10 Amendments of Alain LIPIETZ related to 2007/0196(COD)
Amendment 8 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) In order to ensure efficient and non- discriminatory network access it is appropriate that the transmission and distribution systems are operated through legally separate entities where vertically integrated undertakings exist. The Commission should assess measures of equivalent effect, developed by Member States to achieve this requirement, and, where appropriate, submit proposals to amend this Directive. Different approaches need to be taken for transmission and distribution and therefore the Commission should resolve the persisting difficulties - notably network connections for new entrants, in particular for biogas and gas from biomass producers - by strengthening the powers of the regulators.
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) To facilitate efficient market integration, the process of unbundling should enable several transmission systems to be operated together, for example by a Regional Independent System Operator.
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point -1 (new)
Article 1 – point -1 (new)
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
(-1) Article 1(2) shall be replaced by the following: 2. The rules established by this Directive for natural gas, including liquefied natural gas (LNG), shall also apply in a non-discriminatory way to biogas and gas from biomass or other types of gas in so far as such gases can technically and safely be injected into, and transported through, the natural gas system.
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1 a
Article 1 – point 1 a
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 1 – point 2 a (new)
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 5
Article 5
(2a) Article 5 shall be replaced by the following: Member States shall ensure the monitoring of security of supply issues. Where Member States consider it appropriate, they may delegate this task to the regulatory authorities referred to in Article 25(1). This monitoring shall, in particular, cover the supply/demand balance on the national market, the level of expected future demand and available supplies, envisaged additional capacity being planned or under construction, and the quality and level of maintenance of the networks, the use of biogas and gas from biomass, as well as measures to cover peak demand and to deal with shortfalls of one or more suppliers. The competent authorities shall publish, by 31 July each year at the latest a report outlining the findings resulting from the monitoring of these issues, as well as any measures taken or envisaged to address them and shall forward this report to the Commission forthwith.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 6 a (new)
Article 1 – point 6 a (new)
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 4 a (new)
(6a) In Article 8 the following paragraph shall be added: "4a. Transmission system operators shall build sufficient interconnection capacity between their transmission infrastructure in order to meet all reasonable demands for capacity, facilitate an efficient overall market, and fulfil gas security of supply criteria."
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 6 b (new)
Article 1 – point 6 b (new)
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 4 b (new)
(6b) In Article 8, the following paragraph shall be added: "4b. Transmission system operators shall maximise the transmission capacity offered to the market and in the allocation and interruption of capacity on both sides of a border do not discriminate between suppliers inside and outside their home country."
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 9
Article 9
Article deleted
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 9a
Article 9a
Article deleted
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 14
Article 1 – point 14
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 24c – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 24c – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) cooperating on cross-border issues with the regulatory authority or authorities of those Member States including to ensure that transmission system operators jointly and severally build sufficient interconnection capacity between their transmission infrastructure in order to satisfy an efficient overall market assessment and gas security of supply criteria without discriminating between suppliers in different Member States;