28 Amendments of António Fernando CORREIA DE CAMPOS related to 2011/0302(COD)
Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Major investments are needed to modernise and expand Europe's energy infrastructure and to interconnect networks across borders to meet the Union's energy and climate policy objectives of competitiveness, sustainability and security of supply in a cost-effective way. The estimated investment needs in energy infrastructure up to 2020 amount to EUR 1 trillion, of which ca. EUR 200 billion in electricity and gas transmission and storage infrastructures considered of European relevance. Among projects of European relevance, approximately EUR 100 billion of investments is at risk of not being delivered due to obstacles related to permit granting, regulation and financing according to the Commission Staff Working Paper to the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council of 10 June 2011 "Energy infrastructure investment needs and financing requirements".
Amendment 159 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The 4 February 2011 European Council called upon the Commission to streamline and improve authorisation procedures and to promote a regulatory framework attractive to investment. The European Council underlined that the bulk of the investment would have to be delivered by the market with costs recovered through tariffs. The European Council recognised that public finance was needed for projects required from a security of supply or solidarity perspective, which were unable to attract market based financing. It also underlined the need to modernise and expand Europe's energy infrastructure and to interconnect networks across borders, in order to make solidarity between Member States operational, to provide for alternative supply or transit routes and sources of energy and develop renewable energy sources in competition with traditional sources.
Amendment 251 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12
(12) "bottleneck" means a physical and/or functional barrier that leads to a system break affecting the continuity of long- distance flows. Such a barrier can be absorbed by new infrastructure such as bridges or tunnels that address problems as for example gradients, curve radii, gaug and which can be surmounted by creating new infrastructure. The need to upgrade existing infrastructure shall not be considered as a bottleneck;
Amendment 351 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 A (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 A (new)
Amendment 383 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. After the aforementioned eligibility conditions are fulfilled, the selection should follow the projects' degree of contribution to one or more of the following relevant objectives: a) promoting the further integration of the internal energy market and the interoperability of electricity and gas networks across borders; b) enhancing the Union's security of energy supply, by enhancing system resilience and security of systems operation; c) contributing to a sustainable development and protection of the environment, inter alia by ensuring transmission of renewable electricity from generation to major consumption centres and storage sites. As matter of urgency for the annual work programmes of the Connecting Europe Facility for 2013 and 2014, priority shall be given to projects contributing to the promotion of further integration and the interoperability of electricity and gas networks across borders, notably reduction or elimination of energy isolation.
Amendment 386 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 A (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 4 A (new)
4a. Actions relating to projects of common interest with synergies in at least two of the sectors covered by the CEF, as listed in part IIIa of the annex, shall be eligible to receive financial aid from the Union under this Regulation.
Amendment 471 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) the amount of Union financial aid shall not exceed 50% of the eligible cost of studies and/or of works;
Amendment 474 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) co-financing rates may be increased to a maximum of 870% for actions which based on the evidence referred to in Article 15(2) (a) of Regulation (EU) No XXXX/2012 [Guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure], provide a high degree of regional or Union-wide security of supply, or strengthen solidarity of the Unioncontribute to the sustainable development targets or comprise highly innovative solutions.
Amendment 480 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5
Article 10 – paragraph 5
5. Co-financing rates mentioned above may be increased by up to 10 percentage points for actions having cross-sector synergies, reachingover the percentages laid down in paragraphs 2 to 4 of this article for each of the following actions: (a) any action with synergies between at least two of the sectors (transport, energy or telecommunications) covered by the CEF. The Union financial aid shall be drawn from the sectoral budgets provided for in Article 5(1), in proportion to each sector's involvement in the action. (b) actions helping to achieve climate mitigation objectives, enhancing climate resilience or reducing the greenhouse gas emissions. This increase should not apply to co- financing rates referred to in Article 11.
Amendment 481 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5 A (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 5 A (new)
5a. The Commission shall propose, in the annual and multiannual programmes under Article 17, the criteria for the granting of the cofinancing rates laid down in this article.
Amendment 538 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. Actions eligible for supported by means of financial instruments shall be selected on a first come first served basis and shall seek sectoral diversification in accordance with Articles 3 and 4 as well as gradual geographical diversification across the Member States, in accordance with Article 17 of this Regulation, shall seek sectoral and geographical diversification among the Member States and shall comply with the following criteria: (a) respond to the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy; (b) represent European added value; (c) ensure non-distortion of competition in the internal market; (d) present a leverage/multiplier effect with regard to Union support.
Amendment 542 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4
Article 15 – paragraph 4
4. Financial instruments may be combined with grants funded from the Union budget, including under this Regulation, provided that this is necessary to ensure the project is viable.
Amendment 554 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4
Article 17 – paragraph 4
4. The multiannual work programmes in the field of energy and telecommunications shall provide strategic orientation in the field of projects of common interest and may include specific projects of common interest.
Amendment 558 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
Article 17 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. Acting in accordance with the procedure referred in paragraph 1, the Commission, when establishing multiannual and sectoral annual work programmes, shall establish the selection and award criteria in line with the objectives and priorities laid down: in Articles 3 and 4 of this Regulation and in Regulation (EU) No XXXX/2012 [TEN-T Guidelines], (EU) No XXX 2012 [Guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure] or (EU) No XXX/2012 INFSO Guidelines]. The following factors shall be taken into account: (a) the maturity of the action in the project development and preparation stages and the soundness of the implementation proposed; (b) the leverage effect of Union support on public and private investment and the single market; (c) the need to overcome specific financial obstacles and lack of market-finance, linked to the nature or urgency of the project; (d) the costs and benefits including economic, social, greenhouse gas and/or other environmental impacts, and accessibility; (e) the cross-border dimension and ability to reduce or end the isolation of Member States, in any sector.
Amendment 559 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 6 – point a
Article 17 – paragraph 6 – point a
Amendment 560 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 6 – point b
Article 17 – paragraph 6 – point b
Amendment 561 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 6 – point c
Article 17 – paragraph 6 – point c
Amendment 568 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Amendment 570 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 4
Article 21 – paragraph 4
Member States shall inform the Commission continuousregularly, if relevant through the interactive geographical and technical information systems, which in case of the trans-European Transport networks is TENtec, about the progress made in implementing projects of common interest and the investments made for this purpose including the amount of support used for climate change objectives.
Amendment 576 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3
Article 24 – paragraph 3
3. The committee shall ensure a horizontal overview of the work programmes referred in article 18 to ensure their consistency and that synergies are identified and, exploited and assessed between sectors.
Amendment 721 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part II - Point a - point 1
Annex – Part II - Point a - point 1
1. Northern Seas offshore Developing an integrated Belgium, Denmark, grid (“NSOG”) offshore electricity grid in France, Germany, Ireland, grid (“NSOG”) the North Sea, the Irish Luxemburg, the Sea, the English Channel, Netherlands, Sweden, the the Baltic Sea and United Kingdom neighbouring waters and associated grid developments (interconnections, internal on-shore grid reinforcement) to transport electricity from renewable offshore energy sources to centres of consumption and storage and to increase cross- border electricity exchange
Amendment 722 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part II - Point a - point 2
Annex – Part II - Point a - point 2
Amendment 723 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part II - Point a - point 3
Annex – Part II - Point a - point 3
3. North-South gas Increasing interconnection Belgium, Ireland, interconnections in capacities for North-Southand other Luxembourg, France, Western Europe ("NSI gas flows in Western relevant infrastructure Germany, Italy, Malta, the West Gas"): Europe to further difor North-South reversifyble Netherlands, Portugal, routes of supply and gas flows in Western Spain, the United Europe to remove Kingdom bottlenecks, further diversify routes, enhance security of supply and increase short-term gas Kingdom deliverability thus making full use of alternative external supplies, and optimising the LNG terminals and gas storage infrastructure
Amendment 725 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part II - Point a - point 4
Annex – Part II - Point a - point 4
4. North-South electricity Strengthening Austria, Bulgaria, Czech interconnections in interconnections and Republic, Cyprus, Central Eastern and South internal lines in North- Germany, Greece, Eastern Europe ("NSI South and East-West Hungary, Italy, Poland, East Electricity"): directions to complete theand with third Romania, Slovakia, internal market and Sloveniacountries to complete the Slovenia internal market and/or integrate generation from renewable energy sources
Amendment 726 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part II - Point a - point 5
Annex – Part II - Point a - point 5
5. North-South gas Strengthening regional Austria, Bulgaria, Czech interconnections in gas connections between and other Republic, Cyprus, Central Eastern and South the Baltic Sea region, therelevant infrastructures, Germany, Greece, Eastern Europe ("NSI Adriatic and Aegean Seasincluding LNG and CNG, Hungary, Italy, Poland, East Gas"): andin the Black Sea, notably Romania, Slovakia,East Romania, Slovakia, Mediterranean Basin and Slovenia between the Baltic Sea region, the Adriatic and Aegean Seas and the Black Sea, notably to to enhance diversification Slovenia and security of gas supply
Amendment 728 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part II - Point a - point 6
Annex – Part II - Point a - point 6
6. Baltic Energy Market Developing Denmark, Estonia, Interconnection Plan in interconnections between Finland, Germany, Latvia, electricity ("BEMIP Member States in the Lithuania, Poland, Electricity"): Baltic region and Sweden reinforcing internal grid infrastructures accordingly, to end isolation of the Baltic States and to foster market integration in the region and integrate generation from renewable energy sources
Amendment 729 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part II - Point a - point 7
Annex – Part II - Point a - point 7
7. Baltic Energy Market Ending the isolation ofGas infrastructure Denmark, Estonia, Interconnection Plan in the three Balticbetween Member States and Finland, Germany, Latvia, gas ("BEMIP Gas"): Finland by ending single Lithuania, Poland,in the Baltic region, Lithuania, Poland, reinforcing gas internal Sweden grid infrastructures accordingly, to end the isolation of the three Baltic States and Finland supplieand their dependency and Sweden on a single supplier and to increasinge diversification of suppliand security of gas supply and routes in the Baltic Sea region
Amendment 730 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part II - Point a - point 8
Annex – Part II - Point a - point 8
8. Southern Gas Corridor Transmission of gas fromInfrastructure for the Austria, Bulgaria, Czech ("SGC"): the Caspian Basin, Centralransmission and storage Republic, Cyprus, France, Asia, the Middle East andof gas, including Germany, Greece, the East Mediterranean liquefied and compressed Hungary, Italy, Poland, Basin to the Union to natural gas terminals to Romania, Slovakia, enhance diversification of Slovenia gas supply and routes from the Caspian Basin, Central Asia, the Middle East and the East Mediterranean Basin to the Union