Activities of Ivan JAKOVČIĆ related to 2016/2059(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
EU strategy for liquefied natural gas and gas storage (A8-0278/2016 - András Gyürk) HR
EU strategy for liquefied natural gas and gas storage (short presentation) HR
Amendments (6)
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 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that LNG and gas storage are an important part of the Energy Union and should contribute towards ending any kind of energy isolation of the EU Member States and regions; highlights the need to support the most vulnerable countries in order to diversify their sources and routes of supply; calls for the countries of South- East Europe, and candidate countries in particular, to be included in activities of that type;
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;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses thatCalls on the Commission and the Member States, in order to avoid stranded assets, to carry out a careful analysis of LNG supply alternatives and options in a regional perspective should be carried out before deciding about new infrastructure in order to guarantee the most efficient use of existing infrastructure;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the importance ofCalls on the Member States to work in regional cooperation when building new LNG terminals and underlines that Member States with access to the sea should cooperate closely with landlocked countries; calls on the Commission to coordinate the above activity;