Activities of Libor ROUČEK related to 2008/2239(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Consequences of the recent gas crisis - Second Strategic Energy Review - Challenge of energy efficiency through information and communication technologies (debate)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission's Second Strategic Energy Review communication, and in particular its proposals on external energy policy which are largely in line with Parliament's resolution of 26 September 2007 entitled "Towards a common European foreign policy on energy"; underlines once more the need for further intensification of the EU efforts to develop a coherent and effective common European foreign policy on energy with a renewed focus on energy-producing countries;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes with satisfaction cases where there is already regulatory and market integration (e.g. Norway) and underlines the importance of policies under development for building an integrated market in other parts of Europe (e.g. south- east Europe); believes that such market integration will be instrumental in bringing about a deepened dialogue, particularly with producer countries;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the development of a new generation of "energy interdependence" provisions in agreements with producer countries outside Europe, covering issues such as investment, developments and investment protection, development and physical protection of infrastructure, access to markets, dialogue on developments on market and policy, transit agreements and dispute settlement provisions;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the importance of current negotiations between the EU and Russia for the conclusion of a new agreement replacing the 1997 Partnership and Cooperation Agreement; is of the opinion that energy provisions must be a key part of this new agreement in order to achieve further improvements in various areas of the EU-Russia energy relationship; calls, therefore, for the development of legally binding energy interdependence provisions within this framework with a view to increased industrial cooperation in the field of energy between EU and Russia;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes the importance of the EU-OPEC energy dialogue and encourages the Commission to intensify the energy dialogue with Norway;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes the importanceat although the realisation of projects such as the Trans-Sahara gas pipeline, the South Stream pipeline and the Nabucco pipeline, which constitute important opportunities for the EU to diversify routes and energy sourcesill contribute to diversity of gas supplies to Europe in the long term, more must be done in the short to medium term to facilitate exports of mature Caspian gas reserves to Europe; calls for a joint European effort under the Czech Presidency of the European Union to support producers in establishing the Southern Gas Corridor;