Activities of Teresa RIERA MADURELL related to 2007/0199(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Conditions for access to the natural gas transmission networks - Internal market in natural gas - European strategic energy technology plan (debate)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) Some national markets are not connected or are poorly connected to their neighbour markets, therefore remaining isolated. The internal market cannot be achieved without the necessary additional cross-border interconnections. Network planning at national and EU level should give special emphasis to the development of available cross-border interconnection capacity open to third party access in order to allow gas trading across the gas internal market.
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Access to gas storage facilities and LNG facilities is insufficient, and therefore rules need to be improved. Monitoring by the European Regulators' Group for electricity and gas (ERGEG) concluded that the voluntary guidelines for good third party access practice for storage system operators, agreed by all stakeholders at the Madrid Forum, are being insufficiently applied and therefore need to be made binding. Strict and harmonized access conditions for all LNG plants are also necessary.
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point –1 (new) Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 1 – point –1 (new) Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
(–1) Throughout the text, the words "Transmission system" shall be replaced by "Basic Infrastructure"
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – point 2 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – points 29 a and 29 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – points 29 a and 29 b (new)
29a. ‘Basic Gas Infrastructure’ means a transmission network or a storage facility or a LNG facility; 29b. ‘Basic Gas Infrastructure Operator’ means a natural or legal person responsible for operating a basic gas infrastructure facility.
Amendment 114 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 2 c – paragraph 5
Article 2 c – paragraph 5
5. The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas shall publish a Community-wide 10-year network investment plan every two years. The investment plan shall include the modelling of the integrated network, scenario development, a supply and demand adequacy report and an assessment of the resilience of the system. The investment plan shall, in particular, be buildt on: (a) national investment plans and on(b) the Guidelines for Trans-European energy networks in accordance with Decision No 1364/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. The investment plan shall identify investment gaps, notably with respect to cross border capacities. With regard to cross-border interconnections, it shall be built on: (a) the proposals of network users, including traders and/or (b) the proposals of other investors different from the TSOs existing in the countries to be connected. National Regulatory Authorities shall be asked to provide their opinion on all those proposals not included in national plans. The investment plan shall identify investment gaps, notably with respect to cross border capacities open to third party access. The 10-year investment plan shall not be adopted before a positive opinion of the Agency is delivered and shall comply with the requirements of the Commission.
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 2 d – title
Article 2 d – title
Monitoring by the Agency Monitoring by the Agency and the Commission
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 2 d – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 2 d – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas shall submit the draft technical and market codes, the draft 10-year investment plan and the draft annual work programme, including the information regarding the consultation process, the rejected proposals and the justification of the rejection, to the Agency.
Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 2 d – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 2 d – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
The Agency shall provide a duly justified opinion to the Commission where it considers that the draft annual work programme or the draft 10-year investment plan do not ensure non-discrimination, effective competition and the efficient functioning of the market: (a) a sufficient level of cross-border interconnection available to third party access, (b) an execution programme in accordance with the existing and the expected necessities, or (c) non-discrimination, effective competition and the efficient functioning of the market. The Commission shall communicate its decision on these aspects to ENTSOG and to the Agency, and may require ENTSOG to complement or modify the Plan before it is resubmitted to the Agency , The Agency shall provide its opinion to ENTSOG before the adoption of the 10- year Plan by ENTSOG. A favourable decision of the Commission and the compliance with its requirements shall be a necessary prerequisite for positive opinion provided by the Agency to ENTSOG. The Agency shall monitor the execution of the 10-year Plan, in particular concerning interconnections. In case of non-compliance or delays without a due justification, the Agency may propose to the Commission the adoption of penalties and the invitation of new investors, following the guidelines established by the Commission.
Amendment 184 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 2 h – paragraph 2 and 2 a (new)
Article 2 h – paragraph 2 and 2 a (new)
2. Transmission system operators shall promote operational arrangements, complementary to the establishment of Regional Independent System Operators, in order to ensure optimum management of the network, and promote the development of energy exchanges, the allocation of cross- border capacity through implicit auctions and the integration of balancing mechanisms. All the interconnectors and related infrastructure, independently of their unbundling regime, shall be operated by a Regional Independent System Operator. These Regional ISOs may operate one or more interconnectors from the same or different borders, with no limitation on the extent of the network they operate.
Amendment 202 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 4 a – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 4 a – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Operators of plants exempted under Article 22 of Directive 2003/55/ES shall, for the capacity open to third party access and the services they have to provide to third parties: (a) make relevant information public, in particular data on the use and availability of services, in a time frame compatible with the LNG facility users' reasonable commercial needs. (b) make public the relevant conditions applied, together with the technical information necessary for LNG users to gain effective access to the LNG plant. (c) offer unused LNG facility capacity in a time frame compatible with the LNG facility users' reasonable commercial needs.