8 Amendments of Radvilė MORKŪNAITĖ-MIKULĖNIENĖ related to 2011/0309(COD)
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Within the Union, there are already examples of good standards in national regulatory practices related to offshore oil and gas activities and international organisations have also introduced such standards. However, these are inconsistently applied throughout the Union and no Member State has yet incorporated all of the best regulatory practices in their legislation for preventing major offshore accidents or limiting their consequences to persons and the environment. Best regulatory practices are to secure effective regulation on safety and environment by integrating related functions into a joint competent authority ("the competent authority") that may draw resources from one or more national agencies.
Amendment 114 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) An offshore regime needs to apply to operations carried out on both fixed and mobile installations, and apply to the lifecycle of exploration and production activities (including transportation by pipeline) from design to decommissioning and permanent abandonment.
Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43 a (new)
Recital 43 a (new)
(43a) To ensure a high level of environmental protection, third countries, and in particular those with maritime borders with the European Union, should respect similarly strict environmental protection standards.
Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
7. an offshore equipment, pipeline or some other installation above or below the water surface used for transporting oil and gas to another installation nearby, onshore processing or storage facility or for transporting and loading oil to a shuttle tanker or a gas container vessel;
Amendment 193 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 25
25. 'production of oil and gas' shall mean: extraction, for commercial purposes, of oil and gas from the underground strata of the licensed area including offshore processing of oil and gas and its channelling and transportation through connected infrastructure including pipes and structures and well heads on the sea bed and/or storing gas in subsurface formations for the purposes of recovering the gas;
Amendment 409 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1
Article 28 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission, in close cooperation with the Member States, shall promote and, if necessary, orchestrate cooperation with third countries that undertake offshore oil and gas operations in the same marine regions as Member States including, where appropriate, within the framework of regional sea conventions.
Amendment 465 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 1 – sub-point a
Annex 1 – point 1 – sub-point a
a) the public is informed, whether by public notices or other appropriate means such as, but not solely, electronic media where available, about submission of licensing applications to Member States, and that relevant information about such proposals is made available to the public including inter alia information about the right to participate, and to whom comments or questions may be submitted;
Amendment 468 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 1 – sub-point d
Annex 1 – point 1 – sub-point d
d) having examined the comments and opinions expressed by the public, the Member State makes reasonable efforts to informs the public about the decisions taken and the reasons and considerations upon which those decisions are based, including information about the public participation process.