As part of the Regulation (EU) 2022/869 of the European Parliament and of the Council on guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure, the process for establishing the second Union list of Projects of Common Interest and of Projects of Mutual Interest has started and will presumably be adopted by the end of next year.
The identification and selection of PCI and PMI projects are based on a regional approach, while the procedures are being implemented by regional groups of several stakeholders comprised of representatives of the competent ministries, national regulatory authorities, individual power and gas transmission system operators and other project holders, European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity and Gas (ENTOS-E and ENTSOG), Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) and the European Commission. Meetings of regional groups are open for all interested parties, such as public services, industry associations, environmental and consumer organisations and representatives of the civil society who are invited, consulted with and expected to contribute to the work carried out in these groups.
Within the selection procedure of projects for the second list of Projects of Common Interest (PCI) and Projects of Mutual Interest (PMI), Plinovodi submitted the applications for project proposals together with neighbouring transmission system operators, namely for two hydrogen corridors: