7 Amendments of Gunnar HÖKMARK related to 2012/2259(INI)
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas existing legal instruments on forest management set up a sufficient framework to provide the proof of sustainability of forest biomass produced within the European Union;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas liberalisation and competition has played a pivotal role in bringing down energy prices for all EU consumers;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Acknowledges that there is a sufficient legal framework in the form of Regulation (EU) No 955/2010 of 20 October 2010 laying down the obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market to provide a proof that biomass within the European Union is produced sustainably and that no forest or environmental legislation related to sustainable forest management is breached; notes that any new legislation on sustainability of biomass used to generate renewable energy and produced within the European Union should take into account the existing legal framework and instruments that it provides;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Market mechanisms and competition is a precondition for the long term development of renewable energy in Europe; notes that a free and open market is the best way to stimulate a sustainable development of renewable energy;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. A single European energy market, where energy can flow freely between all EU Member States, is a crucial factor for the development of renewables in Europe;
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Notes that the Connection Europe Facility can play an important role in creating one single European Energy Market where current bottlenecks and hinders are replaced by competition, openness and cross-border infrastructure;
Amendment 466 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Is convinced that only an EU-wideEurope needs cost-competitive energy prices and therefore needs cost-efficient systems for promoting RES will offer the most cost-effective framework in which their full potential can be realisedrenewables. This can be achieved both within national systems or through an EU-wide system; sees decisive advantages in a technology- neutral European market for renewables, in which producers will have to cover a pre- determined quota of their energy output from RES, and in which one of the ways of reaching that quota will be through the trading of certificates on a market established for that purpose; notes the evidence of experience in the Member States that, in order to ensure quotas are met, heavy fines must be imposed for failure to meet them;