75 Amendments of Ernő SCHALLER-BAROSS related to 2021/0425(COD)
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6 a) This Directive establishes rules for the transport, supply and storage of natural gas and the transition of the natural gas system to a system based on renewable and low-carbon gases.
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 b (new)
Recital 6 b (new)
(6 b) This Directive establishes rules for the progressive establishment of a Union- wide interconnected hydrogen system contributing to the reduction of net greenhouse gas emissions of difficult to decarbonise sectors and thereby supporting to the decarbonisation of the Union energy system.
Amendment 208 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 67
Recital 67
(67) The operation of hydrogen networks should be separated from activities of energy production and supply in order to avoid the risk of conflicts of interest on behalf of the network operators. The structural separation of ownership of hydrogen networks and participations in energy production and supply guarantees the absence of such conflicts of interest. Member States should be able to rely on the alternative unbundling model of “integrated hydrogen network operator” until 2030 to provide a transitional period for existing vertically integrated hydrogen networkwhere the natural gas transmission system operator is unbundled in accordance with the rules on independent transmission system operators for natural gas. Member States should also be able to allow the use of the “independent hydrogen network operator” model to allow vertically integrated owners of hydrogen networks to retain ownership of their networks while ensuring the non- discriminatory operation of such networks after 2030.
Amendment 238 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 100 a (new)
Recital 100 a (new)
(100 a)To enable and foster decarbonisation, regardless of their unbundling models, the transmission system operators are also well placed to invest in decarbonisation technologies and innovate projects enabling sectors integration, such as power-to-gas. To deliver these services at a reasonable cost and in a timely manner, the transmission system operators and hydrogen network operators will be allowed to invest in these technologies. The compensation for such services may – where applicable – happen under a tolling arrangement, where a customer pays a toll to – in the case of power-to-gas – feed electricity into the facility and receive hydrogen (or synthetic gas if a methanation step is added to the process) in return. The facility owner only provides a service and does not take ownership over the product (whether it is hydrogen or synthetic gas), thus would not engage in activities of trading or supplying those commodities.
Amendment 245 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 103 a (new)
Recital 103 a (new)
(103 a) Regulatory authorities should be able to fix or approve charges for accessing and using facilities serving decarbonisation related activities under a tolling scheme, or the methodologies underlying the calculation of the charges, on the basis of a proposal by the transmission system operator or hydrogen network operator. In carrying out those tasks, national regulatory authorities should ensure that charges are non- discriminatory.
Amendment 293 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Amendment 298 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 4
Article 1 – paragraph 4
Amendment 310 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
(1 a) ‘abated gas’ means natural gas the carbon content of which has been captured by using CCUS technology ;
Amendment 324 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) ‘gases’ mean natural, renewable and low-carbon gas and hydrogen;
Amendment 328 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) ‘natural gas system’ means a system of infrastructures, including pipelines, LNG terminals and, storage facilities and facilities providing additional services, which transports gases, that primarily consist of methane and include biogas and gas from biomass, in particular biomethane, or other types of gas that can technically and safely be injected into, and transported through the natural gas pipeline system.
Amendment 366 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 30 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 30 a (new)
(30 a) 'tolling scheme' means a business model where the facility operator provides a service (operates the facility for the benefit of the user) for a service fee and does not sell product, based on a service contract concluded between the facility operator and the user, according to which the facility operator produces hydrogen or synthetic gas for the user whereby the user acquires first ownership over the product. Under this scheme a user gains access to use a facility by means of payment of a tolling fee to the facility’s operator, and takes ownership of the produced commodity, and thereby the facility’s operator does not engage in activities of supply and trading.
Amendment 368 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 35
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 35
(35) ‘direct line’ means a natural gas, renewable gas and hydrogen pipeline complementary to the interconnected system;
Amendment 370 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 41
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 41
Directive 2009/73/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 41
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 41
(41) ‘customer’ means a wholesale or final customer of gases or a natural gas or hydrogen undertaking which purchases gases ;
Amendment 388 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 70 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 70 – point c
(c) engages in production, distribution, supply, consumption, or storage of renewable - and biogas in the natural gas system, or provides energy efficiency services or maintenance services to its members or shareholders;
Amendment 392 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 71
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 71
(71) ‘active customer’ means a final natural gas customer, or a group of jointly acting final natural gas customers, who consumes or stores renewable gas, produced within its premises located within confined boundaries or, where permitted by a Member State, within other premises, or who sells self-produced renewable gas using the natural gas system, or participates in energy efficiency schemes, provided that those activities do not constitute its primary commercial or professional activity;
Amendment 413 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Directive 2009/73/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that all customers are free to purchase gases from the supplier of their choice and shall ensure that all customers are free to have more than one supply contract for natural gas, renewable gas or hydrogen at the same time, provided that the required connection and metering points are established and sufficient technical safety conditions are in place.
Amendment 415 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Directive 2009/73/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that their national law does not unduly hamper cross-border trade in gases, the functioning and emergence of liquid trading for gases, consumer participation, investments into, in particular, renewable and low carbon gases, or energy storage between Member States, and shall ensure that prices for gases reflect actual demand and supply.
Amendment 426 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure the protection of energy poor and vulnerable household customers pursuant to Articles 25 by social policy or by other means than public interventions in the price setting for the supply of gases.
Amendment 442 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 7 – point f
Article 4 – paragraph 7 – point f
Directive 2009/73/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 7 – point f
Article 4 – paragraph 7 – point f
Amendment 447 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 10
Article 4 – paragraph 10
10. The Commission shall review and submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the implementation of this Article for the purpose of achieving market-based retail pricing of natural gas, together with or followed by a legislative proposal, if appropriate. This report may be combined with the report on the implementation of Article 5 of Directive (EU) 2019/944. That legislative proposal may include an end date for regulated prices.
Amendment 453 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Having full regard to the relevant provisions of the TFEU , in particular Article 106 thereof, Member States may impose on natural gas and hydrogen undertakings , in the general economic interest, public service obligations which may relate to security, including security of supply, regularity, price and quality of supplies, and environmental protection, including energy efficiency, energy from renewable sources and climate protection. Such obligations shall be clearly defined, transparent, non-discriminatory, verifiable and shall guarantee equality of access for natural gas undertakings and hydrogen undertakings of the Union to national consumers.
Amendment 468 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Directive 2009/73/EC
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (‘ACER ’) shall cooperate with regulatory authorities and transmission system operators to ensure the compatibility of regulatory frameworks between and within the regions with the aim of creating a competitive internal market in gases . Where ACER considers that binding rules on such cooperation are required, it shall make appropriate recommendations.
Amendment 478 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 6
Article 7 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall set up or designate one or more contact points, where and when initiated by market participants. Those contact points shall, upon request by the applicant, and free of charge, guide through and facilitate the entire authorisation procedure for the activities referred to in paragraph 1 up to the delivery by the responsible authorities at the end of the procedure. The applicant shall not be required to contact more than one contact point for the entire process.
Amendment 486 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 10
Article 7 – paragraph 10
10. For the development of newly supplied areas and efficient operation generally, and without prejudice to Article 30, Member States may decline to grant a further authorisation to build and operate distribution pipeline systems for natural gas, renewable gas and hydrogen in any particular area once such pipeline systems have been or are authorised to be built in that area and if existing or proposed capacity is not saturated.
Amendment 495 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. In order to ensure that the greenhouse gas emissions savings from the use of low carbon fuels and low carbon hydrogen are at least 70% in accordance with the definitions in Article 2, points (10) and (12) under Article 2, Member States shall require economic operators to show that this threshold and the requirements established in the methodology referred to in paragraph 5 of this Article have been complied with. For those purposes, they shall require economic operators to use a mass balance or a book and claim system in line with Article 30 (1) and (2) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001.
Amendment 504 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Amendment 534 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Where relevant, Member States shall require transmission system operators, distribution system operators and hydrogen network operators in their territory to publish technical rules in accordance with Article 9, in particular regarding network connection rules that include gas quality, gas odourisation and gas pressure requirements. Member States shall, where relevant, also require transmission and distribution system operators to publish the connection tariffs to connect gas from renewable sources based on objective, transparent and non-discriminatory criteria.
Amendment 539 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Customers shall have the right to switch gases suppliers or market participants. Member States shall ensure that a customer wishing to switch suppliers or market participants, while respecting contractual conditions, is entitled to such a switch within a maximum of three weeks from the date of the request. By 2026 at the latest, the technical process of switching supplier or market participant shall take no longer than 24 hours and shall be possible on any working day.
Amendment 612 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. In order to promote energy efficiency and to empower final customers, Member States or, where a Member State has so provided, the regulatory authority shall strongly recommend that natural gas, renewable gas and low-carbon gas undertakings optimise the use of natural gas, inter alia, by providing energy management services, and introducing smart metering systems that are interoperable, in particular with consumer energy management systems and with smart grids, in accordance with the applicable Union data protection rules.
Amendment 622 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Amendment 624 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Where the deployment of smart metering systems has been negatively assessed as a result of the cost-benefit assessment referred to in Article 16(2) and where smart metering systems are not systematically deployed, Member States, optionally, based on their capacities, shall ensure that every final customer is entitled on request, while bearing the associated costs, to have installed or, where applicable, to have upgraded, under fair, reasonable and cost-effective conditions, a smart meter that:
Amendment 625 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point c
Amendment 627 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. Where final natural gas customers do not have smart meters, Member States shall ensure, in so far it is technically possible, financially reasonable, and proportionate to the potential energy savings that final customers are provided with individual conventional meters that accurately measure their actual consumption.
Amendment 630 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 2
Article 22 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall, following a detailed justification, adopt, by means of implementing acts, interoperability requirements and non- discriminatory and transparent procedures for access to data referred to in Article 21(1). Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.
Amendment 631 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 3
Article 22 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that natural gas undertakings apply the interoperability requirements and procedures for access to data referred to in paragraph 2. Those requirements and procedures shall be based on existing national practices.
Amendment 636 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 2
In particular, Member States shall take appropriate measures to protect final customers in remote areas who are connected to the natural gas or hydrogen systems. Member States may appoint a supplier of last resort for household customers, and, where Member States deem it to be appropriate, small enterprises considered to be vulnerable customers connected to the gas system.. They shall ensure high levels of consumer protection, particularly with respect to transparency regarding contractual terms and conditions, general information and dispute settlement mechanisms.
Amendment 674 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 34 – paragraph 3
Article 34 – paragraph 3
3. Access to the system for renewable and low carbon gases may only be refused subject to the provisions of Article 18 and 33 of [recast Gas Regulation as proposed in COM(2021) xxx]denying connection by the operator.
Amendment 676 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) operate, maintain and develop under economic conditions secure, reliable and efficient transmission, storage or LNG facilities to secure an open market, with due regard to the environment, the obligations laid down in [Regulation (EU) 2022/ … (Methane Regulation)] ensure adequate means to meet service obligations;
Amendment 688 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 35 – paragraph 10 a (new)
Article 35 – paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Transmission System Operators shall be entitled to engage in decarbonisation related activities, using a tolling scheme and under the supervision of the regulatory authority.
Amendment 689 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 36 – paragraph 1
Article 36 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to Article 68 or any other legal duty to disclose information, each transmission, storage or LNG system operator, and each transmission system owner, shall preserve the confidentiality of commercially sensitive information obtained in the course of carrying out its activities, and shall prevent information about its own activities which may be commercially advantageous from being disclosed in a discriminatory manner. In particular, it shall not disclose any commercially sensitive information to the remaining parts of thethat are performing any of the functions of production or supply of this undertaking, unless this is necessary for carrying out a business transaction. In order to ensure the full respect of the rules on information unbundling, Member States shall ensure that the transmission system owner including, in the case of a combined operator, the distribution system operator, and the remaining part of the undertaking do not use joint services, such as joint legal services, apart from purely administrative or IT functions. Notwithstanding the above, and in compliance with the requirement of the responsible performance of its tasks as set out in Article 35, if a transmission system operator and a hydrogen network operator are part of the same undertaking, they may use joint services and disclose those information with each- other that are necessary for ensuring cost- efficiency in operation and conduct of business in relation of both network operators by exploiting the synergies between them.
Amendment 692 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 36 – paragraph 2
Article 36 – paragraph 2
2. Transmission, storage or LNG system operators shall not, in the context of sales or purchases of natural gas or hydrogen by related undertakings, misuse commercially sensitive information obtained from third parties in the context of providing or negotiating access to the system.
Amendment 693 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 37 – paragraph 1
Article 37 – paragraph 1
1. The transmission system operator shall establish and publish transparent and efficient procedures for non-discriminatory connection of new production installations of renewable and low carbon gases. Those procedures shall be subject to approval by the regulatory authorities, which must take into consideration the natural gas system performance, and the risks associated with the quality of the gas, and security of supply.
Amendment 697 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 37 – paragraph 2
Article 37 – paragraph 2
2. The transmission system operators shall not be entitled to refuse economically reasonable and technically feasaible connection requests of a new or existing, but not yet connected production facility installation for renewable and low carbon gases.
Amendment 709 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 40 – paragraph 8
Article 40 – paragraph 8
8. The distributtransmission system operators shall establish and publish transparent and efficient procedures for non-discriminatory connection of new production installations of renewable and low carbon gases. Those procedures shall be subject to approval by the regulatory authorities, which must take into consideration the natural gas system performance, and the risks associated with the quality of the gas, and security of supply.
Amendment 711 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 40 – paragraph 9
Article 40 – paragraph 9
9. The distributtransmission system operators shall not be entitled to refuse economically reasonable and technically feasible connection requests of a new or existing, but not yet connected production facility installation for renewable and low carbon gases.
Amendment 714 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 41 – paragraph 1
Article 41 – paragraph 1
Amendment 737 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 46 – paragraph 2
Article 46 – paragraph 2
2. Each hydrogen network operator shall buildensure where relevant a sufficient cross-border capacity to integrate European hydrogen infrastructure accommodating all economically reasonable and technically feasible demands for capacity and taking into account security of hydrogen supply.
Amendment 740 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 46 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 46 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Hydrogen Network Operators shall be entitled to engage in decarbonisation related activities, using a tolling scheme and under the supervision of the regulatory authority.
Amendment 745 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 47 – paragraph 1
Article 47 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may decide to grant a derogation from the requirements of Articles 31, 62, 63 and 64 of this Directive, and Articles 6 and 47 of [recast Gas Regulation as proposed in COM(2021) xxx] to hydrogen and natural gas networks that belonged to a vertically integrated undertaking on [date of entry into force]. The derogation shall be limited in scope to the network capacity in operation on [date of entry into force].
Amendment 746 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 47 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 47 – paragraph 2 – point d
Amendment 752 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 48 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 48 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The derogations under paragraph 1 shall apply at least until 31 December 2030. As from 1 January 203115 years from the date of commencement of operation of the hydrogen network in question. As After this period, the derogation shall expire when one of the conditions below is fulfilled:
Amendment 757 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 49 – paragraph 3
Article 49 – paragraph 3
Amendment 764 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 50 – paragraph 1
Article 50 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to legal duties to disclose information, each operator of a hydrogen network, hydrogen storage facility or hydrogen terminal, and each owner of a hydrogen network, shall preserve the confidentiality of commercially sensitive information obtained in the course of carrying out its activities, and shall prevent information about its own activities which may be commercially advantageous from being disclosed in a discriminatory manner. In particular, if the operator of a hydrogen network, hydrogen storage facility or hydrogen terminal, or the owner of a hydrogen network is part of a vertically integrated undertaking, it shall not disclose any commercially sensitive information to the remaining parts that are performing any of the functions of production or supply of the undertaking, unless this is necessary for carrying out a business transaction. Notwithstanding the above, and in compliance with the requirement of the responsible performance of its tasks as set out in Article 46., if a hydrogen network operator and a transmission system operator are part of the same undertaking, they may disclose those information with each-other that are necessary for ensuring cost-efficiency in operation and conduct of business in relation of both network operators by exploiting the synergies between them.
Amendment 767 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 50 a (new)
Article 50 a (new)
Article 50 a Closed hydrogen systems 1. Member States may provide for regulatory authorities to classify a hydrogen network which transports hydrogen within a geographically confined industrial, commercial or shared site and does not, without prejudice to paragraph 4, supply household customers, as a closed hydrogen system if: (a) for specific technical or safety reasons, the operations or the production process of the users of that hydrogen system are integrated; or (b) that system transports hydrogen primarily to the owner or operator of the system or to their related undertakings. 2. Member States may provide for regulatory authorities to exempt the operator of a closed hydrogen system from the requirements under Article 62, 63, and 64 and Article 6 of Gas Regulation that tariffs, or the methodologies underlying their calculation, are approved prior to their entry into force in accordance with Article 71. 3. Where an exemption is granted under paragraph 2, the applicable tariffs, or the methodologies underlying their calculation, shall be reviewed and approved in accordance with Article 71 upon request by a user of the closed hydrogen system. 4. Incidental use by a small number of households with employment or similar associations with the owner of the closed hydrogen system and located within the area served by the closed hydrogen system shall not preclude an exemption under paragraph 2 being granted.
Amendment 794 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 51 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 51 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) include information on infrastructure that can or will be decommissioned; and
Amendment 796 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 51 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 51 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(c a) include information on natural gas system elements that can or will be transformed of to make them suitable for hydrogen transportation; and
Amendment 810 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 51 – paragraph 2 – point g
Article 51 – paragraph 2 – point g
(g) be in line with the integrated national energy and climate plan and its updates, and with the integrated national energy climate reports submitted in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and support the climate- neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1), of Regulation (EU) 2021/1119. Where relevant, Member States shall ensure the independence of the competent national authority.
Amendment 888 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 53 – paragraph 1
Article 53 – paragraph 1
1. Where a hydrogen interconnector project is included in the EU-wide ten-year network development plan as referred to in Article 29 of [recast Gas Regulation as proposed in COM(2021)xxx] and is not a project of common interest as referred to in [Chapter II and Annex I point 3 of Regulation xxx on Guidelines for trans- European energy infrastructure], adjacent and affected hydrogen network operators shall design a project plan, including a request for cross-border cost allocation, and submit it jointly to the concerned regulatory authorities for a joint approval.
Amendment 911 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 56 – paragraph 4
Article 56 – paragraph 4
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegatedimplementing acts in accordance with Article 83 supplementing this Directive in order to set guidelines to ensure full and effective compliance of the transmission system or hydrogen network owner and of the storage system or hydrogen storage operator with paragraph 2 of this Article .
Amendment 912 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 57 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 57 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) Notwithstanding the above, and in compliance with the requirement of the responsible performance of their tasks, if a transmission system operator and a hydrogen network operator are part of the same vertically integrated undertaking, in order to ensure cost-efficiency in operation and conduct of business in relation of both network operators by exploiting the synergies between them, (i) assets that are necessary for the activity of gas and hydrogen transmission, except the infrastructure of the transmission systems, shall be owned by either of them, and (ii) point (b) of this Article in relation to these operators are applicable jointly, and (iii) point (c) is not applicable between these operators.
Amendment 916 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 62 – paragraph 1
Article 62 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that from [entry of transposition period+1year] hydrogen network operators are unbundled in accordance with the rules for natural gas transmission system operators set out in Article 564(1) to (3).
Amendment 921 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 62 – paragraph 3
Article 62 – paragraph 3
3. Where on [entry into force] the hydrogen network belonged to a vertically integrated undertaking,transmission system operators for gas are unbundled in accordance with Article 54 (1) or the rules on independent system operators for natural gas set out in Article 55 a Member State may decide not to apply paragraph 1. In such case, before 31. December 2030, the Member State concerned shall designate an independent hydrogen network operator unbundled in accordance with the rules on independent system operators for natural gas set out Article 55. Hydrogen network operators and transmission system operators for gas unbundled in accordance with Article 54(1) or Article 55 can act as independent hydrogen network operator, subject to the requirements pursuant to Article 63.
Amendment 924 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 62 – paragraph 4
Article 62 – paragraph 4
4. Until 31 December 2030, where the natural gas transmission system operator is unbundled in accordance with the rules on independent transmission operators for natural gas set out in Section 3 of Chapter IX, Member State may designate an integrated hydrogen network operator unbundled in accordance with the rules on independent transmission operators for natural gas set out in Section 3 of Chapter IX. Such designation shall expire by 31 December 2030 at the latestHydrogen network operators and transmission system operators for gas unbundled in accordance with the rules on independent transmission operators for natural gas set out in Section 3 of Chapter IX can act as integrated hydrogen network operator.
Amendment 935 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 62 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 62 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Integrated hydrogen network operators can also act as independent hydrogen network operator, in respect of hydrogen networks not owned by the same vertically integrated undertaking that they are part of.
Amendment 936 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 62 – paragraph 5
Article 62 – paragraph 5
5. The rules applicable to transmission system operators set out in Article 665 shall apply to hydrogen network operators.
Amendment 963 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 71 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 71 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) facilitating access to the network for new production capacity, in particular removing barriers that could prevent access for new market entrants and of gas and hydrogen from renewable and low-carbon sources;
Amendment 972 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 72 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 72 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) as of 1 January 2031 or as from the date of applying Article 31(1) of this Directive, fixing or approving, in accordance with transparent criteria, where relevant, tariffs for hydrogen network access or their methodologies, or both;
Amendment 977 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 72 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 72 – paragraph 1 – point e
Amendment 983 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 72 – paragraph 1 – point m
Article 72 – paragraph 1 – point m
(m) ensuring that following a sufficient transitional period there are no cross- subsidies between transmission, distribution, hydrogen transport, natural gas and hydrogen storage, LNG and hydrogen terminals and natural gas and hydrogen supply activities;
Amendment 986 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 72 – paragraph 1 – point s
Article 72 – paragraph 1 – point s
Amendment 1008 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 72 – paragraph 7 – point b
Article 72 – paragraph 7 – point b
(b) connection and access to national hydrogen networks, where relevant, including, as from 1 January 2031, the hydrogen network tariffs, and terms and conditons and tariffs for access to for hydrogen storage and hydrogen terminals, including tariffs were applicable;
Amendment 1009 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 74 – paragraph 5
Article 74 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegatedimplementing acts in accordance with Article 83 in order to supplement this Directive by establishing guidelines on the extent of the duties of the regulatory authorities to cooperate with each other and with ACER.
Amendment 1013 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 76 – paragraph 4
Article 76 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegatedimplementing acts supplementing this Directive in accordance with Article 83, by establishing guidelines which define the methods and arrangements for record keeping as well as the form and content of the data that shall be kept.
Amendment 1030 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 5 – paragraph 1
Annex I – point 5 – paragraph 1
Amendment 1037 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3
Annex II – point 3
3. Subject to that assessment, Member States , shall prepare a timetable with a target of up to ten years for the deployment of smart metering systems. Where the deployment of smart metering systems is assessed positively, at least 80 % of final customers shall be equipped with smart meters within seven years of the date of the positive assessmentgradually within a flexible timeframe.