       of not less than 3 000 000 t/year and which have a length of
                                          not less than 30 km long
               4             5              6               7                8               9           10                    11       12                 13        14
               Proposed date                                                                            Transport capacity ( 3 )             Branches
                                                        Internal         Nominal         Working              ( 1 06 1/year)
                                        Length (J )     diameter                                                                                                   Remarks
                                          (km)                           pressure        pressure
           mence­       Commissio­                        (cm)           (kg/cm2 )                                                   Point of           Point of
                                                                                         (kg/cm2 )    Normal               Maximum
             of work    ning (year)                                                                                                  departure           arrival
                                                                                                        At the reference date
                                                                                                                                                                                   Official
  on
        //
                                                                                                     At the time of commissioning
  lations
                                                                                                     At the time of commissioning
                                                                                                                                                                             Journal of the European Communities
s or part installations
                                                                                                         At the reference date
             drawals from service
           e of form P 1 ( see footnote at the end of the page of this form) are excluded.                                                                                       28.4.73
               diameters and/or working pressures.
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                             INVESTMENTS IN THE PETROLEUM SECTOR                                                  Position as of 1 January 19 . . .                                  28 . 4. 73
                                                         Transport
                                                                                                                                                                          F
                                                                                                                  Member State :
                           Petroleum product pipelines ( 1 ) with an installed or planned                                                                                  4
                           capacity of not less than 1 500 000 t/year and which have a
                                             length of not less than 30 km
                       5            6             7              8             9              10                  11            12              13          14           15
               ed date                                                                       Transporting capacity (3)               Branches
                                                             Nominal      Working                                                                     Nature of the
                                Length (2)    Internal                                             ( 103 t/year)
                                                             pressure      pressure                                                                    products to     Remarks
             Commissio­           ( km)       diameter                                                                       Point of      Point of   be transported
                                                             ( kg/cm2)     (kg/cm2)         Normal           Maximum
             k ning (year)                                                                                                  departure      arrival
                                                                                               At the reference date
  n
                                                                                          At the time of commissioning
  ations
                                                                                                                                                                                 Official Journal of the European Communities
                                                                                          At the time of commissioning
                                                                                                                                                                           -
 or part installations
              wals from                                                                       At the reference date
                vice
               side the scope of form P 1 (see footnote at the end of the page of this form) are excluded.
                                                                                                                                                                                       No L 113 /19
                  diameters and/or working pressures.
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                                 INVESTMENTS IN THE PETROLEUM SECTOR                                                   Position as of 1 January 1 9 . . .
                                                                                                                                                                                    F
                                                        Supply/Distribution
                                                                                                                                                                                                  No L 113/20
                                                                                                                       Member State :
                             Installations for storing crude oil and petroleum products                                                                                              5
                                     with a capacity of not less than 100 000 m3 ( 1 )
                                        3                     4                  5                   6                    7                       8                         9
                                            Proposed date                         Number of reservoir                         Capacity ( 2 ) m3
                                                                                                                                                                         Remarks
                                Commencement        Commissioning                               Petroleum                                 Petroleum
                                                                            Crude oil                                Crude oil
                                     of work                (year)                               products                                 products
      on
                              /
      lations
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s or part installations
                                      Withdrawn from service
                                                                       /                    /
                  ide the scope of form P 1 are excluded (see footnote at the end of the page of this form). Storage installations at refineries are also to be noted.                          28 . 4. 73
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                      INVESTMENTS IN THE NATURAL GAS SECTOR                                                 Position as of 1 January 19                                            28 . 4. 73
                                                                                                                                                                         G
                                                      Transport (')
                                                                                                            Member State
                     Installations or extensions of installations with a transporting                                                                                       1
                     capacity of not less than 107mV year and which have a length
                                            of not less than 30 km
            5            6            7           8            9            10           11           12            13                14                 15            16
                                                               Maximum transporting capacity in 10'' m 1      Extension and
            e         Length     Internal     Pressure                                                                               Natural gas transported
                                                                                       At the final stage      lengthenings                                          Remarks
                         (2 )    diameter     ( kg/cm2)                Maximum
                                                          Maximum
         ission­       ( km)        ( cm)                                capacity   Maximum      Max. capac. Point ofdeparture   Description      Gross calorific
                                                           per hour
             year)                                                       per year    per hour     per hour Point of arrival        (origin)      value ( Kcal/ mf)
                                                           At the refe rence date
                                                                                                                                                                                   Official
  on
                                                                                                                                 //
                                                            At coram issioning
                                                                                                                                                                                Journal of the European
 llations                                                                                                                                                                           Communities
                                                             At commissioning
 or part installations
            wals                                           At the reference date
                                                                                    / /// /
                plants which do not produce energy products, or which produce them only as by-products.
                                                                                                                                                                                    No L 113 /21
                  diameters and/or operating pressures.
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                       INVESTMENTS IN THE NATURAL GAS SECTOR                                              Position as of 1 January 19 . . .
                                                              Transport ( 1 )
                                                                                                                                                     G          No L 113/22
                                                                                                          Member State
                          Terminals for the importations of liquefied natural gas                                                                     2
                          4                               5                         6                 7                                   8
                                                Maximum                 Gross calorific value
                  Maximum storage                                                                Origin
                   capacity of LNG        regasification capacity         of the gas after                                            Remarks
                                                                                                 of LNG
                         (m3)                                              regasification
                                                                                (Kcal/m3)
                          At the reference date
                                                                                                                                                                Official
   n
                                At commissioning
                                                                                                                                                             Journal of the European
  lations
                               At commissioning
                                                                                                                                                                 Communities
s or part installations
                              At the reference date
                                                      -
                                                                                                                                                -
                                                                                                /                                                               28 . 4. 73
                 purposes and those supplying chemical plants which do produce non-energy products.
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                              INVESTMENTS IN THE NATURAL GAS SECTOR                               Position on 1 January 19                            28.4.73
                                                                                                                                         G
                                                           Storage
                                                                                                  Member State :
                            Underground storage facilities for natural gas with a mini­                                                  3
                                       mum capacity of 150 x 10 6 /m3 ( )
                                 4                     5                    6              7         8          9               10
                  oposed date
                                             Gross calorific value      Type of          lO^      1 06 m3    1 0 " m3
             ent           Commissioning                              reservoir ( 2 )                                        Remarks
                                                  ( Kcal/irf )                          Overall   Useful    Max. daily
                               (year)
   /
   ion
  llations
                                                                                                                                                Official Journal of the European Communities
s or part installations
                 drawals from service
              plants which do produce non-energy products.
                                                                     /                                                                                 No L 113/23
                  dome).
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                            INVESTMENTS IN THE ELECTRICITY SECTOR                                                 Positions as of 1 January 19
                                                                                                                                                                                       E
                                       Conventional thermal power stations
                                                                                                                                                                                                    No L 113/24
                                                                                                                  Member State :
                             Generating sets with a capacity of 200 MW or more                                                                                                          1
                       4              5               6              7                           8                                  9                                    10
                date                             Nominal                              Fuel (')
                                 Number of        capacity                                                            Design steam temperature
                                identical sets                                                                              at turbine entry                        Remarks (2)
               ommissioning                       per sets                     Total storage capacity of the power                (°C)
                   (year)                          (MW)            Type                   station (1 03 1)
                                                                                       At the reference date
        on
                                                                                                                     /
                                                                                        At commissioning
         lations
                                                                                        At commissioning
                                                                                                                                                                                               Official Journal of the European Communities
s or part installations
            om service                                                                At the reference date
                  pe of fuel; data on storage capacity are required only for oil products and hardcoal, and with the exception of stations located in the immediate vicinity of the                 28 . 4. 73
              n and total future capacity proposed; method of cooling.
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                           INVESTMENTS IN THE ELECTRICITY SECTOR                                            Position as of 1 January 19 . . .                                             28 . 4. 73
                                               Hydroelectric power stations
                                                                                                                                                                                E
                                                                                                             Member State :
                              Generating plant with a capacity of 50 MW or more                                                                                                  2
                      5               6                7         8             9              10             11             12             13                         14
                          Hydraulic characteristics          Number        Nominal         Average annual produ­                     Nominal capa­
                                 Maximum         Maximum    of identical                    cibili ty (GWh) from        Storage        city ofthe                Remarks
                                                                           capacity
                   Category                        head                                                                 capacity        storage
                                 usable flow                generating     per sets       Natural                                                                    «
                      C)                                       sets
                                                                                                         Pumped          ( GWh )        pumps
                                   ( mVs )            (m)                   ( MW)          flow          water (2)                       (MW )
   ion
   lations
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s or part installations
            storage.
                                                                                                                                                                                             No L 113/25
              nd proposed future total capacity where applicable for the whole system over a short distance of which the station constitutes a single unit; for example, being linked
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                              INVESTMENTS IN THE ELECTRICITY SECTOR                                               Position as of 1 January 19
                                                                 Transport
                                                                                                                                                                        E              No L 113/26
                                                                                                                  Member State :
                            Transmission lines if they have been designed for a voltage                                                                                 3
                                                              of 345 kV or more
                     5                6                  7              8            9         10            11            12            13           14         15
                                           Voltage kV                 Number of circuits            Conductors per phase             Maximum thermal trans­
                  gth of                                                                                Cross-section
                                                                                                                                     mission capacity (MVA)
                   e line                          Pylons                          Pylons                                                                     Remarks
                                                  designed                        designed   Number    per conductor    Material
                   km)                                  for                          for                                                            Final
                                                                                                           (mm2)
                                At the refer­                     At the refer­                                                     At the refer­
                                 ence date                         ence date                                                         ence date
   n (')
                              At commission­                     At commission­                                                    At commission
                                     ing                              ing                                                               ing
   ations (')
                              At commission­                     At commission­                                                    At commission­
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                                     ing                              ing                                                               ing
 or part installations
                               At the refer­                      At the refer­
                                ence date                          ence date
                                                                                                                                                                                       28 . 4. 73
                    isting pylons.