Annexes to COM(2009)361 - Notification to the Commission of investment projects in energy infrastructure within the EC

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dossier COM(2009)361 - Notification to the Commission of investment projects in energy infrastructure within the EC.
document COM(2009)361 EN
date June 24, 2010
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’) (1).

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 m3 or more or, in the case of tanks, with a capacity not less than 100 000 m3),

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).

2.2.   LNG terminals

—Terminals for the importation of liquefied natural gas, with a regasification capacity of 1 billion m3 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 (3).

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

—CO2 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) Decision No 1364/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 laying down guidelines for trans-European energy networks (OJ L 262, 22.9.2006, p. 1) was adopted under Article 155 of the Treaty establishing the European Community.

(2) Decision No 1364/2006/EC was adopted under Article 155 of the EC Treaty.

(3) Decision No 1364/2006/EC was adopted under Article 155 of the EC Treaty.