ENTSOG GRIP South - Main Report

7.4 SouthRegionProjects SupportingEuropean

EnergyPolicy (PCI Process)

During actual PCI process leaded by European Commission according to “REGULATION (EU) No. 347/2013 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 17 April 2013 on guidelines for trans-European energy infra­ structure and repealing Decision No. 1364/2006/EC and amending Regulations (EC) No. 713/2009, (EC) No. 714/2009 and (EC) No. 715/2009”, it was defined four priority corridor at ad-hocRegional Group “North-SouthGas Interconnection in WesternEurope”. One of the priority corridors defined as a “Projects of European Common Interest” directly impacts the South Region by promoting greater bidirectional capacity from/to theRegion and addingmore diversification of supply at Europe. This priority corridor, called “Bidirectional Flows between Portugal, Spain, France and Germany” would support to the EU Energy Pillar also to increase of South Region gas network flexibility by removing internal bottleneck and eliminating the divergence of prices in order to improve regional competition.

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PCI 3rd interconnection point between Portugal an Spain

PCI Eastern Axis Spain-France-interconnection point between Iberian Peninsula and France at Le Perthus (currently known asMidcat)

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PCI Reinforcement of the French network from South to North – Reverse flow from France to Germany at Obergailbach /  Medelsheim Interconnection point (France) PCI Reinforcement of the French network from South to North on the Bourgogne pipeline between Etrez and Voisines (France) PCI Reinforcement of the French network from South to North on the east Lyonnais pipeline between Saint-Avit and Etrez (France) PCI New interconnection between Pitgam (France) andMaldegem (Belgium) PCI Reinforcement of the French network from South to North on the Arc de Dierrey pipeline between Cuvilly, Dierrey and Voisines (France) PCI Reverse flow interconnection between Switzerland and France

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Interconnection between France and Luxembourg

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PCI Gas Pipeline connecting Algeria to Italy (Sardinia) and France (Corsica) (currenty known as Galsi&Cyréné pipelines)

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Figure 7.2: Main PCI Projects at South Region

Bidirectional flows between Portugal, Spain, France and Germany

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Rest of PCI projects at South Region

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Figure 7.2a: North-South Gas Interconnection inWestern Europe

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