6 Amendments of Nikolaos CHOUNTIS related to 2010/0363(COD)
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) The energy sector and energy supply are of the greatest strategic importance for the Member States; policies adopted should therefore be compatible with efforts to achieve growth and with social and environmental policy.
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 b (new)
Recital 1 b (new)
(1b) Electricity is a public utility and cannot be left in the grip of market forces and neo-liberal politicians. The 'self- regulatory capacities' of the market and obeisance to competition rules accompanying the provision of public services have manifestly failed.
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Because of the oligopolistic structure of the deregulated energy sector, prices are set on the financial markets and controlled by five or six corporate giants. The energy sector operates along typically arbitrary and speculative lines at the expense of the public and social interest.
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) Regulation, inspection, supervision and large fines with a view to curbing speculation and ensuring transparency within the framework of the same economic system as the existing deregulated energy sector are considered to be inadequate instruments of limited effectiveness. The 'supervised deregulation' model for the energy sector cannot replace a social state and promote an integrated growth, social and environmental policy which will be in the social interest of EU citizens.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) Progressive market deregulation following the first directive (96/92/EC) has not, as the Commission asserted, resulted in stability, price predictability and lower costs for consumers. On the contrary, prices have risen steeply at the expense European consumers, leading to ‘energy poverty’.
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) Bestowing increased responsibilities on the Agency under the market 'monitoring mechanism' conceals the danger of turning it into a 'regulatory trap' and an instrument enabling major market stakeholders to exert their influence and assert their own interests. Its mode of operation does not guarantee compliance with the principles of transparency and democratic control, thereby making it impossible to defend the social interest of EU citizens.