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Activities of Giles CHICHESTER

Plenary speeches (180)

Gas supplies
2016/11/22
Nuclear energy
2016/11/22
Vote
2016/11/22
Measuring instruments
2016/11/22
Takeover bids
2016/11/22
Vote (continuation)
2016/11/22
Vote
2016/11/22
Natural gas/petroleum products
2016/11/22
Natural gas/petroleum products
2016/11/22
Preparation for the World Trade Organization Ministerial meeting (Cancun, 10/14 September 2003)
2016/11/22
Burma
2016/11/22
Energy
2016/11/22
Cogeneration based on a useful heat demand in the internal energy market
2016/11/22
Vote
2016/11/22
Sustaining the commitments, increasing the pace
2016/11/22
State aid to the coal industry
2016/11/22
Vote
2016/11/22
Tribute
2016/11/22
Energy
2016/11/22
Rail freight in the Channel Tunnel
2016/11/22
Galileo Joint Undertaking
2016/11/22
Europe and Space
2016/11/22
Electronic communications networks and services
2016/11/22
Security of energy supply
2016/11/22
Consequences of recent events for the safety of air transport and industrial installations including nuclear power plants
2016/11/22
Energy efficiency labelling for office equipment
2016/11/22
European Union's oil supply
2016/11/22
Discharges (continuation)
2016/11/22
Energy efficiency
2016/11/22
Safe transport of radioactive material
2016/11/22
Competitiveness of EU forest-based and related industries
2016/11/22
World shipbuilding
2016/11/22
British submarine at Gibraltar
2016/11/22
Promotion of electricity from renewable energy sources
2016/11/22
Multiannual programme for enterprise and entrepreneurship
2016/11/22
Measures to be taken following the fuel crisis and the rise in oil prices
2016/11/22
Temelín nuclear power station
2016/11/22
Creating a monitoring centre for industrial change
2016/11/22
Liberalisation of energy markets
2016/11/22
Approval of the Minutes of the previous sitting
2016/11/22
China's accession to WTO
2016/11/22
China's accession to WTO
2016/11/22
Historical liabilities from JRC nuclear activities
2016/11/22
British Nuclear Fuels at Sellafield
2016/11/22
Agenda
2016/11/22
COM in bananas
2016/11/22
Vote (continuation)
2016/11/22
Special European Council (23-24 March 2000 in Lisbon)
2016/11/22
Oil slick off the French coast
2016/11/22
Agenda
2016/11/22
Vote
2016/11/22
Vote
2016/11/22
Human Rights
2016/11/22
Question Time (Council)
2016/11/22
Environment and Community energy policy
2016/11/22
Checks on nuclear installations in the CEECs
2016/11/22
Checks on nuclear installations in the CEECs
2016/11/22
Agenda
2016/11/22
Statement by Mr Prodi (continued)
2016/11/22
Order of business
2016/11/22
Electronic communications networks, personal data and the protection of privacy - Electronic communications networks and services - Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) and the Office - Frequency bands for mobile communications (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2007/0248(COD)
Common rules for the internal market in electricity - Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators - Access to the network: cross-border exchanges in electricity - Internal market in natural gas - Conditions for access to the natural gas transmission networks - Fuel efficiency: labelling of tyres - The energy performance of buildings (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2007/0198(COD)
Common rules for the internal market in electricity - Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators - Access to the network: cross-border exchanges in electricity - Internal market in natural gas - Conditions for access to the natural gas transmission networks - Fuel efficiency: labelling of tyres - The energy performance of buildings (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2007/0198(COD)
Statute for a European private company - Cross-borders transfers of companies' registered offices - Small Business Act - Workers' participation in companies with a European Statute (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2008/2196(INL)
Statements by the President
2016/11/22
Explanations of vote
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2008/2210(INI)
Gas supplies by Russia to Ukraine and the EU (debate)
2016/11/22
Steps towards improving the environment for SMEs in Europe - Small Business Act (debate)
2016/11/22
Explanations of vote
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2008/0156(CNS)
European Space Policy: How to bring space down to earth (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2008/2664(RSP)
EU response to the world financial crisis: follow-up of the informal European Council from 7 November and of the G20 Summit from 15 November 2008 - Commission's legislative and work programme for 2009 (debate)
2016/11/22
European Council meeting (15-16 October 2008) (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2008/2523(RSP)
Getting a grip on energy prices (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2008/2628(RSP)
Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (A6-0226/2008, Giles Chichester) (vote)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2007/0197(COD)
Internal market in electricity - Conditions for access to the network for cross-border exchanges in electricity - Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators - Towards a European Charter on the Rights of Energy Consumers (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2007/0195(COD)
Internal market in electricity - Conditions for access to the network for cross-border exchanges in electricity - Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators - Towards a European Charter on the Rights of Energy Consumers (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2007/0195(COD)
Explanations of vote
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2006/2248(INI)
Results of the European Council (Brussels, 13-14 March 2008) (debate)
2016/11/22
Preparation of the European Council (Brussels, 13-14 March 2008) (debate)
2016/11/22
Explanations of vote
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2007/0032(COD)
Debate on the future of Europe (debate)
2016/11/22
Explanations of vote
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2007/2112(INI)
Proposals on energy and climate change (debate)
2016/11/22
Presentation of the programme of the Slovenian Presidency (debate)
2016/11/22
Results of the European Council meeting of 13 and 14 December 2007 in Brussels - Report on the six months of the Portuguese Presidency (debate)
2016/11/22
Preparation of the European Council (Brussels, 13-14 December 2007) (debate)
2016/11/22
Commission legislative programme and work programme for 2008 (debate)
2016/11/22
Statutes for the Euratom Supply Agency (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2007/0043(CNS)
Road Map for renewable energy in Europe (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2007/2090(INI)
Reducing disparities in the poorest regions of the EU (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2006/2176(INI)
Broadband (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2006/2273(INI)
Roaming on public mobile networks (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2006/0133(COD)
Advanced therapy medicinal products (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2005/0227(COD)
Increase in energy prices (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2006/2247(INI)
Research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007-2013, FP7) (vote)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2005/0043(COD)
Implementation of the Seventh Framework Programme of the EC and the EAEC (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2005/0277(COD)
A Baltic Sea Strategy for the Northern Dimension (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2006/2171(INI)
European electricity network breakdown (debate)
2016/11/22
Order of business
2016/11/22
Nanosciences and nanotechnology (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2006/2004(INI)
Energy efficiency (Green Paper) (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2005/2210(INI)
Conclusion of the energy Community Treaty – Treaty establishing the Energy Community for south-east Europe (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2005/0178(AVC)
Opening of the sitting
2016/11/22
Order of business
2016/11/22
Explanations of vote
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2005/0042B(COD)
Security of energy supply in the European Union (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2006/2530(RSP)
Explanations of vote
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2005/0118(CNS)
Security of energy supplies, particularly gas
2016/11/22
Explanations of vote
2016/11/22
Oil
2016/11/22
Security of electricity supply and infrastructure investment
2016/11/22
Security of electricity supply and infrastructure investment
2016/11/22
Port security
2016/11/22
Alternative forms of energy
2016/11/22
Alternative forms of energy
2016/11/22
EU resources for research
2016/11/22
River Traffic Information Services
2016/11/22
Opening of the sitting
2016/11/22
European single market for electronic communications (A7-0190/2014 - Pilar del Castillo Vera)
2016/11/22
Integrated parcel delivery market for the growth of e-commerce (A7-0024/2014 - Pablo Arias Echeverría)
2016/11/22
Location of the seats of the European Union's institutions (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2012/2308(INI)
Electronic communications - Recent proposals to complete the digital single market (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2013/2080(INI)
Electronic communications - Recent proposals to complete the digital single market (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2013/2080(INI)
Renewable energy in the European internal energy market (A7-0135/2013 - Herbert Reul)
2016/11/22
European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/0275(COD)
European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/0275(COD)
Decision on the opening of, and mandate for, interinstitutional negotiations on direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the CAP - 2011/0280(COD) (B7-0079/2013) (vote)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2013/2528(RSP)
Activities of the Committee on Petitions (2011) (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/2317(INI)
Activities of the Committee on Petitions (2011) (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/2317(INI)
SMEs’ access to Structural Funds - Evaluation of the SME definition
2016/11/22
Death penalty in Japan (B7-0088/2012)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2012/2542(RSP)
Detention conditions in the EU (debate)
2016/11/22
EC-Uzbekistan partnership and cooperation agreement and bilateral trade in textiles (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/0323(NLE)
EC-Uzbekistan partnership and cooperation agreement and bilateral trade in textiles (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/0323(NLE)
Fruit juices and certain similar products intended for human consumption (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/0254(COD)
Fruit juices and certain similar products intended for human consumption (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/0254(COD)
Use of phosphates and other phosphorous compounds in household laundry detergents (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/0298(COD)
Use of phosphates and other phosphorous compounds in household laundry detergents (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/0298(COD)
Use of phosphates and other phosphorous compounds in household laundry detergents (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/0298(COD)
ECB annual report for 2010 (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/2156(INI)
ECB annual report for 2010 (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/2156(INI)
ECB annual report for 2010 (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/2156(INI)
ECB annual report for 2010 (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/2156(INI)
2012 budgetary procedure: joint text (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/2020(BUD)
European semester for economic policy coordination (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/2071(INI)
Financing instrument for development cooperation - banana accompanying measures - Financing instrument for the promotion of democracy and human rights worldwide - Financing instrument for development cooperation - Establishment of a financing instrument for cooperation with industrialised countries (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2009/0059(COD)
Further development of an integrated maritime policy (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/0257(COD)
Combating illegal fishing at the global level (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/2210(INI)
Combating illegal fishing at the global level (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/2210(INI)
Public health threat of antimicrobial resistance (debate)
2016/11/22
Sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography - Children's rights in the European Union (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/0064(COD)
Mobility and inclusion of people with disabilities (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/2272(INI)
Preparation for the European Council meeting (23 October 2011) (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/2543(RSP)
Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to Schengen (debate)
2016/11/22
Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to Schengen (debate)
2016/11/22
Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to Schengen (debate)
2016/11/22
Situation in Yemen, Bahrain, Syria and Egypt (debate)
2016/11/22
Future of the European Globalisation Fund - Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/0147(COD)
Future of the European Globalisation Fund - Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/0147(COD)
Future of the European Globalisation Fund - Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/0147(COD)
Future of the European Globalisation Fund - Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/0147(COD)
Future of the European Globalisation Fund - Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/0147(COD)
Rio+20 earth summit (debate)
2016/11/22
Famine in East Africa (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/2814(RSP)
Changes to Schengen (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/2753(RSP)
Changes to Schengen (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/2753(RSP)
Approach of the European Parliament to implementing Articles 9 and 10 of Protocol 1 of the Lisbon Treaty on parliamentary cooperation in the field of CFSP/CSDP (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/2741(RSP)
Approach of the European Parliament to implementing Articles 9 and 10 of Protocol 1 of the Lisbon Treaty on parliamentary cooperation in the field of CFSP/CSDP (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/2741(RSP)
Stress tests of nuclear power plants in EU and nuclear safety in EU neighbourhood countries (debate)
2016/11/22
Stress tests of nuclear power plants in EU and nuclear safety in EU neighbourhood countries (debate)
2016/11/22
Annual report from the Council to Parliament on the main aspects and basic choices of the common foreign and security policy (CFSP) in 2009 (A7-0168/2011, Gabriele Albertini) (vote)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/2124(INI)
Small Business Act review (debate)
2016/11/22
Radio spectrum policy (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/0252(COD)
Lessons to be drawn for nuclear safety in Europe following the nuclear accident in Japan
2016/11/22
Lessons to be drawn for nuclear safety in Europe following the nuclear accident in Japan
2016/11/22
Situation in Japan, including the nuclear power plant alerts (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/2644(RSP)
Explanations of vote
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2009/0064(COD)
The organisation of the working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities (A7-0137/2010, Edit Bauer) (vote)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2008/0195(COD)
Security and prevention measures on offshore oil platforms in the EU (debate)
2016/11/22
Investing in Low Carbon Technologies (debate)
2016/11/22

Reports (25)

Report on the communication from the Commission to the Council and European Parliament on Strengthening Environmental Integration Within Community Energy Policy - Committee on Research, Technological Development and Energy PDF (39 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 1998/2196(COS)
Documents: PDF(39 KB)
Report on the decommissioning of nuclear power stations and other nuclear installations - Committee on Research, Technological Development and Energy PDF (58 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 1998/2024(INI)
Documents: PDF(58 KB)
Report on the communication from the Commission concerning European Community gas supply and prospects - Committee on Research, Technological Development and Energy
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 1995/2269(COS)
Report on development issues and Objective 1 structural measures in Portugal - Committee on Regional Policy
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 1994/2036(COS)
Recommendation for second reading on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a European Parliament and Council directive on measuring instruments - Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy PDF (405 KB) DOC (154 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2000/0233(COD)
Documents: PDF(405 KB) DOC(154 KB)
Report on the Commission Green Paper Towards a European strategy for the security of energy supply - Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy PDF (116 KB) DOC (178 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2001/2071(COS)
Documents: PDF(116 KB) DOC(178 KB)
PDF (17 KB) DOC (38 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 1999/0014(COD)
Documents: PDF(17 KB) DOC(38 KB)
PDF (52 KB) DOC (65 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 1998/2196(COS)
Documents: PDF(52 KB) DOC(65 KB)
REPORT Recommendation for a second reading on the Council common position for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators PDF (296 KB) DOC (318 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2007/0197(COD)
Documents: PDF(296 KB) DOC(318 KB)
REPORT Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators PDF (560 KB) DOC (867 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2007/0197(COD)
Documents: PDF(560 KB) DOC(867 KB)
REPORT Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Scientific and Technological Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Korea PDF (119 KB) DOC (59 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2006/0141(CNS)
Documents: PDF(119 KB) DOC(59 KB)
REPORT Report on the proposal for a Council decision authorizing the conclusion of the agreement to renew and modify the agreement on research and development activities in the domain of intelligent manufacturing systems (IMS) between the European Community and Australia, Canada, the EFTA countries of Norway and Switzerland, Korea, Japan and the United States of America PDF (120 KB) DOC (51 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2006/0111(CNS)
Documents: PDF(120 KB) DOC(51 KB)
REPORT Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending the Statutes of the Galileo Joint Undertaking annexed to Council Regulation (EC) No 876/2002 PDF (120 KB) DOC (64 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2006/0115(CNS)
Documents: PDF(120 KB) DOC(64 KB)
REPORT Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1321/2004 on the establishment of structures for the management of the European satellite radio-navigation programmes PDF (120 KB) DOC (65 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2006/0090(CNS)
Documents: PDF(120 KB) DOC(65 KB)
REPORT Recommendation on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion by the European Community of the Energy Community Treaty PDF (192 KB) DOC (112 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2005/0178(AVC)
Documents: PDF(192 KB) DOC(112 KB)
REPORT Report on the proposal for a decision of the Council and of the Commission on the conclusion on behalf of the European Community and the European Atomic Energy Community of the Agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation between the European Communities of the one part and the Swiss Confederation of the other part PDF (117 KB) DOC (52 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2005/0135(CNS)
Documents: PDF(117 KB) DOC(52 KB)
REPORT Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council repealing Council Directive 90/544/EEC on the frequency bands designated for the coordinated introduction of pan-European land-based public radio paging in the Community PDF (120 KB) DOC (55 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2005/0147(COD)
Documents: PDF(120 KB) DOC(55 KB)
REPORT Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Decision No 2256/2003/EC in view of the extension of the programme in 2006 for the dissemination of good practices and monitoring ICT take-up PDF (120 KB) DOC (55 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2005/0144(COD)
Documents: PDF(120 KB) DOC(55 KB)
PDF (550 KB) DOC (2 MB)
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2003/0301(COD)
Documents: PDF(550 KB) DOC(2 MB)
REPORT Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement for scientific and technological co-operation between the European Community and the Federative Republic of Brazil PDF (155 KB) DOC (44 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2004/0216(CNS)
Documents: PDF(155 KB) DOC(44 KB)
REPORT Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the United Mexican States PDF (156 KB) DOC (42 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2004/0274(CNS)
Documents: PDF(156 KB) DOC(42 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a Council regulation on Union support for the nuclear decommissioning assistance programmes in Bulgaria, Lithuania and Slovakia PDF (361 KB) DOC (469 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2011/0363(NLE)
Documents: PDF(361 KB) DOC(469 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) PDF (575 KB) DOC (549 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2010/0275(COD)
Documents: PDF(575 KB) DOC(549 KB)
REPORT on the activities of the Committee on Petitions 2011 PDF (285 KB) DOC (521 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: PETI
Dossiers: 2011/2317(INI)
Documents: PDF(285 KB) DOC(521 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 460/2004 establishing the European Network and Information Security Agency as regards its duration PDF (134 KB) DOC (78 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2010/0274(COD)
Documents: PDF(134 KB) DOC(78 KB)

Shadow reports (13)

REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down measures concerning the European single market for electronic communications and to achieve a Connected Continent, and amending Directives 2002/20/EC, 2002/21/EC, 2002/22/EC, and Regulations (EC) No 1211/2009 and (EU) No 531/2012 PDF (1 MB) DOC (2 MB)
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2013/0309(COD)
Documents: PDF(1 MB) DOC(2 MB)
REPORT on the proposal for a Council regulation on the Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking PDF (400 KB) DOC (492 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2013/0241(NLE)
Documents: PDF(400 KB) DOC(492 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the participation of the Union in a European Metrology Programme for Innovation and Research jointly undertaken by several Member States PDF (207 KB) DOC (275 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2013/0242(COD)
Documents: PDF(207 KB) DOC(275 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on measures to reduce the cost of deploying high-speed electronic communications networks PDF (334 KB) DOC (458 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2013/0080(COD)
Documents: PDF(334 KB) DOC(458 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a Council regulation establishing a Community system for registration of carriers of radioactive materials PDF (411 KB) DOC (538 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2011/0225(NLE)
Documents: PDF(411 KB) DOC(538 KB)
REPORT on Implementation report on the regulatory framework for electronic communications PDF (215 KB) DOC (111 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2013/2080(INI)
Documents: PDF(215 KB) DOC(111 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Strategic Innovation Agenda of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT): the contribution of the EIT to a more innovative Europe PDF (809 KB) DOC (982 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2011/0387(COD)
Documents: PDF(809 KB) DOC(982 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 294/2008 establishing the European Institute of Innovation and Technology PDF (457 KB) DOC (749 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2011/0384(COD)
Documents: PDF(457 KB) DOC(749 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on roaming on public mobile communications networks within the Union (recast) PDF (774 KB) DOC (850 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2011/0187(COD)
Documents: PDF(774 KB) DOC(850 KB)
REPORT on European Broadband: investing in digitally driven growth PDF (260 KB) DOC (182 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2010/2304(INI)
Documents: PDF(260 KB) DOC(182 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the first radio spectrum policy programme PDF (636 KB) DOC (891 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2010/0252(COD)
Documents: PDF(636 KB) DOC(891 KB)
REPORT Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Earth observation programme (GMES) and its initial operations (2011–2013) PDF (339 KB) DOC (376 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2009/0070(COD)
Documents: PDF(339 KB) DOC(376 KB)
REPORT Recommendation for second reading on the Council's position at first reading for adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the indication by labelling and standard product information of the consumption of energy and other resources by energy-related products (recast) PDF (221 KB) DOC (114 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2008/0222(COD)
Documents: PDF(221 KB) DOC(114 KB)

Opinions (10)

OPINION macro-economic impact of the increase in the price of energy
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Documents: PDF(339 KB) DOC(497 KB)
OPINION Draft opinion on Baltic Sea Strategy for the Northern Dimension
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Documents: PDF(104 KB) DOC(61 KB)
OPINION Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on advanced therapy medicinal products and amending Directive 2001/83/EC and Regulation (EC) No 726/2004
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Documents: PDF(251 KB) DOC(203 KB)
OPINION on the location of the seats of the European Union’s Institutions
2016/11/22
Committee: PETI
Documents: PDF(129 KB) DOC(210 KB)
OPINION on Innovating for Sustainable Growth: A Bioeconomy for Europe
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Documents: PDF(117 KB) DOC(209 KB)
OPINION on improving the delivery of benefits from EU environment measures: building confidence through better knowledge and responsiveness
2016/11/22
Committee: PETI
Documents: PDF(98 KB) DOC(82 KB)
OPINION on mobility and inclusion of people with disabilities and the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020
2016/11/22
Committee: PETI
Documents: PDF(109 KB) DOC(87 KB)
OPINION A comprehensive approach on personal data protection in the European Union
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Documents: PDF(116 KB) DOC(97 KB)
OPINION Guaranteeing independent impact assessments
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Documents: PDF(105 KB) DOC(86 KB)
OPINION on the Commission Green Paper on the management of bio-waste in the European Union
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Documents: PDF(109 KB) DOC(86 KB)

Shadow opinions (25)

OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the monitoring, reporting and verification of carbon dioxide emissions from maritime transport and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2013/0224(COD)
Documents: PDF(395 KB) DOC(457 KB)
OPINION on General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2014 - all sections
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2013/2145(BUD)
Documents: PDF(139 KB) DOC(182 KB)
OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 98/70/EC relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and amending Directive 2009/28/EC on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2012/0288(COD)
Documents: PDF(300 KB) DOC(458 KB)
OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2011/92/EU on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment
2016/11/22
Committee: PETI
Dossiers: 2012/0297(COD)
Documents: PDF(278 KB) DOC(472 KB)
OPINION on 2014 Budget - Mandate for the Trilogue
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2013/2017(BUD)
Documents: PDF(106 KB) DOC(75 KB)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (General Data Protection Regulation)
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2012/0011(COD)
Documents: PDF(913 KB) DOC(1 MB)
OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2011/0439(COD)
Documents: PDF(241 KB) DOC(574 KB)
OPINION on completing the Digital Single Market
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2012/2030(INI)
Documents: PDF(125 KB) DOC(96 KB)
OPINION on the role of Cohesion Policy in the outermost regions of the European Union in the context of EU 2020
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2011/2195(INI)
Documents: PDF(106 KB) DOC(85 KB)
OPINION on a corporate governance framework for European companies
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2011/2181(INI)
Documents: PDF(104 KB) DOC(85 KB)
OPINION on EU and China: unbalanced trade?
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2010/2301(INI)
Documents: PDF(115 KB) DOC(86 KB)
OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on attacks against information systems and repealing Council Framework Decision 2005/222/JHA
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2010/0273(COD)
Documents: PDF(207 KB) DOC(519 KB)
OPINION on Parliament's position on the 2012 Draft Budget as modified by the Council - all sections
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2011/2020(BUD)
Documents: PDF(148 KB) DOC(103 KB)
OPINION on analysis of options to move beyond 20% greenhouse gas emission reductions and assessing the risk of carbon leakage
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2011/2012(INI)
Documents: PDF(177 KB) DOC(139 KB)
OPINION Green Paper on forest protection and information in the EU: preparing forests for climate change (SEC(2010)163 final)
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2010/2106(INI)
Documents: PDF(126 KB) DOC(101 KB)
OPINION Proposal for a Council decision concluding the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States and the Republic of Korea
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2010/0075(NLE)
Documents: PDF(105 KB) DOC(60 KB)
OPINION on strengthening chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear security in the European Union – an EU CBRN Action Plan
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2010/2114(INI)
Documents: PDF(111 KB) DOC(88 KB)
OPINION Report from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament and the European Economic and Social Committee: The Operation of Directive 98/34/EC from 2006-2008
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2010/2051(INI)
Documents: PDF(122 KB) DOC(104 KB)
OPINION on the mandate for the trilogue on the 2011 Draft Budget
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2010/2002(BUD)
Documents: PDF(114 KB) DOC(86 KB)
OPINION Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending, as regards pharmacovigilance of medicinal products for human use, Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 laying down Community procedures for the authorisation and supervision of medicinal products for human and veterinary use and establishing a European Medicines Agency
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2008/0257(COD)
Documents: PDF(229 KB) DOC(404 KB)
OPINION Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending, as regards pharmacovigilance, Directive 2001/83/EC on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2008/0260(COD)
Documents: PDF(321 KB) DOC(532 KB)
OPINION Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending, as regards information to the general public on medicinal products for human use subject to medical prescription, Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 laying down Community procedures for the authorisation and supervision of medicinal products for human and veterinary use and establishing a European Medicines Agency
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2008/0255(COD)
Documents: PDF(183 KB) DOC(475 KB)
OPINION Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending, as regards information to the general public on medicinal products subject to medical prescription, Directive 2001/83/EC on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2008/0256(COD)
Documents: PDF(260 KB) DOC(614 KB)
OPINION on EU agriculture and climate change
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2009/2157(INI)
Documents: PDF(113 KB) DOC(90 KB)
OPINION Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the regions: A new partnership for the modernisation of universities: the EU Forum for University Business Dialogue
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2009/2099(INI)
Documents: PDF(126 KB) DOC(95 KB)

Amendments (511)

Amendment 185 #

2013/2006(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for a substantialWelcomes the 4% share of the funds available for SMEs under the Horizon 2020 programme tothat will be implemented through a dedicated SME instrument under the Horizon 2020 programme;
2013/08/09
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 188 #

2013/2006(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to propose a cluster policy in the form ofBelieves that clusters should emerge organically in a 'bottom-up' manner in response to business and / or research needs; believes therefore that the Commission's cluster policy should primarily focus on supporting existing and transnational clusters by aiding cooperation between connected companies, suppliers, service providers and research centres; stresses the importance of establishing transnational clusters;
2013/08/09
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 194 #

2013/2006(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the strategy for key enabling technologies where the EU holds strongas the potential to gain a strong competitive advantage given its strong research base but believes more effort is required concerning the exploitation of results to deliver this prospective competitive advantage; supports the proposed actions to improve coordination and synergies between policies and instruments including the EU Structural Funds; welcomes initiatives enhancing KETs-related cluster- specific actions and increased transregional cooperation;
2013/08/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 261 #

2013/2006(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. AcknowledgWelcomes the Commission's smart regulation drive designed to reduce bureaucrlegislaticve burdens without undermining the effectiveness of legislation, particularly with regard to micro-enterprises and SMEs; supports regulatory coherence and improved competitiveness proofing under the impact assessment guidelines;
2013/08/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 351 #

2013/2006(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
38. Calls on the Commission to launch a communication on crowd-funding;Believes that it is important to foster new innovative funding models for SMEs with high growth potential and calls on the Commission to develop a robustn effective regulatory framework for crowd-funding on a basis of up to EUR 1 million pethat recognises the small level of resources available, while addressing the unique investor projtection issues posed;
2013/08/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 357 #

2013/2006(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
41. Calls onPraises those Mmember Sstates tohat have fully implemented the late payment directive and calls for its full implementation across the EU;
2013/08/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 360 #

2013/2006(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
42. Welcomes the EIB's capital increase; and believes that it should have a 60 %as one of the largest financiers of low- carbon investment target by 2020; in the world they already have challenging climate targets within their business plan and will continue to play a leading role in providing funding that addresses climate change;
2013/08/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 415 #

2013/2006(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52
52. Welcomes the decisions to implementambitions behind the Youth Guarantee and promotethe willingness of Member States to allocate funding to tackle youth unemployment; welcomes the promotion of an Alliance for Apprenticeships; and calls on industry to offer quality employment or traineeships to young people where possible, and to create quality internships with decent payMember States and industry to work together to develop and promote apprenticeships to prospective candidates;
2013/08/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 463 #

2013/2006(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59
59. Calls for the swift implementation of the energy efficiency directive and the national action plans; calls on the EU to follow-up on the Reul report on renewable energy, setting an ambitious renewable energy target for 2030with a technology neutral approach to our 2030 climate and energy goals;
2013/08/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 59 #

2013/0340(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
(24) The requirements of this Directive on transparency are complementary to those of the existing Euratom legislation. Council Decision 87/600/Euratom of 14 December 1987 on Community arrangements for the early exchange of information in the event of a radiological emergency42 imposes obligations on Member States to notify and provide information to the Commission and to other Member States in case of a radiological emergency on its territory, whilst Council Directive 89/618 Euratom of 27 November 198943 includes requirements on Member States to inform the public about health protection measures to be applied and steps to be taken in the event of a radiological emergency, and to provide advance and continuing information to the population likely to be affected in the event of a such an emergency. However, in addition to the information to be provided in such an event, Member States should under this Directive arrange for appropriate transparency provisions, with prompt and regularly updated release of information to ensure that workers and the general public are kept informed about all nuclear safety related events, including abnormal events or accident conditions. Moreover, the public should be given opportunities to participate effectively in the licencing process of nuclear installations and the competent regulatory authority should provide any safety-related information independently, without need for prior consent from any other public or private entity. __________________ 42 43__________________ 42 OJ L 371, 30.12.1987, p. 76. OJ L 371, 30.12.1987, p. 76. 43 OJ L 357, 7.12.1989, p.31. OJ L 357, 7.12.1989, p.31.
2014/02/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 74 #

2013/0340(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 33
(33) This Directive introduces new provisions on self-assessments and peer- reviews of nuclear installations based on selected nuclear safety topics covering their entire lifecycle. At an international level, there is already confirmed experience with conducting such peer- reviews on nuclear power plants. At the EU level, the experience from the stress tests process shows the value of a coordinated exercise to assess and review the safety of EU nuclear power plants. A similar mechanism, based on cooperation between the Member States' regulatory authorities and the Commission, should be applied here. Therefore, competent regulatory authorities coordinating in the context of expert groups such as ENSREG, could contribute with their expertise to identifying the relevant safety topics and in carrying out these peer reviews. If Member States fail to jointly select at least one topic the Commission should select one or more topics to be subject to the peer reviews. Participation of other stakeholders, such as Technical Support Organisations, international observers or non-governmental Organisations could bring added value to the peer reviewsmake use of the existing tools such as the missions undertaken by IAEA.
2014/02/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 80 #

2013/0340(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 36
(36) In case the Commission identifies substantial deviations or delays in the implementation of the technical recommendations from the peer review process, the Commission should invite the competent regulatory authorities of Member States not concerned to organise and carry out a verification mission with the aim of getting a full picture of the situation and informing the Member State concerned about possible measures to remedy any identified shortcomings.deleted
2014/02/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 133 #

2013/0340(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Directive 2009/71/Euratom
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that the public shall be given early and effective opportunities to participate in the licensing processenvironmental impact assessment of nuclear installations, in accordance with relevant Union and national legislation and international obligations.
2014/02/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 173 #

2013/0340(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive 2009/71/Euratom
Article 8e – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States, with the support of the competent regulatory authorities, shall periodically arrange, and at least every six years, a system of topical peer reviews and agree on a time-frame and the modalities for implementation. For this purpose Member States shall:may jointly select one or more specific topics related to the nuclear safety of nuclear installations. Those topics shall be proposed to be examined in the framework of existing international system of missions.
2014/02/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 177 #

2013/0340(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
(a) jointly and in close coordination with the Commission select one or more specific topics related to the nuclear safety of nuclear installations. Should Member States fail to jointly select at least a topic within the time frame specified in this paragraph, the Commission shall select the topics to be the subject of the peer reviews;deleted
2014/02/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 183 #

2013/0340(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive 2009/71/Euratom
Article 8e– paragraph 2 – point b
(b) based on these topics, perform in close collaboration with licence holders, national assessments and publish the results;deleted
2014/02/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 187 #

2013/0340(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive 2009/71/Euratom
Article 8e – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) jointly define a methodology, arrange and carry out a peer review of the results of the national assessments referred to in point (b), to which the Commission is invited to participate;deleted
2014/02/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 192 #

2013/0340(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive 2009/71/Euratom
Article 8e – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) publish the results of the peer reviews referred to in point (c).deleted
2014/02/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 195 #

2013/0340(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive 2009/71/Euratom
Article 8e – paragraph 3
3. Each Member State subject to the peer review referred to in paragraph 2 shall arrange for the planning and mode of implementation on its territory of relevant technical recommendations resulting from the peer-review process and shall inform the Commission thereof.
2014/02/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 203 #

2013/0340(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive 2009/71/Euratom
Article 8e – paragraph 4
4. Should the Commission identify substantial deviations or delays in the implementation of the technical recommendations resulting from the peer review process, the Commission shall invite the competent regulatory authorities of Member States not concerned to organise and carry out a verification mission to get a full picture of the situation and inform the Member State concerned about possible measures to remedy any identified shortcomings.deleted
2014/02/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 209 #

2013/0340(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive 2009/71/Euratom
Article 8e – paragraph 5
5. In case of an accident which leads to an early or large release or an abnormal eventthe consequences or potential consequences of which leading to situations that would require off-site emergency measures or protecting measures for the public, the Member State concerned shall invite within six months a peer review of the installation concerned in accordance with paragraph 2, and to which the Commission shall be invited to participate.
2014/02/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 210 #

2013/0340(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive 2009/71/Euratom
Article 8f – Title
Article 8f Guidelines for the improvement of nuclear safetydeleted
2014/02/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 211 #

2013/0340(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive 2009/71/Euratom
Article 8f
Based on the results of the peer reviews performed in accordance with Article 8e(2) and the resulting technical recommendations, in line with the principles of transparency and continuous improvement of nuclear safety, Member States shall, with the support of the competent regulatory authorities, jointly develop and establish guidelines on the specific topics referred to in Article 8e(2)(a).deleted
2014/02/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 154 #

2013/0309(COD)

Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set outRejects the Commission proposal;
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 201 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) Coordination and consistency of rights of use for radio spectrum should be improved, at least for the bands which have been harmonised for wireless fixed, nomadic and mobile broadband communications. This includes the bands identified at ITU level for International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) Advanced systems, as well as bands used for radio local area networks (RLAN) such as 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz. It should also extend to bands that may be harmonised in the future for wireless broadband communications, as envisaged in Article 3(b) of the RSPP and in the RSPG Opinion on ‘Strategic challenges facing Europe in addressing the growing radio spectrum demand for wireless broadband’ adopted on 13 June 2013, such as, in the near future, the 700 MHz, 1.5 GHz and 3.8-4.2 GHz bands.
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 205 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
(24) As regards the other main substantive conditions which may be attached to rights of use of radio spectrum for wireless broadband, tThe convergent application by individual Member States of the regulatory principles and criteria set down in this Regulatione Union regulatory framework would be favoured by a coordination mechanism whereby the Commission and the competent authorities of the other Member States have an opportunity to comment in advance of the granting of rights of use by a given Member State and whereby the Commission has an opportunity, taking into account the views of the Member States, to forestall implementation of any proposal which appears to be non- compliant with Union law.
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 233 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
(39) It is to be expected that intensified competition in a single market will lead to a reduction over time in sector-specific regulation based on market analysis. Indeed, one of the results of completing the Single Market should be a greater tendency towards effective competition on relevant markets, with ex post application of competition law increasingly being seen as sufficient to ensure market functioning. In order to ensure legal clarity and predictability of regulatory approaches across borders, clear and binding criteria should be provided on how to assess whether a given market still justifies the imposition of ex-ante regulatory obligations, by reference to the durability of bottlenecks and the prospects of competition, in particular infrastructure-based competition, and the conditions of competition at retail level on parameters such as price, choice and quality, which are ultimately what is relevant to end users and to the global competitiveness of the EU economy. This should underpin successive reviews of the list of markets susceptible to ex ante regulation and help national regulators to focus their efforts where competition is not yet effective and to do so in a convergent manner. The establishment of a true single market for electronic communications may in addition affect the geographical scope of markets, for the purposes of both sector-specific regulation based on competition principles and the application of competition law itself.deleted
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 283 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 51
(51) National regulatory authorities play an essential role in ensuring that end-users are effectively able to exercise this freedom to avail of open internet access. To this end national regulatory authorities should have monitoring and reporting obligations, and ensure compliance of providers of electronic communications to the public and the availability of non-discriminatory internet access services of high quality which are not impaired by specialised services. In their assessment of a possible general impairment of internet access services, national regulatory authorities should take account of quality parameters such as timing and reliability parameters (latency, jitter, packet loss), levels and effects of congestion in the network, actual versus advertised speeds, performance of internet access services compared with specialisedenhanced quality services, and quality as perceived by end-users. National regulatory authorities should be empowered to impose minimum quality of service requirements on all or individual providers of electronic communications to the public if this is necessary to prevent general impairment/degradation of the quality of service of internet access services. or to safeguard the ability of end users to access and distribute content or information or to run applications and services of their choice.
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 313 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) to address the phasing out of surcharges for roaming communications within the Union.
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 362 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 15
(15) 'specialised service' means an electronic communications service or any other service that provides the capability to access specific content, applications or services, or a combination thereof with a defined quality of service or dedicated capacity, and whose technical characteristics are controlled from end-to- end or provides the capability to send or receive data to or from a determined number of parties or endpoints; and that is not marketed or widely used as a substitute for internet access service;
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 391 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. This section shall apply to harmonised radio spectrum for wireless broadband communications.
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 397 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. In the exercise of powers conferred in this section, the Commission shall take utmost account of any relevant opinion issued by the Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG) established by Commission Decision 2002/622/EC28 . __________________ 28 Commission Decision 2002/622/EC of 26 July 2002 establishing a Radio Spectrum Policy Group (OJ L 198, 27.07.2002, p. 49).deleted
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 399 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. In the exercise of powers conferred in this section, the Commission shall take utmost account of any relevant opinion issued by the Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG) established by Commission Decision 2002/622/EC28. __________________ 28 Commission Decision 2002/622/EC of 26 July 2002 establishing a Radio Spectrum Policy Group (OJ L 198, 27.07.2002, p. 49).BEREC. __________________
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 402 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 a (new)
Article 8 a Harmonisation of certain aspects relating to transfer or lease of individual rights to use radio frequencies and their duration 1. Without prejudice to the application of competition rules to undertakings, the following shall apply with respect to the transfer or lease of rights of use of spectrum, or parts thereof, identified in Article 6(8) of Decision No 243/2012/EU, Member States shall make current details of all such rights of use publicly available in a standardised electronic format; 2. Any administrative charge imposed on undertakings in connection with processing an application for the transfer or lease of spectrum shall, in total, cover only the administrative costs, including ancillary steps such as the issuance of a new right of use, incurred in processing the application. Any such charges shall be imposed in an objective, transparent and proportionate manner which minimises additional administrative costs and attendant charges. Article 12(2) of Directive 2002/20/EC shall apply to charges imposed under this paragraph. 3. All rights of use of spectrum shall be granted with a minimum duration of 30 years. Member States may grant rights of use of indefinite duration. 4. Member States may provide for proportionate and non-discriminatory withdrawal of rights, including those with a 30 year minimum duration, in order to ensure the efficient use of spectrum including, but not limited to, spectrum management purposes; national security; breach of licence; harmonised change of use of a band; and non-payment of fees. The duration of all existing rights of use of spectrum is hereby extended to 30 years from their date of grant, without prejudice to other conditions attached to the right of use and to rights of use of indefinite duration. 5. The introduction of minimum 30 year licence duration should not impede the ability of regulators to issue temporary licences and licences for secondary uses in a harmonised band.
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 403 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9
[...]deleted
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 429 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10
[...]deleted
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 460 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11
[...]deleted
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 472 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
In order to ensure a coherent implementation of paragraph 1 throughout the Union and in particular to enable the synchronised availability of wireless services within the Union, the Commission may, by way of implementing actBEREC shall, by way of guidelines:
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 483 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 33(2).deleted
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 486 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission may also adopt implementing acts harmonising the date of expiry or renewal of individual rights to use radio spectrum for wireless broadband in harmonised bands, which already exist at the date of adoption of such acts, with a view to synchronising throughout the Union the date for renewal or reassignment of rights of use for such bands, including possible synchronisation with the date of renewal or reassignment of other bands harmonised by implementing measures adopted in accordance with paragraph 2 or with this paragraph. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 33(2). Where implementing acts provided for in this paragraph define a harmonised date for renewal or reassignment of rights of use of radio spectrum which falls after the date of expiry or renewal of any existing individual rights of use of such radio spectrum in any of the Member States, the national competent authorities shall extend the existing rights until the harmonised date under the same previously applicable substantive authorisation conditions, including any applicable periodic fees. Where the extension period granted in accordance with the second subparagraph is significant in comparison with the original duration of the rights of use, national competent authorities may subject the extension of rights to any adaptations of the previously applicable authorisation conditions which are necessary in the light of the changed circumstances, including the imposition of additional fees. These additional fees shall be based on an application pro rata temporis of any initial fee for the original rights of use which was expressly calculated by reference to the originally foreseen duration. The implementing acts provided for in this paragraph shall not require the shortening of the duration of existing rights of use in any Member State except in accordance with Article 14(2) of Directive 2002/20/EC and shall not apply to existing rights of indefinite duration. Where the Commission adopts an implementing act pursuant to paragraph 2, it may apply the provisions of this paragraph mutatis mutandis to any rights of use of the harmonised band concerned for wireless broadband.deleted
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 494 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4
4. When adopting the implementing acts provided for in paragraphs 2 and 3, the Commission shall have regard to: (a) the regulatory principles set out in Article 9 ; (b) objective variations across the Union in the needs for additional radio spectrum for wireless broadband provision, while taking into account common radio spectrum needs for integrated networks covering several Member States; (c) the predictability of operating conditions for existing radio spectrum users; (d) the take-up, development and investment cycles of successive generations of wireless broadband technologies; (e) end-user demand for high-capacity wireless broadband communications. In determining timetables for different categories of Member States which have not already granted individual rights of use and allowed actual use of the harmonised band in question, the Commission shall have due regard to any submissions made by Member States regarding the way radio spectrum rights have been historically granted, the grounds of restriction provided for in in Article 9(3) and (4) of Directive 2002/21/EC, the possible need to vacate the band in question, the effects on competition or geographical or technical constraints, taking into account the effect on the internal market. The Commission shall ensure that implementation is not unduly deferred and that any variation in timetables between Member States does not result in undue differences in the competitive or regulatory situations between Member States.deleted
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 496 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 5
5. Paragraph 2 shall be without prejudice to the right of the Member States to grant rights of use for and to allow actual use of a harmonised band before the adoption of an implementing act in respect of that band, subject to compliance with the second subparagraph of this paragraph, or in advance of the harmonised date established by an implementing act for that band. Where national competent authorities grant rights of use in a harmonised band before the adoption of an implementing act in respect of that band, they shall define the conditions of such grant, and in particular those relative to duration, in such a way that beneficiaries of the rights of use are made aware of the possibility that the Commission would adopt implementing acts in accordance with paragraph 2 establishing a minimum duration of such rights or a synchronised expiry or renewal cycle for the Union as a whole. This subparagraph shall not apply to the grant of rights of indefinite duration.deleted
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 499 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 6
6. For the harmonised bands for which a common timetable for granting rights of use and allowing actual use has been established in an implementing act adopted in accordance with paragraph 2, national competent authorities shall provide timely and sufficiently detailed information to the Commission on their plans to ensure compliance. The Commission may adopt implementing acts defining the format and procedures for the provision of such information. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 33(2). Where the Commission considers, upon reviewing such detailed plans provided by a Member State, that it is unlikely that the Member State in question will be able to comply with the timetable applicable to it, the Commission may adopt a decision by means of implementing act requiring that Member State to adapt its plans in an appropriate way to ensure such compliance.deleted
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 515 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. National competent authorities and the Commission may make comments to the competent authority concerned within a period of two months. The two-month period shall not be extended. When assessing the draft measure in accordance with this Article, the Commission shall have regard in particular to: (a) the provisions of Directives 2002/20/EC and 2002/21/EC and Decision No. 243/2012/EC; (b) the regulatory principles set out in Article 9; (c) the relevant criteria for certain specific conditions set out in Article 10 and the additional provisions set out in Article 11; (d) any implementing act adopted in accordance with Article 12; (e) coherence with recent, pending or planned procedures in other Member States, and possible effects on trade between Member States. If, within this period, the Commission notifies the competent authority that the draft measure would create a barrier to the internal market or that it has serious doubts as to its compatibility with Union law, the draft measure shall not be adopted for an additional period of two months. The Commission shall also inform the competent authorities of the other Member States of the position it has taken on the draft measure in such a case.deleted
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 516 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. Within the additional two-month period referred to in paragraph 2, the Commission and the competent authority concerned shall cooperate closely to identify the most appropriate and effective measure in the light of the criteria referred to in paragraph 2, whilst taking due account of the views of market participants and the need to ensure the development of consistent regulatory practice.deleted
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 517 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4
4. At any stage during the procedure, the competent authority may amend or withdraw its draft measure taking utmost account of the Commission's notification referred to in paragraph 2.deleted
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 518 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 5
5. Within the additional two-month period referred in paragraph 2, the Commission may: a) present a draft decision to the Communications Committee requiring the competent authority concerned to withdraw the draft measure. The draft decision shall be accompanied by a detailed and objective analysis of why the Commission considers that the draft measure should not be adopted as notified, together where necessary with specific proposals for amending the draft measure; or b) take a decision changing its position in relation to the draft measure concerned.deleted
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 520 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 6
6. Where the Commission has not presented a draft decision referred to in paragraph 5(a) or takes a decision referred to in paragraph 5(b), the competent authority concerned may adopt the draft measure. Where the Commission has presented a draft decision referred to in accordance with paragraph 5(a), the draft measure shall not be adopted by the competent authority for a period not exceeding six months from the notification sent to the competent authority pursuant to paragraph 2. The Commission may decide to change its position in relation to the draft measure concerned at any stage of the procedure, including after the submission of a draft decision to the Communications Committee.deleted
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 523 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 7
7. The Commission shall adopt any decision requiring the competent authority to withdraw its draft measure by means of implementing acts. Those implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 33(2).deleted
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 525 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 8
8. Where the Commission has adopted a decision in accordance with paragraph 7, the competent authority shall amend or withdraw the draft measure within six months of the date of notification of the Commission's decision. When the draft measure is amended, the competent authority shall undertake a public consultation where appropriate, and shall make the amended draft measure accessible to the Commission in accordance with paragraph 1.deleted
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 527 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 9
9. The competent authority concerned shall take the utmost account of any comments of competent authorities of the other Member States and the Commission and may, except in cases covered by the third sub-paragraph of paragraph 2, by the second sub-paragraph of paragraph 6 and by paragraph 7, adopt the resulting draft measure and where it does so, shall communicate it to the Commission.deleted
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 529 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 10
10. The competent authority shall inform the Commission of the results of the procedure to which its measure relates once that procedure has been concluded.deleted
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 533 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
National competent authorities shall allow the deployment, connection and operation of unobtrusive small-area wireless access points under the general authorisation regime and shall not unduly restrict that deployment, connection or operation through individual town planning permits or in any other way, whenever such use is in compliance with implementing measures adopted pursuant to paragraph 2.
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 534 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
This paragraph is without prejudice to(a) the existing rights of use for licensed spectrum, for which the existing leasing and sharing regimes referred to in Art. 10(6) shall apply. (b) the authorisation regime for the radio spectrum employed to operate small-area wireless access points.
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 535 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
For the purposes of the uniform implementation of the general authorisation regime for the deployment, connection and operation of small-area wireless access points pursuant to paragraph 1, the Commission may, by means of an implementing act, specify technical characteristics for the design, deployment and operation of small-area wireless access points, compliance with which shall ensure their unobtrusive character when in use in different local contexts. The operation of small-area wireless access points in spectrum with dedicated granted usage rights shall be managed by the respective authorised person or undertaking. The Commission shall specify those technical characteristics by reference to the maximum size, power and electromagnetic characteristics, as well as the visual impact, of the deployed small- area wireless access points. Those technical characteristics for use of small- area wireless access points shall at a minimum comply with the requirements of Directive 2013/35/EU30 and withDirective 1999/5/EC taking into account the thresholds defined in Council Recommendation No 1999/519/EC.31 __________________ 30 Directive 2013/35/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on the minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks arising from physical agents (electromagnetic fields) (20th individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) and repealing Directive 2004/40/EC (OJ L 179, 29.6.2013, p. 1). 31 Recommendation 1999/519/EC of the Council of 12 July 1999 on the limitation of exposure of the general public to electromagnetic fields (0 Hz to 300 GHz) (OJ L 1999, 30.7.1999, p. 59).
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 539 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The technical characteristics specified in order for the deployment, connection and operation of small-area wireless access point to benefit from paragraph 1 shall be without prejudice to the essential requirements of Directive 1999/5/EC of the European Parliament and the Council relative to the placing on the market of such products.32 __________________ 32 Directive 1999/5/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 9 March 1999 on radio equipment and telecommunications terminal equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity (OJ L 91, 7.4.1999, p. 10).
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 581 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
End-users shall be free to access and distribute information and content, run applications and use services of their choice via their internet access service, irrespective of their origin or destination, via their internet access service. Internet access service providers shall not restrict or prevent the use by end-users of any terminal equipment to access and distribute information and content via their internet access service. This is without prejudice to the rights of Member States to grant individual rights of use under Article 5 of Directive 2002/20/EC. Providers of electronic communications to the public shall ensure that end-users are able to run any application utilising the electronic communication function of the internet without any form of restriction on the content exchanged, except for the purposes of reasonable traffic management measures or to implement a court order.
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 614 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
In order to enable the provision of specialised services to end-users, providers of content, applications and services and providers of electronic communications to the public shall be free to enter into agreements with each other to transmit the related data volumes or traffic as specialised services with a defined quality of service or dedicated capacity. The provision of specialised services shall not impair in a recurring or continuous mannerProviders of electronic communication services or providers of content, applications and services shall be allowed to offer specialised services provided that such offers are in addition to internet access services and are not to the genmaterial quality of internet access servicesdetriment of their affordability or quality.
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 622 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
For national authorities to be able to assess such potential material detriment, providers of electronic communications services or providers of content, applications and services shall transmit to the national authorities, upon request, precise information regarding the capacities assigned to the two types of services.
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 636 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
5. Within the limits of any contractually agreed data volumes or speeds for internet access services, providers of internet access services shall not restrict the freedoms provided for in paragraph 1 by blocking, slowing down, degrading or discriminating against specific content, applications or services, or specific classes thereof, except in cases where it is necessary to apply reasonable traffic management measures. Furthermore, traffic management measures shall not be applied in such a way as to discriminate against services competing with those offered by the provider of internet access. Reasonable traffic management measures shall be transparent, non-discriminatory, proportionate and necessary to:
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 642 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) implement a legislative provision or a court order, or prevent or impede serious crimes;deleted
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 650 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) preserve the integrity and security of the network, services provided via this network, and the end-users' terminals;deleted
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 655 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) prevent the transmission of unsolicited communications to end-users who have given their prior consent to such restrictive measures;deleted
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 664 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) minimise the effects of temporary or exceptional network congestion provided that equivalent types of traffic are treated equally.deleted
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 679 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Reasonable traffic management shall only entail processing of data that is necessary and proportionate to achieve the purposes set out in this paragraph. By 1st January 2015, BEREC shall, after consulting stakeholders and in close cooperation with the Commission, lay down general guidelines for the application of reasonable traffic management measures, on the basis of this Article.
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 690 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. National regulatory authorities shall closely monitor and ensure the effective ability of end-users to benefit from the freedoms provided for in Article 23 (1) and (2), compliance with Article 23 (5), and the continued availability of non- discriminatory internet access services at levels of quality that reflect advances in technology and that are not impaired by specialised services. They shall, in cooperation with other competent national authorities, also monitor the effects of specialised services on cultural diversityIn exercising their powers under Article 30a with respect to Article 23, national regulatory authorities shall closely monitor the continued availability of non- discriminatory internet access services at levels of quality that reflect advances in technology. National regulatory authorities shall publish reports on a regular basis regarding their monitoring and finnovation. National regulatory authorities shall report on an annual basis to the Commission and BEREC on their monitoring and findingsdings, and provide those reports to the Commission and BEREC.
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 703 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3
3. TBEREC shall, after consulting stakeholders and in cooperation with the Commission m, lay adopt implementing actwn guidelines defining uniform conditions for the implementation of the obligations of national competent authorities under this Article. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 33 (2).
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 749 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 a (new)
Article 34a Amendments to Directive 2002/19/EC Directive 2002/19/EC is amended as follows: Article 13 paragraph 2a (new), the following paragraph is added: Where a national regulatory authority is considering whether or not to impose or maintain price controls in accordance with paragraph 1 for wholesale access to next-generation networks, it shall consider the state of competition in the retail market. In the presence of an effective protection against discrimination at wholesale level and of a demonstrable pricing constraint from either infrastructure-based competition from competing next-generation fixed line or wireless networks or regulated access products on the copper network the national regulatory authority shall lift price controls for wholesale access for next generation networks.
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 756 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 7a
– (a) in paragraph 1, the first sub- paragraph is replaced by the following: 1. Where an intended measure covered by Article 7(3) aims at imposing, amending or withdrawing an obligation on an operator in application of Article 16 of this Directive in conjunction with Article 5 and Articles 9 to 13 of Directive 2002/19/EC (Access Directive), and Article 17 of Directive 2002/22/EC (Universal Service Directive), the Commission may, within the period of one month provided for by Article 7(3) of this Directive, notify the national regulatory authority concerned and BEREC of its reasons for considering that the draft measure would create a barrier to the single market or its serious doubts as to its compatibility with Union law, taking into account as appropriate any Recommendation adopted pursuant to Article 19(1) of this Directive concerning the harmonised application of specific provisions of this Directive and the Specific Directives. In such a case, the draft measure shall not be adopted for a further three months following the Commission’s notification.deleted
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 759 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 15
– (a) the following sub-paragraph is inserted between the first and second sub- paragraphs of paragraph 1: In assessing whether a given market has characteristics which may justify the imposition of ex-ante regulatory obligations, and therefore has to be included in the Recommendation, the Commission shall have regard in particular to the need for convergent regulation throughout the Union, to the need to promote efficient investment and innovation in the interests of end users and of the global competitiveness of the Union economy, and to the relevance of the market concerned, alongside other factors such as existing infrastructure- based competition at retail level, to competition on the prices, choice and quality of products offered to end users. The Commission shall consider all relevant competitive constraints, irrespective of whether the networks, services or applications which impose such constraints are deemed to be electronic communications networks, electronic communications services, or other types of service or application which are comparable from the perspective of the end-user, in order to determine whether, as a general matter in the Union or a significant part thereof, the following three criteria are cumulatively met: (a) the presence of high and non- transitory structural, legal or regulatory barriers to entry; (b) the market structure does not tend towards effective competition within the relevant time horizon, having regard to the state of infrastructure-based and other competition behind the barriers to entry; (c) competition law alone is insufficient to adequately address the identified market failure(s).deleted
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 768 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – point 4
Regulation (EU) No 531/2012
Article 4 a (new)
This Article shall apply to roaming providers which: 1. Providers of roaming services shall be entitled to limit the consumption of regulated retail roaming services at the applicable domestic service rate by reference to a reasonable use criterion. Any reasonable use criterion shall be applied in such a way that consumers availing themselves of the roaming provider’s various domestic retail packages are in a position to confidently replicate the typical domestic consumption pattern associated with their respective domestic retail packages while periodically travelling within the Union. A roaming provider availing itself of this possibility shall publish, in accordance with Article 26(1)(b) of Regulation XXX/2014, and include in its contracts, in accordance with Article 26(1)(b) and (c) of that Regulation, detailed information on how the reasonable use criterion is applied, by reference to the main pricing, volume or other parameters of the retail package in question. 2. By 31 December 2014, BEREC shall, after consulting stakeholders and in close cooperation with the Commission, lay down general guidelines for the application of reasonable use criteria in the retail contracts provided by roaming providers availing themselves of this Article. BEREC shall develop such guidelines by reference to the overall objective in paragraph 1, and shall have regard in particular to the evolution of pricing and consumption patterns in the Member States, to the degree of convergence of domestic price levels across the Union, to any observable effect of roaming at domestic service rates on the evolution of such rates, and to the evolution of wholesale roaming rates for unbalanced traffic between roaming providers. 3. The competent national regulatory authority shall monitor and supervise the application of the reasonable use criteria, taking utmost account of the BEREC guidelines once they are adopted, and shall ensure that unreasonable terms are not applied.
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 778 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – point 4
Regulation (EU) No 531/2012
Article 6a
With effect from 1 July 2016, roaming providers shall not levy any surcharge in comparison to the charges for mobile communications services at domestic level on roaming customers for any regulated roaming call made or received, for any regulated roaming SMS message sent, for any roaming MMS message sent or for any regulated data roaming services used or any general charge to enable the terminal equipment or service to be used abroad.
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 795 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – point 8 – point a – point i
Regulation (EU) No 531/2012
Article 8a (new)
1. The Commission shall review the functioning of this rRegulation and shall report to the European Parliament and the Council in accordance with paragraphs 2 to 6. 2. The Commission shall, by 1 July 2015, after a public consultation, shall report to the European Parliament and the Council by 31December 2016 at the lon whether to change the duration or revise the level of maximum wholesale charges provided for in Articles 7, 9 and 12, also taking into account termination ratest.
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 802 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 a (new)
Decision No 243/2012/EU
Article 4 – paragraph 6a (new)
Article 38a Amendments to Decision No 243/2012/EU When establishing the structure of the licence fees payable for the allocation of spectrum, national competent authorities shall ensure that the chosen fee structure minimises the time to make new network and services available to consumers and citizens by: (a) considering the relative merits of alternative fee structures, including the payment of recurring annual fees for the duration of the licence, in terms of the impact they have on investments, innovation and the availability of a particular service throughout the European Union; and (b) considering to initiate the collection of such fees from the date of the launch of the services which rely upon the allocated spectrum.
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 809 #

2013/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point a (new)
(a) The review shall include the Commission Recommendation of 17 December 2007 on relevant product and service markets within the electronic communications sector susceptible to ex- ante regulation in accordance with Directive 2002/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services including the ‘three criteria’ test. The Commission Recommendation of 17 December 2007 on relevant product and service markets shall remain in force until the comprehensive review of the regulatory framework;
2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 25 #

2013/0080(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Title 1
Proposal for a REGULATIONDIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on measures to reduce the cost of deploying high-speed electronic communications networks (Text with EEA relevance)
2013/10/09
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 76 #

2013/0080(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 2 a (new)
(2a) "utility operator" means an undertaking providing a physical infrastructure intended to provide: a service of production, transport or distribution of electricity, including public lighting, heating, water, excluding drinking water but including disposal or treatment of waste water and sewage; transport services, including railways, roads, ports and airports;
2013/10/09
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 87 #

2013/0080(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. Upon specific written request of an undertaking authorised to provide electronic communications networks, any networkutility operator shall have the obligation to meet all reasonable requests for access to its physical infrastructure under fair terms and conditions, including price, in view of deploying elements of high-speed electronic communications networks.
2013/10/09
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 90 #

2013/0080(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) safety and public health concerns;
2013/10/09
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 91 #

2013/0080(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a b (new)
(ab) the security of critical national infrastructure;
2013/10/09
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 97 #

2013/0080(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) the availability of alternative means of wholesale physical network infrastructure access provided by the networkutility operator and suitable for the provision of high-speed electronic communications networks.
2013/10/09
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 105 #

2013/0080(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
The networkutility operator shall state the reasons for any refusal within one month from the written request for access.
2013/10/09
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 108 #

2013/0080(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 5
5. The national dispute settlement body referred to in paragraph 4 shall, taking full account of the principle of proportionality, issue a binding decision to resolve the dispute initiated pursuant to paragraph 4, including the determination of fair terms, conditions and prices where appropriate, within the shortest possible time frame and in any case within four months, without prejudice to the possibility of any party to refer the case to a court. Any price set by the dispute settlement body shall take into account the impact of the requested access on the business plan underpinning the investments made by the networkutility operator to whom access is requested, in particular in case of recently built physical infrastructures used for the provision of high-speed electronic communications services.
2013/10/09
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 117 #

2013/0080(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
In order to request access to physical infrastructure in accordance with Article 3, every undertaking authorised to provide electronic communications networks shall have the right to access, upon request, via a single information point, the following set of minimum information concerning the existing physical infrastructure of any network operator:
2013/10/09
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 129 #

2013/0080(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Every public sector body holding in electronic format the minimum information referred to in paragraph 1 concerning the physical infrastructure of a network operator by reason of its tasks shall make it available to the single information point by electronic means before [Publications Office: please insert the exact date: entry into force of this Regulation + 6 months]. Any update to this information and any new minimum information referred to in paragraph 1 received by the public sector body shall be made available to the single information point within one month from the receipt.
2013/10/09
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 140 #

2013/0080(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 10
10. Member States may provide for exemptions from the obligations provided for in paragraphs 1 to 5 in the case of existing6 when the information relates to critical national infrastructure where making it available could easily highlight vulnerabilities or in the case of physical infrastructures considered not technically suitable to deploy high- speed electronic communications networks. Such measures shall be duly motivated in this regard. The interested parties shall be given the opportunity to comment on the draft measures within a reasonable period. Any such measure shall be notified to the Commission.
2013/10/09
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 145 #

2013/0080(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Every undertaking performing civil works fully or partially financed by public means shall meet any reasonable request fromensure coordination across utilities, including undertakings authorised to provide electronic communications networks in view of deploying elements of high-speed electronic communications networks for civil works. Any coordination agreement shall be based on transparent and non- discriminatory terms, provided that this doesand not entail any additional costs for the initially envisaged civil works and that the request to coordinate is filed as soon as possible and in any case at least one month before the submission of the final project to the competent authorities for permit granting.
2013/10/09
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 147 #

2013/0080(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Every undertaking authorised to provide electronic communications networks shall have the right to access by electronic means via a single information point, upon request, any information concerning the conditions and procedures applicable for granting permits for civil works needed in view of deploying elements of high- speed electronic communications networks, including any exemptions applicable to such elements as regards some or all permits required under national law.
2013/10/09
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 148 #

2013/0080(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. Every undertaking authorised to provide electronic communications networks shall have the right to submit, by electronic means via the single applications via an information point, applications for permits required for civil works needed in view of deploying elements of high-speed electronic communications networks. The singleAn information point designated by a Member State or local authority shall facilitate and coordinate the permit granting process. In particular it shall ensure that the applications are forwarded to any competent authorities involved in granting the permits applicable to the civil works at stake as well as monitor compliance with the deadlines applicable in accordance with paragraph 3.
2013/10/09
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 150 #

2013/0080(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. All newly constructed buildings at the end-user's location, including elements under joint ownership, for which applications for building permits have been submitted after [Publications Office: please insert the exact date of the entry into force of this Regulation], shall be equippedassessed as regards the cost effectiveness of equipping them with a high-speed-ready in-building physical infrastructure, up to the network termination points. The same obligation applies in the event of major renovation works for which applications for building permits have been submitted after [Publications Office: please insert the exact date of the entry into force of this Regulation].
2013/10/09
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 155 #

2013/0080(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. All newly constructed multi-dwelling buildings, for which applications for building permits have been submitted after [Publications Office: please insert the exact date of the entry into force of this Regulation], shall be equippedassessed as regards the cost effectiveness of equipping them with a concentration point, located inside or outside the building, and accessible to electronic communications networks providers, whereby connection to the high- speed-ready in-building infrastructure is made available. The same obligation applies in the event of major renovation works concerning multi-dwelling buildings for which applications for building permits have been submitted after [Publications Office: please insert the exact date of the entry into force of this Regulation].
2013/10/09
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 163 #

2013/0080(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Member States may provide for exemptions for categories of buildings, in particular single dwellings, or major renovation works, from the obligations provided for paragraph 1 and 2, when the cost of fulfilling those obligations is disproportionate. Such measures shall be duly motivated. The interested parties shall be given the opportunity to comment on the draft measures within a reasonable period. Any such measure shall be notified to the Commission.
2013/10/09
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 37 #

2012/2259(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas the completion of the internal energy market by 2014 should facilitate new and more market participants, including from of a growing number of SMEs producing renewable energy;
2012/12/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 44 #

2012/2259(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas, as things stand at present,ccording to estimates the EU is on track to achieve theits target of a 20% share for RES in the energy mix by 2020;
2012/12/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 116 #

2012/2259(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the Member States are currently acting independently in the promotion ofir support for RES, within administrative frameworks that differ widely, and that their potential for developing renewables is uneven on account of natural factors; believes that their varying systems of support must be able to accommodate changes in respective markets and be adapted accordingly in order to control their costs and pass on cost-efficiency gains to final consumers;
2012/12/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 126 #

2012/2259(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that levels of public and political acceptance of renewable energy differ and that the availability of public and private financing to promote RES varies widely; believes that carbon markets have a role to play in providing investors incentives to invest in RES;
2012/12/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 137 #

2012/2259(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Is concerned that, so far, only some of the renewables on the energy market are economically competitive, although certain other technologies are closing the gap with market prices; agrees with the Commission that all availablppropriate means must be used to bring the costs down and make RES economically competitive; believes that where market imperfections exist or where producers face limited opportunities to secure market based financing, access to more affordable investment capital for RES should be facilitated;
2012/12/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 155 #

2012/2259(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Notes the importance of ensuring that prices for consumers, both domestic and industrial, remain at an affordable level;
2012/12/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 156 #

2012/2259(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. In order to allow for the gradual integration into the market, believes that national support schemes for RES should gradually be phased out when the market viability and competiveness of a specific RES has been achieved;
2012/12/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 160 #

2012/2259(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Believes there is a need to phase out subsidies that damage competition and also those that support environmentally harmful fossil fuels;
2012/12/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 196 #

2012/2259(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Notes with concern that the cooperation mechanisms introduced by Directive 2009/28/EC have, to date, scarcely been used; points to the Commission's findings indicating that better use of the existing scope for cooperation would bring considerable benefits, such as boosting trade; welcomes the Commission's declared intention to draw up guidelines on cooperation within the EUhow to exploit the cooperation mechanisms, which should provide better information and reduced complexity in their use; calls on the Member States to subsequently make better use of the scope for cooperation and to developmechanisms and also increase communication between one another;
2012/12/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 208 #

2012/2259(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Emphasises that RES must be fully integratedmarket arrangements must facilitate the integration of RES into the European internal energy market in all the Member States without delay and; believes that in the long term theyRES must take on stabilising functions and tasks within the system so that have previously been performed by conventional energy sourcesall market actors can participate;
2012/12/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 295 #

2012/2259(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Is convinced that ICT will in future play a more important role in energy provision and in the management of RES; calls on the Commission to bring forward without delay proposals for the development, promotion and standardisation of smart grids and meters as this will increasingly allow for the involvement of more market participants; emphasises that important factors in this regard include not only planning certainty on the providers' side but also acceptance on the part of consumers, as well as data protection;
2012/12/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 377 #

2012/2259(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. IBelieves that targeted R&D through existing instruments needs to be made more effective and is concerned that R&D has been neglected in certain branches of the renewable energy sector, leading, in some cases, to commercial problem which has led to commercialisation difficulties; underscores the need for investment in the further development of existing technologies in order to sustain or achieve competitivityeness and also to ensure that their life-cycle remains sustainable;
2012/12/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 382 #

2012/2259(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Believes that the SET Plan offers the opportunity to continue to boost and develop new and emerging RES, such as marine energy and also to address the challenges of balancing, intelligent energy solutions and storage;
2012/12/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 453 #

2012/2259(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Is convinced that only an EU-wide system for promoting RES will offer the most cost-effective framework in which their full potential can be realised; sees decisive advantages in a technology- neutral European market for renewables, in which producers will have to cover a pre-determined quota of their energy output from RES, and in which one of the ways of reaching that quota will be through the trading of certificates on a market established for that purpose; notes the evidence of experience in the Member States that, in order to ensure quotas are met, heavy fines must be imposed for failure to meet them;deleted
2012/12/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 462 #

2012/2259(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Is convinced that only an EU-wide system for promoting RES will offer the most cost-effective framework in which their full potential can be realised; sees decisiveSees potential advantages in a technology- neutral Europeannational markets for renewables, in which producelectricity suppliers willould have an obligation to cover a pre- determined quota of their energy output from RES, and in which one of the ways of reaching that quota will be through the tradproportion of the electricity they supply from RES, reaching their obligation by presenting of certificates that can be traded on a market established for that purpose; notes the evidence of experience in the Member States that, in order to ensure quotas are met, heavy fines must be imposed for failure to meet them a combination of both incentives and penalties should be in place to ensure obligations are met;
2012/12/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 86 #

2012/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Welcomes the Commission's ambition to explore opportunities for delivering the EU's decarbonisation objectives whilst ensuring security of energy supply and maintaining economic competitiveness;
2012/10/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 191 #

2012/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Believes that further energy related R&D, behaviour change, demand management and improvements in energy storage will all contribute significantly to a substantial decarbonisation of the energy mix;
2012/10/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 196 #

2012/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Acknowledges that nuclear energy is currently used as an important low- emission energy source; calls on the Commission to work towards improved public acceptance of nuclear energy, utilising the results of the recent nuclear stress tests;
2012/10/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 286 #

2012/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Highlights the new challenges, such as the need for flexible resources in the power system (e.g. flexible generation, storage, demand management), that will arise as the contribution of variable renewable generation increases; stresses the need to have sufficient capacity available to ensure security of electricity supply; believes therefore that increased interconnection is essential to help accommodate the expected huge increase in intermittent power generation from renewable sources; stresses, in this regard, that policy developments in Member States should not create new barriers to electricity- or gas- market integration;
2012/10/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 345 #

2012/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Recognises the key role of gas, both in the transition to a low-carbon energy system and as a flexible back-up, and in to provide balancing capacity wherethat can contribute to accommodating intermittent renewable energy supplies are variable;
2012/10/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 380 #

2012/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Expresses concern at the slow development and deployment of CCS technologies in the light of the foreseeable further global use of coal as a source of energy;
2012/10/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 403 #

2012/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Asks the Commission to come forward as soon as possible with an additional assessment giving suggestions for recommended actions that might prevent the risk of carbon leakage caused by reallocation of production outside the EU, especially assessing additional scenarios in the case of limited or no further global action on carbon emission reduction;
2012/10/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 53 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
(5) Based on forecasts of biofuel demand provided by the Member States and estimates of indirect land-use change emissions for different biofuel feedstocks it is likely, there is a risk that greenhouse gas emissions linked to indirect land use change arcould be significant, and couldthus negate some or all of the greenhouse gas savings of individual biofuels. This is because almost the entire biofuel production in 2020 is expected to come from crops grown on land that could be used to satisfy food and feed markets. In order to reduce such emissions, it is appropriate to distinguish between crop groups such as oil crops, cereals, sugars and other starch containing crops accordingly.
2013/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 62 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
(6) Liquid renewable fuels are likely to be required by the transport sector in order to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. Advanced biofuels, such as those made from wastes and algae, provide high greenhouse gas savings with low risk of causing indirect land use change and do not compete directly for agricultural land for the food and feed markets. It is appropriate, therefore, to encourage greater production of such advanced biofuels as these are currently not commercially available in large quantities, in part due to competition for public subsidies with established food crop based biofuel technologies. Further incentives should be provided by increasing the weighting of advanced biofuels towards 10% target for transport set in Directive 2009/28/EC compared to conventional biofuels. In this context, only advanced biofuels with low estimated indirect land use change impacts and high overall greenhouse gas savings should be supported as part of the post 2020 renewable energy policy framework.
2013/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 85 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
(9) To prepare for the transition towards advanced biofuels and minimise the overall indirect land use change impacts in the period to 2020, it is appropriate to limit the amount of biofuels and bioliquids obtained from food crops as set out in part A of Annex VIII to Directive 2009/28/EC and part A of Annex V to Directive 98/70/EC that can be counted towards targets set out in Directive 2009/28/EC. Without restricting the overall use of such biofuels, the share of biofuels and bioliquids produced from cereal and other starch rich crops, sugar and oil crops that can be counted towards the targets of Directive 2009/28/EC should be limited to the share of such biofuels and bioliquids consumed in 2011establish mandatory targets for advanced biofuels according to a timetable that will provide predictability and stability for investors.
2013/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 94 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
(10) The 5% limit set up in Article 3(4)d does not affect the Member States' freedom to arrange their own trajectory as to compliance with this prescribed share of conventional biofuels within the overall 10% target. As a consequence, the access to the market of the biofuels produced by the installations in operation before the end of 2013 remains fully open. Therefore this amending directive does not affect the legitimate expectations of the operators of such installations.deleted
2013/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 105 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
(11) The estimated indirect land-use change emissions should be included in the reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from biofuels under Directives 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC. Biofuels made from feedstocks that do not lead to additional demand for land, such as those from waste feedstocks, should be assigned a zero emissions factor.deleted
2013/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 116 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
(12) The Commission should review the methodology for estimating land-use change emission factors included in Annexes VIII and V to Directives 2009/28/EC and 98/70/EC respectively in the light of adaptation to technical and scientific progress. To this end, and if warranted by the latest available scientific evidence, the Commission should consider the possibility of revising the proposed crop group indirect land-use change factors, as well as introducing factors at further levels of disaggregation and including additional values should new biofuel feedstocks come to market.deleted
2013/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 124 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
(18) In order to permit adaptation to technical and scientific progress of Directive 98/70/EC, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the mechanism to monitor and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the methodological principles and values necessary for assessing whether sustainability criteria have been fulfilled in relation to biofuels, criteria and geographic ranges for determining highly diverse grassland, the methodology for the calculation and reporting of lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions, the methodology for the calculation of indirect land-use change emissions, the permitted level related to the metallic additives content in fuels, the permitted analytical methods related to the fuel specifications and the vapour pressure waiver permitted for petrol containing bioethanol.
2013/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 127 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
(19) In order to permit adaptation to technical and scientific progress of Directive 2009/28/EC, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the list of biofuel feedstocks that are counted multiple times towards the target set in Article 3(4)advanced biofuels, the energy content of transport fuels, criteria and geographic ranges for determining highly biodiverse grassland, the methodology for the calculation of indirect land-use change emissions, and the methodological principles and values necessary for assessing whether sustainability criteria have been fulfilled in relation to biofuels and bioliquids.
2013/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 134 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
(20) The Commission should review the effectiveness of the measures introduced by this Directive, based on the best and latest available scientific evidence, in limiting indirect land-use change greenhouse gas emissions and addressing ways to further minimise that impact, which could include the introduction of estimated indirect land-use change emission factors in the sustainability scheme as of 1providing the models used are robust January 2021d reliable in order to accurately give a specific value of emissions derrived from ILUC to the different types of crops used.
2013/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 148 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 98/70/EC
Article 7 a – paragraph 6
(a) the following paragraph 6 is inserted: "6. Fuel suppliers shall by 31 March each year report to the authority designated by the Member State, the biofuel production pathways, volumes, and the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions per unit of energy, including the estimated indirect land-use change emissions set out in Annex V Member States shall report these data to the Commission."deleted
2013/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 177 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 3 – point a
Directive 98/70/EC
Article 7d – paragraph 6
6. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts pursuant to Article 10a concerning the adaptation to technical and scientific progress of Annex V, including by the revision of the proposed crop group indirect land-use change values; the introduction of new values at further levels of disaggregation; the inclusion of additional values should new biofuel feedstocks come to market as appropriate, review the categories of which biofuels are assigned zero indirect land-use change emissions; and the development of factors for feedstocks from non-food cellulosic and ligno- cellulosic materials.
2013/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 195 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 2 – point b
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
(b) in paragraph 1, the following second subparagraph is added: "For the purpose of compliance with target referred to in the first subparagraph, the maximum joint contribution from biofuels and bioliquids produced from cereal and other starch rich crops, sugars and oil crops shall be no more than the energy quantity corresponding to the maximum contribution as set out in Article 3(4)d."deleted
2013/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 212 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 2 – point c – point i
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – point b
(i) in point (b), the following phrase is added: "This indent shall be without prejudice to Articles 17(1)a and 3(4)d;"deleted
2013/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 215 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 2 – point c – point ii
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – point d
(ii) the following point (d) is added: "(d) for the calculation of biofuels in the numerator, the share of energy from biofuels produced from cereal and other starch rich crops, sugars and oil crops shall be no more than 5%, the estimated share at the end of 2011, of the final consumption of energy in transport in 2020."deleted
2013/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 241 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 2 – point c – point iii
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – point e – point i - iii
The contribution made by: (i) biofuels produced from feedstocks listed in Part A of Annex IX shall be considered to be four times their energy content; (ii) biofuels produced from feedstocks listed in Part B of Annex IX shall be considered to be twice their energy content; (iii) renewable liquid and gaseous fuels of non-biological origin shall be considered to be four times their energy content.deleted
2013/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 246 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 2 – point c – point iii
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – point e – subparagraph 1 a (new)
In 2020, at least 2% of the final consumption of energy in transport shall be met with energy from advanced biofuels.
2013/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 283 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 7 – point c
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 19 – paragraph 6
(c) paragraph 6 is replaced by the following: "6. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts pursuant to Article 25(b) concerning the adaptation to technical and scientific progress of Annex VIII, including the revision of the proposed crop group indirect land-use change values; the introduction of new values at further levels of disaggregation (i.e. at a feedstock level); the inclusion of additional values should new biofuel feedstocks come to market as appropriate; and the development of factors for feedstocks from non-food cellulosic and ligno-cellulosic materials."deleted
2013/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 286 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 9
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 22– paragraph 2
9. In Article 22, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: "2. In estimating net greenhouse gas emission saving from the use of biofuels, the Member State may, for the purpose of the reports referred to in paragraph 1, use the typical values given in part A and part B of Annex V, and shall add the estimates for indirect land-use change emissions set out in Annex VIII."deleted
2013/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 288 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3
The Commission shall, before 31 December 2017, submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council reviewing, on the basis of the best latest available scientific evidence, the effectiveness of the measures introduced by this Directive in limiting indirect land- use change greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production of biofuel and bioliquids. The report shall, if appropriate, be accompanied by a legislative proposal based on the best availrobust and reliable scientific evidence, for introducing estimated indirect land use change emissions factors into the appropriate sustainability criteria to be applied from 1st January 2021 and a review of the effectiveness of the incentives provided for biofuels from non- land using feedstocks and non-food crops under Article 3(4)d of Directive 2009/28/EC.
2013/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 312 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 1
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex V – part C
(1) Annex V, part C is amended as follows: (a) point 7 is replaced by the following: "7. Annualised emissions from carbon stock changes caused by land-use change, el, shall be calculated by dividing total emissions equally over 20 years. For the calculation of these emissions the following rule shall be applied: el = (CSR – CSA) × 3,664 × 1/20 × 1/P, where el = annualised greenhouse gas emissions from carbon stock change due to land-use change (measured as mass (grams) of CO2-equivalent per unit biofuel energy (megajoules)); CSR = the carbon stock per unit area associated with the reference land use (measured as mass (tonnes) of carbon per unit area, including both soil and vegetation). The reference land-use shall be the land-use in January 2008 or 20 years before the raw material was obtained, whichever was the later; CSA = the carbon stock per unit area associated with the actual land-use (measured as mass (tonnes) of carbon per unit area, including both soil and vegetation). In cases where the carbon stock accumulates over more than one year, the value attributed to CSA shall be the estimated stock per unit area after 20 years or when the crop reaches maturity, whichever the earlier; and P = the productivity of the crop (measured as biofuel or bioliquid energy per unit area per year)". (b) points 8 and 9 are deleted.
2013/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 323 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 2
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex VIII (new)
(2) The following Annex VIII is added: "Annex VIII Part A. Estimated indirect land-use change emissions from biofuels and bioliquid feedstocks Feedstock group Cereals and other starch rich crops Sugars Oil crops Part B. Biofuels for which the estimated indirect land-use change emissions are considered to be zero Biofuels produced from the following feedstock categories will be considered to have estimated indirect land-use change emissions of zero: a) feedstocks which are not included under Part A of this Annex. b) feedstocks whose production has led to direct land use change, i.e. a change from one of the following IPCC land cover categories; forest land, grassland, wetlands, settlements, or other land, to cropland or perennial cropland1. In such a case a "direct land use change emission value (el) should have been calculated in accordance to Part C, paragraph 7 of Annex V." __________________ 1 OJ L 273, 10.10.2002, p. 1deleted Estimated indirect land-use change emissions (gCO2eq/MJ) 12 13 55
2013/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 337 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX (new) – Part A – title
Part A. Feedstocks whose contribution towards the target referrBiofuels derrived from the following feed sto in Article 3(4)cks shall be considered to be four times their energy contentadvanced biofuels
2013/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 351 #

2012/0288(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX (new) – Part B – title
Part B. Feedstocks whose contribution towards the target referred to in Article 3(4) shall be considered to be twice their energy contentdeleted
2013/05/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 202 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
(27) The main establishment of a controller in the Union, including a controller that is also a processor, should be determined according to objective criteria and should imply the effective and real exercise of management activities determining the main decisions as to the purposes, conditions and means of processing through stable arrangements. This criterion should not depend whether the processing of personal data is actually carried out at that location; the presence and use of technical means and technologies for processing personal data or processing activities do not, in themselves, constitute such main establishment and are therefore no determining criteria for a main establishment. The main establishment of the processor that is not also a controller should be the place of its central administration in the Union.
2012/12/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 333 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
(3a) 'anonymous data' shall mean information that has never related to a data subject or has been collected, altered or otherwise processed so that it cannot be attributed to a data subject.
2012/12/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 339 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 8
(8) 'the data subject's consent' means any freely given specific, informed and explicit indication of his or her wishes by which the data subject, either by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to personal data relating to them being processedorm of statement or conduct by the data subject indicating assent to the data processing proposed. Silence or inactivity does not in itself indicate acceptance;
2012/12/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 341 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 9
(9) 'personal data breach' means a breach of security leading to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure of, or access to, personal data transmitted, stored or otherwise processed;, which is likely to adversely affect the protection of the personal data or privacy of the data subject.
2012/12/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 347 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 13
(13) 'main establishment' means as regards the location as designated by the undertaking or group of undertakings, whether controller, the place of its establishment in the Union where the main decisions as or processor, subject to the consistency mechanism set out in Article 57, on the basis of, but not limited to, the purposes, conditions and means of the processing of personal data are taken; if no decisions as to the purposes, conditions and means of the processing of personal data are taken in the Union, the main establishment is the place where the main processing activities in the context of the activities of an establishment of a controller in the Union take place. As regards the processor, ‘main establishment’ means the place of its central administrfollowing optional objective criteria: (1) the location of the European headquarters of a group of undertakings; (2) the location of the entity within a group of undertakings with delegated data protection responsibilities; (3) the location of the entity within the group which is best placed in terms of management functions and administrative responsibilities to deal with and enforce the rules as set out in this Regulation; or (4) the location where effective and real management activities are exercised determining the data processing through stable arrangements. The competent authority shall be informed by the undertaking or group of undertakings of the designation inof the Union;main establishment.
2012/12/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 397 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. The data subject shall have the right to withdraw his or her consent at any time. The withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal. Where the processing of personal data is an essential element to the controllers' ability to provide adequate security in the provision of a service to the data subject, the withdrawal of consent can lead to the termination of the service.
2012/12/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 441 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4
4. The information and the actions taken on requests referred to in paragraph 1 shall be free of charge. Where requests are manifestly excessive, in particular because ofowing to their high volume, complexity or their repetitive character, the controller may charge an appropriate, not for profit, fee for providing the information or taking the action requested, or the controller may notdecline to take the action requested. In that case, the controller shall bear the burden of proving the manifestly excessive character of the request.
2012/12/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 462 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 5 – point b
(b) the data are not collected from the data subject and the provision of such information proves impossible or would involve a disproportionate effort and generate excessive administrative burden, especially when the processing is carried out by a SME as defined in EU recommendation 2003/361; or
2012/12/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 487 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) the processing of the data does not comply with this Regulation for other reasons.deleted
2012/12/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 513 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission may specify the electronic format referred to in paragraph 1 and the technical standards, modalities and procedures for the transmission of personal data pursuant to paragraph 2. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 87(2) shall be determined by the controller by reference to harmonised industry standards, or where these are not already defined, shall be developed by industry stakeholders through standardisation bodies.
2012/12/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 519 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Where pseudonymous data are processed based on Article 6(1)(g), the data subject shall have the right to object free of charge to the processing. This right shall be explicitly offered to the data subject in an intelligible manner and shall be clearly distinguishable from other information.
2012/12/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 521 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – title
Measures based on profilautomated processing
2012/12/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 525 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. Every natural person shall have the right not to be subject to a measure which produces legal effects concerning this natural person or significantly affects this natural person, and which is based solely on automated processing intended to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to this natural person or to analyse or predict in particular the natural person's performance at work, economic situation, location, health, personal preferences, reliability or behaviourA data subject shall not be subject to a decision which is unfair or discriminatory, and which is based solely on automated processing intended to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to this data subject.
2012/12/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 533 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2
2. Subject to the other provisions of this Regulation, a person may be subjected to a measure of the kind referred to in paragraph 1 only if the processing: (a) is carried out in the course of the entering into, or performance of, a contract, where the request for the entering into or the performance of the contract, lodged by the data subject, has been satisfied or where suitable measures to safeguard the data subject's legitimate interests have been adduced, such as the right to obtain human intervention; or (b) is expressly authorized by a Union or Member State law which also lays down suitable measures to safeguard the data subject's legitimate interests; or (c) is based on the data subject's consent, subject to the conditions laid down in Article 7 and to suitable safeguards.deleted
2012/12/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 549 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 3
3. Automated processing of personal data intended to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person shall not be based solely on the special categories of personal data referred to in Article 9.deleted
2012/12/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 554 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 4
4. In the cases referred to in paragraph 2, the information to be provided by the controller under Article 14 shall include information as to the existence of processing for a measure of the kind referred to in paragraph 1 and the envisaged effects of such processing on the data subject.deleted
2012/12/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 558 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 86 for the purpose of further specifying the criteria and conditions for suitable measures to safeguard the data subject's legitimate interests referred to in paragraph 2.
2012/12/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 592 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1
1. Having regard to the state of the art and the cost of implementation, the controller shall, both at the time of the determination of the means for processing and at the time of the processing itself, implement appropriate technical and organisational measures and procedures in such a way that the processing will Where required, mandatory measures may be adopted to ensure that categories of goods or services are designed and have default settings meeting the requirements of this Regulation relating to the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data. Such measures shall be based on standardisation pursuant to [Regulation .../2012 of the European Parliameent the requirements of this Reguland of the Council on European standardisation, and ensure the protection of the rights of the data subject. mending Council Directives 89/686/EEC and 93/15/EEC and Directives 94/9/EC, 94/25/EC, 95/16/EC, 97/23/EC, 98/34/EC, 2004/22/EC, 2007/23/EC, 2009/23/EC and 2009/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Decision 87/95/EEC and Decision No 1673/2006/EC].
2012/12/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 598 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2
2. The controller shall implement mechanisms for ensuring that, by default, only thoseUntil such time as mandatory measures have been adopted peursonal data are processed which are necessary for each specific purpose of the processing and are especially not collected or retained beyond the minimum necessary for those purposes, both uant to paragraph 1, Member States shall ensure that no mandatory design or default requirements are imposed on goods or services relating terms of the amount of the data and the time of their storage. In particular, those mechanisms shall ensure that by default personal data are not made accessible to ao the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data which could impede the placing of equipment on the market and the free circulation of such goods and services in iandefinite number of individual between Member States.
2012/12/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 603 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 86 for the purpose of specifying any further criteria and requirements for appropriate measures and mechanisms referred to in paragraph 1 and 2, in particular for data protection by design requirements applicable across sectors, products and services.
2012/12/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 606 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission may lay down technical standards for the requirements laid down in paragraph 1 and 2. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 87(2).deleted
2012/12/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 614 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1
1. Where a processing operation is to be carried out on behalf of a controller and which involves the processing of data that would permit the processor to reasonably identify the data subject, the controller shall choose a processor providing sufficient guarantees to implement appropriate technical and organisational measures and procedures in such a way that the processing will meet the requirements of this Regulation and ensure the protection of the rights of the data subject, in particular in respect of the technical security measures and organizational measures governing the processing to be carried out and shall ensure compliance with those measures. The controller remains solely responsible for ensuring compliance with the requirements of this Regulation.
2012/12/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 643 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1
1. Each controller and processor and, if any, the controller's representative, shall maintain documentation of all processing operationsthe main categories of processing under its responsibility.
2012/12/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 646 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The core documentation shall contain at least the following information:
2012/12/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 694 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1
1. Where processing operations present specific risks to the rights and freedoms of data subjects by virtue of their nature, their scope or their purposes, the controller or the processor acting on the controller's behalf shall carry out an assessment of the impact of the envisaged processing operations on the protection of personal data, unless the activities concerned do not present a risk to the privacy of the data subject.
2013/01/09
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 710 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 5
5. Where the controller is a public authority or body or where the data is processed by another body which has been entrusted with the responsibility of delivering public service tasks, and where the processing results from a legal obligation pursuant to point (c) of Article 6(1) providing for rules and procedures pertaining to the processing operations and regulated by Union law, paragraphs 1 to 4 shall not apply, unless Member States deem it necessary to carry out such assessment prior to the processing activities.
2013/01/09
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 739 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 5
5. The controller or processor shallmay designate the data protection officer on the basis of professional qualities and, in particular, expert knowledge of data protection law and practices and ability to fulfil the tasks referred to in Article 37. The necessary level of expert knowledge shall be determined in particular according to the data processing carried out and the protection required for the personal data processed by the controller or the processor.
2013/01/09
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 775 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1
1. Where the Commission has taken no decision pursuant to Article 41, a controller or processor may transfer personal data to a third country or an international organisation only if the controller or processor has adduced appropriate safeguards with respect to the protection of personal data in a legally binding instrument, and where appropriate pursuant to an impact assessment, where the controller or processor has ensured that the recipient of data in a third country maintains high standards of data protection.
2013/01/09
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 870 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 79 – paragraph 2
2. The administrative sanction shall be in each individual case effective, proportionate and dissuasive. The amount of the administrative fine shall be fixed with due regard to the nature, gravity and duration of the breach, the sensitivity of the data in issue, the intentional or negligent character of the infringement, the degree of harm or risk of harm created by the violation, the degree of responsibility of the natural or legal person and of previous breaches by this person, the technical and organisational measures and procedures implemented pursuant to Article 23 and the degree of co-operation with the supervisory authority in order to remedy the breach. Where appropriate, the data protection authority shall also be empowered to require that a data protection officer is appointed if the body, organisation or association has opted not to do so.
2013/01/09
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 871 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 79 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(2a) Aggravating factors that support administrative fines at the upper limits established in paragraphs 4 to 6 shall include in particular: (i) repeated violations committed in reckless disregard of applicable law; (ii) refusal to co-operate with or obstruction of an enforcement process; (iii) violations that are deliberate, serious and likely to cause substantial damage; (iv) a data protection impact assessment has not been undertaken; (v) a data protection officer has not been appointed.
2013/01/09
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 872 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 79 – paragraph 2 b (new)
(2b) Mitigating factors which support administrative fines at the lower limits established in paragraphs 4 to 6 shall include: (i) measures having been taken by the natural or legal person to ensure compliance with relevant obligations; (ii) genuine uncertainty as to whether the activity constituted a violation of the relevant obligations; (iii) immediate termination of the violation upon knowledge; (iv) co-operation with any enforcement processes; (v) a data protection impact assessment has been undertaken; (vi) a data protection officer has been appointed.
2013/01/09
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 893 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 83 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Within the limits of this Regulation, personal data may be processed for historical, statistical or scientific research purposes only if:
2013/01/09
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 896 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 83 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) these purposes cannot be otherwise fulfillreasonably be achieved by processing data which does not permit or not any longer permit the identification of the data subject;
2013/01/09
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 901 #

2012/0011(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 83 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(1a) Further processing of data for historical, statistical or scientific purposes shall not be considered as incompatible under point (b) of Article 5(1) provided that the processing: (a) is subject to the conditions and safeguards of this Article; and (b) complies with all other relevant legislation.
2013/01/09
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 15 #

2011/2080(ACI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Expresses its willingness to resolve the issue of the needed extra financing for ITER by the end of 2011 in order to ensure that existing EU structures for fusion do not weaken as a result of no decision being taken;
2011/10/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 17 #

2011/2080(ACI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. OpposesIs concerned, nevertheless, by the Commissions proposal to redeploy budget appropriations allocated to the Seventh Framework Programme to the ITER project; suggests that the ITER project should be financed from the remaining budgetary margin;
2011/10/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 234 #

2011/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Underlines the challenges to system operability from integrating renewable energy generation; stresses the need for new, efficient, intelligent network management through smart grids, flexible distribution operations and smart metering;
2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 288 #

2011/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Suggests the key to changing consumer behaviour lies in a mix of flexible pricing and regulatory push as a reward system to encourage greater efficiency;
2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 298 #

2011/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Urges the Commission to present by 2012 concrete initiatives to promote the development of energy storage capacities (including multi-use gas/hydrogen facilities, hydropower, high-temperature solar, electric vehicle and other technologies);
2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 333 #

2011/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Believes that smart grids and energy management solutions offer a unique opportunity to encourage innovation and the creation of jobs, as well as boosting the competitiveness of European industry, with particular reference to SMEs; calls on the Commission to present a new proposal which includes a binding requirement to deploy smart meters for all non-residential customers by 2014;
2011/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 48 #

2011/0414(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. Multiannual indicative programmes shall set out the priority areas selected for financing, the specific objectives, the expected results, the performance indicators and the indicative financial allocations, both overall and per priority area, and including a reasonable reserve of unallocated funds; this may be given in the form of a range or a minimum, where appropriate. Multiannual indicative programmes shall set out rules to avoid duplications and to ensure the proper use of available funds.
2012/09/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 49 #

2011/0414(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. Multiannual indicative programmes shall, in principle, be based on a dialogue with the partner countries or region(s) which involves the stakeholders, so as to ensure that the country or region concerned takes sufficient ownership of the process and to encourage support for national development strategies. These multiannual indicative programmes shall take into account the IAEA work programme in the field of nuclear safety and waste management.
2012/09/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 50 #

2011/0414(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4a Reporting 1. The Commission shall examine progress achieved in implementing the measures undertaken pursuant to this Regulation and shall submit to the European Parliament and the Council a biannual report on the implementation of the cooperation assistance. 2. The report shall contain information relating to the previous two years on the measures financed, information on the results of monitoring and evaluation exercises and the implementation of budget commitments and payments, broken down by country, region and type of cooperation.
2012/09/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 409 #

2011/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 1 – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 3
The action will be implemented through support to Union-wide competitively selected research training programmes implemented by partnerships of universities, research institutions, businesses, SMEs and other socio- economic actors from different countries across Europe and beyond. Single institutions able to provide the same enriching environment will also be supported. Full flexibility in the implementation of the objectives in terms of duration, host institution, number of trainees inside the overall agreed host network and financial volume for a project will have to be ensured in order to address the different needs. Typically, successful partnerships will take the form of research training networks or industrial doctorates or a combination of these as Virtual Learning Centres, while single institutions will usually be involved in innovative doctoral programmes. In this frame, support is foreseen for the best early stage researchers from any country to join these excellent programmes.
2012/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 511 #

2011/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 2 – point 1 – point 1.4 – point 1.4.2 – introductory part
1.4.2. Biotechnology-based industrialproducts and processes
2012/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 512 #

2011/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 2 – point 1 – point 1.4 – point 1.4.2 – paragraph 1
The objective is twofold: on the one handmainly, enabling the European industry (e.g. chemical, health, mining, energy, pulp and paper, textile, starch, crop production and food processing) to develop new products and processes meeting agricultural and aquacultural, industrial and societal demands; and competitive and enhanced biotechnology-based alternatives to replace established ones; oin the other handaddition, harnessing the potential of biotechnology for detecting, monitoring, preventing and removing pollution. It includes R&I on enzymatic and metabolic pathways, bio- processes design, advanced fermentation, up- and down-stream processing, gaining insight on the dynamics of microbial communities. It will also encompass the development of prototypes for assessing the techno-economic feasibility of the developed products and processes.
2012/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 513 #

2011/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 2 – point 1 – point 1.4 – point 1.4.3 – paragraph 1
The objective is to develop platform technologies (e.g. systems biology, genomics, meta- genomics, proteomics, phenomics, molecular tools) triggering leadership and competitive advantage on a wide number of economic sectors. It includes aspects, such as underpinning the development of bio- resources with optimised properties and applications beyond conventional alternatives; enabling exploration, understanding and exploitation in a sustainable manner of terrestrial and marine biodiversity for novel applications; and sustaining the development of biotechnology-based healthcare solutions (e.g. pharmaceuticals diagnostics, biologicals, bio-medical devices, healthier plants and animals for healthy nutrition).
2012/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 667 #

2011/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 3 – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 1
Appropriate knowledge, tools, services and innovations are necessary to support more productive, resource-efficient and resilient agriculture and forestry systems that supply sufficient food, feed, biomass and other raw-materials and deliver ecosystems services while at the same time supporting the development of thriving rural livelihoods. Research and innovation will provide options for integrating agronomic and environmental goals into more sustainable production, thus:such as: enhancing the genetical potential of plants to better adapt to biotic and abiotic stresses; increasing productivity and resource efficiency of agriculture; reducing agricultural greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions; reducing leaching of nutrients from cultivated lands into terrestrial and aquatic environmentsenhancing nutrient and water use efficiency; decreasing dependence from international plant derived protein imports to Europe; increasing the level of biodiversity in primary production systems.
2012/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 674 #

2011/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 3 – point 2 – point 2.1 – point 2.1.1 – introductory part
2.1.1. Increasing production efficiency and coping with climate change, while ensuring, food quality and safety, sustainability and resilience, coping with climate change
2012/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 680 #

2011/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 3 – point 2 – point 2.1 – point 2.1.1 – paragraph 2
Multi-disciplinary approaches will be sought to improve the performance of plants, animals, micro-organisms, while ensuring efficient resource use (water, nutrients, energy) and the ecological integrity of rural areas. Emphasis will be placed on integrated and diverse production systems and agronomic practices, including the use of precision technologies and ecological intensification approaches to benefit both conventional and organicall types of agriculture. Genetic improvement of plants and animals for adaptation and productivity traits will call for all appropriated conventional and modern breeding approaches and for a better use of genetic resourcevailable breeding technologies for a better use of genetic resources, opening avenues for the production of new and diversified products (food, feed, materials, energy), which meet the increasing demand for low-carbon short-chain delivery systems. Due attention will be given to on-farm soil management for increasing soil fertility as a basis for crop productivity. Animal and plant health will be promoted and integrated disease/pest control measures will be further developed. Strategies for the eradication of animal diseases including zoonoses will be tackled along with research on antimicrobial resistance. Studying the effects of practices on animal welfare will help meet societal concerns. The above listed areas will be underpinned by more fundamental research to address relevant biological questions as well as to support the development and implementation of Union policind in addition contributing to Europe's leading role in global initiatives.
2012/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 685 #

2011/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 3 – point 2 – point 2.1 – point 2.1.2 – introductory part
2.1.2. ProviStrengthening multi-functionality of agriculture, including ecosystem services and public goods
2012/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 693 #

2011/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 3 – point 2 – point 2.1 – point 2.1.3 – paragraph 1
Development opportunities for rural communities will be mobilised by strengthening their capacity for primary production and delivery of eco-systems services as well as by opening avenues for the production of new and diversified products (food, feed, materials, energy), which meet the increasing demand for low-carbon short-chain delivery systems. Socio-economic research along with the development of new concepts and institutional innovations is needed to ensure cohesion of rural areas and prevent economic and social marginalisation, foster diversification of economic activities (including service sector), ensure appropriate relations between rural and urban areas, as well as facilitate knowledge exchange, demonstration, innovation and dissemination and foster participatory resource management. Also, there is a need to look at ways in which public goods in rural areas can be converted into local/regional as well as European socio- economic benefits. Innovation needs defined at regional and local levels willFor instance bey complementeding local activities by cross- sectoral research actions at inter- regional and European levels. By providing the necessary analytical tools, indicators, models and forward looking activities, research projects will support policy makers and other actors in the implementation, monitoring and assessment of relevant strategies, policies and legislation, not only for rural areas but for the whole bio-economy. It will be essential that 'fit for purpose' and effective regulations are in place, and to improve the assessment of the effects of regulation and costs of compliance in the agri-industry and the farming community. Tools and data are also required to allow for proper assessment of potential trade- offs between various types of resource use (land, water and other inputs) and bio- economy products. Socio-economic and comparative assessment of farming/forestry systems and their sustainability performance will be addressed.
2012/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 700 #

2011/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 3 – point 2 – point 2.2 – paragraph 1
Consumer needs for safe, healthy and affordable food have to be addressed, while considering the impacts of food consumption behaviour and food and feed production on human health and the total ecosystem. Food and feed security and safety, the competitiveness of the European agri-food industry and the sustainability of food production and supply will be addressed, covering the whole food chain and related services, whether conventional or organicfor all types of farming and products, from primary production to consumption. This approach will contribute to (a) achieving food safety and security for all Europeans and eradication of hunger in the world (b) decreasing the burden of food- and diet- related diseases by promoting the shift towards healthy and sustainable diets, via consumer education and innovations in the agricultural and food industry (c) reducing water and energy consumption in food processing, transport and distribution and (d) reducing food wastage by 50 % by 2030.
2012/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 703 #

2011/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 3 – point 2 – point 2.2 – point 2.2.2 – paragraph 1
Nutritional needs and the impact of food on physiological functions, physical and mental performance will be addressed as well as the links between diet, ageing, chronic diseases and disorders and dietary patterns. Quality and healthy nutrition shall be increased by investigating and improving healthy compounds in plants (e.g. secondary metabolites) and the health status of cultivated plants. Dietary solutions and innovations leading to improvements in health and well-being will be identified. Chemical and microbial food and feed contamination, risks and exposures will be assessed, monitored, controlled and traced throughout the food and drinking water supply chains from production and storage to processing, packaging, distribution, catering, and preparation at home. Food safety innovations, improved risk communication tools and improved food safety standards will lead to enhanced consumer trust and protection in Europe. Globally improved food safety standards will also help to strengthen the competitiveness of the European food industry.
2012/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 707 #

2011/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 3 – point 2 – point 2.2 – point 2.2.3 – paragraph 1
The needs for the food and feed industry to cope with social, environmental, climate and economic change from local to global will be addressed at all stages of the food and feed production chain, including agricultural production, food design, processing, packaging, process control, waste reduction, by-product valorisation and the safe use or disposal of animal by- products. Innovative and sustainable resource-efficient processes and diversified, safe, affordable and high quality products will be generated. This will strengthen the innovation potential of the European food supply chain, enhance its competitiveness, create economic growth and employment and allow the European food industry to adapt to changes. Other aspects to address are traceability, logistics and services, socio- economic factors, the resilience of the food chain against environmental and climate risks, and the limitation of negative impacts of food chain activities and of changing diets and production systems on the environment.
2012/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 721 #

2011/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 3 – point 2 – point 2.4 – point 2.4.2 – paragraph 1
Activities will be supported to boost sustainable bioproducts, intermediates and bioenergy/biofuels, predominantly focussing on a cascade approach, prioritising the generation of high added- value products. Technologies and strategies will be developed to assure the raw material supply. Enhancing the range of typeavailability, range and characteristics of biomass for use in second and third generation biorefineries, including agriculture, horticulture, forestry, biowaste and industrial by- products, will help avoid food/fuel conflicts and support economic development of rural and coastal areas in the Union.
2012/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 722 #

2011/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 3 – point 2 – point 2.4 – point 2.4.3 – paragraph 1
Demand-side measures will open new markets for biotechnology innovation. Standardisation at Union and international levels is needed for, amongst others, determination of bio-based content, resource use efficiency (land, water, nutrients), product functionalities and biodegradability. Methodologies and approaches to life-cycle analysis need to be further developed and continuously adapted to scientific and industrial advances. Research activities supporting product and process standardisation, public procurement and regulatory activities in the field of biotechnology are considered essential for supporting the creation of new markets and for realising trade opportunities for products produced in a more sustainable way.
2012/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 733 #

2011/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 3 – point 2 – point 2.5 – paragraph 7
Forward looking activities will be undertaken across the sectors of the bio- economy, including the development of data bases, indicators and models addressing global, European, national and regional dimensions. A European bio- economy observatory, bringing together all stakeholders from science, industry and civil society shall be developed for mapping and monitoring Union and global research and innovation activities, developing key performance indicators, and monitoring innovation policies in the bio-economy.
2012/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 790 #

2011/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 3 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point 3.3.1 – paragraph 1
The objective for bio-energy is to bring to commercial maturity the most promising technologies, to permit large-scale, sustainable production of advanced second generation biofuels of different value chains for transport, and highly efficient combined heat and power from biomass, including CCS. The aim is to develop and demonstrate the technology for different bio-energy pathways at different scales, taking account the production of large volumes of biomass supply at competitive production costs of differing geographical and climate conditions and logistical constraints. Longer term research will support the development of a sustainable bio-energy industry beyond 2020. These activities will complement upstream (feedstock, bio-resources) and downstream (integration into vehicle fleets) research activities carried out in other relevant Societal Challenges.
2012/07/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 245 #

2011/0401(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) Horizon 2020 - the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation in the European Union (hereinafter ‘Horizon 2020’), focuses on three priorities, namely generating excellent science in order to strengthen the Union's world-class excellence in science, fostering industrial leadership to support business, including small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) and innovation and tackling societal challenges, in order to respond directly to the challenges identified in the Europe 2020 strategy by supporting activities covering the entire spectrum from research to market. Horizon 2020 should support all stages in the innovation chain, especially activities closer to the market includingWhile the Union added value lies mainly in funding pre-competitive, transnational, collaborative research, which should form the heart of Horizon 2020, it is also necessary to place emphasis on the widest possible use and dissemination of knowledge generated by the supported activities up to its commercial exploitation. Therefore, Horizon 2020 should support all stages in the research and innovation chain, including basic research, applied research, knowledge transfer, innovative financial instruments, as well as non- technological and social innovation, and aims to satisfy the research needs of a broad spectrum of Union policies by placing emphasis on. Horizon 2020 should apply a sliding scale, whereby the closer to the market the supported activity comes, the smaller the part should be theat widest possible use and dissemination of knowledge generated by the supported activities up to its commercial exploitationll be funded by Horizon 2020, and the bigger the part that should attract funding from other sources, such as the Structural Funds, national/regional funding or the private sector. The priorities of Horizon 2020 should also be supported through a programme under the Euratom Treaty on nuclear research and training.
2012/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 283 #

2011/0401(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 a (new)
(21a) Within the "Societal Challenges" priority a challenge-based approach should be followed, in which basic science, applied research, knowledge transfer and innovation are equally important and interlinked components. In order to ensure the appropriate balance between consensus-based and more disruptive R&D&I, at least 15% of the budget of the "Societal Challenges" priority should follow a bottom-up logic with open calls (no predefined call topics). Furthermore, the right balance should be stricken within the "Societal challenges" as well as within the "Industrial leadership" priorities between smaller and bigger projects, taking into account the specific sector structure, type of activity, technology and research landscape, while ensuring an acceptable level of success rate.
2012/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 480 #

2011/0401(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Linkages and interfaces shall be implemented across and within the priorities of Horizon 2020. Particular attention shall be paid in this respect to the development and application of key enabling and industrial technologies, to bridging from discovery to market application, to cross-, trans- and inter- disciplinary research and innovation, to social and economic sciences and humanities, to fostering the functioning and achievement of the ERA, to cooperation with third countries, to responsible research and innovation including gender, and to enhancing the attractiveness of the research profession and to facilitating cross-border and cross- sector mobility of researchers.
2012/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 834 #

2011/0401(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – broad lines of the specific objectives and activities – paragraph 15
All the activities shall take a challenge- based approach, in which basic science, applied research, knowledge transfer and innovation are equally important and interlinked components, focusing on policy priorities without predetermining the precise choice of technologies or solutions that should be developed. The emphasis shall be on bringing together a critical mass of resources and knowledge across different fields, technologies and scientific disciplines in order to address the challenges. The activities shall cover the full cycle from research to market, with a new focus on innovation-related activities, such as piloting, demonstration, test-beds, support for public procurement, design, end-user driven innovation, social innovation and market take-up of innovations.
2012/07/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 849 #

2011/0401(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – broad lines of the specific objectives and activities – paragraph 16
Social sciences and humanities shall be an integral part of the activities to address all the challenges. In addition, the underpinning development of these disciplines shall be supported under the specific objective ‘Inclusive, innovative and secure societies’. Support will also focus on providing a strong evidence base for policy making at international, Union, national and regional levels. Given the global nature of many of the challenges, strategic cooperation with third countries shall be an integral part of each challenge, paying special attention to supporting global efforts that require a critical mass for Europe to participate and where Europe could take the lead. In addition, cross-cutting support for international cooperation shall be provided under the specific objective ‘Inclusive, innovative and secure societies’.
2012/07/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 928 #

2011/0401(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point a – paragraph 2
Key activities shall be to provide excellent and innovative training to early-stage researchers at post-graduate level via interdisciplinary projects or doctoral programmes involving universities, research institutions, businesses, SMEs and other socio-economic groups from different countries. Full flexibility in terms of duration, host institution and number of trainees will be possible inside the overall agreed host network and financial volume for a project. This will improve career prospects for young post-graduate researchers in both the public and private sectors.
2012/07/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1007 #

2011/0401(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – paragraph 12
A major component of ‘Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies’ are Key Enabling Technologies (KETs), defined as micro- and nanoelectronics, photonics, nanotechnology, biotechnology, advanced materials and advanced manufacturing systems. These multi- disciplinary, knowledge and capital- intensive technologies cut across many diverse sectors providing the basis for significant competitive advantage for European industry. An integrated approach, promoting the combination, convergence and cross-fertilisation effect of KETs in different innovation cycles and value chains can deliver promising research results and open the way to new industrial technologies, products, services and novel applications (e.g. in space, transport, environment, health, agriculture etc.). The numerous interactions of KETs and enabling technologies will therefore be exploited in a flexible manner, as an important source of innovation. This will complement support for research and innovation in KETs that may be provided by national or regional authorities under the Cohesion Policy Funds within the framework of smart specialisation strategies.
2012/07/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1130 #

2011/0401(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.4 – point 1.4.3 – point b – introductory part
(b) Biotechnology-based industrial products and processes
2012/07/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1132 #

2011/0401(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – point 1.4 – point 1.4.3 – point b – paragraph 1
Developing industrial biotechnology for competitive industrial products and processes (e.g. chemical, health, mining, energy, pulp and paper, textile, starch, crop production and food processing) and its environmental dimension.
2012/07/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1374 #

2011/0401(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 4
The potential of biological resources and ecosystems could be used in a much more sustainable, efficient and integrated manner. For examples, the potential of biomass from agriculture, forests and waste streams from agricultural, aquatic, industrial, and also municipal origins could be better harnessed
2012/07/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1389 #

2011/0401(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 2 – point 2.2 – paragraph 2
A fully functional European bio-economy – encompassing the sustainable production of renewable resources from land and aquatic environments and their conversion into food, feed, bio-based products and bioenergy as well as the related public goods - will generate high European added value. Managed in a sustainable manner, it can reduce the environmental footprint of primary production and the supply chain as a whole. It can increase their competitiveness and provide jobs and business opportunities for rural and coastal development. The food security, sustainable agriculture, and overall bio- economy – related challenges are of a European and global nature. Actions at Union level are essential to bring together clusters to achieve the necessary breadth and critical mass to complement efforts made by a single or groups of Member States. A multi-actor approach will ensure the necessary cross-fertilising interactions between researcher, businesses, farmers/producers, advisors and end-users. The Union level is also necessary to ensure coherence in addressing this challenge across sectors and with strong links to relevant Union policies. Coordination of research and innovation at Union level will stimulate and help to accelerate the required changes across the Union.
2012/07/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1405 #

2011/0401(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 2 – point 2.3 – point a – paragraph 1
The aim is to supply sufficient food, feed, biomass and other raw-materials, while safeguarding natural resources and enhancing ecosystems services, including coping with and mitigating climate change. The activities shall focus on more sustainable and productive agriculture and forestry systems which are both resource- efficient (including low-carbon) and resilient, whileon increasing the quality and value of agricultural products, and at the same time developing of services, concepts and policies for thriving rural livelihoods.
2012/07/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1431 #

2011/0401(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 2 – point 2.3 – point d – paragraph 1
The aim is the promotion of low carbon, resource efficient, sustainable and competitive European bio-based industries. The activities shall focus on fostering the bio-economy by transforming conventional industrial processes and products into bio- based resource and energy efficient ones, the development of integrated biorefineries, producing and utilising biomass from primary production, biowaste and bio- based industry by- products, and opening new markets through supporting standardisation, regulatory and demonstration/field trial activities and others, while taking into account the implication of the bio-economy on land use and land use changes.
2012/07/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1449 #

2011/0401(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 3
The roadmap to a competitive low-carbon economy in 205027 shows that the targeted reductions in greenhouse gas emissions will have to be met largely within the territory of the Union. This would entail reducing CO2 emissions by over 90 % by 2050 in the power sector, by over 80 % in industry, by at least 60 % in transport and by about 90 % in the residential sector and services. The roadmap also shows that inter-alia, gas, in the short to medium term, can contribute to the transformation of the energy sector.
2012/07/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1462 #

2011/0401(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 4
To achieve these reductions, significant investments need to be made in research, development, demonstration and market roll-out of efficient, safe and reliable low- carbon energy technologies, including gas, and services. These must go hand in hand with non- technological solutions on both the supply and demand sides. All this must be part of an integrated low-carbon policy, including mastering key enabling technologies, in particular ICT solutions and advanced manufacturing, processing and materials. The goal is to produce efficient energy technologies and services that can be taken up widely on European and international markets and to establish intelligent demand-side management based on an open and transparent energy trade market and intelligent energy efficiency management systems.
2012/07/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1723 #

2011/0401(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 6.3 – point 6.3.2 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) ensure societal engagement in research and innovation; increase societal appreciation of science;
2012/07/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 98 #

2011/0387(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – part 2 – point 2.1 – point 2.1.2 – paragraph 1
In order to further enhance impact and to incentivise innovation in new areas of societal challenges, the EIT will gradually expand its portfolio of KICs. By following an incremental development path in establishing new KICs, the EIT will ensure that lessons learned from previous rounds are duly taken into consideration, and that KICs are set up only in areas where there is a clear innovation potential and top-class excellence to build on. In the period 2014- 2020, two new KICs will therefore be set up in two waves, i.e. threone new KICs each in 2014 and another one in 2018, leading up to a portfolio of ninfive KICs in the period 2014- 2020 (equalling the set-up of 40-50 co-location centres across the EU). A potential new selection process for KICs in 2018 shall strongly build on the results of a thorough external evaluation of the EIT and existing KICs, including an assessment of KICs' economic and societal impact and the contribution of the EIT to strengthening the innovation capacity of the EU and Member States, as well as on the results from the evaluations of Horizon 2020.
2012/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 106 #

2011/0387(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – part 2 – point 2.1 – point 2.1.2 – paragraph 5 – point 1
· Added-value manufacturingdeleted
2012/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 108 #

2011/0387(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – part 2 – point 2.1 – point 2.1.2 – paragraph 5 – point 3
· Innovation for healthy living and active ageingdeleted
2012/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 109 #

2011/0387(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – part 2 – point 2.1 – point 2.1.2 – paragraph 5 – point 4
· Raw materials – sustainable exploration, extraction, processing, recycling and substitutiondeleted
2012/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 112 #

2011/0387(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – part 2 – point 2.1 – point 2.1.2 – paragraph 5 – point 6
· Urban mobilitydeleted
2012/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 123 #

2011/0387(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – part 2 – point 2.1 – point 2.1.2 – paragraph 8 – introductory part
In view of the two waves of KIC selections foreseen in 2014 and 2018, threone themes haves been identified for the first wave. Reflecting the need for a gradual approach in establishing a new KICs, the selection of the first three themes has been based on the maturity of the field, the potential societal and economic impact, as well as the opportunities for synergies with other initiatives. They areIt is:
2012/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 127 #

2011/0387(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – part 2 – point 2.1 – point 2.1.2 – paragraph 8 – point 1
· Innovation for healthy living and active ageingdeleted
2012/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 130 #

2011/0387(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – part 2 – point 2.1 – point 2.1.2 – paragraph 8 – point 2
· Raw materials – sustainable exploration, extraction, processing, recycling and substitutiondeleted
2012/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 138 #

2011/0387(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – part 2 – point 2.1 – point 2.1.2 – paragraph 9
For the second wave in 2018, the remaining themes (urban mobility, added- value manufacturing and smart secure societies) will be considered, while taking into account new and unforeseen challenges which may arise in the future.
2012/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 179 #

2011/0387(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – part 4 – point 4.2 – paragraph 1
The EIT's budget needs in the period 2014- 2020 are 3,1 billion euro and are based on three main components: the necessary expenditure for consolidation of the existing three KICs, gradual development towards new KICs in 2014 and 2018 respectively, and dissemination and outreach activities and administrative expenditure.
2012/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 185 #

2011/0387(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – Factsheet 1
Factsheet deleted
2012/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 192 #

2011/0387(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – Factsheet 3
Factsheet deleted
2012/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 196 #

2011/0387(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – Factsheet 4
Factsheet deleted
2012/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 213 #

2011/0387(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – Factsheet 6
Factsheet deleted
2012/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 162 #

2011/0384(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Regulation (EC) No 294/2008
Article 19
The financial envelope from Horizon 2020 for the implementation of this Regulation during the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020 is set at EUR 3.182,2301.060,743 million The annual appropriations shall be authorised by the budgetary authority within the limits of the financial framework. The EIT financial contribution to the KICs shall be provided under this financial envelope.
2012/07/10
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 26 #

2011/0238(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 3
(3) The proper functioning of the internal energy market requires that the energy imported into the Union from third countries, is fully governed by the rules establishing an internal energy market. An internal energy market that is not functioning properly puts the EU in a vulnerable position with regard to security of energy supply. A highn appropriate degree of transparency with regard to agreements between Member States and third countries in the field of energy would allow the Union to take coordinated action, in a spirit of solidarity, in order to ensure that such agreements are in accordance with Union legislation and effectively secure the supply of energy.
2012/01/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 44 #

2011/0238(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 9
(9) Member States should already notify the intention to open negotiations to the Commission with regard to new intergovernmental agreements or amendments to existing intergovernmental agreements. The Commission should be kept informed regularly on the ongoing negotiations. It should have the right to participate as an observer in the negotiations. Member States may also request the CommissionMember States may request the Commission to participate as an observer or to assist them during their negotiations with third countries.
2012/01/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 46 #

2011/0238(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 10
(10) The Commission should, on its own initiative or on request from the Member State which has negotiated the intergovernmental agreement, have the right to assess the compatibility of the negotiated agreement with Union law before the agreement has been signed.
2012/01/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 49 #

2011/0238(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 12
(12) The Commission should make all receivedappropriate information available to all other Member States in electronic form. The Commission should respect requests from Member States to treat information, in particular commercial information, submitted as confidential. Requests for confidentiality should however not restrict access of the Commission itself to confidential information as the Commission needs to have comprehensive information for its own assessment. The requests for confidentiality are without prejudice to the right of access to documents as provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents.16
2012/01/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 74 #

2011/0238(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall submit all existing and provisionally applied intergovernmental agreements between them and third countries in their entirety, including their annexes and other texts they refer to explicitly and all amendments thereto to the Commission at the latest three months after the entry into force of this Decision. TWith the exception of confidential parts identified according to Article 7, the Commission shall make the received documents accessible in electronic form to all other Member States. Existing or provisionally applied intergovernmental agreements which have already been communicated in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 994/2010 to the Commission at the date of entry into force of this Decision, which are fulfilling the requirements of this paragraph, shall be considered as communicated for the purposes of this Decision.
2012/01/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 83 #

2011/0238(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. When a Member State intends to enter into negotiations with a third country in order to amend an existing intergovernmental agreement or to conclude a new intergovernmental agreement, the Member State shall inform the Commission in writing of its intention at the earliest possible moment before the envisaged opening of the negotiations. The information provided to the Commission shall include the relevant documentation, an indication of the provisions to be addressed in the negotiations, the objectives of the negotiations and other relevant information. In case of amendments to an existing agreement, the provisions that are to be renegotiated shall be indicated in the information provided to the Commission. TWith the exception of confidential parts identified according to Article 7, the Commission shall make the received information accessible to all Member States in electronic form. The Member State concerned shall keep the Commission informed regularly of the ongoing negotiations. On request of the Commission or the Member State concerned, the Commission may participate as an observer in the negotiations.
2012/01/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 105 #

2011/0238(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 1
The Commission may on its own initiative until four weeks after it has been informed of the closure of the negotiations at the latest or on request fromAt the request of the Member State which has negotiated the intergovernmental agreement, the Commission shall assess the compatibility of the negotiated agreement with Union law before the agreement has been signed. In case the Commission or the Member State concerned ask for such an ex-ante assessment of the negotiated intergovernmental agreement with Union law, the negotiated but not yet signed draft intergovernmental agreement shall be submitted to the Commission for examination. The Member State concerned shall refrain from signing the agreement for a period of fourtwo months following the submission of the draft intergovernmental agreement. In agreement with the Member State concerned, the examination period might be prolonged. When a compatibility control has been requested, and to avoid any unnecessary delays in signing the agreement, the Commission shall inform the Member State as soon as possible before the end of the examination period if they do not intend to raise any objections. The Commission shall endeavour to express an opinion, positive or negative, on all compatibility control requests but in the absence of an opinion by the Commission within the examination period, the Commission shall be deemed not to have raised objections.
2012/01/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 118 #

2011/0238(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) on the basis of best practice, develop standard clauses the use of whichat if applied would ensure full compliance of future intergovernmental agreements with Union energy legislation.
2012/01/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 130 #

2011/0238(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. The report shall in particular assess whether this Decision provides for a sufficient framework in order to ensure full compliance of intergovernmental agreements with Union law and a high level of coordination between Member States with regard to intergovernmental agreements. It shall also assess whether the timeframes laid down in this Decision are appropriate and the impact they have had on Member States' negotiations with third countries.
2012/01/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 30 #

2011/0225(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
(2) This Regulation shall apply to any carrier transporting radioactive materials within the Community, from third countries into the Community and from the Community into third countries. It shall not apply to carriers transporting radioactive materials only within their national borders, or by air and sea.
2013/06/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 163 #

2011/0187(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. Any switch to or from an alternative roaming provider, or between alternative roaming providers, shall be free of charge and shall not entail conditions or restrictions pertaining to elements of the subscription other than roaming, and shall be carried out within five working daythe shortest possible time, to be defined in the BEREC guidelines, save that where a roaming customer who has subscribed to a domestic package which includes roaming prices other than the Eurotariff, Euro-SMS tariff or Euro- data tariff, the home provider may delay the switch from the old to the new subscription concerning roaming services for a specified period not exceeding threewo months.
2011/12/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 232 #

2011/0187(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. The retail charge (excluding VAT) of a Eurotariff which a home provider may levy from its roaming customer for the provision of a regulated roaming call may vary for any roaming call but shall not exceed EUR 0,325 per minute for any call made or EUR 0,11 per minute for any call received as of 1 July 2012 . The price ceiling for calls made shall decrease to EUR 0,285 and EUR 0,2415 on 1 July 2013 and on 1 July 2014 respectively, and for calls received to EUR 0,108 on 1 July 2013 and EUR 0,06 on 1 July 2013 4. Without prejudice to Articles 13 and 19 these regulated maximum retail charges for the Eurotariff shall remain valid until 30 June 2016.
2011/12/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 256 #

2011/0187(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. With effect from 1 July 2012 , the retail charge (excluding VAT) of a Euro-SMS tariff which a home provider may levy from its roaming customer for a regulated roaming SMS message sent by that roaming customer may vary for any roaming SMS message but shall not exceed EUR 0,10 08. Without prejudice to Articles 13 and 19, the regulated maximum retail charge for the Euro-SMS tariff shall remain at EUR 0,108 until 30 June 2016.
2011/12/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 290 #

2011/0187(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. With effect from 1 July 2012, the retail charge (excluding VAT) of a Euro-data tariff which a home provider may levy from its roaming customer for the provision of a regulated roaming data shall not exceed EUR 0,9075 per megabyte. The price ceiling for data used shall decrease to EUR 0,750 and EUR 0,250, per megabyte used on 1 July 2013 and on 1 July 2014 respectively. Without prejudice to Articles 13 and 19, the regulated maximum retail charge shall remain at EUR 0,250, per megabyte used until 30 June 2016.
2011/12/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 327 #

2011/0187(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. Home providers shall ensure that their roaming customers, both before and after the conclusion of a contract, are kept adequately informed of the charges which apply to their use of regulated data roaming services, in ways which facilitate customers' understanding of the financial consequences of such use and permit them to monitor and control their expenditure on regulated data roaming services in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3. The safeguard mechanisms referred to in paragraph 3 shall not apply to pre-paid customers, save where they have concluded a pre-paid agreement with automatic credit increase.
2011/12/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 145 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
(7) The Presidency Conclusions of the European Council of 4 February 2011 acknowledged that the EU energy efficiency target is not on track and that determined action is required to tap the considerable potential for higher energy savefficiency gaings in buildings, transport, products and processes. (This amendment applies throughout the text in reference to 'energy savings'. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 184 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
(15) The rate of building renovation needs to be increased, as the existing building stock represents the single biggest potential sector for energy savings. Moreover, buildings are crucial to achieving the EU objective of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80-95% by 2050 compared to 1990. To ensure this, it is essential that this Directive maintains a long-term view and establishes roadmaps for drastically reducing the energy use of both private and public buildings by 2050. Buildings owned or occupied by public bodies account for a considerable share of the building stock and have high visibility in public life. It is therefore appropriate to set an annual rate of renovation of all long-term target and an annual rate of energy performance improvement for buildings owned or occupied by public bodies to upgrade their energy performance. This renovation ratemeasure would require an increased renovation rate and deep renovations, while it should be without prejudice to the obligations with regard to nearly- zero energy buildings set in Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 on the energy performance of buildings it will in fact serve to facilitate meeting these obligations. The obligation to renovate public buildings complements the provisions of that Directive, which requires Member States to ensure that when existing buildings undergo major renovation their energy performance is upgraded so that they meet minimum energy performance requirements.
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 206 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) Taking into account that buildings represent 40% of the final energy use in the EU and 36% of the CO2 emissions, and given that the Roadmap for moving to a low carbon economy in 2050 establishes an objective of 90% emission reduction from the building sector, this objective will only be achieved if the EU takes strong action in the building stock as a whole, as an essential part of its energy infrastructure. This is why, following the exemplary role of the public sector in building renovation, Member states must also, within a long-term perspective and preserving the principle of subsidiarity and cost-effectiveness, establish path ways for the renovation of commercial and private buildings.
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 217 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
(19) To tap the energy efficiency and savings potential in certain market segments where energy audits are generally not offered commercially (such as households or small and medium-sized enterprises), Member States should ensure that energy audits are available. Energy audits should be mandatory and regular for large enterprises, as energy savings can be significant. Furthermore, Member States should take positive steps to encourage energy efficiency and savings in these market segments. First by encouraging electricity and gas distributors to restructure their tariffs and second by reviewing the application of variable rates of VAT.
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 239 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
(21) When designing energy efficiency improvement measures, account should be taken of efficiency gains and savings obtained through the widespread application of cost-effective technological innovations such as smart meters. To maximise the saving benefits of these innovations, final customers should be able to visualise indicators of cost and consumption and have regular individual billing based on actual consumption. In particular, Member States should require electricity and gas distributors to adopt a common system of display to facilitate decisions by consumers.
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 248 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
(23) High-efficiency cogeneration (CHP) and district heating and cooling has significant potential for saving primary energy which is largely untapped in the Union. Member States should draw up national plans to develop high-efficiency CHP and district heating and cooling where appropriate to their climate and housing structure. These plans should cover a sufficiently long period to provide investors with information concerning national development plans and contribute to a stable and supportive investment environment. New electricity generation installations and existing installations which are substantially refurbished or whose permit or licence is updated should be equipped with high-efficient CHP units to recover waste heat stemming from the production of electricity. This waste heat could then be transported where it is needed through district heating networks. To this end, Member States should adopt authorisation criteria to ensure the location of installations in sites close to heat demand points. Member States should however be able to lay down conditions for exemption from these obligations where certain conditions are met.
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 268 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 27
(27) Most EU businesses are small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). They represent an enormous energy saving potential for the EU. To help them adopt energy efficiency measures, Member States should establish a favourable framework aimed at providing SMEs with technical assistance and targeted information while recalling that the best incentive for SMEs must be the financial savings to be achieved through energy efficiency measures.
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 335 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
1 a. 'energy efficiency' means either achieving the same end use or outcome with less energy than before, or achieving greater output or end use from the same amount of energy;
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 344 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 c (new)
1 c. 'energy efficiency measures' means all actions that normally lead to verifiable and measurable or estimable energy efficiency improvement;
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 346 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
2 a. 'final energy consumption' is the energy consumed in the following sectors: industry, transport, commercial and public services, agriculture/forestry, fishing, residential and other. It excludes the non-energy consumption, deliveries to the energy transformation sector and to the energy sector;
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 348 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
2 a. 'energy intensity' means the ratio of energy used to produce one unit of gross national product;
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 352 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
2 b. 'energy savings' means an amount of saved energy determined by measuring and/or estimating consumption before and after implementation of one or more energy efficiency improvement measures, whilst ensuring normalisation for external conditions that affect energy consumption;
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 373 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
7. ‘energy distributor’ means a natural or legal person, including a distribution system operator, responsible for transporting energy with a view to its delivery to final customers or to distribution stations that sell energy to final customers, regardless of whether the energy is transported by means of a grid;
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 377 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9
9. ‘retail energy sales company’ means a natural or legal person who sells energy to final customers, regardless of whether the energy is connected or not to the grid;
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 383 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11 a (new)
11 a. 'energy service company' (ESCO) means a legal person that delivers energy services and/or other energy efficiency improvement measures in a user's facility or premises, and accepts some degree of financial risk in doing so. The payment for the services delivered is based (either wholly or in part) on the achievement of energy efficiency improvements and on the meeting of the other agreed performance criteria;
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 420 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 27 a (new)
27 a. 'third party financing' means a contractual arrangement involving a third party - in addition to the energy supplier and the beneficiary of the energy efficiency improvement measure - that provides the capital for that measure and charges the beneficiary a fee equivalent to a part of the energy efficiency achieved as a result of the energy efficiency improvement measure. That third party may or may not be an ESCO;
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 443 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall set a national energy efficiency target expressed as an absolute level of primary energy consumption reduction of overall energy intensity by 20% over 2010 values in 2020. When setting theseis targets, they shall take into account the Union’s target of 20 % energy savings, the measures provided for in this Directive, the measures adopted to reach the national energy saving targets adopted pursuant to Article 4(1) of Directive 2006/32/EC and other measures to promote energy efficiency within Member States and at Union level.
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 468 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. By 30 June 2014, the Commission shall assess whether the Union is likely to achieve its target of 20 % primary energy savings by 2020, requiring a reduction of EU primary energy consumption of 368 Mtoe inreduction in energy intensity by 2020, taking into account the sum of the national targets referred to in paragraph 1 and the evaluation referred to in Article 19(4).
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 484 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a (new) 1. Member States shall aim to reduce, by 31 December 2050, the total delivered or final energy consumption of the existing building stock by 80% compared to 2010 levels. 2. As part of the national plans referred to in Article 9 of Directive 2010/31/EU, and without prejudice to paragraph 1 thereof, Member States shall develop policies and take measures to ensure a cumulative energy performance improvement of the total building stock. 3. By 1 January 2014, Member States shall establish and make publicly available the national plans referred to in paragraph 2. They shall include at least: (a) a record of buildings differentiated according to the category of building, (b) targets for the reduction of the average delivered or final energy consumption of their building stock by 2020, 2030 and 2040, differentiated according to the category of building. The delivered energy shall include the aspects listed in point 3 of Annex 1 of the Directive 2010/31/EC. These targets shall be consistent with reaching the long term objective referred to in paragraph 1, (c) measures to address social, technical and financial challenges in the buildings sector, (d) measures to ensure that tenants are not financially penalised. 4. Member States shall ensure that, for each category of buildings, deep renovations are carried out first in the buildings with the worst energy performance.
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 514 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to Article 7 of Directive 2010/31/EU, Member States shall ensure that as fromby 1 January 2014, 321, 21% of the total floor area owned by their public bodies ishas been renovated each year to meet at least the minimum energy performance requirements set by the Member State concerned in application of Article 4 of Directive 2010/31/EU. The 321% rate shall be calculated on the total floor area of buildings with a total useful floor area over 250 m2 owned by the public bodies of the Member State concerned that, on 1 January of each year2014, does not meet the national minimum energy performance requirements set in application of Article 4 of Directive 2010/31/EU.
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 544 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may allow their public bodies to count towards their annual renovation rate the excess of renovated building floor area in a given year as if it has instead been renovated in any of the two previous or following years.deleted
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 630 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4 a Without prejudice to Article 7 of Directive 2010/31/EU, Member States shall implement dedicated national roadmaps for the renovation of the buildings owned or occupied by public bodies. These roadmaps shall ensure measured reductions of delivered or final energy consumption (kWh and KWh/m2 or equivalent), as defined in Directive 2010/32/EC Annex 1, of at least 20%, 40% and 80% by 2020, 2030 and 2045, respectively. As part of these plans, all buildings owned or occupied by the national, regional and local authorities which- as from 1 January 2014- are subject to periodic modernisation works (for instance, because of age, poor quality or bad performance) will also be subject to energy renovation leading to the reduction of energy consumption mentioned above. When fulfilling requirements set out in paragraph 1, Member States shall ensure that deep renovations are carried out whenever technically feasible, starting first with the worst performing buildings, and encompassing all economically justifiable measures. These renovations shall be carried out at a rate and a depth that leads to a deemed or estimated annual cumulative energy performance improvement of at least 2.5% on average per year for the stock of public buildings as a whole until 2030, and beyond.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 646 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure that public bodies purchase where possible only products, services and buildings with high energy efficiency performance, as referred to in Annex III.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 665 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall set up an energy efficiency obligation scheme. This scheme shall ensure that either all energy distributors or all retail energy sales companies operating on the Member State's territory achieve a minimum annual energy savingefficiency gains equal to 1.5% of their energy sales, by volume, in the previous year in that Member State excluding energy used in transport. This amount of energy savefficiency gaings shall be achieved by the obligated parties among final customers. Member States shall define eligible sectors and measures, country-specific measurement and verification rules, including qualitative project requirements and eligible actors other than the obligated parties. They shall also retain the possibility to couple the obligation with a trading mechanism designed according to national needs and circumstances.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 712 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall calculate express the amount of energy savings required from each obligated party first in terms of either final orand then in terms of primary energy consumption respectively. The method chosen for expressing the required amount of energy savefficiency gaings shall also be used for calculating the savings claimed by obligated parties. The conversion factors in Annex IV shall apply.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 717 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. Measures that target short-term savings, as defined in Annex V(1), shall not account for more than 10% of the amount of energy savings required from each obligated party and shall only be eligible to count towards the obligation laid down in paragraph 1 if combined with measures to which longer-term savings are attributed.deleted
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 729 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that the savgaings claimed by obligated parties are calculated and verified in accordance with Annex V(2)common general measurement and verification criteria plus country-specific rules. The common general measurement and verification criteria (e.g. criteria to avoid double counting and guarantee saving additionally, criteria to set default lifetime values and deemed savings, clarification of what is meant by statistical methods) will be defined by the Commission in a future act. Where the obligation scheme is financed via energy tariffs, national energy regulatory authorities should have a direct role in defining the technical and economic regulation governing the scheme, as well as in administering it, with the support of third parties where needed. They shall put in place control systems under which at least a statistically significant proportion of the energy efficiency improvement measures put in place by the obligated parties is independently verified.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 753 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 5 – point c
(c) allow obligated parties to count savefficiency gaings obtained in a given year as if they had instead been obtained in any of the two previous or two following years.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 757 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. Member States shall publish the energy savefficiency gaings achieved by each obligated party and data on the annual trend of energy savefficiency gaings under the scheme. For the purposes of publishing and verifying the energy savefficiency gaings achieved, Member States shall require obligated parties to submit to them at least the following data:
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 760 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – point a
(a) the energy savefficiency gaings achieved;
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 761 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – point b
(b) aggregated statistical information on their final customers (identifying significant changes to previously submitted information); andeleted
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 765 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – point c
(c) current information on final customers' consumption, including, where applicable, load profiles, customer segmentation and geographical location of customers, while preserving the integrity and confidentiality of private or commercially sensitive information in compliance with applicable European Union legislation.deleted
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 792 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1
As an alternative to paragraph 1, Member States may opt to take other measures to achieve energy savefficiency gaings among final customers. The annual amount of energy savefficiency gaings achieved through this approach shall be equivalent to the amount of energy savefficiency gaings required in paragraph 1.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 816 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 10
10. If appropriate, the Commission shall establish, by means of a delegated act in accordance with Article 18, a system of mutual recognition of energy savings achieved under national energy efficiency obligation schemes. Such a system shall allow obligated parties to count energy savings achieved and certified in a given Member State towards their obligations in another Member State.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 831 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall promote the availability to all final customers of energy audits which are affordableinvestment grade audits in order to assess and ensure the energy performance of industrial facilities, industrial processes and buildings. These audits will be economically and technically adapted to each industrial facility or building, depending on the complexity of the audited facility, process or building, and carried out in an independent manner by qualified or accredited experts.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 899 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Member States shall use investment grade audits in order to assess and ensure the quality of buildings' Energy Performance Certificates as required by Directive 2010/31/EC. The Commission will provide guidelines for Member States to ensure the quality of their Energy Performance Certificates and of the energy efficiency improvement of the measures undertaken as a result of recommendations from these certificates.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 918 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that final customers for electricity, natural gas, district heating or cooling and district- supplied domestic hot water are provided with individual meters that accurately measure and allow to make available their actual energy consumption and provide information on actual time of use, in accordance with Annex VI and the relevant provisions for electricity in Directive 2009/72/EC and for gas in Directive 2009/73/EC.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 973 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
In case of heating and cooling, where a building is supplied from a district heating network, a heat meter shall be installed at the building entry. In multi-apartment buildings, individual heat consumption meters shall also be installed to measure the consumption of heat or cooling for each apartment where feasible. Where the use of individual heat consumption meters is not technically feasible, individual heat cost allocators, in accordance with the specifications in Annex VI(1.2), shallmay be used for measuring heat consumption at each radiator.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 997 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
In addition to the obligations resulting from Directive 2009/72/EC and Directive 2009/73/EC with regard to billing, Member States shall ensure, not later than 1 January 20152020, that billing is accurate and based on actual consumption, for all the sectors covered by the present Directive, including energy distributors, distribution system operators and retail energy sales companies, in accordance with the minimum frequency set out in Annex VI(2.1). Appropriate information shall be made available with the bill to provide final customers with a comprehensive account of current energy costs, in accordance with Annex VI(2.2) and the relevant provisions for electricity in Directive 2009/72/EC and for gas in 2009/73/EC.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1007 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall ensure that final customers are offered a choice of either electronic or hard copy billing and the possibility of easy access to complementary information allowing detailed self-checks on historical consumption as laid down in Annex VI(1.1).
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1020 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. Information from metering and billing of individual consumption of energy as well as the other information mentioned in paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and Annex VI shall be provided to final customers free ofat a minimal charge.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1099 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Member States shallmay ensure, subject to a cost benefit assessment of national economic or climatic or spatial planning conditions, that all new thermal electricity generation installations with a total thermal input exceeding 20 MW:
2011/11/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1197 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall ensure that national regulations on urban and rural spatial planning are adapted to the authorisation criteria referred to in paragraph 3 and are in line with the national heating and cooling plans referred to in paragraph 1.deleted
2011/11/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1215 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Member States shallmay ensure, subject to a cost benefit assessment of national economic or climatic or spatial planning conditions, that, whenever an existing electricity generation installation with a total rated thermal input exceeding 20 MW is substantially refurbished or when, in accordance with Article 21 of Directive 2010/75/EC, its permit is updated, conversion to allow its operation as a high- efficiency cogeneration installation is set as a condition in the new or updated permit or licence, provided that the installation is sited in a location where the waste heat can be used by heat demand points in accordance with point 1 of Annex VIII.
2011/11/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1336 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall ensure that electricity network regulation, and electricity network tariffs set or approved by energy regulatory authorities, fulfil the criteria in Annex XI, taking into account guidelines and codes developed pursuant to Regulation 714/2009 and Regulation 715/2009.
2011/11/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1347 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point b
b) requiring network operators to identifying concrete measures and investments for the introduction of cost- effective energy efficiency improvements in the network infrastructure, with a detailed timetable for their introduction.
2011/11/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1368 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Member States shall ensure that, subject to requirements relating to the maintenance of the reliability and safety of the grid, based on transparent and non-discriminatory criteria defined by the competent nationalnational energy regulatory authorities, transmission system operators and distribution system operators in their territory:
2011/11/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1378 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point c
c) when dispatching electricity generating installations, provide priority dispatch of electricity from high efficiency cogeneration.deleted
2011/11/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1400 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Where appropriate, Member States may require transmission system operators and distribution operators to encourage high- efficiency cogeneration to be sited close to areas of demand by reducing the connection and use-of-system charges.deleted
2011/11/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1426 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b
b) providing model contracts for energy performance contracting in the public sector, based on Life-Cycle costs and benefits, while encouraging long-term contracts that provide greater savings; these shall at least include the items listed in Annex XIII;
2011/11/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1457 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
b a) requiring energy distributors to review their tariffs to ensure that the cost of marginal additional units of consumption of electricity or gas is greater than the initial block of consumed units so as to encourage consumers to be more efficient and not consume more than they need;
2011/11/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1465 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b b (new)
b b) reviewing the application of VAT on energy consumption in the household sector to assess whether variable rates of VAT on a rising scale would encourage greater efficiency as well as reduced consumption without prejudice to energy poverty;
2011/11/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1505 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
By 30 April 2014, and every three years thereafter, Member State shall submit supplementary reports with information on national energy efficiency policies, action plans, programmes and measures implemented or planned at national, regional and local level to improve energy efficiency in view of achieving the national energy efficiency targets referred to in Article 3 (1), and of implementing the national roadmaps referred to in Article 3.2 a new. The reports shall be complemented with updated estimates of expected overall primary energy consumption in 2020, as well as estimated levels of primary energy consumption in the sectors indicated in Annex XIV(1).
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1511 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States should not set targets for any industry sector which is exposed to a significant risk of carbon leakage, as determined in Commission Decision 2010/2/EU. If they anyhow decide to do so, Member States shall express possible sectoral targets for production processes in these industries in energy use per output unit so as to avoid impeding industrial growth.
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1516 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall evaluate the annual reports and supplementary reports and assess the extent to which Member States have made progress towards the achievement of the national energy efficiency targets required by Article 3(1), towards the target established in Article 3.2 a new and towards the implementation of this Directive. The Commission shall send its assessment to the European Parliament and the Council. Based on its assessment of the reports the Commission may issue recommendations to Member States.
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1638 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 1 – point 1.1 – subparagraph 1
When an individual meter is installed, Member States shall ensure that it is connected to an interface which provides secure communication to the final customer, enabling the meter to export private metrological data to the final customer or a third party designated by the final customapplies the relevant European standards and functionalities for these meters.
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1643 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 1 – point 1.1 – subparagraph 2
The interface shall provide private information enabling final customers to better control their energy consumption and use the information for further potential analysis. Such information shall at least indicate the current rate of consumption (e.g. kWh, kJ, m3) and related costs and be communicated in a format that promotes consumer action in energy efficiency.deleted
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1649 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 1 – point 1.1 – subparagraph 3
The National Regulatory Authority shall ensure that the interface also provides public data that allows the final customer to consult and use the applicable time-of- use tariffs with real-time pricing, peak time pricing and peak time rebates.deleted
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1654 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 1 – point 1.1 – subparagraph 4
The private data exported through the interface shall offer the final customer a possibility to consult his/her historic consumption levels (in local currency and in kWh, kJ or m3): (a) in the last seven days, day by day; (b) in the last complete week; (c) in the last complete month; (d) in the same complete month the previous year; (e) in the last complete year.deleted
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1667 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 1 – point 1.1 – subparagraph 6
Complementary information on historical consumption (any day, week, month, year from the start-up of intelligent metering) and other useful information allowing for more detailed self-checks by the consumer (e.g. graphic evolutions of individual consumption; benchmarking information, cumulative consumption/savings/spendings from the beginning of each contract, proportion of the individual consumption from renewable sources of energy and related CO2 savings, etc) shall be made easily accessible either directly through the interface or via the internet.deleted
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1672 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 1 – point 1.2
HWhere feasible, heat cost allocators shall be equipped with clearly legible displays allowing the final customer to consult the current rate of consumption as well as historic consumption levels. The historic periods displayed by the heat cost allocator shall match the billing periods.
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1674 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 2 – point 2.1 – title
2.1 Frequency of billing based on actual consumptioninformation provided to customers
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1679 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 2 – point 2.1 – subsubparagraph 1 – introductory part
In order to enable final customers to regulate their own energy consumption, billing on the basis of actual consumption shall be performed with the following frequency:frequently enough to allow customers to regulate their own consumption and to participate in the market if they so desire, as set out for electricity in Annex I, paragraph 1 (i) of Directive 2009/72/EC and for gas in Directive 2009/73/EC.
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1687 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 2 – point 2.1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) On a monthly basis for electricity consumption.deleted
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1692 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 2 – point 2.1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) At least every two months for the consumption of natural gas. Where gas is used for individual heating, billing shall be provided on a monthly basis.deleted
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1700 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 2 – point 2.1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) With centralised heating and cooling, billing shall be provided on a monthly basis during the heating/cooling season.deleted
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1712 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 2 – point 2.1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) At least every two months for hot water billing.deleted
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1724 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 2 – point 2.2 – introductory part
Member States shall ensure that the followingnecessary and relevant information is made available to final customers in clear and understandable terms in or with their bills, contracts, transactions, and receipts at distribution stations: as required for electricity by Directive 2009/72/EC and for gas by Directive 2009/73/EC. Such information may be presented in different forms and at different intervals, in a clear and concise manner, while taking into account need to minimise information overload of the customer.
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1727 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 2 – point 2.2 – point a
(a) current actual prices and actual consumption of energy;deleted
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1729 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 2 – point 2.2 – point b
(b) comparisons of the final customer’s current energy consumption with consumption for the same period in the previous year, preferably in graphic form;deleted
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1730 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 2 – point 2.2 – point c
(c) comparisons with an average normalised or benchmarked final customer in the same user category;deleted
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1733 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 2 – point 2.2 – point d
(d) contact information for final customers’ organisations, energy agencies or similar bodies, including website addresses, from which information may be obtained on available energy efficiency improvement measures, comparative end- user profiles and objective technical specifications for energy-using equipment.deleted
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1737 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 2 – point 2.3
When sending contracts and contract changes, and in the bills customers receive or through websites addressing individual customers, energy distributors, distribution system operators and retail energy sales companies shall inform their customers in a clear and understandable manner of contact information for independent consumer advice centres, energy agencies or similar institutions, including their internet addresses, where they can obtain advice on available energy efficiency measures, benchmark profiles for their energy consumption and technical specifications of energy using appliances that can serve to reduce the consumption of these appliancesRetail energy sales companies shall inform their customers in a clear and understandable manner of contact information of the single point of contact, as required for electricity by Article 3 (12) of Directive 2009/72/EC and for gas by Article 3 (9) of Directive 2009/73/EC.
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1784 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex XI – title
Energy efficiency criteria for energlectricity network regulation and for network tariffs set or approved by energlectricity regulatory authorities
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1785 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex XI – section 2 – introductory part
2. Network regulation and tariffs shall allow network operators to offer system services and system tariffs for demand response measures, demreflect, in particular, the impact on network costs and management and distributed generation on organised electricity markets, in particulary benefits from:
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1788 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex XI – section 2 – point a
(a) the shifting of the load from peak to off-peak times by final customers taking into account the availability of renewable energy, energy from cogeneration and distributed generation;deleted
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1789 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex XI – section 2 – point b
(b) energy savefficiency gaings from demand response of distributed consumers by energy aggregators ;
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1792 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex XI – section 2 – subparagraph 2
For the purposes of this provision the term ‘organised electricity markets’ shall include over-the-counter markets and electricity exchanges for trading energy, capacity, balancing and ancillary services in all timeframes, including forward, day- ahead and intra-day markets.deleted
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1793 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex XI – section 3 – introductory part
3. Network tariffs shall be available that supportallow the market to offer dynamic pricing for demand response measures by final customers, includingsuch as:
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 39 #

2011/0167(NLE)

Draft opinion
Short justification – Paragraph 6
6. Therefore, feels compelled to call on the Committee on International Trade to withhold its consent to the agreementsuspend its work on the proposal pending the ruling by the ECJ.
2012/05/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 36 #

2010/2301(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the scale of Chinese investment in renewable energies is having a direct negative impact on the EU's own renewable manufacturing sectors, but stresses that the EU can still be at the cutting edge if it opts to focus its research efforts on rational resource management and the green economy and to invest in those areas;
2011/10/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 21 #

2010/2051(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Acknowledges the important role played by stakeholder organisations pursuing interests of the public good such as ANEC, ECOS and ETUI-REHS, as well as the essential role played by NORMAPME, and calls on the Commission to earmark some of the financing allocated to ESOs for Commission-mandated standards to these organisations particularly for standards within their remit;
2010/06/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 25 #

2010/2051(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for each of these stakeholder organisations to be given a single vote when it comes to the formal approval of European Standards;deleted
2010/06/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 114 #

2010/0363(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) Where information is not commercially sensitive, the Agency should be able to make that information available to market participants and the wider public. Such transparency can help build confidence in the market and help the development of knowledge about the functioning of wholesale energy markets. The Agency and national regulatory agencies should not publish contemporaneous market sensitive information.
2011/04/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 291 #

2010/0363(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The Agency may decide to make publicly available parts of the information which it holds provided that commercially sensitive information on individual market participants or individual transactions is not released. The Agency and any national authority (with such information as may have been shared by the Agency under Article 8) shall not publish contemporaneous market sensitive information.
2011/05/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 323 #

2010/0363(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. Confidential information received by the persons referred to in paragraph 2 in the course of their duties may not be divulged to any other person or authority, except in summary or aggregate form and subject to the limitations of Article 9(2), such that an individual market participant or market place cannot be identified, without prejudice to cases covered by criminal law or the other provisions of this Regulation, or other relevant Union legislation.
2011/05/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 124 #

2010/0275(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Title
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL Concernestablishing the New European Union Network and Information Security Agency (ENEUNISA)
2011/09/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 204 #

2010/0275(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. The Management Board shall define the general direction of the operation of the Agency and ensure that the Agency works in accordance with the rules and principles laid down in this Regulation. It shall ensure the efficient running of the Agency. It shall also ensure consistency of the Agency’s work with activities conducted by the Member States as well as at Union level. The Management Board shall adopt any administrative arrangements with third countries and approve any other initiatives with an international dimension.
2011/09/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 205 #

2010/0275(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. The Management Board shall adopt itsthe rules of procedure in agreement with the relevant Commission servicesfor itself and for the Executive Board in agreement with the Commission. The rules of procedure shall provide for balanced representation of Management Board members on the Executive Board, taking into account the need to reflect Member State capabilities in the area of network and information security and continuity and efficiency of the Executive Board. The rules of procedure shall allow for expedited decisions through either written procedure or by remote conferencing.
2011/09/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 213 #

2010/0275(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. The Management Board shall hold an ordinary meeting twionce a year. It shall also hold extraordinary meetings at the instance of the Chairperson or at the request of at least a third of its members with the right to vote.
2011/09/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 64 #

2010/0252(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 4
(4) This first programme should in particular support the Europe 2020 Strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth given the huge potential of wireless services to promote an information-based economy, develop and assist sectors relying on information and communications technologies and overcome the digital divide. It is also a key action in the Digital Agenda for Europe4 which aims to deliver fast broadband internet in the future network-based knowledge economy, with an ambitious target for universal broadband coverage with speeds of at least 30 Mbps for all Europeans by 2020. Providing the highest possible broadband speeds and capacity, ensuring not less than 30 Mbps for all by 2020 with at least half of European households having broadband access at a speed of at least 100 Mbps, is important for fostering economic growth and global competitiveness, thereby achieving the sustainable economic and social benefits of a digital single market. It should also support and promote other Union sectoral policies such as a sustainable environment and economic and social inclusion for all Union citizens. Given the importance of wireless applications for innovation, this programme is also a key initiative in support of Union policies on innovation. At the same time (Digital) Terrestrial broadcasting remains the largest and most preferred TV distribution platform, both for Commercial and Public Service Free- to-Air TV (circa 60% of European households pick their primary TV signal from terrestrial broadcasting), and in many countries, is complemented by strong pay TV offerings. For this reason the Commission and Member States should take into account the unique technological, economic and societal benefits of terrestrial broadcasting when formulating the RSPP. Terrestrial broadcasting underpins media plurality and is a force for public good. It is currently the main guarantor of universal access to television, at a minimal cost, across Europe. It is universally available to European consumers across the EU and is the consumers' choice. Demand for linear TV is growing and not decreasing. Viewing habits for many European citizens have not changed and the overwhelming majority of viewing remains via linear television. Moreover in recent years, consumers have invested significantly into digital terrestrial TV equipment.
2011/03/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 83 #

2010/0252(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 9
(9) As underlined in the Digital Agenda for Europe, wireless broadband is an important means to boost competition, a pan- European level playing field, consumer choice and access in rural and other areas where deployment of wired broadband is difficult or economically unviable. However, spectrum management may affect competition by changing the role and power of market players, for example if existing users receive undue competitive advantages. Limited spectrum access, in particular when appropriate spectrum becomes scarcer, can create a barrier to entry for new services or applications and hamper innovation and competition. Acquisition of new usage rights, including through spectrum trading or other transactions between users, and the introduction of new flexible criteria for spectrum use can have an impact on the existing competitive situation. Member States should therefore take appropriate ex ante or ex post regulatory measures (such as action to amend existing rights, to prohibit certain acquisitions of spectrum rights, to impose conditions on spectrum hoarding and efficient use such as those referred to in Article 9 paragraph 7 of the Framework Directive, to limit the amount of spectrum for each operator, or to avoid excessive accumulation of spectrum) to avoid distortions of competition in line with the principles underpinning Article 5(6) of Directive 2002/20/EC (the ‘Authorisation’ Directive) and Article 1(2) of Directive 87/372/EEC (the ‘GSM’ Directive). Member States may also take steps to achieve more even spectrum allocation between economic operators by reserving spectrum for new entrants to a frequency band or group of bands with similar characteristics.
2011/03/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 94 #

2010/0252(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 11
(11) Harmonised standards under Directive 1999/5/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 1999 on radio equipment and telecommunications terminal equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity7 are essential to achieve efficient spectrum use and should take account of legally defined sharing conditions. European standards for non-radio electric and electronic equipment and networks should also avoid disturbance to spectrum use. The cumulative impact of the increasing volume and density of wireless devices and applications combined with the diversity of spectrum use challenges current approaches to interference management. These should be examined and reassessed together with receiver characteristics and more sophisticated interference avoidance mechanisms, with the aim of avoiding harmful interference or disturbance to the existing and future spectrum users.
2011/03/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 127 #

2010/0252(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 14
(14) Since a common approach and economies of scale are key to developing broadband communications throughout the Union and preventing competition distortion and market fragmentation among Member States, certain authorisation and procedural conditions could be defined in concerted action among Member States and with the Commission. Conditions could include coverage obligations, spectrum block size, the timing of granting rights, access to mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) and the duration of rights of use. Reflecting the importance of spectrum trading for increasing efficient use of spectrum, facilitating the emergence of new pan-European operators and developing the internal market for wireless equipment and services, these conditions should apply to spectrum bands that are allocated to wireless communications, and for which rights of use may be transferred or leased.
2011/03/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 138 #

2010/0252(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 20
(20) To evolve from current practice and building on the principles defined in the Council Conclusions of 3 February 1992 on procedures to be followed at the World Administrative Radio Conference of 1992, and where the World Radio communications Conferences (WRC) and other multilateral negotiations touch upon principles and policy issues with an important Union dimension, the Union should be able to establish new procedures to defend its interests in multilateral negotiations, in addition to the long-term objective of becoming a member of the International Telecommunications Union alongside the Member States; to this end, the Commission, taking into account the opinion of the Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG), may also propose common policy objectives to the European Parliament and the Council, as set out in Directive 2002/21/EC .
2011/03/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 161 #

2010/0252(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
This Decision is without prejudice to existing EU law and to measures taken at national level, in compliance with EU law, to pursue general interest objectives, and in particular relating to content regulation and audiovisual policy and to the right of Member States to organise and use their spectrum for public order and public security purposes and defence.
2011/03/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 172 #

2010/0252(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – point a
(a) encouraging efficient use of spectrum to best meet the increasing demand for use of frequencies, while at the same time respecting the important social, cultural and economic value of spectrum;
2011/03/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 192 #

2010/0252(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – point d
(d) guaranteeing the functioningdevelopment of the internal market, in particular and digital services by ensuring effective competition. , a level playing field and by promoting the emergence of new pan-European operators.
2011/03/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 210 #

2010/0252(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – point a
(a) make sufficient appropriate spectrum available in a timely manner to support Union policy objectives;, while taking into account general interest objectives such as cultural diversity and media pluralism, as well as the interests of various radio spectrum users.
2011/03/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 230 #

2010/0252(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – point b
(b) maximise flexibility in the use of spectrum, to promote innovation and investment, through thea consistent application of the principles of technology and service neutrality and through adequate regulatory predictability, the opening of harmonised spectrum to new advanced services, and the possibility to trade spectrum rights; thereby opening up for pan-European services;
2011/03/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 258 #

2010/0252(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that selection conditions and procedures promote investment and efficient use of spectrum. In addition, Member States shall promote the ongoing efficient use of spectrum for both networks and user applications.
2011/03/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 274 #

2010/0252(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. In order to implement fully the obligations of paragraph 1, and in particular to ensure that competition is not distorted by any accumulation, transfer or modification of rights of use for radio frequencies, Member States may adopt inter aliashall, when planning to assign spectrum, carefully examine whether the planned spectrum assignment - taking into account the existing spectrum assignments to the competing mobile operators in their territory - is likely to reduce or distort competition in the mobile markets concerned. Where the planned spectrum assignment - taking into account existing spectrum assignments - is likely to result in the reduction or distortion of competition, Member States shall address such reduction or distortion by adopting at least one of the following measures, which are without prejudice to the application of competition rules:
2011/03/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 288 #

2010/0252(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that authorisation and selection procedures avoid delays and promote effective competition by preventing any potential anti-competitive outcomes for the benefit of EU citizens and consumers.
2011/03/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 314 #

2010/0252(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall, by 1 January 2013 make the 800 MHz band available for electronic communications services in line with the harmonised technical conditions laid down pursuant to the Decision No 676/2002/EC. In Member States where exceptional national or local circumstances would prevent the availability of the band,Only in cases duly justified for technical reasons the Commission may authorise specific derogations until 2015. In accordance with Article 9 of Directive 2002/21/EC , the Commission, in cooperation with the Member States, shall keep under review the use of the spectrum below 1GHz and assess whether additional spectrum could be freed and made available forin order to meet an increasing demand for wireless broadband and new applications.
2011/03/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 339 #

2010/0252(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. Member States, in cooperation with the Commission, shall ensure that the provision of access to broadband content and services using the 790-862 MHz (800MHz) band is encouraged in sparsely populated areas, in particular through coverage obligations; in doing so, they shall examine ways and, where necessary, take appropriate measures to ensure that the freeing of the 800 MHz band does not adversely affect programme making and special events (PMSE) users nor lead to disruption of the existing broadcasting services.
2011/03/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 343 #

2010/0252(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The Member States, in cooperation with the Commission, shall implement necessary technical and regulatory measures in order to avoid harmful interference from electronic communications services in the 800 MHz band to broadcasting and PMSE services below 790 MHz.
2011/03/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 372 #

2010/0252(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission, assisted by the Member States, which shall provide all appropriate information on spectrum use, shall create an inventory of the entire existing radio spectrum use and of possible future needs for spectrum in the Union, in particular in the range from 300 MHz to 3 GHz.
2011/03/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 386 #

2010/0252(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. The inventory referred to in paragraph (1) shall allow the assessment of the technical efficiency of existing spectrum uses and the identification of inefficient technologies and applications, unused or inefficiently used spectrum and spectrum sharing opportunities, based on clearly defined and transparent assessment criteria and methodologies. It shall take into account future needs for spectrum based on consumers’ and operators’ demands, and of the possibility to meet such needs.
2011/03/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 396 #

2010/0252(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The Union shall participate in international negotiations relating to spectrum matters to defend its interests, acting in accordance with Union law concerning, among other things, the principles of internal and external competences of the Union.deleted
2011/03/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 36 #

2009/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas competitive communications markets are important in ensuring that users receive maximum benefits in terms of choice, quality and affordable prices,
2010/02/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 64 #

2009/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the importance of continuing efforts towards ubiquitous and high-speed access for all citizens and consumers, through the promotion of access to fixed and mobile Internet and the deploy, investment ofin next- generation infrastructure and competition in services; emphasises that this requires policies that promote choice and diversity in high speed services delivering access on fair terms and at competitive prices for all communities, irrespective of location, thereby ensuring that no European citizen faces exclusion;
2010/02/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 94 #

2009/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the importance of maintaining Europe as the mobile continent in the world and ensuring that 75% of mobile subscribers are 3G (or beyond) users by 2015; recalls the necessity to accelerate the harmonised deployment of the digital dividend in a non- discriminatory manner and without compromising existing broadcast services;
2010/02/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 128 #

2009/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on Member States to fully enforce the EU telecoms framework, empower national regulators and transpose the telecoms package before the established, deadline, in particularcluding the new provisions on Next Generation Access (NGA) networks functional separation and spectrum, which provide for a stable regulatory environment tohat stimulates investment while safeguardingand promotes competition;
2010/02/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 135 #

2009/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on Member States to reinvigorate their efforts to achieve competitive markets for ICT networks, products and services and also an enhanced single market for information society services;
2010/02/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 140 #

2009/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on stakeholders to adopt open models for communications network deployment to help boost innovation and drive demand;
2010/02/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 146 #

2009/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls the need for transparency and predictability of regulation and calls on the Commission to continue to integrate Better Regulation principles in the preparation of legislative and non- legislative initiatives, in particular through targeted and timely impact assessments;
2010/02/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 150 #

2009/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls that onthe aims of the new electronic communications regulatory framework is progressively to reduce exare to promote competition in electronic communications networks anted sector-specific rules as competition in the markets develops and, ultimately, for electronic communications to be governed by competition law onlyrvices, to contribute to the development of the internal market and promote the interests of European citizens. In pursuit of these aims, regulators should inter alia impose ex ante regulatory obligations only where there is no effective and sustainable competition and should relax them as soon as that condition is fulfilled;
2010/02/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 164 #

2009/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Insists that digital competences are crucial for an inclusive digital society and that all EU citizens should be empowered withand have the incentives to develop the appropriate digital skills and understanding; emphasises the essential commitment to reduce digital literacy and competence gaps by half by 2015;
2010/02/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 206 #

2009/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Insists on safeguardingUnderlines the importance of an open Internet, where citizens have the right to access and distribute information or run applications and services of their choice; calls on the Commission, the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) and the National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) to monitor closely and enforce the harmonised implementation of the 'net neutrality' provisionsw provisions in the revised Regulatory Framework, making use of the new powers as appropriate;
2010/02/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 231 #

2009/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Notes that, in parallel with the removal of administrative and regulatory barriers to cross-border online trade, there is a need to improve trust and confidence in online services; calls on the Commission to consider measures to further increase the transparency of terms and conditions and the effectiveness of cross-border enforcement and redress;
2010/02/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 204 #

2009/0108(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Where Member States have existing Public Service Obligations that relate to security of gas supply the Competent Authorities shall publish these within 2 months of this Regulation being in force and update as necessary following adoption of their Preventative and Emergency Plans.
2010/01/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 27 #

2009/0070(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) a geospatial reference component ensuring consistency of GMES data with Member States’ spatial reference data and with the European Spatial Data Infrastructure established by the INSPIRE Directive (2007/2/EC),
2009/12/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 30 #

2009/0070(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. GMES services shall make use of existing information sources managed by the public authorities of Member States, wherever possible. Collection of new data that substantially duplicates existing sources shall be contemplated only where existing data sets have been shown to be unsuitable and no acceptable option for upgrading those data sets is available,
2009/12/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 31 #

2009/0070(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall manage the funds allocated to the activities under this Regulation in accordance with Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 (hereinafter "the Financial Regulation") and shall ensure complementarity and consistency of the GMES programme with other relevant Community policies, instruments and actions, relating in particular to competitiveness and innovation, cohesion, research, transport and competition, the European Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) programmes, the protection of personal data, Directive 2007/2/EC (INSPIRE), the Shared Environmental Information System (SEIS) and Community activities in the field of emergency response. The Commission shall be assisted by a Partners’ Board, including representatives of all stakeholder communities: both users and suppliers of space-based observation data, in situ observation data and geospatial reference data;
2009/12/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 42 #

2009/0070(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall implement the objectives of the GMES data and information policy for the service component, the space component and, the in situ component and the geospatial reference component, in particular by ensuring that grant agreements, procurement contracts and delegation agreements concluded with GMES service providers, operators of GMES infrastructure and data providers are in line with the objectives referred to in paragraph 1. Procurement procedures shall be designed to accommodate the data policies in force in the public authorities of Member States;
2009/12/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 105 #

2008/0223(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
(18) Buildings occupied by public authorities and buildings frequently visited by the public provide an opportunity to set an example by showing environmental and energy considerations being taken into account and therefore those buildings should be subject to energy certification on a regular basis. The dissemination to the public of information on energy performance should be enhanced by clearly displaying these energy certificates. If Member States opt to include energy usage as part of energy certification requirements, a site-based approach may be taken whereby a collection of buildings in the same vicinity and occupied by the same organisation share energy meters.
2009/02/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 203 #

2008/0223(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
This methodology shall be adopted at national or regional level in consultation with relevant stakeholders.
2009/02/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 216 #

2008/0223(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
When setting requirements, Member States shall consult relevant stakeholders and may differentiate between new and existing buildings and between different categories of buildings.
2009/02/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 256 #

2008/0223(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Those measures designed to amend non- essential elements of this Directive by supplementing it shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 219(2). Relevant stakeholders shall be consulted prior to the adoption of additional supplementing measures.
2009/02/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1 #

2007/2118(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Recalls the Presidency Conclusions of the European Council of 8 and 9 March 2007 endorsing the European Council Action Plan (2007-2009) for achieving the objectives of the Energy Policy for Europe, based on solidarity and diversification of supply, in order to tackle the increasing energy supply dependency of the EU;
2008/04/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 2 #

2007/2118(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Regrets that, the energy mix falling within the competence of the Member States, some national strategic decisions concerning major bilateral agreements with third countries are undermining the development of a credible, effective and consistent common energy policy;
2008/04/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 3 #

2007/2118(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 b (new)
-1b. Recalls the significant decline in gas production in the EU and the corresponding increase in demand for gas imports over the coming years both to meet rising domestic and industrial requirements and to contribute to attaining the goal of a low carbon economy in the EU;
2008/04/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 4 #

2007/2118(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the importance of diversifying transport routes for energy imports and ensuring that Member States put into effect, in a transparent fashion, a coordinated strategy when securing supplyIs of the opinion that, due to the increasing dependence in the EU on a limited number of energy sources, suppliers and transport routes, it is of primary importance to support the TEN priority projects aimed at diversifying geographically transport routes for and suppliers of energy imports;
2008/04/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 5 #

2007/2118(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls Decision No 1364/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 laying down guidelines for the trans-European energy networks, which was aimed at creating a more open and competitive internal energy market by improving network reliability and integrity and ensuring greater security of supply;
2008/04/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 7 #

2007/2118(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Recalls that, in the abovementioned decision, the North European gas pipeline, Nord Stream, is classified as a project of European interest in securing and diversifying the EU's energy supplies;
2008/04/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 9 #

2007/2118(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Recalls, in that context, that Nord Stream is only one of many gas supply routes included within the trans- European energy networks, but considers Nord Stream to be the most advanced of all the planned new pipelines and LNG facilities;
2008/04/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 12 #

2007/2118(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the ongoing Environmental Impact Assessment to include a thorough assessment of all proposedon Nord Stream AG, the developer, to make publicly available the integrated environmental, economical and technical studies justifying the choice of the current route and thus also giving an overview of all the reasonable alternative routes, including inland routes, for a gas pipeline between Russia and Germany; recommends that those studies be appended to the Environmental Impact Assessment that is being carried out;
2008/04/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 18 #

2007/2118(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Regards both the sunken warships and the chemical weapons dumped during the 1940s at the bottom of the Baltic Sea as a possible threat to the successful laying of the gas pipeline and therefore calls onwelcomes the fact that the project developer tohas drawn up an inventory of allto be shared with the relevant national authorities, of all shipwrecks and explosive or chemical substances located in proximity to the proposed pipeline routes;
2008/04/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 23 #

2007/2118(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the project developer to make theAcknowledges that Nord Stream AG has been carrying out the ongoing Environmental Impact Assessment process, in accordance with the procedures set out in the Espoo Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment and Council Directive 85/337/EEC on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment and urges therefore the project developer to make the results of studies and the full set of research data concerning the ecological situation of the project site, collected during the Eenvironmental Impact Assessmentinvestigations carried out by independent contractors, available to HELCOM and to interested states.
2008/04/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 24 #

2007/2118(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Urges the Commission in its forthcoming implementation report relating to Decision 1364/2006/EC to assess progress made and clearly identify any possible breach of Community law committed by Nord Stream AG;
2008/04/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 492 #

2007/0247(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 11 – point b
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
4. Member States shall support harmonisation in numbering within the Community where that promotes the functioning of the internal market or supports the development of pan-European services without detrimental effects for existing services. The Commission may take appropriate technical implementing measures on this matter, which may include establishing tariff principles for specific numbers or number rangto ensure cross-border access to national numbering used for essential services such as directory enquiries. The implementing measures may grant the Authority specific responsibilities in the application of those measures.
2008/06/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 763 #

2007/0247(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 3 – point 3
Directive 2002/20/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 6
6. National regulatory authorities shall ensure that radio frequencies arespectrum is efficiently and effectively used in accordance with Article 9(2) of Directive 2002/21/EC (Framework Directive). They shall also ensure competition is not distorted as a result of any transfer or accumulation of radio frequencies usage rights. For such purposes, Member States may take appropriate measures such as reducing, withdrawing or forcing the sale of a right to use radio frequencies.
2008/06/10
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 50 #

2007/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 8
(8) All market participants have an interest in the work expected of the European network of transmission system operators. The consultation process is therefore essential and existing structures set up to facilitate and streamline the consultation process, such as EASEE— gas (the European Association for the Streamlining of Energy Exchange), should play an important role.deleted
2008/04/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 63 #

2007/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 1 – point c
(c) facilitating the emergence of well functioning and transparent cross border retail markets and a well functioning and transparent wholesale market; it provides mechanisms to harmonise these rules in order to allow trading and supplying gas to retail customers across borders.
2008/04/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 73 #

2007/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 2 b – paragraph 1
1. By […] at the latest the transmission system operators for gas shall submit to the Commission and to the Agency the draft of statutes, a list of future members and draft rules of procedure, including the rules of procedure on the consultation of other stakeholders, of the European Network for Transmission System Operators for Gas to be established.
2008/04/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 82 #

2007/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 2 c – paragraph 1
1. The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas shall adopt: (a) technical and marketprepare and submit to the Agency for approval following the procedure provided for in Article 2e in conjunction with Article X of Regulation (EC) No … establishing the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators: (a) draft technical codes in the areas mentioned in paragraph 3; (b) common network operation tools and research plans; (c) a 10-year investment plan every two years; (d) an annual work programme based on the priorities set by the Agency; (e) an annual report; (f) annual summer and winter supply outlooks.
2008/04/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 96 #

2007/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 2 c – paragraph 2
2. The annual work programme referred to in paragraph 1(d) shall contain a list and description of the technical and market codes, a plan on coordination of operation of the network and research and development activities, to be drawn up in that year and an indicative calendar.
2008/04/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 104 #

2007/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 2 c – paragraph 3
3. The detailed technical and market codes shall cover the following areas, according to the priorities defined in the annual work programme: (a) security and reliability rules; (b) grid connection and access rules; (c) data exchange and settlement rules; (d) interoperability rules; (e)operational procedures in an emergency; (f) capacity allocation and congestion management rules; (g) rules for trading; (h) transparency rules; (ih) balancing rules including rules on nomination procedures, rules for imbalance charges and rules for operational balancing between transmission system operator systems; (ji) rules regarding harmonised transportation tariff; (kj) energy efficiency regarding gas networks.
2008/04/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 107 #

2007/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 2 c – paragraph 4
4. The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas shall monitor the implementation of the technical and market codes and include the results of its monitoring activities in the annual report referred to in paragraph 1(e).deleted
2008/04/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 113 #

2007/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 2 c – paragraph 5
5. The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas shall publish a Community-wide 10-year network investment plan every two years following approval by the Agency. The investment plan shall include the modelling of the integrated network taking into account storage and LNG facilities, scenario development, a supply and demand adequacy report, technical and economical feasibility of expansion projects and an assessment of the resilience of the system. The investment plan shall, in particular, build on national investment plans and on the Guidelines for Trans-European energy networks in accordance with Decision No 1364/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council20taking into account the regional and European aspects of the network. The investment plan shall identify investment gaps, notably with respect to cross border capacities.
2008/04/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 121 #

2007/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 2 c – paragraph 5
5. The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas shall publish a Community-wide 10-year network investment plan every two years. The investment plan shall include the modelling of the integrated network, scenario development, a supply and demand adequacy report and an assessment of the resilience of the system. The investment plan shall, in particular, build on national investment plans and on the Guidelines for Trans-European energy networks in accordance with Decision No 1364/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. The investment plan shall identify investment gaps, notably with respect to cross border capacities, and shall include investment in interconnection and in other infrastructure necessary for effective trading and competition and to contribute to the security of supply. Transmission System Operators shall make all reasonable efforts to meet the adopted investment plan .
2008/04/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 125 #

2007/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 2 c – paragraph 6
6. Upon request of the Commission, the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas shall advise the Commission on the adoption of Guidelines as laid down in Article 9.deleted
2008/04/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 132 #

2007/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 2 d – paragraph 2
2. The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas shall submit the draft technical and market codes, the draft 10-year investment plan and the draft annual work programme, including the information regarding the consultation process, to the Agency. The Agency may provide an opinion to the European Networks of Transmission System Operators for Gas within 3 months. The Agency shall provide a duly justified opinion to the Commission where it considers that the draft annual work programme or the draft 10-year investment plan do not ensure non- discrimination, effective competition and the efficient functioning of the market for approval to the Agency. The Agency shall approve the documents provided for in Article 2c(1)(a) – (f) prepared by the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas.
2008/04/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 138 #

2007/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 2 d – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Agency shall monitor the implementation of the technical codes, the 10-year investment plan and the annual work programme and include the results of its monitoring activities in its annual report. In case of non-compliance by the transmission system operators with the technical codes, the 10-year investment plan and the annual work programme of the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas the Agency shall provide information to the Commission.
2008/04/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 145 #

2007/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 2 e – paragraph 1
1. After consulting the Agency, the Commission may invite tation with all stakeholders following Article 5a of Regulation (EC) … establishing the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators, the Agency shall prepare Strategic Guidelines for the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas in the areas listed in Article 2c(3) and (5) . The Agency shall transmit the draft Strategic Guidelines to the Commission, which may adopt them in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 13(2). 1a. The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas shall, within a reasonable period of time, to prepare draft codes in the areas listed in Article 2c(3) where it considers that such codes are necessary forand a draft 10-year investment plan, included in Article 2c(5) based on the Strategic Guidelines adopted by the Commission pursuant to paragraph 1. The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas shall submit to the Agency for approval the draft technical codes and the draft 10- year investment plan. 1b. The Agency shall approve the draft technical codes and the draft 10-year investment plan, pursuant to Article X and Article Y of Regulation … establishing an Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators. Before approving the codes and the draft 10-year investment plan, the Agency shall ensure that the detailed technical codes and the draft 10-year investment plan are in line with the Strategic Guidelines and that they ensure non-discrimination, effective competition and the efficient functioning of the market.
2008/04/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 148 #

2007/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 2 e – paragraph 2
2. The Agency shall provide a duly justified opinion to the Commission where it considers that: (a) a technical or market code adopted by the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas in the areas listed in Article 2c(3) does not ensure non-discrimination, effective competition and the efficient functioning of the market; (b) the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas fails to agree within a reasonable period of time on a technical or market code in the areas listed in Article 2c(3); (cb) the transmission system operators fail to implement a technical or market code adopted by the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas in the areas listed in Article 2c(3)code in the areas listed in Article 2c(3) as approved by the Agency in accordance with paragraph 1b.
2008/04/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 151 #

2007/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 2 e – paragraph 3
3. The Commission may adopt, on its own initiative or upon recommendation of the Agency, guidelines on the areas listed in Article 2c(3) when it considers that: (a) a technical or market code adopted by the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas in the areas listed in Article 2c(3) does not ensure non-discrimination, effective competition and the efficient functioning of the market; (b) the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas fails to agree within a reasonable period of time on a technical or market code in the areas listed in Article 2c(3); (c) the transmission system operators fail to implement a technical or market code adopted by the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas in the areas listed in Article 2c(3)market codes. Those measures designed to amend non- essential elements of this Regulation by supplementing it shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 14(2).
2008/04/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 164 #

2007/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 2 f
1. In carrying out its tasks, the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas shall consult extensively, at an early stage and in an open and transparent manner, in particular while preparing the technical and market codes and its annual work programme referred to in Article 2c(1) and (3), with all appropriate market participants; the consultation shall include supply undertakings, customers, system users, distribution system operators, LNG system operators and storage system operators, including relevant (industry) associations, technical bodies and stakeholder platforms. 2. All documents and minutes of meetings related to the issues referred to in paragraph 1 shall be made public. 3. Before adopting the annual work programme and the technical and market codes referred to in Article 2c(1) and (3), the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas shall indicate the observations received in the consultation and how these observations have been taken into consideration. It shall provide reasons where observations have not been taken into account.Article 2f deleted Consultations
2008/04/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 180 #

2007/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 2 h – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. Transmission system operators shall establish regional cooperation within the European Network for Transmission System Operators for Gas to contribute to the tasks mentioned in Article 2c(1). In particular, they transmission system operators for gas shall publish a regional investment plan every two years, and may take investment decisions based on the regional investment plan.
2008/04/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 181 #

2007/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 2 h – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Within their regional cooperation, transmission system operators together with hub and storage operators shall pursue the establishment of market based and harmonised regional balancing regimes.
2008/04/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 183 #

2007/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 2 h – paragraph 2
2. Transmission system operators shall promote operational arrangements in order to ensure optimum management of the network, and promote the development of energy exchanges, the allocation of cross- border capacity through implicit auctions and the integration of balancing mechanisms. capacity management, the allocation of cross-border capacity through transparent and non discriminatory mechanisms, the integration of balancing mechanisms in transporting gas through networks of different transmission system operators in a region and promote the development of energy exchanges. This function may be carried out by an entity or body set up for the purpose of carrying out one ore more functions typically attributed to the transmission system operator, which shall be subject to the requirements of this Regulation.
2008/04/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 193 #

2007/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
(3a) Article 3(1) subparagraph 1 is replaced by the following: 1. Tariffs, or the methodologies used to calculate them, applied by transmission system operators and LNG system operators and approved by the regulatory authorities pursuant to Article 25(2) of Directive 2003/55/EC, as well as tariffs published pursuant to Article 18 (1) of that Directive, shall be transparent, take into account the need for system integrity and its improvement and reflect actual costs incurred, insofar as such costs correspond to those of an efficient and structurally comparable network operator and are transparent, whilst including appropriate return on investments[...]. Tariffs, or the methodologies used to calculate them, shall be applied in a non-discriminatory manner. Or. en (Amends existing Article 3, paragragh 1 of Regulation 1775/2005)
2008/04/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 195 #

2007/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3 b (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
(3b) Article 3(1) subparagraph 3 is replaced by the following: Tariffs, or the methodologies used to calculate them, shall facilitate efficient gas trade and competition, while at the same time avoiding cross-subsidies between network users and providing incentives for investment and maintaining or creating interoperability for transmission networks. This may cover special regulatory treatment for new investment. Or. en (Introduces additional text to the existing Article 3, paragragh 1, subparagraph 3 of Regulation 1775/2005.)
2008/04/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 203 #

2007/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 7 – point a a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a
(This amendment introduces additional text to the existing Article 5, paragraph 2 point (a), 3(aa) In Article 5, paragraph 2(a) is replaced by the following: "(a) provide appropriate economic signals for efficient and maximum use of technical capacity, facilitate investment in new infrastructure and facilitate cross- border gas trade." Or. en of Regulation 1775/2005.)
2008/04/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 204 #

2007/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 7 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 5 – paragraph 3
"3. Transmission system operators shall implement and publish non–discriminatory and transparent congestion management procedures which facilitate cross-border gas trade and are based on the following principles: (a) in the to prevent of contractual congestion, the transmission system operator shall offer unused capacity on the primary market at least on a day-ahead and interruptible basis; (b) network users who wish to re-sell or sublet their unused contracted capacity on the secondary market shall be entitled to do so. Member States may require notification or information of the transmission system operator by network users.basis;"
2008/04/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 208 #

2007/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 7
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 5 – paragraph 6
"6. Transmission system operators shall regularly assess market demand for new investment. When planning new investments, transmission system operators shall assess market demand and taking into account security of supply criteria."
2008/04/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 211 #

2007/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 7 – point d a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 5 – paragraph 6 a (new)
(This amendment introduces a new subparagraph to existing Article 5 of Regulation(da) The following paragraph 6a is added: "6a. To prevent long-term physical congestion, transmission system operators shall apply long-term congestion management by sorting out congestion through adding new capacities according to market demand." Or. en 1775/2005.)
2008/04/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 212 #

2007/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 7 – point d b (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 5 – paragraph 6 b (new)
(db) The following paragraph 6b is added: "6b. The national regulatory authorities shall monitor congestion management within national gas systems and interconnectors. Transmission system operators shall submit their congestion management procedures including capacity allocation for approval to the national regulatory authorities. The national regulatory authorities may request amendments to these rules before approving them." Or. en (This amendment introduces a new subparagraph to existing Article 5 of Regulation 1775/2005.)
2008/04/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 224 #

2007/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 9 – point c
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 6 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
"7. Transmission system operators shall make public ex-ante and ex-post supply and demand information, based on nominations, forecasts and realised flows in and out of the system. The level of detail of the information that is made public shall reflect the information available to the transmission system operator.
2008/04/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 235 #

2007/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 10
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 6 a – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. In order to ensure transparent, objective and non-discriminatory tariffs and facilitate efficient utilisation of the infrastructures, LNG and Storage System Operators or relevant national regulatory authorities shall publish reasonably and sufficiently detailed information on tariff derivation, methodologies and structure of tariffs for infrastructure under regulated third party access. Transmission system operators shall submit their congestion management procedures including capacity allocation for approval to regulatory authorities. Regulatory authorities may request amendments to these rules before approving them.
2008/04/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 252 #

2007/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 13
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 8a
In order to facilitate the emergence of well functioning and transparent cross border retail markets on a regional and Community scale, Member States shall ensure that the roles and responsibilities of transmission system operators, distribution system operators, supply undertakings and customers and if necessary other market participants are defined with respect to contractual arrangements, commitment to customers, data exchange and settlement rules, data ownership and metering responsibility. These rules shall be made public, be designed with the aim of harmonising access to customers across borders and be subject to review by the regulatory authorities.
2008/04/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 261 #

2007/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 14
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) details on the retail market issues covered by Article 8a;deleted
2008/04/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 269 #

2007/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 14
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 9 – paragraph 2a (new)
2a. Where appropriate and after a proposal by the Agency following Article 2e(1), the Commission may adopt Strategic Guidelines in the areas listed in Article 2c(3) and (5) as a basis for the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas to develop the detailed draft technical codes listed in Article 2c(3) and the draft 10-year investment plan included in Article 2c(5).
2008/04/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 272 #

2007/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 14 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 13 – paragraph 1
(14a) In Article 13, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. The Member States shall ensure that national? regulatory authorities established under Article 25 of Directive 2003/55/EC have the competence to effectively ensure compliance with this Regulation by providing them, or other authorities, with the legal competence to issue compliance orders and to impose effective, dissuasive and proportionate penalties. The Member States shall notify those provisions to the Commission by 1 January 2010 at the latest and shall notify it without delay of any subsequent amendment affecting them." Or. en (This amendment amends the existing Article 13 paragraph 1 of Regulation 1775/2005.)
2008/04/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 18 #

2007/0198(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 8
(8) All market participants have an interest in the work expected of the European network of transmission system operators. The consultation process is therefore essential and existing structures that are set up to facilitate and streamline the consultation process, such as the Union for the Coordination of Transmission of Electricity (UCTE), should play an important role.deleted
2008/04/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 26 #

2007/0198(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 1
"This Regulation also aims at facilitating the emergence of a well functioning and transparent cross-border retail market and a well functioning and transparent wholesale market. It provides mechanisms to harmonise these rules."
2008/04/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 29 #

2007/0198(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 2b – paragraph 1
1. By […] at the latest the transmission system operators for electricity shall submit to the Commission and to the Agency the draft of statutes, a list of future members and draft rules of procedure, including the rules of procedure on the consultation of other stakeholders, of the European Network for Transmission System Operators for Electricity to be established.
2008/04/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 34 #

2007/0198(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 2c – paragraph 1
1. The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity shall adopt: (a) technical and marketgree and submit to the Agency for approval following the procedure provided for in Article 2e in conjunction with Article 6(3) of Regulation (EC) No … establishing the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators: (a) draft technical codes in the areas mentioned in paragraph 3; (b) common network operation tools and research plans; (c) a 10-year investment plan, including a generation adequacy outlook, every two years; (d) an annual work programme based on the priorities set by the Agency; (e) an annual report; (f) annual summer and winter generation adequacy outlooks.
2008/04/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 46 #

2007/0198(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 2c – paragraph 3
3. The detailed technical and market codes shall cover the following areas, according to the priorities defined in the annual work programme: (a) security and reliability rules; (b) grid connection and access rules; (c) data exchange and settlement rules; (d) interoperability rules; (e) operational procedures in an emergencyincluding interoperability and procedures in emergency situations; (b) grid connection and access rules; (fc) capacity allocation and congestion management rules; (g) rules for trading; (hd) transparency rules; (ie) balancing and settlement rules including reserve power rules; (jf) rules regarding harmonised transportation tariff structures including locational signals and rules regarding inter- TSO compensation rules; (kg) energy efficiency regarding electricity networks.
2008/04/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 51 #

2007/0198(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 2c – paragraph 4
4. The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity shall monitor the implementation of the technical and market codes and include the results of its monitoring activities in the annual report referred to in paragraph 1(e).deleted
2008/04/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 55 #

2007/0198(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation 1228/2003
Article 2c – paragraph 5
5. The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity shall publish a Community-wide 10-year network investment plan every two years following its approval by the Agency. The investment plan shall include the modelling of the integrated network, scenario development, a generation adequacy report and an assessment of the resilience of the system. The investment plan shall, in particular, build on national investment plans and on the Guidelines for Trans-European energy networks in accordance with Decision No 1364/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Counciltaking into account regional and European aspects of network planning. The investment plan shall identify investment gaps, notably with respect to cross border capacities.
2008/04/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 59 #

2007/0198(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation 1228/2003
Article 2c – paragraph 5
5. The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity shall publish a Community-wide 10-year network investment plan every two years. The investment plan shall include the modelling of the integrated network, scenario development, a generation adequacy report and an assessment of the resilience of the system. The investment plan shall, in particular, build on national investment plans and on the Guidelines for Trans-European energy networks in accordance with Decision No 1364/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. The investment plan shall identify investment gaps, notably with respect to cross border capacities, and shall include the investments in interconnection and in other infrastructure necessary for effective trading and competition and for the security of supply. Transmission System Operators shall make reasonable efforts to fulfil the published investment plan.
2008/04/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 64 #

2007/0198(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 2 d – paragraph 2
2. The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity shall submit the draft technical and market codes, the draft 10- year investment plan and the draft annual work programme, including the information regarding the consultation process, to the Agency. The Agency may provide an opinion to the European Networks of Transmission System Operators for Electricity within 3 months. The Agency shall provide a duly justified opinion to the Commission where it considers that the draft annual work programme or the draft 10-year investment plan do not ensure non- discrimination, effective competition and the efficient functioning of the market for approval to the Agency. The Agency shall approve the documents referred to in Article 2c(1) as prepared by the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity.
2008/04/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 67 #

2007/0198(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 2 d – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Agency shall monitor the implementation of the technical codes, the 10-year investment plan and the annual work programme and include the results of its monitoring activities in its annual report. In case of non-compliance by the transmission system operators with the technical codes, the 10-year investment plan and the annual work programme of the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity the Agency shall provide information to the Commission.
2008/04/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 74 #

2007/0198(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 2 e – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity shall, within a reasonable period of time, prepare draft codes in the areas listed in Article 2c(3) and a draft 10-year investment plan, including a generation adequacy outlook included in Article 2c(5) based on the Strategic Guidelines adopted by the Commission pursuant to paragraph 1. The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity shall submit to the Agency for approval the draft technical codes and the draft 10-year investment plan.
2008/04/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 75 #

2007/0198(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 2 e – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. The Agency shall approve the draft technical codes and the draft 10-year investment plan, pursuant to Article X and Article Y of Regulation … establishing an Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators. Before approving the codes and the draft 10-year investment plan, the Agency shall ensure that the detailed technical codes and the draft 10-year investment plan are in line with the Strategic Guidelines and that they ensure non-discrimination, effective competition and the efficient functioning of the market.
2008/04/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 76 #

2007/0198(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 2 e – paragraph 2
2. The Agency shall provide a duly justified opinion to the Commission where it considers that: (a) a technical or market code adopted by the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity in the areas listed in Article 2c(3) does not ensure non-discrimination, effective competition and the efficient functioning of the market; (b) the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity fails to agree within a reasonable period of time on a technical or market code in the areas listed in Article 2c(3); (cb) the transmission system operators fail to implement a technical or market code adopted by the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity in the areas listed in Article 2c(3)code in the areas listed in Article 2c(3) approved by the Agency in accordance with paragraph 1b.
2008/04/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 77 #

2007/0198(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 2 e – paragraph 3
3. The Commission may adopt, on its own initiative or upon recommendation of the Agency, guidelines on the areas listed in Article 2c(3) when it considers that: (a) a technical or market code adopted by the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity in the areas listed in Article 2c(3) does not ensure non-discrimination, effective competition and the efficient functioning of the market; (b) the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity fails to agree within a reasonable period of time on a technical or market code in the areas listed in Article 2c(3); (c) the transmission system operators fail to implement a technical or market code adopted by the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity in the areas listed in Article 2c(3). Those measures designed to amend non- essential elements of this Regulation by supplementing it shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 13(2).deleted
2008/04/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 81 #

2007/0198(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 2 e – paragraph 4
4. Paragraph 3 shall be without prejudice to the Commission's right to adopt and amend guidelines as laid down in Article 8.deleted
2008/04/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 83 #

2007/0198(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 2 e – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The Commission may adopt upon recommendation of the Agency guidelines on the market codes. Those measures designed to amend non- essential elements of this Regulation by supplementing it shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 13(2).
2008/04/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 85 #

2007/0198(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 2 e – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Paragraph 4a shall be without prejudice to the Commission's right to adopt and amend guidelines as laid down in Article 8.
2008/04/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 89 #

2007/0198(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 2 f
1. In carrying out its tasks, the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity shall consult extensively, at an early stage and in an open and transparent manner, in particular while preparing the technical and market codes and its annual work programme referred to in Article 2c(1) and (3), with all appropriate market participants; the consultation shall include supply and generation undertakings, customers, system users, distribution system operators, including relevant (industry) associations, technical bodies and stakeholder platforms. 2. All documents and minutes of meetings related to the issues referred to in paragraph 1 shall be made public. 3. Before adopting the annual work programme and the technical and market codes referred to in Article 2c(1) and (3), the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity shall indicate the observations received in the consultation and how these observations have been taken into consideration. It shall provide reasons where observations have not been taken into account.Article 2 f deleted Consultations
2008/04/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 100 #

2007/0198(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 2 h – paragraph 2
2. Transmission system operators shall promote operational arrangements in order to ensure optimum management of the network, and promote the development of energy exchanges, thecoordinated allocation of cross- border capacity through implicit auctions and the integration of balancing and reserve power mechanisms.
2008/04/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 110 #

2007/0198(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 4 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 6 – paragraph 1
(Amends existing Article 6, paragraph 1 of Regulation 1228/2003 by adding 2 new(4a) In Article 6(1), the following subparagraphs are added: " The regulatory authorities shall monitor congestion management within national electricity systems and interconnectors. Transmission system operators shall submit their congestion management procedures including capacity allocation for approval to regulatory authorities. Regulatory authorities may request amendments to these rules before approving them." Or. en subparagraphs)
2008/04/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 124 #

2007/0198(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 5
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
If the revenue cannot be used for the purposes (a) or (b) of the first subparagraph, the revenue shall be placed on a separate account until such time as it can be spent on those purposes. In case of an independent system opermay, with the approval of the Agency, be taken into account by regulatory any remaining income afteruthorities when applyroving (a) and (b), will be held by the Independent System Operator on a separate account until such time as it can be spent on the objectives set out in (a) and (b) abovethe methodology for calculating network tariffs, and/or in assessing whether tariffs should be modified.
2008/04/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 138 #

2007/0198(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 7
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 7 a
In order to facilitate the emergence of well functioning and transparent cross border retail markets on a regional and Community scale, Member States shall ensure that the roles and responsibilities of transmission system operators, distribution system operators, supply undertakings and customers and if necessary other market participants are defined with respect to contractual arrangements, commitment to customers, data exchange and settlement rules, data ownership and metering responsibility. These rules shall be made public, be designed with the aim of harmonising access to customers across borders and be subject to review by the regulatory authorities.
2008/04/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 143 #

2007/0198(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) details on the retail market issues covered by Article 7a;deleted
2008/04/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 154 #

2007/0198(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 8 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 12 – paragraph 1
(8a) Article 12(1) shall be replaced by the following: 1. Without prejudice to paragraph 2, the Member States shall ensure that regulatory authorities established under Article 2 of Directive 2003/54/EC have the competence to effectively ensure compliance with this Regulation by providing them, or other authorities, with the legal competence to issue compliance orders and to impose effective, dissuasive and proportionate penalties. The Member States shall notify those provisions to the Commission by 1 January 2010 at the latest and shall notify it without delay of any subsequent amendment affecting them. Or. en (Changes wording of paragraph 1, article 12 of Regulation (EC) 1228/2003)
2008/04/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 64 #

2007/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4
The Agency mayshall: (a) issue opinions addressed to transmission system operators; (b) issue opinions addressed to regulatory authorities; (c) issue opinions and recommendations addressed to the Commission; (d) take individual decisions in specific cases referred to in Articles 6, 7 and 8.
2008/04/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 76 #

2007/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5a Consultation The Agency shall consult extensively and at an early stage with market participants, consumers and end-users in an open and transparent manner, in particular with regard to its task vis-à-vis TSOs.
2008/04/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 87 #

2007/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. The Agency may provide an opinion toAfter consultation with all stakeholders following Article 5a, the Agency shall prepare Strategic Guidelines for the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity as provided for in Article 2d(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003 and to the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas as provided for in Article 2d(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005 on the technical or market codes, on the draft annual work programme and the draft 10-year investment plan. in the areas listed in Article 2c(3) and (5) of Regulation (EC) 1228/2003 and in Article 2c(3) and (5) of Regulation (EC) 1775/2005. These Strategic Guidelines shall ensure non-discrimination, effective competition and the efficient functioning of the market. Once prepared, the Agency shall transmit the draft Strategic Guidelines to the Commission, which may adopt these Strategic Guidelines in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 13(2) of Regulation (EC) 1228/2003 and Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) 1775/2005.
2008/04/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 98 #

2007/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. After consultation with all stakeholders following Article 5a, the Agency shall prepare Strategic Guidelines on market codes. Once prepared, the Agency shall transmit the draft Strategic Guidelines on market codes to the Commission, which may adopt these Strategic Guidelines in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 13(2) of Regulation (EC) 1228/2003 and Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) 1775/2005.
2008/04/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 105 #

2007/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. The Agency shall approve the documents prepared by the European Networks of Transmission System Operators provided for in Article 2c 1 (a) – (f) of Regulation (EC) 1228/2003 and in Article 2c 1 (a) – (f) of Regulation (EC) 1775/2005.
2008/04/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 112 #

2007/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5
5. The Agency shall provide a duly justified opinion to the Commission, in accordance with Article 2e(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003 and Article 2e(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005 where it considers that a draft technical or market code does not ensure non- discrimination, effective competition and the efficient functioning of the market, that a technical or market code has not been adopted within a reasonable period of time or that the transmission system operators fail to implement a technical or market code.
2008/04/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 143 #

2007/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The Administrative Board shall be composed of twelvefour members. SixTwo shall be appointed by the Commission and sixtwo by the Council. The term of office shall be five years, renewable once.
2008/04/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 150 #

2007/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. Meetings of the Administrative Board shall be convened by its Chairperson. The Director of the Agency shall participate in the deliberations unless the Administrative Board decides otherwiseChairperson of the Board of Regulators or his/her nominee from that Board and the Director of the Agency shall participate without the right to vote, in the deliberations. The Administrative Board shall meet at least twice a year in ordinary session. It shall also meet at the initiative of its Chairperson, at the request of the Commission, or at the request of at least a third of its members. The Administrative Board may invite any person with potentially relevant opinions to attend its meetings in the capacity of an observer. The members of the Administrative Board may, subject to the rules of procedures, be assisted by observadvisers or by experts. The Administrative Board’s secretarial services shall be provided by the Agency.
2008/04/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 154 #

2007/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The members of the Administrative Board shall be independent from national governments.
2008/04/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 167 #

2007/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. The Administrative Board shall, after having consultedwith the assent of the Board of Regulators, appoint the Director in accordance with Article 13(2).
2008/04/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 172 #

2007/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. The Administrative Board shall appoint the members of the Board of Regulators in accordance with Article 11(1)deleted
2008/04/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 176 #

2007/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 7
7. The Administrative Board shall in consultation with the Board of Regulators exercise disciplinary authority over the Director.
2008/04/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 185 #

2007/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. The Board of Regulators shall be composed of one representative per Member State from the regulatory authorities, as mentioned inHeads of the national regulatory authorities or their representative pursuant to Article 22a of Directive 2003/54/EC and Article 24a of Directive 2003/55/EC, and one non-voting representative of the Commission. Only one representative per Member State from the national regulatory authority may be admitted to the Board of Regulators. The national regulatory authority shall nominate one alternate per Member State.
2008/04/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 206 #

2007/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. The European Parliament and the Council may call upon the Chair of the Board of Regulators to submit a report on the performance of his duties.
2008/04/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 214 #

2007/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. The Board of Regulators shall provide an opinionits assent to the Director before the adoption of the opinions, recommendations and decisions referred to in Articles 5, 6, 7 and 8. In addition, the Board of Regulators, within its field of competence, shall provide guidance to the Director in the execution of the Director's tasks.
2008/04/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 221 #

2007/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. The Board of Regulators shall deliver an opinionits assent on the candidate to be appointed as Director in accordance with Article 10(1) and Article 13(2). The Board shall reach this decision on the basis of a three-quarter majority of its members.
2008/04/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 229 #

2007/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. The Agency shall be managed by its Director, who shall act independently in the exercise of his function accordance with decisions adopted by the Board of Regulators. Without prejudice to the respective powers of the Commission, the Administrative Board and the Board of Regulators, the Director shall not seek or accept any instruction from any government or from any body.
2008/04/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 243 #

2007/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4
4. The Administrative Board, acting on a proposal from the Commission and after having consulted and given utmost consideration to the opinion of the Board of Regulators, taking into account the evaluation report and only in those cases where it can be justified by the duties and requirements of the Agency, may extend the term of office of the Director once for not more than three years.
2008/04/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 252 #

2007/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 7
7. The Director may be removed from office only upon a decision by the Administrative Board, after consultinghaving the assent of the Board of Regulators. The Administrative Board shall reach this decision on the basis of a three-quarter majority of its members.
2008/04/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 265 #

2007/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. The Director shall adopts the opinions, recommendations and decisions referred to in Articles 5, 6, 7 and 8, subject to the assent of the Board of Regulators.
2008/04/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 44 #

2007/0196(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) Markets in many Member States are dominated by large players. National regulatory authorities should be given the power to identify market dominance by a gas undertaking and put forward a medium term plan to limit the share at any relevant market to 50%, even further than the Commission's criteria for assessing significant market power. The relevant market should be defined by the Commission and should take into account any changes to the geographic scope of the market.
2008/04/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 136 #

2007/0196(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1 – point (–a b) (new)
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 2 – point 14
(–ab) point 14 shall be replaced by the following: "14.‘ancillary services’ means all services necessary for access to and the operation of transmission and/or distribution networks and/or LNG facilities and/or storage facilities including load balancing, blending and injection of inert gases, but excluding facilities reserved exclusively for transmission system operators carrying out their functions;" Or. en (Amending Article 2 point 14 of Directive 2003/55/EC )
2008/04/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 141 #

2007/0196(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1 – point (b a) (new)
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 2 – point 36 a (new)
(ba) the following point shall be added: "36a. “transmission system owner” means a natural or legal person responsible for carrying out the activities set out in Article 9(6) in a Member State where an independent system operator has been designated by that Member State and confirmed by the Commission under Article 9(1)."
2008/04/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 146 #

2007/0196(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1 – point (b a) (new)
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 2 – point 36 a (new)
(ba) the following point shall be added: "36a.'fair competition in an open market' means working towards a position where no company may hold more than 50% of the relevant market."
2008/04/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 165 #

2007/0196(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1 f (new)
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 6 a (new)
(Adding a new paragraph after paragraph 6 of Article 3 of Directive 2003/55/EC)(1f) In Article 3, the following paragraph shall be inserted: "6a. In order to promote energy efficiency and help reduce energy poverty, national regulatory authorities shall mandate gas companies to introduce tariffs which increase for greater levels of consumption with the express objectives of stimulating energy efficient behaviour, reducing household demand for gas and related reductions in domestic CO2 emissions; as well as lowering the cost of energy to households suffering energy poverty." Or. en
2008/04/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 197 #

2007/0196(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 5b – paragraph 1 a (new)
"1a. The Agency shall cooperate with national regulatory authorities and unbundled transmission system operators, in accordance with Chapter III, to ensure the convergence of the regulatory frameworks of the regions with the aim of creating a competitive internal market. Where the Agency considers that binding rules on such cooperation are required, it shall make appropriate recommendations. In regional markets, the Agency shall become the accountable regulatory authority."
2008/04/10
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 204 #

2007/0196(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. Member States may allow for derogations from paragraphs 1(b) and 1(c) until [date of transposition plus two years], provided that transmission system operators are not part of a vertically integrated undertaking.deleted
2008/04/10
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 206 #

2007/0196(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 7 – paragraph 5
5. The obligation set out in paragraph 1(a) is deemed to be fulfilled in a situation where several undertakings which own transmission systems have created a joint venture which acts as a transmission system operator in several Member States for the transmission systems concerned. No other undertaking may be part of the joint venture, unless it has been approved under Article 9a as an independent system operatorcomplies fully with this Article.
2008/04/10
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 243 #

2007/0196(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 9
Article 9 Independent system operators 1. Where the transmission system belongs to a vertically integrated undertaking on entry into force of this Directive, Member States may grant derogations from Article 7(1), provided that an independent system operator is designated by the Member State upon a proposal from the transmission system owner and subject to approval of such designation by the Commission. Vertically integrated undertakings which own a transmission system may not in any event be prevented from taking steps to comply with Article 7(1). 2. The Member State may approve and designate an independent system operator only where: (a) the candidate operator has demonstrated that it complies with the requirements of Article 7(1)(b) to (d); (b) the candidate operator has demonstrated that it has at its disposal the required financial, technical and human resources to carry out its tasks under Article 8; (c) the candidate operator has committed to complying with a ten year network development plan proposed by the regulatory authority; (d) the transmission system owner has demonstrated its ability to comply with its obligations under paragraph 6. To this effect, it shall provide all the draft contractual arrangements with the candidate undertaking and any other relevant entity; (e) the candidate operator has demonstrated its ability to comply with its obligations under Regulation (EC) No 1775/05 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 September 2005 on conditions for access to the natural gas transmission network* including the cooperation of transmission system operators at European and regional level. 3. Undertakings which have been certified by the regulatory authority as having complied with the requirements of Articles 7a and 9(2) shall be approved and designated as independent system operators by Member States. The certification procedure in Article 7b shall be applicable. 4. Where the Commission has taken a decision in accordance with the procedure in Article 7b and finds that the regulatory authority has not complied with its decision within two months, it shall, within a period of six months, designate, on a proposal from the Agency and after having heard the views of the transmission system owner and the transmission system operator, an independent system operator for a period of 5 years. At any time, the transmission system owner may propose to the regulatory authority the designation of a new independent system operator pursuant to the procedure in Article 9(1). 5. Each independent system operator shall be responsible for granting and managing third party access, including the collection of access charges and congestion rents, for operating, maintaining and developing the transmission system, as well as for ensuring the long term ability of the system to meet reasonable demand through investment planning. When developing the network the independent system operator is responsible for planning (including authorisation procedure), construction and commissioning of the new infrastructure. For this purpose, it shall act as a transmission system operator in accordance with this Chapter. Transmission system owners may not be responsible for granting and managing third party access, nor for investment planning. 6. Where an independent system operator has been designated, the transmission system owner shall: (a) provide all the relevant cooperation and support to the independent system operator for the fulfilment of its tasks, including in particular all relevant information; (b) finance the investments decided by the independent system operator and approved by the regulatory authority, or give its agreement to financing by any interested party including the independent system operator. The relevant financing arrangements shall be subject to approval by the regulatory authority Prior to this approval, the Regulatory Authority shall consult the asset owner together with other interested parties; (c) provide for the coverage of liability relating to the network assets that it owns and are managed by the independent system operator, excluding the liability relating to the tasks of the independent system operator; (d) provide guarantees to facilitate financing any network expansions with the exception of those investments where, pursuant to paragraph b, it has given its agreement to financing by any interested party including the independent system operator. 7. In close cooperation with the regulatory authority, the relevant national competition authority shall be granted all relevant powers to effectively monitor compliance of the transmission system owner with its obligations under paragraph 6.deleted
2008/04/10
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 245 #

2007/0196(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Where the transmission system belongs to a vertically integrated undertaking on entry into force of this Directive, Member States may grant derogations from Article 7(1), provided that an independent system operator for that Member State is designated by the Member State upon a proposal from the transmission system owner and subject to approval of such designation by the Commission. Vertically integrated undertakings which own a transmission system may not in any event be prevented from taking steps to comply with Article 7 (1). (1). Or. en (Article 1 point 8 paragraph 1 of Commission proposal amended as shown)
2008/04/10
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 250 #

2007/0196(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 9a
Unbundling of transmission system owner and storage system operator 1. Transmission system owners, where an independent system operator has been appointed, and storage system operators which are part of vertically integrated undertakings shall be independent at least in terms of their legal form, organisation and decision making from other activities not relating to transmission and storage. This Article shall only apply to storage facilities that are technically and/or economically necessary for providing efficient access to the system for the supply of customers pursuant to Article 19. 2. In order to ensure the independence of the transmission system owner and storage system operator referred to in paragraph 1, the following minimum criteria shall apply: (a) those persons responsible for the management of the transmission system owner and storage system operator may not participate in company structures of the integrated natural gas undertaking responsible, directly or indirectly, for the day-to-day operation of the production, distribution and supply of natural gas; (b) appropriate measures must be taken to ensure that the professional interests of persons responsible for the management of the transmission system owner and storage system operator are taken into account in a manner that ensures that they are capable of acting independently; (c) the storage system operator shall have effective decision-making rights, independent from the integrated gas undertaking, with respect to assets necessary to operate, maintain or develop the storage facilities. This shall not preclude the existence of appropriate coordination mechanisms to ensure that the economic and management supervision rights of the parent company in respect of return on assets regulated indirectly in accordance with Article 24c(4) in a subsidiary are protected. In particular, this shall enable the parent company to approve the annual financial plan, or any equivalent instrument, of the storage system operator and to set global limits on the levels of indebtedness of its subsidiary. It shall not permit the parent company to give instructions regarding day-to-day operations, nor with respect to individual decisions concerning the construction or upgrading of storage facilities, that do not exceed the terms of the approved financial plan, or any equivalent instrument; (d) the transmission system owner and storage system operator shall establish a compliance programme, which sets out measures taken to ensure that discriminatory conduct is excluded, and ensure that observance of it is adequately monitored. The programme shall set out the specific obligations of employees to meet this objective. An annual report, setting out the measures taken, shall be submitted by the person or body responsible for monitoring the compliance programme to the regulatory authority and shall be published. 3. The Commission may adopt guidelines to ensure full and effective compliance of the transmission system owner and of the storage operator with paragraph 2 of this Article. This measure designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive by supplementing it shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 30(3).Article 9a deleted
2008/04/10
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 264 #

2007/0196(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 9a – paragraph 2 – point (d)
(d) the transmission system owner and storage system operator shall establish a compliance programme, which sets out measures taken to provide fair access and ensure that discriminatory conduct is excluded, and ensure that observance of it is adequately monitored. The programme shall set out the specific obligations of employees to meet this objective. An annual report, setting out the measures taken, shall be submitted by the person or body responsible for monitoring the compliance programme to the regulatory authority and shall be published.
2008/04/10
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 265 #

2007/0196(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 9a – paragraph 2 – point (d a) (new)
"(da) compliance with the programme shall be adequately monitored by a designated person or a body, hereinafter referred to as a ‘compliance officer’, who shall be fully independent and have access to all the necessary information of the transmission system owner and storage system operator and any affiliated companies in order to fulfil the assigned tasks."
2008/04/10
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 266 #

2007/0196(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 9a – paragraph 2 – point (d b) (new)
"(db) compliance shall be overseen by a compliance board comprising a majority of members independent of the vertically integrated undertaking."
2008/04/10
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 267 #

2007/0196(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 9a – paragraph 2 – point (d c) (new)
"(dc) an annual report, setting out the measures taken and evaluating the degree of compliance, shall be submitted by the compliance officer to the national regulatory authority and shall be published."
2008/04/10
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 291 #

2007/0196(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 11 a (new)
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 18 – paragraph 1
(11a) In Article 18, paragraph 1 shall be replaced y the following: "1. Member States shall ensure the implementation of a system of third party access to the transmission and distribution system, including line pack and ancillary services, and to LNG facilities based on published tariffs, applicable to all eligible customers, including supply undertakings, and applied objectively and without discrimination between system users. Member States shall ensure that these tariffs, or the methodology underlying their calculation shall be approved prior to their entry into force by a regulatory authority referred to in Article 25(1) and that these tariffs - and the methodologies, where only methodologies are approved - are published prior to their entry into force."
2008/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 297 #

2007/0196(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 11 c (new)
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 19 – paragraph 1
(11c) In Article 1 Point 11c new amending Article 19 Paragraph 1 (Directive 2003/55/EC) added to9, paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following: "1. For the organisation of access to storage facilities [...] when technically and/or economically necessary for providing efficient access to the system for the supply of customers, [...] Member States may choose either or both of the procedures referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4. These procedures shall operate in accordance with objective, transparent and non-discriminatory criteria." Or. en Commission proposal as shown
2008/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 302 #

2007/0196(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 12
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Member StatNational regulatory authorities shall define and publish criteria according to which it may be determined whether access to storage facilities and linepack is technically and/or economically necessary in order to provide efficient access to the system for the supply of customers. Member StatNational regulatory authorities shall make public, or oblige storage and transmission system operators to make public, which storage facilities, or which parts of those storage facilities, and which linepack isre offered under the different procedures referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4. Or. en (Article 1 Point 12 of Commission proposal amended as shown)
2008/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 305 #

2007/0196(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 12 a (new)
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 19 – paragraph 3
(Article 1 Point 12 (c) new amending Article 19 Paragraph 3 (Directive 2003/55/EC) added(12a) In Article 19, paragraph 3 shall be replaced by the following: "3. In the case of negotiated access, Member States shall take the necessary measures for natural gas undertakings and eligible customers either inside or outside the territory covered by the interconnected system to be able to negotiate access to storage [...], when technically and/or economically necessary for providing efficient access to the system [...]. The parties shall be obliged to negotiate access to storage [...] in good faith. Contracts for access to storage [...] shall be negotiated with the relevant storage system operator [...]. Member States shall require storage system operators [...] to publish their main commercial conditions for use of storage [...] within the first six months following implementation of this Directive and on an annual basis every thereafter. The development of these conditions shall take into consideration the views of system users, who may individually or collectively propose amendments thereof." Or. en to Commission proposal as shown)
2008/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 306 #

2007/0196(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 12 b (new)
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 19 – paragraph 4
(Article 1 Point 12 (b) new amending Article 19 Paragraph 4 (Directive 2003/55/EC) added(12b) In Article 19, paragraph 4 shall be replaced by the following: "4. In the case of regulated access, Member States shall take the necessary measures to give natural gas undertakings and eligible customers either inside or outside the territory covered by the interconnected system a right to access to storage, [...] on the basis of published tariffs and/or other terms and obligations for use of that storage [...], when technically and/or economically necessary for providing efficient access to the system [...]. The development of these tariffs and other terms and obligations shall take into consideration the views of system users, who may individually or collectively propose amendments thereof. This right of access for eligible customers may be given by enabling them to enter into supply contracts with competing natural gas undertakings other than the owner and/or operator of the system or a related undertaking." Or. en to Commission proposal as shown)
2008/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 333 #

2007/0196(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 13
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 22 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 4
Before granting an exemption the regulatory authority shallmay decide upon the rules and mechanisms for management and allocation of capacity. The rules shallmay require that all potential users of the infrastructure are invited to indicate their interest in contracting capacity before capacity allocation in the new infrastructure, including for own use, takes place. The regulatory authority shallmay require congestion management rules to include the obligation to offer unused capacity on the market, and shallmay require users of the facility to be entitled to trade their contracted capacities on the secondary market. In its assessment of the criteria referred to in paragraph 1(a), (b) and (e) of this Article, the regulatory authority shallmay take into account the results of that capacity allocation procedure.
2008/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 334 #

2007/0196(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 13
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 22 – paragraph 4 - introductory part
4. The regulatory authority shall transmit to the Commission without delay a copy of every request for exemption as of its receipt. The decision shall be notified, without delay, by the competent authority to the Commission, together with all the relevant information with respect to the decision. This information may be submitted to the Commission in aggregate form, enabling the Commission to reach a well-founded decision, which in the case of the Agency's decisions issued under paragraph 3 can assess solely their impact on Community competition rules. In particular, the information shall contain:
2008/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 335 #

2007/0196(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 13
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 22 – paragraph 4 – point (a)
(a) the detailed reasons on the basis of which the regulatory authority granted or refused the exemption together with the reference to the specific Article on which such decision is based, including the financial information justifying the need for the exemption;
2008/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 338 #

2007/0196(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 13
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 22 – paragraph 4 – point (e a) (new)
"(ea) the rules for management of capacity that have been established."
2008/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 343 #

2007/0196(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 13
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 22 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
5. Within two months after receiving a notification, the Commission may take a decision, with regard to competition rules, requiring the regulatory authority to amend or withdraw the decision to grant an exemption. That period shall begin on the day following the receipt of the notification. The two month period may be extended by two additional months where additional information is sought by the Commission. That period shall begin on the day following the receipt of the complete additional information. The two month period can also be extended with the consent of both the Commission and the regulatory authority. Where the requested information is not provided within the period set out in the request, the notification shall be deemed to be withdrawn unless, before the expiry of that period, either the period has been extended with the consent of both the Commission and the regulatory authority, or the regulatory authority, in a duly reasoned statement, has informed the Commission that it considers the notification to be complete.
2008/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 353 #

2007/0196(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 13
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 22 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 4
The Commission's approval of an exemption decision shall lose its effect after two years from its adoption if construction of the infrastructure has not yet started, and after five years if the infrastructure has not become operational, unless, the failure to start construction or to begin the operation of the infrastructure (as the case may be) is the result of circumstances beyond control of the person to whom the exemption has been granted.
2008/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 380 #

2007/0196(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 14
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 24c – paragraph 1 – point (a)
(a) ensuring compliance of transmission and, distribution, LNG and storage system operators, and where relevant system owners, as well as of any natural gas undertakings, with their obligations under this Directive and other relevant Community legislation, including as regards, where appropriate, cross border issues and unbundling;
2008/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 387 #

2007/0196(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 14
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 24c – paragraph 1 – point (e)
(e) monitoring compliance with unbundling requirements under this Directive and other relevant Community legislation and ensuring that there are no cross subsidies between transmission, distribution, storage, LNG and supply activities;
2008/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 445 #

2007/0196(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 14
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 24c – paragraph 3 – point (b)
(b) to carry out in cooperation with the national competition authority investigations of the functioning of gas markets, and to decide, in the absence of violations of competition rules,, of any appropriate measures necessary and proportionate to promote effective competition and ensure the proper functioning of the market, including gas release programs; to ensure that a truly competitive market within the Union shall be established by mandating incremental release of gas at real cost so that by 2020 no individual company may account for more than a 50% share of any relevant market; the relevant market shall be defined by the Commission;
2008/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 452 #

2007/0196(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 14
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 24c – paragraph 4 – point (a)
(a) connection and access to national networks, including transmission and distribution tariffs, and terms, conditions and tariffs for access to LNG facilities. These tariffslinepack, where technically and/or economically necessary in order to provide efficient access to the system for the supply of customers, and to LNG facilities. These tariffs shall reflect actual costs incurred, insofar as such costs correspond to those of an efficient and structurally comparable operator and shall be transparent. They shall allow the necessary investments in the networks and LNG facilities to be carried out in a manner allowing these investments to ensure the viability of the networks and LNG facilities;
2008/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 455 #

2007/0196(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 14
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 24c – paragraph 4 – point (a)
(a) connection and access to national networks, including transmission and distribution tariffs, and terms, conditions anddistribution tariffs and methodologies for their calculation, or alternatively, the methodologies and their monitoring for setting or approving the transmission and distribution tariffs, and terms, conditions and tariffs for access to LNG facilities including methodologies for their calculation, or alternatively, the methodologies and their monitoring for setting or approving the tariffs for access to LNG facilities. These tariffs shall allow the necessary investments in the networks and LNG facilities to be carried out in a manner allowing these investments to ensure the viability of the networks and LNG facilities. This may cover special regulatory treatment for new investments;
2008/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 462 #

2007/0196(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 14
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 24c – paragraph 4 – point (b)
(b) the provision of balancing services, which shall be cost reflective and revenue neutral to the extent possible, whilst providing appropriate incentives on network users to balance their input and offtake of gas. They shall be fair and non- discriminatory and based on objective criteria.
2008/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 464 #

2007/0196(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 14
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 24c – paragraph 4 – point (b a) (new)
"(ba) the provision of gas quality services."
2008/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 537 #

2007/0196(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 17
Directive 2003/55/EC
Annex A – point (h)
(h) have at their disposal their consumption data, and shall be able to, by explicit agreement andbe easily able to switch to a new supplier. Where the switching process requires supply point information, metering data or a standard consumption profile, Member States shall ensure that this is available, free of charge, giveto any undertaking with a supply licence access to its meteringauthorised to have access to such data. The party responsible for data management is obliged to give these data to the undertaking. Member States shall define aensure that there is an agreed format for the data and a procedure for suppliers and where necessary consumers to have access to the data. No specific additional costs can be charged to the consumer for thisshall be made for this particular service.
2008/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 544 #

2007/0196(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 17
Directive 2003/55/EC
Annex A – point (i)
(i) shall be properly informed every month ofinformed of their actual gas consumption and costs. No additional costs can be frequently enough to enable them to regulate their consumption. No specific additional charged to the consumer for thisshall be made for this particular service.
2008/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 547 #

2007/0196(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 17
Directive 2003/55/EC
Annex A – point (j)
(j) can change supplier at any time in the year, and a customer’s account with the previous supplier shall not be sebe submittled no later than onetwo months following the last supply by the previous supplier.
2008/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 555 #

2007/0196(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Member States shall repeal any laws, regulations and administrative provisions which prevent any natural gas undertaking, regulatory or other authority from complying with their duties or fulfilling their powers or obligations under this Directive.
2008/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 158 #

2007/0195(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1 – point (b a) (new)
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 2 – point 34 a (new)
(ba) The following point shall be added: "34a. 'transmission system owner' means a natural or legal person responsible for carrying out the activities set out in Article 10(6) in a Member State where an independent system operator has been designated by that Member State and confirmed by the Commission under Article 10(1)." Or. en (Adding new point 34a to Article 2 of Directive 2003/54/EC)
2008/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 183 #

2007/0195(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1 j (new)
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 7 a (new)
(1j) In article 3, the following paragraph shall be inserted: "7a. In order to promote energy efficiency and help to reduce energy poverty, national regulatory authorities shall mandate electricity undertakings to introduce tariffs which increase for greater levels of consumption with the express objectives of stimulating energy efficient behaviour, reducing household demand for electricity and related reductions in domestic CO2 emissions, as well as lowering the cost of energy to households suffering energy poverty." Or. en (Adding new paragraph to Article 3 of Directive 2003/54/EC)
2008/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 285 #

2007/0195(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Where the transmission system belongs to a vertically integrated undertaking on entry into force of this Directive, Member States may grant derogations from Article 8(1), provide that an independent system operator for that Member State is designated by the Member State upon a proposal from the transmission system owner and subject to approval of such designation by the Commission. Vertically integrated undertakings which own a transmission system may not in any event be prevented from taking steps to comply with Article 8(1).
2008/04/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 296 #

2007/0195(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 10 a – paragraph 2 – point (c)
(c) transmission system owner shall establish a compliance programme, which sets out measures taken to provide fair access and ensure that discriminatory conduct is excluded, and ensure that observance of it is adequately monitored. The programme shall set out the specific obligations of employees to meet this objective. An annual report, setting out the measures taken, shall be submitted by the person or body responsible for monitoring the compliance programme to the regulatory authority and shall be published.
2008/04/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 297 #

2007/0195(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 10 a – paragraph 2 – point (c a) (new)
"(ca) new compliance with the programme shall be adequately monitored by a designated person or body, hereinafter referred to as a ‘compliance officer’, who shall be fully independent and have access to all the necessary information of the transmission system owner and any affiliated companies to fulfil his/her task;"
2008/04/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 298 #

2007/0195(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 10 a – paragraph 2 – point (c b) (new)
"(cb) compliance shall be overseen by a compliance board comprising a majority of members independent of the vertically integrated undertaking. An annual report, setting out the measures taken, shall be submitted by the person or body responsible for monitoring the compliance programme to the national regulatory authority and shall be published."
2008/04/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 382 #

2007/0195(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 12
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 22c – paragraph 1 – point (a)
(a) ensuring compliance of transmission and distribution system operators, and where relevant system owners, as well as of any electricity undertakings, with their obligations under this Directive and other relevant Community legislation, including as regards cross border issues; and unbundling;
2008/03/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 387 #

2007/0195(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 12
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 22c – paragraph 1 – point (e)
(e) monitoring compliance with unbundling requirements under this Directive and other relevant Community legislation and ensuring that there are no cross subsidies between transmission, distribution and supply activities;
2008/03/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 469 #

2007/0195(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 12
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 22c – paragraph 4 – point (a)
(a) connection and access to national networks, including transmission and distribution tariffs. These tariffs shall reflect the actual costs incurred, insofar as such costs correspond to those of an efficient and structurally comparable operator and shall be transparent. They shall allow the necessary investments in the networks to be carried out in a manner allowing these investments to ensure the viability of the networks;
2008/03/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 473 #

2007/0195(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 12
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 22c – paragraph 4 – point (b)
(b) the provision of balancing services, which shall be cost-reflective and revenue-neutral to the extent possible, whilst providing appropriate incentives for network users to balance their input and offtakes; they shall be fair and non- discriminatory and based on objective criteria.
2008/03/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 552 #

2007/0195(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 15
Directive 2003/54/EC
Annex A – point (h)
(h) have at their disposal their consumption data, and shall be able to, by explicit agreement andbe easily able to switch to a new supplier. Where the switching process requires supply point information, metering data or a standard consumption profile, the Member States shall ensure that this is available, free of charge, giveto any undertaking with a supply licence access to its meteringauthorised to have access to such data. The party responsible for data management is obliged to give these data to the undertaking. Member States shall define aensure there is an agreed format for the data and a procedure for suppliers and where necessary consumers to have access to the data. No explicit additional costs can be charged to the consumer for thisshall be made for this particular service.
2008/03/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 562 #

2007/0195(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 15
Directive 2003/54/EC
Annex A – point (i)
(i) shall be properly informed every month ofinformed of their actual electricity consumption and costs. No additional costs can be frequently enough to enable them to regulate their consumption. No explicit additional charged to the consumer for thisshall be made for this particular service.
2008/03/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 568 #

2007/0195(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 15
Directive 2003/54/EC
Annex A – point (j)
(j) can change supplier at any time in the year, and a customer’s account with the previous supplier shall not be sebe submittled no later than onetwo months following the last supply by this previous supplier.
2008/03/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 572 #

2007/0195(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Member States shall repeal any laws, regulations and administrative provisions which prevent any natural gas undertaking, regulatory or other authority from complying with their duties or fulfilling their powers or obligations under this Directive.
2008/03/19
Committee: ITRE