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Activities of Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS related to 2009/0108(COD)

Plenary speeches (1)

Security of gas supply (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2009/0108(COD)

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)
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2009/0108(COD)
Documents: PDF(810 KB) DOC(1 MB)

Amendments (8)

Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 1
(1) "protected customers" means all household customers already connected to a gas distribution network, and, if the Member State concerned so decides, can also include small and medium-sized enterprises, schools and hospitals provided that they are already connected to a gas distribution network;
2010/01/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 210 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Preventive Action Plan, at national or regional level, shall contain:
2010/01/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 212 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) if the Member State so decides, on the basis of the risk assessment set out in Article 8, obligations to supply customers, connected to the gas distribution system other than the protected customers such as schools and hospitals provided that these obligations do not affect their capacity to supply the protected customers in the event of a crisis as defined in Article 7. In case of a Union or regional emergency, the supply of gas to these additional customers will be the sole responsibility of the Member State concerned.
2010/01/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 221 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The Commission shall ensure that the national or regional Preventive Action Plans are consistent with each other in order to guarantee efficient coordination of actions during a Union emergency.
2010/01/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 229 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. By [31 March 20146; 35 years after entry into force] at the latest, the Competent Authority shall ensure that in the event of a disruption of the single largest gas supply infrastructure, the remaining infrastructure (N-1) has the capacity to deliver the necessary volume of gastechnical capacity to satisfy total daily gas demand of the calculated area during a period of sixty days of exceptionally high gas demand during the coldest period statistically occurring once every twenty years.
2010/01/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 238 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. Following the recommendation of the Commission referred to in Article 4(3) or in the situation referred to in Article 4(4), the obligation set out in paragraph 1 may be fulfilled at the regional level. The N-1 standard shall also be considered to be fulfilled where the Competent Authority demonstrates in the risk assessment referred to in Article 8 and in the Preventive Action Plan referred to in Article 5 that a supply disruption may be sufficiently and timely compensated for by specific measures including demand side measures.
2010/01/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 324 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. In the risk assessment, the Member States may set, on the basis of a technical and economic analysis, obligations to supply customers connected to the gas distribution system other than the protected customers such as schools and hospitals provided these obligations do not affect their capacity to supply the protected customers in the event of a crisis as defined in Article 7. In the case of a Union or regional emergency, the supply of gas to these additional customers will be the sole responsibility of the Member State concerned.
2010/01/20
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 494 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I
ANNEX I: CALCULATION OF THE N-1 INDICATOR 1. Calculation of the N-1 indicator The N-1 indicator describes the ability of the gas infrastructure's capacity1 to supply the gas for maximal demand in the calculated area in case of disruption of the largest infrastructure. "Calculated area" means a geographical area for which the application of N-1 indicator is calculated. Technical capacity2 of all remaining available gas supply infrastructure in the event of disruption of the largest infrastructure should be at least equal to the total gas demand of the calculated area during a period of sixty days of exceptionally high gas demand during the coldest period statistically occurring every twenty years. The N-1 indicator, calculated as below, should be at least equal to 100%. 1 Draft Regulation (EC) No …/… of the European Parliament and of the Council on conditions for access to the natural gas transmission networks and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005 Article 2(18) "technical capacity" means the maximum firm capacity that the transmission system operator can offer to the network users, taking account of system integrity and the operational requirements of the transmission network .IPm+Pm+Sm+LNGm – Im -Tout N-1[%] = --------------------------------------------- * 100, N-1 ≥ 100% .Dmax Definitions required for the calculation of the N-1 indicator: Supply side definitions IPm – Maximal technical capacity of import pipelines (mcm/d) means a sum of maximal technical capacity of gas pipelines supplying gas to the calculated area. Pm – Maximal production capacity (mcm/d) means the sum of maximal possible rates of production in the calculated area from all gas production facilities taking into account critical elements like field recovery; Sm – Crisis deliverability (mcm/d) means the maximal rate of withdrawal of all storages in the calculated area which is possible to maintain during each of the sixty days of the disruption period. This rate could be established by a combination of the withdrawal rates of various types of all storages of the calculated area used during the sixty days period. LNGm – Maximal LNG facility capacity (mcm/d) means the sum of maximal possible capacities at all LNG terminals for the liquefaction of natural gas or the importation, offloading, ancillary services, temporary storage and re-gasification of LNG, taking into account critical elements like maximal ships and storage capacities availability and technical send-out capacity to the system, providing gas in a 60 days period to the calculated area. Im – Capacity of the largest gas infrastructure (mcm/d), which supplies the calculated area with the highest share of gas. Where the calculated area provides a transmission capacity from more than one pipeline or entry point and it is not the largest infrastructure (Ipm ≠ Im), the remaining transmission capacity of the calculated area also needs to be subtracted in the numerator. Tout – Transmission outflow capacity (mcm/d) is the sum of remaining technical capacity for transmission of gas via the calculated area in the event of disruption of the largest infrastructure. Demand calculation Dmax – means a capacity to supply the relevant daily gas demand of the calculated area which is related to the coldest day with exceptionally high gas demand statistically occurring every twenty years ANNEX I: CALCULATION OF THE N-1 FORMULA 1. Definition of the N-1 formula The N-1 formula describes the ability of the gas infrastructure's technical capacity1 to satisfy total gas demand in the calculated area in case of disruption of the single largest gas infrastructure during a day of exceptionally high gas demand statistically occurring once every twenty years. Gas infrastructure includes the natural gas transmission network as well as production, LNG and storage facilities connected to the calculated area. The technical capacity2 of all remaining available gas infrastructure in the event of disruption of the single largest gas infrastructure should be at least equal to the sum of the total daily gas demand of the calculated area during a day of exceptionally high demand statistically occurring once every twenty years. The results of the N-1 formula, as calculated below, should at least equal 100%. 2. Calculation method of the N-1 formula EPm + Pm + S m + LNG m − I m N − 1 [%] = × 100, N − 1 ≥ 100% Dmax 3. Definitions of the parameters of the N-1 formula: "Calculated area" means a geographical area for which the N-1 formula is calculated. The calculated area can refer to the national or regional level. Demand-side definitions Dmax – means the total daily gas demand (in mcm/d) of the calculated area during a day of exceptionally high demand statistically occurring once every twenty years. Supply-side definitions EPm – Technical capacity of entry points (in mcm/d) means the sum of the technical capacity, including reversible capacity, of all entry points capable of supplying gas to the calculated area; 1 Regulation (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on conditions for access to the natural gas transmission networks and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005 Article 2(18) "technical capacity" means the maximum firm capacity that the transmission system operator can offer to the network users, taking account of system integrity and the operational requirements of the transmission network. Pm – Maximal production capability (in mcm/d) means the sum of the maximal daily production capability of all gas production facilities to the entry points in the calculated area; Sm – Crisis deliverability (in mcm/d) means the sum of the maximum daily withdrawal capacity of all storage facilities in the calculated area, taking into account their respective physical characteristics; LNGm – Maximal LNG facility capacity (in mcm/d) means the sum of the maximal technical daily send-out capacities at all LNG facilities in the calculated area, taking into account critical elements like offloading, ancillary services, temporary storage and re- gasification of LNG as well as technical send-out capacity to the system; Im – Technical capacity of the largest gas infrastructure (in mcm/d) with the single highest capacity to supply the calculated area.
2010/01/20
Committee: ITRE