7 Amendments of Victor BOŞTINARU related to 2016/0030(COD)
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) A major disruption of the gas supply can affect all Member States, the Union as a whole and Contracting Parties to the Treaty establishing the Energy Community, signed in Athens on 25 October 2005. It can also severely damage the Union economy and security and can have a major social impact, particularly on vulnerable groups of customers. It is therefore fundamental to diversify energy sources, suppliers and routes to prevent such situations in the first place, and to minimize the effects of unavoidable disruptions.
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The Commission Communication ‘Framework Strategy for a Resilient Energy Union with a Forward-Looking Climate Change Policy’14 from February 2015, highlights the fact that the Energy Union rests on solidarity and trust, which are necessary features of energy security. This regulation should aim to boost solidarity and trust, trust and interconnections between the Member States and should put in place the measures needed to achieve these aims, thus paving the way for implementing the Energy Union. __________________ 14 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and the European Investment Bank, COM(2015) 80 final.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) So far, the potential for more efficient and less costly measures through regional cooperation has not been fully exploited. This has to do not only with b, and an open concept of regional cooperation is needed, with the possibility of reconfiguring cooperation formats on the basis of consultations with the Member States, taking account of the energy dynamic. Better coordination of national mitigation actions in emergency situations, but also is recommended, as well as of national preventive measures, such as national storage or policies related to liquefied natural gas (LNG), which can be strategically important in certain regions.
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) To ensure maximum preparedness, so as to avoid a supply disruption and mitigate its effects should it nevertheless occur, the competent authorities of a given region must draw up preventive action plans and emergency, after consulting stakeholders. Regional plans should take account of the specific characteristics of each Member State. They should also clearly define the roles and responsibilities of the natural gas undertakings and the competent authorities. National measures to be designed should take fully account of the regional measures set out in the preventive action plan and emergency plan. They should be so designed as to address national risks in a way that takes full advantage of the opportunities provided by regional cooperation. The plans should be technical and operational in nature, their function being to help prevent the occurrence or escalation of an emergency and, to mitigate its effects and to avoid the emergence of unfair costs for consumers. The plans should take the security of electricity systems into account and be consistent with the Energy Union’s strategic planning and reporting tools.
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) In the event of a supply crisis, market players should be given sufficient opportunity to respond to the situation with market-based measures. Where market measures have not been timely, or have been exhausted and they are still insufficient, Member States and their competent authorities should take measures to remove or mitigate the effects of the supply crisis.
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. The competent authorities shall study the possibility of using the opportunities offered by the CEF ‘Energy’ and ESI funds in general to develop energy infrastructure in the regions and adequate interconnections for those regions.
Amendment 143 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) arrangements for sharing costs between Member States where a customer in one Member State is adversely affected by a disruption in gas consumption and is forced to move to other fuels (from gas to oil in the case of power plants), owing to protected supplies to customers in the other Member State.