ENTSOG South-North Corridor GRIP 2017 - Main Report

Executive Summary and Conclusions

The 3  rd South-North Corridor Gas Regional Investment Plan (SNC GRIP) highlights the progressive advance- ments of the Reverse Flow projects completing the link between Southern and Northern Europe in a bi-direc- tional, commercially effective and physically secure way. The first SNC GRIP edition (2012) introduced the initiatives needed to complete the interconnections between South and North Europe and while the second SNC GRIP release (2014) fully described the advance- ments of these projects, this third SNC GRIP accompa- nies the Reverse Flow infrastructures in Italy, Switzer- land, Germany and France along the remaining steps towards a near future commissioning. The South-North Corridor Region (SNC Region) spans from Italy to Belgium and Luxembourg while crossing the backbone of the continent along the Swiss route to- wards Germany and France. Considering its position at the heart of the European Union, the SNC Region is vital for the creation of the internal gas market. Therefore, the realisation of the South-North Corridor, as a bi-directional interconnector at the crossroads of the major current and future gas import routes, marks the accomplishment of a main milestone for the completion of the internal energy market.

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South-North Corridor GRIP 2017