8 Amendments of Andrzej GRZYB related to 2015/2113(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Underlines that the Energy Union should primarily be focused on energy security and affordability, with particular attention paid to the completion of the energy market, interconnections, a better use of existing domestic energy sources and the development of new ones as well as the diversification of sources and routes of secure energy supplies from third countries;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s communication and underlines the importance of striking the right balance between its differentof its main goals: energy security and affordability, an ambitious with climate policy and the transition towards a more sustainable and low carbemissions economy, while guaranteeing the EU’s competitiveness;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the agreement of the European Council on the ‘2030 framework for climate and energy policies’ comprises the commitment of an at least 40% domestic reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared to 1990 levels, being the basis for developing the decarbonisation dimension of the Energy Union; this decision also constitutes an ambitious contribution to the international climate negotiations with a view to achieving a binding climate agreement in 2015;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the key role of the Emissions Trading System (ETS) as a cost-effective tool to achieve the EU’s 2030 emission reduction target; in addition to the Market Stability Reserve (MSR), a structural post 2020 reform of the ETS should be implemented, to take into account the 2030 CO2 reduction target, and including as long as no comparable efforts are undertaken in other major economies tangible and more harmonised measures on carbon leakage to safeguard EU industry, by ensuring that there will be no additional direct and indirect ETS costs at the level of best performers and by taking into account changing production levels;
Amendment 116 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 167 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Reaffirms the EU’s and its Member States’ firm commitment to complete the single energy market, ensuring the strict application of the acquis and calls on the Commission to propose a mandatory 15% target of cross border interconnection infrastructure, in particular for renewable electricity, by 2025;
Amendment 185 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Insists that Member States pool resources, in particular ETS revenues, to support low-carbemissions innovation and industrial breakthroughs which is paramount for the EU to meet its climate goals.