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6. Projects of Common Interest

6.1

What are the advantages to promoters of Projects of Common Interest (PCIs)?

The PCIs will benefit from faster and more efficient permit granting procedures, improved regulatory treatment and possible access to financial support from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), under which a €5.85 billion budget has been allocated to trans-European energy infrastructure for the period 2014-20.

6.2

How is the PCI list compiled? How can project promoters apply for inclusion into the PCI list?

The first PCI list was published by the EC in October 2013 and will be adopted in early 2014. For the second and all following PCI lists as of 2015, there will be a process with the precondition that for inclusion in the PCI list, the project must have been included in the preceding Ten-Year Network Development Plan (TYNDP). For example, projects to be included in the 2015 PCI list will have to demonstrate inclusion in the TYNDP 2014.

Project promoters can then propose their projects to the EC for selection. Regional Groups (Please note that these regional groups are not the same regional groups of ENTSO-E that contribute to the TYNDP process), including representatives from Member States, the Commission, transmission system operators and their European networks, project promoters, and regulatory authorities as well as the European Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) will then assess the projects' compliance with the criteria, and their European added value. Based on this assessment, the Commission adopts the Union-wide list of Projects of Common Interest via a delegated act procedure.

6.3

How are stakeholders involved in the TYNDP process?

The Union List of Projects of Common interest is compiled by the European Commission according to Regulation EU 347/2013. For more details and information on the PCI list, please visit the European Commission website on energy infrastructure: Projects of Common Interest

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