11 Amendments of Eugenijus MALDEIKIS related to 2007/0196(COD)
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Full sSeparation of network and supply activities should apply throughout the Community, so that any network operator in the Community or its affiliated companies should be prevented from having any supply or production activities in any Member State. This should apply equally to EU and non-EU companies. To ensure that network and supply activities throughout the Community are kept separate, regulatory authorities should be empowered to refuse certification to transmission system operators that do not comply with the unbundling rules. To ensure a consistent application across the Community and the respect of the international obligations of the Community, the CommissionAgency should have the right to review the decisions on certification taken by the regulatory authorities.
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The safeguarding of energy supply is an essential element of public security and is therefore inherently connected to the efficient functioning of the EU gas market and to the integration of Member States’ isolated markets. Use of the network is essential for gas to reach EU citizens. Functioning gas markets and in particular the networks and other assets associated with gas supply are essential for public security, for the competitiveness of the economy and for the well-being of the citizens of the Community. Without prejudice to the international obligations of the Community, the Community considers that the gas transmission system sector is of high importance to the Community and therefore additional safeguards are necessary regarding the influence of third countries in order to avoid any threats to Community public order and public security and the welfare of the citizens of the Community. Such measures are also necessary for ensuring compliance with the rules on effective unbundling.
Amendment 140 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1 – point (a a) (new)
Article 1 – point 1 – point (a a) (new)
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 2 – point 32 a (new)
Article 2 – point 32 a (new)
(aa) the following point shall be added: ‘32a. ‘isolated market’ means a Member State with no interconnection to other Member States’ national transmission systems and/or whose gas supply is controlled by a person or persons from a third country.
Amendment 178 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 c (new)
Article 1 – point 2 c (new)
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article –5 a (new)
Article –5 a (new)
(2c) The following article shall be inserted: ‘Article –5a European solidarity 1. Member States shall coordinate their activities in order to ensure the secure, diversified and effective supply of gas to the European market. Member States shall cooperate in the following areas: (a) coordination of national emergency measures as mentioned by Article 8 of Directive 2004/67/EC; (b) identification and, where necessary, development or upgrading of electricity and natural gas interconnections; (c) conditions and practical modalities for mutual assistance. 2. Member States shall cooperate in drawing up and implementing new projects relating to interconnections between Member States, LNG facilities and storage, with the objective of eliminating isolated markets, which will help create a single European gas market. 3. Member States shall coordinate their activities relating to third country suppliers in order to ensure the implementation of a common European energy policy; 4. The Commission shall draw up technical and economic measures for the creation, as a priority, of new infrastructure for isolated markets connecting Member States’ national transmission systems.’
Amendment 180 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 5a – paragraph 1
Article 5a – paragraph 1
1. In order to safeguard a secure supply on the internal market of natural gas, Member States shall cooperate in order to develop interconnections and to promote regional and bilateral solidarity.
Amendment 181 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 5a – paragraph 2
Article 5a – paragraph 2
2. This cooperation shall cover situations resulting or likely to result in the short term in a severe disruption of supply affecting a Member State. It shall include: (a) coordination of national emergency measures as mentioned by Article 8 of Directive 2004/67/EC; (b) identification and, where necessary, development or upgrading of electricity and natural gas interconnections; (c) conditions and practical modalities for mutual assistance.
Amendment 189 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 5a – paragraph 4
Article 5a – paragraph 4
4. The Commission may adopt guidelines for regional and European solidarity cooperation. This measure, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 30(3).
Amendment 194 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 5b
Article 5b
Member States and regulatory authorities shall cooperate among themselves for the purpose of integrating their national markets at least at the regional level. In particular, Member Statesthey shall promotensure the cooperation of network operators at a regional level, and fosacilitater the charmonsistencyation of their legal and regulatory framework. The geographical area covered by regional cooperations shall be in line with the definition of geographical areas by the Commission in accordance with Article 2h(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005.
Amendment 210 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 7 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 6 a (new)
‘6a. Unbundling of vertically integrated companies should not result in an increase in gas tariffs for customers or other negative social consequences.’
Amendment 214 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 7 – paragraph 6 b (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 6 b (new)
‘6b. Member States shall monitor the process of unbundling vertically integrated companies and shall submit a progress report to the Commission.’
Amendment 527 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 15 b (new)
Article 1 – point 15 b (new)
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 28 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 28 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(15b) In Article 28, the following paragraph shall be inserted: "1a. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, being an isolated region that is not directly connected to the interconnected system of any other Member State and having the only one main external supplier with exclusive monopoly rights granted by contracts or commitments concluded before the 1st May 2004, and currently having no physical possibility to be supplied by any other supplier, may derogate from the provisions of Articles 7, 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d and 9. A supply undertaking having a market share of more than 75% in this region shall be considered to be a main supplier. This derogation shall automatically expire on the date when the above-mentioned contracts or commitments concluded before the 1st May 2004 with main suppliers expire, but not later than 10 years from the adoption of Directive .../.../EC [amending Directive 2003/55/EC concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas]. Any such derogation shall be notified to the Commission."