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In July 2014, the European Commission approved ElecLink’s request for a regulatory exemption of up to 800 MW of capacity for a period of 25 years under Article 17 of Regulation (EC) 714/2009. This decision allowed the privately financed 1 GW ElecLink interconnector between Great Britain and France to operate outside certain standard third‑party access and tariff rules, underpinning the project’s merchant business model.