11 Amendments of Rachida DATI related to 2013/2135(INI)
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas investors and industries need a clear, simplified and long-term framework for EU climate and energy policy with greater levels of certainty in order to encourage long-term private investment and reduce the risk associated with this;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the EU spent EUR 573 billion on imported fossil fuels in 2011 and its dependency on energy imports is expected to grow; whereas it is vital, therefore, to ensure that energy prices for end users are as transparent as possible;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Asks the Commission to take a multifaceted approach, the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of which ought to be enhanced by coordinated and coherent policies that address in equal measure issues such as competitiveness, energy security and climate objectives (e.g. GHG emission reduction, renewable energy sources and energy efficiency); based on the combining of existing objectives and a clear focus on limiting the number of objectives in order to encourage a simplification of the regulatory framework and maintain real control over the interactions between existing policies and objectives;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the European Council to keep up the progress made at EU level and set ambitious but realistic objectives for the 2030 EU policies that take account of the economic, social, environmental, international and technological contexts, and to establish a clear, simple, stable, long-term and cost-effective framework for industries and investors;
Amendment 340 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is of the opinion that support schemes, if better used, could be an appropriate tool to incentivise the development of renewable energy sources (RES) and energy efficiencyinnovation, research into future technologies and energy efficiency; considers it essential to end grants and subsidies which distort the market by ensuring that they are solely directed at supporting non-mature technologies to market; sees an important role for the Commission in providing guidance in this regard;
Amendment 357 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that some RES should now be considered mature energy sources and their subsidies should therefore be phased out on time order to be able to reallocate these to research and development (R&D) programmes and RES that are not yet cost- effective; asks the Commission to study the impact of RES priority dispatch on general energy costs and to ensure price transparency so that consumers can assess this impact;
Amendment 553 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Asks the Commission to examine the interactions between climate and energy objectives in order to achieve the most efficient policies at EU level, taking into consideration not only national GDP but also each Member State's capacity; calls on the Commission to immediately limit the proliferation of legislation and to end the overlapping of environmental and energy objectives, with sometimes contradictory effects, by initiating a process of combining and streamlining the existing rules, in order to support competitiveness and employment in Europe, in the context of its REFIT programme;
Amendment 688 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses that energy end consumers – individuals, SMEs and industry alike – are at the very core of the internal energy market and that they should benefit from lower and transparent energy prices, be duly protected, and accurately informed by ensuring easy access to information; for this purpose, calls on the Commission and Members States to achieve, as a matter of urgency, the completion of the internal market, security of supply and the interconnection of networks as requested in Article 194 TFEU;
Amendment 786 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Commission to launch a study analysing new and cost-efficient market designs with a view to ensuring reasonably priced electricity to consumers and to preventing carbon leakage; asks therefore the Commission to come forward as soon as possible with an additional assessment and recommendations for further actions to prevent the risk of carbon leakage caused by reallocation of production facilities outside the EU, such as a carbon inclusion mechanism at the borders of the EU, focusing in particular on additional scenarios in which limited or no further global action is taken on carbon emission reduction;
Amendment 804 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Notes that the EU's main competitors on the global market place great emphasis on technological developments, innovation and improving industrial processes; notes also that their economies grow at a much faster pace than the EU; concludes that the EU must give priority to R&D and innovation and to developing scientific and technical partnerships with its international partners;
Amendment 828 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Invites the Commission to develop a way of measuring competitiveness between the EU and its main competitors which could, for example, be based on fiscal policies, R&D, innovation, industrial energy prices and regulatory burdens; stresses that, as far as possible, energy and environment policy should avoid creating a regulatory burden on business not justified by the interests of the consumer;