Brussels, 15 February 2024
To support Estonia in its ongoing investigation on the damage of the Balticconnector gas pipeline on 8 October 2023, the European Commission decided to grant close to €99,000 to the Estonian Police and Border Guard Board and the Estonian Navy. The funding from the Internal Security Fund (ISF) complements the emergency support already awarded to Finland in December 2023.
Following sabotage on the Nord Stream pipeline, the Commission has accelerated its work on critical infrastructure resilience in three priority areas: preparedness, response and international cooperation.
Since January 2023, new rules are in place on the resilience of critical entities and of the EU network and communication systems.
To improve the EU response to disruptive critical infrastructure incidents with significant cross-border impact, the Commission proposed a Recommendation for a Critical Infrastructure Blueprint. Finally, the already existing cooperation between the EU and NATO has been strengthened. In January 2023, President von der Leyen and NATO Secretary-General Stoltenberg launched a Task Force on the resilience of critical infrastructure.
Source – EU Commission