23 Amendments of Gunnar HÖKMARK related to 2015/2113(INI)
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the Member States are exclusively competent for defining their energy mix, and the Commission must not encroach upon this competence by passing EU laws that discriminate against certain energy resources to the advantage of others, but instead ensure that the targets of CO2 emissions for 2030 are respected by implementing credible policies to fulfil them;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas it has become an important part of Russian foreign policy to develop and implement a strategy regarding strategic resources, in particular oil and natural gas, in order to put other countries under political pressure; notes that this has been the case for a number of its neighbouring countries and several Member States of the European Union;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the use of oil and natural gas for reasons of foreign policy and for the destabilisation of other countries, undermines economic growth and, even more dangerous, democratic stability in Europe and the independence of sovereign states;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas a policy for energy security must address the need for a stable supply from different energy sources, providing the European economy with the energy needed for transports, industry and housing in a way that supports competitiveness and climate policy, at the same time as it must minimize the dependence on those who deliberately want to use energy resources for their own political purposes in order to influence the political development in other countries;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas European energy security must be developed in a way that defends both European security and the sovereignty of European countries, comprising both EU Member States and Eastern Partnership countries;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
Oa. whereas significant commercial gas supply contracts have an impact on EU energy security and, therefore should be subject to ex-ante compliance checks with EU law;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas 30 million European jobs are at risk owing to the US shale gas bothe emergence of shale gas has changed the logics of the global economy, as energy-intensive industries move operatiwell as geopolitics, facilitating lower global oil and gas prices and the competitiveness of European industry, decreasing the dependence on Russia as well as other regimes based upons to the US, where energy costs are far lowerhe wealth of oil and gas; whereas there is a need to proceed with policies aiming for less fossil fuels and more renewables phased in with competitive prices;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital T b (new)
Recital T b (new)
Tb. Underlines that the full implementation of an integrated European energy market, for gas and electricity, are of fundamental importance for energy security and for the steps towards an Energy Union; whereas the Commission has the responsibility to follow up that all Member States implement and respect all parts of the Third Energy Package, aiming for an integrated market for electricity and gas;
Amendment 347 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to support those Member States that wish to negotiate energy contracts on a voluntary basis by introducing a common negoUnderlines that energy contracts must be based upon market prices and competiating mechanism, andon, stresses that the funcall negotiationings of such a mechanismlong-term contracts negotiated by Members States, as well as by others, must be subject to compliance with the EU internal market acquis and with EU competition and World Trade Organisation rules;
Amendment 368 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. calls on the Commission to include strong ex-ante assessment provisions on commercial gas supply contracts in the revision of the Security of Gas Supply Regulation;
Amendment 454 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Believes that indigenous resources, both conventional and unconventional, which have the potential to increase the EU's energy security of supply should be fully tapped and that unnecessary regulatory burdens on the entities willing to invest in these fields must be avoidedUnderlines that an ambitious climate policy is consistent with the goals of both energy security and less dependence on those parts of the world where strategic energy resources are used as part of foreign policy;
Amendment 547 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on Member States with regulated prices for electricity to open up the market for normal competition and pricing based on supply and demand, as a means for a better functioning internal market, a responsible development of demand and incentives for new production and transmission capacity;
Amendment 548 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Underlines that the competition policy of the European Union is an integrated part of the internal market and that it must be applied to all energy sources, all distribution channels and all suppliers in the same manner as in other markets;
Amendment 558 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Stresses the need to implement the third energy package including the deregulation of prices at retail level, empowerment of consumers while safe- guarding the needs of vulnerable consumers;
Amendment 674 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Supports regional approaches where there are particular regional challenges or opportunities, or where acting regionally could speed up market integration, including through the creation of regional hubs to enhance market liquidity, including the full use of cross-border connections;
Amendment 864 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Notes that a fully integrated energy market is the best way to utilize to its full extent all sorts of renewable resources and the available capacity for production;
Amendment 865 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 b (new)
Paragraph 35 b (new)
Amendment 909 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Stresses, however, that the EU must employ a technology-neutral approach to decarbonising our energy systems, with the level of CO2 emissions for different energy sources as a crucial rational for energy taxation, adopting strategies for using and promoting not only renewable energy sources but also other low-emission sources of energy; calls on the Commission, in this respect, to revise its Energy and Environmental State Aid Guidelines in a way which will provide for an equitable treatment of energy production from different energy sources;
Amendment 940 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 b (new)
Paragraph 38 b (new)
38b. Underlines that increased investments in district heating facilitates a growing market for indigenous energy sources, among them different kinds of bioenergy, combined with competition from different sources, allowing for energy sources such as industrial waste to be utilized;
Amendment 975 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39a. Notes that nuclear power is one of the most important contributions of the European energy system, providing for lower CO2 emissions while simultaneously limiting import dependence, securing a stable production of electricity that can serve the internal market and be a stable base for an energy system where renewables can be phased in;
Amendment 978 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39a. Underlines that new investments in nuclear power, fulfilling high security standards, belongs to the most feasible and concrete steps that can be taken in order to implement EU climate policy as well as increased independence regarding energy and electricity;
Amendment 980 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39b. Calls for Member States that are phasing out nuclear power to secure that it is replaced with an energy production that can contribute with the same supply, and contribute to stabilize the common system for production and distribution;
Amendment 1024 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to undertake common efforts in order to bring down wholesale and retail gas and energy prices by 20 % by 2020secure that wholesale and retail gas and energy prices are fully market priced, thereby stimulating investments and energy efficiency;