3 Amendments of Zigmantas BALČYTIS related to 2012/2005(INI)
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Points out that there are still regions in the EU which are completely isolated from the energy point of view, one example being the Baltic Sea region, which will require substantial infrastructure investment in order to be connected to the European gas and electricity networks, and that some Member States, therefore, will be unable to make use of alternative energy resources and the necessary interconnections and will continue to depend on outside monopoly energy suppliers after 2014;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Notes that some Member States totally isolated in energy terms are continuing to pay higher prices for energy resources, a fact which alters the conditions of competition and the opportunities for them to compete on the EU internal market, as well as creating economic and social gaps between those Member States and the other EU Member States;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Believes that, for as long as isolated Member States are not connected to the European electricity and gas system, the Commission should, where those Member States so request, take part in negotiations with outside monopoly energy suppliers on the subject of energy prices, for instance where the purchase of gas is concerned;