Activities of Hannes SWOBODA related to 2009/0108(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Security of gas supply (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning measures to safeguard security of gas supply and repealing Directive 2004/67/EC PDF (810 KB) DOC (1 MB)
Amendments (17)
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) Since gas supplies from third countries are central to the security of gas supply of the Community, the Commission should include an 'energy security clause' in trade, association, and partnership and cooperation agreements with producer and transit countries. This 'energy security clause' should stipulate measures to prevent supply crises or to help to overcome those supply crises which are not the responsibility of the parties concerned. The Commission shall coordinate the actions with regard to third countries, working with producer and transit countries on arrangements to handle crisis situations and to ensure a stable gas flow to the Community. The Commission should be entitled to deploy a task force to monitor gas flows in crisis situations within and, in consultation with the third countries involved, outside the Community and, where a crisis arises due to difficulties in a third country, to assume a mediation and facilitation role through the Vice- President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a (new)
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) It is important that gas supply is maintained, particularly as regards household customers, as well as other protected customers such as schools and hospitalsa limited amount of additional customers, especially customers delivering important public services, which can be defined by the Member States concerned, in cases in which the market cannot continue to supply them. It is essential that the measures to be taken during a crisis are defined in advance of any crisis.
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) Since gas supplies from third countries are central to the security of gas supply of the Community, the CommissionUnion, in the event of a Union Emergency the Commission, after consultation of the Gas Coordination Group, should coordinate the actions with regard to third countries, working with producer and transit countries on arrangements to handle crisis situations and to ensure a stable gas flow to the CommunityUnion. The Commission, after consultation of the Gas Coordination Group, should be entitled to deploy a task force to monitor gas flows in crisis situations within and, in consultation with the third countries involved, outside the CommunityUnion and, where a crisis arises due to difficulties in a third country, to assume a mediation and facilitation role.
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 1
Article 2 – point 1
(1) "protected customers" means all household customers already connected to a gas distribution network, and, if. Member States concerned so, may decide, can als to include small and medium-sized enterprises, schools and hospitals provided that they are already connected to gas distribution network;a limited amount of additional customers especially customers delivering important public services; but in any case, these extensions must not interfere with the principles of European or regional solidarity towards countries with supply problems.
Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3a Long-term security of supply measures At the latest one year after the entry into force of this Regulation, the Commission shall present a report containing proposed regulatory measures that could be implemented in order to diversify, at Union level, the geographical sources of gas and the routes of supply into the EU. The report should include proposals to the different Member States concerning activities and measures in order to enhance security of gas supply. The report shall, in particular, include an assessment of the role of LNG installations. An overview of storage capacities for gas for and in different Member States shall be added. In addition, the report shall make proposals for stronger regional cooperation in setting up regional preventive action and emergency plans. Any regional cooperation for the purpose of the implementation of this Regulation shall be conducted by the Competent Authorities of the Member States, involving the natural gas undertakings, the regulatory authorities and the industrial consumers and in close cooperation with the Commission. This regional cooperation shall support and must not interfere with the general European solidarity obligations.
Amendment 165 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. By [31 March 2011; 12 months from entry into force] at the latest, the Competent Authority, after consultation of the natural gas undertakings, of the relevant organisations representing the interests of household and industrial customers and of the regulatory authority, where it is not the Competent Authority, shall establish:
Amendment 168 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Where the regulatory authority is not the Competent Authority, the regulatory authority shall be formally involved in the processes of establishing the Preventive Action Plan and the Emergency Plan. The Competent Authority shall take utmost account of the assessments made by the regulatory authority insofar as they refer to network-related regulatory issues in particular concerning the development of the impact assessment regarding the fulfilment of infrastructure standards according to Article 6 with regards to future approval of tariffs and the consistency with network development plans.
Amendment 224 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. By [31 March 20146; 3five years after entry into force] at the latest, the Competent Authority shall ensure that in the event of a disruption of the largest gas supply infrastructure, the remaining infrastructure (N-1) has the capacity to deliver the necessary volume of gas to satisfy total gas demand of the calculated area during a period of sixty days of exceptionally high gas demand during the coldest period statistically occurring every twenty years. Three years after entry into force, the most important investments should be in place and a report of these investments should be given by the Competent Authorities to the Commission.
Amendment 252 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new)
(4a) Where new cross border interconnections are needed or existing ones need to be extended, close cooperation of the Member States concerned, Competent Authorities and, where they are not the Competent Authorities, the regulatory authorities shall take place at an early stage.
Amendment 267 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5
Article 6 – paragraph 5
5. The transmission system operators shall enable permanent physical capacity to transport gas in both directions on allthose interconnections within twohree years from the entry into force of this Regulation, except in cases where at the request of a Competent Authority, the Commission decides that the addition of a bi-directional flow capacity would not enhance the security of supply of any Member State. Such decision may be reviewed if circumstances chang especially concerning pipelines, connecting production sources, LNG facilities, or interconnection points with distribution networks or where gas quality constraints render bi-directional flows impossible. The level of the bi- directional flow capacity shall be reached in a cost efficient way and at least take into account the capacity required to meet the supply standard set in Article 7. Within that two year period, the gas transmission system operator shall adapt the functioning of the transmission system as a whole so as to enable bi-directional gas flowsThe Competent Authorities and the Commission shall ensure that the assessment of the interconnections is regularly reviewed if circumstances change, in particular through the updating of the national and the Union Preventive Action Plan.
Amendment 276 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 7
Article 6 – paragraph 7
7. National Regulatory Authorities shall take into account the costs of fulfilling the N-1 standard and the costs of enabling the permanent physical capacity to transport gas in both directions in their approval of tariffs in line with Article 41(8) of Directive […/…2009/73/EC]. In the case of costs incurred in more than one Member State, the national regulatory authorities of all Member States concerned shall jointly decide on cost allocation. Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No …/… shall apply before any investment decision is taken. The same applies if costs incurred in one Member State contribute to the enhancement of security of supply in one or more other Member States. Any such investment decision shall be subject to approval of its costs and their allocation by all of the national regulatory authorities concerned. The proportion to which each Member State benefits from the infrastructure investments with regard to security of supply shall be taken into consideration.
Amendment 321 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
b) taking into account all relevant national and regional circumstances, including the use of gas to supply electricity and district heating to protected customers;
Amendment 354 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point 1
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point 1
(1) Early warning level (Early Warning): when there is concrete, serious and reliable information, possibly triggered by an Early Warning Mechanism, that an event may occur which will deteriorate the supply conditions. As long as the market solves the problem there should be no intervention of the competent Authority;
Amendment 359 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Emergency Plan shall also identify the necessary measures and actions to be taken in case of an Emergency to mitigate the impact of a gas supply disruption on the supply of electricity and district heat to protected customers.
Amendment 396 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission, after the consulting the Gas Coordination Group, may declare a CommunityUnion Emergency at the request of one Competent Authority or when the CommunityUnion loses more than 10% of its daily gas import from third countries as calculated by ENTSO-G. It shall declare a CommunityUnion Emergency where more than one Competent Authority has declared Emergency following the verification in accordance with Article 9(6). It may declare a CommunityUnion Emergency for specifically affected geographical regions comprising more than one Member State.
Amendment 481 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 6 – point b – introductory part
Article 12 – paragraph 6 – point b – introductory part
b) Natural gas undertakingThe Competent Authorities shall notify the Commission of the following details of the contracts concluded with suppliers from third countriesby the natural gas undertakings of their respective Member States with suppliers from third countries on an aggregated basis, but in a form which delivers the necessary information for the Commission to act: