Activities of Herbert REUL related to 2008/2212(INI)
Reports (1)
REPORT on possible solutions to the challenges in relation to oil supply PDF (223 KB) DOC (134 KB)
Amendments (12)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas it is becoming ever more urgent to develop a coherent and comprehensive Community energy policy in order to ensure security of supply at a time when the European Union is becoming increasingly dependent on imports,
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, as things stand, the life of reserves is longer than had been assumed in 1980 and no-one can accurately predict when a cut in production caused by the natural depletion of resources will occur and whether this will happen gradually, abruptly or with intermediate peaks; whereas oil is nevertheless to be regarded as a finite resource,
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas oil production by the European Union and Norway still made a contribution towards meeting domestic demand of more than 30% in 2007,
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the European Union's dependence on oil imports will rise to 95% by 2030, whilst at the same time conventional oil reserves will be increasingly concentrated in the countries in the strategic ellipse and growing competition in demand could create uncertainties in supply,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to focus more on analysing the indirect as well as the direct impact of proposed measures on security of supply and costs when preparing legislative proposals;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Points to the importance of the Artic region as an oil-producing area, which is thought to contain up to a quarter of undiscovered reserves worldwide;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Is alarmed at growing trends towards nationalisation and sweeping state intervention in recent years; is convinced that such intervention sends a disastrous signal for investment decisions and increases the risk of market distortions;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers it vital to improve market transparency in order to stabilise oil prices; calls on the Commission to submit corresponding proposals to Parliament and the Council; points out that transparency must urgently be increased in the producer countries as well, and volumes of production and the level of reserves in particular must also be published in a transparent way; calls on the Commission and Member States to work towards greater transparency within the framework of their dialogues with producer countries;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes, in this context, the proposal for the weekly publication of the level of oil stocks put forward in the second strategic energy review; stresses, however, the proposal for a Council directive on minimum stocks of crude oil and petroleum products (COM(2008)0775) and in particular the obligations as regards weekly publication contained therein, which can contribute to greater transparency in the oil markets, but nevertheless expresses doubts as regards the planned wide-ranging powers for the Commission and stresses that transparency must be achieved worldwide;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Notes that oil pipelines have been excluded from the trans-European energy networks and calls on the Member States and the Commission to consider including oil infrastructure in the TEN-E in view of current developments, in particular falling domestic production and the simultaneous rise in dependence on imports and the need for new transport capacities;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to work towards stabilisation, in particular in producer countries threatened by political instability, within the framework of the common foreign, trade and security policy, since stability provides the basis for investment and prosperity;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Calls on the Commission to study how energy savings can be achieved in road and air transport and shipping, in particular through the more efficient use of modern traffic management systems to reduce delays and diversions;