CELEX: 51983PC0210
Language: en
Date: 1983-04-11
Title: Amended Proposal for a COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION on the methods of setting natural gas prices and tariffs in the Community (submitted to the Council by the Commission pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 149 of the EEC Treaty)

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                                                                           C 0 M (83>       210   fin a l
                                                                           B ru s s e ls ,     11  A p r il   1983
                                          Amended        P ro p o sa l    fo r     a
                                          £ Q U N C Il _ r e c o m m e n d a t i o n
             on   th e  m e th o d s   of   s e ttin g     n a tu ra l    gas      p r ic e s  and   ta r iffs
                                                in   th e    C o m m u n it y
                (s u b m itte d    to   th e   C o u n c il   by    th e    C o m m is s io n   p u rsu a n t
            to   th e  second       p a ra g ra p h   of    A r tic le     149 o f        th e  EEC T r e a t y )
 COM( 8 3 ) 210   fin a l
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                                            ii:        '■   ; '
                                       PROPOSAL FORA COUNCIL RECOMMANDATION
         Ì o n j t he M e th o d s o f s e ttin g n a tu ra l gas p r ic e s $nd t a r i j f s f i n      th e      C o m m u n it y
TEXT PROPOSED· BY THE· COMtflSSTÙH. $ F v Tisi                        <        TEXT AMENDED..S¥ THE *
       THE-EUROPEAN' COMMUNITIES 1                                             EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
THE COUNCIL' OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES/                          THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
                                    Preamble and recitals unchanged
HEREBY RECOMMENDS TO THE MEMBER STATES:                            HEREBY RECOMMENDS TO THE MEMBER STATES:
 (a) that they take appropriate steps,                              (a) that they take appropriate steps,
      if they have not already ddrté’so,                                   if they have not already done so,
      to ensure that the methods of                                        to ensure that the methods of
      setting natural gas prices and|                                      setting natural gas prices and
      tariffs in the Community are based                                   tariffs in the Community are based
      on the following common principles:                                  on the following common principles:
                                       Paragraphs 1 to 3 unchanged
4. The two-part tariff system,                                             4. The two-part tariff system,
 consisting of a fixed component to                                        consisting of a fixed component to
                                                                                                     • 5- '4
 cover fixed costs, in particular the                                       cover fixed costs, in particular the
 cost of permanent connection to th®                                        cost of permanent connection to the
 network, and a component which varies                           .          network, and a component which varies
 with the quantity of gas supplied,                                         with the quantity of gas supplied,
 is the system which, of the various                                        is the system which, of the various
 tariff options available, should be                                        tariff options available, should be
 generally used.                                                             generally the_ba§is_fgr_£harges_tg
                                                                             £20S§S i£_consumers_an3_smaU_,con§yms£§
                                                                             2i _ 2i S _ i 2£ _ i D d y s t r i a l „ B U £ B o s e s ·
  This should be the case, in particular*                       ,            This should be the case, in parti-
  for categories of c o n s u m e r s w h i c h have                         cular, for categories of consumers
   homogeneous features from the point of                                    “ M c h havs h ° » ° 9 « « ° “ s features from
  view of use, the stale of consumption                                      the ',0,r’t of vi8u °? us=- the scaLf
   and the regularity of offtakes end to                                     °' «0"«*>Pt1on and the regularity of
   which tariffs based on these features                                    offtakes and to which tariffs based
   would be applied.                                                        on ,h4,e ,e*tures “°uld b * applied.
   10J C 270, H . 10.1982, p. 11
 ---pagebreak---  TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION OF                            TEXT AMENDED BY THE
      THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES                                 EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
5. For the other categories of                5 · £or_large_cgnsumers_of_gas*_where
consumption subject to tariffs,               ii 2 §d_costs_fgrm_a_small_gart_gf_tgt§l
provision should be made for two (or          £ 2 §ts4_a_single_tariif f_should_ngrmal ly
more), components which decrease as           aggly^but provision should be made for two
consumption rises, in order to take           (or more) components which decrease as
account of economies of scale in              consumption rises, in order to take account
transport which arise as volume              of economies of scale in transport which
increases. The tariffs applied for           arise as volume increases.                               The tariffs
a given location should also vary in         applied for a'given location should also
relation to the off-take characteris­        vary in relation to the off-take chararac-
tics, such as the load factor, in order      teristics, such as the load factor, in order
better to pass on the costs.                 better to pass on the costs.
                                             5a._ In_the_case_gf_non;tariff_sales_to
                                             i§E9?_£2D§ymers_( i^e. ..contract _sa les) *
                                             B E l £ § § _ § b 2y i 2_ £ § Î i § £ £ _ Ç 2 § t _ a n d _ m a r k e t
                                             conditions.
                         Remainder of proposal unchanged