8 Amendments of Hans-Olaf HENKEL related to 2016/0030(COD)
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The Commission's Communication on the short-term resilience of the European gas system from October 201413 analysed the effects of a partial or complete disruption of gas supplies from Russia and concluded that purelymost of the national approaches are not very effective in the event of severe disruption, given their scope, which is by definition limiinsufficiently coordinated. This stress test showed how a more cooperative approach among Member States could significantly reduce the impact of very severe disruption scenarios in the most vulnerable Member States. __________________ 13 COM(2014) 654 final
Amendment 173 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) An internal gas market that operates smoothly is the best guarantee of security of energy supply across the Union, and to reduces it lessens the exposure of individual Member States to the harmful effects of supply disruptions. Wheren a Member State's security of supply is threatened, there is a risk that measures developed unilaterally by that Member State may jeopardise the proper functioning of the internal gas market and damage the gas supply to customers in other Member States. To allow the internal gas market to function even in the face of a shortage of supply, provision must be made for solidarity and coordination in the response to supply crises, as regards both preventive action and the reaction to actual disruptions of supply.
Amendment 196 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Responsibility for security of gas supply should be shared by natural gas undertakings, Member States, acting through their competent authorities; and the Commission, within their respective remits. Such shared responsibility requires very close cooperation between these parties. However, customers using gas for electricity generation or industrial purposes may also have an important role to play in security of gas supply, as they can respond to a crisis by taking demand-side measures such as interruptible contracts and fuel switching, which have an immediate impact on the supply/ and demand balance.
Amendment 230 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) For the purpose of this Regulation, the following criteria should therefore be taken into account when defining the regional groups: supply patterns, existing and planned interconnections and interconnection capacity between Member States, market development and maturity, existing regional cooperation structures, energy mix of the Member States, and the number of Member States in a region, which should be limited to ensure that the group remains of a manageable size.
Amendment 239 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) In order to make the regional cooperation feasible, Member States should establish a cooperation mechanism within each region. Such mechanism or mechanisms should be developed sufficiently in timeearly enough to allow for conducting the risk assessment and drawing up meaningfulconcrete plans at regional level. Member States are free to agree on a cooperation mechanism best suited for a given region. The Commission should have a facilitating role in the overall process and share best practises for arranging regional cooperation such as a rotating coordination role within the region for the preparation of the different documents or establishing dedicated bodies. In absence of an agreement on the cooperation mechanism, the Commission may propose a suitable cooperation mechanism for a given region.
Amendment 324 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) One of the Union goals is to sStrengthening the Energy Community thatis one of the Union goals, as this would ensure effective implementation of the Union energy acquis, energy market reforms and incentivisingze investments in the energy sector by closer integration of the Union and Energy Community energy markets. This also entails also introducing common crisis management by proposing preventive and emergency plans at the regional level including the Energy Community Contracting Parties. Furthermore, the Commission Communication on the short term resilience of the European gas system from October 2014 refers to the need to apply internal energy market rules on the flow of energy between the Union Member States and the Energy Community Contracting Parties. In this regard, in order to ensure an efficient crisis management on borders between the Union Member States and the Contracting Parties, the necessary arrangements following the adoption of a Joint Act should be set so that specific cooperation with any individual Energy Community Contracting Party can take place once the required mutual provisions have been duly put into place..
Amendment 331 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
Recital 44
(44) The Member States actingGiven the scale or effects onf their own cannot satisfactorily achieve the objective of this Regulation, namely to guarantee a secure gas supply within the Union. Given the scale or effects of the action, it action, the objective of this Regulation is better achieved at Union level. The Union may therefore adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary to achieve that objective.
Amendment 338 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45
Recital 45
(45) To allow for a swift Union response to changing circumstances as regards security of gas supply, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of amendment of regions and templates for risk assessment and plans. It is particularly important that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. When preparing and drawing up delegated acts, it should ensure that relevant documents are simultaneously sent to the European Parliament and the Council and Member States' experts, in good time and in the appropriate manner.