19 Amendments of Lena KOLARSKA-BOBIŃSKA related to 2013/2005(INI)
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes with concern indications that certain national action is again being taken to influence energy markets, especially as regards efforts to secure the supply of electricity, with Member States implementing national capacity- remuneration mechanisms without fully exploring the potential of cross-border solutions, thus interfering with and distorting market design; therefore, while not precluding such mechanisms, asks the Member States to work with the Commission towards adopting EU-wide guidelines on how to implement capacity- market mechanisms, if deemed necessary, in order to minimises their distortion of the internal market;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Considers that Member States should focus on the development of electricity balancing markets before or alongside capacity-market mechanisms; notes the role such markets currently plan in some Member States;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recognises that, without prejudice either to the Member States' right to choose their energy mix or to the need for better EU-wide coordination, the EU as a whole must make full use of the potential of all energy sources that are at the disposal of EU Member States; underlines that European policy, while having regard to our energy and climate goals, should not attempt to 'pick winners' or promote individual sources over others;
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that harmonisation of renewable- and efficiency-related incentives and of auxiliary energy costs across all Member States – or at least greater compatibility in this regard – is essential for a well-functioning internal energy market, at both the wholesale and retail level, and for creating favourable conditions for the long-term development of the low-emission energy sector; calls on the Commission to present a proposal for guidelines for the coordination of national support schemes with a final mid-term goal of a single EU-wide scheme by 2020;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Believes that, in the short term, regional groupings of neighbouring Member States should be encouraged to move towards a harmonised or single regional support scheme for renewables in place of national plans;
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Encourages the Member States to regularly review their feed-in or other support tariffs in a transparent manner which would allow for their adjustment in pace with falling technological and supply costs;
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Recognises the missed opportunities – created through joint EU research projects supported by Framework Programmes and initiatives such as the SET Plan – to develop new technologies allowing for improvements in efficiency, renewables, the security of nuclear power plants, the low-emission usage of fossil fuels, energy storage and intelligent networks, all of which are critical for the energy market; welcomes the work done to make this a priority of the Horizon 2020 programme and calls on the Member States to take fully advantage this programming area;
Amendment 313 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Stress that the limited funding under the Connecting Europe Facility and the guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure should be applied wisely, based on the view of the European internal market as a single entity; believes, therefore, the Commission should give priority in their work on funding options for internal market areas which lack even basic physical infrastructure, especially interconnectors;
Amendment 331 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Welcomes the Commission's determination to enforce anti-trust and state-aid rules ensuring that a level-playing field is established with equal conditions of access for all market players; welcomes in this regard, the Commission's investigate into possible anti-competition measures on the internal gas market taken by Gazprom in central Europe and elsewhere;
Amendment 336 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Asks for the Commission to review state aid rules in relations to national energy efficiency measures, as well as those energy projects co-financed under the cohesion policy, in order to ensure that more of these actions are eligible for state funding, leading to more completed projects;
Amendment 339 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Recommends that the Commission should use its state aid scrutiny powers to encourage the development of cross- border infrastructure; considers that the Commission could subject the approval of national support mechanisms (capacity or renewables) to a Member State's commitment towards financing and building of precise cross-border infrastructures; believes that such interconnectors would be vital towards increasing the ability to draw on a neighbour's supplies in the case of an emergency or energy imbalance and towards the reduction of subsidies over time;
Amendment 364 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Encourages all Member States and Commission to move towards rules limiting long-term gas contracts based on oil price indexation, in favour of contracts based on spot-market prices or other mechanisms, that would allow for contract prices to reflect and adjust to any changes to the supply and demand of the internal market;
Amendment 365 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)
Paragraph 27 b (new)
27b. Underlines that internal market measures should promote the diversification of energy sources, both indigenous and external, and should not be focus primarily on the further development or enlargement of current routes and supplies;
Amendment 373 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Encourages the Commission to fully embrace the principles behind the Decision establishing an information exchange mechanism with regard to intergovernmental agreements and to take actions that go beyond the minimums set out in the Decision; strongly encourages the Member States and European firms to involve the Commission in energy negotiations before their conclusion; moreover, asks that documents be submitted to the Commission before or upon their signing and not solely upon their ratification by national parliaments;
Amendment 374 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)
Paragraph 28 b (new)
28b. Reminds the Commission that the internal market is not independent from the global market; asks the Commission to fully take into account the Parliament's recommendations on the external dimension of energy policy1 while planning its internal market actions; while confirming its support for the idea that only a full functioning internal market will allow us to speak with one voice globally, asks the Commission to further develop additional actions in the area of external energy policy; __________________ 1 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2012)0238.
Amendment 375 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 c (new)
Paragraph 28 c (new)
28c. Believes that the future European Union-United States Free Trade Agreement should include a chapter focus solely on energy matters which could effect the internal market, including, among others: energy wholesale trading, commodities trading, maritime energy transport rules, emission trading schemes, fuel safety standards, accounting practices, state energy subsides and the transfer of intellectual property in relation to energy exploration, production, transformation and end of lifecycle products;
Amendment 376 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 d (new)
Paragraph 28 d (new)
28d. Asks the Member States and the Commission to increase political and financial support to the Energy Community and to take further measures to support the extension of the internal market rules to South-East and Eastern Europe;
Amendment 411 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Calls on the Member States, the Commission and the relevant stakeholders to convert the necessarynational supporting schemes into transparent, homogeneous and market- driven mechanisms in order to create a common market for requested support features – such as energy efficiency, prosumers, cogeneration, renewables and auxiliary services – in a way that ensures their compatibility;
Amendment 436 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Asks the Commission to continue to use regional development, Cohesion and other EU structural funds to support the creation of smart gas and power grids in the next period in order to better absorb new types and sources of energy and to modernisation all regions of Europe; believes that DSO should also be encourage to accept adaptations to their networks;