10 Amendments of Marian-Jean MARINESCU related to 2009/0108(COD)
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Gas routes and sources for the CommunityUnion should support the security of supply of the CommunityUnion as a whole and its Member States individually. Security of supply will depend in the future on the evolution of the fuel mix, the development of production in the CommunityUnion and in third countries supplying the CommunityUnion, investments in storage facilities and in routesdiversification of routes and sources, with a particular focus on Nabucco, within and outside the CommunityUnion including Liquefied Natural Gas facilities.
Amendment 121 #
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, if the Member State concerned so decides, can also include customers where gas is necessary to fulfil an essential public service such as small and medium-sized enterprises, schools andor hospitals provided that they are already connected to a gas distribution network;
Amendment 166 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. By [31 March 2011; 128 months from entry into force] at the latest, the Competent Authority, after consultation of the natural gas undertakings, of the relevant organisations representing the interests of household and industrial customers and of the regulatory authority, where ithis is not the Competent Authority, shall establish:
Amendment 265 #
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 two 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 aset out in paragraph 5a. The obligation to install bi- directional flow capacity would not enhance the security of supply of any Member State. Such decision may be reviewed if circumstances changdoes not apply to pipelines connecting production sources, LNG facilities, or interconnection points with distribution networks or where gas quality constraints render bi-directional flows impossible. 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 flows.
Amendment 272 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Where at the request of a Competent Authority the Commission decides that enabling bi-directional flow capacity would not enhance the security of supply of any Member State concerned, or that the investment costs significantly outweigh the prospective benefits to security of supply in any Member State, the obligation to enable permanent physical capacity to transport gas in both directions shall not apply. The Commission shall take utmost account of the results of the risk assessment carried out by the Competent Authority according to Article 8(1). Such decisions may be reviewed if circumstances change.
Amendment 346 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) Define the role and responsibilities of the Competent Authority and of the other authorities to which tasks were allocated as referred to in point (2) of the second paragraph of Article 2;
Amendment 360 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Article 9 – paragraph 4
4. The Competent Authority is enabled to declare an Emergency and the crisis level. It shall immediately inform the Commission and provide it with all the necessary information when it declares any of the crisis levels. In the event of an emergency which may result in a call for assistance from the EU and its Member States the Competent Authority of the Member State concerned shall without delay notify the Commission’s Civil Protection Monitoring and Information Centrein particular of the actions it intends to take according to paragraph 1. The Competent Authority shall follow the pre-defined actions as defined in its Emergency Plan.
Amendment 369 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 5
Article 9 – paragraph 5
5. WheIn the Competent Authority declaresevent of an Eemergency it shall follow the pre-defined actions as defined in its Emergency Plan and shall immediately inform the Commission in particular of the actions it intends to take according to Article 9(1)which may result in a call for assistance from the Union and its Member States the Competent Authority of the Member State concerned shall, without delay, notify the Commission’s Civil Protection Monitoring and Information Centre. The Commission may convene the Gas Coordination Group.
Amendment 376 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 6
Article 9 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission shall verify within one week48 hours whether the declaration of an Emergency is justified and whether it does not impose an undue burden on the natural gas undertakings and on the functioning of the internal market. The Commission may, in particular, ask the Competent Authority to modify measures imposing an undue burden on natural gas undertakings and to lift its declaration of Emergency if the Commission considers it not or no longer justified.
Amendment 456 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. TFrom ...*, the Competent Authority during the Emergency shall have in particular the following information available on a daily basis: * OJ please insert date: 6 months after entry into force of this Regulation.