8 Amendments of Jan ZAHRADIL related to 2014/2153(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that in order to meet global energy challenges and implement its energy and climate change objectives, the EU must also take common actionMember States must cooperate with one another on the international stage;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates that energy is a basic human needessential for human economic activity and industrial competitiveness; insists, therefore, that the EU’'s energy security strategy should ensure affordstable, secure and predictable access to energy for all and should strengthen public control and regulationreduce as much as possible reliance on a single supply route or point of transit;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls for greater coherence between the EU’s trade and energy policies, considers that EU FTAs should lead to increased market access in energy resources and products both with established long term partners and with new and prospective partner countries in areas such as, but not limited to, Central Asia, North Africa and the Americas;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that trade plays a key role in energy security, and that strong energy partnerships, reinforced by the inclusion of energy chapters included in the EU’s free trade agreements, are essential tools; considers it of key importance tohese chapters not only reduce dependency on imported energy; from a single source but encourage both diversification of supply routes and indigenous production, especially from less conventional energy sources and renewables;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States to increase their cooperation on the information exchange mechanism with regard to intergovernmental agreements (IGAs) with third countries in the field of energy, in order to increase transparency and bundleleverage, where appropriate, their negotiating power vis-à-vis third countries;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the fact that the energy security strategy should strive to alleviate tensions between countries and reduce market inefficiencies, both of which factors counteract the benefits of trade; stresses the need to promote democratic global governance structures for energy and raw materialsand international rules for trade in energy in order to decrease international tensions and improve legal stability in this area, welcomes the work done by the International Energy Forum but believes that a more prominent long term role should be played by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) with a view to ensuring increased market transparency, and reducing abuse and manipulation of the market;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is of the opinion that the EU should help assist the most vulnerable countriesEU Member States in diversifying their sources and supply routes, including reverse flows, with an emphasis on regional strategies that focus on renewable energies and related storage facilities, in order to increase energy efficiency worldwide, and should help eradicate energy poverty, contribute to global sustainable development and support the global effort to tackle climate change and also diversification of suppliers;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers exporttrade opportunities for EU private and public companies in clean, secure and efficient energy technologies particularly important, especially in the light of the growing global energy demand; calls not only for significant tariff reductions on these technologies within the Green Goods initiative. but also within all EU FTAs, which must also tackle non- tariff barriers in energy resources, products and technologies, allowing for stable, transparent and predictable trade;