7 Amendments of Sir Graham WATSON related to 2011/0238(COD)
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Union-law requires Member States to take all appropriate measures to ensure fulfilment of the obligations arising out of the Treaties or, and especially Article 194 thereof, and resulting from the acts of the institutions of the Union. Member States should therefore avoid or eliminate any incompatibilities between Union law and international agreements concluded between Member States and third countries.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The Commission should make all received information available to all other Member States in electronic form. The Commission should respect requests from Member States to treat information, in particular commercial information, submitted as confidential. Requests for confidentiality should however not restrict access of the Commission itself to confidential information as the Commission needs to have comprehensive information for its own assessment. The requests for confidentiality are without prejudice to the right of access to documents as provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documentand in the article 15 of Lisbon Treaty regarding public access to documents of the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies.
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) A permanent exchange of information on intergovernmental agreements at Union level should allow to develop best practices. On the basis of those best practices the Commission, in cooperation with the EEAS as regards EU external policies, should recommend standard clauses for the use in intergovernmental agreements between Member States and third countries. The use of these non- binding standard clauses should exclude conflicts of intergovernmental agreements with Union law or with international agreements of the Union. The Commission should also suggest non- binding standard clauses in reference to EU policies such as the respect of human rights, democracy, good governance, the rule of law and social dialogues including corporate social responsibility, climate change, the protection of the environment, energy efficiency, renewable energies, and EU biofuel targets.
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The improved mutual knowledge of existing and new intergovernmental agreements should allow for a better co- ordination in energy matters between the Member States themselves and between the Member States and the Commission. Such improved coordination should enable Member States to fully benefit from the political and economic weight of the Union; allow the European Commission and Member States to fully coordinate their efforts with respect to importing more renewable electricity into the EU; and strengthen the Union's own strategic role and foreign policy capabilities.
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) A member of the European Commission responsible for energy and High Representative of the Union for foreign affairs and security policy, in cooperation with the EEAS, shall act actively according to this Decision, promote it with third countries, and annually submit a report on the application of this Decision to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee.
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 - paragraph 1 (a)
Article 6 - paragraph 1 (a)
1. (a) review developments in relation to intergovernmental agreements; and ensure consistency and coherence in the EU’s external energy relations with key producer, transit, and consumer countries;
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 - paragraph 1 (b)
Article 6 - paragraph 1 (b)
1. (b) identify common problems in relation to intergovernmental agreements and, to consider appropriate action to address these problems, and to propose possible solutions for the Member States;