6 Amendments of Paolo BARTOLOZZI related to 2011/2072(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico must lead the EU to urgently and deeplyreview and, where necessary, revisew its legislation, in respect of the precautionary principle, on allthose aspects of offshore oil and gas extraction and exploration in its territories that require modification; in this context, welcomes the Commission’s will to fill the gap in the existing EU legislation;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the Commission and the Members States to strengthen effective mutual cooperation and to establish an EU 'Control the controllers' systempromote better coordination between the competent national authorities, so as to improve the pooling of good practice and optimise authorisation procedures;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates its calls to the Commission to bring forward proposals as soon as possible for establishing an EU Civil Protection Force based on the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, integrating specific mechanisms which en coordinated EU response strategy integrating the various technologies already available in the EU to faceMember States for use in the event of massive pollutions being caused by oil offshore installations;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for an extension of the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) directives to cover all offshore projects phases (exploratory, and operational, and decommissioning) and calls for specific requirements for EIAs in case of drilling activities in deep water; considers, furthermore, that the Commission should ensure that EIAs for offshore projects approved by national authorities also cover the procedures operators must follow during decommissioning;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls onWelcomes the Commission to re-examine its proposal on Industrial major accidents: control of hazards involving dangerous sub’s explanatory memorandum concerning the revision of Directive 96/82/EC, in which the Commission stanctes (SEVESO III) in order to extend its scope to oil rigsthat it will assess the appropriate way to strengthen environmental legislation;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes that offshore oil and gas activities are excluded from the key provisions of the Industrial Emissions Directive; sSuggests that the European IPPC Bureau defines Best Available Practices (BAT) for offshore hydrocarbon activities;