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"I think this will be rather a long answer because it cannot be answered in just a few sentences.
This policy of diversification is not directed against our current suppliers: it is a necessity dictated by the global energy security challenges and by the challenge posed by global warming and other environment-related issues.
Together with the Austrian Presidency of the European Union, I recently sent a letter to the Russian Energy Minister, Mr Khristenko, on the issue of energy cooperation and in particular gas interdependency. In this letter we reiterated the importance the EU attributes to deepening energy relations with Russia, the EU’s most important energy supplier. Furthermore, we stressed that the importance the EU attaches to diversifying sources of supply should not be interpreted as limiting deliveries of Russian gas to the EU market, particularly as demand for gas in Europe is forecast to rise.
In this relationship with Russia, the EU is promoting such principles as market reciprocity, fair transit conditions through Russia and third-party access to infrastructure in Russia. Therefore, the short answer to the questions that have been asked is that we are looking for diversification, but it is extremely important to establish measures on the demand side, because only with demand-side measures, energy efficiency and savings can we actually establish our energy independence more strongly and, at the same time, look towards our goals of sustainability and competitiveness.
I would like to start by saying that today Russia plays a very important role in securing Europe’s energy supplies. Currently Russia provides almost 30% of the EU’s oil imports and 45% of our gas imports. Or, to be more exact, 25% of our consumed gas. As a result, Russia is the largest single external energy supplier.
A considerable amount of our Iranian imports are also provided by Russia, so the EU and Russian markets for crude oil and oil products, as well as natural gas, are tightly interlinked with numerous pipelines, maritime and rail links and numerous contracts that our companies have concluded with Russian suppliers.
A broad relationship and energy dialogue was established between Russia and the Commission in 2000. Moreover, the common economic space agreed during the EU-Russia Summit in May 2005 includes cooperation in a wide range of energy-related activities. So the energy dialogue aims to discuss issues related to energy policy and market developments, infrastructure developments, and EU-Russia cooperation in multilateral energy fora. I believe that Russia will remain an important supplier for the EU in the future.
Taking into account the expected growth of energy consumption in the EU, I expect Russia to continue to supply around 25% of the gas consumed in the EU which, in absolute terms, would mean an increase in supplies. The European Union and many countries worldwide are becoming ever more dependent on imported hydrocarbons. I would like to reiterate that in the long term there are only three countries that have a lot of natural gas resources: Russia, Iran and Qatar. At the same time, the EU will import 70% of its energy in 2030, compared with 50% today.
Over time, the remaining fossil fuel resources will become more concentrated, as I said, in a rather small number of countries. As a consequence, energy interdependence is becoming a global issue, with major shared concerns, such as increased demand for limited resources in the world, the lack of investment in new production and the climate change issues.
Therefore, a broad range of actions at EU and Member-State level are required to address these challenges. It has been highlighted in the Green Paper. I have just highlighted one of the actions in my answer to the honourable Member’s previous question about biofuels. That is one of the actions that we indicate.
The Green Paper emphasised opportunities, such as policies to improve first of all energy efficiency and energy savings, as well as enhancing the market penetration of renewable energy sources. It also highlighted external policy options, such as strengthening the framework for energy relations between the EU and Russia in order to give more confidence to both sides, as well as policies and measures to diversification of the geographical sources and transportation routes of external energy supplies to the EU.
In this context, it is important to underline that the EU is making continuous efforts to improve energy relations with other energy-producing organisations – such as OPEC, the Gulf Cooperation Council, the countries of the Caspian Basin and north Africa – as well as with the consuming regions in the framework of the International Energy Forum, the International Energy Agency, G8 and through bilateral agreements and dialogues."@et5
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"Andris Piebalgs,"5,19,15,1,18,14,16,11,13,4
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"Member of the Commission"5,19,15,1,18,14,16,11,11,13,4
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| lpv:translated text |
"I think this will be rather a long answer because it cannot be answered in just a few sentences.
This policy of diversification is not directed against our current suppliers: it is a necessity dictated by the global energy security challenges and by the challenge posed by global warming and other environment-related issues.
Together with the Austrian Presidency of the European Union, I recently sent a letter to the Russian Energy Minister, Mr Khristenko, on the issue of energy cooperation and in particular gas interdependency. In this letter we reiterated the importance the EU attributes to deepening energy relations with Russia, the EU’s most important energy supplier. Furthermore, we stressed that the importance the EU attaches to diversifying sources of supply should not be interpreted as limiting deliveries of Russian gas to the EU market, particularly as demand for gas in Europe is forecast to rise.
In this relationship with Russia, the EU is promoting such principles as market reciprocity, fair transit conditions through Russia and third-party access to infrastructure in Russia. Therefore, the short answer to the questions that have been asked is that we are looking for diversification, but it is extremely important to establish measures on the demand side, because only with demand-side measures, energy efficiency and savings can we actually establish our energy independence more strongly and, at the same time, look towards our goals of sustainability and competitiveness.
I would like to start by saying that today Russia plays a very important role in securing Europe’s energy supplies. Currently Russia provides almost 30% of the EU’s oil imports and 45% of our gas imports. Or, to be more exact, 25% of our consumed gas. As a result, Russia is the largest single external energy supplier.
A considerable amount of our Iranian imports are also provided by Russia, so the EU and Russian markets for crude oil and oil products, as well as natural gas, are tightly interlinked with numerous pipelines, maritime and rail links and numerous contracts that our companies have concluded with Russian suppliers.
A broad relationship and energy dialogue was established between Russia and the Commission in 2000. Moreover, the common economic space agreed during the EU-Russia Summit in May 2005 includes cooperation in a wide range of energy-related activities. So the energy dialogue aims to discuss issues related to energy policy and market developments, infrastructure developments, and EU-Russia cooperation in multilateral energy fora. I believe that Russia will remain an important supplier for the EU in the future.
Taking into account the expected growth of energy consumption in the EU, I expect Russia to continue to supply around 25% of the gas consumed in the EU which, in absolute terms, would mean an increase in supplies. The European Union and many countries worldwide are becoming ever more dependent on imported hydrocarbons. I would like to reiterate that in the long term there are only three countries that have a lot of natural gas resources: Russia, Iran and Qatar. At the same time, the EU will import 70% of its energy in 2030, compared with 50% today.
Over time, the remaining fossil fuel resources will become more concentrated, as I said, in a rather small number of countries. As a consequence, energy interdependence is becoming a global issue, with major shared concerns, such as increased demand for limited resources in the world, the lack of investment in new production and the climate change issues.
Therefore, a broad range of actions at EU and Member-State level are required to address these challenges. It has been highlighted in the Green Paper. I have just highlighted one of the actions in my answer to the honourable Member’s previous question about biofuels. That is one of the actions that we indicate.
The Green Paper emphasised opportunities, such as policies to improve first of all energy efficiency and energy savings, as well as enhancing the market penetration of renewable energy sources. It also highlighted external policy options, such as strengthening the framework for energy relations between the EU and Russia in order to give more confidence to both sides, as well as policies and measures to diversification of the geographical sources and transportation routes of external energy supplies to the EU.
In this context, it is important to underline that the EU is making continuous efforts to improve energy relations with other energy-producing organisations – such as OPEC, the Gulf Cooperation Council, the countries of the Caspian Basin and north Africa – as well as with the consuming regions in the framework of the International Energy Forum, the International Energy Agency, G8 and through bilateral agreements and dialogues."@sl19
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"Andris Piebalgs,"5,19,15,1,18,14,16,11,13,4
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"Member of the Commission"5,19,15,1,18,14,16,11,11,13,4
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| lpv:translated text |
"I think this will be rather a long answer because it cannot be answered in just a few sentences.
This policy of diversification is not directed against our current suppliers: it is a necessity dictated by the global energy security challenges and by the challenge posed by global warming and other environment-related issues.
Together with the Austrian Presidency of the European Union, I recently sent a letter to the Russian Energy Minister, Mr Khristenko, on the issue of energy cooperation and in particular gas interdependency. In this letter we reiterated the importance the EU attributes to deepening energy relations with Russia, the EU’s most important energy supplier. Furthermore, we stressed that the importance the EU attaches to diversifying sources of supply should not be interpreted as limiting deliveries of Russian gas to the EU market, particularly as demand for gas in Europe is forecast to rise.
In this relationship with Russia, the EU is promoting such principles as market reciprocity, fair transit conditions through Russia and third-party access to infrastructure in Russia. Therefore, the short answer to the questions that have been asked is that we are looking for diversification, but it is extremely important to establish measures on the demand side, because only with demand-side measures, energy efficiency and savings can we actually establish our energy independence more strongly and, at the same time, look towards our goals of sustainability and competitiveness.
I would like to start by saying that today Russia plays a very important role in securing Europe’s energy supplies. Currently Russia provides almost 30% of the EU’s oil imports and 45% of our gas imports. Or, to be more exact, 25% of our consumed gas. As a result, Russia is the largest single external energy supplier.
A considerable amount of our Iranian imports are also provided by Russia, so the EU and Russian markets for crude oil and oil products, as well as natural gas, are tightly interlinked with numerous pipelines, maritime and rail links and numerous contracts that our companies have concluded with Russian suppliers.
A broad relationship and energy dialogue was established between Russia and the Commission in 2000. Moreover, the common economic space agreed during the EU-Russia Summit in May 2005 includes cooperation in a wide range of energy-related activities. So the energy dialogue aims to discuss issues related to energy policy and market developments, infrastructure developments, and EU-Russia cooperation in multilateral energy fora. I believe that Russia will remain an important supplier for the EU in the future.
Taking into account the expected growth of energy consumption in the EU, I expect Russia to continue to supply around 25% of the gas consumed in the EU which, in absolute terms, would mean an increase in supplies. The European Union and many countries worldwide are becoming ever more dependent on imported hydrocarbons. I would like to reiterate that in the long term there are only three countries that have a lot of natural gas resources: Russia, Iran and Qatar. At the same time, the EU will import 70% of its energy in 2030, compared with 50% today.
Over time, the remaining fossil fuel resources will become more concentrated, as I said, in a rather small number of countries. As a consequence, energy interdependence is becoming a global issue, with major shared concerns, such as increased demand for limited resources in the world, the lack of investment in new production and the climate change issues.
Therefore, a broad range of actions at EU and Member-State level are required to address these challenges. It has been highlighted in the Green Paper. I have just highlighted one of the actions in my answer to the honourable Member’s previous question about biofuels. That is one of the actions that we indicate.
The Green Paper emphasised opportunities, such as policies to improve first of all energy efficiency and energy savings, as well as enhancing the market penetration of renewable energy sources. It also highlighted external policy options, such as strengthening the framework for energy relations between the EU and Russia in order to give more confidence to both sides, as well as policies and measures to diversification of the geographical sources and transportation routes of external energy supplies to the EU.
In this context, it is important to underline that the EU is making continuous efforts to improve energy relations with other energy-producing organisations – such as OPEC, the Gulf Cooperation Council, the countries of the Caspian Basin and north Africa – as well as with the consuming regions in the framework of the International Energy Forum, the International Energy Agency, G8 and through bilateral agreements and dialogues."@mt15
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"Andris Piebalgs,"5,19,15,1,18,14,16,11,13,4
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| lpv:unclassifiedMetadata |
"Member of the Commission"5,19,15,1,18,14,16,11,11,13,4
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| lpv:translated text |
"I think this will be rather a long answer because it cannot be answered in just a few sentences.
This policy of diversification is not directed against our current suppliers: it is a necessity dictated by the global energy security challenges and by the challenge posed by global warming and other environment-related issues.
Together with the Austrian Presidency of the European Union, I recently sent a letter to the Russian Energy Minister, Mr Khristenko, on the issue of energy cooperation and in particular gas interdependency. In this letter we reiterated the importance the EU attributes to deepening energy relations with Russia, the EU’s most important energy supplier. Furthermore, we stressed that the importance the EU attaches to diversifying sources of supply should not be interpreted as limiting deliveries of Russian gas to the EU market, particularly as demand for gas in Europe is forecast to rise.
In this relationship with Russia, the EU is promoting such principles as market reciprocity, fair transit conditions through Russia and third-party access to infrastructure in Russia. Therefore, the short answer to the questions that have been asked is that we are looking for diversification, but it is extremely important to establish measures on the demand side, because only with demand-side measures, energy efficiency and savings can we actually establish our energy independence more strongly and, at the same time, look towards our goals of sustainability and competitiveness.
I would like to start by saying that today Russia plays a very important role in securing Europe’s energy supplies. Currently Russia provides almost 30% of the EU’s oil imports and 45% of our gas imports. Or, to be more exact, 25% of our consumed gas. As a result, Russia is the largest single external energy supplier.
A considerable amount of our Iranian imports are also provided by Russia, so the EU and Russian markets for crude oil and oil products, as well as natural gas, are tightly interlinked with numerous pipelines, maritime and rail links and numerous contracts that our companies have concluded with Russian suppliers.
A broad relationship and energy dialogue was established between Russia and the Commission in 2000. Moreover, the common economic space agreed during the EU-Russia Summit in May 2005 includes cooperation in a wide range of energy-related activities. So the energy dialogue aims to discuss issues related to energy policy and market developments, infrastructure developments, and EU-Russia cooperation in multilateral energy fora. I believe that Russia will remain an important supplier for the EU in the future.
Taking into account the expected growth of energy consumption in the EU, I expect Russia to continue to supply around 25% of the gas consumed in the EU which, in absolute terms, would mean an increase in supplies. The European Union and many countries worldwide are becoming ever more dependent on imported hydrocarbons. I would like to reiterate that in the long term there are only three countries that have a lot of natural gas resources: Russia, Iran and Qatar. At the same time, the EU will import 70% of its energy in 2030, compared with 50% today.
Over time, the remaining fossil fuel resources will become more concentrated, as I said, in a rather small number of countries. As a consequence, energy interdependence is becoming a global issue, with major shared concerns, such as increased demand for limited resources in the world, the lack of investment in new production and the climate change issues.
Therefore, a broad range of actions at EU and Member-State level are required to address these challenges. It has been highlighted in the Green Paper. I have just highlighted one of the actions in my answer to the honourable Member’s previous question about biofuels. That is one of the actions that we indicate.
The Green Paper emphasised opportunities, such as policies to improve first of all energy efficiency and energy savings, as well as enhancing the market penetration of renewable energy sources. It also highlighted external policy options, such as strengthening the framework for energy relations between the EU and Russia in order to give more confidence to both sides, as well as policies and measures to diversification of the geographical sources and transportation routes of external energy supplies to the EU.
In this context, it is important to underline that the EU is making continuous efforts to improve energy relations with other energy-producing organisations – such as OPEC, the Gulf Cooperation Council, the countries of the Caspian Basin and north Africa – as well as with the consuming regions in the framework of the International Energy Forum, the International Energy Agency, G8 and through bilateral agreements and dialogues."@cs1
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"Andris Piebalgs,"5,19,15,1,18,14,16,11,13,4
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| lpv:unclassifiedMetadata |
"Member of the Commission"5,19,15,1,18,14,16,11,11,13,4
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| lpv:translated text |
"I think this will be rather a long answer because it cannot be answered in just a few sentences.
This policy of diversification is not directed against our current suppliers: it is a necessity dictated by the global energy security challenges and by the challenge posed by global warming and other environment-related issues.
Together with the Austrian Presidency of the European Union, I recently sent a letter to the Russian Energy Minister, Mr Khristenko, on the issue of energy cooperation and in particular gas interdependency. In this letter we reiterated the importance the EU attributes to deepening energy relations with Russia, the EU’s most important energy supplier. Furthermore, we stressed that the importance the EU attaches to diversifying sources of supply should not be interpreted as limiting deliveries of Russian gas to the EU market, particularly as demand for gas in Europe is forecast to rise.
In this relationship with Russia, the EU is promoting such principles as market reciprocity, fair transit conditions through Russia and third-party access to infrastructure in Russia. Therefore, the short answer to the questions that have been asked is that we are looking for diversification, but it is extremely important to establish measures on the demand side, because only with demand-side measures, energy efficiency and savings can we actually establish our energy independence more strongly and, at the same time, look towards our goals of sustainability and competitiveness.
I would like to start by saying that today Russia plays a very important role in securing Europe’s energy supplies. Currently Russia provides almost 30% of the EU’s oil imports and 45% of our gas imports. Or, to be more exact, 25% of our consumed gas. As a result, Russia is the largest single external energy supplier.
A considerable amount of our Iranian imports are also provided by Russia, so the EU and Russian markets for crude oil and oil products, as well as natural gas, are tightly interlinked with numerous pipelines, maritime and rail links and numerous contracts that our companies have concluded with Russian suppliers.
A broad relationship and energy dialogue was established between Russia and the Commission in 2000. Moreover, the common economic space agreed during the EU-Russia Summit in May 2005 includes cooperation in a wide range of energy-related activities. So the energy dialogue aims to discuss issues related to energy policy and market developments, infrastructure developments, and EU-Russia cooperation in multilateral energy fora. I believe that Russia will remain an important supplier for the EU in the future.
Taking into account the expected growth of energy consumption in the EU, I expect Russia to continue to supply around 25% of the gas consumed in the EU which, in absolute terms, would mean an increase in supplies. The European Union and many countries worldwide are becoming ever more dependent on imported hydrocarbons. I would like to reiterate that in the long term there are only three countries that have a lot of natural gas resources: Russia, Iran and Qatar. At the same time, the EU will import 70% of its energy in 2030, compared with 50% today.
Over time, the remaining fossil fuel resources will become more concentrated, as I said, in a rather small number of countries. As a consequence, energy interdependence is becoming a global issue, with major shared concerns, such as increased demand for limited resources in the world, the lack of investment in new production and the climate change issues.
Therefore, a broad range of actions at EU and Member-State level are required to address these challenges. It has been highlighted in the Green Paper. I have just highlighted one of the actions in my answer to the honourable Member’s previous question about biofuels. That is one of the actions that we indicate.
The Green Paper emphasised opportunities, such as policies to improve first of all energy efficiency and energy savings, as well as enhancing the market penetration of renewable energy sources. It also highlighted external policy options, such as strengthening the framework for energy relations between the EU and Russia in order to give more confidence to both sides, as well as policies and measures to diversification of the geographical sources and transportation routes of external energy supplies to the EU.
In this context, it is important to underline that the EU is making continuous efforts to improve energy relations with other energy-producing organisations – such as OPEC, the Gulf Cooperation Council, the countries of the Caspian Basin and north Africa – as well as with the consuming regions in the framework of the International Energy Forum, the International Energy Agency, G8 and through bilateral agreements and dialogues."@sk18
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"Andris Piebalgs,"5,19,15,1,18,14,16,11,13,4
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| lpv:unclassifiedMetadata |
"Member of the Commission"5,19,15,1,18,14,16,11,11,13,4
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| lpv:translated text |
"I think this will be rather a long answer because it cannot be answered in just a few sentences.
This policy of diversification is not directed against our current suppliers: it is a necessity dictated by the global energy security challenges and by the challenge posed by global warming and other environment-related issues.
Together with the Austrian Presidency of the European Union, I recently sent a letter to the Russian Energy Minister, Mr Khristenko, on the issue of energy cooperation and in particular gas interdependency. In this letter we reiterated the importance the EU attributes to deepening energy relations with Russia, the EU’s most important energy supplier. Furthermore, we stressed that the importance the EU attaches to diversifying sources of supply should not be interpreted as limiting deliveries of Russian gas to the EU market, particularly as demand for gas in Europe is forecast to rise.
In this relationship with Russia, the EU is promoting such principles as market reciprocity, fair transit conditions through Russia and third-party access to infrastructure in Russia. Therefore, the short answer to the questions that have been asked is that we are looking for diversification, but it is extremely important to establish measures on the demand side, because only with demand-side measures, energy efficiency and savings can we actually establish our energy independence more strongly and, at the same time, look towards our goals of sustainability and competitiveness.
I would like to start by saying that today Russia plays a very important role in securing Europe’s energy supplies. Currently Russia provides almost 30% of the EU’s oil imports and 45% of our gas imports. Or, to be more exact, 25% of our consumed gas. As a result, Russia is the largest single external energy supplier.
A considerable amount of our Iranian imports are also provided by Russia, so the EU and Russian markets for crude oil and oil products, as well as natural gas, are tightly interlinked with numerous pipelines, maritime and rail links and numerous contracts that our companies have concluded with Russian suppliers.
A broad relationship and energy dialogue was established between Russia and the Commission in 2000. Moreover, the common economic space agreed during the EU-Russia Summit in May 2005 includes cooperation in a wide range of energy-related activities. So the energy dialogue aims to discuss issues related to energy policy and market developments, infrastructure developments, and EU-Russia cooperation in multilateral energy fora. I believe that Russia will remain an important supplier for the EU in the future.
Taking into account the expected growth of energy consumption in the EU, I expect Russia to continue to supply around 25% of the gas consumed in the EU which, in absolute terms, would mean an increase in supplies. The European Union and many countries worldwide are becoming ever more dependent on imported hydrocarbons. I would like to reiterate that in the long term there are only three countries that have a lot of natural gas resources: Russia, Iran and Qatar. At the same time, the EU will import 70% of its energy in 2030, compared with 50% today.
Over time, the remaining fossil fuel resources will become more concentrated, as I said, in a rather small number of countries. As a consequence, energy interdependence is becoming a global issue, with major shared concerns, such as increased demand for limited resources in the world, the lack of investment in new production and the climate change issues.
Therefore, a broad range of actions at EU and Member-State level are required to address these challenges. It has been highlighted in the Green Paper. I have just highlighted one of the actions in my answer to the honourable Member’s previous question about biofuels. That is one of the actions that we indicate.
The Green Paper emphasised opportunities, such as policies to improve first of all energy efficiency and energy savings, as well as enhancing the market penetration of renewable energy sources. It also highlighted external policy options, such as strengthening the framework for energy relations between the EU and Russia in order to give more confidence to both sides, as well as policies and measures to diversification of the geographical sources and transportation routes of external energy supplies to the EU.
In this context, it is important to underline that the EU is making continuous efforts to improve energy relations with other energy-producing organisations – such as OPEC, the Gulf Cooperation Council, the countries of the Caspian Basin and north Africa – as well as with the consuming regions in the framework of the International Energy Forum, the International Energy Agency, G8 and through bilateral agreements and dialogues."@lt14
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"Andris Piebalgs,"5,19,15,1,18,14,16,11,13,4
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| lpv:unclassifiedMetadata |
"Member of the Commission"5,19,15,1,18,14,16,11,11,13,4
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| lpv:translated text |
"I think this will be rather a long answer because it cannot be answered in just a few sentences.
This policy of diversification is not directed against our current suppliers: it is a necessity dictated by the global energy security challenges and by the challenge posed by global warming and other environment-related issues.
Together with the Austrian Presidency of the European Union, I recently sent a letter to the Russian Energy Minister, Mr Khristenko, on the issue of energy cooperation and in particular gas interdependency. In this letter we reiterated the importance the EU attributes to deepening energy relations with Russia, the EU’s most important energy supplier. Furthermore, we stressed that the importance the EU attaches to diversifying sources of supply should not be interpreted as limiting deliveries of Russian gas to the EU market, particularly as demand for gas in Europe is forecast to rise.
In this relationship with Russia, the EU is promoting such principles as market reciprocity, fair transit conditions through Russia and third-party access to infrastructure in Russia. Therefore, the short answer to the questions that have been asked is that we are looking for diversification, but it is extremely important to establish measures on the demand side, because only with demand-side measures, energy efficiency and savings can we actually establish our energy independence more strongly and, at the same time, look towards our goals of sustainability and competitiveness.
I would like to start by saying that today Russia plays a very important role in securing Europe’s energy supplies. Currently Russia provides almost 30% of the EU’s oil imports and 45% of our gas imports. Or, to be more exact, 25% of our consumed gas. As a result, Russia is the largest single external energy supplier.
A considerable amount of our Iranian imports are also provided by Russia, so the EU and Russian markets for crude oil and oil products, as well as natural gas, are tightly interlinked with numerous pipelines, maritime and rail links and numerous contracts that our companies have concluded with Russian suppliers.
A broad relationship and energy dialogue was established between Russia and the Commission in 2000. Moreover, the common economic space agreed during the EU-Russia Summit in May 2005 includes cooperation in a wide range of energy-related activities. So the energy dialogue aims to discuss issues related to energy policy and market developments, infrastructure developments, and EU-Russia cooperation in multilateral energy fora. I believe that Russia will remain an important supplier for the EU in the future.
Taking into account the expected growth of energy consumption in the EU, I expect Russia to continue to supply around 25% of the gas consumed in the EU which, in absolute terms, would mean an increase in supplies. The European Union and many countries worldwide are becoming ever more dependent on imported hydrocarbons. I would like to reiterate that in the long term there are only three countries that have a lot of natural gas resources: Russia, Iran and Qatar. At the same time, the EU will import 70% of its energy in 2030, compared with 50% today.
Over time, the remaining fossil fuel resources will become more concentrated, as I said, in a rather small number of countries. As a consequence, energy interdependence is becoming a global issue, with major shared concerns, such as increased demand for limited resources in the world, the lack of investment in new production and the climate change issues.
Therefore, a broad range of actions at EU and Member-State level are required to address these challenges. It has been highlighted in the Green Paper. I have just highlighted one of the actions in my answer to the honourable Member’s previous question about biofuels. That is one of the actions that we indicate.
The Green Paper emphasised opportunities, such as policies to improve first of all energy efficiency and energy savings, as well as enhancing the market penetration of renewable energy sources. It also highlighted external policy options, such as strengthening the framework for energy relations between the EU and Russia in order to give more confidence to both sides, as well as policies and measures to diversification of the geographical sources and transportation routes of external energy supplies to the EU.
In this context, it is important to underline that the EU is making continuous efforts to improve energy relations with other energy-producing organisations – such as OPEC, the Gulf Cooperation Council, the countries of the Caspian Basin and north Africa – as well as with the consuming regions in the framework of the International Energy Forum, the International Energy Agency, G8 and through bilateral agreements and dialogues."@pl16
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"Andris Piebalgs,"5,19,15,1,18,14,16,11,13,4
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| lpv:unclassifiedMetadata |
"Member of the Commission"5,19,15,1,18,14,16,11,11,13,4
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| lpv:translated text |
"I think this will be rather a long answer because it cannot be answered in just a few sentences.
This policy of diversification is not directed against our current suppliers: it is a necessity dictated by the global energy security challenges and by the challenge posed by global warming and other environment-related issues.
Together with the Austrian Presidency of the European Union, I recently sent a letter to the Russian Energy Minister, Mr Khristenko, on the issue of energy cooperation and in particular gas interdependency. In this letter we reiterated the importance the EU attributes to deepening energy relations with Russia, the EU’s most important energy supplier. Furthermore, we stressed that the importance the EU attaches to diversifying sources of supply should not be interpreted as limiting deliveries of Russian gas to the EU market, particularly as demand for gas in Europe is forecast to rise.
In this relationship with Russia, the EU is promoting such principles as market reciprocity, fair transit conditions through Russia and third-party access to infrastructure in Russia. Therefore, the short answer to the questions that have been asked is that we are looking for diversification, but it is extremely important to establish measures on the demand side, because only with demand-side measures, energy efficiency and savings can we actually establish our energy independence more strongly and, at the same time, look towards our goals of sustainability and competitiveness.
I would like to start by saying that today Russia plays a very important role in securing Europe’s energy supplies. Currently Russia provides almost 30% of the EU’s oil imports and 45% of our gas imports. Or, to be more exact, 25% of our consumed gas. As a result, Russia is the largest single external energy supplier.
A considerable amount of our Iranian imports are also provided by Russia, so the EU and Russian markets for crude oil and oil products, as well as natural gas, are tightly interlinked with numerous pipelines, maritime and rail links and numerous contracts that our companies have concluded with Russian suppliers.
A broad relationship and energy dialogue was established between Russia and the Commission in 2000. Moreover, the common economic space agreed during the EU-Russia Summit in May 2005 includes cooperation in a wide range of energy-related activities. So the energy dialogue aims to discuss issues related to energy policy and market developments, infrastructure developments, and EU-Russia cooperation in multilateral energy fora. I believe that Russia will remain an important supplier for the EU in the future.
Taking into account the expected growth of energy consumption in the EU, I expect Russia to continue to supply around 25% of the gas consumed in the EU which, in absolute terms, would mean an increase in supplies. The European Union and many countries worldwide are becoming ever more dependent on imported hydrocarbons. I would like to reiterate that in the long term there are only three countries that have a lot of natural gas resources: Russia, Iran and Qatar. At the same time, the EU will import 70% of its energy in 2030, compared with 50% today.
Over time, the remaining fossil fuel resources will become more concentrated, as I said, in a rather small number of countries. As a consequence, energy interdependence is becoming a global issue, with major shared concerns, such as increased demand for limited resources in the world, the lack of investment in new production and the climate change issues.
Therefore, a broad range of actions at EU and Member-State level are required to address these challenges. It has been highlighted in the Green Paper. I have just highlighted one of the actions in my answer to the honourable Member’s previous question about biofuels. That is one of the actions that we indicate.
The Green Paper emphasised opportunities, such as policies to improve first of all energy efficiency and energy savings, as well as enhancing the market penetration of renewable energy sources. It also highlighted external policy options, such as strengthening the framework for energy relations between the EU and Russia in order to give more confidence to both sides, as well as policies and measures to diversification of the geographical sources and transportation routes of external energy supplies to the EU.
In this context, it is important to underline that the EU is making continuous efforts to improve energy relations with other energy-producing organisations – such as OPEC, the Gulf Cooperation Council, the countries of the Caspian Basin and north Africa – as well as with the consuming regions in the framework of the International Energy Forum, the International Energy Agency, G8 and through bilateral agreements and dialogues."@hu11
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Jag tror att det här kommer att bli ett ganska långt svar eftersom frågan inte kan besvaras med bara några få meningar.
Denna diversifieringspolitik vänder sig inte emot våra nuvarande leverantörer. Den är en nödvändighet utifrån de utmaningar som är knutna till den globala energisäkerheten och utifrån den utmaning som den globala uppvärmningen och andra miljöproblem utgör.
Tillsammans med EU:s österrikiska ordförandeskap skickade jag nyligen ett brev till Rysslands energiminister, Viktor Christenko, som handlade om energisamarbete och särskilt gasberoende. I detta brev betonade vi på nytt den vikt som EU tillmäter fördjupade energiförbindelser med Ryssland, EU:s viktigaste energileverantör. Vidare betonade vi att den vikt som EU fäster vid att sprida leveranskällorna inte ska tolkas som att man begränsar leveranserna av rysk gas till EU:s marknad, särskilt eftersom efterfrågan på gas i EU planeras att öka.
I denna förbindelse med Ryssland främjar EU sådana principer som ömsesidighet, rättvisa villkor för transport genom Ryssland och tredje parts tillgång till infrastrukturen i Ryssland. Därför är det korta svaret på de frågor som har ställts att vi strävar efter diversifiering, men det är mycket viktigt att införa åtgärder när det gäller efterfrågan. Bara med åtgärder som påverkar efterfrågan, såsom energieffektivitet och energibesparingar, kommer vi att mer kraftfullt kunna etablera vårt energioberoende och samtidigt sträva mot våra mål för hållbarhet och konkurrenskraft.
Jag skulle vilja inleda med att säga att Ryssland i dag spelar en mycket viktig roll i säkrandet av EU:s energiförsörjning. För närvarande står Ryssland för nästan 30 procent av EU:s oljeimport och 45 procent av vår gasimport. Eller, för att vara mer exakt, 25 procent av den gas som vi förbrukar. Som konsekvens av detta är Ryssland den största enskilda externa energileverantören.
Ryssland står också för en stor del av vår import från Iran. EU:s och Rysslands marknader för råolja och oljeprodukter, samt naturgas, är tätt sammanlänkade med många pipelines, järnvägs- och havsförbindelser och av åtskilliga kontrakt som våra företag har slutit med ryska leverantörer.
En god förbindelse och en energidialog inleddes mellan Ryssland och kommissionen 2000. Det gemensamma ekonomiska område som man kom överens om under toppmötet mellan EU och Ryssland i maj 2005 inkluderar dessutom samarbete inom ett brett spektrum av energirelaterade verksamheter. Energidialogen syftar till att man ska diskutera frågor om energipolitik och marknadsutveckling, infrastrukturutveckling och samarbete mellan EU och Ryssland i multinationella energiforum. Jag tror att Ryssland kommer att förbli en viktig leverantör för EU i framtiden.
Om man tar i beaktande den förväntade ökningen av energikonsumtionen inom EU, förväntar jag mig att Ryssland fortsätter att leverera omkring 25 procent av den gas som konsumeras i EU, vilket i absoluta termer skulle innebära en ökning av tillförseln. EU och många länder i världen blir alltmer beroende av importerade kolväten. Jag skulle vilja upprepa att det på lång sikt bara finns tre länder som har stora naturgasresurser: Ryssland, Iran och Qatar. Samtidigt kommer EU att importera 70 procent av sin energi 2030, jämfört med 50 procent i dag.
Som jag sa kommer de kvarvarande resurserna av fossila bränslen att över tiden alltmer koncentreras till ett ganska litet antal länder. Detta medför att energiberoendet blir en global fråga med stora gemensamma problem, såsom ökad efterfrågan på begränsade resurser i världen, avsaknad av investeringar i ny produktion samt klimatförändringsfrågorna.
För att möta utmaningarna krävs därför ett stort antal åtgärder på EU-nivå och medlemsstatsnivå. Detta har betonats i grönboken. Jag har just framhållit en av åtgärderna i mitt svar på parlamentsledamotens tidigare fråga om biodrivmedel. Det är en av de åtgärder som vi har planerat.
I grönboken betonades möjligheter, såsom en politik som framför allt handlar om att förbättra energieffektivitet och energibesparingar, samt att förbättra de förnybara energikällornas spridning på marknaden. I grönboken framhölls också utrikespolitiska möjligheter, såsom att stärka ramen för energiförbindelserna mellan EU och Ryssland för att skapa större förtroende på båda sidorna, liksom även strategier och åtgärder som handlar om spridning av de geografiska källorna och om transportvägar för externa energileveranser till EU.
I detta sammanhang är det viktigt att understryka att EU ständigt strävar efter att förbättra energiförbindelserna med andra organisationer för energiproducenter – t.ex. OPEC, Gulfstaternas samarbetsråd, länderna i den kaspiska regionen och i Nordafrika – samt med de konsumerande regionerna inom ramen för Internationella energiforumet, Internationella energiorganet, G8-länderna och genom bilaterala avtal och dialog."@sv21
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"Vastauksestani tulee melko pitkä, sillä kysymykseen ei voi vastata vain muutamalla lauseella.
Monipuolistamispolitiikkaa ei ole suunnattu nykyisiä energiantoimittajiamme vastaan, vaan se on energian toimitusvarmuuteen sekä ilmaston lämpenemiseen ja muihin ympäristökysymyksiin liittyvien maailmanlaajuisten haasteiden sanelema välttämättömyys.
Lähetin EU:n puheenjohtajavaltion Itävallan edustajan kanssa vastikään Venäjän energiaministerille Hristenkolle kirjeen, jossa käsiteltiin energiayhteistyötä ja etenkin kaasuriippuvuutta. Totesimme kirjeessä jälleen kerran, että EU:lle on erittäin tärkeää syventää energiasuhteitaan Venäjään, joka on EU:n tärkein energiantoimittaja. Korostimme lisäksi, ettei EU:n tärkeänä pitämää energiantoimituslähteiden monipuolistamista pidä tulkita niin, että EU pyrkisi rajoittamaan Venäjän kaasutuontia EU:n markkinoille etenkään, kun kaasun kysynnän ennakoidaan kasvavan EU:ssa.
EU edistää Venäjän-suhteissaan periaatteita, joita ovat markkinoiden vastavuoroisuus, oikeudenmukaiset kauttakulkuehdot Venäjän kautta ja kolmansien oikeus hyödyntää Venäjän infrastruktuuria. Näin ollen lyhyt vastaus esitettyihin kysymyksiin olisi ollut se, että pyrimme monipuolistamaan energiantoimituslähteitä, mutta kysyntäpuolella on erittäin tärkeää toteuttaa toimia, sillä EU:n energiariippumattomuutta saadaan lujitettua ainoastaan kysyntäpuolen toimilla, energiatehokkuudella ja energiansäästöillä. Samalla on mahdollista edetä kohti kestävyyteen ja kilpailukykyyn liittyviä tavoitteita.
Haluan aluksi todeta, että Venäjällä on nykyisin erittäin tärkeä tehtävä EU:n energiatoimitusten varmistamisessa. Tällä hetkellä EU:hun toimitetusta öljystä lähes 30 prosenttia ja kaasusta lähes 45 prosenttia tuodaan Venäjältä. Tarkemmin sanottuna Venäjältä tuodaan 25 prosenttia EU:ssa kulutetusta kaasusta. Näin ollen Venäjä on suurin EU:n ulkopuolinen yksittäinen energiantoimittaja.
Venäjä toimittaa myös merkittävän osan Iranista tulevasta öljy- ja kaasutuonnista, joten EU:n ja Venäjän raakaöljyn ja öljytuotteiden sekä maakaasun markkinat ovat tiiviisti yhteydessä toisiinsa useiden putkien, meri- ja rautatieyhteyksien sekä useiden sellaisten sopimusten muodossa, joita yrityksemme ovat tehneet venäläisten toimittajien kanssa.
Venäjän ja komission välille luotiin vuonna 2000 kattavat energiasuhteet ja ryhdyttiin käymään energiavuoropuhelua. EU:n ja Venäjän huippukokouksessa toukokuussa 2005 sovittiin lisäksi yhteisestä talousalueesta, joka käsittää yhteistyön useissa energiaan liittyvissä toimissa. Energiavuoropuhelun tavoitteena on keskustella energiapolitiikkaan ja energiamarkkinoiden tilanteeseen, infrastruktuurin kehittämiseen sekä EU:n ja Venäjän yhteistyöhön liittyvistä asioista monenvälisillä energiafoorumeilla. Venäjä on varmasti jatkossakin yksi EU:n tärkeimmistä energiantoimittajista.
Kun otetaan huomioon EU:n energiakulutuksen ennakoitu kasvu, oletan, että Venäjä toimittaa edelleen noin 25 prosenttia EU:ssa kulutetusta kaasusta, mikä tarkoittaa absoluuttisesti ilmaistuna toimitusten kasvamista. EU ja useat muut maailman maat tulevat yhä riippuvaisemmiksi tuoduista hiilivedyistä. Haluan toistaa, että pitkällä aikavälillä suuria maakaasuvarantoja on ainoastaan kolmella valtiolla: Venäjällä, Iranilla ja Qatarilla. Samanaikaisesti EU tuo vuonna 2030 yhteensä 70 prosenttia energiastaan, kun luku on tällä hetkellä 50 prosenttia.
Ajan kuluessa jäljellä olevat fossiiliset polttoainevarannot keskittyvät yhä enemmän vain muutamaan maahan, kuten totesin. Tämän seurauksena energiariippuvuudesta tulee globaali kysymys, johon liittyy merkittäviä yhteisiä huolenaiheita, joita ovat maailman rajallisten energiavarojen kasvava kysyntä, uudenlaiseen tuotantoon tehtävien investointien vähyys ja ilmastonmuutokseen liittyvät asiat.
Näihin haasteisiin vastaaminen edellyttää tästä syystä laajamittaisia toimia EU:n tasolla ja jäsenvaltioissa, kuten vihreässä kirjassa korostettiin. Otin esille ainoastaan yhden näistä toimista vastatessani arvoisan parlamentin jäsenen kysymykseen biopolttoaineista. Tämä on yksi komission tarkoittamista toimista.
Vihreässä kirjassa korostettiin mahdollisuuksia, kuten toimintamalleja, joilla lisätään ennen kaikkea energiatehokkuutta ja energiansäästöjä, sekä uusiutuvien energianlähteiden markkinaosuuden kasvattamista. Siinä painotettiin myös vaihtoehtoisia ulkoisia toimintamalleja, kuten EU:n ja Venäjän energiasuhteiden lujittamista molemminpuolisen luottamuksen vahvistamiseksi, sekä toimenpiteitä, joilla monipuolistetaan EU:n ulkoisten energiantoimitusten maantieteellisiä lähteitä ja kuljetusteitä.
Tässä yhteydessä on tärkeää korostaa, että EU pyrkii jatkuvasti parantamaan energiasuhteitaan muihin energiantuottajaorganisaatioihin, kuten OPECiin, Persianlahden yhteistyöneuvostoon sekä Kaspianmeren alueen ja Pohjois-Afrikan maihin, ja energian kuluttaja-alueisiin. Tämä tapahtuu kansainvälisen energiafoorumin, kansainvälisen energiajärjestön ja G8-maiden kokousten välityksellä sekä kahdenvälisten sopimusten ja vuoropuhelun kautta."@fi7
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"Jeg tror, at det bliver et temmelig langt svar, for spørgsmålet kan ikke besvares med nogle få sætninger.
Denne spredningspolitik er ikke rettet mod vores nuværende leverandører. Den er en nødvendighed dikteret af de globale energisikkerhedsudfordringer og den udfordring, som global opvarmning og andre miljørelaterede forhold udgør.
Sammen med det østrigske formandskab for EU sendte jeg for nylig et brev til den russiske energiminister, hr. Khristenko, om energisamarbejdet og navnlig indbyrdes gasafhængighed. I dette brev gentog vi den betydning, som EU tillægger en uddybelse af energiforbindelserne med Rusland, som er EU's største energileverandør. Desuden understregede vi, at den betydning, som EU tillægger spredning af forsyningskilderne, ikke må fortolkes som en begrænsning af de russiske gasleverancer til EU's marked, især fordi efterspørgslen efter gas i Europa forventes at stige.
I denne forbindelse med Rusland fremmer EU principper som gensidig markedsadgang, rimelige transitbetingelser gennem Rusland og tredjeparters adgang til infrastruktur i Rusland. Derfor er det korte svar på de spørgsmål, der er blevet stillet, at vi undersøger mulighederne for spredning, men det er overordentligt vigtigt at træffe foranstaltninger på efterspørgselssiden, for kun med foranstaltninger på efterspørgselssiden, energieffektivitet og energibesparelser kan vi gøre os mere energiuafhængige og samtidig arbejde os hen imod vores mål om bæredygtighed og konkurrenceevne.
Jeg vil indlede med at sige, at Rusland i dag spiller en meget vigtig rolle for sikringen af Europas energiforsyninger. For øjeblikket leverer Rusland næsten 30 % af EU's olieimport og 45 % af vores gasimport. Eller mere præcist 25 % af den gas, vi forbruger. Som følge heraf er Rusland den største enkelte eksterne energileverandør.
Rusland leverer også en stor del af vores iranske import, så EU's og Ruslands markeder for råolie, olieprodukter og naturgas er stærkt indbyrdes forbundne med mange rørledninger, sø- og togforbindelser og mange kontrakter, som vores virksomheder har indgået med russiske leverandører.
Der blev etableret en omfattende forbindelse og energidialog mellem Rusland og Kommissionen i 2000. Desuden omfatter det fælles økonomiske område, som blev aftalt under topmødet mellem EU og Rusland i maj 2005, samarbejde om en lang række energirelaterede aktiviteter. Energidialogen har til formål at drøfte spørgsmål om energipolitik og markedsudviklinger, infrastrukturudviklinger og samarbejdet mellem EU og Rusland i multilaterale energifora. Jeg tror, at Rusland fortsat vil være en vigtig leverandør for EU i fremtiden.
I betragtning af den forventede vækst i energiforbruget i EU forventer jeg, at Rusland fortsat vil levere ca. 25 % af den gas, der forbruges i EU, hvilket i absolutte tal ville være ensbetydende med stigende leverancer. EU og mange lande verden over bliver mere og mere afhængige af importerede kulbrinter. Jeg vil gerne gentage, at det på lang sigt kun er tre lande, der har masser af energiressourcer, nemlig Rusland, Iran og Qatar. Samtidig vil EU importere 70 % af sin energi i 2030 sammenlignet med 50 % i dag.
Med tiden vil de resterende fossile brændstofressourcer som sagt blive mere koncentrerede på ganske få lande. Som følge heraf bliver den indbyrdes energiafhængighed et globalt anliggende med store fælles problemer såsom øget efterspørgsel efter begrænsede ressourcer i verden, manglende investeringer i ny produktion og klimaændringer.
Derfor kræves der for at klare disse udfordringer en lang række foranstaltninger på EU- og medlemsstatsplan. Det er fremhævet i grønbogen. Jeg har lige fremhævet en af disse foranstaltninger i mit svar på medlemmets tidligere spørgsmål om biobrændstof. Det er en af de foranstaltninger, som vi påpeger.
I grønbogen lægges der vægt på muligheder såsom politikker til forbedring af først og fremmest energieffektivitet og energibesparelser og af vedvarende energikilders gennemslagskraft på markederne. Der lægges også vægt på eksterne politiske alternativer såsom styrkelse af rammen for energiforbindelserne mellem EU og Rusland for at give begge parter mere tillid og politikker og foranstaltninger med henblik på spredning af de eksterne energiforsyningers geografiske oprindelse og transportveje til EU.
I den forbindelse er det vigtigt at understrege, at EU løbende bestræber sig på at forbedre energiforbindelserne med andre energiproducerende organisationer - f.eks. OPEC, Golfstaternes Samarbejdsråd og landene ved Det Kaspiske Hav og i Nordafrika - og med de energiforbrugende regioner inden for rammerne af Det Internationale Energiforum, Det Internationale Energiagentur og G8 og gennem bilaterale aftaler og dialoger."@da2
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"Ik denk dat dit een vrij lang antwoord gaat worden, omdat deze vraag niet in een paar zinnen kan worden beantwoord.
Dit diversificatiebeleid is niet gericht tegen onze huidige leveranciers: het is een noodzaak vanwege de mondiale uitdagingen wat betreft de continuïteit van de energievoorziening en de uitdaging waarvoor wij ons gesteld zien door de wereldwijde opwarming en andere milieugerelateerde kwesties.
Samen met het Oostenrijkse voorzitterschap van de Europese Unie heb ik kort geleden een brief gestuurd naar de Russische minister van Energie, de heer Christenko, over energiesamenwerking en met name over de onderlinge afhankelijkheid van gas. In deze brief hebben we nog weer eens aangegeven dat de EU groot belang hecht aan een verdieping van de energiebetrekkingen met Rusland, de belangrijkste energieleverancier van de EU. Verder hebben we beklemtoond dat het belang dat de EU aan de diversificatie van energiebronnen hecht, niet moet worden uitgelegd als een beperking van de leveranties van Russisch gas aan de EU, vooral omdat de vraag naar gas in Europa vermoedelijk zal stijgen.
In deze relatie met Rusland bevordert de EU beginselen als wederzijdse marktopenstelling, eerlijke voorwaarden voor doorvoer door Rusland en toegang voor derden tot de infrastructuur in Rusland. De gestelde vragen kunnen dus kort worden beantwoord met de opmerking dat we naar diversificatie streven, maar het is uiterst belangrijk aan de vraagzijde maatregelen te treffen, want alleen met zulke maatregelen, energie-efficiëntie en energiebesparing kunnen we op energiegebied onafhankelijker worden en tegelijkertijd onze doelen op het vlak van duurzaamheid en concurrentievermogen realiseren.
Allereerst wil ik zeggen dat Rusland tegenwoordig een zeer grote rol speelt in het waarborgen van de energievoorziening in Europa. Momenteel komt bijna 30 procent van de olie-importen en 45 procent van de gasimporten van de EU uit Rusland. Om preciezer te zijn, is dit 25 procent van al het gas dat wij verbruiken. Rusland is dan ook onze grootste externe energieleverancier.
Een aanzienlijke hoeveelheid van onze Iraanse import wordt ons ook door Rusland verstrekt. De markten van de EU en Rusland voor ruwe olie en olieproducten en aardgas zijn dus onderling nauw met elkaar verbonden via talrijke pijpleidingen, zee- en spoorverbindingen en vele contracten die onze bedrijven met Russische leveranciers hebben gesloten.
In 2000 werd een brede relatie- en energiedialoog tussen Rusland en de Commissie tot stand gebracht. Bovendien heeft de gemeenschappelijke economische ruimte die in mei 2005 tijdens de Top EU-Rusland werd overeengekomen, onder meer betrekking op samenwerking bij diverse energiegerelateerde activiteiten. De energiedialoog heeft dus tot doel zaken te bespreken die verband houden met energiebeleid en marktontwikkelingen, infrastructuurontwikkelingen en de samenwerking tussen de EU en Rusland in multilaterale energiefora. Naar mijn mening zal Rusland in de toekomst een belangrijke leverancier van de EU blijven.
Gezien de verwachte groei van het energieverbruik in de EU zal Rusland volgens mij ongeveer 25 procent van het verbruikte gas in de EU blijven verstrekken, wat in absolute zin een toename van de leverantie betekent. De Europese Unie en veel landen in de wereld worden steeds afhankelijker van geïmporteerde koolwaterstoffen. Ik wil nog eens herhalen dat er op de lange termijn slechts drie landen met grote aardgasvoorraden zullen zijn: Rusland, Iran en Qatar. Daarbij zal de EU in 2030 70 procent van haar energie invoeren, tegen 50 procent vandaag.
Zoals ik zei, zullen op den duur de resterende voorraden fossiele brandstoffen in een vrij klein aantal landen worden geconcentreerd. Daarom wordt de onderlinge afhankelijkheid van energie een mondiale kwestie met enkele belangrijke gemeenschappelijke punten van zorg, zoals de toegenomen vraag naar beperkte hulpbronnen in de wereld, het gebrek aan investeringen in nieuwe productie en de klimaatverandering.
De EU en de lidstaten moeten dus een breed scala aan acties ondernemen om deze uitdagingen aan te gaan. Dat wordt ook in het Groenboek benadrukt. In mijn antwoord op de vorige vraag van de afgevaardigde over biobrandstoffen heb ik een van deze acties beschreven. Dat is een voorbeeld van de acties die wij bedoelen.
In het Groenboek werd het accent gelegd op de mogelijkheden die er zijn, zoals beleid om in de eerste plaats energie-efficiëntie en energiebesparing te bevorderen en de marktpenetratie van hernieuwbare energiebronnen te vergroten. Tevens werden er externe beleidsopties in omschreven, zoals de versterking van het kader voor energiebetrekkingen tussen de EU en Rusland om bij beide zijden meer vertrouwen te wekken, en beleid en maatregelen om de geografische bronnen en de transportroutes van externe energie naar de EU te diversifiëren.
Hierbij is het belangrijk te onderstrepen dat de EU voortdurend streeft naar verbetering van de energiebetrekkingen met andere energieproducerende organisaties als de OPEC, de Samenwerkingsraad van de Golfstaten, de landen van het Kaspische-Zeebekken en Noord-Afrika en met de verbruikende regio’s in het kader van het Internationaal Energieforum, het Internationaal Energieagentschap en de G8 alsmede via bilaterale overeenkomsten en dialogen."@nl3
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"Νομίζω ότι αυτή θα μια είναι μάλλον μακροσκελής απάντηση διότι αυτή η ερώτηση δεν μπορεί να απαντηθεί μέσα σε λίγες γραμμές.
Αυτή η πολιτική διαφοροποίησης δεν κατευθύνεται εναντίον των σημερινών προμηθευτών μας: αποτελεί μια ανάγκη που υπαγορεύεται από τις προκλήσεις της παγκόσμιας ενεργειακής ασφάλειας και από την πρόκληση της θέρμανσης του πλανήτη και άλλων θεμάτων που σχετίζονται με το περιβάλλον.
Μαζί με την αυστριακή Προεδρία της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης, απέστειλα πρόσφατα επιστολή στον ρώσο Υπουργό Ενέργειας, κ. Κριστένκο, σχετικά με το θέμα της ενεργειακής συνεργασίας και ειδικά της αλληλεξάρτησης στον τομέα του φυσικού αερίου. Σε αυτή την επιστολή επαναλάβαμε τη σημασία που προσδίδει η ΕΕ στην εμβάθυνση των ενεργειακών σχέσεων με τη Ρωσία, η οποία αποτελεί τον πιο σημαντικό προμηθευτή ενέργειας της ΕΕ. Επίσης, τονίσαμε ότι η σημασία που προσδίδει η ΕΕ στη διαφοροποίηση των πόρων τροφοδοσίας δεν θα πρέπει να ερμηνευθεί ως περιορισμός των προμηθειών ρωσικού αερίου στην αγορά της ΕΕ, ειδικά καθώς η ζήτηση για φυσικό αέριο στην Ευρώπη προβλέπεται ότι θα αυξηθεί.
Σε αυτή τη σχέση με τη Ρωσία, η ΕΕ προωθεί αρχές όπως η αμοιβαιότητα της αγοράς, οι δίκαιοι όροι διέλευσης μέσω της Ρωσίας και η πρόσβαση τρίτων μερών στην υποδομή στη Ρωσία. Κατά συνέπεια, η σύντομη απάντηση στις ερωτήσεις που υποβλήθηκαν είναι ότι επιζητούμε τη διαφοροποίηση, αλλά είναι εξαιρετικά σημαντικό να λάβουμε μέτρα από την πλευρά της ζήτησης, διότι μόνο με μέτρα από την πλευρά της ζήτησης, ενεργειακή απόδοση και εξοικονόμηση ενέργειας μπορούμε πραγματικά να εδραιώσουμε την ενεργειακή μας ανεξαρτησία πιο σθεναρά και, ταυτόχρονα, να επιτύχουμε τους στόχους μας της αειφορίας και της ανταγωνιστικότητας.
Θα ήθελα να ξεκινήσω λέγοντας ότι σήμερα η Ρωσία διαδραματίζει έναν πολύ σημαντικό ρόλο στη διασφάλιση του ενεργειακού εφοδιασμού της Ευρώπης. Επί του παρόντος η Ρωσία παρέχει περίπου το 30% των εισαγωγών πετρελαίου της ΕΕ και το 45% των εισαγωγών αερίου μας. Ή μάλλον, για να είμαι πιο ακριβής, το 25% του αερίου που καταναλώνουμε. Ως αποτέλεσμα, η Ρωσία είναι ο μεγαλύτερος εξωτερικός προμηθευτής ενέργειας.
Μια σημαντική ποσότητα των ιρανικών εισαγωγών μας παρέχεται επίσης από τη Ρωσία, συνεπώς οι αγορές της ΕΕ και της Ρωσίας για το ακατέργαστο πετρέλαιο και τα πετρελαϊκά προϊόντα, καθώς και για το φυσικό αέριο, είναι στενά συνυφασμένες με πολυάριθμους αγωγούς, θαλάσσιες και σιδηροδρομικές συνδέσεις και πολλές συμβάσεις που έχουν συνάψει οι εταιρείες μας με ρώσους προμηθευτές.
Το 2000 ξεκίνησε μια ευρεία σχέση και ένας ενεργειακός διάλογος μεταξύ της Ρωσίας και της Επιτροπής. Επιπροσθέτως, ο κοινός οικονομικός χώρος που συμφωνήθηκε κατά τη σύνοδο κορυφής ΕΕ-Ρωσίας τον Μάιο του 2005 περιλαμβάνει συνεργασία σε ένα ευρύ φάσμα δραστηριοτήτων που σχετίζονται με την ενέργεια. Συνεπώς, ο ενεργειακός διάλογος έχει ως στόχο να συζητηθούν θέματα που αφορούν την ενεργειακή πολιτική και τις εξελίξεις της αγοράς, την ανάπτυξη υποδομής και τη συνεργασία ΕΕ-Ρωσίας σε πολυμερή φόρουμ ενέργειας. Πιστεύω ότι η Ρωσία θα παραμείνει σημαντικός προμηθευτής για την ΕΕ στο μέλλον.
Λαμβάνοντας υπόψη την αναμενόμενη αύξηση της κατανάλωσης ενέργειας στην ΕΕ, εκτιμώ ότι η Ρωσία θα συνεχίσει να παρέχει περίπου το 25% του φυσικού αερίου που καταναλώνεται στην ΕΕ, κάτι που, σε απόλυτους όρους, θα σήμαινε την αύξηση του εφοδιασμού. Η Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση και πολλές χώρες παγκοσμίως εξαρτώνται όλο και περισσότερο από τους εισαγόμενους υδρογονάνθρακες. Θα ήθελα να επαναλάβω ότι μακροπρόθεσμα υπάρχουν μόνο τρεις χώρες που έχουν επαρκείς πόρους φυσικού αερίου: η Ρωσία, το Ιράν και το Κατάρ. Ταυτόχρονα, η ΕΕ θα εισάγει το 70% της ενέργειάς της το 2030, έναντι του 50% σήμερα.
Με τον καιρό, οι εναπομείναντες πόροι ορυκτών καυσίμων θα συγκεντρώνονται όλο και περισσότερο, όπως είπα, σε έναν σχετικά μικρό αριθμό χωρών. Κατά συνέπεια, η ενεργειακή αλληλεξάρτηση καθίσταται παγκόσμιο θέμα, με σοβαρές από κοινού ανησυχίες, όπως η αυξημένη ζήτηση για περιορισμένους πόρους στον κόσμο, η έλλειψη επενδύσεων σε νέα παραγωγή και τα προβλήματα της αλλαγής του κλίματος.
Ως εκ τούτου, απαιτείται ένα ευρύ φάσμα δράσεων σε επίπεδο ΕΕ και κρατών μελών για να αντιμετωπιστούν αυτές οι προκλήσεις. Αυτό τονίστηκε στην Πράσινη Βίβλο. Εγώ μόλις επεσήμανα μία από τις δράσεις στην απάντησή μου στην προηγούμενη ερώτηση του αξιότιμου βουλευτή για τα βιοκαύσιμα. Αυτή είναι μία από τις δράσεις που υποδεικνύουμε.
Η Πράσινη Βίβλος έδωσε έμφαση σε ευκαιρίες, όπως πολιτικές για τη βελτίωση καταρχάς της ενεργειακής απόδοσης και της εξοικονόμησης ενέργειας, καθώς και για την ενίσχυση της διείσδυσης της αγοράς για τις ανανεώσιμες πηγές ενέργειας. Τόνισε επίσης τις επιλογές της εξωτερικής πολιτικής, όπως η ενίσχυση του πλαισίου για τις ενεργειακές σχέσεις μεταξύ της ΕΕ και της Ρωσίας προκειμένου να αναπτυχθεί περισσότερη εμπιστοσύνη και στις δύο πλευρές, καθώς και πολιτικές και μέτρα για τη διαφοροποίηση των γεωγραφικών πηγών και των οδών μεταφοράς των εξωτερικών ενεργειακών εφοδιασμών στην ΕΕ.
Σε αυτό το πλαίσιο, είναι σημαντικό να τονιστεί ότι η ΕΕ καταβάλλει συνεχείς προσπάθειες για τη βελτίωση των ενεργειακών σχέσεων με άλλους πετρελαιοπαραγωγικούς οργανισμούς –όπως ο ΟΠΕΚ, το Συμβούλιο Συνεργασίας του Κόλπου, οι χώρες της Κασπίας και της βόρειας Αφρικής– καθώς και με τις καταναλωτικές περιφέρειες στο πλαίσιο του Διεθνούς Φόρουμ Ενέργειας, του Διεθνούς Οργανισμού Ενέργειας, της ομάδας G8 και μέσω διμερών συμφωνιών και διαλόγων."@el10
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"I think this will be rather a long answer because it cannot be answered in just a few sentences.
This policy of diversification is not directed against our current suppliers: it is a necessity dictated by the global energy security challenges and by the challenge posed by global warming and other environment-related issues.
Together with the Austrian Presidency of the European Union, I recently sent a letter to the Russian Energy Minister, Mr Khristenko, on the issue of energy cooperation and in particular gas interdependency. In this letter we reiterated the importance the EU attributes to deepening energy relations with Russia, the EU’s most important energy supplier. Furthermore, we stressed that the importance the EU attaches to diversifying sources of supply should not be interpreted as limiting deliveries of Russian gas to the EU market, particularly as demand for gas in Europe is forecast to rise.
In this relationship with Russia, the EU is promoting such principles as market reciprocity, fair transit conditions through Russia and third-party access to infrastructure in Russia. Therefore, the short answer to the questions that have been asked is that we are looking for diversification, but it is extremely important to establish measures on the demand side, because only with demand-side measures, energy efficiency and savings can we actually establish our energy independence more strongly and, at the same time, look towards our goals of sustainability and competitiveness.
I would like to start by saying that today Russia plays a very important role in securing Europe’s energy supplies. Currently Russia provides almost 30% of the EU’s oil imports and 45% of our gas imports. Or, to be more exact, 25% of our consumed gas. As a result, Russia is the largest single external energy supplier.
A considerable amount of our Iranian imports are also provided by Russia, so the EU and Russian markets for crude oil and oil products, as well as natural gas, are tightly interlinked with numerous pipelines, maritime and rail links and numerous contracts that our companies have concluded with Russian suppliers.
A broad relationship and energy dialogue was established between Russia and the Commission in 2000. Moreover, the common economic space agreed during the EU-Russia Summit in May 2005 includes cooperation in a wide range of energy-related activities. So the energy dialogue aims to discuss issues related to energy policy and market developments, infrastructure developments, and EU-Russia cooperation in multilateral energy fora. I believe that Russia will remain an important supplier for the EU in the future.
Taking into account the expected growth of energy consumption in the EU, I expect Russia to continue to supply around 25% of the gas consumed in the EU which, in absolute terms, would mean an increase in supplies. The European Union and many countries worldwide are becoming ever more dependent on imported hydrocarbons. I would like to reiterate that in the long term there are only three countries that have a lot of natural gas resources: Russia, Iran and Qatar. At the same time, the EU will import 70% of its energy in 2030, compared with 50% today.
Over time, the remaining fossil fuel resources will become more concentrated, as I said, in a rather small number of countries. As a consequence, energy interdependence is becoming a global issue, with major shared concerns, such as increased demand for limited resources in the world, the lack of investment in new production and the climate change issues.
Therefore, a broad range of actions at EU and Member-State level are required to address these challenges. It has been highlighted in the Green Paper. I have just highlighted one of the actions in my answer to the honourable Member’s previous question about biofuels. That is one of the actions that we indicate.
The Green Paper emphasised opportunities, such as policies to improve first of all energy efficiency and energy savings, as well as enhancing the market penetration of renewable energy sources. It also highlighted external policy options, such as strengthening the framework for energy relations between the EU and Russia in order to give more confidence to both sides, as well as policies and measures to diversification of the geographical sources and transportation routes of external energy supplies to the EU.
In this context, it is important to underline that the EU is making continuous efforts to improve energy relations with other energy-producing organisations – such as OPEC, the Gulf Cooperation Council, the countries of the Caspian Basin and north Africa – as well as with the consuming regions in the framework of the International Energy Forum, the International Energy Agency, G8 and through bilateral agreements and dialogues."@lv13
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I think this will be rather a long answer because it cannot be answered in just a few sentences.
This policy of diversification is not directed against our current suppliers: it is a necessity dictated by the global energy security challenges and by the challenge posed by global warming and other environment-related issues.
Together with the Austrian Presidency of the European Union, I recently sent a letter to the Russian Energy Minister, Mr Khristenko, on the issue of energy cooperation and in particular gas interdependency. In this letter we reiterated the importance the EU attributes to deepening energy relations with Russia, the EU’s most important energy supplier. Furthermore, we stressed that the importance the EU attaches to diversifying sources of supply should not be interpreted as limiting deliveries of Russian gas to the EU market, particularly as demand for gas in Europe is forecast to rise.
In this relationship with Russia, the EU is promoting such principles as market reciprocity, fair transit conditions through Russia and third-party access to infrastructure in Russia. Therefore, the short answer to the questions that have been asked is that we are looking for diversification, but it is extremely important to establish measures on the demand side, because only with demand-side measures, energy efficiency and savings can we actually establish our energy independence more strongly and, at the same time, look towards our goals of sustainability and competitiveness.
I would like to start by saying that today Russia plays a very important role in securing Europe’s energy supplies. Currently Russia provides almost 30% of the EU’s oil imports and 45% of our gas imports. Or, to be more exact, 25% of our consumed gas. As a result, Russia is the largest single external energy supplier.
A considerable amount of our Iranian imports are also provided by Russia, so the EU and Russian markets for crude oil and oil products, as well as natural gas, are tightly interlinked with numerous pipelines, maritime and rail links and numerous contracts that our companies have concluded with Russian suppliers.
A broad relationship and energy dialogue was established between Russia and the Commission in 2000. Moreover, the common economic space agreed during the EU-Russia Summit in May 2005 includes cooperation in a wide range of energy-related activities. So the energy dialogue aims to discuss issues related to energy policy and market developments, infrastructure developments, and EU-Russia cooperation in multilateral energy fora. I believe that Russia will remain an important supplier for the EU in the future.
Taking into account the expected growth of energy consumption in the EU, I expect Russia to continue to supply around 25% of the gas consumed in the EU which, in absolute terms, would mean an increase in supplies. The European Union and many countries worldwide are becoming ever more dependent on imported hydrocarbons. I would like to reiterate that in the long term there are only three countries that have a lot of natural gas resources: Russia, Iran and Qatar. At the same time, the EU will import 70% of its energy in 2030, compared with 50% today.
Over time, the remaining fossil fuel resources will become more concentrated, as I said, in a rather small number of countries. As a consequence, energy interdependence is becoming a global issue, with major shared concerns, such as increased demand for limited resources in the world, the lack of investment in new production and the climate change issues.
Therefore, a broad range of actions at EU and Member-State level are required to address these challenges. It has been highlighted in the Green Paper. I have just highlighted one of the actions in my answer to the honourable Member’s previous question about biofuels. That is one of the actions that we indicate.
The Green Paper emphasised opportunities, such as policies to improve first of all energy efficiency and energy savings, as well as enhancing the market penetration of renewable energy sources. It also highlighted external policy options, such as strengthening the framework for energy relations between the EU and Russia in order to give more confidence to both sides, as well as policies and measures to diversification of the geographical sources and transportation routes of external energy supplies to the EU.
In this context, it is important to underline that the EU is making continuous efforts to improve energy relations with other energy-producing organisations – such as OPEC, the Gulf Cooperation Council, the countries of the Caspian Basin and north Africa – as well as with the consuming regions in the framework of the International Energy Forum, the International Energy Agency, G8 and through bilateral agreements and dialogues."@en4
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Creo que esta será más bien una respuesta larga, porque no es posible contestar con unas pocas frases.
Esta política de diversificación no se dirige contra nuestros proveedores actuales: es una necesidad dictada por los retos de la seguridad energética global y del calentamiento global y otras cuestiones relacionadas con el medio ambiente.
Junto con la Presidencia austriaca de la Unión Europea he mandado recientemente una carta al Ministro de Energía ruso, el señor Jristenko, sobre la cuestión de la cooperación energética y en particular la interdependencia en el sector del gas. En esta carta hemos reiterado la importancia de las atribuciones de la Unión Europea para ampliar las relaciones energéticas con Rusia, el proveedor de energía más importante de la Unión Europea. Además, hemos hecho hincapié en que la importancia que la Unión Europea concede a la diversificación de las fuentes de suministro no debe interpretarse en el sentido de limitar el suministro de gas ruso al mercado de la Unión Europea, máxime cuando se prevé que aumente la demanda de gas en Europa.
En esta relación con Rusia, la Unión Europea promueve principios como la reciprocidad de mercados, condiciones de tránsito justas a través de Rusia y el acceso de terceras partes a la infrastructura en Rusia. Así pues, la respuesta breve a las preguntas planteadas es que buscamos la diversificación, pero es muy importante tomar medidas en el lado de la demanda, porque solo con medidas en el lado de la demanda, eficiencia energética y ahorro de energía podemos reforzar realmente nuestra independencia energética y, al mismo tiempo, buscar nuestros objetivos de sostenibilidad y competitividad.
Quisiera comenzar diciendo que hoy Rusia desempeña un papel muy importante al garantizar los suministros de energía a Europa. Actualmente, Rusia suministra casi el 30 % de las importaciones de petróleo de la Unión Europea y el 45 % de nuestras importaciones de gas. O, para ser más exactos, el 25 % del gas que consumimos. Por tanto, Rusia es el principal proveedor externo individual de energía.
Una parte considerable de nuestras importaciones iraníes también las suministra Rusia, de manera que los mercados de crudo y derivados del petróleo, así como de gas natural, de la Unión Europea y Rusia están estrechamente interconectados a través de numerosos oleoductos y gasoductos, líneas marítimas y vías de ferrocarril y numerosos contratos que nuestras empresas han concluido con proveedores rusos.
En 2000 se estableció una amplia relación y un diálogo energético entre Rusia y la Comisión. Además, el espacio económico común pactado durante la cumbre Unión Europea-Rusia de mayo de 2005 incluye la cooperación en un amplio abanico de actividades relacionadas con la energía. Así, el diálogo energético tiene por objeto abordar cuestiones relacionadas con la política energética y los cambios del mercado y de las infraestructuras, así como la cooperación UE-Rusia en los foros multilaterales de energía. Creo que Rusia seguirá siendo un proveedor importante de la UE en el futuro.
Teniendo en cuenta el crecimiento esperado de consumo energético en la Unión Europea, espero que Rusia continúe suministrando aproximadamente el 25 % del gas consumido en la Unión Europea, lo que en términos absolutos significaría un incremento de las cantidades suministradas. La Unión Europea y muchos países de todo el mundo son cada vez más dependientes de los hidrocarburos importados. Quisiera reiterar que a largo plazo solo hay tres países que tienen grandes reservas de gas natural: Rusia, Irán y Qatar. Al mismo tiempo, en 2030 la Unión Europea importará el 70 % de su energía, frente al 50 % de hoy.
Con el tiempo, las fuentes de combustibles fósiles que quedan se concentrarán más, como he dicho, en un número bastante reducido de países. Debido a ello, la interdependencia energética se está convirtiendo en una cuestión global, con importantes preocupaciones comunes, como el aumento de la demanda de recursos limitados en el mundo, la falta de inversión en nuevas producciones y las cuestiones relacionadas con el cambio climático.
En consecuencia, se requiere un amplio abanico de medidas en la Unión Europea en su conjunto y en los Estados miembros para afrontar estos retos. Esto se ha puesto de relieve en el Libro Verde. He destacado ya una de las medidas en mi respuesta a la pregunta anterior de su Señoría sobre los biocarburantes. Esa es una de las medidas que señalamos.
El Libro Verde hizo hincapié en las oportunidades, como las políticas encaminadas a mejorar antes que nada la eficiencia energética y el ahorro de energía, así como a reforzar la cuota de mercado de las fuentes de energía renovables. Destacó también las opciones de política exterior, como el fortalecimiento del marco de las relaciones energéticas entre la Unión Europea y Rusia para dar más confianza a ambas partes, así como políticas y medidas encaminadas a diversificar las fuentes geográficas y las vías de transporte de los suministros externos de energía a la Unión Europea.
En este contexto, es importante subrayar que la Unión Europea hace continuos esfuerzos por mejorar las relaciones energéticas con otras organizaciones de productores de energía –como la OPEP, el Consejo de Cooperación del Golfo, los países de la cuenca del Caspio y del norte de África– y con las regiones consumidoras en el marco del Foro Internacional de la Energía, la Agencia Internacional de Energía, el G8 y mediante acuerdos y diálogos bilaterales."@es20
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"Penso que esta será uma longa resposta porque não é possível responder em poucas frases.
Esta política de diversificação não é dirigida contra os nossos actuais fornecedores: é uma necessidade ditada pelos desafios globais em matéria de segurança energética e pelo desafio colocado pelo aquecimento global e outras questões relacionadas com o ambiente.
Em conjunto com a Presidência austríaca da União Europeia, enviei recentemente uma carta ao Sr. Khristenko, o Ministro russo da Energia, sobre a questão da cooperação energética e em particular sobre a interdependência no sector do gás. Nesta carta, reiterámos a importância que a UE atribui ao aprofundamento das relações no sector da energia com a Rússia, que é o mais importante fornecedor de energia da União. Além disso, realçámos que a importância que a UE atribui à diversificação das fontes de abastecimento não deverá ser interpretada como um limite às entregas de gás russo ao mercado europeu, em particular porque está previsto que a procura de gás na Europa aumente.
Nesta relação com a Rússia, a UE promove princípios como a reciprocidade do mercado, condições de trânsito justas através do território russo e acesso de terceiros a infra-estruturas na Rússia. Assim sendo, a resposta breve às questões que foram colocadas é que estamos à procura da diversificação, mas é extremamente importante estabelecer medidas do lado da procura, pois só com medidas do lado da procura, eficiência energética e poupanças de energia podemos realmente estabelecer a nossa independência energética de forma mais acentuada e, ao mesmo tempo, ter em vista os nossos objectivos de sustentabilidade e competitividade.
Gostaria de começar por dizer que a Rússia desempenha actualmente um papel muito importante no que respeita a garantir o abastecimento energético da Europa. Hoje, a Rússia fornece quase 30% das importações de petróleo da União Europeia e 45% das nossas importações de gás. Ou, para ser mais exacto, 25% do gás que consumimos. Por isso, a Rússia é o maior fornecedor externo individual de energia.
Uma parte considerável das nossas importações do Irão são também fornecidas pela Rússia, sendo que os mercados europeu e russo de petróleo bruto e produtos petrolíferos, assim como de gás natural, estão estreitamente interligados com vários oleodutos, ligações ferroviárias e marítimas e inúmeros contratos celebrados pelas nossas empresas com fornecedores russos.
Em 2000 estabeleceram-se entre a Rússia e a Comissão uma ampla relação e um diálogo em matéria de energia. Além disso, o espaço económico comum acordado durante a Cimeira UE-Rússia em Maio de 2005 inclui a cooperação num vasto leque de actividades relacionadas com a energia. Assim sendo, o diálogo em matéria de energia visa discutir questões relacionadas com a política energética e os desenvolvimentos do mercado, desenvolvimentos no domínio das infra-estruturas e cooperação UE-Rússia em fóruns multilaterais no sector da energia. Estou convicto de que, no futuro, a Rússia continuará a ser um fornecedor importante para a UE.
Tendo em conta o crescimento previsto do consumo de energia na UE, espero que a Rússia continue a fornecer cerca de 25% do gás consumido na UE, o que, em termos absolutos, significará um aumento dos abastecimentos. A União Europeia e muitos países em todo o mundo estão a ficar cada vez mais dependentes dos hidrocarbonetos importados. Gostaria de reiterar que a longo prazo só existem três países com muitos recursos de gás natural: a Rússia, o Irão e o Qatar. Ao mesmo tempo, a UE importará em 2030 70% da sua energia, em comparação com os 50% de hoje.
Com o passar do tempo, os recursos de combustíveis fósseis que ainda restam ficarão mais concentrados, como referi, num pequeno número de países. Como consequência, a interdependência energética está a transformar-se num problema global, com a partilha de importantes preocupações, tais como o aumento da procura de recursos limitados existentes no mundo, a falta de investimento em novas produções e os problemas relacionados com as alterações climáticas.
Por isso, é necessário um grande número de medidas a nível dos Estados-Membros e da UE para responder a estes desafios. Essa ideia foi posta em destaque no Livro Verde. Acabei de realçar uma das medidas na minha resposta à questão anterior sobre biocombustíveis colocada pelo senhor deputado. É uma das medidas que recomendamos.
O Livro Verde sublinhou oportunidades, tais como políticas para melhorar, antes de mais, a eficiência energética e as poupanças de energia, para além de realçar a penetração no mercado das fontes de energia renováveis. Também realçou opções em matéria de política externa, tais como reforçar o quadro para as relações no domínio da energia entre a UE e a Rússia, de forma a proporcionar mais confiança a ambas as partes, assim como políticas e medidas para a diversificação das fontes geográficas e das rotas de transporte de abastecimentos energéticos externos para a UE.
Neste contexto, é importante sublinhar que a UE está a fazer esforços contínuos para melhorar as relações energéticas com outras organizações produtoras de energia – tais como a OPEP, o Conselho de Cooperação do Golfo, os países da Bacia do Cáspio e do Norte de África – assim como com as regiões consumidoras no quadro do Fórum Internacional da Energia, da Agência Internacional de Energia, do G8 e através de acordos e diálogos bilaterais."@pt17
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"Penso che questa sarà una replica piuttosto lunga perché non è possibile rispondere in due parole.
Questa politica di diversificazione non è diretta contro i nostri attuali fornitori: è una necessità dettata dalle sfide della sicurezza energetica globale e dalla sfida posta dal riscaldamento del pianeta, nonché da altri problemi di ordine ambientale.
Recentemente, di concerto con la Presidenza austriaca dell’Unione, ho inviato una lettera al ministro russo dell’Energia, Viktor Khristenko, il, sul problema della cooperazione energetica e in particolare sull’interdipendenza dal gas. In questa lettera abbiamo ribadito l’importanza che l’Unione attribuisce all’approfondimento delle relazioni in campo energetico con la Russia, il più importante fornitore di energia dell’Unione. Inoltre abbiamo sottolineato che l’importanza conferita dall’Unione alla diversificazione delle fonti di approvvigionamento non va interpretata come una riduzione delle forniture di gas russo al mercato europeo, soprattutto perché si prevede un aumento della domanda di gas in Europa.
Nelle relazioni con la Russia, l’Unione sta promuovendo principi come la reciprocità di mercato, l’equità nelle condizioni di transito in Russia e l’accesso alle infrastrutture russe da parte di terzi. Pertanto, in soldoni, la risposta alle domande che sono state poste è questa: stiamo cercando di diversificare, ma è estremamente importante stabilire misure per quanto riguarda il versante della domanda, perché solo con misure di questo tipo, con l’efficienza e i risparmi energetici possiamo conseguire davvero la nostra indipendenza energetica con maggiore determinazione e, allo stesso tempo, pensare ai nostri traguardi: la sostenibilità e la competitività.
Innanzi tutto vorrei dire che, oggi, la Russia svolge un ruolo importantissimo nell’assicurare all’Europa le scorte energetiche. Attualmente la Russia fornisce quasi il 30 per cento delle importazioni di petrolio dell’Unione e il 45 per cento delle nostre importazioni di gas. O, per essere più precisi, il 25 per cento del gas che consumiamo. Di conseguenza la Russia è il maggiore fornitore esterno di energia.
La Russia fornisce inoltre una quota considerevole delle nostre importazioni dall’Iran, per cui i mercati dell’Unione e della Russia del petrolio greggio e dei prodotti petroliferi, nonché del gas naturale, sono strettamente collegati tramite numerosi oleodotti e gasdotti, collegamenti marittimi e ferroviari e numerosi contratti conclusi dalle nostre compagnie con fornitori russi.
Nel 2000, tra la Russia e la Commissione sono stati instaurati un rapporto e un dialogo di ampio respiro in materia d’energia. Inoltre lo spazio economico comune concordato in occasione del Vertice UE-Russia del maggio 2005 prevede la cooperazione in una vasta gamma di attività legate alle questioni energetiche. Pertanto il dialogo in materia d’energia ha l’obiettivo di dibattere problemi relativi alla politica energetica e allo sviluppo dei mercati e delle infrastrutture, nonché alla cooperazione tra Unione e Russia nei
multilaterali sull’energia. Ritengo che in futuro la Russia rimarrà un fornitore importante per la Comunità europea.
Considerando la crescita prevista del consumo d’energia nell’Unione, mi aspetto che la Russia continui a fornire circa il 25 per cento del gas consumato nell’Unione. Ciò, in termini assoluti, comporterebbe un aumento delle forniture. L’Unione e molti paesi del mondo stanno diventando sempre più dipendenti dagli idrocarburi importati. Vorrei ribadire che, nel lungo termine, ci sono solo tre paesi che dispongono di cospicue risorse di gas naturale: la Russia, l’Iran e il Qatar. Contemporaneamente, nel 2030l’Unione importerà il 70 per cento del suo fabbisogno energetico, in confronto al 50 per cento attuale.
In seguito, le risorse restanti per quanto riguarda il combustibile fossile saranno maggiormente concentrate, come ho affermato, in un numero di paesi piuttosto ristretto. Di conseguenza, l’interdipendenza dall’energia sta diventando un problema globale, con gravi preoccupazioni condivise, come l’aumento della domanda di risorse limitate a livello mondiale, la mancanza di investimenti in nuova produzione e i cambiamenti climatici.
Serve pertanto un’ampia gamma di interventi sia a livello comunitario che di Stati membri per affrontare queste sfide, come è stato sottolineato nel Libro verde. Ho appena evidenziato uno di questi interventi nella risposta che ho dato all’interrogazione precedente dell’onorevole Staes sui biocarburanti. Questo è uno degli interventi da noi indicati.
Il Libro verde ha messo in risalto possibilità quali le politiche intese a migliorare in primo luogo l’efficienza e i risparmi energetici, nonché l’aumento di penetrazione nel mercato delle fonti energetiche rinnovabili. Ha anche sottolineato le opzioni esistenti in materia di politica estera, come il consolidamento del quadro delle relazioni energetiche fra l’Unione e la Russia per aumentare la fiducia reciproca, le politiche e le misure per diversificare le fonti geografiche e le vie di trasporto delle forniture esterne di energia destinate all’Unione.
In tale contesto, è importante evidenziare che l’Unione sta facendo continui sforzi per migliorare le relazioni in campo energetico con altre organizzazioni produttrici di energia – come l’OPEC, il Consiglio di cooperazione del Golfo, i paesi del bacino del Caspio e il nord Africa – e con le regioni che ne consumano nel quadro del Forum internazionale dell’energia, dell’Agenzia internazionale per l’energia, del G8 e tramite dialoghi e accordi bilaterali."@it12
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Je pense que ce sera une réponse relativement longue, car il ne suffit pas de quelques phrases pour y répondre.
Cette politique de diversification ne vise pas nos fournisseurs actuels: elle est une nécessité dictée par les défis de la sécurité énergétique mondiale et par le problème du réchauffement de la planète et d’autres problèmes environnementaux.
Avec la collaboration de la présidence autrichienne de l’Union européenne, j’ai récemment envoyé une lettre au ministre russe de l’énergie, M. Khristenko, au sujet de la coopération énergétique et de l’interdépendance gazière en particulier. Dans cette lettre, nous avons rappelé l’importance que revêt pour l’UE le renforcement des relations énergétiques avec la Russie, principal fournisseur d’énergie de l’Union. Nous avons de surcroît souligné que la priorité accordée par l’UE à la diversification des sources d’approvisionnement n’est pas à interpréter comme une limitation des fournitures de gaz russe sur le marché communautaire, d’autant plus que la demande en gaz européenne devrait augmenter selon les prévisions.
Dans cette relation avec la Russie, l’UE promeut des principes tels que la réciprocité du marché, l’équité des conditions de transit à travers la Russie et l’accès de tierces parties à l’infrastructure russe. Par conséquent, la réponse succincte aux questions posées est la suivante: nous souhaitons diversifier, mais il est extrêmement important de d’agir sur la demande, car seules les mesures prises à ce niveau, l’efficacité énergétique et les économies nous permettront d’affirmer plus fermement notre indépendance énergétique et, dans le même temps, d’envisager nos objectifs de durabilité et de compétitivité.
Je tiens tout d’abord à dire que la Russie joue aujourd’hui un rôle très important dans la sécurité énergétique de l’Europe. La Russie fournit actuellement près de 30% des importations de pétrole de l’Union et 45% de nos importations de gaz. Ou, pour être plus précis, 25% du gaz que nous consommons. En conséquence de quoi la Russie est notre principal fournisseur énergétique extérieur.
Une part considérable de nos importations iraniennes passent également par la Russie. Dès lors, les marchés du pétrole brut, des produits pétroliers et du gaz naturel de l’Union et de la Russie sont étroitement interconnectés par plusieurs gazoducs et oléoducs, par des liens maritimes et ferroviaires et par plusieurs contrats que nos entreprises ont conclus avec des fournisseurs russes.
Une relation et un dialogue énergétiques de grande envergure ont été instaurés entre la Russie et la Commission en 2000. De surcroît, l’espace économique commun convenu durant le sommet UE-Russie de mai 2005 couvre la coopération dans un grand nombre d’activités énergétiques. Aussi le dialogue énergétique vise-t-il à aborder les questions relatives à la politique énergétique et aux développements de marché, à l’évolution de l’infrastructure et à la coopération UE-Russie dans les forums énergétiques multilatéraux. Je pense que la Russie restera un important fournisseur de l’UE à l’avenir.
Compte tenu des prévisions de croissance de la consommation énergétique dans l’UE, je pense que la Russie devrait continuer à fournir quelque 25% du gaz consommé dans l’Union - ce qui, en termes absolus, se traduirait par une augmentation des quantités livrées. L’Union européenne et de nombreux pays du globe deviennent de plus en plus dépendants des importations d’hydrocarbures. Je tiens à répéter que sur le long terme, seuls trois pays disposent de ressources de gaz naturel en quantité: la Russie, l’Iran et le Qatar. Dans le même temps, l’Union importera 70% de son énergie en 2030, pour 50% aujourd’hui.
Au fil du temps, les sources de combustible fossile résiduelles se concentreront dans un petit nombre de pays, comme je l’ai indiqué. Dès lors, l’interdépendance énergétique devient un problème mondial, caractérisé par d’importantes préoccupations communes telles que la demande croissante de ressources limitées dans le monde, le manque d’investissement dans de nouvelles capacités de production et les problèmes de changement climatique.
Par conséquent, un large éventail d’actions s’impose au niveau communautaire et national pour relever ces défis. Le livre vert s’en est fait l’écho. Je viens de mettre en lumière l’une de ces actions dans ma réponse à la question précédente de l’honorable député au sujet des biocarburants. C’est l’une des actions que nous préconisons.
Le livre vert a souligné les perspectives qu’offrent les politiques visant à améliorer avant toute chose l’efficacité énergétique et les économies d’énergie, ainsi que l’augmentation de la part de marché détenue par les sources d’énergie renouvelables. Il a également mis en évidence des options de politique extérieure, notamment le renforcement du cadre des relations énergétiques entre l’UE et la Russie afin d’accroître la confiance des deux parties, ainsi que les politiques et les mesures de diversification des sources géographiques et des itinéraires d’acheminement des fournitures d’énergie extérieures destinées à l’UE.
Il importe, dans ce contexte, de souligner que l’UE s’efforce en permanence d’améliorer les relations énergétiques avec d’autres organisations productrices d’énergie telles que l’OPEP, le Conseil de coopération du Golfe, les pays du bassin de la mer Caspienne et d’Afrique du Nord, ainsi qu’avec les régions consommatrices dans le cadre du Forum énergétique international, de l’Agence internationale de l’énergie, du G8. L’Union s’appuie également sur des accords et des dialogues bilatéraux."@fr8
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