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Europaudvalget 2004-05 (2. samling)
Det Europæiske Råd 22-23/3 2005 Bilag 9
Offentligt

merne af Folketingets Europaudvalg

stedfortrædere.

Journalnummer

400.C.2-0

EUK

21. marts 2005

Til underretning for Folketingets Europaudvalg vedlægges i forbindelse med Det Europæiske

Råd i Bruxelles den 22.-23. marts 2005 Fremme af konkurrenceevne, forsyningssikkerhed og

miljømæssig bæredygtighed

– Et bidrag fra ministrene for så vidt angår energiområdet, 6522/05 + COR 1.

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COUNCIL OF

THE EUROPEAN UNION

Brussels, 18 February 2005

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ENER 29

ENV 78

RECH 35

COMPET 31

I/A ITEM NOTE

From:

the General Secretariat

To:

Coreper/Council

Subject:

Promoting competitiveness, security of supply and environmental sustainability

A contribution of the Energy Ministers to the 2005 Spring European

Council

The 2005 Spring European Council will discuss options for climate change strategies for

the period after 2012 and the mid-term review of the Lisbon Strategy. In this context, and

as Energy Ministers consider it important to deliver a contribution to this debate, the

Dutch Presidency had drafted a first paper which the Energy Working Group started

examining last December.

Building on this text and on discussion in the Working Group, the Luxemburg Presidency

has submitted a compromise text. After extensive consultations with delegations, the text

as annexed has now been agreed. In endorsing the attached contribution, delegations

made it clear that this was without prejudice to ongoing as well as future discussions on

Community financial instruments.

Coreper is therefore invited to submit this contribution to the Competitiveness Council

for adoption under part A of its agenda.

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ANNEX

PROMOTING COMPETITIVENESS, SECURITY OF SUPPLY

AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

A contribution of the Energy Ministers to the 2005 Spring Euro-

pean Council

1. Energy policy needs to provide a significant contribution to promoting a

balanced approach to the goals of security of energy supply, competi-

tiveness and environmental sustainability. It should underpin the refo-

cusing of the Lisbon Strategy on jobs and growth, inform the EU’s Cli-

mate Change Strategy and give input to the revision of the European

Sustainable Development Strategy. To this end, the EU needs to develop

a long-term perspective, which integrates economic, environmental and

energy objectives and accelerates investment, research, technology de-

velopment and diffusion, as well as the development of efficient mar-

kets. In this context, Energy Ministers welcome the Commission's

Communication "Winning the battle against global climate change".

The Lisbon Agenda and Energy

2. Economic growth, sustainable development, competitiveness and em-

ployment must be at the heart of EU policy making. To ensure that the

EU remains competitive over the long term, policy and initiatives in the

energy field should:



While taking account of Member States’ responsibility for deter-

mining their own energy mix, encourage a diversity of energy

supply which enhances supply security;



Implement agreed commitments on energy market liberalisation

and on interconnecting infrastructure;



Develop policy and regulatory frameworks based on sup-

ply/demand and emissions analysis and projections that promote

investment in the EU economy and provide medium and long

term planning certainty;



Promote energy efficiency and related services. This will contribu-

te to lower production costs and provide further job opportuni-

ties.

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Environmental Sustainability

3. It is crucial that the development of the EU’s Sustainable Development

Strategy be based on measures and approaches that are realistic and

achievable as well as affordable while providing medium and long term

planning certainty as a basis for investment decisions. Development of

and investment in the energy sector is central to achieving environmen-

tal objectives that are consistent with growth and employment in the EU.

EU policies on climate change will only be successful within a broad in-

ternational coalition involving all developed countries and the major

emitters among emerging economies. To these ends:



A thorough analysis from an energy perspective of the Commis-

sion’s cost/benefit analysis of medium and long term strategies

for climate change, including targets, and the Report on the new

European Environmental Technology Action Plan will be crucial.

Energy Ministers also invite the Commission to present its report

on impacts of emissions trading on other energy policy instru-

ments, as requested by the Spring European Council 2003;



It is the intention of Energy Ministers to contribute to making the

EU emissions trading scheme, which has now been launched,

more effective and comprehensive while taking account of the

need for promoting competitiveness and an affordable energy

supply;



Energy efficiency actions are most likely to have an early impact

on energy demand and consequently emissions. As energy effi-

ciency is an important aspect of the Lisbon strategy with signifi-

cant potential for economic, environmental and employment syn-

ergies, Energy Ministers support the Commission’s intention to

develop a European Energy Efficiency Initiative in 2005 and wel-

come its intention to come forward with a Green Paper on this

initiative, including a list of possible concrete actions;



Building on the full implementation of agreed commitments on

renewable energies, a feasible strategy for addressing the EU’s

aspirations for renewable energy sources beyond 2010, also on

the basis of the Commission’s communication of 26 May 2004

and the Council conclusions of 29 November 2004, will be a pri-

ority;

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

The Intelligent Energy – Europe Programme is a good instru-

ment to overcome non-technological barriers to energy technolo-

gies. Due attention should be paid to the importance of bringing

these technologies to the market phase including through relevant

Community instruments.



The EU should work to promote an open and constructive dia-

logue with key international partners on medium to long-term

energy/climate change issues. Energy Ministers support global

coalition building and will contribute to it, including through

energy fora such as the IEA, IEF and JREC (Johannesburg Re-

newable Energy Coalition).

Research, Development and Demonstration

4. The EU needs to give a higher priority to energy RD&D, reversing re-

cent trends. As Member States retain responsibility for determining their

energy fuel-mix, effectively targeted research is necessary in all energy

sectors that offer the prospect of contributing to the EU’s economic, en-

vironmental and energy objectives. To that effect:



Energy players should contribute to the definition of EU RD&D

priorities, particularly in respect of the 7

RTD Framework Pro-

gramme;



Efforts in developing and promoting Technology and RD&D in

the field of energy should be better organised;



More effort must be made to ensure that research activity leads to

effective diffusion, adoption and market take-up of energy tech-

nologies by involving the private sector with public programmes,

resources and public-private partnerships.

Next Steps

5. Energy Ministers look forward, and are committed, to making a major

contribution to future discussions on the development of the EU’s medi-

um and long term emission reduction strategies and the longer term sus-

tainable development strategy, and to integrating these strategies with

Lisbon and other energy policy objectives.

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COUNCIL OF

THE EUROPEAN UNION

Brussels, 23 February 2005

6522/05

COR 1

ENER 29

ENV 78

RECH 35

COMPET 31

CORRIGENDUM TO I/A ITEM NOTE

From:

the General Secretariat

To:

Coreper/Council

Subject:

Promoting competitiveness, security of supply and environmental sustaina

A contribution of the Ministers in the field of energy to the 2005 Spr

European Council

The subject of the I/A item note should read:

"Promoting competitiveness, security of supply and environmental sustaina-

bility

A contribution of the Ministers in the field of energy to the 2005

Spring European Council"

The third paragraph should read:

"3. Coreper is therefore invited to submit this contribution to one of

the forthcoming sessions of the [.] Council for adoption under part

A of its agenda."

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