4 Amendments of Šarūnas BIRUTIS related to 2007/0196(COD)
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) Markets in many Member States are dominated by large players. National regulatory authorities should be given the power to identify market dominance by a gas undertaking and put forward a medium term plan to limit the share at any relevant market to 40% in line with the Commission's criteria for assessing significant market power. The relevant market should be defined by the Commission and should take into account any changes to the geographic scope of the market.
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1 – point (b a) (new)
Article 1 – point 1 – point (b a) (new)
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 2 – point 36 a (new)
Article 2 – point 36 a (new)
(ba) the following point shall be added: "36a. 'fair competition in an open market' means working towards a position where no company may hold more than 40% of the relevant market."
Amendment 166 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1 f (new)
Article 1 – point 1 f (new)
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Amendment 527 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 15 b (new)
Article 1 – point 15 b (new)
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 28 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 28 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(15b) In Article 28, the following paragraph shall be inserted: "1a. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, being an isolated region that is not directly connected to the interconnected system of any other Member State and having the only one main external supplier with exclusive monopoly rights granted by contracts or commitments concluded before the 1st May 2004, and currently having no physical possibility to be supplied by any other supplier, may derogate from the provisions of Articles 7, 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d and 9. A supply undertaking having a market share of more than 75% in this region shall be considered to be a main supplier. This derogation shall automatically expire on the date when the above-mentioned contracts or commitments concluded before the 1st May 2004 with main suppliers expire, but not later than 10 years from the adoption of Directive .../.../EC [amending Directive 2003/55/EC concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas]. Any such derogation shall be notified to the Commission."