1 Amendments of Esther DE LANGE related to 2014/2153(INI)
Amendment 569 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls for the development of well- integrated and competitive regional electricity and gas markets – including, where necessary, capacity markets – covering all parts of the Union; calls on the Commission to examine and establish what the optimum scale of electricity and gas network (and market) cooperation in the EU is; points out that, in some cases, Member States themselves are best placed to determine what is necessary in their territories, while, in others, there is clearly added value in EU-directed cooperation; points out that in some cases, however, it has been found that, through far- reaching regional-level cooperation on shared challenges, groups of Member States have achieved results more quickly, such as in the Pentalateral Energy Forum, the North Sea region, the Baltic region and the Mediterranean region; states that existing regional organisations such as the Nordic Council, the Visegrád Group and the Benelux, for instance, can flesh this out in an efficient manner and provide a platform; points out that such collaborative fora may be a model for the EU as a whole; demands that the Commission act decisively against all instances of anti-competitive behaviour and barriers to market entry and exit;