Naturally, the specific routes of pipelines result from particular agreements between the gas companies and the countries concerned; however, I would like to point out that the Northern Trans-European transit gas pipeline project partially disregards the interests and needs of all European Union states along the pipeline route that are concerned with the supply of gas.
En sådan sammenlægning opfylder bestemmelserne for prioriteterne i EU 's retningslinjer i 2003 og beskrevet i projektet, der er under overvejelse.