13 Amendments of Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS related to 2016/0030(COD)
Amendment 140 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 c (new)
Recital 1 c (new)
(1c) Access to affordable energy is a basic social right and energy poverty must be tackled.
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 d (new)
Recital 1 d (new)
(1d) As the gas accounts for almost 50% of the EU´s primary energy consumption for heating and cooling, of which 80% is used in buildings, Member States should primarily focus on energy efficiency measures, particularly in the buildings, in order to reduce gas demand and thus EU dependence on foreign suppliers.
Amendment 163 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) Energy efficiency measures has a fundamental role to play towards a secure energy system. Reduced gas consumption should be a priority to insure Europe's energy sovereignty and secure gas supply.
Amendment 198 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The infrastructure standard should oblige Member States to maintain a minimum level of infrastructure such as to ensure a degree of redundancy in the system in the event of a disruption of the single largest infrastructure. As an analysis by reference to the N-1 indicator constitutes a purely capacity-based- approach, the results of N-1 should be complemented with a detailed analysis that also captures gas flowslimit redundancy and also take in consideration gas consumption's trends (The European gas demand has declined by 14% since 2000 and by 23% since 2010) and impacts of energy efficiency policies (the European Union gas imports fall by 2.6% for every 1% improvement in energy efficiency according to COM(2014)520) in order to limit the risk of stranded assets and a new carbon lock- in.
Amendment 251 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22 a (new)
Recital 22 a (new)
(22a) The complementarity of European gas and electricity systems and demand side management can significantly improve European resilience and energy security and at the same time support the development of renewable energies.
Amendment 259 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) The roles and responsibilities of all natural gas undertakings and competent authorities should therefore be defined precisely in order to keep the internal gas market functioning properlyunder the supervision of national regulatory authorities, particularly in the event of supply disruptions and crises. Such roles and responsibilities should be established in such a way as to ensure that a three-level approach is respected which would involve first the relevant natural gas undertakings and industry, then Member States at national or regional level, and then the Union. This Regulation should enable natural gas undertakings and customers to rely on market mechanisms for as long as possible when coping with disruptions. However, it should alsoas a priority provide for mechanisms that can be deployed when markets alone are no longer able to deal adequately with a gas supply disruption.
Amendment 263 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) In the event of a supply crisis, market playernational regulatory authorities should be given sufficient opportunity to respond to the situation with market-based measures. Where market measures have been exhausted and they. Where market measures are still insufficient, Member States and their competent authorities should take measures to remove or mitigate the effects of the supply crisis.
Amendment 280 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) The preventive action plans and emergency plans should be updated regularly and published. They should be subject to peer review. The peer review process allows for early identification of inconsistencies and measures that could endanger other Member States' security of supply, thereby ensuring that plans from different regions are consistent with one another. It also enables Member States to share best practice. The plans should be coherent with the EU energy and climate targets on greenhouse gas emissions, energy efficiency and renewable energy. The plans should be regularly updated in order to ensure their coherence with those objectives.
Amendment 352 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – subparagraph 2 – point 1 – introductory part
Article 2 – subparagraph 2 – point 1 – introductory part
(1) 'protected customer’ means a household customer connected to a gas distribution network, including household in situation of energy exclusion, and, in addition, where the Member State concerned so decides, may also mean one or more of the following:
Amendment 517 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The competent authorities of the Member States of each region as listed in Annex I, after consulting the natural gas and electricity undertakings, the relevant organisations representing the interests of household and industrial gas customers, including electricity producers, the national environmental agency, and the national regulatory authorities, where they are not the competent authorities, shall establish jointly:
Amendment 525 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) a sustainable preventive action plan containing the measures, including energy efficiency measures, to be adopted to remove or mitigate the risks identified in the region, including risks of purely national dimension, in accordance with the risk assessment undertaken pursuant to Article 6 and in accordance with Article 8; and
Amendment 559 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Amendment 566 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point e a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point e a (new)
(ea) is not in line with the EU climate and energy targets.