5 Amendments of Costas MAVRIDES related to 2015/2113(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that the EU should give priority to helping the most vulnerable countries diversify their sources and supply routes, including reverse flows, with an emphasis on renewable energies and related storage facilities, in order to increase energy efficiency worldwide, and should help eradicate energy poverty, contribute to global sustainable development and support the global effort to tackle climate change; therefore recalls, in the context of energy diversity, the essential role of energy mix including all sorts of energy production and allowing for specific conditions of individual Member State in order to achieve the EU energy goals;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines that the EU should take advantage of the opportunities that emerge from the energy sources of the eastern Mediterranean, with emphasis in particular the Union´s own resources, with a view to creating a Mediterranean gas hub through a corridor from the south-eastern Mediterranean to Europe in order to enhance the EU's energy security; Calls on the Commission to promote initiatives for cooperation in the energy sector between the countries of the eastern Mediterranean, thus contributing to peace and prosperity for their peoples;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that strategic infrastructures that promote the diversification of supplies, sources and routes, such as storage, import and transport facilities, as well as liquefaction and regasification of natural gas plants, can facilitate enhanced supply when emergency situations occur; is of the opinion that the financial support via EU financial instruments of such infrastructures in the eastern Mediterranean will increase the potentiality of this newly discovered areas as well as enhance EU's energy security;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States to examine the possibility of increaseing their cooperation on the information exchange mechanism on intergovernmental agreements with third countries in the field of energy; calls on the Commission, furthermore, to explore the options available for the joint negotiation of energy contracts with external suppliers on behalf of the EU.
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that for ensuring energy security and stability in the Energy Union, the sovereignty and sovereign rights of Member States to explore and develop their natural resources must be safeguarded in line with the international law and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS);