What changed between the draft committee report and the plenary report

Added:assessment shall examine, in particular, whether such a body is to be established as a

Added:permanent and independent entity at Union level, acting in the public interest and entrusted

Added:with tasks relating to integrated energy system planning, including the development of

Added:Union strategic scenario, contribution to energy system-wide cost-benefit analysis and

Added:cross-border cost allocation, and the provision of an opinion on the Union list of projects of

Added:common interest and projects of mutual interest. The Commission shall also assess the

Added:appropriate mandate, governance, independence safeguards, consultation and public

Added:participation requirements, and possible role of such a body in Union-level network

Added:planning and operation, with a view to supporting the achievement of the Union’s climate

Added:and energy objectives and climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest.

Added:The Commission shall establish and maintain a transparency platform easily accessible to the

Added:general public through the internet. The platform shall be regularly updated with information

Added:from: the reports referred to in Article 5(4); the website referred to in Article 9(7); and direct

Added:information from the project promoters as regards projects no longer on the Union list. The

Added:platform shall contain the following information:

Added:(a) general, updated information, including geographic information, for each project on the Union list;

Added:(b) the implementation plan as set out in Article 5(1) for each project on the Union list, presented in a manner that allows the assessment of the progress in implementation at any time;

Added:(c) the main expected benefits and contribution to the objectives referred to in Article 1(1) and the costs of the projects except for any commercially sensitive information;

Added:(d) the Union list;

Added:(e) the funds allocated and disbursed by the Union for each project on the Union list;

Added:(f) the links to the national manual of procedures referred to in Article 9;

Added:(g) information and status updates as regards projects that were on the Union list, but are no longer included.

Added:1. In the case of Cyprus and Malta, which are not interconnected to the trans-European gas network, a derogation from Article 3, Article 4(1), points (a) and (b), Article 4(5), and Annexes I, II and III shall apply. One interconnection for each of those Member States shall maintain its status of project of common interest under this Regulation with all relevant rights and obligations, where that interconnection:

Added:(a) was under development or planning on 23 June 2022;

Added:(b) has been granted the status of project of common interest under Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

Added:(c) is necessary to secure permanent interconnection of those Member States to the trans-European gas network.

Added:Those projects shall ensure the future ability to access new energy markets, including hydrogen.

Added:2. The project promoters shall provide sufficient evidence of how the interconnections referred to in paragraph 1 will allow access to new energy markets, including hydrogen, in accordance with the Union’s overall energy and climate policy objectives. Such evidence shall include an assessment of the supply and demand for renewable or low-carbon hydrogen as well as a calculation of the greenhouse gas emissions reduction enabled by the project.

Added:The Commission shall regularly verify that assessment and that calculation, as well as the timely implementation of the project.

Added:3. In addition to the specific criteria set out in Article 21 for Union financial assistance, the interconnections referred to in paragraph 1 shall be designed in view of ensuring access to future energy markets, including hydrogen, shall not lead to a prolongation of the lifetime of natural gas assets and shall ensure the interoperability of neighbouring networks across borders. Any eligibility for Union financial assistance under Article 21 shall end on 31 December 2027.

Added:4. Any request for Union financial assistance for works shall clearly demonstrate the aim to convert the asset into a dedicated hydrogen asset by 2036 if market conditions allow, by means of a roadmap with a precise timeline.

Added:5. The derogation set out in paragraph 1 shall apply until Cyprus or Malta, respectively, is directly interconnected to the trans-European gas network or until 31 December 2029, whichever is the earlier.

Added:Regulation (EU) 2019/942 is amended as follows:

Added:(1) in Article 3(2), the first subparagraph is replaced by the following:

Added:‘At ACER’s request, the regulatory authorities, the ENTSO for Electricity, the ENTSO for

Added:Gas, the ENNOH, the regional coordination centres, the EU DSO Entity, the transmission

Added:system operators, hydrogen network operators, the nominated electricity market operators,

Added:and entities established by transmission system operators for natural gas, LNG system

Added:operators, natural gas storage system operators or hydrogen storage operators or hydrogen

Added:terminal operators shall provide to ACER the information in the same level of detail

Added:necessary for the purpose of carrying out ACER’s tasks under this Regulation, unless ACER

Added:has already requested and received such information.’

Added:(2) in Article 11, points (c) and (d) are replaced by the following:

Added:‘(c) carry out the obligations laid out in Articles 5, 11, 12, 14, 17 of Regulation (EU) …/… of

Added:the European Parliament and of the Council* [the TEN-E Regulation as proposed by

Added:COM(2025)xxxx] and in Section 2, point (8), of Annex III to that Regulation;

Added:(d) take decisions on investment requests including cross-border cost allocation pursuant to

Added:COM(2025)xxxx].

Added:___________

Added:* Regulation (EU) …/… of the European Parliament and of the Council [the TEN-E Regulation as proposed by COM(2025)xxxx] (OJ…, ELI: …)’

Added:‘Article 48

Added:Ten-year network development plan

Added:1. The Union-wide network development plan referred to under Article 30(1), point (b), of this Regulation shall be based on the Union strategic scenario and the identification of system needs report pursuant to Articles 11 and 12 of Regulation (EU) …/… of the European Parliament and of the Council* [the TEN-E Regulation as proposed by COM(2025)xxxx] and shall include the modelling of the integrated network and an assessment of the resilience of the system. Relevant input parameters for the modelling of the Union strategic scenario, such as assumptions on fuel and carbon prices or installation of renewables, and assumptions for the European resource adequacy assessment developed pursuant to Article 23 of this Regulation should be consistent to the extent possible.

Added:The Union-wide network development plan shall, in particular:

Added:(a) build on projects of cross-border relevance included in national ten-year network development plans and national investment plans, taking into account regional investment plans as referred to in Article 34(1) of this Regulation, and be based on Union aspects of network planning as set out in Regulation (EU) …/… [the TEN-E Regulation as proposed by COM(2025)xxxx]; it shall be subject to a cost-benefit analysis using the methodology established in Article 14 of that Regulation;

Added:(b) consider with priority alternatives to network expansion, such as non-wire solutions pursuant to Regulation (EU) …/… [the TEN-E Regulation as proposed by COM(2025)xxxx] or non-fossil low-emission flexibility;

Added:(c) regarding cross-border interconnections and system resilience, also build on the reasonable needs of different system users, protection of critical infrastructure elements and integrate long-term commitments from investors referred to in Articles 44 and 51 of Directive (EU) 2019/944;

Added:(d) identify investment gaps, in particular with respect to cross-border capacities.

Added:In regard to the second subparagraph, point (d), a review of barriers to the increase of

Added:cross-border capacity of the network arising from different approval procedures or