16 Amendments of Antonio TAJANI related to 2015/2113(INI)
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 32 a (new)
Citation 32 a (new)
– having regard to Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on public procurement and repealing Directive 2004/18/EC,
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the Member States are exclusively competent for defining their energy mix, and the Commission must not encroach upon this competence by passing EU laws thashall assure that EU legislation does not discriminate against certain energy resources to the advantage of others;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the future vision of the Energy Union must be one in which Member States recognise that they depend on each other to deliver secure, competitive and sustainable energy to their citizens, based on true solidarity and trust, and in which the Energyuropean Union speaks with one voice in global affairs;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas EU energy and climate policies must complement each another, and their objectives must reinforce rather than undermine one another; the Energy Union should therefore complement European reindustrialisation targets, boost the transition to a low-emissicarbon economy and enhance the global competitiveness of the European economy, while effectively avoiding any threat of carbon leakage;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas 30 million European jobs are at risk owing to the US shale gas boom, as energy-intensive industries move operations to the US, where energy costs are far lower and where regulation of greenhouse gas emissions is less restrictive;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital U a (new)
Recital U a (new)
Ua. whereas the multiple benefits of energy efficiency, notably in buildings, shall be recognized, such as improved energy security through a decreased dependency on imports, increased energy savings, lower energy bills, increased competitiveness, job creation;
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to actively pursue the diversification of supply (energy sources, suppliers and routes); to this end, calls on the Commission to promote the construction of the relevant energy infrastructure priority corridors, as specified in Annex I to the trans-European energy networks (TEN-E) regulation and Part II of the Annex I to the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) regulation, such as the Southern Gas Corridor, with a special focus on Member States with high dependency; calls on the Commission to prioritize the existing internal capacities including indigenous energy resources;
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Supports actions aimed at developing strategic energy partnerships with key producing countries which are currently supplying gas to the EU or may do so in the future; invites the Commission to intensify dialogue with Norway and producing countries from the Southern Gas Corridor, North Africa and Eastern Mediterranean areas, and dedicate special attention to other LNG producing countries such as, among others, USA, Canada and Australia;
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that, in the context of the future Energy Union, security of energy supply isand competitiveness are the most pressing issues and that Member States must coordinate and cooperate in this respect with their neighbours when developing their energy policies; calls on the Commission, in this respect, to examine how the current architecture of national preventive and emergency response measures could be streamlined at both regional and EU level;
Amendment 360 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that greater transparency of intergovernmental agreements could be achieved by strengthening the role of the Commission in energy-related negotiations involving one or more Member States and third countries, including by having the Commission participate in those negotiations if there is a risk of abuse of a dominant position by one supplier; notes that furthermore the Commission should carry out ex-ante and ex-post assessments and draw up both a positive and a negative list of agreement clauses, such as export ban and, destination clauses, take-or-pay clauses and oil indexation of gas pricing;
Amendment 388 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to prepare draft contract templates and guidelines including an indicative list of abusive clauses in order to create a reference for competent authorities and companies in their contracting activities; furthermore calls on the Commission to publish quarterly assessments of the average import prices;
Amendment 493 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission, and in particular DG TRADE, to comaintainue to press for a dedicated the goal of dedicating a separate energy chapter within the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), with a view to removing US export restrictions on both crude oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) and eliminating protectionist measures;
Amendment 559 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Stresses that ensuring low energy prices for the final consumer is necessary to maintain the competitiveness of European industry, to create more jobs and to ensure economic growth;
Amendment 662 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. Stresses the importance of ensuring a sound, stable and predictable regulatory framework which will enable long-term commitments and which is necessary to deliver new investments in energy infrastructure;
Amendment 787 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Calls on the Commission and the Member states to encourage innovations in the building sector in order to improve the energy efficiency of buildings;
Amendment 937 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38a. Calls on the European Commission to safeguard the competitiveness of the energy intensive industries by taking into account both direct and indirect carbon costs and changing production levels thus ensuring long term planning security for industrial investments.