21 Amendments of Corinne LEPAGE related to 2012/2005(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
- having regard to Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 20001 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy; __________________ 1 OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 1–73.
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 b (new)
Citation 7 b (new)
- having regard to Directive 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008 on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe1. __________________ 1 OJ L 152, 11.06.08, p. 1-44.
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 c (new)
Citation 7 c (new)
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas the single market in energy should not develop at the expense of the environment and of the health and safety of European citizens;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomeAccepts with reservations the Communication and the accompanying Action Plan, which summarise the progress achieved so far and the challenges ahead for the completion of the internal energy market;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Regrets that the communication takes no account of the benefits of the third industrial revolution reconciling decentralised energy production with new information and communications technologies;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Regrets that there is no real strategy to solve the problem of energy consumption peaks, which are a major source of emissions, excess costs and risk to security of supply;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Regrets the lack of ambition in establishing a carbon tax at EU level;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges that the trend of rising energy prices is likely to continue given its link to fuel prices, the impact of climate policy and the investments needed to maintain and modernise energy systems;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises the European added value of better coordinating the Member States’ energy policies, in a spirit of solidarity, and of creating efficient and secure trans- border energy systems, thereby creatsecurity and establishing better practices for reconciling syenergies through improved management of the supply and demand of energyy with the environment;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that end energy-consumers – individuals and industry alike – are at the very core of the user-friendly internal energy market; notes that, as such, they must be duly protected, and able to exercise their rights fully, while encouraged to play a more active role in stimulating market competireducing energy consumption, moving from passive service recipients to active informed consumers and prosumers;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that smart technologies must not be restricted to automatic meter- reading only but must be completed with dynamic, online grid management incorporating such services as grid support services, voluntary demand-side response and local or home brokers;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that vulnerable consumers must be protected and that, to that end, effective mechanisms must be put in place, while distortions of the energy market are avoided;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises the importance of ensuring a competitive, easily managed and transparent energy market that provides all present and future EU energy consumers with secure, sustainable, affordable and reliable energy which takes into account the interests of coming generations;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Takes the view that Member States which have introduced appropriate rates, while also curbing consumption and diversifying energy sources, are those which have succeeded best in controlling consumption peaks;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Takes the view that the wish of some Member States to evade or relax environmental legislation in their energy projects is very damaging to the objectives of the EU as a whole;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Takes the view that subsidies for polluting activities, unfairness in respect of insurance, and lack of real and serious provision for dismantling production sites, are an obstacle to the proper operation of the single market in energy;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that modernising the existing infrastructure, and building new, intelligent and flexible generation, transmission, distribution and storage infrastructure, is essential for a well-integrated and well- connected energy market, where supply at affordable prices is secured, where the potential for cogeneration and efficiency, and for exploiting renewable and unconventional energy sources, is fully exploited, and where no Member State remains isolated from the European gas and electricity networks;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Believes that investment in infrastructure needs to be encouraged through stable and innovation-friendly regulatory frameworks, recognising that it cannot be achieved unless market-driven; recognises, however, that, in certain cases, key infrastructure may not be commercially viable, thus requiring public funding;