Ved breve registreret i Kommissionen henholdsvis den 5. september 2011 og den 13. september 2011 anmodede Spanien og Frankrig om tilladelse til at indføre en særlig foranstaltning, der fraviger bestemmelserne i direktiv 2006/112/EF i relation til bygning af en underjordisk elektricitetsforbindelse mellem deres respektive elektricitetsnet.
By letters registered with the Commission on 5 September 2011 and 13 September 2011 respectively, Spain and France requested authorisation to introduce a special measure derogating from the provisions of Directive 2006/112/EC in relation to the construction of an underground electricity interconnection between their respective electricity networks.