CELEX: 52013PC0153
Language: en
Date: 2013-03-20
Title: Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL concerning the notification to the Commission of investment projects in energy infrastructure within the European Union and replacing Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 617/2010

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			Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL concerning the notification to the Commission of investment projects in energy infrastructure within the European Union and replacing Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 617/2010 /* COM/2013/0153 final - 2013/0082 (COD) */
			
				
		
		
			
			   	EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.           CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL
The Commission is proposing this new
Regulation to the European Parliament and Council following the judgment of the
European Court of Justice to annul Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) N° 617/2010
concerning the notification to the Commission of investment projects in energy
infrastructure within the European Union and to maintain its effects until a
new regulation has been adopted on the appropriate legal basis, namely Article
194(2) TFEU.
The scope of this proposed Regulation is
identical as that of the annulled Regulation. Member States are required to
notify every two years to the Commission data and information on investment
projects concerning production, storage and transport of oil, natural gas, electricity
(including electricity from renewable sources), biofuels and the capture and
storage of carbon dioxide.
Investments to be notified to the
Commission encompass planned and under construction projects, transformation of
existing infrastructure as well as decommissioning projects of a certain size,
on a five-year horizon, in the territory of Member States, including
interconnections with third countries. Undertakings concerned should be under
an obligation to notify to the Member State the data and information in
question.
The Court's ruling of 6 September 2012 was
decided after the European Parliament took legal action against the Council in
October 2010 contesting the legal basis used for the adoption of Regulation 617/2010
and requesting the Court to annul it (Case C-490/10). The Council used Articles
337 TFEU and 187 TEAEC as a legal base, on the grounds that the Regulation
relates to the activity of collecting general information. 
Following the Parliament's request, the
Court annulled Regulation 617/2010, but maintained its effects until a new
regulation has been adopted on the correct legal basis within a reasonable
period of time. In order to comply with the Court's
judgement and to ensure continuity in the observation of investment projects in
energy infrastructure, the Commission proposes a Regulation with the same
content as the annulled Regulation and suggests a few adaptations, which are strictly necessary due to the new
legislative process. These modifications concern the new legislative procedure
(ordinary legislative procedure), the date for a review of the act (31 December
2016 instead of 23 July 2015) and the date for reporting. 
Following the ruling of the Court, the
effects of the annulled Regulation are maintained until a new Regulation has
been adopted. Even though we expect a swift adoption of the new Regulation in
the course of 2013, it is unlikely that the new Regulation will be adopted
before July 2013, which is the next deadline for Member States to notify their
investments according to the annulled Regulation. The next reporting exercise
in 2013 should therefore still be based on the annulled Regulation. In the new Regulation proposed, notification of
data should be done from 1 January 2015 and from then onwards every two years. 
The form and technical details of the notification to the Commission
of data and information on investment projects in energy infrastructure are set
out in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 833/2010 of 21
September 2010 implementing the annulled Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No
617/2010. Commission Regulation 833/2010 will remain applicable until its
revision, which will follow the adoption of this proposed Regulation.
2.           RESULTS OF CONSULTATIONS
WITH THE INTERESTED PARTIES AND IMPACT ASSESSMENTS
Given that (i) a proper impact assessment
and a consultation with the interested parties were carried out when Regulation
617/2010 was proposed, (ii) the content of the proposed Regulation is the same
as that of Regulation 617/2010, the Commission did not carry out a new impact
assessment, nor did the Commission launch a new consultation with the
interested parties. 
3.           LEGAL ELEMENTS OF THE
PROPOSAL
Summary of the proposed action
The proposed Regulation establishes a
common framework for the notification to the Commission of data and information
on investment projects in energy infrastructure in the petroleum, gas,
electricity and bio-fuel sectors and related to carbon dioxide produced by
these sectors. 
Every two years, Member States or the entity they delegate this task to would be required to collect and notify data
and information on investment projects concerning production, transport and
storage. To minimise the administrative burden, two elements of flexibility and
simplification are introduced: 
–     
Unless otherwise decided by Member States,
undertakings would be under an obligation to provide Member States - or the
competent entity - information on their investment projects, including
decommissioning projects; 
–     
Member States would be exempted from reporting
if they already provide equivalent information to the Commission under EU
energy sector – specific legislation. This would also be the case if the bodies
in charge of network development plans for gas and electricity collect the
relevant data. In this case, they would be requested to notify the relevant
data to the Commission, with the appropriate comments of Member States if
necessary. 
Data and information collected (type of
investment, planned capacities and major obstacles…) would provide the major
trends for investment in EU energy infrastructure. Provision is made to
guarantee that data and information notified to the Commission meet generally
accepted standards; that data and information are received, stored and
processed with the appropriate IT tools and in full compliance with the legal
framework on data protection for individuals; that data and information will be
made public except where they are commercially sensitive.
On the basis of the data and information
received, the Commission will provide a regular and cross – sector analysis of
the structural evolution and perspectives of the EU energy system and any other
specific analysis needed. This would allow for an identification of potential
future demand and supply gaps and obstacles to investment. With these analyses,
the Commission will be in a better position to promote best practice and to
establish greater transparency for market participants. To develop common views
on these issues, the results of these analyses would be discussed with
stakeholders and published.
Legal
basis
The legal basis for the proposal is Article
194 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
Subsidiarity principle
This draft proposal aims at strengthening
the framework for collection of data and information for the Commission’s
tasks. With appropriate data, the Commission and in particular its Market
Observatory for Energy will be in a better position to monitor the evolution of
the EU energy system, in a cross – sector perspective and at EU level, and the
potential problems which could delay or hinder investment projects. Given the
interrelations of energy sub sectors (e.g. electricity and gas) and the
existence of an internal market, the EU-wide dimension is becoming more and
more relevant, thus justifying the role of EU institutions and of the
Commission in particular. 
Proportionality principle
The proposal complies with the
proportionality principle. This proposal does not go beyond what is necessary
in order to achieve the objectives. Member States will continue to have
considerable flexibility in choosing the arrangements to collect data.
Choice of instruments
The instrument proposed is a Regulation as
it replaces an existing Regulation.
4.           BUDGETARY IMPLICATION
The proposal
will have a limited impact on the Community budget, in particular to cover
expenditure on information technology and, should the Commission so decide,
expenditure on data purchasing of data and reimbursement of experts. No
major direct impact is foreseen for the budgets of Member States.
5.           OPTIONAL ELEMENTS
Simplification
By taking account of existing reporting
obligations and monitoring mechanisms, this proposal does not add an
unnecessary administrative burden but should apply for its reporting part only
if equivalent data and information is not provided by sector- specific
legislation. 
Review clause
By 31
December 2016, the Commission will review the reporting and monitoring
mechanism laid down by the new Regulation.
2013/0082 (COD)
Proposal for a
REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
AND OF THE COUNCIL
concerning the notification to the
Commission of investment projects in energy infrastructure within the European
Union and replacing Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 617/2010 
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL
OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the
Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 194 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the
European Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the
European Economic and Social Committee,
Having regard to the opinion of the Committee
of the Regions, 
Acting in accordance with the ordinary
legislative procedure,
Whereas:
(1)       Obtaining an overall
picture of the development of investment in energy infrastructure in the Union is essential for the Commission to perform its tasks in the field of energy. The
availability of regular and up-to-date data and information should enable the
Commission to make the necessary comparisons, evaluations or to propose
relevant measures based on appropriate figures and analysis, in particular
concerning the future energy supply-demand balance.
(2)       The energy landscape
within and outside the Union has changed significantly in recent years and
makes investment in energy infrastructure a crucial issue for securing the
Union’s energy supply, for the functioning of the internal market and for the
transition towards a low-carbon energy system the Union has begun.
(3)       The new energy context
requires significant investment in all kinds of infrastructure in all energy
sectors as well as the development of new types of infrastructure and new
technologies to be taken up by the market. The liberalisation of the energy
sector and the further integration of the internal market give a more prominent
role to economic operators for investment. At the same time, new policy
requirements such as targets affecting the fuel mix will alter Member States’
policies towards new and/or modernised energy infrastructure.
(4)       In this context, greater
attention should be paid to investment in energy infrastructure in the Union,
in particular with a view to anticipating problems, promoting best practices
and establishing greater transparency on the future development of the Union’s energy system.
(5)       The Commission and in
particular its Market Observatory for Energy should therefore have at its
disposal accurate data and information on investment projects, including
decommissioning, in the most significant components of the energy system of the
Union.
(6)       Data and information
regarding foreseeable developments in production, transmission and storage
capacities and projects in the various energy sectors are of interest to the Union and important to future investment. It is therefore necessary to ensure that the
Commission is notified of investment projects on which construction or
decommissioning work has started or on which a final investment decision has
been taken.
(7)       Pursuant to Articles 41
and 42 of the Euratom Treaty, undertakings are under an obligation to notify
their investment projects. It is necessary to supplement such information with,
in particular, a regular reporting on the implementation of investment
projects. Such additional reporting is without prejudice to Articles 41 to 44
of the Euratom Treaty.
(8)       In order for the
Commission to have a consistent view of the future developments of the Union’s energy system as a whole, a harmonised reporting framework for investment projects
based on updated categories for official data and information to be transmitted
by the Member States is necessary.
(9)       Member States should, to
this end, notify to the Commission, data and information on investment projects
in energy infrastructure concerning production, storage and transport of oil,
natural gas, electricity, including electricity from renewable sources,
bio-fuels and the capture and storage of carbon dioxide planned or under
construction in their territory, including interconnections with third
countries. Undertakings concerned should be under an obligation to notify to
the Member State the data and information in question.
(10)     Given the time horizon of
investment projects in the energy sector, reporting every two years should be
sufficient.
(11)     With a view to avoiding
disproportionate administrative burdens and to minimise costs to Member States
and undertakings in particular for small and medium enterprises, this
Regulation should give the possibility to exempt Member States and undertakings
from reporting obligations provided that equivalent information is supplied to
the Commission pursuant to energy sector-specific legal acts, adopted by the
institutions of the Union, aiming at achieving the objectives of competitive
energy markets in the Union, of sustainability of the energy system of the
Union and of the security of energy supply to the Union. Any duplication of
reporting requirements specified in the third internal market package for
electricity and natural gas should therefore be avoided.
(12)     To process data as well as
to simplify and secure data notification, the Commission and in particular its
Market Observatory for Energy should be able to take all appropriate measures
to that effect, in particular the operation of integrated IT tools and
procedures.
(13)     The protection of
individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Member States
is governed by Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council[1], while the protection of
individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Commission is
governed by Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the
Council[2].
This Regulation leaves those provisions intact.
(14)     Member States, or their delegated entities, and the Commission should preserve the confidentiality of
commercially sensitive data and information. Therefore, Member States or their delegated entities should, with the exception of data and information related
to cross-border transmission projects, aggregate such data and information at
national level before submitting it to the Commission. If required the
Commission should further aggregate this data in such a way that no details
concerning individual undertakings and installations are disclosed or can be
inferred.
(15)     The Commission and in
particular its Market Observatory for Energy should provide a regular and
cross-sector analysis of the structural evolution and perspectives of the Union
energy system and, where appropriate, more focused analysis on certain aspects
of this energy system. This analysis should in particular contribute to
identifying possible infrastructure and investment gaps in view of an energy
supply and demand balance. The analysis should also form a contribution to a
discussion at Union level about energy infrastructures and should therefore be
forwarded to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and
Social Committee and made available to interested parties.
(16)     The Commission may be
assisted by experts from Member States or any other competent experts, with a
view to developing a common understanding of potential infrastructure gaps and
associated risks and to fostering transparency regarding future developments.
(17)     This Regulation replaces
Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 617/2010 of 24 June 2010, which was
annulled by the European Court of Justice on 6 September 2012 and whose effects
were maintained until a new regulation is adopted[3].
(18)     The form and technical
details of the notification to the Commission of data and information on
investment projects in energy infrastructure are set out in the Commission
Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 833/2010 of 21 September 2010, implementing Council
Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 617/2010. Commission Regulation (EU, Euratom) No
833/2010 remains applicable until its revision, which will follow the adoption
of this Regulation. 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Subject matter and scope
1. This Regulation establishes a common
framework for the notification to the Commission of data and information on
investment projects in energy infrastructure in the oil, natural gas, electricity,
including electricity from renewable sources, and bio-fuel sectors, and on
investment projects related to the capture and storage of carbon dioxide
produced by these sectors.
2. This Regulation shall apply to
investment projects of the types listed in the Annex on which construction or
decommissioning work has started or on which a final investment decision has
been taken.
Member States may furthermore submit any
estimated data or preliminary information on investment projects of the types
listed in the Annex on which construction work is scheduled to start within
five years and to those which are scheduled to be decommissioned within three
years, but for which a final investment decision has not been taken.
Article 2
Definitions
For the purpose of this Regulation, the
following definitions shall apply:
              1.‘infrastructure’ means any
type of installations or part of installations related to production,
transmission and storage;
              2.‘investment projects’ means
projects aiming at:
         (i) building new infrastructure;
         (ii) transforming, modernising,
increasing or reducing capacities of existing infrastructure;
         (iii) partial or total
decommissioning of existing infrastructure;
              3.‘final investment decision’
means the decision taken at the level of an undertaking to definitively earmark
funds towards the investment phase of a project, the investment phase meaning
the phase during which construction or decommissioning takes place and capital
costs are incurred. The investment phase excludes the planning phase, during
which project implementation is prepared and which includes, where appropriate,
a feasibility assessment, preparatory and technical studies, obtaining licences
and authorisations and incurring capital costs;
              4.‘investment projects under
construction’ means investment projects for which construction has started and
capital costs are incurred;
              5.‘decommissioning’ means the
phase where an infrastructure is permanently taken out of operation;
              6.‘production’ means the
generation of electricity and the processing of fuels, including bio-fuels;
              7.‘transmission’ means the
transport of energy sources or products or carbon dioxide, through a network,
in particular:
         (i) through pipelines, other than
upstream pipeline network and other than the part of pipelines primarily used
in the context of local distribution; or
         (ii) through extra high voltage and
high-voltage interconnected systems and other than the systems primarily used
in the context of local distribution;
              8.‘storage’ means the stocking
on a permanent or temporary basis of energy or energy sources in above-ground
or underground infrastructure or geological sites or containment of carbon
dioxide in underground geological formations;
              9.‘undertaking’ means any
natural or legal private or public person, deciding or implementing investment
projects;
              10.‘energy sources’ means:
         (i) primary energy sources, such as
oil, natural gas or coal;
         (ii) transformed energy sources, such
as electricity;
         (iii) renewable energy sources
including hydroelectricity, biomass, biogas, wind, solar, tidal, wave and
geothermal energy; and
         (iv) energy products, such as refined
oil products and bio-fuels;
              11.‘specific body’ means a body
entrusted by any energy sector-specific legal act of the Union with the
preparation and adoption of Union-wide multi-annual network development and
investment plans in energy infrastructure, such as the European network of
transmission system operators for electricity (‘ENTSO-E’) referred to in
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 714/2009 of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 13 July 2009 on conditions for access to the network for
cross-border exchanges in electricity[4]
and the European network for transmission system operators for gas (‘ENTSO-G’)
referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 715/2009 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on conditions for access to the
natural gas transmission networks[5].
Article 3
Notification of data
1. While keeping the collection and
reporting burden proportionate, Member States or the entities to which they
delegate this task to shall compile all data and information specified in this
Regulation from 1 January 2015 and from then onwards every two years.
They shall notify the data and relevant
project information specified in this Regulation to the Commission in 2015,
that year being the first reporting year, and from then onwards every two
years. This notification shall be made in aggregated form, except for data and
relevant information relating to cross-border transmission projects.
Member States or their delegated entities shall notify aggregated data and
relevant project information by 31 July of the reporting year concerned.
2. Member States or their delegated
entities are exempted from the obligations set out in paragraph 1, provided
that, and to the extent that, pursuant to energy sector-specific Union law or
the Euratom Treaty:
              (a) the concerned Member State
or its delegated entity has already notified to the Commission data or
information equivalent to the requirements of this Regulation and has indicated
the date of the notification and the specific legal act concerned; or
              (b) a specific body is entrusted
with the preparation of a multi-annual investment plan in energy infrastructure
at Union level and compiles to this end data and information equivalent to the
requirements of this Regulation. In this case and for the purposes of this
Regulation, the specific body shall notify all the relevant data and
information to the Commission.
Article 4
Data sources
The undertakings concerned shall notify the
data or information referred to in Article 3 to the Member States, or their delegated entities, in whose territory they are planning to carry out
investment projects before 1 June of each reporting year. The data or information
notified shall reflect the situation of investment projects as of 31 March of
the relevant reporting year.
The first paragraph shall not apply to
undertakings where the Member State concerned decides to use other means of
supplying the Commission with the data or information referred to in Article 3.
Article 5
Content of the notification
1. With regard to investment projects of
the types listed in the Annex, the notification provided for in Article 3 shall
indicate, where appropriate:
              (a) the volume of the capacities
planned or under construction;
              (b) the type and main
characteristics of infrastructure or capacities planned or under construction,
including the location of cross-border transmission projects, if applicable;
              (c) the probable year of commissioning;
              (d) the type of energy sources
used;
              (e) the installations capable of
responding to security of supply crises, such as equipment enabling reverse
flows or fuel switching; and
              (f) the equipment of carbon
capture systems or retrofitting mechanisms for carbon capture and storage.
2. With regard to any proposed
decommissioning of capacities, the notification provided for in Article 3 shall
indicate:
              (a) the character and the
capacity of the infrastructure concerned; and
              (b) the probable year of
decommissioning.
3. Any notification under Article 3 shall
include where appropriate the total volume of installed production,
transmission and storage capacities which are in place at the beginning of the
reporting year concerned or whose operation is interrupted for a period
exceeding three years.
Member States, their delegated entities or
the specific body referred to in Article 3(2)(b) may add to their notifications
relevant comments, such as comments on delays or obstacles to the
implementation of investment projects.
Article 6
Quality and publicity of data
1. Member States, their delegated entities
or, where appropriate, the specific bodies shall aim to ensure the quality,
relevance, accuracy, clarity, timeliness and coherence of data and information
they notify to the Commission.
In case of specific bodies, the data and
information notified may be accompanied by appropriate comments from Member
States.
2. The Commission may publish data and
information forwarded pursuant to this Regulation, in particular in analyses
referred to in Article 10(3), provided that the data and information are
published in an aggregated form and that no details concerning individual
undertakings and installations are disclosed or can be inferred.
3. Member States, the Commission, or their
delegated entities shall each preserve the confidentiality of commercially
sensitive data or information in their possession.
Article 7
Implementing provisions
Within the limits laid down by this
Regulation, the Commission shall adopt, within two months after the entry into
force of this Regulation, the provisions necessary for its implementation,
concerning the form and other technical details of the notification of data and
information referred to in Articles 3 and 5. Until then, Commission Regulation
(EU, Euratom) No 833/2010 of 21 September 2010 implementing Council Regulation
(EU, Euratom) No 617/2010 remains applicable. 
Article 8
Data processing
The Commission shall be responsible for
developing, hosting, managing and maintaining the IT resources needed to
receive, store and carry out any processing of the data or information on
energy infrastructure notified to the Commission pursuant to this Regulation.
Article 9
Protection of individuals with
regards to the processing of data
This Regulation is without prejudice to
Union law and, in particular, does not alter Member States’ obligations with
regard to the processing of personal data, as laid down by Directive 95/46/EC,
or the obligations incumbent upon the Union’s institutions and bodies under
Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 with regard to the processing of personal data by
them in the course of their duties.
Article 10
Monitoring and reporting
1. On the basis of data and information
forwarded and, if appropriate, of any other data sources including data
purchased by the Commission, and taking into account relevant analyses such as
the multi-annual network development plans for gas and for electricity, the
Commission shall forward to the European Parliament, to the Council and to the
European Economic and Social Committee and shall publish every two years a
cross-sector analysis of the structural evolution and perspectives of the
energy system of the Union. This analysis shall aim in particular at:
              (a) identifying potential future
gaps between energy demand and supply that are of significance from an energy
policy perspective of the Union;
              (b) identifying investment
obstacles and promoting best practices to address them; and
              (c) increasing transparency for
market participants and potential market entrants.
On the basis of this data and information,
the Commission may also provide any specific analysis deemed necessary or
appropriate.
2. In preparing the analyses referred to in
paragraph 1, the Commission may be assisted by experts from Member States
and/or any other experts, professional associations with specific competence in
the area concerned.
The Commission shall provide all Member
States with an opportunity to comment on the draft analyses.
3. The Commission shall discuss the
analyses with interested parties, such as ENTSO-E, ENTSO-G, the Gas
Coordination Group and the Oil Supply Group.
Article 11
Review
By 31 December 2016, the Commission shall
review the implementation of this Regulation, and present a report on the
results of this review to the European Parliament and to the Council. In the
review, the Commission shall, inter alia, examine the possible extension
of the scope to include the extraction of gas, oil and coal.
Article 12
Repeal
Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) N°
617/2010 shall be repealed from the date of the entry into force of this
Regulation. 
Article 13
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on
the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal
of the European Union.
This
Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all
Member States.
Done at Brussels, 
For the European Parliament                       For
the Council
The President                                                 The
President
ANNEX
INVESTMENT PROJECTS
1.           OIL
1.1.        Refining
–                        
distillation plants with a capacity of not less
than 1 million tonnes a year,
–                        
extension of distilling capacity beyond 1
million tonnes a year,
–                        
reforming/cracking plants with a minimum
capacity of 500 tonnes a day,
–                        
desulphurisation plants for residual fuel
oil/gas oil/feedstock/other petroleum products,
–                        
chemical plants which do not produce fuel oil
and/or motor fuels, or which produce them only as by-products, are excluded.
1.2.        Transport
–                        
crude oil pipelines with a capacity of not less
than 3 million metric tonnes a year, and extension or lengthening of these
pipelines, which are not less than 30 kilometres long,
–                        
petroleum product pipelines with a capacity of
not less than 1,5 million tonnes a year, and extension or lengthening of these
pipelines, which are not less than 30 kilometres long,
–                        
pipelines which constitute essential links in
national or international interconnecting networks and pipelines and projects
of common interest identified in the guidelines established under Article 171
of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (‘TFEU’).
Pipelines for military purposes and those
supplying plants outside the scope of point 1.1. are excluded.
1.3.        Storage
–                        
storage installations for crude oil and
petroleum products (installations with a capacity of 150 000 m 3 or more or, in
the case of tanks, with a capacity not less than 100 000 m 3),
Tanks intended for military purposes and
those supplying plants outside the scope of point 1.1. are excluded.
2.           GAS 
2.1.        Transmission
–                        
gas, including natural gas and biogas, transport
pipelines that form part of a network which mainly contains high-pressure
pipelines, excluding pipelines that form part of an upstream pipeline network
and excluding the part of high-pressure pipelines primarily used in the context
of local distribution of natural gas,
–                        
pipelines and projects of common interest
identified in the guidelines established under Article 171 TFEU.
2.2.        LNG terminals
–                        
terminals for the importation of liquefied
natural gas, with a regasification capacity of 1 billion m 3 per year or more. 
2.3.        Storage
–                        
storage installations connected to the transport
pipelines referred to in point 2.1.
Gas pipelines, terminals and installations
for military purposes and those supplying chemical plants which do not produce
energy products, or which produce them only as by-products, are excluded.
3.           ELECTRICITY
3.1.        Production
–                        
thermal and nuclear power stations (generators
with a capacity of 100 MWe or more),
–                        
biomass/bioliquids/waste power generation
installations (with a capacity of 20 MW or more),
–                        
power stations with cogeneration of electricity
and useful heat (installations with an electrical capacity of 20 MW or more),
–                        
hydro-electric power stations (installations
having a capacity of 30 MW or more),
–                        
wind power farms with a capacity of 20 MW or
more,
–                        
concentrated solar thermal and geothermal
installations (with a capacity of 20 MW or more),
–                        
photovoltaic installations (with a capacity of
10 MW or more).
3.2.        Transmission
–                        
overhead transmission lines, if they have been
designed for the voltage commonly used at the national level for the
interconnection lines, and provided they have been designed for a voltage of
220 kV or more,
–                        
underground and submarine transmission cables,
if they have been designed for a voltage of 150 kV or more,
–                        
projects of common interest identified in the
guidelines established under Article 171 TFEU
4.           BIOFUEL
4.1.        Production
–                        
Installations that are able to produce or refine
bio-fuels (installations with a capacity of 50 000 tonnes/year or more).
5.           CARBON DIOXIDE
5.1.        Transport
–                        
CO 2 pipelines related to production
installations referred to in points 1.1. and 3.1.
5.2.        Storage
–                        
storage installations (storage site or complex
with a capacity of 100 kt or more),
Storage installations intended for research
and technological development are excluded.
[1]               OJ L 281, 23.11.1995, p. 31.
[2]               OJ L 8, 12.1.2001, p. 1.
[3]               Case C- 490/10, European Parliament v Council of the
European Union [OJ C 331/2 of 27.10.2012]
[4]               OJ L 211, 14.8.2009, p. 15.
[5]               OJ L 211, 14.8.2009, p. 36.