7 Amendments of Rolandas PAKSAS related to 2011/0309(COD)
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 33 a (new)
Article 2 – point 33 a (new)
33a. 'extreme operating conditions' shall mean: conditions found in the operating area that increase risk levels for offshore drilling activities and limit the capacity of emergency response equipment or of personnel to intervene, clean up and remove spilled oil or hazardous substances. These include, but are not limited to, the physical, geological, ecological, and economic and social conditions of the area.
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 33 b (new)
Article 2 – point 33 b (new)
33b. 'oil spill response gap' shall mean: a situation in which activities that may cause an oil spill are conducted during times when an effective response cannot be achieved, either because technologies available will not be effective or because their deployment is precluded due to environmental conditions or other limiting factors.
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Special attention should be given to ecologically sensitive marine and coastal environments, in particular ecosystems which play an important role in mitigation and adaptation to climate change, such as salt marshes and seagrass beds, and marine protected areas, such as special areas of conservation pursuant to the Habitats Directive, special protection areas pursuant to the Birds Directive, and marine protected areas as agreed by the Union or Member States concerned in the framework of international or regional agreements to which they are parties.
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. The Major Hazard Report for a production installation shall contain the details specified in Annex II, parts 2 and 5, and contain evidence that the views of workers' representatives have been taken into account.
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. The Major Hazard report for a non- production installation shall contain the details specified in Annex II, parts 3 and 5, and contain evidence that the views of workers' representatives have been taken into account.
Amendment 140 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48
Recital 48
(48) Member States should ensure that operators in their jurisdiction demonstrate their ability to pay for the consequences of damage caused by their operations, through the provision of financial security, and should decide what instruments (such as funds, bank guarantees, insurance and/or risk pooling) are appropriate for this purpose. As no existing financial security instruments, including risk pooling arrangements, can accommodate all possible consequences of extreme accidents, the Commission should proceed with further analysis and studies of the appropriate measures to ensure adequately robust liability regime for damages related to offshore oil and gas operations, requirements on financial capacity including availability of appropriated financial security instruments or other arrangements.
Amendment 260 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 a (new)
Article 8 a (new)