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What does Trans-European Networks mean?

Trans-European Networks (TENs) are intended to provide the infrastructure to support the creation of an EU single market. Based on the EU Treaty the EU works to interlink the most important regional and national networks in the transport, energy and telecommunications sectors.

The treaty of the Functioning of the EU (articles 170, 171 and 172) provides for the EU to aim at promoting the development of Trans-European Networks to support the creation of an EU Single Market and to inforce economic and social cohesion. The EU is financing TEN projects through specific TEN programmes, the Cohesion Fund, European Regional Development Fund and with loans from the European investment Bank. The projects stimulate the connections of EU energy, transport and telecommunication networks beyond regional and national structures and grids.

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Marine licensing—submarine cables and pipelines

International regime under UNCLOSThe laying of cables and pipelines is one of the freedoms of the High Seas under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea 1981 (UNCLOS).Furthermore, under UNCLOS all States are entitled to lay submarine cables and pipelines on the continental shelf. Regard must be given to existing submarine cables and pipelines to preserve the ability to access and maintain them.While the UK as a Coastal State may not impede the laying of submarine cables and pipelines, or their maintenance, it may take reasonable measures to prevent, reduce and control any pollution from these pipelines. The actual route, or delineation, of the cable or pipeline must still be approved by the UK in relation to the continental shelf. CablesScenario 1—cable route exclusively within inshore watersWhere a submarine cable only runs through the UK territorial waters, (ie up to 12 nautical miles from Mean High Water Springs (MHWS)), it is a licensable activity and the normal marine licensing regime under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009...

Overview of the EU legal system

Overview of the EU legal system Introduction to the EU legal system The EU legal system is sui generis—there is no other legal system it can be compared to, though it draws elements from many. The key to understanding how it works is to avoid trying to subsume it into (or compare it to) a national system and observe its behaviour from different angles. From its inception, the EU (at the time, the EEC) was intended to grow and become more than an economic bloc, which is why the founding Member States agreed to transfer parcels of sovereignty to the newly 'supranational' institutions. Supranational as the word indicates is something placed over a national structure. The term is used to denote the opposite to intergovernmental where decisions are taken by consensus and linked to national government interests. Upon joining the EU, Member States are no longer able to adopt, independently, legislation in the areas delegated by the EU Treaties ie the Treaty on the European Union (TEU) and Treaty on...

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Energy weekly highlights—20 February 2020

This week's edition of Energy weekly highlights includes the Office of Gas and Electric Markets’ (Ofgem) final decision on its Guaranteed Standards of Performance consultation and its announcement of its intention to conduct a review to assess the current and future challenges facing GB System Operation. The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has also confirmed it will be increasing its industry levy for the 2020–21 financial year in order to support delivery of UK net zero target, the Crown Estate has commissioned five research projects into offshore wind leading to assist its plan-level Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA) for Offshore Wind Round 4 Leasing and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has confirmed adjustments to the Capacity Market auction parameters for the delivery year 2023–2024, reducing the T-4 target capacity and adjusting the demand curve.

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