Traduction de «internal energy market » (Anglais → Français) :

H. whereas an internal European energy market and its respective national energy markets must be competitive and deliver real choice and transparent information to all consumers, who play a central role in the energy market; whereas the completion of the internal energy market is essential to bring down energy costs and prices to affordable and competitive levels in the short, medium and long-term; whereas reduced prices on energy markets are often not passed on to the consumers.

18. Notes that the internal market in gas and electricity is to be completed by 2014 and will be crucial for RES integration to serve as a cost-effective means to balance variable electricity production; welcomes the Commission’s report on the state of progress as regards completion of the internal energy market and implementation of the third package; calls on the Commission to use all the instruments available, including the referral of Member States to the Court of Justice, to bring the internal energy market closer to completion as quickly as possible; calls on the Commission to tackle inappropriate market concentration where it h ...[+++]inders competition; calls on the Member States to continue with the full implementation of the internal energy market legislation and the development of interconnections, as well as the elimination of energy islands and bottlenecks;

9. Underlines that the use of renewable energy technologies should be optimised based on availability of renewable resources in the region; points out that increased renewable energy production will pose challenges to the serviceability of the existing energy infrastructure as the sources are often remotely located and therefore require major development work on transmission and distribution lines; considers that in order to further integrate renewable energy sources, infrastructure adjustments will be needed in the EU, both at transport and distribution level and that national legislation has to ensure the simplification and acceleration of planning procedures as they often require the interaction of various planning levels; points to t ...[+++]he importance of both public and private funding where energy infrastructure investment is concerned; urges the need for progress in the development and expansion of an EU internal energy market; highlights the potential of Structural Funds to modernise the current energy infrastructure and service a well-connected European infrastructure in order to integrate renewable energies in the European energy market; highlights also the importance of creation of smart power grids; maintains, however that the amount of ERDF funding in the current financing period for new energy capacities is rather low; believes that, for example, ELENA assistance should support large-scale, but also decentralised, renewable energy investment projects to more useful effect and that the Intelligent Energy – Europe programme could be used to foster further development of renewable energy and furthermore foster joint renewable projects between small communities, including rural areas;

Summary code: Energy / Internal energy market / A competitive internal market

The priorities for trans-European energy networks stem from the creation of a more open and competitive internal energy market as a result of the implementation of Directive 2003/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2003 concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity and Directive 2003/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2003 concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas .

To help meet this prime objective of the Treaty of Rome, the European Community is responsible for introducing, among other things, the requirements needed to complete the internal energy market which will make it possible to gradually open up the market in order to make the energy sector more competitive.