ENTSOG TYNDP 2017 - Main Report

6.3.4.3 Conclusions on market integration related needs

The TYNDP assessment concludes that, if liquid hubs were in place all over Europe, market were perfectly functioning and diversification would allow a sufficient competition between supply sources, the infrastructure would presumably allow marginal prices to converge across most of Europe. Nevertheless, previous sections results related to competition have also shown that inability to ensure sufficient diversification hampers competition in some areas of Europe. The import spread configuration further highlights where this lack of competition hampers bargaining power and prevents convergence of marginal prices with neighbouring countries. The assessment identifies infrastructure limita- tions in terms of market integration, and subsequently diversification of supplies, in particular for the following areas: \\ Between Baltic States and Finland \\ Between Poland and Baltics States \\ Between countries south of Poland and Poland \\ Between Greece and countries further North (in 2017) \\ Between Romania and its neighbours \\ Between Poland, Germany, Italy and countries further South-East (in particular in 2017) \\ Between Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia and the coun- tries further East (in particular in 2017), dependent on the demand scenario

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