Activites

• 1998/03/09 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Decision 1998/181
  • OJ L 069 09.03.1998, p. 0001
• #2009
• 1997/09/23 Council Meeting
• 1997/09/23 End of procedure in Parliament
• 1997/09/23 Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
• 1997/02/18 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T4-0038/1997 summary

    In adopting the report by Mrs Maria Tuulevi MATIKAINEN-KALLSTROM (EPP, FIN) Parliament gave its assent to the conclusion of the Energy Charter Treaty and the Energy Charter Protocol on energy efficiency and related environmental aspects. �

• 1997/02/17 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament summary

    While stressing that the EU’s dependence on imported energy could increase from the current figure of 50% to around 75% by 2015, the rapporteur recalled the approach which had led to the signing, in September 1995, of the Energy Charter Treaty and Protocol. According to the rapporteur, the Protocol formed a good basis for more exacting environmental protection. However, she regretted that the Treaty and Protocol had no legally binding provisions on environmental protection. She called for new projects and measures to be implemented under the Treaty to be preceded by a compulsory Environmental Impact Assessment. Commissioner Wulf-Mathies pointed out that the Energy Charter was a political declaration of intent without any legally binding force. Indicating that 49 countries (excluding the United States of America) plus the European Union had signed the Treaty to date, the Commissioner highlighted the importance of the Charter’s ratification as, within the European Union, only nine Member States had completed the ratification procedure. Against this background, she highlighted the positive role which the Charter would play in promoting cooperation between East and West in the energy sector.

• 1997/02/05 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A4-0041/1997
• 1996/12/13 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 1996/12/06 Legislative proposal published
  • 12046/1996 summary

    OBJECTIVES: - to consolidate the initiative and the central role of the European Communities by enabling them to participate fully in the implementation of the Energy Charter Treaty and the Energy Charter Protocol on energy efficiency and related environmental aspects applied by the EC on a provisional basis since they were signed on 17 December 1994; - to develop cooperation with the countries of central and eastern Europe and with the countries of the Community of Independent States; - to give investors greater legal security by giving them the benefit of national treatment, to introduce the obligation of transparency in the treatment of investments and to give consumer countries guarantees of supply. CONTENT: - the Commission proposes, with Parliament's assent, that the Council adopt the decision on the conclusion of the Energy Charter Treaty and the Energy Charter Protocol on energy efficiency and related environmental aspects under the EC Treaty; - this text has also been submitted to the Council by the Commission as a draft decision: . for assent under the ECSC Treaty; . and for agreement under the Euratom Treaty.�

• #1975
• 1996/12/03 Council Meeting
• #1921
• 1996/05/07 Council Meeting
  • 1921 summary

    The Council presented an update of the situation as regards the European Energy Charter on the basis of a progress report submitted by the General Secretariat to the Council. In this it reaffirmed its support for the European Energy Charter, which provided a stable legal framework for long-term energy cooperation between the countries of eastern and western Europe, and repeated its resolute commitment to the Charter. According to the Council, it was extremely important that the Energy Charter Treaty should be ratified by the Member States as soon as possible and subsequently concluded by the European Communities.

• #1894
• 1995/12/20 Council Meeting
  • 1894 summary

    The Council noted the progress of work on the negotiations concerning the second phase of the European Energy Charter. Negotiations on the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) and on the Energy Charter Protocol on Energy Efficiency and Related Environmental Aspects were successfully completed in 1994. To date, 49 countries plus the European Union have signed the texts. Member States of the European Union are expected to complete their ratification procedures by summer 1996. The ECT is an important milestone especially because it guarantees the security of operations and supplies and pays particular attention to environmental protection. For investors it offers a basic legal framework that will make it possible to overcome obstacles, speed up negotiations and settle disputes in accordance with balanced procedural rules. However, it became clear during the negotiations that a Supplementary Treaty was necessary both in order to protect investments in the pre-investment phase and to address the issue of energy-related equipment and update the existing trade provisions in the light of the outcome of the Uruguay Round negotiations.

• 1995/09/20 Initial legislative proposal published
  • COM(1995)0440
• #1850
• 1995/06/01 Council Meeting
  • 1850

Documents

• Debate in Council: 1850
• Initial legislative proposal published: COM(1995)0440
• Debate in Council: 1894
• Debate in Council: 1921
• Legislative proposal published: 12046/1996
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A4-0041/1997
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T4-0038/1997
• : Decision 1998/181
• : OJ L 069 09.03.1998, p. 0001

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)