2 Amendments of João FERREIRA related to 2017/0347(COD)
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Energy is a strategically important sector and key to countries' sovereign economic development, and both the natural resources and the means of production used in the sector should remain in public ownership, in keeping with the public interest. Research and technological progress in the sector and efforts to protect natural resources and the ecological balance should be supported – thereby safeguarding the ability of those resources to replenish themselves and remain sustainable – by fostering international cooperation in that area;