Article 4

The Community shall promote gas and electricity infrastructure projects having the highest Community added value and contributing to the following objectives: security and diversification of sources of energy, routes and supplies; the optimisation of the capacity of the energy network and the integration of the internal energy market, in particular concerning cross-border sections; the development of the network to strengthen economic and social cohesion by reducing the isolation of the least favoured regions or islands of the Community; the connection and integration of renewable energy resources; and the safety, reliability and interoperability of interconnected energy networks, including the ability to use multidirectional gas flows where necessary.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-07 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.