14 Amendments of Eva KAILI related to 2016/2059(INI)
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas energy is a basic human good and an important goal of the EU energy strategy must be to combat energy poverty and ensure equal access to affordable energy for all; whereas energy and climate policies must be better interlinked;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the EU should actively pursue the development of EU's domestic conventional gas resources, such as those discovered in Cyprus;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the EU, as the second largest LNG importer in the world, should exploit more opportunitiesplay a more proactive role in the international energy diplomacy arena;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas it is important to promote an integrated proposal for the use of indigenous energy sources, such as natural gas deposits in the Cyprus EEZ, and to support the creation of a LNG liquefaction terminal in Cyprus to exploit deposits from neighbouring areas also;
Amendment 49 #
E. whereas the EU is still not able to fully exploit the benefits of an integrated internal energy market due to a lack of coherence and key gas infrastructure that would properly connect the markets and due to incomplete implementation of the Third Energy Package;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that an EU Strategy for liquefied natural gas must be consistent with the framework strategy for a resilient Energy Union so as to contribute to increased security of energy supply, decarbonisation, the long-term sustainability of the economy and the delivery of affordable and competitive energy prices;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stress the need to make the EU gas system more diverse and flexible, thus contributing to the key Energy Union objective of a secure, resilient and competitive gas supply;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Stresses that care should be taken with regard to investment in LNG or gas infrastructure to avoid the risk of technology lock-in or stranded assets in fossil fuel infrastructures;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Stresses the need to promote the most efficient use of existing LNG terminals, with a cross-border perspective, before supporting new regasification terminals;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that even though the EU as a whole is sufficiently supplied with LNG regasification terminals and in recent years a low utilisation rate has characterised the terminals as a result of recent market trends,acknowledges that, due to the past years' weak internal gas demand and a relatively high global price on LNG, several EU LNG regasification terminals are experiencing low utilization rates; Stresses that despite a non-optimal distribution of LNG terminals presents a challenge, and, access to LNG in the most vulnerable Member States shcould be supported; through further development of internal interconnections;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Emphasises that liquefied natural gas (LNG) and gas storage are of particular importance in order to achieve energy diversification and enhance energy security; calls in this context for the promotion and development of new natural gas nodes and LNG storage stations in the central and south-eastern regions, the Baltic and the Mediterranean;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the importance of regional cooperation when building new LNG terminals and underlines that Member States with access to the sea should cooperate closely with landlocked countries; stresses that, in this regards, an optimal use of the west-east and south- north corridors with improved reverse- flow capacity, would allow the transmission of LNG in countries that don't have direct access to a regasification terminal;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the importance of finding cost efficient energy supply options to increase supply security in the Member States on the periphery of the EU, such as Cyprus, Malta and IreIreland, which is not well connected to the internal energy market; highlights also the need to support the most vulnerable countries that continuous to remain energy islands, which are not well connected to the internal energy market; such as Cyprus and Malta, in order to diversify their sources and routes of supply; in this context stresses that LNG and gas storage shall contribute towards ending any kind of energy isolation of the Member States and regions of the EU; furthermore, urgent action is needed for the implementation of key PCIs in these countries;
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Stresses that the Eastern Mediterranean is a promising future source of gas supply for the EU, with significant resources available in the EEZ of Egypt, Israel, Lebanon and Cyprus. No single energy source will ever fulfil EU's energy needs, and diversity from both domestic and foreign markets is essential. Therefore, the development of the domestic conventional gas resources discovered in Cyprus should be actively pursued;