7 Amendments of Eva KAILI related to 2020/0360(COD)
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Security of supply, as one main driver behind Regulation (EU) No 347/2013, has been significantly improved through projects of common interest. Moreover, the Commission’s climate target impact assessment27 expects the consumption of natural gas to be reduced significantly because its non-abated use is not compatible with carbon-neutrality. On the other hand, the consumption of biogas, renewable and low-carbon hydrogen and synthetic gaseous fuels will increase significantly towards 2050. Therefore, the natural gas infrastructure no longer needs support through the TEN-E policy. The planning of energy infrastructure should reflect this changing gas landscape. However, it has to be taken into consideration that in some Member States natural gas projects offer a substantial potential for reduction of CO2 emissions, including by facilitating transition from solid fossil fuels, in particular coal, lignite, peat and oil shale, to natural gas. Although 80% of gas projects that are projects of common interest (gas PCIs) are expected to be commissioned by 2025, it appears that the project planning for gas PCIs was too optimistic. More than half of gas PCIs from the fourth Union list of projects of common interest established pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 were located at NSI East Gas priority corridor, due to the persisting need to improve security of supply standards, diversification of gas supply, competitiveness and gas market integration in Central Eastern and South Eastern Europe. The revision of Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 should therefore not affect negatively uncompleted projects at any priority corridors. Natural gas infrastructure projects which were already included in the fourth or fifth Union list of projects of common interest established pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 should therefore be able to maintain this status and be eligible for the first Union list of projects of common interest to be established under this Regulation. _________________ 27 SWD(2020) 176 final
Amendment 243 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) ‘project of common interest’ means a project necessary to implecontributing to the establishment of the energy infrastructure priority corridors and areas set out in Annex I and which is part of the Union list of projects of common interest referred to in Article 3 and/or projects set out in Annex II developed in disadvantaged, less connected, peripheral, outermost or isolated regions, such as energy islands, islands, where there is no direct link with the energy system of the Union or where cross-border effects are not possible, in each cases with a significant positive impact on the EU energy and climate targets according to the criteria established in this regulation;
Amendment 319 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. (iii) is located in islands non interconnected or non-sufficiently connected to the trans-European energy networks and contribute significantly to the decarbonisation objectives of the island energy system and those of Union, and to the sustainability in the territory in which it is located.
Amendment 954 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 1 – point a
Annex IV – point 1 – point a
(a) for electricity transmission, the project increases the grid transfer capacity, or the capacity available for commercial flows, at the border of that Member State with one or several other Member States, having the effect of increasing the cross- border grid transfer capacity at the border of that Member State with one or several other Member States, by at least 500 Megawatt compared to the situation without commissioning of the projector the project decreases energy isolation of non- interconnected systems in one or more Member States;
Amendment 984 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 2 – point a
Annex IV – point 2 – point a
(a) for projects of mutual interest in the category set out in point (1)(a) and (e) of Annex II, the project increases the grid transfer capacity, or the capacity available for commercial flows, at the border of that Member State with one or more third countries and brings significant benefits, under the specific criteria listed in in Article 4(3), to at least twoone Member States. The calculation of the benefits for the Member States shall be performed and published by the ENTSO for Electricity in the frame of Union-wide ten-year network development plan;
Amendment 988 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 2 – point b
Annex IV – point 2 – point b
(b) for projects of mutual interest in the category set out in point (3) of Annex II, the hydrogen project enables the transmission of hydrogen across at the border of a Member State with one or more third countries and proves bringing significant benefits, under the specific criteria listed in in Article 4(3), to at least twoone Member States. The calculation of the benefits for the Member States shall be performed and published by the ENTSO for Gas in the frame of Union-wide ten- year network development plan;
Amendment 996 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 2 – point c
Annex IV – point 2 – point c
(c) for projects of mutual interest in the category set out in point (5) of Annex II, the project can be used to transport anthropogenic carbon dioxide by at least twoone Member States and a third country.