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Otherwise the commercial strength of any company is harmed. The notification\nof information concerning commercial contract might entail an asymmetry of information\nbetween contracts that have to be notified since they are explicitly mentioned in an IGA and\nthose that do not fall under this obligation. In the interest of not distorting competition, great\ncare has to be taken to make sure the Decision does not have an impact on commercial deals.\nFurthermore, recently adopted EU rules already require private undertakings to notify\ninformation concerning commercial contracts (Regulations (EU) No 994/2010 and No\n1227/2011). 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Within 6","months following the submission of the","intergovernmental agreements in their","entirety, including their annexes and","other texts they refer to explicitly and all","amendments thereto, the Commission","shall assess their compatibility with Union","law, in particular with EU competition","law and internal energy market","legislation. Where the submitted","intergovernmental agreement is not","compatible with Union law, the Member","State shall take all appropriate steps to","eliminate the incompatibility identified.","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."],"old":["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.","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."],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE480.533v01-00","reference":"2011/0238(COD)","seq":"67","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-480.533+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Marian-Jean Marinescu","changes":{},"committee":["ITRE"],"date":"2012-01-19T00:00:00","id":"PE480.533-68","location":[[" Proposal for a decision","Article 3 \u2013 paragraph 1"]],"meps":[33982],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:33:02"},"new":["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. Within 6 months following","the submission of the intergovernmental","agreements in their entirety, including","their annexes and other texts they refer to","explicitly and all amendments thereto, the","Commission shall communicate to the","Member States concerned its comments","regarding their compatibility with Union","law. Member States shall make all efforts","to comply with these comments as early as","possible and at the latest in the course of","first amending process or renegotiation.","The Commission shall make the received","documents, with the exception of","confidential parts identified according to","Article 7, along with their note regarding","the incompatibility with Union law, if any,","accessible in electronic form to all other","Member States. 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."],"old":["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.","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.","",""],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE480.533v01-00","reference":"2011/0238(COD)","seq":"68","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-480.533+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Alejo Vidal-Quadras, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Cristina Guti\u00e9rrez-Cortines","changes":{},"committee":["ITRE"],"date":"2012-01-19T00:00:00","id":"PE480.533-69","location":[["Proposal for a decision","Article 3 \u2013 paragraph 1"]],"meps":[4308,28390,4326],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:33:02"},"new":["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, with the exception","of confidential parts identified according","to Article 7, accessible in electronic form","to all other Member States. In the event of","incompatibility of the submitted","intergovernmental agreements with Union","law, the Commission shall launch","infringement proceedings. 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."],"old":["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.","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."],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE480.533v01-00","reference":"2011/0238(COD)","seq":"69","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-480.533+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Lena Kolarska-Bobi\u0144ska","changes":{},"committee":["ITRE"],"date":"2012-01-19T00:00:00","id":"PE480.533-70","justification":" All language versions are needed by the Commission and other Member States to ensure a\n full understanding of an agreement and to note possible disagreements or errors between the\n different language versions. A summary note of each agreement in the three working\n languages of the Commission will allow Member State officials a better understand of an\n agreement in a language unknown to them (e.g. an official document which is only in Russian\n and Greek, might be difficult for a Spanish official to check).","location":[[" Proposal for a decision","Article 3 \u2013 paragraph 1"]],"meps":[96785],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:33:02"},"new":["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. Member States shall submit","all official language versions of these","agreements and in addition, a summary","note of each agreement in the three","working languages of the Commission.","The Commission shall make the received","documents accessible in secure electronic","form to all other Member States. 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."],"old":["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.","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."],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE480.533v01-00","reference":"2011/0238(COD)","seq":"70","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-480.533+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Gaston Franco","changes":{},"committee":["ITRE"],"date":"2012-01-19T00:00:00","id":"PE480.533-71","location":[["Proposal for a decision","Article 3 \u2013 paragraph 1"]],"meps":[96908],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:33:02"},"new":["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 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."],"old":["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.","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."],"orig_lang":"fr","peid":"PE480.533v01-00","reference":"2011/0238(COD)","seq":"71","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-480.533+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Takis Hadjigeorgiou","changes":{},"committee":["ITRE"],"date":"2012-01-19T00:00:00","id":"PE480.533-72","location":[["Proposal for a decision","Article 3 \u2013 paragraph 1"]],"meps":[96907],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:33:02"},"new":["1. Member States may 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 within a","reasonable period of time. The","Commission shall make the received","documents accessible in electronic form to","all other Member States. 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."],"old":["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.","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."],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE480.533v01-00","reference":"2011/0238(COD)","seq":"72","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-480.533+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Bogdan Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz","changes":{},"committee":["ITRE"],"date":"2012-01-19T00:00:00","id":"PE480.533-73","location":[[" Proposal for a decision","Article 3 \u2013 paragraph 1"]],"meps":[96792],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:33:03"},"new":["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."],"old":["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.","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."],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE480.533v01-00","reference":"2011/0238(COD)","seq":"73","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-480.533+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Giles Chichester","changes":{},"committee":["ITRE"],"date":"2012-01-19T00:00:00","id":"PE480.533-74","location":[["Proposal for a decision","Article 3 \u2013 paragraph 1"]],"meps":[2097],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:33:03"},"new":["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. With the exception of","confidential parts identified according to","Article 7, the Commission shall make the","received documents accessible in","electronic form to all other Member States.","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."],"old":["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.","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."],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE480.533v01-00","reference":"2011/0238(COD)","seq":"74","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-480.533+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Fiorello Provera","changes":{},"committee":["ITRE"],"date":"2012-01-19T00:00:00","id":"PE480.533-75","justification":" Agreements between commercial operators must be clearly excluded from this Decision.\n Releasing information on such agreements might seriously harm the commercial power of any\n European undertaking vis \u00e0 vis of non-EU suppliers and be detrimental to internal market\n competition and security of supply in the EU.","location":[["Proposal for a decision","Article 3 \u2013 paragraph 1"]],"meps":[96994],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:33:03"},"new":["1. Member States may 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. Agreements between","commercial entities are not subject to this","obligation. The Commission shall make","the received documents accessible in","electronic form to all other Member States.","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."],"old":["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.","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."],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE480.533v01-00","reference":"2011/0238(COD)","seq":"75","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-480.533+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Gaston Franco","changes":{},"committee":["ITRE"],"date":"2012-01-19T00:00:00","id":"PE480.533-76","location":[[" Proposal for a decision","Article 3 \u2013 paragraph 2"]],"meps":[96908],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:33:03"},"new":["deleted"],"old":["2. 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On request of the","Commission or the Member State","concerned, the Commission may","participate as an observer in the","negotiations."],"orig_lang":"fr","peid":"PE480.533v01-00","reference":"2011/0238(COD)","seq":"76","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-480.533+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Marian-Jean Marinescu","changes":{},"committee":["ITRE"],"date":"2012-01-19T00:00:00","id":"PE480.533-77","location":[["Proposal for a decision","Article 3 \u2013 paragraph 2"]],"meps":[33982],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:33:03"},"new":["2. When a Member State intends to enter","into negotiations with a third country in","order to amend an existing","intergovernmental agreement or to","conclude a new intergovernmental","agreement, the Member State shall inform","the Commission in writing of its intention","at the earliest possible moment before the","envisaged opening of the negotiations. The","information provided to the Commission","shall include the relevant documentation,","an indication of the provisions to be","addressed in the negotiations, the","objectives of the negotiations and other","relevant information. In case of","amendments to an existing agreement, the","provisions that are to be renegotiated shall","be indicated in the information provided to","the Commission. The Commission shall","make the received information, with the","exception of confidential parts identified","according to Article 7, along with their","note regarding the incompatibility with","Union law, if any, accessible to all","Member States in electronic form. The","Member State concerned shall keep the","Commission informed regularly of the","ongoing negotiations. Within two weeks","after the Member State's notification to","the Commission, the Commission shall","communicate to the Member States","concerned its comments regarding the","compatibility of the negotiated agreement","with Union law. On request of the","Commission or the Member State","concerned, the Commission may","participate as an observer in the","negotiations."],"old":["2. When a Member State intends to enter","into negotiations with a third country in","order to amend an existing","intergovernmental agreement or to","conclude a new intergovernmental","agreement, the Member State shall inform","the Commission in writing of its intention","at the earliest possible moment before the","","envisaged opening of the negotiations. The","information provided to the Commission","shall include the relevant documentation,","an indication of the provisions to be","addressed in the negotiations, the","objectives of the negotiations and other","relevant information. In case of","amendments to an existing agreement, the","provisions that are to be renegotiated shall","be indicated in the information provided to","the Commission. The Commission shall","make the received information accessible","to all Member States in electronic form.","The Member State concerned shall keep","the Commission informed regularly of the","ongoing negotiations. On request of the","Commission or the Member State","concerned, the Commission may","participate as an observer in the","negotiations."],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE480.533v01-00","reference":"2011/0238(COD)","seq":"77","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-480.533+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Andr\u00e1s Gy\u00fcrk","changes":{},"committee":["ITRE"],"date":"2012-01-19T00:00:00","id":"PE480.533-78","justification":"Standard clauses available at the commencement of negotiations would help to prevent\nconflicts between intergovernmental agreements and Union law at the earliest stage. Since\nthe full agreement shall comply with Union law and standard clauses might not cover the\nentire agreement, the Commission shall provide further legal assistance to avoid potential\nincompatibilities. If there is a request by a Member State to the Commission to actively assist\nin the negotiation process, no discretion should be left to the Commission, whether to provide\nassistance or not.","location":[[" Proposal for a decision","Article 3 \u2013 paragraph 2"]],"meps":[23816],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:33:03"},"new":["2. When a Member State intends to enter","into negotiations with a third country in","order to amend an existing","intergovernmental agreement or to","conclude a new intergovernmental","agreement, the Member State shall inform","the Commission in writing of its intention","at the earliest possible moment before the","envisaged opening of the negotiations. The","information provided to the Commission","shall include the relevant documentation,","an indication of the provisions to be","addressed in the negotiations, the","objectives of the negotiations and other","relevant information. In case of","amendments to an existing agreement, the","provisions that are to be renegotiated shall","be indicated in the information provided to","the Commission. The Commission shall","make the received information accessible","to all Member States in electronic form.","The Member State concerned shall keep","the Commission informed regularly of the","ongoing negotiations. If requested by the","Commission or the Member State","concerned, the Commission shall","participate as an observer in the","negotiations. The Commission shall","provide the negotiating Member State","with non-binding standard clauses","developed in accordance with Article 6(1)","and give further legal advice to the","negotiating Member State on how to avoid","incompatibility between the negotiated","intergovernmental agreement and Union","law. If the Member State requests the","assistance of the Commission in the","negotiations with the third country, the","Commission shall provide the requested","assistance."],"old":["2. When a Member State intends to enter","into negotiations with a third country in","order to amend an existing","intergovernmental agreement or to","conclude a new intergovernmental","","agreement, the Member State shall inform","the Commission in writing of its intention","at the earliest possible moment before the","envisaged opening of the negotiations. The","information provided to the Commission","shall include the relevant documentation,","an indication of the provisions to be","addressed in the negotiations, the","objectives of the negotiations and other","relevant information. In case of","amendments to an existing agreement, the","provisions that are to be renegotiated shall","be indicated in the information provided to","the Commission. The Commission shall","make the received information accessible","to all Member States in electronic form.","The Member State concerned shall keep","the Commission informed regularly of the","ongoing negotiations. On request of the","Commission or the Member State","concerned, the Commission may","participate as an observer in the","negotiations."],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE480.533v01-00","reference":"2011/0238(COD)","seq":"78","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-480.533+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Alejo Vidal-Quadras, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Cristina Guti\u00e9rrez-Cortines","changes":{},"committee":["ITRE"],"date":"2012-01-19T00:00:00","id":"PE480.533-79","location":[[" Proposal for a decision","Article 3 \u2013 paragraph 2"]],"meps":[4308,28390,4326],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:33:03"},"new":["2. 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The Commission should have the right to participate to these negotiations, in\norder to be able to properly assist Member States pursuant to Article 4 of this Decision and, if\nrequested, provide them with legal advice during the procedure.","location":[["Proposal for a decision","Article 3 \u2013 paragraph 2"]],"meps":[96740],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:33:03"},"new":["2. When a Member State intends to enter","into negotiations with a third country in","order to amend an existing","intergovernmental agreement or to","conclude a new intergovernmental","agreement, the Member State shall inform","the Commission in writing of its intention","at the earliest possible moment but in no","case later than 3 months before the","envisaged opening of the negotiations. 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Member","States shall be informed that a request for","documents under this Article has been","made and whether a request is open,","closed or has been withdrawn."],"old":["","",""],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE480.533v01-00","reference":"2011/0238(COD)","seq":"94","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-480.533+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Andr\u00e1s Gy\u00fcrk","changes":{},"committee":["ITRE"],"date":"2012-01-19T00:00:00","id":"PE480.533-95","justification":"The content of this article is covered by AM No 1.","location":[["Proposal for a decision","Article 4"]],"meps":[23816],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:33:04"},"new":["deleted"],"old":["Assistance from the Commission","When a Member State informs the","Commission pursuant to Article 3(2) of its","intention to enter into negotiations in","order to amend an existing","intergovernmental agreement or to","conclude a new intergovernmental","agreement, the Member State may request","the assistance of the Commission in the","negotiations with the third country."],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE480.533v01-00","reference":"2011/0238(COD)","seq":"95","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-480.533+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Alejo Vidal-Quadras, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Cristina Guti\u00e9rrez-Cortines","changes":{},"committee":["ITRE"],"date":"2012-01-19T00:00:00","id":"PE480.533-96","location":[["Proposal for a decision","Article 4 \u2013 paragraph 1"]],"meps":[4308,28390,4326],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:33:04"},"new":["When a Member State informs the","Commission pursuant to Article 3(2) of its","intention to enter into negotiations in order","to amend an existing intergovernmental","agreement or to conclude a new","intergovernmental agreement, the","Commission, on its own initiative or on","request of the Member State, may","participate as an observer in the","negotiations with the third country and","provide legal advice on how to reach an","intergovernmental agreement in full","compliance with Union law."],"old":["When a Member State informs the","Commission pursuant to Article 3(2) of its","intention to enter into negotiations in order","to amend an existing intergovernmental","agreement or to conclude a new","intergovernmental agreement, the Member","State may request the assistance of the","Commission in the negotiations with the","third country."],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE480.533v01-00","reference":"2011/0238(COD)","seq":"96","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-480.533+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Bernd Lange Yannick Jadot on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group","changes":{},"committee":["ITRE"],"date":"2012-01-19T00:00:00","id":"PE480.533-97","location":[[" Proposal for a decision","Article 5 \u2013 paragraph 1"]],"meps":[1909,96740],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:33:05"},"new":["As early as possible and not later than two","weeks after closure of the negotiations, the","Member State concerned shall inform the","Commission of the closure 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 Commission for","examination. 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PURPOSE: to set up an\n information exchange mechanism with regard to intergovernmental agreements\n between Member States and third countries in the field of energy.
PROPOSED ACT:\n Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council.
BACKGROUND: in its conclusions of 4 February 2011, the Council therefore invited Member States to\n inform from 1 January 2012 the Commission of all their new and existing\n bilateral energy agreements with third countries. The aim is to\n facilitate coordination at Union level and Member States' activities with a\n view to ensuring consistency and coherence in the EU’s external energy\n relations with key producer, transit, and consumer countries.
Negotiations with powerful energy\n suppliers in third countries typically demand political support in the form\n of the conclusion of intergovernmental agreements between Member States and\n third countries.
Following the\n liberalisation of the electricity and gas markets in the European Union, in\n particular with the implementation of the Third Energy Package, the Member\n States have introduced significant changes in their energy legislation.
Facing a\n possible supply shortage, Member States are under increasing pressure to\n accept regulatory concessions in their intergovernmental agreements with\n third countries which are incompatible with Union energy law. Such\n regulatory concessions threaten the operation and proper functioning of the\n Union internal market for energy.
As was\n demonstrated during the gas dispute between the Russian Federation and\n Ukraine in January 2009, when the internal market is not functioning\n properly, the EU is more vulnerable to security of supply risks. Therefore it\n is important that the Member States and the Commission are aware of the\n amount and sources of energy imported.
To address\n these problems, it is important to improve the exchange of information\n between Member States and between Member States and the Commission on\n existing, provisionally applied and future intergovernmental agreements.
IMPACT ASSESSMENT: the Commission has not\n considered it necessary to carry out a formal\n impact assessment. The Commission\n nevertheless evaluated a number of options to achieve the proper\n transposition of the European Council conclusions. A public\n consultation on the external dimension of the EU energy policy took place\n between 21 December 2010 and 7 March 2011. In total, over 90 replies were\n received. The responses received highlighted the important role of the Union\n in promoting a reliable legal and institutional framework in order to\n achieve mutually advantageous relations with its main energy suppliers and\n transit countries.
LEGAL BASIS: Article 194 of the Treaty on\n the Functioning of the European Union.
CONTENT: the\n aim of this proposal is to transform the 4 February 2011 European Council\n conclusions into a mechanism with detailed procedures for the exchange of\n information between Member States and the Commission with regard to\n intergovernmental agreements in order to facilitate coordination at Union\n level to ensure security of supply, the proper operation and functioning of\n the Union internal energy market and create legal certainty for investment\n decisions.
As the\n proposed exchange of information will increase the Member States' negotiating\n position vis-à-vis third countries, it will ensure the proper\n implementation of the Union rules and policies.
Thus:
Scope: Intergovernmental agreements are defined as all legally binding\n agreements between Member States and third countries which are likely to\n have an impact on the operation or the functioning of the internal market for\n energy or on the security of energy supply in the EU. To avoid duplication,\n intergovernmental agreements for which a specific notification to the\n Commission is already foreseen in other acts of Union legislation are\n excluded from the proposal, except intergovernmental agreements which must be\n submitted to the Commission according to the Security of Gas Supply\n Regulation.10 It is also proposed that the new mechanism shall not concern\n agreements between commercial operators except and only as far as the\n intergovernmental agreement explicitly refers to these commercial agreements.
Exchange\n of information between Commission and Member States: Member States shall submit all existing and provisionally\n applied intergovernmental agreements between them and third countries in\n their entirety, including their annexes and other texts they refer to\n explicitly and all amendments thereto to the Commission at the latest three\n months after the entry into force of this Decision. When a Member State\n intends to enter into negotiations with a third country in order to amend an\n existing intergovernmental agreement or to conclude a new intergovernmental\n agreement, the Member State shall inform the Commission in writing of its\n intention at the earliest possible moment before the envisaged opening of the\n negotiations.
Assistance\n from the Commission: the Commission shall also be\n informed as early as possible of their intention to open negotiations on\n future intergovernmental agreements or to amend existing intergovernmental\n agreements. The Commission shall be regularly informed on the negotiations.\n On request, the Commission shall participate as an observer to the\n negotiations. In this context, Member States also have the right to ask the\n Commission for assistance during their negotiations with third countries.
Ex-ante compatibility control: the Commission may on its own initiative until four weeks\n after it has been informed of the closure of the negotiations at the\n latest or on request from the Member State which has negotiated the\n intergovernmental agreement, assess the compatibility of the negotiated\n agreement with Union law before the agreement has been signed. The Commission\n has an assessment period of four months. If such compatibility check has been\n requested, in the absence of an opinion of the Commission within this examination\n period, the Commission is deemed not to have raised any objections.
Coordination: the Commission shall facilitate the coordination among Member\n States with a view to reviewing developments in relation to intergovernmental\n agreements, identifying common problems and solutions, and developing\n standard clauses that Member States can use in future intergovernmental\n agreements.
BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS: the proposal has\n no implication for the Union budget.
\nThe Committee on Industry, Research and Energy adopted\nthe report by Krijānis KARIŅ (PPE, LV) on the\nproposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the\nCouncil setting up an information exchange mechanism with regard to\nintergovernmental agreements between Member States and third\ncountries in the field of energy.
\nThe committee recommends that the European\nParliaments position in first reading following the ordinary\nlegislative procedure should amend the Commission proposal as\nfollows:
\nTransparency: the report\nstates that a high degree of transparency with regard to agreements\nbetween Member States and third countries in the field of energy\nwould be of benefit in achieving both closer intra-Union\ncooperation in the field of external energy relations and the\nUnion's long-term policy objectives relating to energy, climate and\nsecurity of energy supply.
\nInformation exchange between the Member States and the\nCommission:
\nWhere those existing intergovernmental agreements\nrefer explicitly to other texts, Member States shall also submit\nto the Commission those other texts, insofar as they contain\nelements which have an impact on the functioning of the internal\nenergy market or on the security of energy supply in the Union.\nHowever, that obligation does not apply in respect of agreements\nbetween commercial entities.
\nBy three months after the entry into force of the\nDecision, Member States shall inform the Commission whether any\npart of such intergovernmental agreements is to be regarded as\nconfidential and whether the information provided may be\nshared with other Member States. Where the Member State concerned\nhas indicated that the information may be shared, the Commission\nshall make the information received accessible to all Member States\nin secure electronic form.
\nWhere following its first assessment, the\nCommission has doubts as to the compatibility with Union law\nof agreements, in particular with Union competition law and\ninternal energy market legislation, the Commission shall inform the\nMember States concerned accordingly within 9 months following the\nsubmission of those agreements.
\nBefore or during negotiations with a third country on\nan intergovernmental agreement or on the amendment of an existing\nintergovernmental agreement, a Member State may inform the\nCommission in writing of the objectives of, and the provisions to\nbe addressed in, the negotiations and may communicate any other\nrelevant information to the Commission.
\nWhere a Member State gives the Commission notice of\nnegotiations, the Commission may provide it with advice on\nhow to avoid incompatibility of the intergovernmental agreement or\nof the amendment to an existing intergovernmental agreement under\nnegotiation with Union law.
\nConfidentiality: when\nproviding information to the Commission, a Member State may\nindicate whether any part of the information, be it commercial or\nother information the disclosure of which could harm the activities\nof the parties involved, is to be regarded as confidential and\nwhether the information provided can be shared with other Member\nStates. The Commission shall respect those indications. Requests\nfor confidentiality under this Article shall not restrict access of\nthe Commission itself to confidential information.
\nAssistance from the Commission: at the request of the Member State concerned, or at\nthe request of the Commission and with the written approval of the\nMember State concerned, the Commission may participate in the\nnegotiations as an observer. Where the Commission\nparticipates in the negotiations as an observer, it may provide the\nMember State concerned with advice on how to avoid incompatibility\nof the intergovernmental agreement or amendment under negotiation\nwith Union law.
\nCompatibility assessment: where a Member State has been unable, on the basis\nof its own assessment, to reach a firm conclusion as to the\ncompatibility of the intergovernmental agreement or amendment under\nnegotiation with Union law, it shall inform the Commission thereof\nbefore the closure of the negotiations and submit the draft\nagreement or amendment together with any annexes to it. The\nCommission shall, within four weeks from the date of receipt of the\ndraft agreement or amendment, including annexes thereto, inform the\nMember State concerned of any doubts it may have as to the\ncompatibility of the draft intergovernmental agreement or amendment\nwith Union law. In the absence of a response from the Commission\nwithin that period, the Commission shall be deemed not to have any\ndoubts.
\nCoordination among Member States: the Commission shall facilitate and encourage\ncoordination among Member States with a view to reviewing\ndevelopments in relation to intergovernmental agreements and\nstriving for consistency and coherence in the Unions external\nenergy relations with producer, transit, and consumer\ncountries.
\nReporting and review: by\n1 January 2016, the Commission shall submit a report on the\napplication of this Decision.
\nThe European Parliament adopted by 369 votes to 240\nwith 14 abstentions a legislative resolution on the proposal for a\nDirective of the European Parliament and of the Council setting up\nan information exchange mechanism with regard to intergovernmental\nagreements between Member States and third countries in the field\nof energy.
\nParliament adopted its position on first reading\nfollowing the ordinary legislative procedure. The amendments are\nthe result of a compromise negotiated between Parliament and\nCouncil. The main amendments are as follows:
\nTransparency: the new\ntext stresses that more transparency with regard to future\nintergovernmental agreements that will be negotiated or that are\nbeing negotiated between Member States and third countries in the\nfield of energy could contribute to consistency in Member States'\napproaches to such agreements, to compliance with Union law and to\nthe security of energy supply in the Union.
\nSharing information on bilateral\nagreements: Member States shall\nsubmit to the Commission at the latest three months after the entry\ninto force of the Decision all existing intergovernmental\nagreements between them and third countries.
\nThe Commission will then have nine months in which to\ninform the Member States concerned if its first assessment has led\nto doubts on the compatibility with Union law (EU competition law\nand internal energy market legislation).
\nObserver status for the Commission: the text states that Member States may notify the\nCommission of any new agreements, before or during negotiations.\nThe Commission could then - at the request of the EU country\nconcerned or on its own initiative, if the Member State agrees -\ntake part in the negotiations as an observer and provide advice on\nhow to avoid incompatibility of the intergovernmental agreement or\namendment under negotiation with Union law.
\nCompatibility with EU law: where a Member State negotiating an agreement has been\nunable to reach a firm conclusion on the compatibility of the\nnegotiated agreement with Union law, it must submit the agreement\nto the Commission, before closing negotiations, and the Commission\nwill then have four weeks in which to inform the Member State of\nany possible doubts. In the absence of a response from the\nCommission within that period, the Commission shall be deemed not\nto have any doubts.
\nUpon ratification of an agreement, Member\nStates would be required to submit it to the Commission.
\nConfidentiality: the\ntext states that Member States shall inform the Commission whether\nany part of intergovernmental agreements is to be regarded as\nconfidential and whether the information provided may be shared\nwith other Member States.
\nWhere the Member State concerned has indicated that\nthe information may be shared, the Commission shall make the\ninformation received accessible to all Member States in secure\nelectronic form, with the exception of those parts that are\nregarded as confidential by the Member State concerned.
\nWhere a Member State instructs the Commission not to\nmake an existing intergovernmental agreement, an amendment to an\nexisting intergovernmental agreement or a new intergovernmental\nagreement accessible to other Member States, it shall make\navailable a summary of the information submitted. That\nsummary shall contain at least the following information regarding\nthe agreement or amendment in question: (i) the subject matter;\n(ii) the aim and the scope; (iii) the duration; (iv) the\ncontracting parties; and (v) information on the main\nelements.
\nRequests for confidentiality will not restrict access of the\nCommission itself to confidential information. The Commission shall\nensure that access to the confidential information is strictly\nlimited to the Commission services for which it is absolutely\nnecessary to have the information available.
\nReporting and review: by 1 January\n2016, and every three years thereafter, the Commission shall submit\na report on the application of the Decision, and assess:
\nPURPOSE: to set up an information exchange mechanism\nwith regard to intergovernmental agreements between Member States\nand third countries in the field of energy.
\nLEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision No 994/2012/EU of the\nEuropean Parliament and of the Council establishing an information\nexchange mechanism with regard to intergovernmental agreements\nbetween Member States and third countries in the field of\nenergy.
\nCONTENT: following agreement at first reading, the\nCouncil and the European Parliament adopted this Decision\nestablishing a mechanism for the exchange of information between\nMember States and the Commission on intergovernmental agreements in\nthe field of energy, in order to optimise the functioning of the\ninternal energy market.
\nFormulated as a response to the request by the\nEuropean Council of 4 February 2011, this new mechanism is a big\nstep forward in terms of the transparency and coordination of the\nexternal energy relations of the EU and its Member States. The\nmechanism will cover intergovernmental agreements that have an\nimpact on the operation or functioning of the internal energy\nmarket or on the security of energy supply.
\nExchange of information between Member States and the\nCommission: by 17 February 2013,\nMember States will submit to the Commission all existing\nintergovernmental agreements, including annexes and amendments to\nthose agreements. Where following its first assessment, the\nCommission has doubts as to the compatibility with Union law of\nagreements submitted to it, in particular with Union competition\nlaw and internal energy market legislation, it shall inform the\nMember States concerned accordingly within nine months of the\nsubmission of those agreements.
\nWith regard to existing intergovernmental\nagreements which have already been communicated to the\nCommission in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 994/2010 at\nthe date of entry into force of the Decision, by 17 February 2013\nMember States shall inform the Commission whether any part of\nsuch intergovernmental agreements is to be regarded as\nconfidential and whether the information provided may be shared\nwith other Member States.
\nSharing information with other Member\nStates: if a Member State considers\nan intergovernmental agreement to be confidential, it should\nprovide the Commission with a summary of it for the purposes of\nsharing that summary with the other Member States. That summary\nshall contain at least the following information regarding the\nagreement or amendment in question: (i) the subject matter; (ii)\nthe aim and the scope; (iii) the duration; (iv) the contracting\nparties; (v) information on the main elements.
\nThe Commission shall make the summaries accessible in\nelectronic form to all other Member States.
\nAssistance from the Commission: before or during negotiations with a third country on\nan intergovernmental agreement or on the amendment of an existing\nintergovernmental agreement, a Member State may inform the\nCommission in writing of the objectives of, and the provisions to\nbe addressed in, the negotiations and may communicate any other\nrelevant information to the Commission. Where a Member State gives\nthe Commission notice of negotiations, that Member State may\nrequest the assistance of the Commission in those negotiations, and\nthe Commission may participate in the negotiations as an observer\nand provide the Member State concerned with advice on how to avoid\nincompatibility of the
\nMember States may keep the Commission informed during\nthe negotiations, whilst indicating whether this information may be\nshared with all other Member States.
\nCompatibility assessment: where a Member State is negotiating an\nintergovernmental agreement or an amendment to an existing\nintergovernmental agreement and it has been unable, on the basis of\nits own assessment, to reach a firm conclusion as to the\ncompatibility of the intergovernmental agreement or amendment\nunder negotiation with Union law, it shall inform the Commission\nbefore the closure of the negotiations and submit the draft\nagreement or amendment together with any annexes to it. The\nCommission shall, within four weeks, inform the Member State\nconcerned of any doubts it may have as to the compatibility of the\ndraft intergovernmental agreement with Union law. It shall inform\nthe Member State concerned of its opinion on the compatibility with\nUnion law of the draft agreement or amendment concerned within\n10 weeks of the date of receipt (the examination period).\nThese time limits may be shortened in agreement with the Commission\nif circumstances so warrant.
\nConfidentiality: the\nCommission must respect requests from Member States to treat\ninformation submitted to it as confidential. Requests for\nconfidentiality will not, however, restrict access of the\nCommission itself to confidential information, as the Commission\nneeds to have comprehensive information for its own assessments.\nThe Commission shall ensure that access to the confidential\ninformation is strictly limited to the Commission services for\nwhich it is absolutely necessary to have the information available.\nRequests for confidentiality are without prejudice to the right of\naccess to documents as provided for in Regulation (EC) No\n1049/2001.
\nReport: by 1 January\n2016, the Commission will present a report on the application of\nthe Decision assessing, in particular, the extent to which the\nDecision promotes compliance of intergovernmental agreements with\nUnion law and a high level of coordination between Member States\nwith regard to intergovernmental agreements. It shall also\nassess:
\n\n· \nthe impact that the Decision has on Member\nStates negotiations with third countries;
\n\n· \nwhether the scope of the Decision and the\nprocedures it lays down are appropriate.
\nAfter submission of the first report, the Commission\nshall report every three years to the European Parliament and the\nCouncil on the information received under the mechanism, having due\nregard to the confidentiality provisions of the\nDecision.
\nENTRY INTO FORCE: 16/11/2012.
\nPURPOSE: to set up an\n information exchange mechanism with regard to intergovernmental agreements\n between Member States and third countries in the field of energy.
PROPOSED ACT:\n Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council.
BACKGROUND: in its conclusions of 4 February 2011, the Council therefore invited Member States to\n inform from 1 January 2012 the Commission of all their new and existing\n bilateral energy agreements with third countries. The aim is to\n facilitate coordination at Union level and Member States' activities with a\n view to ensuring consistency and coherence in the EU’s external energy\n relations with key producer, transit, and consumer countries.
Negotiations with powerful energy\n suppliers in third countries typically demand political support in the form\n of the conclusion of intergovernmental agreements between Member States and\n third countries.
Following the\n liberalisation of the electricity and gas markets in the European Union, in\n particular with the implementation of the Third Energy Package, the Member\n States have introduced significant changes in their energy legislation.
Facing a\n possible supply shortage, Member States are under increasing pressure to\n accept regulatory concessions in their intergovernmental agreements with\n third countries which are incompatible with Union energy law. Such\n regulatory concessions threaten the operation and proper functioning of the\n Union internal market for energy.
As was\n demonstrated during the gas dispute between the Russian Federation and\n Ukraine in January 2009, when the internal market is not functioning\n properly, the EU is more vulnerable to security of supply risks. Therefore it\n is important that the Member States and the Commission are aware of the\n amount and sources of energy imported.
To address\n these problems, it is important to improve the exchange of information\n between Member States and between Member States and the Commission on\n existing, provisionally applied and future intergovernmental agreements.
IMPACT ASSESSMENT: the Commission has not\n considered it necessary to carry out a formal\n impact assessment. The Commission\n nevertheless evaluated a number of options to achieve the proper\n transposition of the European Council conclusions. A public\n consultation on the external dimension of the EU energy policy took place\n between 21 December 2010 and 7 March 2011. In total, over 90 replies were\n received. The responses received highlighted the important role of the Union\n in promoting a reliable legal and institutional framework in order to\n achieve mutually advantageous relations with its main energy suppliers and\n transit countries.
LEGAL BASIS: Article 194 of the Treaty on\n the Functioning of the European Union.
CONTENT: the\n aim of this proposal is to transform the 4 February 2011 European Council\n conclusions into a mechanism with detailed procedures for the exchange of\n information between Member States and the Commission with regard to\n intergovernmental agreements in order to facilitate coordination at Union\n level to ensure security of supply, the proper operation and functioning of\n the Union internal energy market and create legal certainty for investment\n decisions.
As the\n proposed exchange of information will increase the Member States' negotiating\n position vis-à-vis third countries, it will ensure the proper\n implementation of the Union rules and policies.
Thus:
Scope: Intergovernmental agreements are defined as all legally binding\n agreements between Member States and third countries which are likely to\n have an impact on the operation or the functioning of the internal market for\n energy or on the security of energy supply in the EU. To avoid duplication,\n intergovernmental agreements for which a specific notification to the\n Commission is already foreseen in other acts of Union legislation are\n excluded from the proposal, except intergovernmental agreements which must be\n submitted to the Commission according to the Security of Gas Supply\n Regulation.10 It is also proposed that the new mechanism shall not concern\n agreements between commercial operators except and only as far as the\n intergovernmental agreement explicitly refers to these commercial agreements.
Exchange\n of information between Commission and Member States: Member States shall submit all existing and provisionally\n applied intergovernmental agreements between them and third countries in\n their entirety, including their annexes and other texts they refer to\n explicitly and all amendments thereto to the Commission at the latest three\n months after the entry into force of this Decision. When a Member State\n intends to enter into negotiations with a third country in order to amend an\n existing intergovernmental agreement or to conclude a new intergovernmental\n agreement, the Member State shall inform the Commission in writing of its\n intention at the earliest possible moment before the envisaged opening of the\n negotiations.
Assistance\n from the Commission: the Commission shall also be\n informed as early as possible of their intention to open negotiations on\n future intergovernmental agreements or to amend existing intergovernmental\n agreements. The Commission shall be regularly informed on the negotiations.\n On request, the Commission shall participate as an observer to the\n negotiations. In this context, Member States also have the right to ask the\n Commission for assistance during their negotiations with third countries.
Ex-ante compatibility control: the Commission may on its own initiative until four weeks\n after it has been informed of the closure of the negotiations at the\n latest or on request from the Member State which has negotiated the\n intergovernmental agreement, assess the compatibility of the negotiated\n agreement with Union law before the agreement has been signed. The Commission\n has an assessment period of four months. If such compatibility check has been\n requested, in the absence of an opinion of the Commission within this examination\n period, the Commission is deemed not to have raised any objections.
Coordination: the Commission shall facilitate the coordination among Member\n States with a view to reviewing developments in relation to intergovernmental\n agreements, identifying common problems and solutions, and developing\n standard clauses that Member States can use in future intergovernmental\n agreements.
BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS: the proposal has\n no implication for the Union budget.
\nThe Committee on Industry, Research and Energy adopted\nthe report by Krijānis KARIŅ (PPE, LV) on the\nproposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the\nCouncil setting up an information exchange mechanism with regard to\nintergovernmental agreements between Member States and third\ncountries in the field of energy.
\nThe committee recommends that the European\nParliaments position in first reading following the ordinary\nlegislative procedure should amend the Commission proposal as\nfollows:
\nTransparency: the report\nstates that a high degree of transparency with regard to agreements\nbetween Member States and third countries in the field of energy\nwould be of benefit in achieving both closer intra-Union\ncooperation in the field of external energy relations and the\nUnion's long-term policy objectives relating to energy, climate and\nsecurity of energy supply.
\nInformation exchange between the Member States and the\nCommission:
\nWhere those existing intergovernmental agreements\nrefer explicitly to other texts, Member States shall also submit\nto the Commission those other texts, insofar as they contain\nelements which have an impact on the functioning of the internal\nenergy market or on the security of energy supply in the Union.\nHowever, that obligation does not apply in respect of agreements\nbetween commercial entities.
\nBy three months after the entry into force of the\nDecision, Member States shall inform the Commission whether any\npart of such intergovernmental agreements is to be regarded as\nconfidential and whether the information provided may be\nshared with other Member States. Where the Member State concerned\nhas indicated that the information may be shared, the Commission\nshall make the information received accessible to all Member States\nin secure electronic form.
\nWhere following its first assessment, the\nCommission has doubts as to the compatibility with Union law\nof agreements, in particular with Union competition law and\ninternal energy market legislation, the Commission shall inform the\nMember States concerned accordingly within 9 months following the\nsubmission of those agreements.
\nBefore or during negotiations with a third country on\nan intergovernmental agreement or on the amendment of an existing\nintergovernmental agreement, a Member State may inform the\nCommission in writing of the objectives of, and the provisions to\nbe addressed in, the negotiations and may communicate any other\nrelevant information to the Commission.
\nWhere a Member State gives the Commission notice of\nnegotiations, the Commission may provide it with advice on\nhow to avoid incompatibility of the intergovernmental agreement or\nof the amendment to an existing intergovernmental agreement under\nnegotiation with Union law.
\nConfidentiality: when\nproviding information to the Commission, a Member State may\nindicate whether any part of the information, be it commercial or\nother information the disclosure of which could harm the activities\nof the parties involved, is to be regarded as confidential and\nwhether the information provided can be shared with other Member\nStates. The Commission shall respect those indications. Requests\nfor confidentiality under this Article shall not restrict access of\nthe Commission itself to confidential information.
\nAssistance from the Commission: at the request of the Member State concerned, or at\nthe request of the Commission and with the written approval of the\nMember State concerned, the Commission may participate in the\nnegotiations as an observer. Where the Commission\nparticipates in the negotiations as an observer, it may provide the\nMember State concerned with advice on how to avoid incompatibility\nof the intergovernmental agreement or amendment under negotiation\nwith Union law.
\nCompatibility assessment: where a Member State has been unable, on the basis\nof its own assessment, to reach a firm conclusion as to the\ncompatibility of the intergovernmental agreement or amendment under\nnegotiation with Union law, it shall inform the Commission thereof\nbefore the closure of the negotiations and submit the draft\nagreement or amendment together with any annexes to it. The\nCommission shall, within four weeks from the date of receipt of the\ndraft agreement or amendment, including annexes thereto, inform the\nMember State concerned of any doubts it may have as to the\ncompatibility of the draft intergovernmental agreement or amendment\nwith Union law. In the absence of a response from the Commission\nwithin that period, the Commission shall be deemed not to have any\ndoubts.
\nCoordination among Member States: the Commission shall facilitate and encourage\ncoordination among Member States with a view to reviewing\ndevelopments in relation to intergovernmental agreements and\nstriving for consistency and coherence in the Unions external\nenergy relations with producer, transit, and consumer\ncountries.
\nReporting and review: by\n1 January 2016, the Commission shall submit a report on the\napplication of this Decision.
\nThe European Parliament adopted by 369 votes to 240\nwith 14 abstentions a legislative resolution on the proposal for a\nDirective of the European Parliament and of the Council setting up\nan information exchange mechanism with regard to intergovernmental\nagreements between Member States and third countries in the field\nof energy.
\nParliament adopted its position on first reading\nfollowing the ordinary legislative procedure. The amendments are\nthe result of a compromise negotiated between Parliament and\nCouncil. The main amendments are as follows:
\nTransparency: the new\ntext stresses that more transparency with regard to future\nintergovernmental agreements that will be negotiated or that are\nbeing negotiated between Member States and third countries in the\nfield of energy could contribute to consistency in Member States'\napproaches to such agreements, to compliance with Union law and to\nthe security of energy supply in the Union.
\nSharing information on bilateral\nagreements: Member States shall\nsubmit to the Commission at the latest three months after the entry\ninto force of the Decision all existing intergovernmental\nagreements between them and third countries.
\nThe Commission will then have nine months in which to\ninform the Member States concerned if its first assessment has led\nto doubts on the compatibility with Union law (EU competition law\nand internal energy market legislation).
\nObserver status for the Commission: the text states that Member States may notify the\nCommission of any new agreements, before or during negotiations.\nThe Commission could then - at the request of the EU country\nconcerned or on its own initiative, if the Member State agrees -\ntake part in the negotiations as an observer and provide advice on\nhow to avoid incompatibility of the intergovernmental agreement or\namendment under negotiation with Union law.
\nCompatibility with EU law: where a Member State negotiating an agreement has been\nunable to reach a firm conclusion on the compatibility of the\nnegotiated agreement with Union law, it must submit the agreement\nto the Commission, before closing negotiations, and the Commission\nwill then have four weeks in which to inform the Member State of\nany possible doubts. In the absence of a response from the\nCommission within that period, the Commission shall be deemed not\nto have any doubts.
\nUpon ratification of an agreement, Member\nStates would be required to submit it to the Commission.
\nConfidentiality: the\ntext states that Member States shall inform the Commission whether\nany part of intergovernmental agreements is to be regarded as\nconfidential and whether the information provided may be shared\nwith other Member States.
\nWhere the Member State concerned has indicated that\nthe information may be shared, the Commission shall make the\ninformation received accessible to all Member States in secure\nelectronic form, with the exception of those parts that are\nregarded as confidential by the Member State concerned.
\nWhere a Member State instructs the Commission not to\nmake an existing intergovernmental agreement, an amendment to an\nexisting intergovernmental agreement or a new intergovernmental\nagreement accessible to other Member States, it shall make\navailable a summary of the information submitted. That\nsummary shall contain at least the following information regarding\nthe agreement or amendment in question: (i) the subject matter;\n(ii) the aim and the scope; (iii) the duration; (iv) the\ncontracting parties; and (v) information on the main\nelements.
\nRequests for confidentiality will not restrict access of the\nCommission itself to confidential information. The Commission shall\nensure that access to the confidential information is strictly\nlimited to the Commission services for which it is absolutely\nnecessary to have the information available.
\nReporting and review: by 1 January\n2016, and every three years thereafter, the Commission shall submit\na report on the application of the Decision, and assess:
\nPURPOSE: to set up an information exchange mechanism\nwith regard to intergovernmental agreements between Member States\nand third countries in the field of energy.
\nLEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision No 994/2012/EU of the\nEuropean Parliament and of the Council establishing an information\nexchange mechanism with regard to intergovernmental agreements\nbetween Member States and third countries in the field of\nenergy.
\nCONTENT: following agreement at first reading, the\nCouncil and the European Parliament adopted this Decision\nestablishing a mechanism for the exchange of information between\nMember States and the Commission on intergovernmental agreements in\nthe field of energy, in order to optimise the functioning of the\ninternal energy market.
\nFormulated as a response to the request by the\nEuropean Council of 4 February 2011, this new mechanism is a big\nstep forward in terms of the transparency and coordination of the\nexternal energy relations of the EU and its Member States. The\nmechanism will cover intergovernmental agreements that have an\nimpact on the operation or functioning of the internal energy\nmarket or on the security of energy supply.
\nExchange of information between Member States and the\nCommission: by 17 February 2013,\nMember States will submit to the Commission all existing\nintergovernmental agreements, including annexes and amendments to\nthose agreements. Where following its first assessment, the\nCommission has doubts as to the compatibility with Union law of\nagreements submitted to it, in particular with Union competition\nlaw and internal energy market legislation, it shall inform the\nMember States concerned accordingly within nine months of the\nsubmission of those agreements.
\nWith regard to existing intergovernmental\nagreements which have already been communicated to the\nCommission in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 994/2010 at\nthe date of entry into force of the Decision, by 17 February 2013\nMember States shall inform the Commission whether any part of\nsuch intergovernmental agreements is to be regarded as\nconfidential and whether the information provided may be shared\nwith other Member States.
\nSharing information with other Member\nStates: if a Member State considers\nan intergovernmental agreement to be confidential, it should\nprovide the Commission with a summary of it for the purposes of\nsharing that summary with the other Member States. That summary\nshall contain at least the following information regarding the\nagreement or amendment in question: (i) the subject matter; (ii)\nthe aim and the scope; (iii) the duration; (iv) the contracting\nparties; (v) information on the main elements.
\nThe Commission shall make the summaries accessible in\nelectronic form to all other Member States.
\nAssistance from the Commission: before or during negotiations with a third country on\nan intergovernmental agreement or on the amendment of an existing\nintergovernmental agreement, a Member State may inform the\nCommission in writing of the objectives of, and the provisions to\nbe addressed in, the negotiations and may communicate any other\nrelevant information to the Commission. Where a Member State gives\nthe Commission notice of negotiations, that Member State may\nrequest the assistance of the Commission in those negotiations, and\nthe Commission may participate in the negotiations as an observer\nand provide the Member State concerned with advice on how to avoid\nincompatibility of the
\nMember States may keep the Commission informed during\nthe negotiations, whilst indicating whether this information may be\nshared with all other Member States.
\nCompatibility assessment: where a Member State is negotiating an\nintergovernmental agreement or an amendment to an existing\nintergovernmental agreement and it has been unable, on the basis of\nits own assessment, to reach a firm conclusion as to the\ncompatibility of the intergovernmental agreement or amendment\nunder negotiation with Union law, it shall inform the Commission\nbefore the closure of the negotiations and submit the draft\nagreement or amendment together with any annexes to it. The\nCommission shall, within four weeks, inform the Member State\nconcerned of any doubts it may have as to the compatibility of the\ndraft intergovernmental agreement with Union law. It shall inform\nthe Member State concerned of its opinion on the compatibility with\nUnion law of the draft agreement or amendment concerned within\n10 weeks of the date of receipt (the examination period).\nThese time limits may be shortened in agreement with the Commission\nif circumstances so warrant.
\nConfidentiality: the\nCommission must respect requests from Member States to treat\ninformation submitted to it as confidential. Requests for\nconfidentiality will not, however, restrict access of the\nCommission itself to confidential information, as the Commission\nneeds to have comprehensive information for its own assessments.\nThe Commission shall ensure that access to the confidential\ninformation is strictly limited to the Commission services for\nwhich it is absolutely necessary to have the information available.\nRequests for confidentiality are without prejudice to the right of\naccess to documents as provided for in Regulation (EC) No\n1049/2001.
\nReport: by 1 January\n2016, the Commission will present a report on the application of\nthe Decision assessing, in particular, the extent to which the\nDecision promotes compliance of intergovernmental agreements with\nUnion law and a high level of coordination between Member States\nwith regard to intergovernmental agreements. It shall also\nassess:
\n\n· \nthe impact that the Decision has on Member\nStates negotiations with third countries;
\n\n· \nwhether the scope of the Decision and the\nprocedures it lays down are appropriate.
\nAfter submission of the first report, the Commission\nshall report every three years to the European Parliament and the\nCouncil on the information received under the mechanism, having due\nregard to the confidentiality provisions of the\nDecision.
\nENTRY INTO FORCE: 16/11/2012.
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