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Definitions For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

(a) ‘carbon capture and storage’ means the capture of carbon dioxide (CO2) from industrial installations, its transport to a storage site and its injection into a suitable underground geological formation for the purposes of permanent storage;

(b) ‘eligible costs’ has the same meaning as in Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002;

(c) ‘gas and electricity infrastructures’ means:

(i) all high-voltage lines, excluding those of distribution networks, and submarine links, provided that this infrastructure is used for interregional or international transmission or connection;

(ii) high-pressure gas pipelines, excluding those of distribution networks;

(iii) underground storage facilities connected to the high-pressure gas pipelines referred to in point (ii);

(iv) reception, storage and regasification facilities for liquefied natural gas (LNG); and (v) any equipment or installations essential for the infrastructure referred to in points (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) to operate properly, including protection, monitoring and control systems;

(d) ‘part of a project’ means any activity that is independent financially, technically or over time and which contributes to the completion of a project;

(e) ‘investment phase’ means the phase of a project during which construction takes place and capital costs are incurred;

(f) ‘offshore wind energy’ means the electric power generated from turbine engines powered by wind and situated in the sea, whether near or far from the shore;

(g) ‘planning phase’ means the phase of a project that precedes the investment phase, during which project implementation is prepared, and includes, where appropriate, feasibility assessment, preparatory and technical studies, obtaining licences and authorisations and incurring capital costs.