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Emmanouil ANGELAKAS, Nickolay MLADENOV, Andreas SCHWAB, Jacques TOUBON

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 5 a (new)

(5a) The Member States should promote cooperation at regional level, and monitor the effectiveness of the network at that level. Several Member States have already put forward a proposal that would allow fulfilling this objective.

2008/03/12
Committee: IMCO

Emmanouil ANGELAKAS, Nickolay MLADENOV, Andreas SCHWAB, Jacques TOUBON

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 8 a (new)

(8a) Member States should foster regional cooperation with the possibility to designate a regional coordinator in charge of facilitating the dialogue between all national competent authorities. Furthermore, as regards the issue of connecting new power plants to the grid, this should be foreseen in due course and in an effective manner.

2008/03/12
Committee: IMCO

Emmanouil ANGELAKAS, Nickolay MLADENOV, Andreas SCHWAB, Jacques TOUBON

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 8 b (new)

(8b) In order to ensure proper implementation of the 2nd energy package, the Commission should assist those Member States which encounter problems in this field.

2008/03/12
Committee: IMCO

Emmanouil ANGELAKAS, Nickolay MLADENOV, Andreas SCHWAB, Jacques TOUBON

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 3

Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 5b

~~Member State~~Article 5b Article 5b Promotion of Regional Cooperation Promotion of Regional Cooperation 1. Member States' authorities and regulators shall cooperate among themselves for the purpose of integrating their national markets at least at the regional level. In particular, ~~Member States~~they shall ~~promot~~ensure the cooperation of network operators at a regional level, and foster the convergence and consistency of their legal and regulatory framework. ~~The geographical area~~2. When cooperation between several Member States at regional level encounters significant difficulties, following the joint request of these Member States the Commission may designate, in agreement with all Member States covncerned by, a regional coo~~perations shall be in line with the definition of geographical areas by the Commission in accordance with Article 2h(3) of Regulation (EC) No1775/2005~~rdinator. 3. The regional coordinator shall promote at regional level the cooperation of regulatory authorities and any other competent public authorities, network operators, power exchanges, grid users and market parties. In particular, he shall: (a) promote new efficient investments in interconnections. To this end, he shall assist TSOs while elaborating their regional interconnection plan and contribute to the coordination of their investments decisions and, where appropriate, of their open season procedure; (b) promote the efficient and safe use of the networks. To this end, he shall contribute to the coordination between TSOs ,national regulatory authorities and other competent national public authorities with the elaboration of common allocation and common safeguard mechanisms; (c) submit a report every year to the Commission and the Member States concerned on the progress achieved in the region and on any difficulty or obstacle that may hinder progress.

2008/03/12
Committee: IMCO

Emmanouil ANGELAKAS, Nickolay MLADENOV, Andreas SCHWAB, Jacques TOUBON

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 4

Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 7 – paragraph 1

1. In order to ensure the independence of transmission system operators, Member States shall ensure that as from [date of transposition plus one year]: vertically integrated undertakings have to comply: -either with the provisions of Articles 7, 7a, 7b and 7c; or -with the provisions of Articles 7a, 7b and 7c. In the case that the transposition of the provisions of Articles 7a, 7b and 7c proves insufficient in obtaining a high level of liberalisation and thereby complying with the objectives of Articles 7 by [date of transposition plus six years], a decision shall be taken on the implementation of Article 7, on a proposal by the Commission, adopted by the Council and the European Parliament. In the case of compliance with the provisions of Articles 7, 7a and 7b, Member States shall ensure that as from [date of transposition plus one year]:

2008/03/12
Committee: IMCO

Emmanouil ANGELAKAS, Nickolay MLADENOV, Andreas SCHWAB, Jacques TOUBON

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 6 a (new)

Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 1 - point (d) a (new)

(6a) In Article 8, paragraph 1, the following point shall be added after point (d): "(da) in carrying out tasks of a transmission system operator, ensure that the benefit of the region it is operating in is duly taken into account; without prejudging shareholders' rights related to investment profitability and equity needs, operational and investment decisions taken by a transmission system operator shall be consistent with the Community- wide and regional investment plans pursuant to Articles 2c and 2d of the Regulation and shall facilitate market development, market integration and optimize socio-economic welfare gains at least at regional level."

2008/03/12
Committee: IMCO

Emmanouil ANGELAKAS, Nickolay MLADENOV, Andreas SCHWAB, Jacques TOUBON

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 6 b (new)

Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 8 – paragraphs 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 4e, 4f, 4g, 4h, 4i, 4j (new)

(6b) In Article 8, the following paragraphs shall be added after paragraph 4: "4a. Transmission system operators shall elaborate a 10-year network development plan at least every two years. They shall provide efficient measures in order to guarantee system adequacy and security of supply. 4b. The 10-year network development plan shall in particular: (a) indicate to market participants the main transmission infrastructures that ought to be built over the next ten years; (b) contain all investments in relation to which an investment decision has already been taken and identify new investments for which an implementation decision has to be taken in the next three years. 4c. In order to elaborate this 10-year network development plan, each transmission system operator shall make a reasonable hypothesis about the evolution of generation, consumption and exchanges with other countries, and shall take into account existing network investment plans at regional and European levels. Each transmission system operator shall submit in due time the draft to the competent national body. 4d. The competent national body shall consult all relevant network users on the basis of a draft for the 10-year network development plan in an open and transparent manner and may publish the result of the consultation process, in particular possible investment needs. 4e. The competent national body shall examine whether the 10-year network development plan covers all investment needs identified in the consultation. The authority may oblige the transmission system operator to amend his plan. 4f. A competent national body for the purposes of paragraphs 24, 25 and 26 may be the national regulatory authority, any other competent national public authority or a network development trustee constituted by transmission system operators. In the latter case, transmission system operators shall submit the drafts of the statutes, of the list of members and of the rules of procedure to the approval of the competent national public authority. 4g. If the transmission system operator rejects the implementation of a specific investment listed in the 10-year network development plan to be executed in the next three years, Members States shall ensure that the regulatory authority or any other competent national public authority is competent to take one or other of the following measures: (a) to request the transmission system operator to execute, by all legal means, his investment obligations using his financial capacities; or (b) to invite independent investors to tender for a necessary investment in a transmission system and, in so doing, may oblige the transmission system operator: - to agree to financing by any third party, - to agree to building by any third party or to build the new assets, and - to operate the new asset. The relevant financial arrangements shall be subject to the approval of the regulatory authority or any other competent national authority. In both cases, tariff regulation shall allow for revenues that cover the costs of such investments. 4h. The competent national public authority shall monitor and evaluate the implementation of the investment plan. 4i. Transmission system operators shall be obliged to establish and publish transparent and efficient procedures for non-discriminatory connection of new power plants to the grid. Those procedures shall be subject to the approval of national regulatory authorities or any other competent national public authority. 4j. Transmission system operators shall not be entitled to refuse the connection of a new power plant on the grounds of possible future limitations to available network capacities, such as congestion in distant parts of the transmission grid. The transmission system operator shall be obliged to supply the necessary information. Transmission system operators shall not be entitled to refuse a new connection point, on the sole ground that it will lead to additional costs linked to the necessary capacity increase of grid elements within close range of the connection point."

2008/03/12
Committee: IMCO

7 Amendments of Emmanouil ANGELAKAS related to 2007/0196(COD)

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