Activities of Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO related to 2015/2352(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Liability, compensation and financial security for offshore oil and gas operations (short presentation) ES
Amendments (7)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas conventional indigenous sources of oil and gas contribute significantly to Europe's current energy needs and are crucial at present for our energy security and energy diversity;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underscores the fact that the Member States already have the world's best-performing offshore safety regimes and that overregulation in this area would seriously harm the competitiveness of their industriesNotes current Member States' offshore safety regimes; stresses the need to improve the requirements in relation to financial liability, so as to ensure that operators have the capacity to provide adequate compensation in the case of accident;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the need to promote measures to strengthen prevention and enhance safety and environmental protection standards in all offshore operations in order genuinely to enhance energy security for the benefit of peoples.
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Underlines the importance of strengthening solidarity and cooperation between Member States so that safety systems can be made more effective;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Invites the Member States and the Commission to consider the special situation of small and medium-sized businesses. Offshore oil and gas incidents may have particularly serious implication for fishing and tourism industries, for workers and employees on the platforms as well as and on other sectors that rely in the good condition of the shared marine environment for doing business, since these sectors, which include many SMEs, could suffer significant economic loss in the event of a major offshore accident;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that there is a 'broad variety of financial security products available to hedge oil and gas companies’ operating risk. These range from self-insurance options, to third-party insurance, to mutual schemes such as the Offshore Pollution Liability Association Ltd (OPOL), to alternative risk transfer mechanisms and others'; expresses its opposition at public- private arrangements when they entail a non-proportional transfer of private risk to the public purse;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes the way civil liability is handled varies considerably from one State to another and there is often uncertainty as to how their legal systems would deal with the diversity of civil claims that could result from offshore oil and gas incidents;