Activities of Adam GIEREK related to 2010/0220(NLE)
Plenary speeches (1)
State aid to facilitate the closure of uncompetitive coal mines (debate)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 33 #
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) State aid in the process of closing of uncompetitive coal mines should be used primarily to minimize the increasing danger of mine accidents, especially fatal ones, caused mainly by insufficient funding of coal mining.
Amendment 38 #
Recital 3
(3) The Union's policies of encouraging renewable and lower carbon fossil fuels for power generation do not justify the indefinite support for uncompetitive coal minesaiming inter alia at the promotion of renewable fuels and natural gas for power generation with low CO2 emissions do not justify the indefinite State aid for coal mines that are uncompetitive on the internal market. The categories of aid permitted by Regulation (EC) No 1407/2002 should therefore not be continued indefinitely.
Amendment 44 #
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) EU policies aimed at increasing the competitiveness of European industry, improving energy security and reducing CO2 emissions, based on the existing customs strategy, should be conducive to limiting subsidized coal imports from third countries.
Amendment 58 #
Recital 8
(8) In order to mitigate the negative environmental impact of aid to the coal sector on the environment, the Member State should provide a plan of appropriate measurefor the purpose of adopting economically justified measures leading to a decrease in CO2 emissions, for example in the field of energy consumption efficiency, renewable energy or carbon capture and storage.
Amendment 66 #
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) "closure" means the permanent cessation of production and sales of coal by economic organizations;
Amendment 68 #
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) "cessation of production" may result from permanent liquidation or temporary suspension of production due to the poor economic situation;
Amendment 69 #
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) "closure plan" means a plan drawn up by a Member State providing for measures culminating in the definitive closure of coal production units, i.e. the definitiveliquidation of the unit or putting it into a dormant state;
Amendment 70 #
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) "coal production unit" means an independent business entity (enterprise), comprising both underground orand opencast coal workings and their related infrastructure capable of producing raw coal independently of other parts of the undertakingfor the market;
Amendment 76 #
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the operation of the production units concerned must form part of a closure plan the deadline of which does not extend beyond 1 OctoDecember 2014 20;
Amendment 87 #
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) theaid amount of aid per tonne coal equivalent must not cause prices for Unionof EU coal at delivery point to be lower than those for coal of a similar quality from third countries. It is necessary to exclude the possibility of importing from third countries where the competitiveness of those imports is the result of State aid;
Amendment 101 #
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. If the coal production units to which aid is granted pursuant to paragraph 1 are not closed at the date fixed in the closure plan as authorispproved by the Commission, the Member State concerned shall recover all aid granted in respect of the whole period covered by the closure plancease the aid granted.