19 Amendments of Marian-Jean MARINESCU related to 2011/0300(COD)
Amendment 8 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Evaluation of the current TEN-E framework has clearly shown that this policy, while making a positive contribution to selected projects by giving them political visibility, lacks vision, focus, and flexibility to fill identified infrastructure gaps; highlights in this context the importance of identifying potential future gaps in energy demand and supply.
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) The Union market design and the development of common Union infrastructure schemes should be harmonised in order to ensure the management of internal Union interconnections and interconnections with third countries.
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) The creation of a Union-oriented linkage of its offshore potential is highly important. The integration of the North Sea, Baltic Sea and Black Sea offshore potentials is vital to the development of the Union's internal energy market.
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18a) Cooperation through horizontal projects in the energy and transport area should be promoted in order to develop synergies with high Union added value.
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) The target for all Member States to have a level of interconnection equivalent to at least to 10% of their installed production capacity agreed by the Barcelona European Council 15-16 March in 2002 has not been achieved.
Amendment 166 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
Amendment 228 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. Each Group shall draw up its proposed list of projects of common interest according to the process set out in section 2 of Annex III, according to the contribution of each project to implementing the energy infrastructure priority corridors and areas set out in Annex I and according to their fulfilment of the criteria set out in Article 4. Each individual proposal for a project shall require the approval of the Member State(s), to the territory of which the project relates. In case a specific proposal for a cross-border project fulfils the relevant criteria as set out in the Regulation, but is supported by only one of the involved Member States, the decision shall be deferred to the Commission, which should act in consultation of the Agency.
Amendment 236 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
For electricity and gas projects falling under the categories set out in points 1 and 2 of Annex II, each Group shall, at the latest six months before the adoption date of the Union-wide list referred to in paragraph 1, submit its proposed list of projects of common interest to the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (‘Agency’). This list shall include the opinion of the Group on the proposed list of projects of common interest, in particular taking into account the consistent application of the criteria set out in Article 4 across the Groups, and the results of the analysis carried out by the ENTSOs for Electricity and Gas in accordance with point 2.6 of Annex III.
Amendment 305 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b – indent 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b – indent 2
– security of supply, inter alia through diversification of supply sources, supplying counterparts and routes, reducing single supply source or route dependency;
Amendment 368 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(ba) a revised plan aiming to overcome the delays.
Amendment 455 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) coordinated scheme: The comprehensive decision may encompass multiple individual legally binding decisions issued by the Competent Authority and other authorities concerned. The competent authority shall establish, on a case-by-case basis, a reasonable time limit within which the individual decisions must be issued. The competent authority may take an individual decision on behalf of another national authority concerned, if the decision by that authority is not delivered within the time limit and if the delay cannot be adequately justified. The competent authority may overrule an individual decision of another national authority, if it considers that the decision is not sufficiently substantiated with regard to the underlying evidence presented by the authority concerned. The competent authority shall ensure that the relevant requirements under international and Union legislation are respected and must duly justify its decision. The coordinated scheme may only be used for a transitional period not exceeding 5 years after the entry into force of this Regulation.
Amendment 493 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
This detailed schedule shall take into account the provisions of Article 11(2), the concept for public participation pursuant to Article 10(3) and the best applicable authorization process as regards the specificity of the project. For projects crossing the border between two or more Member States, the competent authorities of the Member States concerned shall align their timetables and elaborate a joint schedule.
Amendment 508 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Within one month of the entry into force of this Regulation, the ENTSO for Electricity and the ENTSO for Gas shall submit to the Agency and the Commission their respective methodology, including on network and market modelling, for a harmonised energy system-wide cost- benefit analysis at Union-wide level taking into account wider socio-economic as well as environmental benefits of energy infrastructure on a regional scale for projects of common interest falling under the categories set out in points 1(a) to (d) and 2 of Annex II. The methodology shall be elaborated in line with the principles laid down in Annex V.
Amendment 528 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 8
Article 12 – paragraph 8
8. By 31 December 2016, the ENTSO for Electricity and the ENTSO for Gas shall jointly submit to the Commission and the Agency common electricity and gas market and network model including both electricity and gas transmission LNG terminals and storage, covering the priority corridors and areas designated in Annex I and elaborated in line with the principles laid down in Annex V. After approval of this model by the Commission according to the procedure set out in paragraphs 2 to 4, it shall be included in the methodology.
Amendment 603 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the project is commercially not viable according to the business plan and other assessments carried out, notably by possible investors or creditors. The decision on incentives and its justification referred to in paragraph 3 of shall be taken into account when assessing the project's commercial viability; when giving financial support to a project of common interest, it shall be checked that there is no harmful consequences to other commercially viable projects; and
Amendment 687 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 1 – point e
Annex II – point 1 – point e
(e) any equipment or installation, both at transmission and medium and low voltage distribution level, aiming at two-way digital communication, real-time or close to real-time, interactive and intelligent monitoring and management of electricity generation, transmission, distribution and consumption within an electricity network in view of developing a network efficiently integrating the behaviour and actions of all users connected to it – generators, consumers and those that do both – in order to ensure an economically efficient, sustainable electricity system with low losses and high quality and security of supply and safety;
Amendment 694 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 3 – point a
Annex II – point 3 – point a
(a) pipelines used to transport crude oil to refineries;
Amendment 746 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part 2 – point 4
Annex III – part 2 – point 4
(4) For all Union-wide lists of projects of common interest adopted after 1 August 2013, proposed gas transmission, liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals and storage projects falling under the categories set out in point 2 of Annex II shall be part of the latest available ten-year network development plan for gas, developed by the ENTSO for Gas pursuant Article 8 of Regulation (EC) 715/2009.
Amendment 825 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 12
Annex V – point 12
(12) Transmission, underground storage, liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal and distribution system operators shall exchange the information necessary for the elaboration of the methodology, including the relevant network and market modelling. Any transmission or distribution system operator collecting information on behalf of other transmission or distribution system operators shall give back to the participating transmission and distribution system operators the results of the collection of data. For the common electricity and gas market and network model set out in paragraph 8 of Article 12, the input data set referred to in point 1 shall cover the years n+10, n+20 and n+30 and the model shall allow for a full assessment of economic, social and environmental impacts, notably including external costs such as those related to greenhouse gas and conventional air pollutant emissions or security of supply.