CELEX: 51975PC0680
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Date: 1975-12-19
Title: Draft REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL concerning information on the state of t the Community's energy supplies (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                             COM(75 ) 680 final
                                             Brussels , 19 December 1975
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                               x Draft *              \ ,
              , REGULATION ( EEC ) OF THE COUNCIL
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             concerning information on the state of
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                the Community 's energy supplies
         ( submitted to , the Council by the Commission )
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  COM(75 ) 680 final
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 ---pagebreak--- Draft regulation of the Council relating to information on the energy supply
                           situation in the Community
Explanatory memorandum
       Regulation ( EEC ) No 293/74 of the Council of 30 January 1974 on infor- '
rnation for the establishment of comprehensive energy balance-sheets for the
Community was adopted by the Council at the 'time in the immediate hope that
it would answer the need for information engendered by the difficulties then
occurring on the energy market , which were of a type likely to cause serious
disturbances * The Regulation followed a decision taken by the Heads of state
and government at the December 1973 meeting in Copenhagen .
       As a situation similar to the one which led to the adoption of this
Regulation could recur at any time , it is essential for the Community to
have on hand an instrument which gives it , rapid access to homogeneous and
precise data on the supply situation whenever supplies are actually threatened
or likely to be in danger .
       However , the prevailing conditions of recent months , whilst not throwing
up any specific difficulties , necessitate a continuous process of adapting
 supply structures to a highly . fluid market situation ; the request for regular
 information is therefore justified , although the intervals at which it is
 forwarded and its content differ from what is required in times of crisis .
       The sort of efficiency desirable in this connection means that the
 required • information must be rationalised and standardised at Member State
 and at Community level so that it gives the Commission a homogeneous , overall
 view of the energy supply situation in the Community . To be valid , any
 estimate of this situation must , necessarily be unitary and encompass the
 whole range of sectors involved ,
       Regulation ( ESC ) No 293/74 of the Cotmcil of 30 January 1974 no longer
 meets these requirements . It should therefore be annulled and a new one
 adopted which ensuresthat the Commission will have all the information it
 needs - in difficult times as well as normal ones - as the basis for that
 part of its duties connected with energy policy. This is the aim of the
 regulation set out in what follows .
 ---pagebreak---              Draft Regulation ( EEC ) N°         of the Council
             Concerning information on the state of the Community 's
                                energy supplies
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
and in particular Articles 5 and 213 thereof ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community ,
and in particular Articles 187 and 192 thereof ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
                                                                     ' '
Whereas the pursuit and achievement of the energy policy objectives adopted
by the Council , in particular in its Resolutions of 17 December 1974 . and
13 February 1975 » require the harnessing of the appropriate means ;
Whereas for this purpose the energy supply situation in each Member State
and in the Community as a whole must be assessed , and whereas such assessment
must of necessity be comprehensive and cover all the sectors concerned ;
Whereas the Commission must therefore have at its disposal full and comparable
information on the energy supply situation if it is to accomplish the tasks
incumbent upon it in pursuit of the objectives set out' above ;
Whereas in order to meet energy Bupply requirements it has recently become
necessary to institute a permanent policy of adjusting the structure of .
such supplies to changing market conditions , and whereas this situation
implies that the Commission must receive a regular flow of information ;
Whereas when difficulties arise which could cause serious disturbances by
reducing or jeopardizing energy supplies the Commission must also be able
to obtain more immediate and more detailed information on the most important
aspects of that situation ;
                                                                          /
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Whereas , in response "to the difficultioo which arose on the energy market
at that time , on 30 January 1974 the Council adopted Regulation ( EEC ) No 293/74
eliciting certain information from the Member States for the purpose of
drawing up comprehensive energy balance sheets for the Community ;
Whereas the Regulation referred to above no longer meets requirements , for it
does not enable the Commission to obtain the information which is indespensable
to it both under normal circumstances and in periods of difficulty ;
Whereas it is in the general interest to standardize and rationalize the
communication of all the information required at Community level ;
Whereas it is necessary to ensure that the obligations provided for in this
Regulation are complied with and that the confidential nature of the data
collected is respected ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                              Article 1
       The Member States shall communicate to the Commission , on 20 January
and 20 July of each year the information concerning their energy supply
situation as set out in Annex I to this Regulation , giving the figures for
the previous half-year and the forecasts for the current half-year .
                              Article 2
       If , after consulting the Energy Committee , the Commission decides that
difficulties which are reducing , or could reduce , the energy supplies of
one or more Member States are liable to cause serious disturbances , the
Member States shall fulfil the following obligations :
a) the Member States shall communicate to the Commission at quarterly inter­
    vals the information set out in Annex I to this Regulation ,
b ) the Member States shall communicate to the Commission at quarterly inter­
    vals the information on the energy consumed by each of their major sectors
    of consumption , as se^ out in Annex II to this Regulation .
       The information referred to in paragraphs a) and b ) above shall be
communicated to the Commission on 20 January , 20 April , 20 July and 20 October
of each year , and shall comprise the figures for the previous quarter and
forecasts for the current quarter .
                                                                        /
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        The occurrence of a situation requiring the fulfilment of the obli­
gations referred to in this Article shall be the subject of a communication
from the Commission in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
                          Article 3
        The Member States may add. comments to their communications . The
Commission shall transmit to the Member States an annotated summary of the
information received pursuant to Articles 1 and 2 and shall , where appro­
priate , hold the necessary consultations .
                          Article 4
        At least fifteen days before the dates laid down in Article 1 , all
persons and undertakings concerned shall communicate to their national
authorities , at the latter 's request , the information which those autho­
rities require in order to fulfil the obligations set out in Articles 1
and 2 .
                          Article 5                                          '
1 . Information forwarded pursuant to this Regulation shall be treated as
    confidential .
2 . Persons who are participating or have participated in the collection
    and preparation of the information referred to in this Regulation shall
    be bound not to divulge the specific data or any other specific information
    which may have come to their knowledge in or during the exercice of their
    duties .
3 . The confidential nature of the information referred to in paragraph 1
    above shaj.1 not prevent the publication of general information or of summa­
    ries in a form such that information concerning persons and undertakings
    cannot be individually identified .
                          Article 6
        The Member States shall adopt appropriate provisions to ensure obser­
vance of the obligations arising under Articles 4 and 5 *
                          Article 7
                          –––
        Regulation ( EEC ) No 293/74 of the Council of 30 January 1974 on
information for the establishment of comprehensive energy balance sheets
for the Community is hereby repeated .
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                         Article 8
      This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication
in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
      This Regulation shall he "binding in its entirety and directly in all
Member States .
Done at                                               For the Council
                                                      The President
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                                                 ' Energy supply          - Council Regulation nr              of
   Questionnaire "normal situation"
  Country :                            Hard coal !              Lignite                                                                         Rydro .
                                       & Patent       I Coke   & Peat
                                                                                Crude         Petroleum   Natural Derived     îïuclear                      Electr»!
   Semesters               ^                                                                                                                    & geoth .              Total •
                                           fuel
                                                                                 oil           products    gas     gas es     energy                        energy t
                    in 10 toe                         I        briquet .                                                                        energy
  1 « Production of primary
       sources
                                                                                   –       T–
  2 , Production of derived
                                        .-rr–   " ~: l
       products
   3 . Supplies from the
       Community
   4 * Imports from third-party
       countries
                                                                                                                                              I
   6 . Stocks : a) Level
                     ( end period )
                b ) Changes
                                                                                                                          «
   8 * Deliveries to the            j
        Community                   I
                                     I
   9 . Exports to third-party
        countries
  10, Gross consumption                                                                                 !
       1+ 2+3+4~6–0–9                                                                                   !_r
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12 . Gross inland consumption
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        of primary sources and                                                                                                     i
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i       equivalents
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  Additional questionnaire                                     Energy consumption - Council Régulation nr                 of
    • " crisis period"
  Countryî                                Hard coal                 Lignite
                                                                                            i
  Trimester :                     ^       & Patent         Coke     & Peat
                                                                                    Crude  I   Petroleum       Natural     Derived  Electr .
             '              in 10 toe       fiifil                  hrirm#vL» _ _    oil   I    products         gas   ,     gas es energy
                                                                                                                                                 Total
  L71 » Industry-
  L72 . Transportation
tli* Households         , etc...
           (+ 179 * others   )                                                                                                         - -
     16 • Non–energy uses
           Pinal consumption
           171 + 172 + 173 + 16
           Electrical power stations
  ■. 3,i . Gas works &                                                                                                                       t
    +                                                                                                                                        i
  I35 * Blast furnaces •
|I34 » Coke ovens
  136 . Refineries
           Trans fo rmat i ons
           131 + ( 133+135 J+134+136
!
II4. Consumption of the energy-
           sector
     ID • Network losses                                                                     1    .      "
                                                                                  l
                                                                                                            [   other
                                                                     Aviation jj     Gas/
                                             LHJ
                                                                                                Résiduel   1
                            in 10     toe & refiner1'- j i-.otor                    Diesel
                                                                                             i fuel oil    II petrole'in
                                                                                                                              Total
                                                       j spirit        fuels
                                                                                     oil                    :  products _
I Refiner." net production
j Inlmd deliveries
i                                   :
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               Remarks on the rules for the application
                          of Regulation No
When replying to the questionnaires given in Annex I and Annex II to
this Regulation , the following conventions should "be observed .
I.   General convention ;
The nomenclature of energy products , the general framework, the
definition of and field covered by each line of the balance-sheet are
based on the conventions adopted by the Statistical Office of the
European Communities and listed in all its "Energy Statistics"
publications (Quarterly Bulletins and Yearbooks ).
II . Specific conventions for the application of this Regulation :
A.   Ail questionnaires :
1 . En£r^^rodu£ts :
     Lignite and briquettes + peat : peat exclusively for Ireland .
     Petroleum products : all petroleum products , including LPG and
                           refinery gas .
     Derived gases : works gas + coke-4>ven gas + blast furnace gas .
     Hydro-electric and geothermic energy :  excluding production based
                                             on pumping.
     Electrical energy :  excluding hydro-electric , geothermic and
                          nuclear energy in sections dealing with
                          generation and gross consumption .
2.   Common^uni^:
     Balance-sheets are expressed in 1 000; tonnes oil equivalent
     ( 10^ toe); the oil equivalent is defined as having a net calorifio
     value (NCU) of 10 000 calories per gram.    One tonne of oil
     equivalent (1 toe) corresponds to 10 Gcal (10^ kcal ).
 ---pagebreak---                                                                       Arrnex III
  3 . ^nv^r^i^n^faotors^in 10– tojî :
                                                    basic unit             conversion
                                                                             factor
       Solid fuels                                    10 tee                 x 0.7
        ( tees 7 000 kcal )
       M'attirai gas                                Tcal (GCV)               x 0.092
       Works gas and coke-oven gas                  Teal (GCV )              X 0.092
       Blast furnace gas                            Teal (GCV)               x 0.1
       Crude oii and petroleum products                10^t
       Other fuels                                  Teal (NCV)               X 0.1
       Electricity (for 1975)                       GWh ( lO^kWh)
                            Belgium                                          x 0.224
                            Denmark                                          x 0.210
                           Germany                                           x 0.230
                           France                                            x 0.220
                            Ireland     •                                    x 0.266
                            Italy                                            x 0.218
                           Luxembourg                                        x O . 326
                           Netherlands                                       x 0.224
                           United Kingdom '         *                        x 0.252
 B. Questionnaire on "normal period" ( Armex I )
 1 . Production of primary sources :
      Column headed " electrical energy": indicate "other fuels" used for
      the generation of electricity in conventional thermal power stations
       (wood , household refuse etc .).         j
                                               !
                                               i
                                               i
 2 . Pr£duct_ion_of derived £ro_ducts :       '
      Column headed "hard coal ,            omit production of patent fuel*.
      Column headed "lignite ,            omit production of brown coal briquettes*.
      Column headed " eleotrical energy":         indicate result of conventional
      thermal production + electricity produced by pumping - "other primary
      fuels" ( already indicated under B.1 above ): omit production of heat .
6.b Stocks , variations :
      Increase of stocks : positive sign (+) means increase of stocks during
      the period in question .                            /
      Decrease of stocks: negative sign (–) meanL decrease of stocks during
      the period in question.
*
  Similarly, in the questionnaire on "period of crisis", line 132 :
  "processing in patent fuel and briquetting plants" will be omitted .
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                                                                  Annex III
C.    Questiormai-re, £rt_"£eriod__of crisis^
131 . Electrical power stations :
      Column headed " electrical energy":     to be consistent with item B.1
      above , do not indicate " other products", but show only electrical
      energy absorbed by pumping .