PROCEDURE
Title
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A European Strategy for Sustainable, Competitive and Secure Energy - Green Paper
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Procedure number
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2006/2113(INI)
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Committee responsible
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ITRE
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Opinion by
Date announced in plenary
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AFET
15.6.2006
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Enhanced cooperation – date announced in plenary
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Drafts(wo)man
Date appointed
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Josef Zieleniec
21.6.2006
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Previous drafts(wo)man
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Discussed in committee
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14.9.2006
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10.10.2006
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Date adopted
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10.10.2006
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Result of final vote
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48
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4
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Members present for the final vote
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Angelika Beer, Panagiotis Beglitis, Monika Beňová, Simon Coveney, Ryszard Czarnecki, Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos, Jas Gawronski, Maciej Marian Giertych, Ana Maria Gomes, Alfred Gomolka, Richard Howitt, Jana Hybášková, Ioannis Kasoulides, Bogdan Klich, Helmut Kuhne, Vytautas Landsbergis, Edward McMillan-Scott, Willy Meyer Pleite, Francisco José Millán Mon, Pasqualina Napoletano, Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Raimon Obiols i Germà, Cem Özdemir, Tobias Pflüger, Lydie Polfer, Michel Rocard, Raül Romeva i Rueda, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Jacek Emil Saryusz-Wolski, György Schöpflin, Gitte Seeberg, Hannes Swoboda, Konrad Szymański, Antonio Tajani, Paavo Väyrynen, Ari Vatanen, Jan Marinus Wiersma, Luis Yañez-Barnuevo García, Josef Zieleniec
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Substitute(s) present for the final vote
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Alexandra Dobolyi, Árpád Duka-Zólyomi, Hélène Flautre, Michael Gahler, Tunne Kelam, Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez, Yiannakis Matsis, Rihards Pīks, Aloyzas Sakalas, Inger Segelström
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Substitute(s) under Rule 178(2) present for the final vote
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Elspeth Attwooll, Christopher Beazley, Hanna Foltyn-Kubicka, Toomas Savi, Diana Wallis
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Comments (available in one language only)
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{05/10/2006}5.10.2006
OPINION of the {DEVE}Committee on Development
for the {ITRE}Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
on a European Strategy for Sustainable, Competitive and Secure Energy - Green Paper
(2006/2113(INI))
Draftsman: Anders Wijkman
SUGGESTIONS
The Committee on Development calls on the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, as the committee responsible, to incorporate the following suggestions in its motion for a resolution:
A. whereas access for the poor to clean and affordable energy services is a major prerequisite to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); and whereas low income countries are particularly affected by soaring oil prices,
B. whereas climate change poses serious threats to poverty reduction in most low-income countries, not least because of the rapidly increasing risks from natural hazards, such as heavy storms, floods and drought; and whereas industrialised countries have a major responsibility for the accumulation of green house gas (GHG) emissions in the atmosphere and therefore must take the lead in climate change mitigation but also in technical and financial assistance for low-income countries to adapt to climate change,
C. whereas energy security and climate security must go hand in hand and whereas Europe's energy and climate security depend to a large extent on the choices made by large economies such as China and India; whereas climate change mitigation can only be effective if developing countries – in particular large and rapidly growing economies such as China and India – are actively involved in efforts to curb GHG emissions,
1. Stresses that economic development is a right for all developing countries; emphasises, however, that developing countries do not have to repeat the polluting practices of the industrialised countries, and calls therefore for increased attention to be paid to technology cooperation and capacity building in the field of sustainable energy and to global efficiency standards for energy-using products;
2. Stresses that the European Union must, in connection with the strategy for diversifying its energy supply, respect the founding principles underpinning its cooperation and development policy: the fight against poverty, transparency, promotion of sustainable development and decent work; calls in particular for this approach to be favoured within the context of the partnership between the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries and the European Union, on the basis of Article 32 of the Cotonou Agreement of 23 June 2000;
3. Stresses that a precarious energy and climate security situation is frequently the trigger for international crises and conflicts, which have consequences for democracy, human rights and poverty;
4. Calls on the Commission and the Council to make access to efficient and renewable energy technologies a priority within EU development cooperation; calls at the same time on partner countries to make sustainable energy a priority within poverty reduction strategies;
5. Calls on the Commission and the Council to develop a strategic energy partnership with countries such as China, India, South Africa, Brazil and Mexico to financially assist them in developing sustainable energy strategies and thereby securing their participation in climate change mitigation efforts;
6. Stresses that the preconditions for the development of renewable technologies are excellent in many developing countries and that the expansion of such technologies would be an effective way of meeting the soaring costs of imported oil, reducing the negative effects on health and the environment from conventional fuels, but also of developing export markets; suggests that support for large-scale ethanol and bio-diesel production and other renewable technologies in partner countries – within a framework of sustainable management of natural resources - should be a top priority for development banks, including the EIB, export-credit agencies, GEF (Global Environment Facility), CDM (Clean Development Mechanism) etc;
7. Takes note of the significant potential provided by plants such as elephant grass and jethropa for the production of bio-fuels – not least because of the fact that these species grow well on marginal lands and need little water – and calls on the Commission, the Council and partner countries to support efforts to develop this potential further;
8. Underlines the importance of transparency in the management of extracting industries; urges the Commission, the Council and partner countries to promote fiscal transparency and good governance in relation to energy revenue management together with democratic control of the use of revenue; calls, furthermore, on the Commission and the Member States to explicitly and publicly endorse the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative;
9. Stresses that the European Union's dependence on energy imports must not lead to any change in its position vis-à-vis the democracy and human rights situation in countries of origin and transit.
PROCEDURE
Title
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European Strategy for Sustainable, Competitive and Secure Energy - Green Paper
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Procedure number
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2006/2113(INI)
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Committee responsible
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ITRE
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Opinion by
Date announced in plenary
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DEVE
18.5.2006
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Enhanced cooperation – date announced in plenary
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Draftsman
Date appointed
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Anders Wijkman
11.7.2006
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Previous drafts(wo)man
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Discussed in committee
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28.8.2006
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25.9.2006
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3.10.2006
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Date adopted
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3.10.2006
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Result of final vote
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0:
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27
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0
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Members present for the final vote
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Margrete Auken, Alessandro Battilocchio, Margrietus van den Berg, Danutė Budreikaitė, Marie-Arlette Carlotti, Thierry Cornillet, Nirj Deva, Alexandra Dobolyi, Michael Gahler, Filip Andrzej Kaczmarek, Glenys Kinnock, Maria Martens, Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez, Gay Mitchell, Luisa Morgantini, José Javier Pomés Ruiz, Horst Posdorf, Frithjof Schmidt, Jürgen Schröder, Anna Záborská, Mauro Zani
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Substitutes present for the final vote
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Milan Gaľa, Manolis Mavrommatis, Anne Van Lancker, Ralf Walter, Anders Wijkman, Gabriele Zimmer
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Substitute(s) under Rule 178(2) present for the final vote
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