CELEX: 51996PC0194
Language: en
Date: 1996-05-06
Title: Amended proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) adopting a multiannual programme to promote international cooperation in the energy sector - Synergy programme

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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                                               Brussels,06.05.1996
                                               COM(%) 194 final
                                               95/0126 (CNS)
                            Amended proposal tor a
                        COUNCIL REGULATION Œ O
                             adopting   a muitiannual
programme to promote international       cooperation     in the energy sector - Synergy
                                   programme
           (presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 189 a (2)
                               of the EC-Treaty)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                             EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The Commission presented on 6 September 1995 a proposal for a Regulation
adopting a mentionnai programme to promote international co-operation in the
energy sector.
The Parliament delivered its opinion on 15 April 1996.
The Parliament's main concerns meet those of the Commission and amendments
adopted reinforcing the initial proposal. Therefore they have been accepted by
the Commission.
Only two amendments which question the competence of the delegation to the
Commission have been rejected.
The Commission presents the attached modified proposal which       takes  into
consideration most of the amendments adopted by the Parliament.
                                    ^1
 ---pagebreak---  Modified          proposal       for a Council          Regulation        (EC) adopting               a muitiannual
 programme to promote international                    cooperation       in the energy sector - Synergy
 programme (COM(95)0197 - C4-0432/95 - 95-0126 (CNS))
The modifications            to the previous        Commission's        proposal        as presented            hereafter
 (references        of   recitals      and articles       are those of the             previous          proposal)       are
approved
            Commission text                                                 Modifications
                                               Recital     -1 (new)
                                                              Whereas, for reasons of security                             of
                                                              supply.           the        protection            of     the
                                                              environment.                the         objective            of
                                                              sustainable             development               and     the
                                                              competitiveness               of the Community's
                                                              industries.           energy matters must be an
                                                              important           element         in      the      Union's
                                                              international            activities;
                                               Recital     1a (new)
                                                              Whereas          the       conclusions              of    the
                                                              Council       of Ministers              of Development
                                                              and Cooperation               of 18 November 1992
                                                              on the guidelines                    for      cooperation
                                                              with      the developing                 countries        for
                                                              clean and efficient               energy technology
                                                              stressed       that an essential                  objective
                                                              of      energy         cooperation               with      all
                                                              developing              countries               was       the
                                                              implementation               of effective              energy
                                                              policies:
                                                     Recital
Whereas according            to the Green Paper               Whereas, as stressed                      in the Green
'For a European Union energy policy'                          Paper 'For            a European Union energy
presented            by        the       Commission           policy'       presented         by the Commission^
international          energy cooperation            is       international             energy cooperation                 is
essential        owing to the increase               in       essential          owing to the increase                     in
pollution          due to         the    growth      of       pollution           due to            the      growth        of
consumption            in       the      developing           consumption               in       the          developing
countries,        the role of energy in the                   countries,          the role of energy in the
stability         of    society,        whether      in       stability           of     society,           whether        in
consumer or producer                countries,     the        consumer or producer                    countries,         the
increasing         energy dependence of the                   increasing           energy dependence of the
Community and the growth                    of world          Community and the growth                          of world
markets       in     production,         transport,           markets         in      production,             transport,
distribution               and        consunrpt i on          distribution                   and          consunrpt i on
technologies;                                                 technologies;
                                               Recital     2a (new)
                                                              Whereas the Community is engaged in
                                                              international            energy activities              under
                                                              various        programmes and whereas.                       to
                                                              ensure        that       these         activities          are
                                                              complementary.                 they          should           be
                                                              coordinated            within       a programme for
                                                              energy policy              cooperation           with non-
                                                              member countries;
 ---pagebreak---                                                        Recital
Whereas this           need for international                  Whereas,         as part            of       an overall
energy cooperation             can be satisfied                Community         energy         strategy          towards
by the creation            of a cooperation          and       non-mêmber          countries.             taking       into
assistance             programme            on_      the       account        the       variety          of      problems
formulation           and implementation               of      facing          them.          this           need        for
energy           policy          in        non-member          international           energy cooperation                can
countries;         whereas in view of the                      be satisfied            by the creation                of a
Community's         experience        in this      area        such a programme; whereas in view of
and, in particular,               of the steps it              the Community's              experience           in this
has        taken        since        1980,       these         area and, in particular,                    of the pilot
activities        should be based on a legal                   schemes it has undertaken                    since 1980.
instrument        capable of adjusting             them        in     the      development             of      renewable
to the various          Community policies;                    energy sources in accordance with the
                                                               objectives         of the Alfener               programme
                                                               and initiatives             such as the Madrid
                                                               Declaration         and action           plan of March
                                                               1994,       the       Souse         Declaration             of
                                                               January       1995, the Tunis and Athens
                                                               Euromediterranean             Conferences and the
                                                               MEDA programme                submitted            at     the
                                                               November 1995 Barcelona                      Conference.
                                                               the legal         instrument           on which this
                                                               programme is based should allow all
                                                               international             energy         activities
                                                               particularly          those in the fields                   of
                                                               renewable        energy sources               and energy
                                                               efficiency            to be incorporated                into
                                                               a consistent.           long-term          strategy       and
                                                               adjusted        to the various                  Community
                                                               policies;          whereas           the        principal
                                                               objective          would        be to           establish
                                                               methods of rational                  energy use and
                                                               make use of renewable energy sources
                                                               whenever possible;
                                                      Recital   3a
                                                               Whereas this             programme coordinates
                                                               the Community's other measures in the
                                                               energy       sector;        whereas          there      must
                                                               therefore         be no duplication                     with
                                                               other     Community programmes such as
                                                               PHARE!" TACIS. MEDA. INCO-COPERNICUS.
                                                               ALURE or             the      4th         (later        5th)
                                                               Framework         programme            for      research;
                                                               whereas           ail        duplication                with
                                                               programmes of the Member States, non-
                                                               Member        States          and        international
                                                               organizations           must also be avoided;
                                                       Recital
Whereas         the       objectives          of     the       Whereas the principal                   objectives          of
programme            envisaged          cannot         be      the      programme.             particularly              the
attained,        by reason of           their    wide-         coordination               of          the          various
 ranging       nature,       other       than    at a          programmes of international                       measures
 Community level;                                              and the development                   of an overall
                                                               energy strategy.              by reason of their
                                                               wide-ranging          nature,        can be attained
                                                               in the best             possible           manner at a
                                                               Community level;
 ---pagebreak---                                              Recital      5a (new)
                                                            Whereas according            to the Commission's
                                                            Green Paper "For a European energy
                                                             policy"     political       and trade relations
                                                            are essential            components          of energy
                                                             policy.           and        accordingly                the
                                                             Community's           international                energy
                                                            cooperation            measures           should            be
                                                             integrated         more effectively               in its
                                                            external       policy     and energy policy                as
                                                             a whole.
                                             Recital      6a (new)
                                                            Whereas the Community's                    policy        for
                                                             international            energy          cooperation
                                                            should         stress         the       element            of
                                                             interdependence              with        its         third
                                                             partners.
                                                   Recital    10
Whereas it is necessary to coordinate                        Whereas it is necessary to coordinate
this programme with other activities                        the international              activities           of the
of the Community, Member States, non-                        Union       in      the       energy         field
member countries             and international               part i cul a r l y        t hose           concerm ng
institutions;                                                renewable       energy sources             and energy
                                                             efficiency       - with those of the Member
                                                             States,        non-member          countries             and
                                                             international         institutions;
                                            Recital      10a (new)
                                                             Whereas        this      programme            must         be
                                                             subject      to a mid-term             and a final
                                                             assessment carried             out bv independent
                                                             experts        in      accordance           with         the
                                                             provisions        of Article       10;
                                                   Article     1
 A Community programme of assistance                         A Community programme of cooperation
 and      cooperation         with     non-member            with     non-member           countries          in      the
 countries         in    the     field    of      the        field     of energy policy,               hereinafter
 formulation          and implementation            of        called    'Synergy',        is hereby adopted.
 energy       policy,      hereinafter       called
 'Synergy',       is hereby adopted.
 ---pagebreak---                                                     Article
SYNERGY shall            be addressed         to   all      SYNERGY shall              be addressed              to all
non-member countries                                        non-member countries                  and        first    and
                                                            foremost those countries                    and regions
                                                            included        in the priorities                    of the
                                                            Community's           external          relations           in
                                                            terms of its political.                     security        of
                                                            energy supply and economic interests.
                                                  Article   4(1)
1.      The purpose           of Synergy        is to        1.      The purpose            of Synergy             is to
provide      assistance          and cooperation            provide       assistance           and cooperation
with the definition,              formulation      and      with the definition,                formulation           and
implementation          of energy policy           for      implementation            of energy policy                for
non-member          countries        in   areas      of     non-member           countries          in      areas       of
mutual interest.                                            mutual interest.
                                                            It shall        make a contribution                   to the
                                                            formulation          and coordination                 of the
                                                            Community's          energy strategy                towards
                                                            non-member countries.
                                                  Article   4(2)
2.     The objectives           of Synergy shall            2.      The objectives            of Synergy shall
be in accordance             with the detailed              be in accordance               with the detailed
rules      set      out    in     Article      6,    in     rules       set      out     in     Article           6,    in
particular:                                                 particular:
-to promote sustainable                development,         -to promote sustainable                    development,
notably       by reducing            emissions       of      notably       by reducing              emissions           of
greenhouse         gases and of pollutants                  greenhouse          gases and of pollutants
linked     to energy consumption^                           linked       to       energy        consumption             by
                                                            encouraging              in       particular              the
                                                             rational       use of energy.                 the clean
                                                            combustion of fossil               fuels,       renewable
                                                            energy sources.             combined energy/heat
                                                             production        and use of waste heat from
                                                             industry;
                                                             -to     devise        integrated           initiatives
                                                             involving            the          selection               and
                                                             implementation            of projects             relating
                                                            to      the     development            of       renewable
                                                             energy       technologies               in        specific
                                                             regions      and locations               in order          to
                                                             demonstrate        how effective            they are in
                                                             improving       the gualitv         of life;
                                                             -to create         networks        specializing             in
                                                            the development and implementation                          of
                                                             renewable energy technologies;
- to enhance the             security      of   energy            to enhance the           security         of energy
    supplies,       and                                           supplies,        and
- to improve          energy efficiency.,                         to improve         energy     efficiency,
 - the safety         of power generation          plant.
 To that end, the Community may                              To that end, the Community shall
 maintain      relations       with                          maintain      intensive         relations          with
 international         organizations        in the           international           organizations            in the
 energy sector.                                              energy sector.
 ---pagebreak---                                                           Article 4(3)
  3.          In      order       to        achieve         the     3.          In      order       to        achieve        the
  objectives         referred        to in paragraph               objectives          referred       to in paragraph
  2, the Community shall contribute,                          in   2, the Community shall contribute,                          in
  particular,           to      the       financing           of   particular,            to     the        financing          of
  activities        concerning:                                    activities         concerning:
  -technical        assistance          and training,              -energy       planning,
 -energy       planning,                                           -the creation           of institutions             such as
                                                                   the energy centres,
 -the organization               of conferences             and    -technical         assistance          and training,
 seminars.
 -the creation           of institutions             such as       -the organization              of conferences            and
 the energy centres.                                               seminars.
  Funding         shall        also         cover       costs      Funding          shall       also          cover       costs
  related           to        the            preparation,          related            to        the            preparation,
  implementation,                 monitoring               and     implementation,                 monitoring               and
 evaluation          of these operations,                     as   evaluation          of these operations,                   as
 well as costs concerning                      information        well as costs concerning                       information
 and its dissemination.                   Taxes, duties            and its dissemination                    Taxes, duties
 and       the       purchase            of       immovable        and       the       purchase            of       immovable
 property        shall not be funded.                              property        shall not be funded.
 No funding               may be             granted         to
 research,                 development                    and
 demonstration           projects.No           funding may
 be granted          to research,             development
 and demonstration              projects.
 The programme's resources                     may also be        The programme's resources                       may also be
 used       temporarily            to       support        the     used       temporarily           to        support       the
 operation         of the Secretariat                 of the      operation          of the Secretariat                 of the
 European Energy Charter Treaty.                                  European Energy Charter Treaty.
                                                          Article 6(1)
 1.     An indicative            programme covering                1.    An indicative            programme covering
 the period           referred         to in Article              the      period       referred         to in Article
 3(1)        shall         be       established              in   3(1)     is established,             in the Annex.
 accordance          with the procedure                  laid
 down in Article              MZL without this
 bei ng                  nul t i annual              budget
 commitment.
 This       programme          shall          define       the    This        programme          shall          define      the
 principal        objectives,           guidelines         and    principal         objectives,           guidelines        and
-priorities         of Community assistance                  in   priorities          of Community assistance                 in
 the indicative             areas referred             to in      the indicative              areas referred             to in
 Article       4(2).      It shall          indicate       the    Article        4(2).       It shall          provide      for
 objectives             considered               to      have     the         possibility            for           conducting
 priority.                                                        emergency operations                as called for by
                                                                  t he          Communi t v ' s                   political
                                                                  commitments.
 The programme may be modified                               in
 accordance          with     the same procedure
 during the period of its application.
 ---pagebreak---                                                      Article      6(4)
4.     Contracts       may also be concluded                      4.      Contracts            may also be concluded
with international            networks of study                   within          the            framework             of       the
and research           centres       in      order      to         muitiannual            indicative           programme set
define       the     contribution           of     these          out in the annex, with international
networks       to the achievement                of the           networks           of         study         and      research
objectives            described             in        the         centres         in         order        to      define        the
indicative       programme.                                       contribution             of these networks to the
                                                                  achievement                  of       the         objectives
                                                                  described                 in         the          indicative
                                                                  programme.
                                    Article       7(2),    third      subparagraph
Negotiated        contracts       may be awarded                  Negotiated           contracts           may be awarded
for operations         involving       an amount of               for operations               involving         an amount of
up to ECU 50 000. This amount may be                              up to ECU 50 000.
revised      by the Council           on the basis
of a Commission              proposal.         account
being taken of experience                  gained in
similar      cases.
                                    Article       7(2),     fifth     subparagraph
Participation          by natural         and legal               Participation                by natural            and legal
persons from other countries                     may be           persons from other countries                             may be
authorized        by the Commission                 on a          authorized             by the Commission                    on a
case-by-case         basis if the programmes                      case-by-case               basis for the duration
or       projects         concerned             require           of      operations                financed            by_ the
specific           forms        of        assistance               resources               earmarked              for        these
specifically           available          in       these           measures           if         the       programmes             or
countries,          subject      to     reciprocity                projects        concerned            require        specific
being granted by those countries.                                  forms       of        assistance              specifically
                                                                   available       in these countries,                    subject
                                                                  to reciprocity                being granted by those
                                                                  countries.
                                                     Article      9(3)
3.    The Commission shall              examine the                3.    The Commission shall                      examine the
various       ways in which co-financing                           various      ways in which co-financing
involving       the SYNERGYprogramme, the                          involving        the SYNERGYprogramme, the
bilateral        assistance        of the Member                   bilateral         assistance              of the Member
States and other community programmes                              States and other community programmes
might      be promoted.             It    shall,        in         might     be promoted.                     It     shall,       in
particular,             ensure          that          any          particular,            ensure both coordination
duplication        of effort      between SYNERGY                  and      complementarity                     between         the
and      these        other       programmes            is         assistance          for the beneficiary                     non-
avoided.                                                           member countries                 provided        by SYNERGY
                                                                   and the other                Community instruments
                                                                   for international                  cooperation          in the
                                                                   energy field               in order to avoid any
                                                                   duplication            of effort.
                                                       Article       10
                                                                    1. Each year the Commission                               shall
                                                                   inform         the            European            Parliament
                                                                   regarding         the implementation                    of the
                                                                   SYNERGYprogramme in the course of
                                                                   the preceding                year.      with a view to
 ---pagebreak---                                                   determining         what progress               has been
                                                  made        in       the          pursuit            of       a
                                                  comprehensive             energy         strategy         and
                                                 what degree of coordination                       has been
                                                  achieved       with       other        programmes and
                                                  measures of the                 Community.            Member
                                                  States,      and non-member countries.
The Commission      shall,     by 30 June        The Commission                 shall         present         an
1998. present    a progress       report  on      interim      report          by 31 December 1999
the implementation      of the programme          and, by 31 December 2001. a final
in the previous    financial    years. This       report     on thé implementation                      of the
report   shall   be addressed        to the       programme in the previous                      financial
European Parliament,       the Council and        years and the impact thereof                        in non-
the Economic and Social Committee.                member countries              and Member States.
                                                 accompanied                by         the         external
                                                 assessment by independent                      experts       on
                                                 which it is based. This report                           shall
                                                  be      addressed            to        the       European
                                                  Parliament,           the       Council          and the
                                                  Economic and Social Committee.
                                                 The interim            report        shall       be taken
                                                  into      account           by        the      budgetary
                                                  authority           when           evaluating             the
                                                  continuation           of the funding                 within
                                                 the annual budgetary                  procedure.
                                         ANNEX (new)
                                                  INDICATIVE ACTION PROGRAMME
                                                  In the implementation                  of the Synergy
                                                  programme and in the drawing                           up of
                                                 the annual            action         programmes,           the
                                                 following          guidelines            all     be taken
                                                  into account.
                                                 The tasks           of Synergy             are to help
                                                  achieve        the         Community's                energy
                                                  objectives           as       set        out      in      the
                                                  Commission's            White          Paper       'For       a
                                                  European Union Energy Policy':
                                                  •    global    competitiveness,
                                                  •    security       of supply,
                                                  •    the environment.
                                                  Each of          these         objectives             has a
                                                  sizeable       external          component,            as is
                                                  made clear             in      the       Green        Paper.
                                                  Synergy will          implement energy policy
                                                  according       to its         own logic.           It also
                                                  has      to        be       complementary                with
                                                  international           cooperation           activities
                                                  being      conducted            elsewhere           in    the
                                                  Community.
                                                  The Synergy guidelines                   for    1996-2000
                                                  have been drawn up on that                     basis.
 ---pagebreak--- I.  AREAS OF COOPERATION LINKED TO
    THE COMMUNITY'S ENERGYSTRATEGY
(a) Activities         pursuant       to the three
    objectives:
•   devising        an energy        policy     for    an
    enlarged        Union;
•   encouraging          energy efficiency             in
    non-Community countries;
•   developing              local          and,        in
    particular,              renewable          energy
    sources;
•   encouraging               regional          energy
    integration;
•   action      to promote consistency                 in
    the implementation                of Community
    programmes          in specific           regions
    (e.g.         the        Black        Sea,       the
    Mediterranean,             the Gulf);
•   action       to encourage dialogue                 in
    respect       of energy and South-South
    trade.
(b) Global competitiveness:
•   support        for European technology
    and undertakings             to penetrate        key
    markets in the energy sector                       in
    particular              Asia        and       Latin
    America.
(c) Security        of supply:
•   dialogue         with       energy      producing
    and          exporting               countries:
    Arabian/Persian                Gulf,      Russia,
    producer         countries         in America,
    Asia and Africa;
•    encouraging          dialogue       between the
     European Community and the energy
    transit       countries        and the transit
     and       producer            countries           in
     particular,          by helping        implement
    the provisions              of the Treaty on
    the European Energy Charter;
•    participation           in and support for
    the work of international                    bodies
     in this        sector:       ministerial         and
     producer/consumer                 conferences,
     International           Energy Agency;
•    support        for     the     execution         and
     financing        of the investment             that
     is      needed           in      non-Community
     countries        in the production               and
     transit       of energy,        in particular
     by helping          implement        the Treaty
     on the European Energy Charter;
 ---pagebreak---    •      support        for      the      liberalization
          and opening             up of the energy
          sector,         helping         draw up non-
          Community             countries'                energy
          policies        in this new situation.
   (d)    The environment:
   •      Training            decision-makers                  and
          staff     in the energy industry                       of
          non-Community                  countries               in
          environmental            awareness;
   •      the transfer            of European energy
          and      environmental                 techniques,
          experience         and information;
   •      encouraging           clean technology,                in
          particular          for the combustion                 of
          coal      in      major        consumers           like
          China,       taking        the        implications
          for energy policy               into account;
   •      strengthening                and         supporting
          efforts         to      have       environmental
          aspects        taken        into        account        in
          non-Community             countries'             energy
          policy      and planning;
   •      helping       improve nuclear safety in
          existing          plant       in Central              and
          Eastern       Europe and in the CIS.
   •      encouraging             and        helping         non-
          Community            countries             to      plan
          sustainable               national               energy
          policies           and       devising            energy
          supply       concepts         in keeping with
          each        different              environmental
          situation.
   II.    GEOGRAPHICAL PRIORITIES                               AND
          COMPLEMENTARI TY                       W TH          THE
          COMMUNI TY" S                  I NTERNATI ONAL
          COOPERATIOrPROGRAMMES
   (a)    Role and objectives:
    Synergy        has        a leading                role       in
    international           relations          in the energy
   field.
    It       will         thus         promote             energy
    cooperation           in relations              with non-
    Community countries                and will         have its
    energy objectives              taken into account
    in        the          external               cooperation
    activities           carried           out      by other
    Community programmes (Objective                          1).
    Synergy will           also help non-Community
    countries        who are major producers                      or
    consumers          of      energy         to      implement
    energy policies              compatible            with the
    Community's           and strengthen                dialogue
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 ---pagebreak---    and cooperation                with     those       countries
   (Objective          2).
   Synergy will              also        ensure        that     the
   projects       it finances              in pursuance of
   its energy objectives                    do not conflict
   or        corrpet e               with            Corrrrunity
   international            cooperation            activities.
   Synergy's           complementarity                 to other
   Community cooperation                     instruments           is
   reflected         in the fact                 that      Synergy
   will        allow           the         emergence            and
   preparation               of         energy           projects
   financed              by           other            Community
   cooperation          instruments(Objective                   3).
   (b)    Geographical              Priority        areas
   To obtain          these objectives,                    Synergy
   will     concentrate             on the geographical
   priorities               in         the         Community's
   external         relations              and will            help
   achieve certain                of the priorities                in
   those relations.
   The priority            areas for Synergy action
   are listed            below,         with the related
   objective             of         that          action         (in
   brackets):
    •     Central            and         Eastern           Europe,
          cooperation              to prepare             for    the
          accession               of        the        associate
          countries,                    including                the
          approximation               of the legislative
          frameworks for energy policy                           and
          the           linking               of         networks
          (Objective           3); Former Yugoslavia
          (Objective           1);
    •      Former Soviet             Union (Objectives                2
          and 3);
    •      Mediterranean                   countries,               in
           conjunction            with Arabian/Persian
           Gulf            producer                  countries
           (Objectives            2 and 3); Palestinian
          territories             (Objective          1);
    •      Latin      America:            Mercosur and its
           member          countries,               Chile         and
           Mexico         (Objectives              2 and 3);
           Venezuela              will          also         be       a
           preferential                 partner           but       in
           respect            of         energy          strategy
           (Objective           2);
     •     Asia:         China,          India        and     ASEAN
           (Objectives            2 and 3);
     •     Africa:        specifically             South Africa
           with,      in particular,                support       for
           developing           its relations             with the
           other             African                  countries
           (Objective           1).
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 ---pagebreak---    (c)    Emergency action
   Synergy may also initiate                   any action
   required       by sudden developments                      in
   the international             situation.
   III.      FUNDING SYNERGY
   (a)    Reference amount
   The reference          amount for setting                the
   attached         table         for        the       entire
   duration      of the programme shall                       be
   ECU 50 m.
   This     amount shall              not affect            the
   powers of the budgetary                  authority.
   (b)   Apportionment           of funds
   The table         which follows              translates
   into financial          terms (percentage)               the
   guidelines       described         according        to the
   activities           corresponding               to      the
   objectives         set and broken down by
   geographical          priority         areas.        It is
   for guidance and does not constitute
   a commitment              in      respect         of     the
   allocation        of funds. Some activities
   may relate          to more than one area:
   thus       energy        efficiency             and      the.
   development          of local         resources          may
   both       involve          the       promotion             of
    European undertakings.
   This apportionment                 shall      apply       for
   the entire       duration        of the programme.
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 ---pagebreak---                                                              (Amendment 26 (continued)
Indicative          apportionment         of  appropriations        (%)  by type         of   action   and implementation       regions
                                                                        Prioritv       regions
  Type of     activity      General    or    Central   and  Former        Mediterranean,          Asia  Latin   Africa    Total
                            inter-           Eastern        Soviet        Arab/Gulf                     America
                            regional         European       countries     countries,
                                             countries                    Palestinian
                                                                          territories
  Producer-
  consumer                         4                                                                                         4
  dialogue
  Increasing
  energy
  efficiency       and                              5            5                   5              2       2       1       20
  use of                              .
  renewables
  Developing       local
  resources       and               1               4            8                  10              1       2       3       29
  concepts
i Preparing
  adhesion                                           6                                                                       6
  Integration                    3                               1                    1              1       1       1      8
  Promoting
  technologies         and                                       4                   1              1       2       2       10
  undertaking
  Training       and
  advice     for                                    3            3                   3              1       2       2       14
  decision-makers
  Nuclear      safety                                2           3                                   1                       6
  Other    evaluation               3                                                                                        3
  Total                            11              20           24                  20              7       9       9      100
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