21 Amendments of Angelika NIEBLER related to 2007/0199(COD)
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Competition for household-consumers requires that suppliers not be blocked when they want to enter new retail markets. Therefore rules and responsibilities governing the supply chain need to be known to all market parties, and they need to be harmonised with a view to enhancing Community market integration.
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 2 c – paragraph 1
Article 2 c – paragraph 1
1. The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas shall adopt: a), in cooperation with operators and network users, shall adopt: a) network-related technical and market codes in the areas mentioned in paragraph 3; b) common network operation tools and research plans; c) a 10-year investment plan for network development every twohree years; d) an annual work programme; e) an annual report; f) annual summer and winter supply outlooks. fa) within the first year and thereafter every three years, a survey of the duration of authorisation procedures in the network area, the national rules or the different national formulations of rules, which delay or hinder cross-border network development or increase its cost.
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 2 c – paragraph 2
Article 2 c – paragraph 2
(2) The annual work programme referred to in paragraph 1(d) shall contain a list and description of the network-related technical and market codes, a plan on coordination of operation of the network and research and development activities, to be drawn up in that year and an indicative calendar.
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 2 c – paragraph 3
Article 2 c – paragraph 3
(3) The detailed network-related technical and market codes shall cover the following areas, according to the priorities defined in the annual work programme: a) rules for the security and reliability ruleof energy networks; b) grid connection and access rules; c) data exchange and settlement rules; d) interoperability rules; e) operational procedures in an emergency; f) capacity allocation and congestion management rules; g) rules for capacity trading; h) network-related transparency rules; i) balancing rules including rules on nominations procedures, rules for imbalance charges and rules for operational balancing between transmission system operators systems; j) rules regarding harmonised transportation tariff structures; k) energy efficiency regarding gas networks.
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 2 c – paragraph 5
Article 2 c – paragraph 5
5. The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas shall publish a Community-wide 10-year network investment plan every twohree years. The investment plan shall include the modelling of the integrated network, scenario development, a supply and demand adequacy report and an assessment of the resilience of the system. The investment plan shall, in particular, build on national investment plans and on the Guidelines for Trans-European energy networks in accordance with Decision No 1364/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. The investment plan shall identify investment gaps, notably with respect to cross border capacities. A survey of obstacles to the cross-border extension of the system stemming from differences in authorisation procedures or practices shall be annexed to the investment plan.
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 2 c – paragraph 6
Article 2 c – paragraph 6
6. Upon request of the Commission, the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas shall advise the Commission on the adoptionmendment of Guidelines as laid down in Article 9.
Amendment 146 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 2 e – paragraph 1
Article 2 e – paragraph 1
1. After consulting the Agency, the CommissionThe Agency may invite the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas, within a reasonable period of time, to prepare codes in the areas listed in Article 2c(3) where it considers that such codes are necessary for the efficient functioning of the market.
Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 2 e – paragraph 3 - introductory part
Article 2 e – paragraph 3 - introductory part
3. The Commission may adopt, on its own initiative or upon recommendation of the Agency, guidelines on the areas listed in Article 2c(3) when it considers that:
Amendment 159 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 2 e – paragraph 4
Article 2 e – paragraph 4
4. Paragraph 3 shall be without prejudice to the Commission’s right to adopt and amend guidelines as laid down in Article 9.
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 2 e – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 2 e – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The Commission shall inform the European Parliament and the Council when it intends to adopt guidelines pursuant to Article 2e(3).
Amendment 174 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 2 g
Article 2 g
The costs related withto the activities of the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas mentioned in Articles 2a to 2h shall be borne by the transmission system operators and shall be taken into account in the calculation of tariffsgeneral budget of the European Union.
Amendment 189 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 2 h – paragraph 3
Article 2 h – paragraph 3
Amendment 229 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 10
Article 1 – point 10
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 6 a – paragraph 2
Article 6 a – paragraph 2
2. For the services provided, each LNG and storage system operator shall make public information on contracted and available storage and LNG facility capacities on a numerical basis on a regular and rolling basis and in a user-friendly standardised manner, where three or more users have contracted capacity.
Amendment 243 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 10
Article 1 – point 10
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 6 b
Article 6 b
Transmission system operators, storage system operators and LNG system operators shall keep at the disposal of the national regulatory authority, the national competition authority and the Commission all information referred to in Article 6 and 6a, and in part 3 of the Annex for a period of fivthree years.
Amendment 244 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 10 a (new)
Article 1 – point 10 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 6c (new)
Article 6c (new)
(10a) The following Article is added: Article 6c Restrictions on the publication of information If transmission system, storage system or LNG operators consider that they are not entitled to publish all requisite data for reasons of confidentiality they shall seek the permission of the relevant authorities to restrict publication thereof in respect of the points or points concerned. The relevant authorities shall give or withhold permission on a case-by-case basis, taking particular account of a legitimate need to protect trade secrets and the objective of creating a natural gas market open to competition. Permission under this article shall not be given where three or more users have contracted capacity at the same outlet.
Amendment 254 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 13
Article 1 – point 13
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 8a – paragraph 2
Article 8a – paragraph 2
These rules shall be made public, be designed with the aim of harmonispromoting and securing access to customers across borders and. The rules shall be spubject to reviewlished after examination by the regulatory authorities.
Amendment 258 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 14
Article 1 – point 14
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – points d to h
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – points d to h
Amendment 259 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 14
Article 1 – point 14
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point g
Amendment 263 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 14
Article 1 – point 14
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point h
Amendment 264 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 14
Article 1 – point 14
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. Guidelines on the issues listed in paragraph 1(a), (b) and (c) are laid down in the Annex with respect to transmission system operators. The necessary guidelines regarding storage system operators and LNG operators referred to in paragraphs 1 (a) (b) and (c) and regarding the points contained in paragraphs 1 (d) (e) and (f) shall be adopted later on under the ordinary procedure as Annex 2 to this directive.
Amendment 267 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 14
Article 1 – point 14
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The Commission may amend the guidelines referred to in the first subparagraph and adopt guidelines on the issues listed in paragraph 1. Those measures designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation inter alia by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 14(2).