23 Amendments of Bogdan Kazimierz MARCINKIEWICZ related to 2011/2034(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission communication to the European Council and the European Parliament entitled 'An energy policy for Europe’ (COM(2007)0001),
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 b (new)
Citation 12 b (new)
– having regard to the Commission communication to the Council and the European Parliament entitled ‘Priority Interconnection Plan’ (COM(2006)0846),
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 c (new)
Citation 12 c (new)
– having regard to Directive 2009/72/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity and repealing Directive 2003/54/EC,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 d (new)
Citation 12 d (new)
– having regard to Directive 2009/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas and repealing Directive 2003/55/EC,
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas our major energy challenges are confronmitigating climate change, strengthening energy autonomy while reducing fossil fuel importsmoving towards a low-carbon energy system, achieving a competitive internal energy market and ensuring universal access to sustainable, affordable and secure energy,
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the Lisbon Treaty provides a specific legal basis for developing an EU energy policy which promotes the interconnection of energy networks necessary to achieve the other EU energy policy and solidarity objectives (functioning of the energy market, energy efficiency and renewable energy, security of supply),
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas a lack of timely modernisation and adjustment of the Union’s energy infrastructure to a more sustainable energy production and consumption model could jeopardise the capacity to achieve the energy and climate objectives for 2020 and undermine the EU’s 2050 long-term objective of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 80 to 95%,
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas an op transparent, integrated and competitive EU energy market is needed in order to achieve competitive energy prices, security and sustainability, and whereas the completion of such a market still remains an important challenge,
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas interconnection capacity between Member States remains generally insufficient, and whereas certain regions remain isolated; whereas this is exacerbating disparities between EU regions as regards the development of energy infrastructure,
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas market-based tools must remain the basis for financing energy infrastructure, and whereas a limited amount of non-repayable public finance may be required to fund certain projects which are not strictly commercially viable,
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that a EU approach is needed in order to fully exploit the benefits of new infrastructure and stresses the need to develop a harmonised method for the selection of infrastructure projects, based on a European and regional perspectives and the optimisation offor removing disparities by optimising socio- economic and environmental effects;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the need to ensure an adequate degree of security of energy supply for the EU and develop favourable relations with non-EU energy supplying and transit countries by means of cooperation in connection with regional and global energy supply transport systems;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Takes the view that regional initiatives should be expanded and further developed, since they tie in most closely with the way in which the energy system operates in individual regions (e.g. the structure of regional generation sources, wind energy, grid limitations and the availability of energy sources);
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that the TYNDP and regional investment plans should form the basis of a rolling programme for developing European electricity and gas transmission infrastructure within a long- term European planning perspective and with monitoring by the Agency for Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) and the Commission;
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Considers that the development of infrastructure for unconventional gas sources has not yet been given the necessary attention by the Commission as regards legal issues, new technological solutions, life cycle assessment and environmental impacts; asks the Commission to conduct a thorough evaluation on this issue;
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses the need to support geological research in order to assess the potential of existing deposits and the possibilities of extracting and exploiting gas from alternative sources in Europe, as this will speed up technological development as regards the exploitation of natural gas from alternative sources;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Takes the view that extracting natural gas from unconventional sources could, in the long term, help reduce the Member States’ dependence on imports of gas from outside the EU;
Amendment 388 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 – indent 1 a (new)
Paragraph 24 – indent 1 a (new)
– projects should boost the security of electricity and energy supplies, including oil, for the EU,
Amendment 392 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 – indent 1 b (new)
Paragraph 24 – indent 1 b (new)
Amendment 402 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 – indent 2 a (new)
Paragraph 24 – indent 2 a (new)
– projects should be geared towards EU solidarity and eliminating disparities in the development of energy infrastructure,
Amendment 409 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 – indent 3
Paragraph 24 – indent 3
– they must be in line with climate and environmentalenergy efficiency objectives,
Amendment 522 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Stresses that the bulk of the cost of infrastructure investments needs to be financed by the market and based on the ‘user pays’ principle; takes the view that where key projects are not attractive to the market but their development is necessary in order to achieve the stated objectives, public fundingnon-repayable public funding, primarily cohesion policy funding, should be used to leverreduce the private investment by setting upshare of an innovative mix of financial instruments;
Amendment 556 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37a. Stresses that funds under the new mechanism should be used to support projects in the EU and in countries belonging to the Energy Community, which would be an additional incentive for third countries to adopt the acquis communautaire. Development of infrastructure outside the EU should be additionally supported by means of other instruments and programmes (e.g. EIB, EBRD);