Activities of Paul RÜBIG related to 2008/2239(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Consequences of the recent gas crisis - Second Strategic Energy Review - Challenge of energy efficiency through information and communication technologies (debate)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reaffirms the threefold objective set for 2020 of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 20%, achieving energy savings of 20% and attaining a 20% share for renewables in primary energy consumption; calls on Member States to consider a reduction of 50 to 80% in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Expresses its support for the Nabucco project to diversify sources of supply; is concerned, however, about the progress of the project and the risks to sources ofthe Nabucco offers huge opportunities to make use of the gas resources in the Caspian region and in the Middle East; underscores the need for further and increased EU support for the Nabucco project and calls the Commission to support activities aiming at securing gas supplyies for the gas pipeline; Europe from the regions where Nabucco should deliver gas - this regions are key for the European gas supply;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission to urgently table proposals aiming at streamlining approval procedures, as requested by the European Council in March 2007, for infrastructure investments within its competences without impeding the citizens’ rights to raise reasoned objections; calls on Member States to also take appropriate measures to accelerate approval and licensing procedures for infrastructure investments in areas where the Union is not competent to make proposals;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure appropriate regulation and to allow for non- discriminatory access to new infrastructure, e.g. to the North Sea offshore grid;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on Member States and the relevant stakeholders to consult and coordinate future plans for infrastructure investments (grids, pipelines, power plants, etc.) across borders with relevant parties in all countries which could be affected by planned investments to make best use of available resources.; considers that the establishment of an “Infrastructure Coordination Group” at a European level would help this coordination effort and could supplement the development of a 10-year network development plan as proposed in the internal energy market package;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Advocates an approach geared to conciliation in the dialogue with Russia, which supplies 42% of the EU's gas, as well as 100% of the gas imported by Poland, Finland and the Baltic States; notes that relations between the EU and Russia are based on interdependence and that, in the continuation of the negotiations, the EU should refrain from demanding ratification of the Energy Charter, while reminding the Russian authorities of their endorsement of the principles of the Charter; hopes, by way of example, that the Nabucco gas pipeline project will be carried out in cooperation with Russia in order to avoid competition between two gas pipelines and to be able ultimately to transmit gasunderlines that Europe needs all existing pipelines and planned pipeline projects to advance Europe's security of supply; the Nabucco gas pipeline project for example is - according to European rules - open for gas supply from Russia, Iran or the Caspian SeaRegion and Iran;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls on the Commission to present a draft directive on emergency energy management to streamline measures on a European level and to provide sufficient measures in case of a crisis on a European scale;
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Calls on the Commission to establish a nuclear safety agency; such an independent agency should have the power to inspect nuclear power stations and disconnect unsafe power stations from the grid; also calls on the Commission to make every effort to transpose the safety standards of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) into Community law and make those standards legally enforceable for the Member States; while the decision by Member States to opt for nuclear energy or not is a sovereign one, it is too much to expect those Member States who abstain from nuclear energy to have to accept unsafe and dangerous nuclear power stations, especially since the effects of faults in nuclear power stations are felt beyond the borders of the State concerned;
Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Calls on the Commission to bring forward the objective of developing and completing a smart interconnected electricity network to 2020 as an important ingredient for achieving the 2020-targets;