10 Amendments of Antonius MANDERS related to 2008/2239(INI)
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas Europe urgently needs to develop major network investments and to complete the internal energy market, some forward looking initiatives, such as the European transmission system operator and the establishment of a single European gas grid, should be encouraged,
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the energy sector and investments in the energy infrastructure need a stable regulatory framework and a closer cooperation between the national regulators,
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that energy solidarity must become a major European concern and that damaging energy supply in a Member State is tantamount to damaging the supply ofafflicts the EU as a whole;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Expresses its support for all major infrastructural projects that increase the supply of gas towards the EU to meet future demand such as Nord Stream and the Nabucco project to diversify sources of supply; is concerned, however, about the progress of the project and the risks to sources of supply for the gas pipeline;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for optimisation of LNG facilities, particularly for regions of the EU which are isolated in energy terms; considers that new LNG terminals insupplying gas to countries which are major consumers, such as Germany, and which are dependent exclusively on gas pipelines, such as Germany and the Baltic States, should be regarded as projects of European interest;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission and Member States to draw up strategic guidelines intended for lasting application, while leaving it to private industrial undertakings to implement them, striking a balance between market mechanisms and regulation; stresses the importance of creating a clear and stable legal framework by finalising the negotiations on the legislative package on the internal energy market and calls on the Commission and Member States to set up an independent agency for cooperation between energy regulators, with strong powers, including powers relating to security of supply;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Asks Member States and the Commission to develop major network investments and to complete the internal energy market through some forward looking initiatives such as the European transmission system operator and the establishment of a single European gas grid;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that the completion of the market will be a success if it makes it possible ultimately to avoidfurther integration and liberalisation of the market will decrease the volatility of energy prices and that Directive 2003/87/EC, which is currently being revised, provides, in a comprehensible and predictable manner, an assessment of carbon dioxide costs;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Advocates an approach geared to conciliation in the dialogue with Russia, which supplies 425% of the EU's gas growing to 33% in 2015, as well as 100% of the gas imported by Poland, Finland and the Baltic States; notes that relations between the EU and Russia are based on interdependence and that, in the continuation of the negotiations, the EU should refrain from demanding ratification of the Energy Charter, while reminding the Russian authorities of their endorsement of the principles of the Charter; hopes, by way of example, that the Nabucco gas pipeline project will be carried out in cooperation with Russia in order to avoid competition between two gas pipelines and to be able ultimately to transmit gas from Russia, Iran or the Caspian Sea;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses the need to includecontinue the on- going dialogue with Turkey in the European arrangements for on-going dialogue with the Caspian/Caucasus region on account of the key role which it can play as a transit country bringing gas from the Caspian Sea, Iran or Russia through the Nabucco pipeline;