Regulation (EC) No 663/2009

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This text since 24 Dec 2018law://eu/reg/2009/663/art_4@2026-11-13

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Article 4Objectives#

The Community shall promote gas and electricity infrastructure projects having the highest Community added value and contributing to the following objectives:

(a)security and diversification of sources of energy, routes and supplies;

(b)the optimisation of the capacity of the energy network and the integration of the internal energy market, in particular concerning cross-border sections;

(c)the development of the network to strengthen economic and social cohesion by reducing the isolation of the least favoured regions or islands of the Community;

(d)the connection and integration of renewable energy resources; and

(e)the safety, reliability and interoperability of interconnected energy networks, including the ability to use multidirectional gas flows where necessary.

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Key facts

Type: Regulation · (EC) No 663/2009
Adopted: 13 Jul 2009
In force: 1 Aug 2009
Text current to: 24 Dec 2018
Made by: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Official: EUR-Lex 32009R0663 · ELI

Topics

economic recovery economic support electrical energy energy resources gas project of common interest Economic policy Energy

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Cited by 5: Regulation (EU) 2021/523; Regulation (EU) 2018/1999; Regulation (EU) 2021/1229; this act2 provisions; Regulation (EU) No 1233/20107 provisions

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carbon capture and storage
means the capture of carbon dioxide (CO2) from industrial installations, its transport to a storage site and its injection into a suitable underground geological formation for the purposes of permanent storage;
eligible costs
has the same meaning as in Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002;
gas and electricity infrastructures
means:
investment phase
means the phase of a project during which construction takes place and capital costs are incurred;
offshore wind energy
means the electric power generated from turbine engines powered by wind and situated in the sea, whether near or far from the shore;
part of a project
means any activity that is independent financially, technically or over time and which contributes to the completion of a project;
planning phase
means the phase of a project that precedes the investment phase, during which project implementation is prepared, and includes, where appropriate, feasibility assessment, preparatory and technical studies, obtaining licences and authorisations and incurring capital costs.