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Activities of Bogdan Kazimierz MARCINKIEWICZ related to 2011/0238(COD)

Plenary speeches (1)

Intergovernmental agreements between Member States and third countries in the field of energy (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/0238(COD)

Amendments (5)

Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7
(7) This Decision should not concern agreements between commercial entities, except and only as far as the intergovernmental agreements refer explicitly to such commercial agreements. Commercial operators negotiating commercial agreements with operators from third countries may nevertheless seek guidance from the Commission in order to avoid potential conflicts with Union law.
2012/01/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 9
(9) Member States should already notify the intention to open negotiations to the Commissionhave the option of informing the Commission of negotiations with regard to new intergovernmental agreements or amendments to existing intergovernmental agreements. TWhere a Member State opts to inform the Commission, the Commission should be kept informed regularly on the ongoing negotiations. It should have the rightMember States may invite the Commission to participate as an observer in the negotiations. Member States may also request the Commission to assist them during their negotiations with third countries.
2012/01/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall submit all existing and provisionally applied intergovernmental agreements between them and third countries in their entirety, including their annexes and other texts they refer to explicitly and all amendments thereto to the Commission at the latest three months after the entry into force of this Decision. The Commission shall make the received documents accessible in electronic form to all other Member States, but shall not disclose information that is indicated as confidential by the respective Member State. Existing or provisionally applied intergovernmental agreements which have already been communicated in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 994/2010 to the Commission at the date of entry into force of this Decision, which are fulfilling the requirements of this paragraph, shall be considered as communicated for the purposes of this Decision.
2012/01/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. Upon ratification of an intergovernmental agreement or of an amendment to an intergovernmental agreement, the Member State concerned shall submit to the Commission the agreement or the amendment tof the agreement, including theirits annexes and other texts. Furthermore, where these agreements or amendments refer to explicitly, to othe Commission which shall make the received docur texts, Member States shall submit those other texts insofar as they contain elements, with the excephich impact on the functioning of confidentithe internal pmarts identified according to Article 7, accessible to all other Member States in electronic formket for energy or on the security of energy supply in the Union. However, agreements between commercial entities are not subject to this obligation.
2012/01/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 1
The Commission may on its own initiative until four weeks after it has been informed of the closure of the negotiations at the latest or on request from the Member State which has negotiated the intergovernmental agreement, assess the compatibility of the negotiated agreement with Union law before the agreement has been signed. In caseAs early as possible and not later than two weeks after closure of the negotiations the Member State concerned shall inform the Commission orf the Member State concerned ask for such an ex-ante assessment of the negotiated intergovernmental agreement with Union law, the negotiated but not yet signed draft intergovernmental agreement shall be submitted to the Commission for examination. The Member State concerned shall refrain from signing the agreement for a period of four months followingclosure of the negotiations and shall submit the negotiated but not yet signed draft intergovernmental agreement, including annexes thereto and other texts to which it refers explicitly, to the subCommission of the draft intergovernmental agreement. In agreement with the Member State concerned, the examination period might be prolonged. When a compatibility control has been requested, in the absence of an opinion by the Commission within the examination period, the Commission shall be deemed not to have raised objecfor examination. However, agreements between commercial entities are not subject to this obligations.
2012/01/19
Committee: ITRE