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7.2 Investments in the Northern area of the Region Fluxys Belgium updates annually its ten-year indicative investment programme to factor in new market signals for its three core activities: transmission and storage of natural gas and terminalling of liquefied natural gas (LNG). For these updates, due account is taken of the changing needs for natural gas supply, requests for ad- ditional connections, new needs of grid users as identi- fied through international market consultations and di- versification of sources contributing to security of supply and effective market functioning, among other things. As part of its indicative investment program for Belgium, Fluxys plans to lay new pipelines, including one between Alveringem and Maldegem linking the future LNG terminal at Dunkirk with the Zeebrugge area and further towards the German markets. Other main topics include the further development of the Zeebrugge LNG terminal as a gateway to Europe and to bolster the potential of natural gas as a transport fuel. TERMINAL TO THE FRENCH AND BELGIAN NETWORKS: THE DUNKIRK-ZEEBRUGGE LINK Fluxys is a 25% partner in the LNG terminal being built at Dunkirk, alongside EDF (65%) and Total (10%). Fluxys also has a 49% stake in Gaz-Opale, a joint venture which will operate the future facility. The terminal is due to be operational by end 2015 and will have a capacity of 13 billion m³ of natural gas per year, which will contribute significantly to strengthening security of supply and to the effective func- tioning of the market in North-West Europe. Alongside construction of the LNG terminal in Dunkirk, a pipeline will be laid to connect three infrastructures: the Dunkirk LNG terminal as a new gas entry point for Europe, the network of French transmission system operator GRTgaz and Fluxys’ network in Belgium. This combination will allow up to an additional 8 billion m³ of natural gas to be transmitted to Belgium and elsewhere in Europe from the Dunkirk LNG terminal, thereby strengthening security and diversity of supply. The Dunkirk- Zeebrugge pipeline project is a first in Europe. To begin with, it is the result of close cooperation between the national regulators and the system operators concerned. Secondly, it will create cross-border capacity from the Dunkirk LNG terminal in France (also connected to PEG Nord) to the ZTP and Zeebrugge Beach gas trading places in Belgium. To link up the Dunkirk and Zeebrugge areas, French transmission system operator GRTgaz will lay a pipeline between the Dunkirk LNG terminal and the French-Belgian border. Fluxys Belgium, in turn, will build a new interconnection point in Alveringem and lay a new pipeline between Alveringem and Maldegem that will run for a distance of around 74km. Based on the current schedule, work on laying the pipeline will start early 2015, with the pipeline itself to come into operation that autumn. 7.2.1 INTERCONNECTION FROM THE DUNKIRK LNG

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