5 Amendments of Rachida DATI related to 2013/2005(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that a competition-driven open European energy market will make for lower prices, as well as enhancing Europe’s competitiveness and contributing to economic growth and consumers’ well- being by virtue of transparent prices, and that, in order to bring this about, the physical, statutory, and regulatory barriers to market efficiency need to be removed urgently;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the Commission to take steps to bring competition rules to bear on the energy sector, especially as regards the delayed transposition and implementation of the third energy package; calls on the Commission to give details about all the remaining barriers to the implementation of the third energy package, along with clear figures illustrating what their impact has been on consumer energy prices;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recommends that, when implementing the energy budget of the ‘Connecting Europe’ Facility, the Commission give priority to projects with the greatest impact in terms of operation of the market, thereby boosting competition, speeding up the market penetration of renewables, and enhancing security of supply; stresses the importance of guaranteeing the protection of critical infrastructure, while also considering the issue of costs being passed on to consumers;
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Believes that an open and transparent internal market, where all EU and third country companies respect the acquis communautaire in the field of energy, can help strengthen the negotiating position of EU energy suppliers vis-à-vis external competitors, which is particularly important for the potential of further coordinating external energy purchasing at the EU level; notes that the reciprocity principle must be used to guide relations with EU energy suppliers; stresses the need for the Commission, in its relations with third country energy suppliers, to take into account, and be transparent about, the impact of its decisions on consumer prices;
Amendment 368 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Commission to use its foreign policy instruments to promote the rules and standards of the internal energy market in relation to third countries and, especially, within the EU’s neighbourhood; urges the Commission to resolve, in bilateral dialogues with relevant third countries, the issue of clear rules of congestion management on cross-border gas connections; calls on the Commission to ensure, in its relations with external partners, that EU companies are able to compete on equal footing globally; calls on the Commission to be transparent about all the factors that are still causing problems with the implementation of the Third Energy Package, together with clear figures on their impact on consumer prices;