11 Amendments of Giles CHICHESTER related to 2007/2118(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
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;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
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;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 b (new)
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;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
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;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
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;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
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;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
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;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
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;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
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.
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
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;