EC approves funding for three Polish gas link projects

The European Commission has granted financing for the first set of projects within the Connecting Europe Facility, including three gas link projects with Polish involvement. The Poland-Lithuania gas link (GIPL) was granted €295 million for construction work and €10.6 million for preparatory work. The Polish-Czech gas link was granted €1.5 million for preparatory work and the Polish-Slovak link was granted €4.6 for the same purpose. The Connecting Europe Facility has a total budget of €33.2 billion covering transport, energy and digital networks. The energy budget is €5.85 billion.