15 Amendments of Claude TURMES related to 2008/2212(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas as things stand the life of reserves is longer than had been assumed in 1980; whereas oil is neverthelesoil is a finite resource,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomNotes the fact that the aspect of supply security has again been placed at the centre of attention in the second energy strategy review; regrets however that the Commission has not learnt lessons from the economic crisis, which has showed that only a complete shift in EU energy policy will lead to a solution as regards security of supply, solidarity among Member States, employment, and in social, environmental and economic terms; regrets further the lack of a clear opening towards a change of paradigm in energy policy and structure;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that it will still be possible to extract sufficient oil to meet demand in the coming decadefuture only if consumers pay higher prices and only if no other factors are taken into consideration; stresses further in this regard that sustained demand for oil has increasingly pushed supply to capacity limits, urges an improvement in data transparency on energy statistics, especially with regard to oil stock levels;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the intensification of efforts to make non-conventional oil resources commercially useable and thus also to contribute to diversificationStresses that a life-cycle approach concerning greenhouse gas emissions of fuels placed on the EU market, as introduced in the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 98/70/EC as regards the specification of petrol, diesel and gas-oil and introducing a mechanism to monitor and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the use of road transport fuels and amending Council Directive 1999/32/EC, as regards the specification of fuel used by inland waterway vessels and repealing Directive 93/12/EEC, will provide a real incentive for the oil industry to reduce its climate impacts by improving its production processes; states its confidence that such an approach will discourage investment on inefficient non- conventional oil resources, such as tar sands, whose production process leads to CO2 emissions up to five times higher than conventional oil, and whose use thus constitutes a serious threat to the climate;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Is concerned at the increasing oil price volatility, which was a striking feature in 2008 and has a negative effect on oil- consuming economic sectors in the EUthe whole EU economy and its consumers;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that the main reason for the oil price rise in the past eight years lies with a strong growth in demand that has led to bottlenecks in the extraction, transport and refining of oiland large windfalls profits made by a few big oil oligopolies; recognises that the marked rise in prices for raw materials and speculative transactions on the financial markets have heightened the trend in oil prices;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that, according to the IEA, annual investments amounting to US$ 350 billion are necessary in the oil industry in order to guarantee security of supply; calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide incentives for investment in their corresponding policies, also and in particular within the European Union; highlights the role of long-term investment security in this connectionrefuses however to substitute private investments and capital with public money;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. WelcomesIs concerned that the contribution that will beo be possibly made by the increased use of biofuels in the transport sector, particularly in increasing the security of supply; notes that this will lead to consolidation and restructuring in the oil-processing industrysustainable renewable energies in the transport sector could jeopardise the objective of increasing the security of supply if no structural measures are taken to minimise transport demand;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Is concerned at the growing piracy that threatens international shipping and hence oil transport and calls on the Council to participate in international military protection operations in the regions concerned and to provide the operational forces with a clear task and mandate actively to protect shipping against pirates;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Welcomes the European Union's efforts to diversify energy sources in the transport sector; favours market-based approaches to the introduction of new technologies; recognises that price represents the best indicator for the competitiveness of new technologiregrets however the lack of ambition as regards the potential for energy-efficient, better designed and lighter vehicles;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on Member States to improve energy efficiency in transport by at least 20% by 2020 against a 2005 baseline; urges the Commission to stop unfair competition in favour of more oil consuming transport modes, such as air and road transport, by internalising external costs, caused by oil dependency and climate change; underlines the importance of intensifying efforts to promote green logistics and mobility management and thus save energy by reducing transport volumes;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Is convinced that in the medium and long term the growth in oil consumption in the transport sector can be reduced only if the EU and Member States also take measures leading to a shift in goods transport from roads to rail and wateradditional measures to shift transport and mobility towards more sustainable modes, that consume less or no oil, such as rail, waterborne transport as well as intermodal mobility chains in urban areas (walking, cycling, public/collective mobility);