Traduction de «Importation énergétique » (Français → Anglais) :

Building a low carbon economy will also reduce the EU's vulnerability to potential future oil shocks and other energy security concerns, substantially cut our energy import bill, and reduce air pollution and its associated costs.

14. While welcoming the ambitious energy package proposed by the Commission as a step forward, recalls that, at least in the medium term, European economies will remain dependent on energy imports, which carries with it the threat of suppliers engaging in energy blackmail; underlines the need to anchor relations with Russia as a major energy supplier in a transparent, mutually beneficial strategic framework, based on reciprocity and non-discrimination in respect of market access and mutual respect of market rules; regards interdependence in the areas of production, transport and distribution as the main aim of an equitable, secure and transparent energy relationship; is concerned about recent cases of gas supply cuts to several neighbour ...[+++]ing countries and stresses that a strategic energy partnership between the EU and Russia should prevent the use of energy exports and state controlled companies operating in the energy field as instruments of foreign policy; stresses that the principles of the Energy Charter and the G8 conclusions should be incorporated in a new agreement between the EU and Russia, as agreed by the informal European Council meeting in Lahti in 2006; at the same time, stresses the importance of the ratification of the Energy Charter by Russia without delay; stresses the need for loyal cooperation among EU Member States when adopting and conducting energy projects involving Russia;

– Mr President, when the lights went out in California, in Turin and even in my own home town of Wexford – not to mention the recent Gazprom incident – there was a sudden concentration of minds on the security of energy supply, which is of critical importance to us both strategically and economically, particularly with energy import dependency and costs growing exponentially.

“We are all aware of the need to find clean, safe and affordable sources of energy, as energy demand rises, and Europe becomes ever more dependent on imported energy,” said Commissioner Potočnik. “The potential of hydrogen is very exciting and can provide one element of a future sustainable energy mix.

Total imports from developing countries amounted to € 368 billion (to be noted that energy imports are already subject to a MFN import duty is 0%).

Through that route travel something like 50,000 ships a year. It accounts for the five busiest ports in the world, and something like one third of all global merchandise trade passes along those routes, including — and this is very substantial — 80 per cent of China's and Japan's energy imports.