Activities of Gianluca BUONANNO related to 2015/2113(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Towards a European Energy Union (A8-0341/2015 - Marek Józef Gróbarczyk) IT
Amendments (18)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1
Citation 1
– having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Articles 191, 192 and 194 thereof,
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 36
Citation 36
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas many countricertain Member States are heavily reliant on a single supplier, including some that rely entirely on Russia for their natural gas and others that heavily rely on Northern Africa, which leaves them vulnerable to supply disruptions, whether these are caused by political or commercial disputes, or infrastructure failure;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas ex-post assessment and verification of all energy-related agreements as regards compliance with EU law is already possible through, inter alia, competition and energy regulations; whereas insufficient ex-ante compliance checks at national and EU level may lead to severe market distortions;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomesTakes note of the Commission communication entitled ‘A Framework Strategy for a Resilient Energy Union with a Forward-Looking Climate Change Policy’;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the CommissionMember States to actively pursue the diversification of supply (energy sources, suppliers and routes); to this end, calls on the Commission to promote the construction of the relevant energy infrastructure priority corridors, as specified in Annex I to the trans-European energy networks (TEN-E) regulation and Part II of the Annex I to the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) regulation, such as the Southern Gas Corridor;
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Takes the view that the development of energy infrastructure with the aim of ensuring the continuity and security of supplies in the EU should be implemented without political prejudice and assessed on the basis of its cost effectiveness and security of supply;
Amendment 319 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that, in the context of the future Energy Union, security of energy supply is the most pressing issue and that Member States must coordinate and cooperate in this respect with their neighbours when developing their energy policies; calls on the CommissionMember States, in this respect, to examine how the current architecture of national preventive and emergency response measures could be streamlined at both regional and EU level;
Amendment 356 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses thate need for greater transparency ofin energy-related intergovernmental agreements could be achieved by strengthening the role of the Commission in energy-related negotiations involvinvolving one or more Member States and third countries; points out that, under Article 13(6)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 994/2010, when concluding one or more Member States and third countries, including by having the Commission participate in those negotiations if there is a risk of abuse of a dominant position by one supplier; notes that furthermw intergovernmental agreements with third countries which have an impact on the development of gas infrastructure and gas supplies, Member States are required to inforem the Commission should carry out ex-ante and ex-post assessments and draw up both a positive and a negative list of agreement clauses, such as export ban and destination clauses, in order to enable it to assess the situation regarding security of supply at EU level;
Amendment 367 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Reiterates that any binding collective purchasing mechanism at EU level, also regarding the Commission's role in negotiations or in intergovernmental agreements, is incompatible with Article 194 TFEU;
Amendment 373 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that all future intergovernmental energy agreements with non-EU parties must be discussed with the Commission ahead of signing in order to make sure that they comply with EU legislation, in particular with the Third Energy Package;
Amendment 384 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the CommissionMember States to enhance the transparency of commercial gas contracts in order to effectively remove abusive clauses and ensure better ex-ante compliance checks with EU law and energy security provisions;
Amendment 396 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that in order to ensure a level playing field and strengthen the bargaining position of EU companies vis-à-vis external suppliers, key features of the contracts should be aggregated and, on a regularly published basis, notified to the competent authorities so as to establish a transparent benchmark which can be referred to byoth by the competent authorities andthemselves and by companies in their future negotiations, whilst protecting the confidentiality of sensitive information;
Amendment 404 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to estapublish an EU-wide target for reducing energy import dependency and to publish regular progress reports in this respectregular progress reports on the reduction of the EU’s energy import dependency;
Amendment 447 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Believes that the Union can reduce its dependency on particular suppliers and fuels by maximising its use of indigenous sources of energy, including conventional and unconventional low-emission fossil fuels and renewables, and therefore stresses that no fuel or technology contributing to energy security and climate goals should be discriminated against as a matter of principle;
Amendment 578 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Believes at the same time that market- based mechanisms must be complemented by tangible and ambitious solidarity mechanisms, such as more efficient EU crisis management, better use of LNG and gas storage and virtual capacity reserve mechanisms to be enshrined in EU legislation, including; and that, to this end, the Security of Gas Supply Regulation, which, to this end, must be reviewed as soon as possible;
Amendment 1088 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
46. Believes that greater effort in developing innovative low-emission technologies and solutions can bring significant long-term benefits in terms of reduced generation costs and reduced energy demand;
Amendment 1139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 a (new)
Paragraph 49 a (new)
49a. Rejects the Energy Union governance model suggested by the Commission, since it is designed to transfer to the EU the exclusive competences of the Member States as enshrined in Article 194 TFEU; further notes that this governance, modelled on the European Semester, is likely to reproduce the major political conflicts between Member States caused by the latter;