Activities of Gaston FRANCO related to 2011/0238(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Intergovernmental agreements between Member States and third countries in the field of energy (debate)
Amendments (7)
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) This Decision shouldmust 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.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) All final, ratified intergovernmental agreements covered by this Decision should be transmitted to the Commission in order to allow for full information of all other Member States.
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1
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 non-commercial 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 in a suitable form ensuring that sensitive information is protected. 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.
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 3
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 the agreement or the amendment of the agreement, including their annexes and other non-commercial texts these agreements or amendments refer to explicitly, to the Commission which shall make the received documents, with the exception of confidential parts identified according to Article 7, accessible to all other Member States in electronic form.
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
The Commission may on its own initiative, at the request of a Member State, 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 case the Commission or the Member State concerned asks 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 following the submission 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 objections.
Amendment 123 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
When providing information to the Commission in accordance with Article 3, the Member State may indicate whether any part ofshall choose the information, in particular commercial in which the information, is to be regforwarded as confidential and whether the information provided can be shared with other Member States. The Commission shall respect these indications. Requests for confidentiality do not restrict access of the Commission itself to confidential informationto ensure that sensitive commercial information is protected.