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Benefit Description
The project BACI will ensure transmission capacity between the two member states and will facilitate better market integration and security of gas supply
also for adjacent countries. It contributes to the diversification of gas supply and the increased transportation opportunities to and from countries like
Hungary, Poland, Germany, Italy, France, Slovenia, Croatia and Slovakia and access to new and existing trading markets. The project BACI will enhance the
market development due to access to underground gas storages both on the Austrian and Czech side and therefore will enhance the market development
by providing peak regulation and the flexibility of gas flow. The project BACI is a key element in creating a well-functioning internal market in the CEE
region due to access to existing and new import infrastructures such as a new LNG terminal in Poland and Croatia, Nord Stream and unconventional gas
sources. With the project BACI the CEE region would become less vulnerable to a supply
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