Activities of Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS related to 2009/0108(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Security of gas supply (debate)
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 (8)
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 1
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;
Amendment 210 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Preventive Action Plan, at national or regional level, shall contain:
Amendment 212 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
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.
Amendment 221 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4 a (new)
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.
Amendment 229 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
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.
Amendment 238 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
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.
Amendment 324 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
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.
Amendment 494 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I
Annex I