Activities of Niki TZAVELA related to 2011/0238(COD)
Plenary speeches (2)
Intergovernmental agreements between Member States and third countries in the field of energy (debate)
Intergovernmental agreements between Member States and third countries in the field of energy (debate)
Amendments (8)
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Union-law requires Member States to take all appropriate measures to ensure fulfilment of the obligations arising out of the Treaties or resulting from the acts of the institutions of the Unionand the Third Energy Package. Member States should therefore avoid or eliminate any incompatibilities between Union law and international agreements concluded between Member States and third countries.
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) This Decision should not concern agreements between commercial entities, except and only as far as the intergovernmental agreements refer explicitly to such commercial agreements. Commercial operators negotiating commercial agreements with operators from third countries may nevertheless seek guidance from the Commission in order to avoid potential conflicts with Union law.
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Member States should already notify the intention to open negotiations to the Commissionhave the option of informing the Commission of negotiations with regard to new intergovernmental agreements or amendments to existing intergovernmental agreements. TWhere a Member State opts to inform the Commission, the Commission should be kept informed regularly on the ongoing negotiations. It should have the rightMember States may invite the Commission to participate as an observer in the negotiations. Member States may also request the Commission to assist them during their negotiations with third countries.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall submit all existing and provisionally applied intergovernmental agreements between them and third countries in their entirety, including their annexes and other texts they refer to explicitly and all amendments thereto to the Commission at the latest three months after the entry into force of this Decision. The Commission shall make the received documents accessible in electronic form to all other Member States. Existing or provisionally applied intergovernmental agreements which have already been communicated in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 994/2010 Agreements between commercial entities are not subject to this obligation. Within 6 months following the submission of the intergovernmental agreements in their entirety, including their annexes and other texts they refer to explicitly and all amendments thereto, the Commission at the date of entry into force of this Decision, which are fulfilling the requishall assess their compatibility with Union law, in particular with EU competition law and internal energy market legislation. Where the submitted intergovernmental agreements of this paragraph, shall be considered as communicated is not compatible with Union law, the Member State shall take all appropriate steps to eliminate the incompatibility identified. The Commission shall make the received documents accessible in electronic form the purposes of this Decisiono all other Member States but shall not disclose information that is indicated as confidential by the respective Member State.
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. When a Member State intends to enter into negotiations with a third country in order to amend an existing intergovernmental agreement or to conclude a new intergovernmental agreement, the Member State shall inform the Commission in writing of its intention at the earliest possible moment before the envisaged opening of the negotiations. The information provided to the Commission shall include the relevant documentation, an indication of the provisions to be addressed in the negotiations, the objectives of the negotiations and other relevant information. In case of amendments to an existing agreement, the provisions that are to be renegotiated shall be indicated in the information provided to the Commission. The Commission shall make the received information accessible to all Member States in electronic form. The Member State concerned shall keep the Commission informed regularly of the ongoing negotiations. On request of the Commission or the Member State concerned,Member States may invite the Commission mayto participate as an observer in the negotiations.
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. Upon ratification of an intergovernmental agreement or of an amendment to an intergovernmental agreement, the Member State concerned shall submit to the Commission the agreement or the amendment tof the agreement, including theirits annexes and other texts. Furthermore, where these agreements or amendments refer to explicitly, to othe Commission which shall make the received docur texts, Member States shall submit those other texts insofar as they contain elements, with the excephich impact on the functioning of confidentithe internal pmarts identified according to Article 7, accessible to all other Member States in electronic formket for energy or on the security of energy supply in the Union. However, agreements between commercial entities are not subject to this obligation.
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) identify common problems in relation to intergovernmental agreements and to consider appropriate action and propose solutions to address these problems;