Activities of Teresa RIERA MADURELL related to 2009/0108(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Security of gas supply (debate)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION 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
Amendments (15)
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) EU investment in renewable production and infrastructure should be backed by efforts of the Member States and the Commission to promote within the EU neighbourhood, in cooperation with third countries, the extension of the principles and norms of the internal market as stipulated in the Energy Charter Treaty. The Commission should consider extending the European Energy Community, comprising the EU and the countries of south-eastern Europe, to other third countries, as appropriate, and creating new regional energy markets modelled thereon, such as a Euro- Mediterranean energy community, so as to ensure security of supply.
Amendment 32 #
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. 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, w. Where a crisis arises due to difficulties in a third country, to assume a mediation and facilitation role together with the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The failure of the largest single gas infrastructure or gas supply source, the so- called N-1 principle, is a realistic scenario. Using the failure of such infrastructure or supply source as a benchmark of what the EU as a whole and the Member States individually should be able to compensate is a valid starting point for ensuringgood yardstick for an initial assessment of their security of gas supply, both for the EU as a whole and for each Member State.
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. In a Community Emergency, the Commission shall coordinate the actions of the Competent Authorities. In particular the Commission shall ensure the exchange of information, ensure the consistency and effectiveness of the actions at Member State and regional level in relation to the Community level, and. The Commission shall coordinate the actions with regard to third countries together with the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. The Commission may convene a crisis management group composed in particular of representatives of the industry and the Member States concerned by the Emergency.
Amendment 122 #
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, ifclients connected to a gas network which the Member State concerned so decides, can also include small and medium-sized enterprises, schools and hospitals provided that they are already connected to a gas distribution network upon, taking into account the specific energy market features, and complying with the established criteria;
Amendment 223 #
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 gastechnical capacity to satisfy total daily gas demand of the calculated area during a period of sixty days of exceptionally high gas demand during the coldest period statistically occurring once every twenty years.
Amendment 239 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. Following the recommendation of the Commission referred to in Article 4(3) or in the situation referred to in Article 4(4), the obligation set out in paragraph 1 may be fulfilled at the regional level. The N-1 standard shall also be considered to be fulfilled where the Competent Authority demonstrates in the Preventive Action Plan referred to in Article 5 that a supply disruption may be sufficiently and timely compensated for by market based demand side measures.
Amendment 268 #
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 all 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 change. 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 flow, with aspects that are not strictly economic, such as security of supply and contribution to the internal market, being taken into account as part of that assessment. In no event shall the capacity be less than 10% of the entry volumes for each of the countries.
Amendment 273 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. The Commission shall oversee the construction of infrastructure contributing significantly to security of supply. It shall adopt the necessary measures in response to any unjustified delays.
Amendment 274 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 6
Article 6 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall ensure that any new transmission infrastructure provides for the security of supply by means of sufficient number of entry and exit points,national entry capacity and transmission networks are capable of adapting the national gas flows to the disruption of any gas supply infrastructure scenario, removing internal bottlenecks and contributesing to the development of a well connected infrastructure.
Amendment 277 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 7
Article 6 – paragraph 7
7. National Regulatory Authorities shall introduce appropriate incentives and 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 or their methodologies in line with Article 41(8) of Directive […/…2009/73EC]. In the case of costs incurred in more than one Member State or in one Member State for the benefit of other Member States, the national regulatory authorities of all Member States concerned shall jointly decide on cost allocation before any investment decision is taken. Any such investment decision shall be subject to approval and acknowledgement of its retribution once commissioned by the national regulatory authority in relation to its costs and the allocation of such costs among all of the national regulatory authorities concerned. The proportion to which each Member State benefits from the investment with regard to security of supply shall be taken into consideration in relation to the allocation of costs among those Member States. Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No …/…715/2009 shall apply.
Amendment 495 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – list -1"Infrastructure side" (new)
Annex II – list -1"Infrastructure side" (new)
Infrastructure side • Increase of Transmission and Reverse flows • LNG terminal (increase storage and regasification capacity) • UGS (commercial and strategic)
Amendment 496 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – list 1 "Supply side" – bullet 4
Annex II – list 1 "Supply side" – bullet 4
Amendment 497 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – list 1 "Supply side" – bullet 6
Annex II – list 1 "Supply side" – bullet 6
Amendment 498 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – list 1 "Supply side" – bullet 9
Annex II – list 1 "Supply side" – bullet 9