Activities of Jozo RADOŠ related to 2016/2059(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the EU strategy for liquefied natural gas and gas storage
Amendments (3)
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States to ensure implementation of Directive 2014/94/EU on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure, within the prescribed time limits, in particular as regards the establishment of LNG refuelling points, at least along the existing TEN-T Core Network, to ensure that LNG heavy-duty motor vehicles can circulate throughout the Union, and at maritime and inland ports to enable LNG inland waterway vessels or sea-going ships to circulate throughout the TEN-T Core Network; recalls that Member States should assess, in their national policy frameworks, in close cooperation with their regional authorities, the need to install refuelling points for LNG in ports outside the TEN-T Core Network; calls on the Commission to design a financial instrument for supporting the construction of LNG refuelling points inside and outside the TEN-T Core Network;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Welcomes the fact that important LNG projects (e.g. North-South corridor) are being defined as projects of common interest; calls on the Commission to fully include Balkan countries when planning the further reconstruction of gas pipeline and TEN-E network to ensure a key role of the EU energy sector in the region;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to present cost-effective solutions for the distribution and storage of LNG in the Union’s outermost regions and for adequate financing; stresses the need to look at all existing solutions for the storage and distribution of LNG, in particular in island regions, taking into consideration the potential evolution in demand for that fuel; calls on the Commission to encourage a process of identifying the storages of regional importance; in order to provide security, affordability and sustainability of these storages, the Commission is called upon to ensure the necessary financial help to member states to develop the necessary infrastructure and improve their existing capacity in a timely manner;