Activities of Marcin LIBICKI related to 2007/2118(INI)
Plenary speeches (4)
Environmental impact of the planned gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea to link up Russia and Germany (debate)
Environmental impact of the planned gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea to link up Russia and Germany (debate)
Environmental impact of the planned gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea to link up Russia and Germany (A6-0225/2008, Marcin Libicki) (vote)
Environmental impact of the planned gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea to link up Russia and Germany (A6-0225/2008, Marcin Libicki) (vote)
Reports (1)
REPORT Environmental impact of the planned gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea to link up Russia and Germany PDF (230 KB) DOC (150 KB)
Amendments (13)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1
Citation 1
– having regard to Petition 0614/2007 by Radvile Morkunaite, bearing more than 20 000 signatures, Petition 952/2006 by Krzysztof Mączkowski and the other petitions submitted to it on the issue covered by this report,
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2
Citation 2
– having regard to Petition 0952/the Lisbon Treaty signed by all the Member States on 13 December 2007,
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the precautionary principle regardslaid down in Article 174(2) of the EC Treaty requires all stakeholders to make the necessary efforts to assess the environmental impact that new decisions or the commencement of works may have and to take appropriate preventive action as essential where there is a reasonable likelihood of a threat to the environment,
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas, in accordance with the principle that environmental protection requirements must be integrated into sector-specific policies, due account should be taken of such requirements in the conduct of all Community activities and the pursuit of all Community goals,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas Article 176 A of the Lisbon Treaty explicitly states that EU energy policy should be conducted in a spirit of solidarity between Member States and with regard to the need to preserve and improve the environment,
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas a number of factors, including long water retention times, the stratified water column and, the extensive, industrialised catchment area and the particular intensification of farming in the Baltic Sea area, make the Baltic Sea especially environmentally vulnerable,
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas the performance of works under the special conditions obtaining in the Baltic Sea will result in a sudden increase in the algae population, posing a particular risk to Finland, Sweden and Germany,
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas a further significant environmental risk factor is the existence of approximately 80 000 tonnes of munitions dumped on the Baltic seabed after World War II, containing toxic substances such as mustard gas, sulphur yperite, nitrogen yperite, lewisite, Clark I, Clark II and adamsite, which represent a hazard both to the Baltic marine environment and to human life and health,
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital R a (new)
Recital R a (new)
Ra. whereas under Article 5a of the Espoo Convention concluded on 25 February 1991 consultations with parties exposed to the harmful effects of transboundary projects may cover possible alternatives to a proposed project, including its abandonment,
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Voices its opposition, in this connection, to the project being implemented on the proposed scale without the consent of all the littoral states first being obtained;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Regrets the Commission’s failure to accept the proposal contained in Parliament’s resolution of 16 November 2006 concerning the preparation of objective environmental impact assessments of proposed projects by the Commission, while reiterating its call for the preparation of such an assessment; by an independent body to be appointed with the approval of all the littoral states,
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Endorses the Estonian Government's decision of 21 September 2007 not to grant permission for underwater studies to be conducted in Estonia's exclusive economic zone, owing to doubts about the scope and scale of those studies;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Council and, the Commission and the Member States to use every legal means at their disposal to prevent the construction of the North European gas pipeline on the scale proposed by the investor;