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II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Amendment to the proposal for a Council Directive on the transit of electricity through 
transmission grids (') 
COM(90) 207 final. — SYN 207 
(Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 149 (3) of the EEC Treaty on 22 May 1990) 
(90/C 144/06) 
(') O] No C 8, 13. 1. 1990 (COM(89) 336 final). 
ORIGINAL PROPOSAL AMENDMENTS ADOPTED BY THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 
First recital 
Amendment No 1 
Whereas it is necessary to adopt the measures required 
to complete the internal market during the period ending 
31 December 1992; whereas successive European Coun­
cils have recognized the need for a single internal mar­
ket, and, in particular in Rhodes, the need for a single 
energy market; 
Whereas the completion of the internal market for 
energy and more particularly in the electricity sector will 
take into account the objective of economic and social 
cohesion; Whereas it is necessary to adopt the measures required 
to complete the internal market during the period ending 
31 December 1992; whereas successive European Coun­
cils have recognized the need for a single internal mar­
ket, and, in particular in Rhodes, the need for a single 
energy market; in order to complete the internal market 
in the electricity sector the Community must develop and 
adopt an overall energy policy plan aimed at minimizing 
risks; 
Amendment No 3 
Whereas the completion of the internal market for 
energy and more particularly in the electricity sector 
must take into account the objective of social economic 
and cohesion; and specifically must ensure the optimum 
supply of electricity to all citizens of all community re­
gions, so as to raise and harmonize living standards and 
lay the foundations for development particularly in the 
most disadvantaged regions; Third recital 
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ORIGINAL PROPOSAL AMENDMENTS ADOPTED BY THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 
Fourth recital 
Amendment No 4 
Whereas the objective of the single electricity market is 
to ensure greater profitability and security of supply by 
freer trade without unacceptable restrictions on competi­
tion; whereas the special nature of the electricity sector 
must be taken into account in the pursuit of this objec­
tive; Whereas energy policy, more than all the other measures 
contributing to the completion of the internal market, 
should take account not only of the need to reduce costs 
and ensure competition, but also of the need to ensure 
security of supply and the compatibility of methods of 
generating energy with the environment; 
New fifth recital 
Amendment No 5 
Whereas, if the pursuit of this objective is to succeed, 
account must be taken of the specific characteristics of 
the electricity industry; 
Former eleventh recital 
Amendment No 8 
Whereas the financial, technical and legal conditions of 
such transit must, as a general rule, be worked out 
directly between the networks concerned; Whereas the financial, technical and legal conditions of 
such transit must be worked out directly between the 
networks concerned; 
Former fourteenth recital 
Amendments Nos 47 and 12 
Whereas it could prove necessary that the Council de­
cide, without prejudice to the Commission's own powers, 
complementary conditions governing the modalities of 
intra-Community transit; Whereas it could prove necessary that pursuant to Article 
100a of the EEC Treaty the Council decide, if possible 
by 1 January 1993, without prejudice to the Commis­
sion's own powers, complementary conditions governing 
the modalities of intra-Community transit; 
Former fifteenth recital 
Amendment No 13 
Whereas the establishment of an internal electricity 
market will stimulate gradual integration of national 
electricity grids, and whereas special infrastructure mea­
sures would help to speed up the linking-up of out­
lying areas and islands in the Community to the inter­
connected grid; Whereas the establishment of an internal electricity mar­
ket will stimulate gradual integration of national elec­
tricity grids, and whereas, therefore, special infrastruc­
ture measures and programmes will have to be undertak­
en so as to speed up the linking-up of outlying areas and 
islands in the Community to the interconnected grid, as 
an effective and socially beneficial measure; 
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ORIGINAL PROPOSAL 
Former sixteenth 
Articles 1 to 
Article 4 
If the absence of agreement is not duly motivated, or if 
the motivation appears unjustified or insufficient, the 
Commission, acting on a complaint from the requesting 
body or on its own initiative, shall put in hand the proce­
dures provided for by the Treaty or other applicable 
Community legal provisions. 
Article 5 
Before 1 January 1993, without prejudice to the Com­
mission's own powers, the Council will decide — as far 
as necessary and in conformity with Article 100a of the 
Treaty — principles and complementary conditions 
governing the modalities of transit. 
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Article 4 
Amendment No 21 
If the absence of agreement is not duly motivated, or if 
the motivation appears unjustified or insufficient, the 
Commission, acting on a complaint from the applicant or 
on its own initiative, shall put in hand the procedures 
provided for by the Treaty or other applicable Com­
munity legal provisions. 
Article 5 
Amendment No 23 
If possible before 1 January 1993, without prejudice to 
the Commission's own powers, the Council will decide 
— as far as necessary and in conformity with Article 
100a of the Treaty — principles and complementary 
conditions governing the modalities of transit. 
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