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As in the case of the concerns addressed by the Karlsson reports, which deal with a different set of substances, there can be no doubt that it would also be beneficial to begin aligning measures on securing natural gas supplies. The enforced harmonisation proposed by the European Commission is an altogether different matter. This harmonisation finds its highest expression in a power which the Commission would like to claim for itself: ‘
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Regrettably, the Commission’s proposal is based on the assumption that, in a competitive market, security of supply cannot be entrusted to the sector responsible, an argument it takes too far. For my part, I agree with the rapporteur that market operators – businesses and Member States, in other words – are perfectly capable of safeguarding security of supply. Recent studies confirm this.
For that reason, I was forced to abstain.
I feel that the European Commission should respect the legal nature of the proposed legislation – a directive – and, therefore, suggest general minimum safeguards and precautions, which could then be adopted by the Member States and operators in this sector, with enough flexibility to accommodate the specific circumstances of each country, and with the political freedom to enact concrete legislation in that framework."@en1
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