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REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning measures to safeguard the security of gas supply and repealing Regulation (EU) No 994/2010 PDF (1 MB) DOC (230 KB)
Amendments (78)
Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) In signing on 26 April 2016 the Paris Agreement on climate change (COP 21), the EU is committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in order to hold the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above preindustrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C. Gas is a fossil fuel with an important contribution to climate change due to the significant amount of methane – a powerful greenhouse gas with a global warming potential 86 times higher than CO2 on a 20-year timescale – leaked all along its lifecycle (production, transport, consumption).
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 b (new)
Recital 1 b (new)
(1b) The European gas demand has declined by 14% since 2000 and by 23% since 2010. Higher targets and additional efforts on energy efficiency -following the 'energy efficiency first' principle- will reduce Europe's reliance on gas imports, increase Europe's energy security and achieve Europe's climate objectives. Hence energy efficiency measures should be considered as the first fuel and be given primary consideration in security of gas supply plans.
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) Stress tests showed that Europe's current gas infrastructure is largely resilient to a wide range of demand futures and extreme supply disruption cases. Hence better security of gas supply can be achieved thanks to a more liquid internal market and greater regional cooperation without the need to build additional infrastructure in order to avoid the creation of a new carbon lock-in and of possible stranded assets.
Amendment 159 #
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 between the Member States while achieving the climate and energy goals, and should put in place the measures needed to achieve these aims, thus paving the way for implementing thea climate- friendly 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 172 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) An internal gas market that operates smoothly is the bestcan offer a good guarantee of security of energy supply across the Union and to reduce the exposure of individual Member States to the harmful effects of supply disruptions. Where a Member State's security of supply is threatened, there is a risk that measures developed unilaterally by that Member State may jeopardise the proper functioning of the internal gas market and damage the gas supply to customers in other Member States. To allow the internal gas market to function even in the face of a shortage of supply, provision must be made for solidarity and coordination in the response to supply crises, as regards both preventive action and the reaction to actual disruptions of supply.
Amendment 211 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) A regional approach to assessing risks and defining and adopting preventive and mitigating measures enables efforts to be coordinated, bringing significant benefits in terms of the effectiveness of measures and optimisation of resources. This applies particularly to measures designed to guarantee a continued supply, under very demanding conditions, to protected customers, and to measures to mitigate the impact of an emergency. Assessing correlated risks at regional level, which is both more comprehensive and more precise, will ensure that Member States are better prepared for any crises. Moreover, in an emergency, a coordinated and pre-agreed approach to security of supply ensures a consistent response and reduces the risk of negative spill-over effects that purely national measures could have in neighbouring Member States. As preparation for a coordinated and pre- agreed approach, it is important that Member States, have also assessed and implemented the cost-effective demand reduction measures available in their areas, especially for the reduction of heating and cooling demand in buildings, but also by improving industrial processes using gas.
Amendment 226 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) For the purpose of this Regulation, the following criteria should therefore be taken into account when defining the regional groups: supply patternsand energy demand patterns, potentials for reducing this demand regionally through co- ordinated national energy efficiency measures, especially in buildings and in industry, existing and planned interconnections and interconnection capacity between Member States, market development and maturity, existing regional cooperation structures, and the number of Member States in a region, which should be limited to ensure that the group remains of a manageable size.
Amendment 242 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) When conducting a comprehensive risk assessment to be prepared at regional level, competent authorities should assess natural, technological, commercial, financial, social, political, geopolitical, environmental, climate and market- related risks, and any other relevant ones, including gas consumption trends, energy efficiency policies and, where appropriate, the disruption of the supplies from the single largest supplier. All risks should be addressed by effective, proportionate and non-discriminatory measures to be developed in the preventive action plan and the emergency plan, and include measures on the gas demand side as well as on the gas supply side. The impacts of gas on climate change require a clear timeline and strategy to phase out its use by 2050, which should be integrated in the preventive action plan. The results of the risk assessments should also contribute to the all hazard risk assessments foreseen under article 6 of Decision No 1313/2013/EU18 . __________________ 18 Decision No 1313/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 24).
Amendment 254 #
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. The plans should take the security of electricity systems into account and be consistent with the 2030 energy package, the 2050 energy roadmap and the Energy Union's strategic planning and reporting tools.
Amendment 266 #
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 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. Energy efficiency measures should be prioritized to reduce gas and electricity demand and provide a long- term and sustainable improvement of Member States' resilience against supply crisis.
Amendment 270 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) Demand-side measures, such as reducing heating and cooling demand in buildings by coordinated energy efficiency and demand response measures, fuel switching or reducing the gas supply to large industrial consumers in an economically efficient order, may have a valuable role to play in ensuring energy security, if they can be applied quickly and significantly reduce demand in response to a supply disruption. More should be done to promote efficient energy use, particularly where demand-side measures are neededjustified by analysis of the available cost-effective energy savings potential. The environmental impact of any demand and supply-side measures proposed must be taken into account, with preference being given, as far as possible, to measures that have the least impact on the environment. At the same time, and on climate . While security of supply and competitiveness aspects must be taken into account, demand-side measures, as well as renewable energy sources, are understood to actively contribute to a long-term energy security of the EU.
Amendment 279 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) The preventive action plans and emergency plans should be updated regularly and published. They should be subject to peer review. The peer review process allows for early identification of inconsistencies and measures that could endanger other Member States' security of supply, thereby ensuring that plans from different regions are consistent with one another. It also enables Member States to share best practice. The plans should be coherent with the EU carbon emissions, renewables and energy efficiency targets. Preventive action plans and emergency plans will require regular updates as the targets are increased, and a clear timeline to shift away from gas and other fossil fuels towards renewable energy sources and energy efficiency, as a guarantee of energy security.
Amendment 286 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) Mandatory comprehensive templates including all the risks to be covered by the risk assessment and all the components of the preventive action plans and emergency plans are needed to facilitate the risk assessment and preparation of the plans, their peer review and their assessment by the Commission. These templates should also include demand-side measures that can cost- effectively reduce security of supply risks by reducing demand for gas.
Amendment 310 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
(39) In March 2015, the European Council concluded that gas supply contracts with suppliers from third countries should be made more transparent and compatible with the Union energy security provisions. In this context an efficient and targeted mechanism for Member States' access to key gas supply contracts should ensure a comprehensive assessment of relevant risks that can lead to a supply disruption or interfere with the necessary mitigating measures should a crisis nevertheless occur. Under that mechanism certain key gas supply contracts should be automatically notified, immediately after their conclusion, to the Member States. However, any obligation to notify a contract automatically needs to be proportionate. Applying this obligation to contracts between a supplier and a buyer covering 4025% of the national market strikes the right balance in terms of administrative efficiency and lays down clear obligations for market participants. This does not mean that other gas supply contracts are not relevant to security of supply. Accordingly, Member States should have the right to request oe Commission should have the same access to the key gas supply contracts as Member States, given its role in assessing ther contracts which might negatively affect security of supply of a Member State or region or of the Union as a whole. The Commission should have the same access to the gas supply contracts as Member States, given its role in assessing the consistency and effectivenessistency and effectiveness of these contracts with the Union's energy and climate objectives and related legislation as well as of the preventive action plans and emergency plans to address risks to security of supply at national, regional and EU level. The Commission may call on the Member States to amend the plans so as to take account of the information obtained from the contracts. The confidentiality of commercially sensitive information should be ensured. Improved Commission access to information on commercial contracts should not affect the Commission's ongoing efforts to monitor the gas market, and the Commission should intervene if violations of the Union law are identified. The provisions of this Regulation should be without prejudice to the right of the Commission to launch infringement proceedings in accordance with Article 258 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) and to enforce competition rules, including state aid,.
Amendment 316 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
Recital 40
(40) The Gas Coordination Group should act as an adviser to the Commission to help coordinate security of supply measures in the event of a Union emergency. It should also monitor the adequacy and appropriateness of measures to be taken under this Regulation, including the consistency of preventive action plans and emergency plans drawn up by different regions and reviewed by teams of peers. In this respect, security of supply measures should be taken with strong consideration given to 2050 EU decarbonisation objectives and to risks of costly stranded assets.
Amendment 320 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) One of the Union goals is to strengthen thea climate-friendly Energy Community that would ensure effective implementation of the Union energy acquis, energy market reforms and incentivising investments in the renewable energy sector, including investments on the energy demand side, in the form of energy efficiency improvements, by closer integration of the Union and Energy Community energy markets. This entails also introducing common crisis management by proposing preventive and emergency plans at the regional level including the Energy Community Contracting Parties. Furthermore, the Commission Communication on the short term resilience of the European gas system from October 2014 refers to the need to apply internal energy market rules on the flow of energy between the Union Member States and the Energy Community Contracting Parties. In this regard, in order to ensure an efficient crisis management on borders between the Union Member States and the Contracting Parties, the necessary arrangements following the adoption of a Joint Act should be set so that specific cooperation with any individual Energy Community Contracting Party can take place once the required mutual provisions have been duly put into place..
Amendment 337 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45
Recital 45
(45) To allow for a swift Union response to changing circumstances as regards security of gas supply, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of amendment of regions and templates for risk assessment and plans. It is particularly important that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and involving the competent authorities and the National Regulatory Authorities. When preparing and drawing up delegated acts, it should ensure that relevant documents are simultaneously sent to the European Parliament and the Council, in good time and in the appropriate manner.
Amendment 341 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1
Article 1
This Regulation establishes provisions aimed at safeguarding the security of gas supply by ensuring the proper and continuous functioning of the internal market in natural gas ("gas"), based on credible gas demand's trends, by allowing for exceptional measures to be implemented when the market can no longer deliver the required gas supplies to the protected customers and by providing for a clear definition and attribution of responsibilities among natural gas undertakings, the Member States and the Union regarding both short term preventive action and the immediate reaction to concrete disruptions of supply. This Regulation also provides transparent mechanisms, in a spirit of solidarity, for the coordination of planning for, and response to, an emergency at Member State, regional and Union levels.
Amendment 345 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
This Regulation supports the development of some limited new gas infrastructure only in case of upmost necessity, once it has been assessed against sustainable alternatives of energy efficiency and renewable energy measures. Whenever possible, renewable sources of energy and energy efficiency will be preferred over the construction of new gas infrastructure.
Amendment 349 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – subparagraph 2 – point 1 – introductory part
Article 2 – subparagraph 2 – point 1 – introductory part
(1) 'protected customer’' means a household customer or an essential social service connected to a gas distribution network and, in addition, where the Member State concerned so decides, may also mean or to a district heating installation provided that such installation is not able to switch to other fuels and is connected to a gas distributione or more of the following:transmission network;
Amendment 354 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – subparagraph 2 – point 1 – point a
Article 2 – subparagraph 2 – point 1 – point a
Amendment 364 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – subparagraph 2 – point 1 – point b
Article 2 – subparagraph 2 – point 1 – point b
Amendment 378 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – subparagraph 2 – point 3 a (new)
Article 2 – subparagraph 2 – point 3 a (new)
(3a) 'biogas' means a renewable domestic source of methane obtained by biodegradable residues and ultimate wastes and that can be injected into existing gas transmission or distribution grids
Amendment 381 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Long-term and sustainable energy security shall be under the responsibility of Member States and the Commission. They shall ensure that any new measure is coherent with the EU's energy and climate objectives and strategies. Security of gas supply shall be a shared responsibility of natural gas undertakings, Member States, notably through their competent authorities, and the Commission, within their respective areas of activities and competence.
Amendment 386 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 6
Article 3 – paragraph 6
6. The measures to ensure the security of energy supply contained in the preventive action plans and in the emergency plans shall be clearly defined, transparent, proportionate, non- discriminatory and verifiable, verifiable, sustainable and compatible with the climate and energy objectives, shall be demand-based and not exclusively supply-based, shall consider renewable energy sources and energy efficiency as priority solution to improve Europe's energy security, shall not unduly distort competition and the effective functioning of the internal market in gas and, shall not endanger the security of gas supply of other Member States or of the Union as a whole, shall not contribute to create a new fossil fuel lock-in and shall limit the risk of stranded assets.
Amendment 403 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 410 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State or, where a Member State so provides, the competent authority shall ensure that the necessary measures are taken so that in the event of a disruption of the single largest gas infrastructure, the technical capacity of the remaining infrastructure, determined according to the N – 1 formula as provided in point 2 of Annex II, is able, without prejudice to paragraph 2 of this Article, to satisfy, based on reliable gas consumption's trends, long-term impacts of energy efficiency measures on this demand, and utilisation rates of existing capacities, total gas demand of the calculated area during a day of exceptionally high gas demand occurring with a statistical probability of once in 20 years. This is without prejudice to the responsibility of system operators to make the corresponding investments and to the obligations of transmission system operators as laid down in Directive 2009/73/EC and Regulation (EC) No 715/2009. However, each Member State's competent authority shall not to promote any new gas infrastructure until all less stringent alternatives (mainly demand- side and renewable energy measures) have been assessed.
Amendment 416 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5
Article 4 – paragraph 5
5. National regulatory authorities shall take into account the efficiently incurred costs ofand volumes necessary for fulfilling the obligation set out in paragraph 1, including how energy efficiency measures to reduce gas demand may contribute to the most cost-effective approach to fulfilling the N-1 formula, and the costs of enabling permanent bi-directional capacity so as to grant appropriate incentives when fixing or approving, in a transparent and detailed manner, the tariffs or methodologies in accordance with Article 41(8) of Directive 2009/73/EC and Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 715/2009.
Amendment 430 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The competent authority shall require the natural gas undertakings, that it identifies, to take measures to ensure that the supply of gas to theenergy necessary for the comfort, security and health of protected customers of the Member State is maintained in each of the following cases:
Amendment 434 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
These cases should be assessed with a serious consideration for gas demand, its long-term consumption trend and long- term impacts of energy efficiency measures and deployment of renewable energy sources.
Amendment 435 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
No later than 31 March 2017 Member States shall notify the Commission their definition of protected customers, the annual gas consumption volumes of the protected customers and the percentage they represent of the total annual final gas consumption in that Member State. Where a Member State includes in its definition of protected customers the categories referred to in point (a) or (b) of Article 2 (1) it shall specify in the notification to the Commission the gas consumption volumes corresponding to consumers belonging to those categories and the percentage that each of those groups of consumers represents in terms of the annual final use of gas.
Amendment 445 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Member States may comply with the obligation laid down in the first subparagraph by replacing the gas with different source of energymeasures that will reduce the energy consumption or by replacing the gas with different source of energy, in particular biogas and other renewable energy sources, to the extent that the same level of protection is achieved.
Amendment 447 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. AnyMember States shall refrain from defining increased supply standard going beyond the 30-day period referred to in points (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 or any additional obligation imposed for reasons of security of gas supply shall be based on the risk assessment referred to in Article 6, shall be reflected in the preventive action plan and shall:.
Amendment 448 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 449 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 450 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c
Amendment 453 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. After the periods defined by the competent authority in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2, or under more severe conditions than those defined in paragraph 1, the competent authority and natural gas undertakings shall endeavour to maintain, as far as possible, the gas supply, in particular for protected customers.
Amendment 462 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Member States shall establish measures to impose effective, proportionate and persuasive fines on gas undertakings failing to comply with supply standards defined in paragraph (1).
Amendment 465 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The competent authorities, in cooperation with the national regulatory authorities where they are not the competent authorities, of each region as listed in Annex I shall jointly make an assessment at regional level of all possible risks affecting the security of gas supply. The assessment shall take into account all relevant and possible risks such as natural disasters, technological, climate, commercial, social, political and other risks, while taking in consideration gas demand in Europe, its long-term consumption trend, the impacts of efficiency measures and deployment of renewable energy sources on that demand and the utilisation rates of existing infrastructure. The risk assessment shall be carried out by:
Amendment 479 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) taking into account all relevant national and regional circumstances, in particular market size, the potential for gas demand reduction through energy efficiency measures, network configuration, demand's trends, actual flows, including outflows from the Member States concerned, the possibility of physical gas flows in both directions including the potential need for consequent reinforcement of the transmission system, the presence of production and storage, in particular the penetration of biogas into the gas grid, and the role of gas in the energy mixes, in particular with respect to heating and cooling demand in the national or regional building stock, and the district heating serving it and electricity generation and for the operation of industries, and safety and gas quality considerations;
Amendment 482 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part
(c) running various scenarios of demand reduction resulting from energy efficiency measures, as well as exceptionally high gas demand and supply disruption, taking into account the history, probability, season, frequency and duration of their occurrence and assessing their likely consequences, such as:
Amendment 510 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 6
Article 6 – paragraph 6
6. By 1 November 2017 ENTSO for Gas shall carry out a Union wide simulation of supply and infrastructure disruption scenarios. The scenarios shall be defined by ENTSO for Gas in consultation with the Gas Coordination Group. The competent authorities shall provide ENTSOs for Gas and Electricity with the necessary data for the simulationsUnion Emergency simulations referred to in Article 10a such as peak demand values, production capacity and demand side measures. The competent authorities shall involve the national regulatory authorities where they are not the competent authorities and shall take into account the results of the simulations for the preparation of the risk assessments, preventive action plans and emergency plans. The Union-wide simulation of supply and infrastructure disruption scenarios shall be updated every four years unless circumstances warrant more frequent updates.
Amendment 564 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point e
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point e
(e) endangers the security of gas supply of other Member States or of the Union as a whole., notably through poor energy efficiency;
Amendment 565 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point e a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point e a (new)
(ea) is based on an assessment using a methodology and datasets inconsistent with that used by other Member States in the region and the Commission;
Amendment 567 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point e b (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point e b (new)
(eb) is not in line with the actual gas demand of the country or the region, and is likely to lead to stranded assets;
Amendment 568 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point e c (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point e c (new)
(ec) is contradictory to the EU energy and climate objectives and strategies for 2020, 2030 and beyond, in particular to the COP 21 Paris Agreement on climate change.
Amendment 578 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the measures, volumes and capacities needed to fulfil the infrastructure and supply standards in each Member State of the region, as laid down in Articles 4 and 5, including the assessment of the potential for gas demand reduction through refurbishing of the building stock and economy wide energy efficiency measures and an action plan for its deployment in a timely manner; and where applicable, the extent to which demand-side measures can sufficiently compensate, in a timely manner, for a supply disruption as referred to in Article 4(2), the identification of the single largest gas infrastructure of common interest in the case of application of Article 4(3), the necessary gas volumes per category of protected customers and per scenario as referred to in Article 5(1) and any increased supply standard under Article 5(2), including a justification of the compliance with the conditions set in Article 5(2) and a description of a mechanism to temporarily reduce any increased supply standard or additional obligation in accordance with Article 12;
Amendment 586 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) the other preventive measures designed to address the risks identified in the risk assessment, such as those relating to the need to enhance interconnections between neighbouring Member States, to further develop energy efficiency policies, to develop domestic biogas resources, to cost effectively manage gas supply disruptions through coordination and the development of an integrated approach with the electricity system, and the possibility to diversify gas routes and sources of supply, if appropriate, to address the risks identified in order to maintain gas supply to all customers as far as possible;
Amendment 597 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) description of the impact of the measures on the environment, on climate and on consumers;
Amendment 599 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point j
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point j
(j) information on existing and future interconnections, including those providing access to the gas network of the Union, cross-border flows, cross-border access to storage and LNG facilities and the bi- directional capacity, in particular in the event of an emergency, as well as calculations and impact assessments to compare the possibility through demand- side measures to cost-effectively reduce or eliminate the need for these supply-side infrastructural investments;
Amendment 600 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point k
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point k
(k) information on all public service obligations that relate to security of gas supply and demand-side investments to reduce energy demand.
Amendment 604 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. The preventive action plan shall be based primarily on market measures and shall not put an undue burden on natural gas undertakings, or negatively impact on the functioning of the internal market in gas. The preventive action plan shall only encourage the construction of new gas infrastructure once renewable energy sources and energy efficiency measures have been assessed and cannot assure a standard of security. If it is the case, the new infrastructure will have to encompass a clear timeline to be phased out by 2050 at the latest in order to avoid a longer carbon lock-in.
Amendment 610 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. The Member States shall carry out an impact assessment on all preventive non-market based measures to be adopted after the entry into force of this Regulation, including the measures to comply with the supply standard set out in Article 5(1) and the measures for the increased supply standard set out in Article 5(2). Such impact assessment shall cover at least the following:
Amendment 652 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Emergency measures shall provide for the delivery of the available natural gas to final consumers according to the degree of urgency, substitutability by other energy forms and economic impact, while having regard to safeguarding gas supplies to protected customers and supplies for domestic heating, and shall take due account of the supply situation in the electricity sector.
Amendment 658 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a (new)
Amendment 670 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Amendment 680 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
As long as the supply to households, essential social services and district heating installations in the Member State having declared the emergency is not satisfied, despite the application of the measure in paragraph 1, the gas supply to customers other than households, essential social services and district heating installationprotected customers in the Member State having declared the emergency is not satisfied, the gas supply to customers other than protected consumers in any other Member State, directly connected to the Member State which declared the emergency, shall not continue to the extent necessary to supply the households, essential social services and district heating installations in the Member States having declared the emergency.
Amendment 693 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The first subparagraph shall apply to essential social services and district heating installations to the extent they are coverapplicability of Article 12 (2) shall be subject to the condition that the Member State who is calling for solidarity meets all his duties under this Regulation, in particular that the Member State makes use of all measures described byin the definition of protected customers in the respectivrespective emergency plan and that the technical and commercial terms of the agreement in the Member Stategency plan are met.
Amendment 696 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. The competent authorities shall adopt the necessary measures, so that gas not supplied to customers other than households, essential social services and district heating installationprotected customers in their territory in the situation described in paragraph 2 can be supplied to the Member State in the emergency situation described in the same paragraph for the supply to households, essential social services and district heating installationprotected customers in that Member State.
Amendment 744 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 6 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 6 – point b
(b) to the competent authorityies and to the Commission immediately after their conclusion or modification the gas supply contracts with a duration of more than 1 year concluded or modified after [OP: Please insert the date of entry in force of this Regulation]20 March 2015 that individually or cumulatively with other contracts with the same supplier or its affiliates provide more than 4025% of yearly natural gas consumption in the Member State concerned. The notification obligation shall not apply to the modifications related only to the gas price. The notification obligation shall also apply to all existing and new commercial agreements relevant for the execution of the gas supply contract.
Amendment 766 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. A Gas Coordination Group is established to facilitate the coordination of measures concerning security of gas supply. The Group shall be composed of representatives of the Member States, in particular of their competent authorities and their national regulatory authorities, as well as the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (the "Agency"), the ENTSO for Gas and representative bodies of the industry concerned and those of relevant customers. The Commission shall, in consultation with the Member States, decide on the composition of the Group, ensuring it is fully representative. The Commission shall chair the Group. The Group shall adopt its rules of procedure.
Amendment 806 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 2 – indent 2
Annex I – paragraph 2 – indent 2
- North-South Western Europe: Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Spain, The NetherlandsFrance, Spain and Portugal;
Amendment 808 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 2 – indent 2 a (new)
Annex I – paragraph 2 – indent 2 a (new)
- Pentalateral: Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg and The Netherlands;
Amendment 812 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 2 – indent 4
Annex I – paragraph 2 – indent 4
- Central-East: Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Poland and Slovakia;
Amendment 814 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 2 – indent 5
Annex I – paragraph 2 – indent 5
- South East: Austria, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Italy and Slovenia;
Amendment 833 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 1 – point 1.1 – point a
Annex IV – point 1 – point 1.1 – point a
(a) Main gas consumption figures25 : annual final gas consumption (bcm) and breakdown per type of consumers26 , peak demand (total and breakdown per category of consumer in mcm/d), including different scenarios of gas demand __________________ 25 For the first assessment, include data from the last two years. For updates, include data from the last 4 years. 26 Including industrial consumers, electricity generation, district heating, residential and services and other (please specify the type of consumers included here). Indicate as well the volume of consumption of protected customers.
Amendment 835 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 1 – point 1.1 – point f a (new)
Annex IV – point 1 – point 1.1 – point f a (new)
(fa) Describe the role of additional energy efficiency measures and their effect on annual final gas consumption
Amendment 836 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 1 – point 1.1 – point f b (new)
Annex IV – point 1 – point 1.1 – point f b (new)
(fb) Describe the contribution to security of supply of further penetration of biogas
Amendment 838 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 1 – point 1.2 – point g a (new)
Annex IV – point 1 – point 1.2 – point g a (new)
(ga) Describe the role of additional energy efficiency measures and their effect on annual final gas consumption
Amendment 839 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 1 – point 1.2 – point g b (new)
Annex IV – point 1 – point 1.2 – point g b (new)
(gb) Describe the contribution to security of supply of further penetration of biogas
Amendment 851 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 1 – point 1.1 – point f a (new)
Annex V – point 1 – point 1.1 – point f a (new)
(fa) Describe the role of additional energy efficiency measures and their effect on annual final gas consumption
Amendment 853 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 1 – point 1.1 – point f b (new)
Annex V – point 1 – point 1.1 – point f b (new)
(fb) Describe the contribution to security of supply of further penetration of biogas
Amendment 855 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 1 – point 1.2 – point g a (new)
Annex V – point 1 – point 1.2 – point g a (new)
(ga) Describe the role of additional energy efficiency measures and their effect on annual final gas consumption.
Amendment 856 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 1 – point 1.2 – point g b (new)
Annex V – point 1 – point 1.2 – point g b (new)
(gb) Describe the contribution to security of supply of further penetration of biogas
Amendment 864 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 5 – introductory part
Annex V – point 5 – introductory part
Please describe the preventive measures in place or to be adopted, including measures to reduce gas demand and favour the penetration of biogas and those regarding L-gas:
Amendment 867 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 5 – point b
Annex V – point 5 – point b
(b) Describe other measures, including energy efficiency measures, adopted for reasons other than the risk assessment but with a positive impact for the security of supply of the region/Member State
Amendment 870 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 5 – point b a (new)
Annex V – point 5 – point b a (new)
(ba) Explain the extent to which energy efficiency measures have been considered to increase security of supply
Amendment 871 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 5 – point b b (new)
Annex V – point 5 – point b b (new)
(bb) Explain the extent to which renewable energy sources, including the development of biogas, have been considered to increase security of supply