The consultation on the third list of projects submitted to the European Commission as potential Projects of Common Interest (PCIs) was launched yesterday and will remain open for 12 weeks. To receive PCI status, a project must be considered essential for completing of the European internal energy market and for reaching the EU's energy policy objectives of affordable, secure and sustainable energy. The Regulation on guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure foresees that the PCIs list shall be updated every two years. The first Union-wide list was adopted in October 2013 and the second list was adopted in November 2015. The new list will be drawn up by the end of 20