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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I too am grateful to Mr Seppänen for the detailed work that he has enabled us to carry out. I also thank Mr Piebalgs for being here.
I wish to underline the importance of the directive concerning the completion of the internal market for gas. The directive, which was adopted last year, lays down fair and detailed rules for access to Member States’ gas transmission networks by third parties, taking account of the individual nature of national and regional markets.
As has already been mentioned, the directive is analogous to the one on grid access for cross-border trade in electricity. It is important to bear in mind that the proposal has been drawn up on the basis of voluntary agreements made within the European Gas Regulatory Forum, which will become binding through this regulation.
The main changes introduced by the Council concern the guidelines referred to in Article 9, which have been reduced in scope, and the removal of the Commission’s power to adopt new guidelines through the committee procedure and its power to amend the guidelines laid down in the annexes. The guidelines concern third party access services, principles of capacity allocation mechanisms, congestion management procedures and transparency requirements.
The Council has also inserted a new paragraph in Article 9 clarifying the differences between national gas networks, which must be reflected in the guidelines, in their implementation and in future amendments.
I should also like to point out that the Council has put back the date for the regulation to enter into force from 1 July 2005 to 1 July 2006, except for Article 9(2), which will enter into force six months later.
On behalf of my group, I should like to express our satisfaction at the agreement reached with the Council, even though at a personal level I should have preferred it if the Council and Commission regulation had also covered the need to regulate access to storage facilities. Ten per cent of our reserves have been used up in Italy during this very cold spell, and I therefore think it appropriate to mention this aspect as well, and also the cushioning effect that storage has on prices. In any case, I trust the Commission will also be willing to regulate this area soon."@en1
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