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[Eng] ENERGY in EUROPE : 24 DECEMBER 1994 SPECIAL DIRECTORATE GENERAL FOR ENERGY (DG XVII) ISSN 1017-6705 J all LA ENERGIA EN EUROPA ENERGIE IN EUROPA ENERGIE EN EUROPE DECEMBER 1994 SPECIAL FEATURE COMPENDIUM OF LEGISLATION AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS RELATING TO ENERGY (EC, ECSC, EURATOM) EUROPEAN COMMISSION ■ :.■■■. ."; lit mm*®*' ' ..; >'"V·. *' ;;­■'. i dSSf aräfSgäe; s Η ^1 íSgggg DIRECTORATE GENERAL FOR ENERGY (DG XVII) ENERGY IN EUROPE LA ENERGÍA EN EUROPA ENERGIE IN EUROPA ÉNERGIE EN EUROPE ENERGY POLICIES AND TRENDS IN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY SPECIAL FEATURE: COMPENDUM OF LEGISLATION AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS RELATING TO ENERGY (EC, ECSC, EURATOM) DECEMBER 1994 EUROPEAN COMMISSION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING ARTICLES OR ITEMS IN THIS ISSUE PLEASE CONTACT: The Editor Energy in Europe DGXVII European Commission 200, rue de la Loi B-1049 Brussels Belgium Tel: 32-2-295.2879 Fax: 32-2-295.0150 Telex: COMEU Β 21877 E-Mail: [email protected] Opinions expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect those of the European Commission. Manuscript completed on 20 December 1994 Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 1995 Reproduction of contents is subject to acknowledgement of the source. Printed in Belgium CONTENTS Preface by Mr CS. Maniatopoulos, Director-General for Energy 1 GUEST KEYNOTE ARTICLE Die Europäische Energiepolitik/Energy Policy in the European Union 3/8 (Guest article by Dr Rexrodt, German Federal Minister of Economics, in German and English) ENERGY IN THE EUROPEAN UNION Division of Responsibilities among the Members of the New Commission 12 A new Energy Commissioner 14 The New European Parliament 15 Energy Policy: A Green Paper on an Essential Subject 18 The EEA Agreement and Enlargement of the European Union: Energy Aspects and Consequences 21 Energy in Austria 26 The Electro-Nuclear Option in the European Union .' 30 Revised Report on the Market for Solid Fuels in the EU in 1993 and the outlook for 1994 33 Special Feature: Compendum of Legislation and other Instruments relating to Energy 36 Community News -50 Signature of the European Energy Charter Treaty 50 Successful Meeting of the Energy Council on 29 November 1994 50 Meeting of the European Council at Essen 52 Director General Maniatopoulos launches Regional Energy Cooperation in Middle East... 52 SYNERGY Progamme: Launching of Black Sea Regional Energy Centre 53 SYNERGY Conference on East-West Gas and Electricity Interconnections 53 SYNERGY supports the European Energy Charter 54 Oil & Gas Exhibition at Tyumen, West Siberia, Russia 55 Third International Energy Conference at Cartagena 55 NEMEX1994 56 Document Update 57 ENERGY IN EUROPEAN UNION PROGRAMMES A Common European Commission RD&D Strategy for the Promotion of Fuel Cell Technologies 59 An Improved Image for Public Transport: How are we to match the environmental stakes for better city living? 63 THERMIE's Prospects for the Future 71 The Second THERMIE Exhibition in the 75Martin-Gropius Building, Berlin 73 The 'Rational Use of Energy in Industry' sector of the THERMIE Programme 75 in THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE ENERGY WORLD The Nuclear Protocol to the European Energy Charter 81 Conference on East­West Gas and Electricity Interconnections 85 Electricity Interconnection Projects in Central Europe and the Mediterranean Region 88 Asia: The Energy Challenge for the 21st Century 91 SELECTION OF TRANSLATIONS FROM NO 23 Política Energética en un Mundo de Invernadero Plan de Acción de EE.UU. sobre el Cambio Climático 95 Análisis del Informe de la Comisión sobre la Applicación del Reglamento del Programa THERMIE 100 El Mercado Comunitorio de Combustibles Sólidos en 1993 y Perspectivas para 1994 104 Propuestas Modificadas para la Realización del Mercado Interior de la Electricidad y el Gas Natural 108 Influencia de la Central de Gasificación Integrada de Carbón de Puertollano sobre el Empleo 111 Propuesta de Directiva del Consejo relativa a las Especificación para el Biogasóleo 113 Politique Energétique dans un monde sous Serre: Le Plan d'Action des Etats­Unis sur le Changement Climatique 117 Evolution du Secteur de l'Energie dans l'UE et la Région du Conseil de Coopération du Golfe 122 Industrie Pétrolière Internationale et la Politique Energétique de Γ UE 127 L'importance de la Coopération Internationale pour l'Echange d'Informations dans le Domaine de la Planification Intégrée des Ressources 131 Un Programme Européen pour les Carburants, les Moteurs et les Emissions 138 L'Union Européenne et la Promotion de Technologie Energétique Européenne: THERMIE à la Croisée des Chemins 140 Proposition de Coopération entre l'Union Européenne et la Hongrie dans le Domaine de l'Energie 142 Energiepolitik in einer Treibhauswelt: der "Aktionsplan Klimaveränderung" der Vereinigten Staaten 148 Bemühungen der Europäischen Kommission um die Förderung einer Effizienteren Nutzung von Elektroenergie: das Programm PACE 154 Die Qualität der Erdölerzeugnisse und die Umwelt 158 THERMIE und die Förderung der Technologische Erneuerbarer Energien 162 Staatliche Beihilfen für den Kohlenbergbau in der Europäische Union 168 Nukleare Sicherheit in der Ehemaligen Sowjetunion 171 Tagung der G­24 Arbeitsgruppe Energie am 3. und 4. Mai 1994 in Vilnius 173 IV PREFACE BY CS. Maniatopoulos Director-General for Energy This is a landmark issue of our magazine, marked by the Single Market in 1993 and the entry into force in the coincidence in time of several important events and 1987 of the Single Act and in 1993 of the Maastricht changes in the European Union, many of which go well Treaty on European Union. The same decade has also beyond the field of energy itself, but none of which can seen the end of the Cold War and with it the re• fail to have repercussions on the development and unification of Germany: the immediate consequence of decision-making of this huge and vital sector of the this historic step forward from the post-war situation European Union economy. Before a few words on the has of course been heavy additional responsibilities for current context, however, it is first of all a pleasant the Union, including as the Coordinator for all G-24 duty however to welcome Dr Günther Rexrodt, the cooperation in the countries of Eastern and Central Federal German Minister of Economic Affairs, to our Europe and the former Soviet Union, as decided at the columns, at the conclusion of the German presidency of Paris 'Arche' summit meeting on 14 July 1989. the Council of the Union, and following the Council The legal order of the Community naturally assumes meeting devoted to Energy which he chaired on continuity of EU action inter alia by the direct 29 November last. (Readers will find the Council's assumption of their respective responsibilities, in the conclusions in our Community News section). collegiate framework, on the part of the members of the I am pleased to be able to extend a warm welcome to new Commission. But at the same time the political my compatriot Mr Christos Papoutsis in choices which the incoming Commission will ha\>e to congratulating him upon his appointment to new and make will be strongly influenced not only by the weighty responsibilities as Commissioner responsible renewal of the Commission itself but also by the for energy policy, the Euratom Supply Agency, and preparation and results of the Inter-governmental Tourism within the new College taking up office for Conference Ç1GC') on the Revisan of the European five years from early ¡995. He can be assured of the Union Treaty, immediately ahead in 1996, and of unremitting support ofDG XVII. His own biographical course by the enlargement of the EU to include details, and a brief word on the new Commission as a Austria, Finland, and Sweden on 1 January 1995. whole, are to be found hereafter. Commissioner Oreja Thus stocktaking is the order of the day- The hands the energy portfolio to his new colleague, having development of EU energy policy has been marked by himself been called to the crucial task of preparing the the differences between our Member States as regards 1996 Inter-governmental Conference on the revision of the characteristics of the integration process to be the Maastricht Treaty, as well as succeeding Professor adopted for this sector. It is greatly to be regretted that Pinheiro as regards the Information, Communication, the Council has been unable to transpose the practical Audio-visual, and Culture areas. We wish Mr Oreja achievement of the Single Market to the energy sector, every success and remain mindful of the hard work he since it is already in place across the whole range of put in his short period as energy Commissioner, which economic activities in the Union. These differences of in a mere six months bore fruit in the shape of the standpoint have narrowed with the passage of time to promising basis for future agreement on a number of the point that at least by 1994 it finally proved possible files reached at the November 1994 Energy Council for the Council to embark on real practical discussions meeting. in the necessary climate of serenity, and then only following the constructive if protracted work of the The year's end thus sees the retirement of the third and European Parliament. last Commission chaired by Jacques Delors, and of a decade of intense and successful progress in the It is thus on a solid foundation of analysis and construction of Europe marked by the achievement of agreement on priorities that the Commission will ENERGY IN EUROPE 24/1994 present its Green Paper on the Union's future energy gone onto hard investment. It is too often forgotten that policy, in 1995. It is based on the widest consultation of the EU has always been the principal provider of funds all interests concerned both in private and public for Technical Assistance and other transfers to the sectors, as well as on the detailed analysis of world and 'East' - since the opening up of the new democracies Union energy needs which has occupied us constantly this has always been over 70% of the G-24 total.
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