8 Amendments of Hermann WINKLER related to 2017/0294(COD)
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a directive
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The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.
Amendment 13 #
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to carry out an impact assessment, given that it has still to do so, and analyse the belated stakeholder consultation, which had not yet been concluded at the time of the legislative procedure, and, depending on the outcome, to adapt, replace, or withdraw the proposal;
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) To take account of the previous lack of specific Union rules applicable to gas pipelines to and from third countries, Member States should be able to grant derogations from certain provisions of Directive 2009/73/EC to such pipelines which are completed at the date of entry into force of this Directive or which are already in the process of planning or being built, where major investment has already been made for those purposes. The relevant date for the application of unbundling models other than ownership unbundling should be adapted for gas pipelines to and from third countries.
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The applicability of Directive 2009/73/EC for gas pipelines to and from third countries remains confined to the territorial limit of the Union’s jurisdiction. As regards offshore pipelines, it should be applicable in the territorial waters and exclusive economic zones of the Member States, where this is in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Directive 2009/73/EC
Article 2 – point 36 a (new)
Article 2 – point 36 a (new)
(1a) in Article 2, the following point (36a) is inserted : “(36a) ‘import pipeline network’ means any pipeline or pipeline network used mainly or exclusively to convey gas from third countries to the first physical interconnection point with a transmission system within the Union.”
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Directive 2009/73/EC
Article 35 a (new)
Article 35 a (new)
(4a) A new Article 35a is added: “Article 35a A Member State may decide to apply the rules for transmission systems to import pipelines if, on the basis of a cost-benefit analysis, it is proven that this serves to further the objectives of the Directive and if the Member State is also able to prove that agreements can be concluded with the third country concerned, allowing the rules to be applied to the entire import network.”
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b a (new)
Directive 2009/73/EC
Article 36 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 36 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
(ba) In paragraph 9, the following subparagraph is added: “The Commission shall be assisted by the Committee set up pursuant to Article 51(1) of this Directive. The Commission shall adopt its decision in accordance with the procedure pursuant to Article 5 (1) to (4) of Directive 182/2011/EC.”
Amendment 114 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Directive 2009/73/EC
Article 49 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1
Article 49 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1
In respect of gas pipelines to and from third countries completed before [PO: date of entry into force of this Directive] or of those the planning or construction of which has already begun and for which significant investments have already been made, Member States may decide to derogate from Articles 9, 10, 11 and 32 and Article 41(6), (8) and (10) for the sections of such pipelines between the border of Union jurisdiction and the first interconnection point, provided that the derogation would not be detrimental to competition on or the effective functioning of the internal market in natural gas in the Union, or the security of supply in the Union.