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| dossier | COM(2001)775-2 - Amendment of Decision No 1254/96/EC laying down a series of guidelines for trans European energy networks. |
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| source | COM(2001)775  |
| date | 20-12-2001 |
Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Decision No 1254/96/EC laying down a series of guidelines for trans-European energy networks
(2002/C 151 E/11)
(Text with EEA relevance)
COM(2001) 775 final — 2001/0311(COD)
(Submitted by the Commission on 5 March 2002)
| THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community and in particular the first paragraph of Article 156 thereof, | (3) The priorities also stem from the growing importance of the trans-European energy networks for diversifying the Community's gas supplies, incorporating the candidate countries' energy networks, and ensuring the coordinated operation of the electricity grids in Europe and the Mediterranean and Black Sea basins. |
| Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee, | (4) Among the projects relating to trans-European energy networks, it is necessary to highlight the priority projects, which are very important for the operation of the internal energy market or the security of energy supply. |
| Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions, Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty, | (5) It is necessary to adapt the procedure for identifying projects relating to trans-European energy networks in order to ensure the harmonious application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2236/95 of 18 September 1995 laying down general rules for the granting of Community financial aid in the field of trans-European networks (4). |
Whereas:
| (1) Since the adoption of Decision No 1254/96/EC of 5 June 1996 laying down a series of guidelines for trans-European energy networks (!), the need has arisen to incorporate new priorities, to highlight the projects which are particularly important, to update the list of projects, and to adapt the procedure used for identifying projects. The new priorities stem from the creation of a more open and competitive internal energy market, as a result of the implementation of Directive 96/92/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 December 1996 concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity (2) and of Directive 98/30/EC of 22 June 1998 concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas (3). They follow the conclusions of the Stockholm European Council of March 2001 concerning the development of the infrastuctures needed for the operation of the energy market, and they are consistent with the objective of making greater use of renewable energy sources as a contribution to furthering a sustainable development policy. j1) OJ L 161, 29.6.1996, p. 147. Decision as last amended by Decision No 1741/1999/EC (OJ L 207, 6.8.1991, p. 1). OJ L 27, 30.1.1997, p. 20. OJ L 204, 21.7.1998, p. 1. | (6) The procedure for identifying projects relating to trans-European energy networks should be adapted by means of action at two levels: a first level identifying a restricted number of thematically defined projects of common interest, and a second level describing projects in detail, referred to as specifications. Since the project specifications are liable to change, they are given indicatively. The Commission should therefore continue to be empowered to update them. The provisions of Decision No 1254/96/EC concerning the committee procedure should be adopted to take account of Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (5). The identification of projects of common interest, their specifications and priority projects should be without prejudice to the results of the environmental impact assessment of the projects and of the plans or programmes. OJ L 228, 23.9.1995, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1655/1999 (OJ L 197, 29.7.1999, p. 1). OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23. |
| 2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, the regulatory procedure laid down in Article 5 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, in compliance with Articles 7 and 8 thereof. | to the European Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions.’ |
5. The Annex is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Decision.
3. The period provided for in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be three months.
Article 2
Article 10
This Decision shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
Report
Contents
- Every four years the Commission shall draw up a report on the implementation of this Decision, which it shall submit
- ELECTRICITY NETWORKS
- GAS NETWORKS
- ELECTRICITY NETWORKS
- GAS NETWORKS
- ELECTRICITY NETWORKS
- Ipiros-Puglia link (strengthening of existing connection) a09 GREECE
- Specifications: c02 DENMARK
- c04 FRANCE
- c05 ITALY
- c07 PORTUGAL
- c08 GREECE
- c09 IRELAND
- c10 SPAIN
- c11 SWEDEN
- c12 GERMANY
- c13 UNITED KINGDOM
- Specifications: m1 ELECTRICITY NETWORK BOTTLENECKS AND MISSING LINKS
- m2 ELECTRICITY NETWORK FORECASTING AND OPERATING METHODS
- NATURAL GAS NETWORKS
- e06 GREECE
- f11 AUSTRIA
- Specifications: g01 IRELAND
- g07 FRANCE
- g08 SPAIN
- g09 PORTUGAL
- g13 AUSTRIA
- g14 ITALY
- g17 ITALY
- h19 IRELAND
- Specifications: n1 NATURAL GAS NETWORK BOTTLENECKS AND MISSING LINKS
- n2 NATURAL GAS NETWORK FORECASTING AND OPERATING METHODS
Every four years the Commission shall draw up a report on the implementation of this Decision, which it shall submit
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
ANNEX ‘ANNEX I
TRANS-EUROPEAN ENERGY NETWORKS Priority projects of European interest: Priority axes
EL.1. France — Belgium — Netherlands — Germany: electricity networks reinforcements in order to resolve the frequent problems of congestion through the Benelux.
EL.2. Borders of Italy with France, Austria and Switzerland: increasing electricity interconnection capacities.
EL.3. France — Spain — Portugal: increasing electricity interconnection capacities between these countries and for the Iberian peninsula.
EL.4. Greece — Balkan countries — UCTE System: development of electricity infrastructure to connect Greece to the UCTE System.
EL.5. United Kingdom — continental Europe and Northern Europe: establishing/increasing electricity interconnection capacities.
EL.6. Ireland — Northern Ireland — United Kingdom: increasing electricity interconnection capacities.
EL.7. Denmark — Germany: increasing electricity interconnection capacity.
NG.1. United Kingdom — Netherlands — Germany — Russia: gas pipelines connecting the main sources of gas in Europe, improving the interoperability of the networks, and increasing the security of supply.
NG.2. Algeria — Spain — France: construction of a new gas pipeline from Algeria to Spain and France, and increasing network capacities in Spain and France.
NG.3. Caspian Sea countries — Middle East — European Union: new gas pipeline networks to the European Union from new sources, including the Greece-Turkey and Italy-Greece gas pipelines.
NG.4. LNG terminals in France, Spain, Portugal, and Italy: diversifying sources of supply and entry points.
NG.5. Underground storage in Spain, Portugal, and Greece: increasing capacity in Spain and construction of the first facilities in Portugal and Greece.
ANNEX II
TRANS-EUROPEAN ENERGY NETWORKS Projects of common interest
(a) Developing electricity networks in island, isolated, peripheral and ultraperipheral regions while promoting the diversification of energy sources and the use of renewable energies, and connection of the electricity networks of those regions, if appropriate.
(b) Developing electricity connections between the Member States where this is needed for the functioning of the internal market and in order to ensure the reliability and dependability of the operation of electricity networks.
(c) Developing electricity connections within the Member States where this is needed in order to take advantage of the connections between the Member States, for the functioning of the internal electricity market or the connection of renewable energy sources.
(d) Developing electricity connections with third countries, and more particularly with the accession candidate countries, thus contributing towards interoperability, the operational reliability and dependability of the electricity grids or the supply of electricity to the European Community.
(m) Actions for improving the functioning of the interconnected electricity networks within the internal market and, in particular, identifying the bottlenecks and missing links, developing solutions in order to deal with congestion and adapting the methods of forecasting and of operating electricity networks.
(e) Introducing natural gas into new regions, mainly island, isolated, peripheral and ultraperipheral regions and developing gas networks in these regions.
(f) Developing gas connections in order to meet the needs of the internal market or strengthen the security of supply, including connection of separate gas networks.
(g) Developing capacities for receiving liquefied natural gas (LNG) and for storage of natural gas, needed in order to meet demand, control gas supply systems, and diversify sources and supply routes.
(h) Developing gas transport capacity (gas supply pipelines) needed in order to meet demand and diversify supplies from internal and external sources, as well as supply routes.
(n) Actions for improving the funtioning of the interconnected gas networks within the internal market and, in particular, identifying the bottlenecks and missing links, developing solutions in order to deal with congestion and adapting methods of forecasting and of operating gas networks.
ANNEX III
TRANS-EUROPEAN ENERGY NETWORKS Specifications of projects of common interest (1)
Project (a) — Developing electricity networks in island, isolated, peripheral and ultraperipheral regions while promoting the diversification of energy sources and the use of renewable energies, and connection of the electricity networks of those regions, if
appropriate
Specifications: a02 IRELAND — UNITED KINGDOM (Wales)
Connection by submarine cable between the network of Ireland and the network of the United Kingdom (Wales). a04 GREECE — ITALY
Connection by submarine cable between the Greek network and the Italian network:
Connections between the islands and between the islands and the mainland: Connection of the Southern Cyclades.
a10 ULTRAPERIPHERAL REGIONS: FRANCE, SPAIN, PORTUGAL Connections in ultraperipheral regions.
a11 ITALY (Sardinia) — FRANCE (Corsica) — ITALY (mainland)
Connection by submarine cable between the network of Sardinia and the network of Italy (mainland). Strengthening the connection with Corsica.
Project (b)
Developing electricity connections between in the Member States needed for the functioning of the internal market and in order to ensure the reliability and dependability of the operation of electricity networks
Specifications:
b04 FRANCE — BELGIUM — THE NETHERLANDS — GERMANY Moulaine (F)-Aubange (B) line.
b05 FRANCE — GERMANY
Vigy (F)-Marlenheim (F) line.
Vigy (F)-Uchtelfangen (D) line.
b06 FRANCE — ITALY
Grand ile-Piossasco line.
La Praz (F) phase transformer.
b07 FRANCE — SPAIN
Cazaril-Aragon line or alternative route/layout, including connection to the Sallente-Sentmenat line. Pragneres (F) phase transformer.
Eastern Pyrenees connection.
b10 SPAIN — PORTUGAL
Connections between the two countries through the regions of northern Portugal and north-western Spain. New connection through the southern region of Portugal and the south-west of Spain: Balboa-Alqueva-Sines line.
b11 FINLAND — SWEDEN
Connections north of the Gulf of Bothnia: New lines parallel to the existing ones.
b12 AUSTRIA — ITALY Lienz-Cordignano line.
b13 IRELAND — UNITED KINGDOM (Northern Ireland)
b14 AUSTRIA — GERMANY St Peter-Isar line.
b15 THE NETHERLANDS — UNITED KINGDOM
Connection by submarine cable between south-eastern England and central Netherlands (Rotterdam area). b16 DENMARK — GERMANY
Aerial connections between the two countries: Kasso-Flensburg line.
Project (c) — Developing electrical connections within the Member States where this is needed in order to take advantage of the connections between the Member States, the functioning of the internal market or the connection of renewable energy sources
Connections on the North-South axis.
Connections on the East-West axis:
Connections by submarine cable between the country's western (UCTE) and eastern (NORDEL) networks: Fyn-Sjslland link.
Connections in the north of the country, related to the expansion of intra-Community trade in electricity: Dunkerque-Lille line;
Amiens-Lille line;
Connections in the north-east of the country: Sierrentz-Mulbach line.
Connections on the East-West axis:
Vado Ligure-Morigallo line;
Turbigo-Rho line;
Turbigo-Baggio line;
Gorlago-San Fiorano line;
Turbigo-Piedilago line;
Piedilago pumping station;
Chivasso-Magenta line;
Colunga-Calenzano line.
Connections on the North-South axis:
Pietrafitta-Santa Barbara line;
Santa Barbara-Tavarnuzze line;
Matera-Santa Sofia line;
Pian della Speranza/Roma Nord-Montalto/Suvereto line; Pietrafitta-Villavalle line;
Laino-Rizziconi line.
Connections needed for the interconnection with Spain:
in the centre of the country: Pego-Rio Maior II line;
in the north of the country: Recarei-Pocinho-Aldeadavila line.
Thessaloniki, Lamia and Patras substations and connecting lines.
Connections in the north-west of the country: Tynagh-Cashla line;
Flagford-East Sligo line.
Connections in the north-east and west of the country, in particular to connect to the network wind-power generation capacities.
Connections in the north-east: in Basque country, Aragon and Navarra.
Connections in the west: in Galicia.
Connections in central Sweden. Connections in southern Sweden.
Connections in the north of the country: Lubeck/Siems-Gorries line; Lubeck/Siems-Krummel line.
Connections in Northern Ireland, in relation to the interconnections with Ireland:
Connections in the north-west.
Connections in Scotland and England, with a view to the greater use of renewable sources in electricity generation.
Project (d) — Developing electricity connections with the non-Member States, and more particularly with the countries candidates for accession, thus contributing towards interoperability, the operational reliability and dependability of the electricity grids or the
supply of electricity within the European Community
Specifications: d02 GERMANY — POLAND
Neuenhagen (D)-Vierraden (D)-Krajnik (PL) line.
d03 GERMANY — NORWAY
Connection by submarine cable between northern Germany (UCTE) and southern Norway (NORDEL): Brunsbuttel-southern Norway link.
d08 GREECE — BALKAN COUNTRIES
Connections between Greece and Albania, Bulgaria and FYROM: Philippi (GR)-Maritsa 3 (Bulgaria) line;
Amintaio (GR)-Bitola (FYROM) line;
Kardia (GR)-Elbasan (Albania) line.
Connection of Greece to the UCTE system:
Elbasan (Albania)-Podgorica (F.R.Yugoslavia) line;
Mostar (Bosnia-Herzegovina) substation and connecting lines; Ernestinovo (Croatia) substation and connecting lines.
d09 GREECE — TURKEY
Connections between the two countries through north-eastern Greece: Philippi-Hamidabad line.
d10 UNITED KINGDOM — NORWAY
Connection by submarine cable between the north-east/east England and southern Norway (NORDEL).
dll THE NETHERLANDS — NORWAY
Connection by submarine cable between the north-eastern Netherlands (UCTE) and southern Norway (NORDEL): Eemshaven-Feda link.
d13 SPAIN — MOROCCO
Connection by submarine cable between south Spain and Morocco (strengthening of existing connection).
d14 BALTIC ELECTRICITY RING: GERMANY — POLAND — RUSSIA — ESTONIA — LATVIA — LITHUANIA — SWEDEN — FINLAND — DENMARK — BELARUS
Connections between the networks of these countries by aerial lines and/or submarine cables: southern Finland-Russia links;
Germany-Poland-Lithuania-Belarus-Russia link (East-West High Power Link);
Poland-Lithuania link;
Finland-Estonia link (through submarine cable).
d15 SWEDEN — NORWAY
North Sweden-north Norway lines.
Mid Sweden-mid Norway lines.
Borgvik (S)-Hoesle (NO)-Oslo region line.
d16 EU — BELARUS — RUSSIA — UKRAINE
Connections and interface between the (extended) UCTE network and the networks of third countries in eastern Europe:
connections between the UCTE and CENTREL systems;
connections between the UCTE/CENTREL system and the Balkan countries;
connections and interface between the extended UCTE system and Belarus, Russia and Ukraine, including relocation of HVDC conversion stations operating previously between Austria and Hungary, Austria and the Czech Republic and, Germany and the Czech Republic.
d18 MEDITERRANEAN ELECTRICITY RING: FRANCE — SPAIN — MOROCCO — ALGERIA — TUNISIA — LIBYA — EGYPT — NEAR-EASTERN COUNTRIES — TURKEY — GREECE — ITALY
Connections in the Mediterranean Sea area with a view to interoperability of the extended UCTE system with the networks in the countries concerned:
Connection by submarine cable between south Spain and north-west Algeria.
d19 NORWAY — SWEDEN — FINLAND — RUSSIA Connections in the Barents Sea area.
d20 ITALY — SLOVENIA
Installation of flexible alternative current transmission systems.
Project (m) — Actions improving the functioning of the interconnected electricity networks within the internal market and, in particular, identifying the bottlenecks and missing links, developing solutions in order to deal with congestion and adapting the
methods of forecasting and of operating electricity networks
Identifying the bottlenecks and missing links, especially cross-border, within electricity networks.
Developing solutions for electricity flow management in order to deal with the problems of congestion within electricity networks.
Adapting the methods of forecasting and of operating electricity networks required by the functioning of the internal market and the use of a high percentage of renewable energy sources.
Project (e) — Introducing natural gas into new regions, mainly island, isolated, peripheral and ultraperipheral regions and
developing gas networks in these regions
Specifications: e01 UNITED KINGDOM (Northern Ireland) — IRELAND
Developing gas network from Belfast towards the north-west region of Northern Ireland and, if appropriate, to the western coast of Ireland.
Developing gas networks in the country, including LNG terminals and storage facilities:
high pressure branch to Thrace;
high pressure branch to Corinth;
high pressure branch to north-west Greece;
compression station on the main pipeline;
storage at south Kavala (conversion of an offshore depleted gas field);
LNG at Revithoussa (extending existing terminal); construction of a second LNG terminal.
e07 ULTRAPERIPHERAL REGIONS: FRANCE, SPAIN, PORTUGAL Introduction of natural gas into ultraperipheral regions.
Project (f)
Developing gas connections in order to meet the needs of the internal market or strengthening of the security of supply, including connection of separate gas networks
Specifications: f01 IRELAND — UNITED KINGDOM
Additional gas interconnection pipeline between Ireland and Scotland. North-south interconnection, including Dublin-Belfast pipeline.
f05 FRANCE — SPAIN
Interconnection through the western border. Compression station on the Lumbier-Calahorra pipeline. Perpignan-Barcelona pipeline.
f06 PORTUGAL — SPAIN
Increasing transport capacity of gas pipelines supplying Portugal through south Spain and Galicia and Asturias through Portugal.
f08 AUSTRIA — GERMANY
Purchkirchen-Burghausen pipeline. Andorf-Simbach pipeline.
f09 AUSTRIA — HUNGARY Wiener Neustadt-Sopron pipeline.
Connection between gas pipelines linking Austria to Germany and Italy:
Bad Leonfelden-Linz pipeline;
connection of isolated gas transmission networks.
f12 GREECE — ALBANIA North-west Greece-Elbasan pipeline.
f13 ITALY — GREECE — OTHER BALKAN COUNTRIES
Interconnection pipeline, initially to supply Greece and other Balkan countries through south Italy.
f17 AUSTRIA — SLOVENIA — CROATIA
Gas transport corridor to south-east Europe, across these countries.
f18 UNITED KINGDOM — THE NETHERLANDS — GERMANY Interconnecting pipelines, linking the main sources of north-west Europe.
f19 GERMANY — POLAND
Connection between north-east Germany (Berlin area) and north-west Poland (Szczecin area). Branch from Schmolln to Lubmin (Greifswald area).
f20 DENMARK — UNITED KINGDOM
Connection between offshore facilities in the North Sea.
Project (g)
Developing capacities for receiving liquefied natural gas (LNG) and for storage of natural gas, needed in order to meet demand and control gas supply systems, and diversify sources and supply routes
Developing underground gas storage facilities.
g03 FRANCE Developing LNG facilities:
LNG at Le Verdon-sur-mer (new terminal) and pipeline to Lussagnet storage; LNG at Fos-sur-mer (extending existing terminal).
Developing underground gas storage facilities: storage at Lussagnet (extending existing site); storage at Pecorade (conversion of a depleted oil field).
Development of underground gas storage facilities:
storage on the north-south axis (new sites) in: Cantabria, Aragon, Castilla y Leon, Castilla-La Mancha, Andalucia; storage on the Mediterranean axis (new sites) in: Catalonia, C.A. Valenciana, Murcia.
Developing underground gas storage facilities: storage in Carrico (new site).
Developing underground gas storage facilities:
storage at Purchkirchen (extending existing site), including pipeline to the Penta West system near Andorf; storage at Baumgarten (new site);
storage at Haidach (new site), including pipeline to the European gas grid.
Developing LNG facilities:
LNG offshore in the north Adriatic Sea (new terminal); LNG on the south Adriatic coast (new terminal).
g16 BELGIUM Developing LNG facilities:
LNG at Zeebrugge/Dudzele (extending existing terminal).
Developing underground gas storage facilities.
Project (h)
Developing gas transport capacity (gas supply pipelines) needed in order to meet demand and diversify supplies from internal and external sources, as well as supply routes
Specifications:
h03 NORDIC GAS GRID: NORWAY — DENMARK — GERMANY — SWEDEN — FINLAND — RUSSIA — BALTIC STATES — POLAND
Creation and development of connections between the networks of these countries with a view to setting up an integrated gas network:
the Baltic gas interconnector: Germany, Denmark, Sweden; the Mid-Nordic gas pipeline: Norway, Sweden, Finland;
Nybro-Dragor gas pipeline, including connecting pipeline to the storage at Stenlille: Denmark; the north European gas pipeline: Russia, Baltic Sea, Germany;
gas pipeline from Russia to Germany, via Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, including developing underground gas storage facilities in Latvia.
h04 ALGERIA — SPAIN — FRANCE
Developing gas pipelines from Algeria to Spain and France and related capacity increase of the internal networks in these countries:
— Algeria-Morocco-Spain (up to Cordoba) pipeline: increasing transport capacity;
— extension towards north-east Spain:
Cordoba-Ciudad Real pipeline;
Ciudad Real-Madrid pipeline;
Ciudad Real-Mediterranean coast pipeline; branches in Castilla-La Mancha;
— extension towards north-west Spain: the western pipeline;
— Algeria-Spain submarine pipeline and pipelines for the connection to France.
h07 RUSSIA — BELARUS — POLAND — EU
Increasing transport capacity from Russian resources to the European Union, via Belarus and Poland: section in Germany:
Yagal Sud gas pipeline (between the STEGAL pipeline leading to the D, F, CH triangle);
SUDAL East gas pipeline (between MIDAL pipeline near Heppenheim to Burghausen connection with the PENTA pipeline in Austria).
h09 LIBYA — ITALY
Gas network from Libyan resources to Italy.
h10 CASPIAN SEA COUNTRIES — EU
Gas network from resources in the Caspian Sea countries to the European Union: Greece-Turkey gas pipeline.
h11 RUSSIA — UKRAINE — MOLDAVIA — ROMANIA — BULGARIA — GREECE — OTHER BALKAN COUNTRIES
Increasing transport capacity from Russian resources to Greece and other Balkan countries, via Ukraine, Romania and Bulgaria:
section in Romania;
section in Bulgaria: St. Zagora-Ihtiman gas pipeline.
h13 GERMANY — CZECH REPUBLIC — AUSTRIA — ITALY
Connecting pipelines between the German, Czech, Austrian and Italian gas networks.
h14 RUSSIA — UKRAINE — SLOVAKIA — HUNGARY — SLOVENIA — ITALY Gas pipeline from Russian resources to Italy, via Ukraine, Slovakia, Hungary and Slovenia.
h15 THE NETHERLANDS — GERMANY — SWITZERLAND — ITALY
Increasing transport capacity of the TENP gas pipeline running from the Netherlands through Germany to Italy.
h16 BELGIUM — FRANCE — SWITZERLAND — ITALY
Increasing transport capacity from North-western Europe through France to Italy: Taisnieres (F)-Oltingue (CH) gas pipeline.
h17 DENMARK — POLAND
Gas pipeline through Denmark to Poland: Denmark-Poland submarine pipeline.
h18 NORWAY — RUSSIA — EU
Gas network from the Barents Sea resources to the European Union, via Sweden and Finland.
Gas pipeline from the Corrib field (offshore).
Project (n) — Actions improving the functioning of the interconnected gas networks within the internal market and, in particular, identifying the bottlenecks and missing links, developing solutions in order to deal with congestion and adapting methods of
forecasting and of operating gas networks
Identifying the bottlenecks and missing links, especially cross-border, within the gas networks.
Developing solutions for natural gas flow management in order to deal with the problems of congestion within the gas networks.
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h20 ALGERIA — ITALY — FRANCE
Gas pipeline from Algerian resources to Italy, via Sardinia. Branch to Corsica.
Gas network from resources in the Middle East to the European Union.
Adapting the methods of forecasting and operating natural gas networks required by the functioning of the internal market.’