Activities of Sandra PEREIRA related to 2020/0360(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Trans-European energy infrastructure (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure and repealing Regulation (EU) No 347/2013
Amendments (19)
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) The development of trans- European energy infrastructure should be aligned with the Member States' National Energy Plans and contribute to the creation of a high-quality, fairly priced public energy supply accessible to all and which promotes economic development, social cohesion and ecological balance; in this regard, public and democratic control is a fundamental prerequisite for ensuring its sustainability in different dimensions;
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 b (new)
Recital 6 b (new)
(6b) The development of trans- European energy infrastructure should favour the repurposing of existing infrastructure and equipment, avoiding a waste of resources, in order to comply with strict ecological sustainability criteria;
Amendment 120 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 c (new)
Recital 6 c (new)
(6c) In the context of the energy transition, the development of trans- European energy infrastructure should safeguard jobs, guaranteeing the professional training needed, and respect labour rights;
Amendment 225 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1.º – paragraph 1
Article 1.º – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation lays down guidelines for the timely development and interoperability of the priority corridors and areas of trans-European energy infrastructure set out in Annex I (‘energy infrastructure priority corridors and areas’) that contribute to the Union’s 2030 climate and energy targets and the climate neutrality objective by 2050, in conjunction with the National Energy Plans, and should contribute to the creation of a high- quality, fairly priced public energy supply accessible to all and which promotes economic development, social cohesion and ecological balance.
Amendment 231 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1.º – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 1.º – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) addresses the identification of projects of common public interest necessary to implement priority corridors and areas falling under the energy infrastructure categories in electricity, smart gas grids, hydrogen, electrolysers, and carbon dioxide set out in Annex II (‘energy infrastructure categories’);
Amendment 290 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3.º – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 3.º – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 297 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3.º – paragraph 5 – point b
Article 3.º – paragraph 5 – point b
(b) ensure cross-regional consistency, taking into account the opinions of national authorities and the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulator (‘the Agency’) as referred to in point (12) of Section 2 of Annex III;
Amendment 299 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3.º – paragraph 5 – point c
Article 3.º – paragraph 5 – point c
(c) take into account the National Energy Plans and the opinions of Member States as referred to in point (9) of Section 2of Annex III;
Amendment 321 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4.º – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 4.º – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the project contributes significantly to the decarbonisation objectivesustainable climate-change mitigation and adaptation goals of the Union and those of the third country and to sustainability, including through the increased integration of renewable energy into the grid and the transmission ofpreferably from renewable generation to major consumption centres and storage sites, and;
Amendment 336 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4.º – paragraph 2 – point e – introductory part
Article 4.º – paragraph 2 – point e – introductory part
(e) the third country or countries involved have a high level of regulatory alignment or convergence to support the overall policy objectives of the Union, in particular to ensure:
Amendment 337 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4.º – paragraph 2 – point e – point i
Article 4.º – paragraph 2 – point e – point i
(i) a well-functioning internal energy marketsecure and effective grid operation;
Amendment 339 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4.º – paragraph 2 – point e – point iii
Article 4.º – paragraph 2 – point e – point iii
(iii) an energy system, including production, transmission and distribution, on a trajectory towards decarbonisation in line with the Paris Agreement and the Union’s climate objectives; and, in particular, avoiding carbon leakagesustainable climate-change mitigation and adaptation goals, avoiding carbon leakage and ecological sustainability;
Amendment 352 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4.º – paragraph 3 – point a – point i
Article 4.º – paragraph 3 – point a – point i
(i) market integration, including through lifting the isolation of at least one Member State and reducing energy infrastructure bottlenecks; competition and system flexibility;
Amendment 390 #
(iii) comopetiration, including by allowing access to multiple supply sources and network users on a transparent and non- discriminatory basis.
Amendment 425 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4.º – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 4.º – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the urgency of each proposed project in order to meet the Union energy policy targets of decarbonisation, market integrobjectives relating to sustainable climate-change mitigation and adaptation, comopetiration, sustainability and, security of supply and the provision of high-quality, fairly priced public energy;
Amendment 447 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5.º – paragraph 8
Article 5.º – paragraph 8
8. A project of common interest may be removed from the Union list in accordance withing to the procedure set out in Article 3(4) if its inclusion in that list was based on incorrect information which was a determining factor for that inclusion, or the project does not comply with Union law and the laws of the Member States.
Amendment 451 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7.º – paragraph 1
Article 7.º – paragraph 1
1. The adoption of the Union list shall establish, for the purposes of any decisions issued in the permit granting process, the necessity of those projects from an energy policy perspective, without prejudice to the exact location, routing or technology of the project. a view to achieving sustainable climate-change mitigation and adaptation goals and the provision of high-quality, fairly priced public energy;
Amendment 496 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11.º – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 11.º – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Prior to submitting their respective methodologies, the ENTSO for Electricity and the ENTSO for Gas shall conduct an extensive consultation process involving at least the organisations representing all relevant stakeholders, including the entity of distribution system operators in the Union (‘EU DSO entity’), all relevant hydrogen stakeholders and, where it is deemed appropriate the, national regulatory authorities and other national authorities.
Amendment 553 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12.º – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 12.º – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. By [31 July 2022], the Agency, after having conducted an extensive consultation process involving the Commission and at least the organisations representing all relevant stakeholders, including the ENTSO for Electricity, the ENTSO for Gas, Union DSO entity, and relevant hydrogen sector stakeholders, national regulatory authorities and other national authorities, shall publish the framework guidelines for the joint scenarios to be developed by ENTSO for Electricity and ENTSO for Gas. Those guidelines shall be regularly updated as found necessupdated regularly.