16 Amendments of Krzysztof HETMAN related to 2016/0030(COD)
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Regulation (EU) No 994/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2010 concerning measures to safeguard security of gas supplyExisting Union law, in particular the relevant elements of the Third Energy Package and Regulation (EU) No 994/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council has already had a significant positive impact on the Union situation as regards the security of the gas supply, both in terms of preparation and mitigation. Member States are better prepared to face a supply crisis now that they are required to draw up plans including preventive and emergency measures, and they are better protected now that they have to meet a number of obligations regarding infrastructure capacity and gas supply. However, the implementation report of Regulation (EU) No 994/2010 of October 2014 highlighted areas in which improvements to that Regulation could further bolster the Union supply security.
Amendment 65 #
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 reduce the exposure of individual Member States to the harmful effects of supply disruptions. Where 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, leading to integration of regions’ energy markets.
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) The Union should further diversify energy sources, suppliers and supply routes, as a precondition of energy security. However, the Union shall support, including through funding, only those diversification-oriented projects that are fully in line with Union law and principles as well as with the Union’s long-term policy objectives and priorities, as is the case with any other category of infrastructural projects.
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In a spirit of solidarity, regional cooperation, involving both public authorities and natural gas undertakings, should be the guiding principle of this Regulation, to identify the relevant risks in each region and optimise the benefits of coordinated measures to mitigate them and to implement the most cost-effective measures for Union consumers. Regional cooperation should gradually be complemented with a stronger Union perspective, allowing recourse to all available supplies and tools in the entire internal gas market. This could be facilitated by providing in-depth analysis at Union level on the relevant Emergency Supply Corridors, based on gas supply sources common for a group of Member States.
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 1 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 1 – introductory part
(1) ‘protected customer’ means a household customer connected to a gas distribution network and, in addition, where the Member State concernedin the event that the competent authorities within each region so decides, may also mean one or more of the following:
Amendment 120 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 2 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 2 a (new)
(2a) “Emergency Supply Corridors” is a concept which is complimentary to and reinforces the regional approach as referred to in Annex I, and which means EU gas supply routes identified to help Member States to better mitigate the effects of potential supply and/or infrastructure disruption.
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 6
Article 3 – paragraph 6
6. The measures to ensure the security of supply contained in the preventive action plans and in the emergency plans shall be clearly defined, transparent, proportionate, non-discriminatory and verifiable, shall not unduly distort competition and the effective functioning of the internal market in gas and shall not endanger the security of gas supply of other Member States or, regions ofr the Union as a whole.
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
No later than 31 March 2017 Member Statesthe competent authorities within each region shall notify the Commission their definition of protected customers, the annualonsumers in that region, the annual and daily peak gas consumption volumes of the protected customers and the percentage they represent of the total annual final gas consumption in thatrespective Member States as well as how it could influence cross-border flows in the region. Where a Member State includes in its definition of protected customers the categories referred to in point (a) or (b) of Article 2 (1) it shall specify in the notification to the Commission the gas consumption volumes corresponding to consumers belonging to those categories and the percentage that each of those groups of consumers represents in terms of the annual final use of gas.
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5
Article 6 – paragraph 5
5. The risk assessment once agreed by all Member States in the region shall be notified to the Commission for the first time no later than on 1 September 2018. The risk assessment shall be updated every four years unless circumstances warrant more frequent updates. The risk assessment shall take account of progress made in investments needed to cope with the infrastructure standard defined in Article 4 and of country-specific difficulties encountered in the implementation of new alternative solutions. It shall also build on the experience acquired through the simulation of the emergency plans contained in Article 9 (2).If the competent authorities within a region do not agree on the risk assessment, the Commission shall present a risk assessment for that region in cooperation with the competent authorities.
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
At the request of a competent authority, specific parts of the preventive action plan and the emergency plan may be excluded from publication. In that case, the competent authority concerned shall provide the Commission with a comprehensive summary of the plans to make them publicly available. The comprehensive summary shall contain at least all main elements of the plans in accordance with Annex V, in order to provide market players with sufficient information to comply with the requirements of this Regulation. The complete versions of the plans shall be available to competent authorities of other regions, the Commission and the Agency for Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER).
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a (new)
Amendment 165 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The first subparagraph shall apply to essential social services and district heating installations to the extent they are covered by the definition of protected customers in the respective Member Stateregion.
Amendment 166 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. If the Member States concerned are unable to agree on the circumstances warranting the resumption of supply to customers other than households, essential social services and district heating installations, the Commission shall, after consulting the Gas Coordination Group, and in accordance with Article 10(1), present the assessment of the supply standard in the Member States which declared the emergency crisis level.
Amendment 170 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 6 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 6 – point b
(b) to the competent authority and to the Commission immediately after their conclusion or modification the gas supply contracts with the same supplier from a third country or from its affiliates, with a duration of more than 1 year concluded or modified after [OP: Please insert the date of entry in force of this Regulation] that individually or cumulatively with other contracts with the same supplier or its affiliates provide more than 40% of yearly natural gas consumption incontracts of other natural gas undertakings on the same market with the same supplier or its affiliates exceed the threshold of 8 billion cubic meters or provide more than 40% of total annual gas imports from third countries to the Member State concerned. The notification obligation shall not apply to the modifications related only to the gas price. The notification obligation shall also apply to all commercial agreements relevant for the execution of the gas supply contract. To that end, the national regulatory authorities shall monitor on a yearly basis the market supply structure and inform the relevant natural gas undertakings once the 40% threshold is exceeded. This information shall be communicated no later than the 1st June each year for the year proceeding the year for which the threshold was calculated.
Amendment 172 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 9 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. The Commission shall take into account the information received under this article in the preparation of a list of good practices as well as abusive clauses for reference of competent authorities and national undertakings.