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5 Amendments of Edouard MARTIN related to 2015/2323(INI)

Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s communication ‘Delivering a New Deal for Energy Consumers’; points out that the communication covers residential consumers only and that industrial consumers, who face rather different concerns, are affected to only a very small degree, if at all, and should be addressed separately;
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that the aim of the Third Energy Package to provide a truly competitive and consumer-friendly retail energy market has not yet been realised, as evidenced by low levels of consumer switching and satisfaction across the EU, persistent high levels of market concentration, and the failure to reflect falling wholesale costs in retail prices;deleted
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point b
b. Recommends that consideration be given to requiring energy bills periodically to include comparisons of offers in order to enable all consumers, even those without internet access or skills, to see whether they could save money by switching; believes that peer-based comparisons should also be included in bills to help reduce energy use;
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point f
f. Recommends measures to enable retail prices to better reflect trends in wholesale prices and thus reverse the trend of an increasing proportion ofso that the production cost can remain the principal determinant of the price paid by the end-user; calls on the Commission to draw up a country-by- country map of the fixed elements in energy bills, in particular (network charges, taxes and levies), which are often regressive elements; recommends that such elements be applied progressively or, where, possible funded from alternative sourcesin order to arrive at a shared diagnosis of the situation and put forward recommendations as to how those costs should be covered (by the consumer, by the taxpayer or by means of cost equalisation);
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 392 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Insists that better data availability and collection are essential in order to assess the situation and target assistance on energy-poor citizens as effectively as possible; feels that a revision of Regulation 1099/2008 on energy statistics, in particular with a view to deepening residential data, may also contribute to this;
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE