8 Amendments of Catherine TRAUTMANN related to 2012/2005(INI)
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes, broadly, the Communication and the accompanying Action Plan, which summarise the progress achieved so far and the challenges ahead for the completion of the internal energy market;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges that the trend of rising energy prices is likely to continue given its link to fuel prices, the impact of climate policy and the investments needed to maintainthat these prices are linked, in the case of gas, to the per-barrel oil price and, in the case of electricity, to the investments needed for new, more environmentally friendly production units, and are in both cases dependent on the maintenance and moderniseation of energy systems;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes, however, the need for a more effective mechanism for genuinely coordinating national energy policies, by analogy with the European Semester for economic and budgetary policies;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that vulnerable consumers must be protected and that, to that end, effective mechanisms must be put in place where they do not already exist, while distortions of the energy market are avoided;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Believes that the lack of full implementation of internal energy market legislation remains one of the main obstacles for the completion of this market;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that modernising the existing infrastructure, and building new, intelligent and flexible generation, transmission, distribution and storage infrastructure, is essential for a well-integrated and well- connected energy market, where supply at affordable prices is secured, where the potential for cogeneration and efficiency, and for exploiting renewable and unconventional energy sources, is fully exploited, and where no Member State remains isolated from the European gas and electricity networks;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Stresses in this connection the importance of the Connecting Europe mechanism and regrets that this mechanism’s share of the energy budget is less than the amount proposed by the Commission;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that the lack of open and non- discriminatory access to transmission infrastructure continues in some cases to hinder new entrants fromand very small producers, as well as self-producers producing an excess, from joining the network or indeed competing on the market on fair terms against incumbent companies;