Activities of Konrad SZYMAŃSKI related to 2009/0108(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Security of gas supply (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning measures to safeguard security of gas supply and repealing Directive 2004/67/EC PDF (810 KB) DOC (1 MB)
Amendments (12)
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1
Article 1
This Regulation establishes measures aimed at safeguarding the security of gas supply so as toby ensureing the proper and continuous functioning of the internal market for gas and establishing exceptional measures to be implemented when the market can no longer deliver required gas supplies by providing for a clear definition and attribution of responsibilities and for a coordination of the response at the level of the Member States and the CommunityUnion regarding both preventive action and the reaction to concrete disruptions of supply or serious and reliable threat of them in the spirit of solidarity between the Member States.
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3a Long-term security of supply measures 1. By [30 September 2010; 6 months after entry into force] Commission shall prepare the basis for an Early Warning Mechanism in the gas sector. This mechanism should be established comprising bilateral agreements between the EU and third countries on common pre-emptive and rapid reaction to an emergency situation or to a threat of it. 2. The Commission shall introduce a comprehensive plan comprising appropriate incentives enabling fulfilment of the obligation stemming from Article 6.
Amendment 197 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 6
Article 4 – paragraph 6
6. Within six months after the notification of the Plans by the Competent Authorities, the Commission shall assess the Plans of all Member States. The Commission shall consult ENTSO-G, ACER, the Gas Coordination Group and other concerned stakeholders on those plans. Where the Commission, after duly taking into account the opinion of the Gas Coordination Group, considers that a Plan is not effective to mitigate the risks as identified in the risk and impact assessment or inconsistent with the risk scenarios or with the Union Plan or the Plans of other Member States, or that it does not comply with the provisions of this Regulation or other provisions of CommunityUnion law, it shall require the revision of the Plan. Within 2 months from notification of the Commission's request, the Competent Authority concerned shall amend its Plan and notify the amended Plan to the Commission and the Gas Coordination Group or shall set out to the Commission why it does not agree with the request. In that case, the Commission may amend or withdraw its request. If within 2 months, after consultation of the Gas Coordination Group, the Commission decides not to amend or withdraw its request, the Competent Authority shall comply with the Commission's request within 3 months after notification of the Commission's decision.
Amendment 264 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5
Article 6 – paragraph 5
5. The transmission system operators shall enable permanent physical capacity to transport gas in both directions on all interconnections within twohree years from the entry into force of this Regulation, except in cases where at the request of a Competent Authority, the Commission decides that the addition of a bi-directional flow capacity would not enhance the security of supply of any Member State. Such decision may be reviewed if circumstances change. The level of the bi- directional flow capacity shall be reached in a cost efficient way and at least take into account the capacity required to meet the supply standard set in Article 7. Within that two year period, the gas transmission system operator shall adapt the functioning of the transmission system as a whole so as to enable bi-directional gas flowsThe Competent Authorities and the Commission shall ensure that the assessment of the interconnections is regularly reviewed if circumstances change, in particular through the updating of the national and the Union Preventive Action Plan.
Amendment 323 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
da) identifying all relevant national, regional and international developments.
Amendment 341 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The national and Union Emergency Plans shall, respectively:
Amendment 372 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 6
Article 9 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission shall verify within one weekthree days whether the declaration of an Emergency fulfils the criteria indicated in paragraph 2. When the Competent Authority of the Member State in Emergency decides to apply the measure unforeseen in the Plans the Commission may verify whether it is justified and whether it does not impose an undue burden on the natural gas undertakings and on the functioning of the internal market. The Commission may, in particular, ask the Competent Authority to modify measures imposing an undue burden on natural gas undertakings and to lift its declaration of Emergency if the Commission considers it not or no longer justified.
Amendment 373 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 6
Article 9 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission shall verify within one weekthree days whether the declaration of an Emergency is justified and whether it does not impose an undue burden on the natural gas undertakings and on the functioning of the internal market. The Commission may seek the advice of the Gas Coordination Group in this matter. The Commission may, in particular, ask the Competent Authority to modify measures imposing an undue burden on natural gas undertakings and to lift its declaration of Emergency if the Commission considers it not or no longer justified.
Amendment 383 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission may declare a Community Emergencythree main Union crisis levels shall be as follows: (1) Union early warning level (Union Early Warning). The Commission shall declare a Union Early Warning at the request of at least one Competent Authority or when the Community loses more than 10% of its daily gas import from third countries as calculated by ENTSO-G. Itprerequisites for actions indicated in at least one agreement under the Early Warning Mechanism in Article 3a(2) are met. In a Union Early Warning the Commission and the High Representative shall mitigate identified risks by means of the EU's external energy policy. (2) Union alert level (Union Alert). The Commission shall declare a Union Alert at the request of at least one Competent Authority. In a Union Alert the Commission shall request the actions to tackle a supply disruption or exceptionally high demand by enhanced Union coordination of the market based measures listed in Annex II. (3) The Commission shall declare a CommunityUnion Emergency where more than one Competent Authority has declared an Emergency following the verification in accordance with Article 9(6). It may declare a Community or when the Union loses more than 10% of its daily gas import from third countries as estimated by ENTSO-G. It shall at the request of a Competent Authority, declare a Union Emergency for specifically affected geographical regions comprising more than one Member State.
Amendment 413 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
4. When the Commission considers that in a CommunityUnion Emergency, an action taken by a Competent Authority or natural gas undertakings is inappropriate to deal with the Emergency, or that it seriously endangers the situation in another Member State, the Commission shall require the Competent Authority or natural gas undertaking to change its action. The Commission’s request shall specify the measures to be taken by the Competent Authority or natural gas undertaking aiming at restoring the functioning of the internal gas market.
Amendment 421 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Where the Commission considers that in a Union Emergency, the actions taken by the Competent Authorities or natural gas undertakings are ineffective to deal with the Union Emergency the Commission is entitled to act directly by implementation of the measures listed in Annex II and Annex III in order, forthwith, to restore the gas supply to the affected markets. The direct involvement of the Commission is allowed until the functioning of the internal natural gas market is restored. The Commission, after consulting the Competent Authorities shall establish the Union compensation mechanisms based on predefined market referring pattern, including appropriate premium for natural gas undertakings that made their natural gas resources available to tackle the Union Emergency.
Amendment 446 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point g
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point g
(g) implementation of theand review of the Preventive and Emergency Plans;