Abstract.A new local version of the Ladyzhenskaya-Prodi-Serrin regularity condition for weak solutions of the nonstationary 3-dimensional Navier-Stokes system is proved. The novelty is in that the energy of the solution is not assumed to be finite. §1. IntroductionIn this paper we present a new local version of the Ladyzhenskaya-Prodi-Serrin condition (LPS condition), which ensures the regularity of weak solutions of the nonstationary 3-dimensional Navier-Stokes system. It is known that, in the regularity theory for this system, there is a considerable distinction between the local and the global version. What is usually meant by global regularity is the differentiability properties of solutions of initial-boundary value problems for the Navier-Stokes equations, treated in dependence on the initial and boundary data and the right-hand sides of the equations. In contrast, the local theory describes the property of the Navier-Stokes equations to smooth out their solutions under the assumption that these solutions possess a certain regularity from the outset.Usually, the distinction mentioned above is illustrated by Serrin's example in which the velocity field v(x, t) = c(t)∇h(x) and the pressure field p(x, t) = −c (t)h(x) − and T is a positive parameter, provided h is a function harmonic in Ω. It is seen that this solution is not smooth in t if the function c is not. Formally, this is explained by the fact that, locally, ∂ t v and ∇p may compensate each other and cannot be estimated separately. However, in the case of initial-boundary value problems, one usually starts with attempts to estimate ∂ t v (globally), after which the properties of ∇p can easily be obtained from the equations.In the present paper we shall not touch on the global regularity, referring the readerIn its turn, in the local theory, two cases are distinguished: interior and boundary. First, we discuss the simpler case of interior regularity. The first result in this direction was established by Serrin in [5]; by the way, this was the starting point of the local theory of nonstationary Navier-Stokes equations. Later, it was generalized by Struwe in [6]. The next theorem is stated in Struwe's wording.2000 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 35Q30.