ENTSOG South-North Corridor GRIP 2017 - Main Report

4 THE EUROPEAN ENERGY STRATEGY AND THE NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY FRAMEWORKS 50 4.1 The EU Energy Strategy 51 4.1.1 Security of Supply 52 4.1.2 Competitiveness 52 4.1.3 Sustainability 53 4.2 The National Energy Policy Frameworks in the Context of Energy Transition ����������������������������������������������������������������������� 54 4.2.1 Belgium 54 4.2.2 France 55 4.2.3 Germany 56 4.2.4 Italy 57 4.2.5 Luxembourg 58 4.2.6 Switzerland 59 5 THE ROLE OF THE REGION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF EU GAS INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE INTERNAL MARKET 60 5.1 Introduction 61 5.2 The Dimensions of the EU Energy Policy in a Regional Context 61 5.3 EU Priority Corridors and Projects of Common Interest (PCIs) 64 5.4 The South-North Corridor: A Bridge Between New Needs and New Sources 65 68 6.1 Introduction 69 6.2 Project Rationales 71 6.3 Projects Description 73 6.3.1 In Italy: Support to the North-West Market and Bidirectional 6 THE SOUTH-NORTH CORRIDOR Cross-Border Flows 74 6.3.1.1 Support to the North-West Market 74 6.3.1.2 Support to the North-West Market and Bidirectional Cross-Border Flows ������������������������������������������������� 75 6.3.2 In Switzerland: Reverse Flow Transitgas Switzerland 76 6.3.3 In Germany: Reverse Flow TENP Germany 77 6.3.4 In France: Reverse capacity from Switzerland to France at Oltingue ��������������������������������������������������������������������������� 79 6.4 PCI Status 80 6.5 South-North Corridor Capacities: An Overall Picture 81

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