991 Amendments of Vladimir URUTCHEV

Norbert ERDŐS, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marijana PETIR, Vladimir URUTCHEV

Motion for a resolution
Recital AB

AB. whereas, although getting local producers involved in ‘honey school’ programmes imposes an additional financial burden, the impact on the children’s outlook means the costs will be amply repaid in the future; whereas, the local producers experience difficulties to participate in the ‘honey school’ programmes due to restrictive application of the legislation on the direct supply of small quantities of honey in some Member States;

2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital AF a (new)

AFa. whereas large quantities of honey are imported into the EU and it cause serious disturbances and even crisis in the EU honey market in many times; whereas the apiculture sector deserves to be treated as a priority in the EU during the negotiations of free trade agreements and honey and other bee products should be declared as “sensitive products”;

2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI

2017/2115(INI)

Norbert ERDŐS, Franc BOGOVIČ, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, Mairead McGUINNESS, Marijana PETIR, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Michel DANTIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. calls on the European Commission to do its utmost to ensure that the United Nations, by the end of this year, declares the 20th of May as World Bee Day;

2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI

2017/2115(INI)

Norbert ERDŐS, Franc BOGOVIČ, Albert DESS, Mairead McGUINNESS, Peter JAHR, Marijana PETIR, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Michel DANTIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Understands that financing of beekeeping must be increased in future agricultural policy preferably from 2021;

2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI

2017/2115(INI)

Norbert ERDŐS, Franc BOGOVIČ, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, Marijana PETIR, Vladimir URUTCHEV

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Pcalls on the Commission and the Member States that the EU apiculture sector needs for an appropriate EU subsidy corresponding to the current bee stock; therefore, proposes a 47.8% increase in the EU budget for national beekeeping programmes – in line with the actual increase in the bee population – as compared with the 2004 level, which translates as EUR 47 million annually;

2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission to include a new direct support scheme for beekeepers based on ~~colony numbers~~objective criteria in its proposals for the common agricultural policy post-2020;

2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI

2017/2115(INI)

Norbert ERDŐS, Franc BOGOVIČ, Mairead McGUINNESS, Peter JAHR, Marijana PETIR, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Michel DANTIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. calls on the Member States to adequately ensure the basic and vocational training of beekeepers; feels that beyond the agricultural and other economic aspects of apiculture the teaching material should contain a knowledge related to pollination and other environmental services such as maintaining the ecological balance and preserving biodiversity;

2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. In view of the risk that some invasive alien species such as the Varroa destructor are able to develop resistance to some VMPs, encourages the Member States to perform annual test of the level of mite’s resistance to the different active substances used in the VMP’s;

2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI

2017/2115(INI)

Norbert ERDŐS, Franc BOGOVIČ, Mairead McGUINNESS, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Michel DANTIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Member States and the regions to use all means possible to protect local and regional bee varieties from the undesirable spread of naturalised or invasive alien varieties in the EU; In this regard, encourages professional education in veterinary medicine universities in order to strengthen the veterinary control;

2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Calls on all municipal authorities in the EU to make every effort to increase green areas around their settlement in order to stop the decline of bee pastures;

2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI

2017/2115(INI)

Norbert ERDŐS, Franc BOGOVIČ, Mairead McGUINNESS, Marijana PETIR, Vladimir URUTCHEV

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)

13b. calls on the Commission and the Council to take the necessary steps as soon as possible in order to preserve the currently declining wild bee stock in the EU;

2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI

2017/2115(INI)

Norbert ERDŐS, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marijana PETIR, Vladimir URUTCHEV

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Calls on the Commission to immediately initiate the ban on those pesticide active substances, including neonicotinoids, which have been scientifically proved - based on the findings of laboratory analyses and mainly field tests - by the European Food Safety Authority to be dangerous on bee health;

2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI

2017/2115(INI)

Norbert ERDŐS, Franc BOGOVIČ, Mairead McGUINNESS, Peter JAHR, Marijana PETIR, Vladimir URUTCHEV

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)

14b. Calls on the Member States to clearly stand by (in the appropriate process) the prohibition of the use of those pesticide active substances which have been proved being dangerous on bee health;

2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI

2017/2115(INI)

Norbert ERDŐS, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marijana PETIR, Vladimir URUTCHEV

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)

14c. In accordance with the EU precautionary principle asks the Commission to suspend the authorization of those pesticide active substances which, according to suspicion based on field tests, endangers bee health, until the publication of the EFSA's detailed impact assessment;

2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI

2017/2115(INI)

Norbert ERDŐS, Franc BOGOVIČ, Vladimir URUTCHEV

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27 a. asks for the Commission to initiate the supplement to the Honey Directive, according to the use of the word "honey" or the terms "containing honey" or "made with honey" in the designation of processed products, or in anygraphic or non-graphic element indicating that the product contains honey, may be used only if at least 50 % of the sugar-content of the product originates from honey;

2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI

2017/2115(INI)

Norbert ERDŐS, Franc BOGOVIČ, Mairead McGUINNESS, Vladimir URUTCHEV

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)

30 a. Encourages Member States to adapt the rules for direct supply of small quantities of honey in order to enhance the participation of local honey producers in the school schemes;

2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)

32 a. encourages the Member States to boost local and regional sales of honey, in particular bio-honey, with all the means at their disposal, in particular by providing intensive support for short supply chains through their rural development programmes;

2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI

2017/2115(INI)

Norbert ERDŐS, Franc BOGOVIČ, Mairead McGUINNESS, Marijana PETIR, Vladimir URUTCHEV

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 b (new)

32 b. proposes to the Member States to encourage, by all means at their disposal, the involvement of beekeeping products such as pollen, propolis or royal jelly in the pharmaceutical industry;

2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI

2017/2088(INI)

Nuno MELO, Albert DESS, Herbert DORFMANN, Emmanouil KEFALOGIANNIS, Sofia RIBEIRO, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Tom VANDENKENDELAERE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Recommends that the support to the ‘Young Farmer Scheme’ should continue and ~~the maximum level of national funding allocation be increased beyond 2 %~~implement the recent decisions taken in the Omnibus Regulation in order to encourage generational renewal;

2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI

2017/2088(INI)

Nuno MELO, Emmanouil KEFALOGIANNIS, Sofia RIBEIRO, Vladimir URUTCHEV

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

~~2. Recommends that the limit placed on access to supports (currently five years from the establishment of the business) should be reviewed in order to encourage generational turnover;~~deleted

2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI

2017/2088(INI)

Nuno MELO, Franc BOGOVIČ, Daniel BUDA, Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, Herbert DORFMANN, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, Emmanouil KEFALOGIANNIS, Marijana PETIR, Sofia RIBEIRO, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Tom VANDENKENDELAERE, Norbert ERDŐS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes the fact that Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform 2014- 2020 introduced new measures to support young farmers in setting up farms; expresses concern ~~however that~~that the level of administrative burdens ~~may be~~ inhibit~~ing~~s the take-up of these measures; notes that the overall administration of the direct payments and Rural Development Programme measures is perceived as very complex and difficult, especially for new entrants who are not familiar with the payment system;

2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI

2017/2088(INI)

Nuno MELO, Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, Albert DESS, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, Emmanouil KEFALOGIANNIS, Sofia RIBEIRO, Vladimir URUTCHEV

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Stresses the importance of ensuring free access to advisory services for young farmers;

2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI

2017/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4

Access to land ~~and countering ‘land- grabbing’~~

2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI

2017/2088(INI)

Nuno MELO, Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, Herbert DORFMANN, Emmanouil KEFALOGIANNIS, Sofia RIBEIRO, Vladimir URUTCHEV

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

~~10. Believes that a proper definition of an active farmer will help generational renewal, drive structural change and aid land mobility;~~deleted

2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI

2017/2088(INI)

Nuno MELO, Daniel BUDA, Michel DANTIN, Albert DESS, Emmanouil KEFALOGIANNIS, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Norbert ERDŐS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Notes that in many Member States the generational renewal and the access of young people to agricultural land is hindered by late succession; considers that the current CAP lacks any incentives for older farmers to pass their businesses to younger generations; recommends reconsidering the implementation of measures that would motivate older holders to pass their farms to young farmers~~, such as the ‘farm-exit scheme’ and other incentives for retirement~~;

2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI

2017/2088(INI)

Nuno MELO, Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, Albert DESS, Emmanouil KEFALOGIANNIS, Sofia RIBEIRO, Vladimir URUTCHEV

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Believes that the Member States and the regions should be given more power to regulate farmland and set restrictions to that end, particularly with a view to tackling Europe’s ~~land-grabbing and~~ concentration phenomenon, which is limiting young farmers’ options when starting out;

2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI

2017/2088(INI)

Nuno MELO, Franc BOGOVIČ, Daniel BUDA, Angélique DELAHAYE, Albert DESS, Herbert DORFMANN, Emmanouil KEFALOGIANNIS, Marijana PETIR, Sofia RIBEIRO, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Tom VANDENKENDELAERE, Norbert ERDŐS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. The same conditions and standard of living should be ensured for young people living in rural areas as well as for those living in urban areas. In order to avoid discrimination and to prevent the abandonment of rural areas, it should be provided: Wi-Fi connection, access to health, education, training and innovation, better roads;

2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI

2017/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Notes that there is a need to modernise the vocational training provided in rural regions with the active involvement of national advisory services; believes that access to the European Social Fund (ESF) should be facilitated and an increased budget given to vocational training in rural areas;

2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI

2017/2088(INI)

Nuno MELO, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, Mairead McGUINNESS, Albert DESS, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Herbert DORFMANN, Norbert ERDŐS, Angélique DELAHAYE, Sofia RIBEIRO, Marijana PETIR, Franc BOGOVIČ, Daniel BUDA, Emmanouil KEFALOGIANNIS, Tom VANDENKENDELAERE, Michel DANTIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Encourages the setting-up of an "Erasmus" type scheme associated with vocational training to improve young farmers' skills and experience;

2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI

2017/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to offer more training opportunities and access to advisory services for potential and confirmed young farmers, including farming, technological and entrepreneurial skills such as marketing, networking, communication and financial expertise; exchange of best practices and innovative solutions at the farm level;

2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI

2017/0312(NLE)

Vladimir URUTCHEV, Franc BOGOVIČ, Françoise GROSSETÊTE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2

(2) Nuclear research can contribute to ~~social and economic prosperit~~energy security, energy independency and environmental sustainability by improving nuclear safety, security and radiation protection. Equally important is the ~~potential~~ contribution of nuclear research to the long -term decarbonisation of the energy system in a safe, efficient and secure way.

2018/05/14
Committee: ITRE

2017/0312(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6

(6) Notwithstanding the po~~tential~~sitive impact of nuclear energy on energy supply and economic development, severe nuclear accidents may endanger human health and the environment. Therefore, nuclear safety and, where appropriate, security aspects dealt with by the Joint Research Centre (the 'JRC') should be given ~~the greatest possibl~~appropriate attention in the Euratom Programme.

2018/05/14
Committee: ITRE

2017/0312(NLE)

Vladimir URUTCHEV, Franc BOGOVIČ, Françoise GROSSETÊTE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7

(7) The European Strategic Energy Technology Plan (the 'SET Plan'), set out in the conclusions of the Council meeting of 28 February 2008 in Brussels, is accelerating the development of a portfolio of low carbon technologies. The European Council agreed, at its meeting on 4 February 2011, that the Union and its Member States would promote investment in renewables, and safe and sustainable low carbon technologies including nuclear power and would focus on implementing the technology priorities established in the SET Plan. Action 10 (nuclear) of the SET- Plan has as its goal: Maintaining a high level of safety of nuclear reactors and associated fuel cycles during operation and decommissioning, while improving their efficiency. Each Member State remains free to choose the type of technologies that it would support.

2018/05/14
Committee: ITRE

2017/0312(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9

(9) While it is for each Member State to choose whether or not to make use of nuclear power, it is also acknowledged that nuclear energy ~~plays differe~~and use of radioactive materials plays an important roles in ~~different~~all Member States, not least in the field of human health.

2018/05/14
Committee: ITRE

2017/0312(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11

(11) For fusion to become a ~~credible~~n option for c~~ommercial energy production~~arbon-free energy source, it is, firstly, necessary to successfully complete, in a timely manner, the construction of ITER and start its operation. Secondly it is necessary to establish an ambitious, yet realistic roadmap towards the production of electricity by 2050. Reaching those goals requires the European fusion programme to be directed towards a joint programme of activities implementing this roadmap. In order to secure the achievements of on- going fusion research activities, as well as the long-term commitment of, and collaboration between, the fusion stakeholders, continuity of the Community's support should be ensured. A stronger focus should be placed primarily on the activities in support of ITER but also on the developments towards the demonstration reactor, including the stronger involvement, as appropriate, of the private sector. Such rationalisation and refocusing should be achieved without jeopardising the European leadership of the fusion scientific community.

2018/05/14
Committee: ITRE

2017/0312(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17

(17) The outcomes of the debates that took place at the Symposium on 'Benefits and Limitations of Nuclear Fission Research for a Low Carbon Economy' prepared by an interdisciplinary study involving, among others, experts from the fields of energy, economics and social sciences, co-organised by the Commission and the European Economic and Social Committee in Brussels on 26 and 27 February 2013, recognised the need to continue nuclear fission research at the European level.

2018/05/14
Committee: ITRE

2017/0312(NLE)

Vladimir URUTCHEV, Franc BOGOVIČ, Françoise GROSSETÊTE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20

(20) Research and innovation activities supported by the Euratom Programme should respect fundamental ethical principles. The opinions on energy matters of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies should be taken into account as appropriate. Research activities should also take into account Article 13 of the TFEU and reduplace the use of animals in research and testing, with a view to ultimately ~~replacing~~prohibit animal use. All activities should be carried out ensuring athe highest level of human health protection.

2018/05/14
Committee: ITRE

2017/0312(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21

(21) A greater impact should also be achieved by combining the Euratom Programme and private sector funds within public-private partnerships in key areas where research and innovation could contribute to the Union's wider competitiveness goals. Particular attention should be given to the involvement of small and medium-sized enterprises, including emerging new innovative actors within the relevant research area.

2018/05/14
Committee: ITRE

2017/0312(NLE)

Vladimir URUTCHEV, Franc BOGOVIČ, Françoise GROSSETÊTE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33

(33) Achieving the objectives of the Euratom Programme in relevant areas requires support for cross-cutting activities, both within the Euratom Programme and jointly with the activities of the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme, thus creating synergy between nuclear and non-nuclear research and knowledge transfer in areas like radiation protection and medical research programmes or actions supporting researcher mobility like in the case of Marie Skłodowska Curie scheme.

2018/05/14
Committee: ITRE

2017/0312(NLE)

Vladimir URUTCHEV, Franc BOGOVIČ, Françoise GROSSETÊTE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1

1. The general objective of the Euratom Programme is to pursue nuclear research and training activities with an emphasis on continuous improvement of nuclear safety, security and radiation protection, notably to ~~potentially~~ contribute to the long-term decarbonisation of the energy system in a safe, efficient and secure way. The general objective shall be implemented through the activities specified in Annex I in the form of direct and indirect actions which pursue the specific objectives set out in paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article.

2018/05/14
Committee: ITRE

2017/0312(NLE)

Vladimir URUTCHEV, Franc BOGOVIČ, Françoise GROSSETÊTE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a

(a) supporting safety of current and future nuclear systems;

2018/05/14
Committee: ITRE

2017/0312(NLE)

Vladimir URUTCHEV, Franc BOGOVIČ, Françoise GROSSETÊTE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point h – point i (new)

(i) preserving EU leadership in nuclear technologies in accordance with the goals of the Energy Union.

2018/05/14
Committee: ITRE

2017/0312(NLE)

Vladimir URUTCHEV, Franc BOGOVIČ, Françoise GROSSETÊTE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part

The financial envelope for the implementation of the Euratom Programme shall be EUR 77820 220 000. That amount shall be distributed as follows:

2018/05/14
Committee: ITRE

2017/0312(NLE)

Vladimir URUTCHEV, Franc BOGOVIČ, Françoise GROSSETÊTE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b

(b) indirect actions for nuclear fission, safety and radiation protection, EUR 15201 579 000;

2018/05/14
Committee: ITRE

2017/0312(NLE)

Vladimir URUTCHEV, Franc BOGOVIČ, Françoise GROSSETÊTE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3

3. The work programmes referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall take account of the state of science, technology and innovation at national, Union and international level and of relevant policy, market and societal developments. They shall be updated as and where appropriate, taking due account of the relevant recommendations made by the independent Commission Expert Groups set up to evaluate the EURATOM Programme.

2018/05/14
Committee: ITRE

2017/0312(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1

Particular attention shall be paid to ensuring the adequate participation of, and innovation impact on, small and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs), including emerging new innovative actors in the relevant research area and the private sector in general in the Euratom Programme. Quantitative and qualitative assessments of SME participation shall be undertaken as part of the evaluation and monitoring arrangements.

2018/05/14
Committee: ITRE

2017/0312(NLE)

Vladimir URUTCHEV, Franc BOGOVIČ, Françoise GROSSETÊTE

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 2

Nuclear power ~~constitutes an element in the debate on~~makes an important contribution to combating climate change and reducing Europe's dependence on imported energy. In the broader context of finding a sustainable energy-mix for the future, the Euratom Programme will also contribute through its research activities to ~~the debate on the benefits and the limitation~~maintaining the technological advantages of nuclear fission energy for a low-carbon economy. Through ensuring continuous improvement of nuclear safety, more advanced nuclear technologies could also offer the prospect of significant improvements in efficiency and use of resources and producing less waste than current designs. Nuclear safety aspects will receive the greatest possible attention.

2018/05/14
Committee: ITRE

2017/0312(NLE)

Vladimir URUTCHEV, Franc BOGOVIČ, Françoise GROSSETÊTE

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 4

The strategy to develop fusion as a ~~credible~~n option for ~~commercial~~ carbon-free energy ~~production~~source will follow a roadmap with milestones towards the goal of electricity production by 2050. To implement that strategy, a restructuring of fusion- related work in the Union, including governance, funding and management, must be carried out to ensure a shift of emphasis from pure research to designing, building and operating future facilities such as ITER, DEMO and beyond. That will require a close cooperation between the entire Union fusion community, the Commission and the national funding agencies.

2018/05/14
Committee: ITRE

2017/0312(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 6 – point a – paragraph 2

In line with the general objective, support to joint research activities concerning the safe operation and decommissioning of reactor systems (including fuel cycle facilities) in use in the Union or, to the extent necessary in order to maintain broad nuclear safety expertise in the Union, those reactor types which may be used in the future, ~~focusing exclusively on safety aspects,~~ including all aspects of the fuel cycle such as partitioning and transmutation.

2018/05/14
Committee: ITRE

2017/0312(NLE)

Vladimir URUTCHEV, Franc BOGOVIČ, Françoise GROSSETÊTE

Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
Article 5 b – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1

Where the ~~regulatory bod~~national competent authority hears an appeal against a decision by a terminal operator, it shall adopt a reasoned decision within a fixed timeframe and, in any case within three weeks from receipt of all relevant information.

2018/10/04
Committee: TRAN

Peter KOUROUMBASHEV, Andrey NOVAKOV, Andrey KOVATCHEV, Emil RADEV, Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Nikolay BAREKOV, Filiz HYUSMENOVA, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Bogusław LIBERADZKI, Eva MAYDELL, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Momchil NEKOV, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Sergei STANISHEV, István UJHELYI, Asim ADEMOV, Georgi PIRINSKI, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Nedzhmi ALI

Maria HEUBUCH, Maria Lidia SENRA RODRÍGUEZ, Maria NOICHL, Marco ZULLO, Vladimir URUTCHEV

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – General characteristics – Legal personality of the holding – Legal person – indent 1 (new)

If yes, is the holding part of a corporate yes/no group made up of units that are legally independent

2017/06/08
Committee: AGRI

Markus PIEPER, Herbert REUL, Werner LANGEN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET, András GYÜRK, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Nadine MORANO, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Gunnar HÖKMARK, Pilar DEL CASTILLO VERA

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4

(4) There are no binding targets at national level in the 2030 perspective. The need for the Union to achieve its energy efficiency targets at EU level, expressed in primary and/or final energy consumption, in 2020 and 2030 should be clearly set out in the form of an bindingcative 30 % target. This clarification at Union level should not restrict Member States as their freedom is kept to set their national contributions based on either primary or final energy consumption, primary or final energy savings, or energy intensity. Member States should set their national indicative energy efficiency contributions taking into account that the Union’s 2030 energy consumption has to be no more than [1 321] Mtoe of primary energy and no more than [987] Mtoe of final energy, subject to biannual revision of baseline calculations. This means that primary energy consumption ~~should~~is likely to be reduced by 23 % and final energy consumption should be reduced by 17 % in the Union compared to 2005 levels. A regular evaluation of progress towards the achievement of the Union 2030 target is necessary ~~and is provided for in the legislative proposal on Energy Union Governance~~.

2017/07/11
Committee: ITRE

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1

(1) This Regulation sets out the necessary legislative foundation for a reliable, cost-efficient and transparent Governance that ensures the achievement of the objectives and targets of the Energy Union through complementary, coherent, market-based and ambitious efforts by the Union and its Member States, while promoting the Union's Better Regulation principles.

2017/07/04
Committee: ENVI ITRE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2

2. Member States shall, well before submitting their draft integrated national energy and climate plan to the Commission pursuant to Article 9(1), identify opportunities for regional cooperation and consult relevant neighbouring Member States ~~and the other Member States expressing an interest~~. Member States shall set out in their draft integrated national energy and climate plans the results of such regional consultation, including where applicable how comments have been taken into account.

2017/07/04
Committee: ENVI ITRE

(11) Member States establish relations to third countries not only by concluding intergovernmental agreements, but also in the form of non-binding instruments. Even if legally non-binding, such instruments can be used to set out a detailed framework for energy infrastructure and energy supply. In this respect non-binding instruments can have similar impacts on the in, which are often formally designated by terms such as memorandum of understanding, joint declaration, ministernial energy market as intergovernmental agreements as their implementation might result in a violation of Union law. In order to ensure greater transparency regarding all measures applied by Member States that can have an impact on the internal energy market and energy security, Member States should therefore submit to the Commission, ex post, also the respective non-binding instruments. The Commission should assess the submitted non-binding instruments and, if appropriate, inform the Member State accordingjoint declaration, joint action or joint code of conduct. Even if not legally binding, such instruments can be used to set out a detailed framework for energy infrastructure and energy supply.

2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 11 a (new)

(11a) In the interest of greater transparency, Member States should be able to submit to the Commission non- binding instruments or the amendment of such a non-binding instrument that set conditions for energy supply or for the development of energy infrastructures. Furthermore, in the case of doubt as to whether the arrangements of the non- binding instrument comply with the Union law, the Member State concerned should be able to consult the Commission before concluding negotiations.

2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 12

(12) Intergovernmental agreements or non-binding instruments which need to be notified in their entirety to the Commission on the basis of other Union acts or concern matters ~~such as~~ within the purview of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community should not be covered by this Decision.

2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 16

(16) A permanent exchange of information on intergovernmental agreements at Union level should enable best practices to be developed. On the basis of those best practices, the Commission, in cooperation with Member States, and where appropriate in cooperation with the European External Action Service as regards the Union’s external policies, should develop optional model clauses to be used in intergovernmental agreements between Member States and third countries, as well as a list of examples of clauses that do not respect Union law and should therefore not be used. The use of such model clauses should aim to avoid conflicts of intergovernmental agreements with Union law, in particular internal energy market rules and competition law, and conflicts with international agreements concluded by the Union. Their use should be optional, and it should be possible to adapt their content to any particular circumstance.

2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 17

(17) The improved mutual knowledge of existing and new intergovernmental agreements ~~and non-binding instruments~~ should allow for better coordination in energy matters between Member States and between Member States and the Commission. Such improved coordination should enable Member States to benefit fully from the political and economic weight of the Union and enable the Commission to propose solutions for problems identified in the area of intergovernmental agreements.

2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 19

(19) Since the objective of this Decision, namely the exchange of information between Member States and the Commission with regard to intergovernmental agreements ~~and non- binding instruments~~ in the field of energy, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States but can rather, by reason of the effects of this Decision, applicable in all Member States, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality as set out in that Article, this Decision does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve this objective.

2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1

1. This Decision establishes a mechanism for the exchange of information between Member States and the Commission with regard to intergovernmental agreements ~~and non- binding instruments~~ in the field of energy as defined in Article 2, in order to ~~optimise~~strengthen the functioning of the internal energy market.

2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 2

2. This Decision shall not apply to intergovernmental agreements ~~and non- binding instruments~~ which are already, in their entirety, subject to other specific notification procedures under Union law.

2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1

(1) ‘intergovernmental agreement’ means any legally binding agreement, regardless of its form or designation, between one or more Member States and one or more third countries tha~~ving an impact on the operation or the functioning of the internal energy market or on the security of energy supply in the Union; h~~t concerns the purchase, trade, sale, transit, storage or supply of energy in or to at least one Member State, or the construction or operation of energy infrastructure with a physical connection to at least one Member State. However, where such a legally binding agreement also covers other issues, only those provisions ~~that~~ related to the above-mentioned energy, i~~ncluding~~ssues and the general provisions applicable to those energy-related provisions, are deemed to constitute an ‘'intergovernmental agreement’';

2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2

Where the ratified intergovernmental agreement or amendment to the intergovernmental agreement refers explicitly to other texts, the Member State concerned shall also submit those other texts in so far as they contain ~~elements which may have an impact on the functioning of the internal energy market or on the security of energy supply in the Union~~any of the elements listed in point 1 of Article 2(1).

2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2

~~When sign~~Before agreeing, ratifying or ~~agreeing to~~signing an intergovernmental agreement or amendment, the Member State concerned shall take utmost account of the Commission's opinion referred to in paragraph 2.

2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

Where the existing intergovernmental agreement refers explicitly to other texts, the Member State concerned shall also submit those other texts in so far as they contain ~~elements which may have an impact on the functioning of the internal energy market or on the security of energy supply in the Union~~any of the elements enlisted in point 1 of Article 2(1).

2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 7

Notification obligations and assessment by the Commission with respect to non- 1. Upon adopting a non-binding instrument or an amendment to a non-binding instrument, the Member State concerned shall notify the non-binding instrument or the amendment, including any annexes thereto, to the Commission. Where the non-binding instrument or the amendment to the non-binding instrument refers explicitly to other texts, the Member State concerned shall also submit those other texts in so far as they contain elements which may have an impact on the functioning of the internal energy market or on the security of energy supply in the Union. 2. By [3 months following the entry into force of this Decision] at the latest Member States shall notify to the Commission all existing non-binding instruments, including annexes and amendments thereto. Where the existing non-binding instrument refers explicitly to other texts, the Member State concerned shall also submit those other texts in so far as they contain elements which may have an impact on the functioning of the internal energy market or on the security of energy supply in the Union. 3. The obligation to notify to the Commission according to paragraphs 1 and 2 does not apply in respect of agreements between undertakings. 4. 4. Where, following its first assessment, the Commission considers that the measures implementing the non-binding instrument notified to it under paragraphs 1 and 2 could conflict with Union law, in particular with internal energy market legislation and Union competition law, the Commission may inform the Member State concerned accordingly.Article 7 deleted binding instruments

2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 1

1. Upon adopting a non-binding instrument or an amendment to a non- binding instrument, the Member State concerned shall notify the non-binding instrument or the amendment, including any annexes thereto, to the Commission. Where the non-binding instrument or the amendment to the non-binding instrument refers explicitly to other texts, the Member State concerned shall also submit those other texts in so far as they contain elements which may have an impact on the functioning of the internal energy market or on the security of energy supply in the Union.deleted

2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

Upon adopting a non-binding instrument or an amendment to a non-binding instrument, the Member State concerned shall notify the non-binding instrument or the amendment, including any annexes thereto, to the Commission.deleted

2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

~~By [3 months following the entry into force of this Decision] at the latest Member States shall notify to the Commission all existing non-binding instruments, including annexes and amendments thereto.~~deleted

2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

Where the existing non-binding instrument refers explicitly to other texts, the Member State concerned shall also submit those other texts in so far as they contain elements which may have an impact on the functioning of the internal energy market or on the security of energy supply in the Union.deleted

2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 4

4. Where, following its first assessment, the Commission considers that the measures implementing the non- binding instrument notified to it under paragraphs 1 and 2 could conflict with Union law, in particular with internal energy market legislation and Union competition law, the Commission may inform the Member State concerned accordingly.deleted

2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

When providing information to the Commission in accordance with Article 3(1) to (3)~~, Article 6(1)~~ and Article 76(1) ~~and (2)~~, a Member State may indicate whether any part of the information, be it commercial or other information the disclosure of which could harm the activities of the parties involved, is to be regarded as confidential and whether the information provided can be shared with other Member States.

2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1

Where a Member State has identified as confidential in accordance with paragraph 1 an existing intergovernmental agreement, an amendment to an existing intergovernmental agreement, a new intergovernmental agreement, ~~an existing non-binding instrument, an amendment to an existing non-binding instrument or a new non-binding instrument,~~ that Member State shall make available a summary of the information submitted.

2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part

That summary shall contain at least the following information regarding the intergovernmental agreement, ~~non-binding instrument~~ or amendment in question:

2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) reviewing developments in relation to intergovernmental agreements and ~~non- binding instruments and~~ striving for consistency and coherence in the Union’s external energy relations with producer, transit, and consumer countries;

2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c

(c) on the basis of best practices and in consultation with Member States, developing optional model clauses, which, if applied, would significantly improve compliance of future intergovernmental agreements ~~and non-binding instruments~~ with Union law;

2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d

(d) supporting, where appropriate, the development of multilateral intergovernmental agreements ~~or non- binding instruments~~ involving several Member States or the Union as a whole.

2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 10 – paragraph 1

1. By ~~1 January 2020 at the latest~~... [two years after the date of entry into force of this Decision], the Commission shall submit a report on the application of this Decision to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions.

2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 10 – paragraph 2

2. The report shall, in particular, assess the extent to which this Decision promotes compliance of intergovernmental agreements ~~and non-binding instruments~~ with Union law and a high level of coordination between Member States with regard to intergovernmental agreements ~~and non-binding instruments~~. It shall also assess the impact that this Decision has on Member States’ negotiations with third countries and whether the scope of this Decision and the procedures it lays down are appropriate.

2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE

2015/2324(INI)

Daniel BUDA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Vladimir URUTCHEV

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Highlights the importance of the Alpine region as a place for people to live, work and relax in, thanks to the vital contributions made by agriculture and forestry, tourism and craft trades; welcomes the EU Alpine Strategy as a way to improve and enhance economic, environmental, infrastructural and social development in the Alpine region;

2016/03/21
Committee: AGRI

2015/2324(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Laments the increase in abandonment of – and scrub encroachment on – farmland, which adversely affects not just the landscape, but also water management, biodiversity and energy generation; urges the Commission and Member States to ensure that land and forests are managed in an environmentally friendly way that is adapted to local conditions and to encourage such a development so as to preserve both the cultural a~~ssets and biodiversit~~nd the environmental diversity of the region; stresses the importance of implementing the principles of circular economy;

2016/03/21
Committee: AGRI

2015/2324(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Calls on the Commission on developing an extensive strategy for the region on how to cope with climate change since it is foreseen to be highly exposed to changes (e.g. rise in temperature higher than average) and is very much vulnerable to natural disasters (e.g. mudflows, wildfires);

2016/03/21
Committee: AGRI

2015/2324(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3 b. Notes that agricultural units are key to maintain the ecological balance of the region; is of the opinion that the strategy should contribute towards the targets set at COP21; recalls the advantages of on- site energy generation;

2016/03/21
Committee: AGRI

2015/2324(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Considers it important to set up regional programmes to promote decentralised, macro-regional structures for processing and marketing agricultural and forestry products (e.g. cooperatives and producer organisations), in order to strengthen their position in the timber and food value chains and improve employment, food supply and innovation in the regions; points out the advantages of securing a broad variety of market opportunities;

2016/03/21
Committee: AGRI

2015/2324(INI)

Daniel BUDA, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Viorica DĂNCILĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission to expand education and consultancy structures for agricultural and forestry workers (e.g. training for alpine farming consultants), B. to provide a macro-regional training network and to intensify cooperation between educational, scientific and industrial institutions (e.g. inter-branch trainee and exchange programmes); takes the view that trainings and information on innovations in farming and forestry must be provided in order to enhance the competitiveness of smallholders and family run farms;

2016/03/21
Committee: AGRI

2015/2324(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Stresses the importance of improving infrastructure in order to reduce the dwindling of small and family farms which are an important economic and social pillar of the region;

2016/03/21
Committee: AGRI

2015/2323(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)

10b. Stresses that developing a new energy culture should be regarded as an additional crucial step in the ongoing energy transition; in this regard calls on the European Commission and Member States to develop suitable education modules for schools in order to build new energy consumer behaviour among younger generation;

2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE

2015/2323(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Believes that encouraging technical innovation should go hand in hand with raising local authorities and citizens' awareness about the rational use of energy.

2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Krišjānis KARIŅŠ, András GYÜRK, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Marian-Jean MARINESCU

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas ~~national duties,~~lack of interconnectors, as well as fixed prices, subsidies, and feed-in priorities ~~and lack of interconnectors~~, while being necessary due to market failures, prevent a functioning internal market in electricity and thus delay the full market integration of largely CO2- free energy sources;

2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for the existing regulatory framework of the European markets to be adjusted to allow for a growing share of renewable energy sources (e.g. by providing back-up mechanisms); stresses that a new market design for electricity must promote sustainable and efficient electricity supply;

2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Krišjānis KARIŅŠ, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Marian-Jean MARINESCU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Stresses the importance of a common analysis of system management at regional level which is facilitated by ACER and ENTSO-E and calls for the transmission system operators of neighbouring markets to devise a common methodology to that end;

2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses the right of Member States to determine the conditions for the use of their energy resources, the national energy mix and the overall structure of their energy supply; Calls on the Commission to take appropriate steps in the market regulatory framework to encourage investments in all available forms of low carbon electricity, both mature and innovative technologies;

2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Krišjānis KARIŅŠ, Herbert REUL, András GYÜRK, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Marian-Jean MARINESCU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Underlines that additional market - driven mechanisms are needed in order to reduce the market risks for investors and to encourage low-carbon investments for ensuring the security of energy supply and meeting decarbonisation targets.

2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Notes that network expansion in particular is indispensable with a view to completing the internal market in electricity with a growing share of renewables; regrets that there are still large gaps in the interconnections between Member States, leading to network bottlenecks and significantly impairing cross-border energy trading; calls for the electricity interconnection objectives to be differentiated by region and aligned with the ENTSO-E ten-year network plan. To this effect, it is also of significant importance to counteract the uncoordinated loop flows, especially in the CEE region;

2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Krišjānis KARIŅŠ, András GYÜRK, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Marian-Jean MARINESCU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Is sceptical of capacity mechanisms on the grounds of high cost and the risk of market distortions, and stresses that national capacity markets are subject to the EU rules on competition and state aid which guarantees the sufficient level of the EU Internal Energy Market protection;

2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Krišjānis KARIŅŠ, András GYÜRK, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Marian-Jean MARINESCU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls for national capacity mechanisms only to be authorised where a detailed analysis of the production and supply situation at regional level has been carried out in advance ~~and a bottleneck has been identified which cannot be eliminated by less stringent measures such as a strategic reserve~~;

2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Krišjānis KARIŅŠ, András GYÜRK, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Stresses that price volatility has a signal and guidance function in the electricity market and ~~can be~~is an important factor in ~~the efficiency of the~~incentivizing the uptake of flexibility solutions (such as flexible generation, demand side response, interconnectors and storage capacity, including LNG terminals) and therefore ensuring a well-functioning electricity market;

2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Krišjānis KARIŅŠ, András GYÜRK, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Marian-Jean MARINESCU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Notes that the expectation of future price surges can create incentives for producers and investors to invest in production capacity, ~~particularly in high- efficiency modern gas-fired power stations,~~ urges politicians not to intervene in the market even in the event of large price surges and calls, in the medium term, for the complete abolition of regulated final consumer prices;

2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Krišjānis KARIŅŠ, András GYÜRK, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Supports the EU’s goal of increasing the share of renewables to 3027%; notes, however, that the permanent subsidising of renewables is outdated and that renewables too must react to market signals in this new energy system, since otherwise market signals for all electricity producers will be heightened disproportionately; notes furthermore the danger of reduced industrial competitiveness and carbon leakage that arises from incorrectly designed subsidy systems;

2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Krišjānis KARIŅŠ, Herbert REUL, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Marian-Jean MARINESCU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Notes that the Member States must meet specific quantitative objectives for the share of renewables in energy consumption, irrespective of the market situation, and therefore stresses the importance of promoting renewables in a ~~way~~harmonised way through policies such as tradable green certificates that focuses on competition and cost efficiency; therefore regards the promotion of investment as more compatible with the market than feed-in priorities and fixed prices;

2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Krišjānis KARIŅŠ, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Marian-Jean MARINESCU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Warns against mixing energy supply objectives with climate policy objectives; calls for the ETS to be consistently reinforced and the market to be redesigned with a view to greater flexibility, so that in future CO2 and fuel prices can give more support to the expansion of ~~renewables~~all forms of safe low carbon power generation;

2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Warns against mixing energy supply objectives with climate policy objectives; calls for the ETS to be consistently reinforced and the market to be redesigned with a view to removing the indirect costs of ETS and achieving greater flexibility, so that in future CO2 and fuel prices c~~an give more~~ould be the only form of support to the expansion of renewables;

2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Krišjānis KARIŅŠ, Herbert REUL, András GYÜRK, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Pilar DEL CASTILLO VERA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Calls on the Commission to launch a study into new and cost-effective market designs with a view to ensuring that consumers receive reasonably priced electricity and to preventing carbon leakage;

2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Krišjānis KARIŅŠ, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Marian-Jean MARINESCU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Calls for operators of renewable power plants to be held strictly responsible for balancing within their areas and stresses that, in the event of departure from the schedule announced by the operator, ~~an appropriate compensatory energy price should b~~market participants should be charged with a cost reflecting full imbalance charged; .

2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Krišjānis KARIŅŠ, Herbert REUL, Vladimir URUTCHEV

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Takes the view that~~, for a medium- term transitional period,~~ national responsibility for the energy mix cannot be questioned and therefore that both nuclear power, which is largely CO2-neutral, and the use of national energy reserves together with high-efficiency gas-fired power stations and coal-fired electricity generation using the latest technology, can make vital contributions to the integration of renewables;

2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Takes the view that, for a medium-term transitional period, national responsibility for the energy mix cannot be questioned and therefore that both nuclear power, which is largely CO2-neutral, and the use of indigenous national energy res~~erv~~ources together with high-efficiency gas-fired power stations and coal-fired electricity generation using the latest technology, can make vital contributions to the ~~integration of renewables;~~energy sector decarbonisation.

2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Calls on the Commission to provide a framework that enables the Member States to pursue their chosen low carbon energy mix solutions;

2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)

29a. Stresses on the importance of the regional approach in building the missing electricity infrastructure crucial for the security of sustainable electricity supply with a view to eliminating the bottleneck in the (power) network and aiming at the completion of the internal energy market;

2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2015/2279(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Reiterates the need for an integrated sustainable governance in the form of EU strategy for Europe's mountainous regions which cover 36% of Europe's geographic space and make up large and increasing part of EU periphery due to a range of socio-economic, political and environmental challenges. This is particularly the case of South-Eastern Europe, where mountain areas are among the poorest in Europe, located along EU's politically most sensitive external borders;

2016/01/19
Committee: AGRI

2015/2279(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Considers that measures under the second pillar of the CAP must ensure the sustainability and diversification of agricultural production in mountain areas by. Such support could contribute to a "rural renaissance" through encouraging the emergence of projects that create added value, bio-based innovation projects, agricultural investment projects ~~and~~, farm development projects and projects to maintain processing enterprises, as well as bio-energy projects with positive environmental impact; stresses that these funds should be used as tools to boost the competitiveness of the regional agricultural and forestry sector and / or as a means of allowing the economic diversification of farms and forest businesses;

2016/01/19
Committee: AGRI

2015/2279(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Given the significant role of dairy farming in mountain areas, the related serious cost disadvantages to milk production and the negative effects on mountain dairy farmers caused by the expiry of the milk quotas, underlines the need for a sector-specific approach in order to ensure sustainable milk production in these areas;

2016/01/19
Committee: AGRI

2015/2279(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Recalls the essential character of measures to support generational renewal and the establishment of active young farmers, in particular by organising access to multidisciplinary training enabling them to carry out various activities simultaneously and successively over the year; Encourages in this regard the participation of young farmers in exchange schemes and e-learning platforms; Underlines the need to develop adequate ICT infrastructure and high- speed Internet in mountain regions as an essential precondition for young farmers' agri-business activities;

2016/01/19
Committee: AGRI

2015/2279(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Believes that such approaches help maintain and create local markets and resource-efficient short supply chains and initiate approaches geared to quality and promoting and protecting products (‘mountain products’, Protected Designations of Origin (PDO), Protected Geographical Indications (PGI) and Traditional Specialty Guaranteed (TSG)); Underlines the added value of high- quality food production to development of sustainable tourism and preservation of the cultural heritage in mountainous regions;

2016/01/19
Committee: AGRI

2015/2113(INI)

Marek Józef GRÓBARCZYK, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ, Janusz LEWANDOWSKI, Adam GIEREK, Christian EHLER, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas measures for developing the Energy Union and achieving the 2030 climate targets must take full account of the impacts on energy prices, costs and the competitiveness of the EU economy plus the needed reduction in external energy dependency in order to get the necessary support from citizens and industry;

2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)

Db. whereas the Energy Union reflects multiple calls of the European Parliament to establish a true pan-European Energy Community, based on a strong common energy market, coordination of energy purchasing outside of the EU and common European funding of research and innovation in the area of new sustainable energy technologies;

2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE

2015/2113(INI)

Marek Józef GRÓBARCZYK, András GYÜRK, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Barbara KAPPEL, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ, Janusz LEWANDOWSKI, Adina VĂLEAN, Adam GIEREK, Christian EHLER, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Pilar DEL CASTILLO VERA

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas the Energy Community is an instrument to expand internal energy market to EU's neighbourhood countries, thus contributing to the creation of a pan- European energy space based on common principles and the rule of law;

2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

UGa. whereas better interconnection levels for electricity and gas will increase energy security while balancing supply and demand between the Member States; whereas the reduction of energy cost in residential buildings is a fast and cost- efficient way to reduce gas consumption and to gain energy security benefits;

2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE

2015/2113(INI)

Antonio TAJANI, Marek Józef GRÓBARCZYK, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ, Janusz LEWANDOWSKI, Adam GIEREK, Herbert REUL, Christian EHLER, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas many countries are heavily reliant on a single supplier, including some that rely entirely on Russia for their natural gas and others that heavily rely on Northern Africa, which leaves them vulnerable to supply disruptions, whether these are caused by political or commercial disputes, or infrastructure failure; whereas additional LNG capacities in Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea, as well as connecting central European gas hubs with South East Europe, will facilitate diversifying the gas supply to Member States and Energy Community Countries in South East Europe;

2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital P

P. whereas 30 million European jobs are at risk owing to the US shale gas boom, as energy-intensive industries move operations to the US, where energy costs are far lower and where regulation of greenhouse gas emissions is less restrictive;

2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE

2015/2113(INI)

Marek Józef GRÓBARCZYK, András GYÜRK, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Barbara KAPPEL, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ, Janusz LEWANDOWSKI, Adina VĂLEAN, Adam GIEREK, Herbert REUL, Christian EHLER, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Pilar DEL CASTILLO VERA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Underlines that well-developed and fully integrated infrastructure allowing for enhanced diversification of supplies and cross-border flows is vital for ensuring security of supply both in normal and emergency conditions and for delivering energy from competitive sources to consumers across the European Union and Energy Community;

2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE

2015/2113(INI)

Marek Józef GRÓBARCZYK, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Barbara KAPPEL, Janusz LEWANDOWSKI, Adina VĂLEAN, Adam GIEREK, Herbert REUL, Christian EHLER, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Pilar DEL CASTILLO VERA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that it is of upmost importance to the EU to end the isolation of some Member States from the internal energy market, as demonstrated by the gas stress tests carried out by the Commission; calls on the Commission, in this regard, to carry out such tests every two years; calls on the Member States and the Commission, in this relation, to implement without delays the recommendations of the gas system stress tests;

2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission to support those EU Member States and on the Energy Community Secretariat to support those Energy Community Contracting Parties that wish to negotiate energy contracts on a voluntary basis by introducing a common negotiating mechanism, and stresses that the functioning of such a mechanism must be subject to compliance with the EU internal market acquis and with EU competition and World Trade Organisation rules;

2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE

2015/2113(INI)

Antonio TAJANI, Marek Józef GRÓBARCZYK, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Barbara KAPPEL, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ, Janusz LEWANDOWSKI, Adina VĂLEAN, Adam GIEREK, Christian EHLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses that greater transparency of intergovernmental agreements could be achieved by strengthening the role of the Commission in energy-related negotiations involving one or more Member States and third countries, including by having the Commission participate in those negotiations if there is a risk of abuse of a dominant position by one supplier; notes that furthermore the Commission should carry out ex-ante and ex-post assessments and draw up both a positive and a negative list of agreement clauses, such as export ban ~~and~~, destination ~~clauses~~, take-or-pay clauses and oil indexation of gas pricing;

2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE

2015/2113(INI)

Antonio TAJANI, Marek Józef GRÓBARCZYK, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Barbara KAPPEL, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ, Janusz LEWANDOWSKI, Adina VĂLEAN, Adam GIEREK, Christian EHLER, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Pilar DEL CASTILLO VERA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission to prepare draft contract templates and guidelines including an indicative list of abusive clauses in order to create a reference for competent authorities and companies in their contracting activities; furthermore calls on the Commission to publish quarterly assessments of the average import prices;

2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE

2015/2113(INI)

Marek Józef GRÓBARCZYK, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Barbara KAPPEL, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ, Janusz LEWANDOWSKI, Adina VĂLEAN, Adam GIEREK, Christian EHLER, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls on the Commission to facilitate the effective use of existing EU funding schemes, including the European Fund for Strategic Investments, so as to support investment in key interconnectors building projects and the development of Europe's indigenous energy resources, based on a technology-neutral approach;

2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE

2015/2113(INI)

Antonio TAJANI, András GYÜRK, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ, Janusz LEWANDOWSKI, Adina VĂLEAN, Adam GIEREK, Herbert REUL, Christian EHLER, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Pilar DEL CASTILLO VERA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls on the Commission, and in particular DG TRADE, to comaintain~~ue to press for a dedicated~~ the goal of dedicating a separate energy chapter ~~with~~in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), with a view to removing US export restrictions on both crude oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) and eliminating protectionist measures;

2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Stresses that a strengthened Energy Community should be the pivotal arm of the EU's external energy policy and invites the Commission to come forward with concrete proposals based on the report of the High-Level Reflection Group for the reform of the Energy Community;

2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE

2015/2113(INI)

Marek Józef GRÓBARCZYK, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Barbara KAPPEL, Adam GIEREK, Christian EHLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen the Energy Community through, inter alia, better implementation and enforcement of EU law, enhancing its institutions including the establishment of an Energy Community Parliamentary Assembly and implementing key infrastructure projects in order to ensure better integration with the EU energy market and security of supply mechanisms;

2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE

2015/2113(INI)

Marek Józef GRÓBARCZYK, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Barbara KAPPEL, Janusz LEWANDOWSKI, Adina VĂLEAN, Adam GIEREK, Christian EHLER, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Believes that the future Energy Union must establish a free flow of energy across EU and Energy Community countries as the fifth European freedom alongside free movement of people, goods, capital and services;

2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Stresses the need for full implementation and enforcement of existing EU energy legislation and for a swift adoption of ambitious European network codes and guidelines, which must go hand in hand with strengthening the ~~competen~~respective competences and resources of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER), the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) and the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas (ENTSO-G); this will also require a swift review of their capacity to implement the sectoral legislation in a transparent manner;

2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE

2015/2113(INI)

Marek Józef GRÓBARCZYK, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Barbara KAPPEL, Janusz LEWANDOWSKI, Adina VĂLEAN, Adam GIEREK, Christian EHLER, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Stresses that a properly designed future model of the electricity market in the EU must aim at a more market-based and optimal, from the point of view of network security, integration of renewable energy sources; notes that in order to facilitate investment in low carbon technologies, EU should offer investors a stable and a long term regulatory and political framework;

2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Calls on the Member States and the Commission as well as the Energy Community Contracting Parties and the Energy Community Secretariat to concentrate their efforts on driving projects of common interest (PCIs) and projects of the Energy Community interest (PECIs) forward, with a view to achieving a pan- European ‘super grid' with the capacity to transmit power across E~~U countries~~urope from multiple sources and therefore capable of diverting energy from surplus to deficit areas, thereby allowing the market to instantly respond to interruptions of supply wherever they occur;

2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE

2015/2113(INI)

Antonio TAJANI, Marek Józef GRÓBARCZYK, András GYÜRK, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Barbara KAPPEL, Janusz LEWANDOWSKI, Adina VĂLEAN, Adam GIEREK, Herbert REUL, Christian EHLER, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Pilar DEL CASTILLO VERA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)

25b. Stresses the importance of ensuring a sound, stable and predictable regulatory framework which will enable long-term commitments and which is necessary to deliver new investments in energy infrastructure;

2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE

2015/2113(INI)

Marek Józef GRÓBARCZYK, András GYÜRK, Vladimir URUTCHEV, Barbara KAPPEL, Janusz LEWANDOWSKI, Adina VĂLEAN, Adam GIEREK, Herbert REUL, Christian EHLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Supports regional approaches where there are particular regional challenges or opportunities, or where acting regionally could speed up market integration, including through ~~the creation~~further development of regional hubs to enhance market liquidity, primarily in the CEE region; recognises the important role of power exchanges in fostering liquid, transparent and secure energy trading;

2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Notes that improvements in energy- efficiency pursued on a cost-effective basis will make a key contribution to energy security, competitiveness and the achievement of climate objectives; encourages Member States to recognize energy efficiency as a priority in their national policies; stresses, however, that gains in energy efficiency cannot replace diversification of energy supply;

2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Believes that it will be important to avoid over-prescriptive legislation that can constrain domestic policy choices about how best to promote energy efficiency within a national context, but rather rely on soft regulatory instruments in the building sector such as the development of a European energy label for windows that could benefit households and businesses by reducing their energy bills;

2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)

32a. Stresses that developing a new energy culture is essential for meeting the energy efficiency and climate change targets. Calls on the Member States to raise awareness among younger generation via suitable education modules at school in order to build a new energy consumer behaviour;

2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38

38. Stresses that decarbonisation which is not pursued through a technology-neutral approach, nor takes advantage of mature low emitting technologies, could result in a drastic increase in energy costs in some Member States, which would lead to energy poverty, deindustrialisation of the European economy and a subsequent rise in unemployment; stresses that it therefore needs to be a sovereign decision of each Member State on how to decarbonise its economy;

2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

39. Recognises that indigenous and multi- sourced energy sources such as nuclear, clean coal technologies and other fossil fuels with carbon capture and storage (CCS) wcould make a fundamental contribution to EU energy security and decarbonisation, with shale gas facilitating the transition to a low- emission economy; believes, in this respect, that the Energy Union must reflect the need for the EU to use all low and lower emission sources at Member States' disposal; Calls, in this context, for a step by step revision of the Emissions Trading Scheme in a predictable way to facilitate and incentivize investments in all low-carbon technologies.

2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42

42. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that the development of the Energy Union takes due consideration of requirements for environmental protection, reduced external energy dependency, biodiversity and the competitiveness of European industry;

2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE

2015/2113(INI)