Activities of Paul RÜBIG related to 2016/0030(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Measures to safeguard the security of gas supply (debate) DE
Amendments (44)
Amendment 185 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In a spirit of solidarity, regional cooperation, involving both public authorities and natural gas undertakings, should be the guiding principle of this Regulation, to identify the relevant risks in each regionegional risks and optimise the benefits of coordinated measures to mitigate them and to implement the most cost-effective measures for Union consumers.
Amendment 216 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
Amendment 223 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
Amendment 236 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) In order to make the regional cooperation feasible, Member States directly connected, or in certain cases indirectly via a non-EU Member State, should establish a cooperation mechanism within each region. Such mechanism or mechanisms should be developed sufficiently in time to allow for conducting the risk assessment and drawing up meaningful plans at regional level. Member States are free to agree on a cooperation mechanism best suited for a given region. The Commission should have a facilitating role in the overall process and share best practises for arranging regional cooperation such as a rotating coordination role within the region for the preparation of the different documents or establishing dedicated bodies. In absence of an agreement on the cooperation mechanism, the Commission may propose a suitable cooperation mechanism for a given regionconnected Member States.
Amendment 351 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – subparagraph 2 – point 1 – introductory part
Article 2 – subparagraph 2 – point 1 – introductory part
(1) 'protected customer’ means a household customer connected to a gas distribution network and, in addition, where the Member State concerned so decides, may also mean one or more of the following:
Amendment 353 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – subparagraph 2 – point 1 – introductory part
Article 2 – subparagraph 2 – point 1 – introductory part
(1) 'protected customer’ means a household customer connected to a gas distribution network and, in addition, where the Member State concerned so decides, may also mean one or more of the following:
Amendment 362 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – subparagraph 2 – point 1 – point b
Article 2 – subparagraph 2 – point 1 – point b
Amendment 370 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – subparagraph 2 – point 2
Article 2 – subparagraph 2 – point 2
Amendment 391 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 7
Article 3 – paragraph 7
Amendment 393 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 7
Article 3 – paragraph 7
Amendment 421 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 6
Article 4 – paragraph 6
6. In so far as an investment for enabling or enhancing permanent bi- directional capacity is not required by the market and where that investment incurs costs in more than one Member State or in one Member State for the benefit of another Member State, the national regulatory authorities of all Member States concerned shall jointly decide on cost allocation as laid down in Article 12 of Regulation 347/2013 before any investment decision is taken. The cost allocation shall in particular take into account the proportion of the benefits of the infrastructure investments for the increase of security of supply of the Member States concerned as well as investments already made in the infrastructure in question.
Amendment 437 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
No later than 31 March 2017 Member States shall notify the Commission their definition of protected customers, the annual gas consumption volumes of the protected customers and the percentage they represent of the total annual final gas consumption in that Member State. Where a Member State includes in its definition of protected customers the categories referred to in point (a) or (b) of Article 2 (1) it shall specify in the notification to the Commission the gas consumption volumes corresponding to consumers belonging to those categories and the percentage that each of those groups of consumers represents in terms of the annual final use of gas.
Amendment 440 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 469 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. TheEach competent authorities of each region as listed in Annex I shall jointly make an assessment at regional levely shall make an assessment of all risks affecting the security of gas supply. The assessment shall take into account all relevant risks such as natural disasters, technological, commercial, social, political and other risks. The risk assessment shall be carried out by:
Amendment 494 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 496 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The competent authorities within each region shall agree on a cooperation mechanism to conduct the risk assessment within the deadline provided for in paragraph 5 of this Article. Competent authorities shall report to the Gas Coordination Group on the agreed cooperation mechanism for conducting the risk assessment 18 months before the deadline for the adoption of the risk assessment and the updates of the risk assessment. The Commission may have a facilitating role overall in the preparation of the risk assessment, in particular for the establishment of the cooperation mechanism. If competent authorities within a region do not agree on a cooperation mechanismof connected Member States do not agree on the content of the regional aspects of the risk assessment, the Commission may propose a cooperation mechanism for that regionthe Member States concerned.
Amendment 506 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5
Article 6 – paragraph 5
5. The risk assessment once agreed by all Member States in the region shall be notified to the Commission for the first time no later than on 1 September 2018. The risk assessment shall be updated every four years unless circumstances warrant more frequent updates. The risk assessment shall take account of progress made in investments needed to cope with the infrastructure standard defined in Article 4 and of country-specific difficulties encountered in the implementation of new alternative solutions. It shall also build on the experience acquired through the simulation of the emergency plans contained in Article 9 (2).
Amendment 507 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5
Article 6 – paragraph 5
5. The risk assessmentegional chapter once agreed by all connected Member States in the region shall be notified to the Commission for the first time no later than on 1 September 2018. The risk assessment shall be updated every four years unless circumstances warrant more frequent updates. The risk assessment shall take account of progress made in investments needed to cope with the infrastructure standard defined in Article 4 and of country-specific difficulties encountered in the implementation of new alternative solutions. It shall also build on the experience acquired through the simulation of the emergency plans contained in Article 9 (2).
Amendment 521 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The competent authorities of the Member States of each region as listed in Annex I, after consulting the natural gas undertakings, the relevant organisations representing the interests of household and industrial gas customers, including electricity producers, and the national regulatory authorities, where they are not the competent authorities, shall establish jointly:
Amendment 522 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The competent authorities of the Member States of each region as listed in Annex Iy, after consulting the natural gas undertakings, the relevant organisations representing the interests of household and industrial gas customers, including electricity producers, and the national regulatory authoritiesy, where they areit is not the competent authoritiesy, shall establish jointlywithout prejudice of paragraph 2 establish at national level:
Amendment 527 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) a preventive action plan containing the measures to be adoptneeded to remove or mitigate the risks identified in the region, including risks of purely national dimensionat national or broader level, in accordance with the risk assessment undertaken pursuant to Article 6 and in accordance with Article 8; and
Amendment 528 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) a preventive action plan containing the measures to be adopted to remove or mitigate the risks identified in the region, including risks of purely natregional dimension, in accordance with the risk assessment undertaken pursuant to Article 6 and in accordance with Article 8; and
Amendment 533 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) an emergency plan containing the measures to be taken to remove or mitigate the impact of a gas supply disruption in the region, including events of purely national dimension, in accordance with Article 9.
Amendment 534 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) an emergency plan containing the measures to be taken to remove or mitigate the impact of a gas supply disruption in the region, including events of purely national dimension, in accordance with Article 9.
Amendment 536 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The competent authorities within each region shall agree on a cooperation mechanism sufficiently in time to establish the plans and allow for their notification and for the notification of the updated plans.
Amendment 539 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The measures necessary to remove and mitigate risks of a purely natregional dimension as well as the measures to be taken to remove or mitigate the impact of events which, due to their limited size, are to be addressed at natregional level only, shall be developed by eachwith the competent authorityies of the regionconnected Member States and included in the plans developed at regnational level. Such nNational measures shall not hamper in any way the effectiveness of measures at regional level. Each competent authority shall also identify areas for regional cooperation and possible joint measures. The national measures together with the proposals for regional cooperation shall be shared with other competent authorities in the regionof connected Member States one year before the deadline for the notification of the plans.
Amendment 541 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Competent authorities shall regularly report to the Gas Coordination Group on the progress achieved on the preparation and adoption of the preventive action plans and the emergency plans. In particular competent authorities shall report to the Gas Coordination Group on the agreed cooperation mechanism 18 months before the deadline for the adoption of the plans and the updates of the plans. The Commission may have a facilitating role overall in the preparation of the plans, in particular for the establishment of the cooperation mechanism. If competent authorities within a region do not agree on a cooperation mechanismof connected Member States do not agree on the content of the regional aspects of the preventive action plan, the Commission may propose a regional cooperation mechanism for that region. They shall ensure the regular monitoring of the implementation of such plans.
Amendment 544 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. The preventive action plan and the emergency plan shall be developed in accordance withbased on the templates contained in Annex V. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 18 to amend those templates. Before adopting a preventive action plan and emergency plan at national level, the Competent authorities which have carried out a joint risk analysis and Competent authorities of neighbouring countries shall consult each other with a view to ensuring that their plans are consistent.
Amendment 547 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. The preventive action plans and emergency plans shall be adopted by all Member States in the region, made public and notified to the Commission no later than on 1 March 2019. Such notification shall take place once the plans have been adopted by all Member States in the region. The Commission shall inform the Gas Coordination Group about the notification of the plans and publish them on the Commission website. If requested by a Member state, the Commission should made available a courtesy translation in a European working language.
Amendment 548 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. The preventive action plans and emergency plans shall be adopted by all Member States in the region, made public and notified to the Commission no later than on 1 March 2019. Such notification shall take place once the plans have been adopted by all Member States in the region. The Commission shall inform the Gas Coordination Group about the notification of the plans and publish them on the Commission website.
Amendment 575 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the definition of protected customers in each Member State of the region and the information described in the second subparagraph of Article 5(1);
Amendment 577 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the definition of protected customers in each Member State of the region and the information described in the second subparagraph of Article 5(1);
Amendment 580 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the measures, volumes and capacities needed to fulfil the infrastructure and supply standards in each Member State of the region, as laid down in Articles 4 and 5, including where applicable, the extent to which demand-side measures can sufficiently compensate, in a timely manner, for a supply disruption as referred to in Article 4(2), the identification of the single largest gas infrastructure of common interest in the case of application of Article 4(3), the necessary gas volumes per category of protected customers and per scenario as referred to in Article 5(1) and any increased supply standard under Article 5(2), including a justification of the compliance with the conditions set in Article 5(2) and a description of a mechanism to temporarily reduce any increased supply standard or additional obligation in accordance with Article 12;
Amendment 583 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the measures, volumes and capacities needed to fulfil the infrastructure and supply standards in each Member State of the region, as laid down in Articles 4 and 5, including where applicable, the extent to which demand- side measures can sufficiently compensate, in a timely manner, for a supply disruption as referred to in Article 4(2), the identification of the single largest gas infrastructure of common interest in the case of application of Article 4(3), the necessary gas volumes per category of protected customers and per scenario as referred to in Article 5(1) and any increased supply standard under Article 5(2), including a justification of the compliance with the conditions set in Article 5(2) and a description of a mechanism to temporarily reduce any increased supply standard or additional obligation in accordance with Article 12;
Amendment 608 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. The Member States shall carry out an impact assessment on all preventive non-market based measures to be adopted after the entry into force of this Regulation, including the measures to comply with the supply standard set out in Article 5(1) and the measures for the increased supply standard set out in Article 5(2). Such impact assessment shall cover at least the following:
Amendment 617 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 671 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Amendment 678 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
As long as the supply to households, essential social services and district heating installationprotected customers in the Member State having declared the emergency is not satisfied, despite the application of the measure in paragraph 1, the gas supply to customers other than households, essential social services and district heating installationand the purchase of gas is no longer an option, the gas supply to customers other than protected customers in any other Member State, directly connected to the Member State which declared the emergency, shall not continue to the extent necessary to supply the households, essential social services and district heating installationprotected customers in the Member States having declared the emergency.
Amendment 691 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 694 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The first subparagraph shall apply to essential social servicapplicability of Article 12 (2) shall be subject to the condition that a Member State calling for solidarity meets all his duties aund district heating installations to the extent they are coverer this Regulation, in particular that the Member State makes use of all measures described byin the definition of protected customrespective emergency plan and that the commercial and technical terms inof the respectivagreement in the Member Stategency plan are met.
Amendment 800 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I
Annex I
Amendment 803 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I
Annex I
Amendment 816 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 5 – subparagraph 1
Annex II – point 5 – subparagraph 1
The calculated area referred to in point 3 shall be extended to the appropriate regional level for connected Member States. The regions listed in Annex I shall apply. For the calculation of the N – 1 formula at regional level, the single largest gas infrastructure of common interest shall be used. The single largest gas infrastructure of common interest to a region shall be the largest gas infrastructure in the region that directly or indirectly contributes to the supply of gas to theconnected Member States of that region and shall be defined in the risk assessment.
Amendment 817 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 5 – subparagraph 3
Annex II – point 5 – subparagraph 3
For the calculations referred to in Article 6(1), the single largest gas infrastructure of common interest to the regions as listed in Annex Iof connected Member States shall be used.