6 Amendments of Danuta Maria HÜBNER related to 2009/0108(COD)
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) To strengthen the solidarity between Member States in the case of a CommunityUnion Emergency and in particular to support Member States which are exposed to less favourable geographical or geological conditions, Member States should devise specific measures to exercise solidarity, as provided for in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, including measures such as commercial agreements between natural gas undertakings, compensation mechanisms, increased gas exports or increased releases from storages. Solidarity measures may be particularly appropriate between Member States for which the Commission recommends the establishment of joint preventive actions plans or emergency plans at regional level.
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1
Article 1
This Regulation establishes measures aimed at safeguarding the security of gas supply so as to ensure the proper and continuous functioning of the internal market for gas, and setting up exceptional measures to be implemented where the market cannot deliver the required gas supply, by providing for a clear definition and attribution of responsibilities and for a coordination of the response at the level of the Member States and the CommunityUnion regarding both preventive action and the reaction to concrete disruptions of supply in a spirit of solidarity between the Member States.
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. The Preventive Action Plan shall take into account cost efficiency, economic effectiveness, effects on the functioning of the internal energy market and environmental impact.
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point 3
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point 3
(3) Emergency level (Emergency): when an exceptionally high demand occurs or when there is a disruption of the supply through or from the largest infrastructure or source andor there is a credible risk that the supply standard to the protected customers can no longer be met with market based instruments alone.
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 6
Article 9 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission shall verify within one weekthree days whether the declaration of an Emergency is justifiedfulfils the criteria indicated in paragraph 2 and whether it does not impose an undue burden on the natural gas undertakings and on the functioning of the internal market. The Commission may, in particular, ask the Competent Authority to modify measures imposing an undue burden on natural gas undertakings and to lift its declaration of Emergency if the Commission considers it not or no longer justified.
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Where the Commission considers that in the case of a Union Emergency, the actions taken by the Competent Authority or natural gas undertakings are insufficient , the Commission may implement directly the measures listed in Annexes II and III in order to restore the gas supply to the affected markets.