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ENERGY:

WITH AMBIGUOUS “SPIRIT OF SOLIDARITY”,

EU SEEKS NEW BASIS FOR COMMON ENERGY POLICY

 [ARTICLE 100]

 

 

AMENDMENT TO: Treaty of Lisbon amending the Treaty on European Union and t= he Treaty establishing the European Community (Lisbon, 13 December 2007)<= /span>

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Policy Area: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Article 100

 

Amendment:

Clause= 2, page 1, line 12, after ‘excluding’ insert –

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‘= ;(i) Article 2, paragraph 87, amendment to Article 100 = TEC (TFEU), relating to difficulties in the supply of certain products (energy); and

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(ii)’.

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<= st1:City w:st=3D"on">Lisb= on Treaty: =

“DIFFICULTIES IN THE SUPPLY OF CERTAIN PRODUCTS (ENERGY)

87) In Article 100, paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following:

‘1. Without prejudice to any other procedures prov= ided for in the Treaties, the Council, on a proposal from the Commission, may decide, in a spirit = of solidarity between Member States, upon the measures appropriate to the economic situation,= in particular if severe difficulties arise in the supply of certain products, notably in the = area of energy.’.”

 

Consolidated Treaty Article(s):

“Article 100

1. Without prejudice to any other procedures provided fo= r in this Treaty, the Council, acting by a qualified majority on a prop= osal from the Commission, may decide upon the measures appropriate t= o the economic situation, in particular if severe difficulties arise in the suppl= y of certain products.

2. Where a Member State is in difficulties or is seriously threat= ened with severe difficulties caused by natural disasters or exceptional occurrences beyond its control, the Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, = may grant, under certain conditions, Community financial assistance= to the Member State concerned. The President of = the Council shall inform the European Parliament= of the decision taken.”<= span lang=3DEN-GB style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:= EN-GB'>

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Expl= anation:

This article, part of the section on economic pol= icy, is given a new title, Difficulties = in the Supply of Certain Products (Energy). It provides an unacceptably vague = new statement on energy. The first paragraph removes the reference to a vote by qualified majority and adds a reference to energy, as follows: “Witho= ut prejudice to any other procedures provided for in the Treaties, the Council= , on a proposal from the Commission, may decide, in a spirit of solidarity betwe= en Member States, upon the measures appropriate to the economic situation, in particular if severe difficulties arise in the supply of certain products, = notably in the area of energy&qu= ot;. The additional sentence adds “notably in the area of energy".

 

Its demands are such that the basis for a common energy policy may now be decid= ed on the spurious grounds of “a spirit of solidarity”. It is inconceivable that such abstractions will be used to define the basis for a common energy policy.