Communication from the Commission to the Council concerning the annotated agenda for the Ministerial Council of the Energy Community (Brussels, 27 June 2008)
Date: 2008-05-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European treaties, agenda, energy policy, ministerial meeting

EN 

EN 

   EN 

 
 
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 26.5.2008 
COM(2008) 322 final 

COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL 

concerning the annotated agenda for the Ministerial Council of the Energy Community 
(Brussels, 27 June 2008) 

EN 

   EN 

 
 
 
  
 
 
COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL 

concerning the annotated agenda for the Ministerial Council of the Energy Community 
(Brussels, 27 June 2008) 

The  Ministerial  Council  of  the  Energy  Community  will  meet  on  27  June  2008  in  Brussels. 
The Commission presents to the Council an annotated agenda with indication of the nature of 
the different items; for agenda items relating to the adoption of decisions having legal effect, a 
proposal for a Council Decision accompanies the annotated agenda.  

This annotated agenda follows the draft agenda of the Ministerial Council meeting. 

1. 

POINTS WITHOUT DEBATE ("A" POINTS: FROM 1.1 TO 1.6) 

1.1. 

Report  on  the  implementation  of  the  Work  Programme  of  the  Energy 
Community (For information) 

The Commission will take note of the report. 

1.2. 

Financial Statements of the Energy Community 2007 (For information) 

The Commission will take note of the Financial Statements. 

1.3. 

Decision on Financial Discharge of the Director (For decision by the Council) 

The  Commission  will  approve  the  financial  discharge  of  the  Director  pursuant  the 
Council  Decision  on  establishing  the  European  Community  position  within  the 
Ministerial Council of the Energy Community1 

1.4. 

Decision  on  the  implementation  of  Commission  Decision  of  9  November  2006 
amending the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003 on conditions for access 
to  the  network  for  cross-border  exchanges  in  electricity  (For  Decision  by  the 
Council) 

The  Commission  will  approve  the  Decision  pursuant  the  Council  Decision  on 
establishing the European Community position within the Ministerial Council of the 
Energy Community2. 

1.5. 

PHLG Conclusions (8th and 9th PHLG meetings) (For information) 

The Commission will approve the conclusions. 

1.6. 

Report  by  the  Chairperson  of  the  Energy  Efficiency  Task  Force  on  currently 
undertaken steps (For information) 

The Commission will take note of the report. 

1 
2 

Council Decision XX 
Council Decision XX 

EN 

2 

   EN 

 
                                                 
2. 

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TREATY (FOR INFORMATION) 

The Commission will take note of the reports. 

3. 

DISPUTE SETTLEMENT UNDER THE TREATY (FOR DECISION BY THE COUNCIL) 

The  Commission  will  approve  the  Procedural  Act  pursuant  the  Council  Decision  on 
establishing the European Community position within the Ministerial Council of the Energy 
Community3 

4. 

SECURITY OF SUPPLY (FOR INFORMATION) 

It is noted that this point is for discussion and that no formal decision is expected at that stage.  

In  the  discussion,  the  Commission  will  stress  the  importance  for  the  Contracting  Parties  to 
implement  Directive  2005/89/EC  concerning  measures  to  safeguard  security  of  electricity 
supply  and  Directive  2004/67/EC  concerning  measures  to  safeguard  security  of  natural  gas 
supply before 31 December 2009 as decided. For this purpose, the Commission will support 
in  principle  the  establishment  of  a  cooperation  group,  which  composition  and  functioning 
shall  be  detailed  in  a  Procedural  Act  to  be  proposed  by  the  Secretariat  for  decision  by  the 
Ministerial  Council  in  December  2008.  This  draft  Procedural  Act  shall  also  propose  a 
procedure  for  the  implementation  of  Article  44  to  46  of  the  Energy  Community  Treaty 
regarding mutual assistance.  

5. 

OIL DIMENSION OF THE ENERGY COMMUNITY (FOR INFORMATION) 

It is noted that this point is for discussion and that no formal decision is expected at that stage.  

In the discussion, the Commission will support the development of an Oil Dimension within 
the context of the Energy Community, with two main components. 

First, the establishment of an Oil Forum should allow discussing and promoting regional oil 
infrastructure projects and the development of the oil markets in the region. 

Second, the oil dimension should allow implementing the EU legislation in relation with the 
oil sector. Several existing provisions of the Treaty and EU pieces of legislation referred to in 
the Treaty would become applicable to the oil sector. Besides, new pieces of EU legislation 
could be taken over, such as Directive 2006/67/EC imposing an obligation on Member States 
to maintain minimum stocks of crude oil and/or petroleum products. The implementation of 
this  later  Directive  would  improve  the  security  of  supply  level  in  the  region  and  would 
represent a significant preparatory step in the accession or pre-accession context.  

6. 

ENERGY COMMUNITY ENLARGEMENT PROCESS (FOR INFORMATION) 

Subject  to  the  adoption  of  a  Council  decision  authorising  the  Commission  to  negotiate  the 
modalities  of  accession  of  the  Republic  of  Moldova,  Norway,  Turkey  and  Ukraine  to  the 

3 

Council Decision XX 

EN 

3 

   EN 

 
                                                 
Energy  Community  and  the  related  amendments  to  the  Treaty  establishing  an  Energy 
Community,  the  European  Commission  will  present  a  status  report  indicating  the  steps  that 
could lead to the opening of formal negotiations. 

7. 

RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES (FOR INFORMATION) 

The Commission will present the status of the discussion on the Energy and Climate package. 

EN 

4 

   EN