GRIP CEE 2017 / Main Report

Executive Summary

Planning and development of gas infrastructure are vital for meeting the obligations under EU Directive 2009/73/EC, and these are further detailed in Regula- tion (EC) 715/2009. The third edition of the Gas Regional Investment Plan for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE GRIP) is now strongly linked with the EU-wide Ten-Year Network Development Plan 2017 (TYNDP 2017). A harmonised data set is used for developing both reports in parallel. The CEE GRIP supports and complements the TYNDP 2017, published for public consultation on 20 December 2016  1) . The GRIP of the CEE region is presented for the period 2017–2026 based on analyses in light of the possible evolution of gas infrastructure with a focus on specific regional matters of supply, demand, and infrastructure ca- pacity. The CEE region consists of 10 countries (Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia). The following summary sets out key outputs of this CEE GRIP. The findings are provided in four main sections, depending on the subject of analysis:

 1) The EU-wide Ten-Year Network Development Plan 2017 is available under the following link: http://www.entsog.eu/publications/tyndp#ENTSOG-TEN-YEAR-NETWORK-DEVELOPMENT-PLAN-2017

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Central Eastern Europe GRIP 2017