With respect to trans-European energy infrastructure, ACER, in close cooperation with the regulatory authorities and the ENTSO for Electricity and the ENTSO for Gas, shall:
(a)
monitor progress as regards the implementation of projects to create new interconnector capacity;
(b)
monitor the implementation of the Union-wide network-development plans. If ACER identifies inconsistencies between those plans and their implementation, it shall investigate the reasons for those inconsistencies and make recommendations to the transmission system operators, regulatory authorities or other competent bodies concerned with a view to implementing the investments in accordance with the Union-wide network-development plans;
(c)
carry out the obligations laid out in Articles 5, 11 and 13 of Regulation (EU) No 347/2013;
(d)
take decisions on investment requests pursuant to Article 12(6) of Regulation (EU) No 347/2013.