8 Amendments of Yannick JADOT related to 2011/0000(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes thea common EU external energy policy aiming at ensuringto establish an energy economy based on renewables and high energy efficiency, with secure, safe, sustainable and competitive energy supplies to companies and citizens;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for greater synergies between the EU trade and energy policies in line with the Europe 2020 strategy; considers the conclusion oflong-term goals of the Climate and Energy Package and the Europe 2020 strategy; underlines the need to promote global governance structures for raw materials in order to decrease international tensions in this area and commends the example of the International Energy Forum (IEF) in this regard; considers the activity of EU Member States to stipulate bilateral long- term energy and raw materials supply contracts at fair pwith third countrices as detrimental to the development of a common EU external energy and raw materials policy and calls on the Commission to pursue its prerogatives in the field of investment policy, aiming at supply agreements at fair prices with our strategic trade partners as one of the top priorities;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Commends the setting up of an information exchange mechanism on energy agreements between Member States and third countries to raise the transparency of energy imports into the EUin order to strive for consistent external actions in the field of energy, raise transparency, ensure coherence with EU law, and to achieve the level of security of supply envisaged by the EU long-term energy and climate objectives, including those described in the 2050 roadmaps;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the Commission to promote in all its trade relations, including within the WTO, the adoption of the principles of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative and international standards on energy markets governance, including a gradualn immediate phasing out of fossil fuel subsidies;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the need for the TEC to foster cooperation on regulatory regimes, fsusion research and nuclear safettainable energy research and energy efficiency, amongst other matters, and calls for regular energy dialogues with Russia and other partners to develop and better enforce international rules for safe, secure and efficient energy generation, transmission, transit, storage and processing, as well as bilateral trade in new energy technologies and products such as biofuels;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the need to foster strategic partnerships with countries in the transition towards sustainable economies, such as China, in the fields of innovation and R&D, energy efficiency and savings, application of renewable energy technologies as well as energy storage, smart grids and balancing of energy systems;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Asks the Commission to foster R&D and innovation in renewable energies and efficiency technologies and to negotiatefavour mutual market access for related EU products and services, while promoting a gradual shift towards a low-carbonsustainable economy through trade agreements with, for example, suppliers of renewable electricity;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Reaffirms the importance of increasing EU FDI in the building and modernisation of energy infrastructure in developing countriesand renewable generation capacity as well as support to thelp their energy-mix diversification, while enhancing the protection of European investments therein by appropriate legal mean creation of adequate legislative frameworks in developing countries to support the goal of ensuring access to sustainable energy for all as stipulated by the Millennium Development Goals.