62 Amendments of José BLANCO LÓPEZ related to 2016/0030(COD)
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Natural gas (gas) remainis an essential component of the energy supply of the Union. A large proportion of such gas is imported into the Union from third countrThis makes security of gas supply a key element of the Union's overall energy security, with relevance to the Union's competitiveness and growth. Even though more than 50 % of gas consumption in the Union and the rest of the European Economic Area is currently covered by domestic production, a growing proportion of gas is imported from third countries. Enhancing the Union's energy security and making its gas market more resilient thus requires creating a stable, market-based regulatory framework for developing gas production from domestic sources. Furthermore, increasing energy efficiency as well as the use of renewable energy sources reduces the Union's reliance on gas imports, thereby also addressing dependence on dominant external suppliers.
Amendment 136 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) The Union is committed to lessening its dependency on fossil fuels and to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions consistently with the commitment to holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above preindustrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C.
Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 b (new)
Recital 1 b (new)
(1b) Since the year 2000, the EU gas demand has declined by 14%, partly due to the economic crisis, but also due to the implementation of energy efficiency policies. The Union's climate and energy objectives and the transition towards a low-carbon economy will continue to have a significant impact on the demand for gas. Any future analysis of gas demand should therefore take these trends and targets into account.
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) This Regulation aims to ensure that all the necessary measures are taken to safeguard an uninterrupted supply of gas throughout the Union, in particular to protected customers in the event of difficult climatic conditions or disruptions of the gas supply. These objectiveis should be achieved through the most cost- effective measures and in such, in a way that energy markets are not distorted, in accordance with Article 194 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and with the goals of the Energy Union to deliver secure, affordable and climate-friendly energy.
Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) The Commission's Communication of the 2050 Energy Roadmap highlights that fossil fuels such as gas will need to be phased out by 2050. New gas infrastructure should therefore only be prioritised in case of utmost necessity and should always respond to a real gas demand, in order to avoid the creation of a new carbon lock-in and of possible stranded assets.
Amendment 165 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) An internal gas market that operates smoothly is the best guarantee of well-interconnected and well- functioning internal gas market, free of "energy islands", is the best means by which to ensure security of energygas supply across the Union and towhile reduceing the exposure of individual Member States to the harmful effects of supply disruptions. Where a Member State's security of gas 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 Statedamage gas supply to customers in other Member States, negatively affecting the proper functioning of the internal gas market and causing costly stranded assets. 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,at regional and Union level as regards both preventive action and the reaction to actual disruptions of supply.
Amendment 182 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In a spirit of solidarity, regional cooperation, which involvinges both public authorities and natural gas undertakings, should be is the guiding principle of this Regulation, towith the aim of identifying the relevant risks in each region and, optimiseing the benefits of coordinated measures to mitigate them and to imp, whilem ent the most cost-effective measures for Union consumersuring that the measures are cost-effective for customers and ensuring affordable energy prices for citizens. 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 188 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) In a spirit of system integration, cooperation between electricity and gas authorities and undertakings should be another guiding principle of this regulation, to identify the relevant synergies between gas and electricity system development and operation, and optimise the benefits of coordinated approaches to implementing the most cost-effective measures for EU consumers.
Amendment 197 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) Responsibility for the development of sustainable, affordable and secure energy and in particular for the delivery of the EU's climate and energy objectives is shared by Member States and the Commission.
Amendment 225 #
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 definestablishing the regional groups: supply patterns, supply and energy demand patterns, existing and planned interconnections and interconnection capacity between Member States for both electricity and gas, market development and maturity, existing regional cooperation structures, the level of diversification of gas routes sources of gas supply, and the number of Member States in a region, which should be limited to ensure that the group remains of a manageable size.
Amendment 241 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) When conducting a comprehensive risk assessment to be prepared at regional level, competent authorities should assess natural, technological, infrastructural, commercial, financial, social, political and, geopolitical, environmental, climate, market- related risks, and any other relevant onerisks, including, where appropriate, the disruption of the supplies from the single largesdominant suppliers. All risks should be addressed by effective, proportionate and non- discriminatory measures to be developed in the preventive action plan and the emergency plan and include both demand-side as well as supply-side measures. The results of the risk assessments should also contribute to the all hazard risk assessments foreseen under aprovided for in Article 6 of Decision No 1313/2013/EU18 of the European Parliament and of the Council. __________________ 18 Decision No 1313/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 24).
Amendment 249 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) To provide input to the risk assessments, the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas ('ENTSO for gGas'), in consultation with the Gas Coordination Group and with the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO- E), should carry out integrated Union-wide simulations similar to the stress test conducted in 2014. Such simulations should be updated at least every two years. A smarter integration of European gas and electricity systems and demand side management can significantly improve European resilience and energy security while decreasing investment in gas infrastructure. The Gas coordination group, the Union-wide simulations carried out by ENTSOG, national assessments, preventive and emergency action plans shall evolve to reflect the integration of energy systems.
Amendment 260 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) The roles and responsibilities of all natural gas undertakings and competent authorities, as well as, where appropriate electricity undertakings, should therefore be defined precisely in order to keep the internal gas market functioning properly, particularly in the event of supply disruptions and crises. Such roles and responsibilities should be established in such a way as to ensure that a three-level approach is respected which would involve first the relevant natural gas and electricity undertakings and industry, then Member States at national or regional level, and then the Union. This Regulation should, including when appropriate, building regulatory authorities, and then the Union. To that end, effective information-sharing across all levels should provide early warning with regard to disruption and the means of mitigation. This Regulation is intended to enable natural gas and electricity undertakings and customers to rely on market mechanisms for as long as possible when coping with disruptions. However, it should alsis also intended to provide for mechanisms that can be deployed when markets alone are no longer able to deal adequately with a gas supply disruption.
Amendment 278 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) The preventive action plans and emergency plans should be updated on a regularly basis and published. They should be subject to peer review which should be monitored by the Commission. The peer review process is intended to allows for early identification of inconsistencies and measures that could endanger the security of gas supply of other Member States', security of supplyuch as poor energy efficiency performance, thereby ensuring thatconsistency of the plans fromacross different regions are consistent with one another. It also enables Member States to share best practice. The plans should be coherent with the Union's climate and energy targets.
Amendment 284 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) To ensure that the emergency plans are always up-to-date and effective, Member Statthe competent authorities should carry out tests between the updates of the plans by simulating high and medium-impact scenarios and responses in real time and by taking into account the risk of stranded assets. The competent authorities should present the test results at the Gas Coordination Group.
Amendment 285 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) Mandatory comprehensive templates including all the risks to be covered by the risk assessment and all the components of the preventive action plans and the emergency plans are needed to facilitate the risk assessment and preparation of the plans, their peer review and their assessment by the Commission. These templates should also include demand-side measures that could cost- effectively reduce security of supply risks by reducing the gas demand.
Amendment 297 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) As demonstrated by the October 2014 stress test, solidarity is needed to ensure security of supply across the Union and to keep overall costs to a minimum. If an emergency is declared in any Member State, a two-step approach should be applied to strengthen solidarity. Firstly, aAll Member States which have introduced a higher supply standard should reduce it to default values to make the gas market more liquid. Secondly, iIf the first step fails to provide the necessary supply, further measures by neighbouring Member States and, where appropriate, electricity undertakings, even if not in an emergency situation, should be triggeredaken to ensure the supply to households, essential social services and district heating installations in the Member State experiencing the emergency. Member States should identify and describe the details of these solidarity measures in their emergency plans, ensuring fair and equitable compensation ofor the natural gas and, where appropriate, electricity undertakings..
Amendment 312 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
(39) Completing the internal energy market will create a level playing field, ensuring that all energy supply contracts throughout the Union are based on market prices and competition rules. In March 2015, the European Council concluded that gas supply contractagreements related to the buying of gas with suppliers from third countries should be made more transparent and compatible with the Union energy security provisions. In this context an efficient and targeted mechanism for Member States' access to key gas supply contracts should ensuremay contribute to develop a comprehensive assessment of relevant risks that can lead to a supply disruption or interfere with the necessary mitigating measures should a crisis nevertheless occur. Under that mechanism certain info of key gas supply contracts should be automatically notified, immediately after their conclusion, to the Member States. However, any obligation to notify a contract automatically needs to be proportionate. Applying this obligation to contracts between a supplier and a buyer covering 40% of the national marketor its affiliates and a buyer or its affiliates that jointly cover at least 60 % of imports from third countries to the Member State strikes the right balance in terms of administrative efficiency and lays down clear obligations for market participants. This does not meanautomatically imply that other gas supply contracts are not relevant to security of supply. Accordingly, Member States should have the right to request similar info of other contracts which might negatively affect security of supply of a Member State or a region or of the Union as a whole. Tin duly and justified circumstances. If considered that the Commission should have the same access to the gas supply contracts assome info provided to Member States, given its role in assessing the consistency and effectiveness of the preventive action plans and the emergency plans to address risks to security of supply at national, regional and EUnion level. The Commission may call on the, it should be done in an aggregated basis. The Commission should be able to recommend Member States to amend the plans so as to take account of the information obtained from the contracts. The confidentiality of commercially sensitive information should be ensured. Improvncreased Commission access to information on commercial contractother agreements related to the buying of gas should not affect the Commission's ongoing efforts to monitor the gas market, and the Commission should intervene if violations of the Union law are identified. The provisions of this Regulation should be without prejudice to the right of the Commission to launch infringement proceedings in accordance with Article 258 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) and to enforce competition rules, including swith regard to State aid,.
Amendment 319 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) One of the Union goals is to strengthen the Energy Community that wouldin order to ensure effective implementation of the Union energy acquis, energy market reforms and incentivising investments in the energy sector, including renewable energy and demand side measures enhancing energy efficiency, by closer integration of the Union and Energy Community energy markets. This also entails also introducing common crisis management by proposing preventive action plans and emergency plans at the regional level including the Energy Community Contracting Parties. Furthermore, the Commission Communication of 16 October 2014 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 Energy Community 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 326 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
Recital 42
(42) Since gas supplies from third countries are central to the security of the Union gas supply, the Commission should coordinate action with regard to third countries, assess their sustainability, carbon footprint and long-term viability, work with supplying and transit countries on arrangements to handle crisis situations and ensure a stable gas flow to the Union. The Commission should be entitled to deploy a task force to monitor gas flows into the Union in crisis situations, in consultation with the third countries involved, and, where a crisis arises from difficulties in a third country, to act as mediator and facilitator.
Amendment 383 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 4
4. When implementing the measures provided for in this Regulation, the competent authority shall establish the roles and responsibilities of the different actors involved in such a way as to ensure that a three-level approach is respected which involves first the relevant natural gas and, where appropriate, electricity undertakings, and industry, then Member States at national or regional level, and then the Union.
Amendment 411 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State or, where a Member State so provides, the competent authority shall ensure that the necessary measures are taken so that in the event of a disruption of the single largest gas infrastructure, the technical capacity of the remaining infrastructure, determined according to the N – 1 formula as provided in point 2 of Annex II, is able, without prejudice to paragraph 2 of this Article, to satisfy total gas demand of the calculated area during a day of exceptionally high gas demand occurring with a statistical probability of once in 20 years. This should be done having regard to gas consumption trends, taking the long-term impacts of energy efficiency measures and the utilisation rates of existing capacities into account. This is without prejudice to the responsibility of system operators to make the corresponding investments and to the obligations of transmission system operators as laid down in Directive 2009/73/EC and Regulation (EC) No 715/2009.
Amendment 412 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. The obligation to ensure that the remaining infrastructure has the technical capacity to satisfy total gas demand, as referred to in paragraph 1, shall also be considered to be fulfilled where the competent authority demonstrates in the preventive action plan that a supply disruption may be sufficiently compensated for, in a timely manner, by appropriate market- and non-market based demand-side measures. For that purpose, the formula provided in point 4 of Annex II shall be used.
Amendment 415 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
(4a) Member States shall ensure that, as a first step, the market is always tested in a transparent, detailed and non- discriminatory manner, to assess whether the investment needed to fulfil the obligations set out in paragraph 4 is required.
Amendment 425 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. The competent authority, using the same criteria, shall ensure that demand- side measures meet the same conditions and can contribute on an equal and cost- effective basis to the security of supply.
Amendment 428 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The competentnational regulatory authority shall require the natural gas undertakings, that it identifies, to take measures, in close collaboration with electricity undertakings, to ensure the supply of gas to the protected customers of the Member State in each of the following cases:
Amendment 455 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5
Article 5 – paragraph 5
5. Natural gas undertakings shall be allowed to meet their obligations under this Article at a regional or Union level, where appropriate. The competent authorities shall not require the standards laid down in this Article to be met based on infrastructure or demand-side measures located only within its territory.
Amendment 467 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The competent authorities of each region as listed in Annex I shall jointly make an assessment at regional level of all risks affecting the security of gas supply ("risk assessment"). The assessment shall take into account all relevant risks such as natural disasters, technological, geopolitical, environmental, climate, commercial, social, political and other risks. The risk assessment shall be carried out by:
Amendment 500 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. The risk assessment shall be prepared in accordance with the template in Annex IV. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 18 to amend those templates taking into account Member State implementation timeframes.
Amendment 502 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. Natural gas undertakings, industrial gas customers, the relevant organisations representing the interests of household and industrial gas customers, the national regulatory authority for buildings, as well as Member States and the national regulatory authority, where it is not the competent authority, shall cooperate with the competent authorities and provide it upon request with all necessary information for the risk assessment.
Amendment 508 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 6
Article 6 – paragraph 6
6. By 1 November 2017 ENTSO for Gas shall carry out a Union wide simulation of supply and infrastructure disruption scenarios. The scenarios shall be defined by ENTSO for Gas in consultation with the Gas Coordination Group. The competent authorities shall provide ENTSO for Gas with the necessary data for the simulations such as peak demand values, production capacity and demand side measures. The competent authorities shall take into account the results of the simulations for the preparation of the risk assessments, preventive action plans and emergency plans. The Union-wide simulation of supply and infrastructure disruption scenarios shall be updated every four years unless circumstances warrant more frequent updateThe competent authorities shall take into account the results of the Union wide simulations carried out by ENTSO for Gas for the preparation of the risk assessments, preventive action plans and emergency plans.
Amendment 516 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The competent authorities of the Member States of each region as listed in Annex I, in cooperation with the national regulatory authorities where they are not the competent authorities, after consulting the natural gas undertakings, the relevant organisations representing the interests of household and industrial gas customers, including electricity producers, and the national regulatory authorities, where they are not the competent authorities, shall establish jointlythe relevant organisations managing the Member States' energy demand and energy dependency, the national environmental agency, shall establish jointly, after having drafted their national plans:
Amendment 524 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) a preventive action plan containing the measures, including energy efficiency and demand side measures, for example reduction of gas demand through the renovation and construction of buildings, to be adopted to remove or mitigate the risks identified in the region, including risks of purely national dimension, in accordance with the risk assessment undertaken pursuant to Article 6 and in accordance with Article 8; and
Amendment 529 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) an emergency plan containing the measures, including demand-side measures, for example through closer coordination with the electricity sector, to be taken to remove or mitigate the impact of a gas supply disruption in the region, including events of purely national dimension, in accordance with Article 9.
Amendment 546 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. The preventive action plan and the emergency plan shall be developed in accordance with the templates contained in Annex V. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 18 to amend those templates taking into account Member State implementation timeframes.
Amendment 563 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point e
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point e
(e) endangers the security of gas supply of other Member States or of the Union as a whole, notably through poor energy efficiency.
Amendment 573 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
In the event of disagreement, the Commission may, within three months of the reply of the competent authorities, take a decision requiring the amendment of the relevant plan. The competent authorities shall adopt and publish the plan, taking into account Member State consultation requirements, no later than within three months of the notification of Commission decision.
Amendment 581 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the measures, volumes and capacities needed to fulfil the infrastructure and supply standards in each Member State of the region, as laid down in Articles 4 and 5, including the assessment of the potential for gas demand reduction through refurbishing of the building stock and economy wide energy efficiency measures, where applicable, the extent to which demand-side measures can sufficiently compensate, in a timely manner, for a supply disruption as referred to in Article 4(2), the identification of the single largest gas infrastructure of common interest in the case of application of Article 4(3), the identification of the single largest gas supplier, the necessary gas volumes per category of protected customers and per scenario as referred to in Article 5(1) and any increased supply standard under Article 5(2), including a justification ofreasons for the compliance with the conditions set in Article 5(2) and a description of a mechanism to temporarily reduce any increased supply standard or additional obligation in accordance with Article 12;
Amendment 584 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) obligations imposed on natural gas and, where appropriate, electricity undertakings and other relevant bodies likely to have an impact on security of gas supply, such as obligations for the safe operation of the gas system;
Amendment 585 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) the other preventive measures designed to address the risks identified in the risk assessment, such as those relating to the need to enhance interconnections between neighbouring Member States, to further improve energy efficiency, to reduce gas demand through electrification of the heating & cooling sector, to manage cost effectively gas supply disruptions through an integrated approach with the electricity system, and the possibility to diversify gas routes and sources of supply, if appropriate, to address the risks identified in order to maintain gas supply to all customers as farfor as long as possible;
Amendment 591 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) information on the economic impact, effectiveness and efficiency of the measures contained in the plan, including the risk of stranded assets and the obligations referred to in point (k);
Amendment 596 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) description of the impact of the measures on the environment, the climate and on consumers;
Amendment 598 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point j
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point j
(j) information on existing and future interconnections, including those providing access to the gas network of the Union, cross-border flows, cross-border access to storage and LNG facilities and the bi- directional capacity, in particular in the event of an emergency, as well as calculations and impact assessments to compare the possibility through demand- side measures to cost-effectively reduce or eliminate the need for these supply-side infrastructural investments;
Amendment 611 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – point c
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – point c
(c) potential impact on the security of gas supply of neighbouring Member States, notably for those measures that could reduce the liquidity in regional markets or restrict flows to neighbouring Member States, such as poor energy efficiency;
Amendment 634 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) define the role and responsibilities of natural gas and, where appropriate, electricity undertakings and of industrial gas customers including relevant electricity producers, taking account of the different extent to which they are affected in the event of gas supply disruptions, and their interaction with the competent authorities and where appropriate with the national regulatory authorities at each of the crisis levels defined in Article 10(1);
Amendment 636 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) identify, if appropriate, the measures and actions to be taken to mitigate the potential impact of a gas supply disruption on district heating and the supply of electricity generated from gas, notably through an integrated view of energy systems operations across electricity and gas;
Amendment 640 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point k
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point k
(k) detail the reporting obligations imposed on natural gas and, where appropriate, electricity undertakings at alert and emergency levels;
Amendment 659 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10a 1. By 1 November 2021, ENTSO for Gas and Electricity shall carry out a joint Union wide simulation of supply and infrastructure disruption scenarios. The scenarios shall be defined jointly by ENTSO for Gas and Electricity in consultation with the Energy Coordination Group. The Competent authorities – including electricity, gas, energy efficiency and environmental authorities, shall provide the ENTSOs with the necessary data for the simulations such as peak demand values, production capacity and demand side measures. It shall establish and asses Emergency Supply Corridors complementary to the regional approach, along which gas can flow from a gas source across regions in order to prevent fragmentation of the internal gas market. The results of that assessment and the proposal of the Emergency Supply Corridors shall be discussed in the Gas Coordination Group. That Union-wide simulation and those Emergency Supply Corridors shall be updated every four years unless circumstances warrant more frequent updates. 2. In the event of an emergency declared by one or more competent authorities , the Member States on the Emergency Supply Corridors shall ensure that all essential information is provided as regards the gas supply, in particular, available gas quantities, possible modalities and sources for gas channelling to the Member States having declared the emergency . Member States on the Emergency Supply Corridor shall ensure that no measures prevent the supply of gas to the Member States that have declared the emergency. 3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 18 to establish the Emergency Supply Corridors.
Amendment 681 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 704 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Article 12 – paragraph 4
4. The technical, legal and financial arrangements for the application of paragraph 3 shall be agreed among the Member States which are directly connected to each other and described in the emergency plans of their respective regions. Such arrangements may cover, among others, gas prices to be applied, use of interconnectors, including bi-directional capacity, gas volumes and the coverage of compensation costs. Market-based measures such as auctions shall be preferred for the implementation of the obligation laid down in paragraph 3. In case the technical, legal and financial arrangements necessary to apply paragraph 3 are amended, the relevant emergency plan shall be updated accordingly. The Commission shall oversee the fairness of the technical, legal and financial arrangements for the application of paragraph 3.
Amendment 715 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. During an emergency, the natural gas and, where appropriate, electricity undertakings concerned shall make available in particular the following information to the competent authority on a daily basis:
Amendment 716 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) daily flow of gas and gas-fired electricity at all cross-border entry and exit points as well as all points connecting a production facility, a storage facility or an LNG terminal to the network, in million cubic meters per day (mcm/d);
Amendment 717 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) information on the measures planned to be undertaken and already implemented by the competent authority to mitigate the emergency, including demand-side measures, and information on their effectiveness;
Amendment 726 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4
Article 13 – paragraph 4
4. In duly justified circumstances irrespective of a declaration of emergency, the national competent authority may require gas undertakings to provide the information referred to in paragraph 1 or additional information necessary to assess the overall situation of the gas supply in the Member State or other Member States, including contractual information on volumes. The Commission may request from the competent authorities the information provided by natural gas undertakings.
Amendment 738 #
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 460% of yearly natural gas consumption in the Member State concerned. The notification obligation shall not apply to the modifications related only to the gas pricegas price and other clauses which do not ensure a comprehensive assessment of relevant risks to security of supply. 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 the market supply structure and inform the relevant natural gas undertakings once the 40% threshold is exceeded.
Amendment 755 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 7
Article 13 – paragraph 7
7. In duly justified circumstances, where the competent authority or the Commission considers that a gas supply contract not covered by paragraph 6(b) of this Article might affect the security of gas supply of a Member State, region or of the Union as whole, the competent authority of the Member State where the natural gas undertaking who has concluded the contract operates or the Commission may request the natural gas undertaking to provide thnon sensitive contractual info for the assessment of its impact on security of supply. The request may cover also any ogas undertakings should not reveal ther commercial agreemntracts ents irelevant for the execy (all its clauses), buti on of the gas supply contractly provide the contractual information estimated necessary.
Amendment 763 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. A Gas Coordination Group is established to facilitate the coordination of measures concerning security of gas supply. The Group shall be composed of representatives of the Member States, in particular of their competent authorities, as well as the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (the "Agency"), the ENTSO for Gas and representative bodies of the industry concerned and those of relevant customers, environmental protection and energy management authorities and electricity operators. The Commission shall, in consultation with the Member States, decide on the composition of the Group, ensuring it is fully representative. The Commission shall chair the Group. The Group shall adopt its rules of procedure.
Amendment 771 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) all information relevant for security of gas supply at national, regional and Union levels, including information and data on implemented and planned demand-side policies and measures;
Amendment 775 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The second sentence of Article 3(2), Article 3(6), Article 4(3), (4) and (6), Article 5(2), point (d) of Article 6(1), points (b) and (e) of Article 7(5), points (e), (g), (i), of Article 8(1), point (b) and (c) of Article 8(4), points (j) and (m) of Article 9(1), Article 9(4), Article 10(4), Article 11(5) and Article 12 shall create obligations for the Members States towards an Energy Community Contracting Party subject to the following procedure:
Amendment 865 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 5 – introductory part
Annex V – point 5 – introductory part
Please describe the preventive measures in place or to be adopted, including measures to reduce gas demand and those regarding L-gas:
Amendment 868 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 5 – point b
Annex V – point 5 – point b
(b) Describe other measures, including energy efficiency measures, adopted for reasons other than the risk assessment but with a positive impact for the security of supply of the region/Member State
Amendment 872 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 5 – point b b (new)
Annex V – point 5 – point b b (new)
(bb) Explain the extent to which renewable energy sources have been considered to increase security of supply