14 Amendments of Marusya LYUBCHEVA related to 2009/0010(COD)
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) The lack of security in the energy sector, especially in terms of gas supply, is having an increasingly negative impact on the financial and economic development of Member States.
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 b (new)
Recital 1 b (new)
(1b) The current state of development of the intra-Community gas pipeline network does not allow proper and adequate supply to all Member States.
Amendment 7 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) The present regulation creating the programme setting a budget reference amount for Community financial assistance in the field of energy is strictly linked to the review of the Multiannual Financial Framework and should not change the financial architecture of the EU in such a way as will hinder the achievement of its development goals.
Amendment 8 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Member StatesThe Commission shall undertake the technical monitoring and financial control of the implementation of projects in close cooperation with the CommissionMember States and shall certify the amount and the conformity with this Regulation of the expenditure incurred in respect of projects or parts of projects. Member States may request the participation of the Commission duringThe Commission shall perform regular on-the-spot checks.
Amendment 9 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission will ensure that the Community assistance for energy projects should be based on the principles of financial solidarity and will pursue the objective of a balanced development of the Member States, taking into account the level of influence of the crisis upon them.
Amendment 10 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph -1 (new)
Article 27 – paragraph -1 (new)
-1. In order to ensure the maximum effectiveness of committed Community budgetary resources in terms of economic recovery and added value, the Commission shall evaluate the expected contribution of allocated funds to the fulfilment of the objectives of the approved projects, taking into account also general Community needs in the field of energy, the financial capabilities of the beneficiary Member States and their ability to attract investment from external sources; calls on the Commission to submit the results of this evaluation to the budgetary authority.
Amendment 10 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) It is especially important to finance measures that rapidly address both the economic crisis and the Community's urgent energy needs, adopting a balanced approach so as to ensure regional parity.
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Commission will strictly assess the financial parameters of each of the proposed projects, in order to prevent the misuse of Community funds, as well as to ensure the application of the "getting results" concept.
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a
Recital 8 a
(8a) Among the energy infrastructure projects, it is necessary to select projects that are important to the operation of the internal energy market, to the security of energy supply and which also contribute to the recovery of the economy. In this regard, special attention should be paid to the implementation of projects providing alternative gas supplies to the Member States dependent on a single supplier and which are most vulnerable to interruption of gas supplies.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) In this regard, the current list of projects proposed by the Commission for community financing through the EEPR continues to lack coherence and does not provide adequate anti-crisis response to the Member States most affected by the gas crisis.
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – point c
Article 4 – point c
(c) development of the energy network to strengthen economic and social cohesion byand to reducinge the isolation of the less- favoured and island regions of the Community;
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – point e a (new)
Article 4 – point e a (new)
(ea) providing an adequate response to the recent gas crises.
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5
Article 5
The EEPR shall serve to urgently adapt and develop energy networks of particular importance to the Community in support of the operation of the internal energy market and, in particular, to solve the problems of bottlenecks, security and diversification of supply and to overcome environmental, technical and financial obstacles. Special Community support is necessary to develop energy networks more intensively and to accelerate their construction, in particular in the Member States which were affected by the gas crisis in January 2009 and which are most vulnerable to interruptions of gas supplies.
Amendment 142 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph - 1 a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph - 1 a (new)
-1. The Commission shall prepare a financial evaluation of the impact of the recent gas crises upon the Member States and take the results into account in its future work in the field of Community energy policy;