Changes from report parliamentary committee draft to plenary report

Added7. Decisions authorising or refusing to authorise a Member State to enter into negotiations in order to amend, extend, adapt, renew or conclude an agreement with a third country shall be adopted, by means of implementing acts, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 83(2).

Added8. The Commission may provide guidance and may request the inclusion of particular clauses in the agreement envisaged, in order to ensure compatibility with Union law in accordance with Decision (EU) 2017/684 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

Added9. The Commission shall be kept informed of the progress and results of the negotiations to amend, extend, adapt, renew or to conclude an agreement throughout the different stages of such negotiations and may request to participate in such negotiations between the Member State and the third country in accordance with Decision (EU) 2017/684.

Added10. The Commission shall inform the European Parliament and the Council of the decisions adopted pursuant to paragraph 5.

Added11. Before signing an agreement with a third country, the Member State concerned shall notify the Commission of the outcome of negotiations and shall transmit the text of the negotiated agreement to the Commission.

Added12. Upon notification pursuant to paragraph 11, the Commission shall assess the negotiated agreement pursuant to paragraph 3. Where the Commission finds that the negotiations have resulted in an agreement which complies with paragraph 3, it shall authorise the Member State to sign and conclude the agreement.

Added13. Within 90 days of receipt of the notification referred to in paragraph 11, the Commission shall adopt a decision authorising or refusing to authorise a Member State to sign and conclude the agreement with a third country. Where additional information is needed to adopt a decision, the 90-day period shall run from the date of receipt of such additional information.

Added14. Where the Commission adopts a decision pursuant to paragraph 13, authorising a Member State to sign and conclude the agreement with a third country, the Member State concerned shall notify the Commission of the conclusion and entry into force of the agreement, and of any subsequent changes to the status of that agreement.

Added15. In the event that the Commission adopts a decision refusing to authorise a Member State to sign and conclude the agreement with a third country pursuant to paragraph 13, it shall inform the Member State concerned accordingly and shall give the reasons therefor.

Added1. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article.

Added2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 8, 56, 66, 74, 75 and 76 shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from [date of entry into force].

Added3. The delegation of power referred to in Articles 8, 56, 66, 74, 75 and 76 may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of power specified in that decision. It shall take effect on the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated act already in force.

Added4. Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making as well as all relevant stakeholders. The European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change Commission may give an opinion to the Commission as to whether the delegated act contributes to achieving the Union’s energy and climate targets.

Added5. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council.

Added6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Articles 8, 56, 66, 74, 75 and 76 shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.

Added1. The Commission shall be assisted by a committee. That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.

Added2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.

Added3. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.

AddedBy 31 December 2030, the Commission shall review this Directive and shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council. The review shall in particular examine the application of Article 8, and the related definitions in Article 2, to assess whether facilities that begin operation from 1 January 2031 ▌ demonstrate higher greenhouse gas emission savings from the use of low-carbon fuels and low-carbon hydrogen to receive certification pursuant to that Article.

AddedBy ... [10 years after the date of entry into force of this Directive], ACER shall assess the implementation of Article 42 with regard to hydrogen distribution network operators, and the implementation of Articles 62 and 69, taking into account the direct influence of those Articles on the hydrogen market functioning, competition, liquidity, hydrogen infrastructure development and its transparency. The assessment shall be carried out after consulting the relevant stakeholders. ACER shall set out the findings of the assessment in a report. The report shall be made publicly available. The report shall include an opinion on dedicated horizontal unbundling rules for hydrogen transmission network operators.

AddedWhere quantitatively and qualitatively substantiated structural shortcomings of this Directive are identified, the Commission may, where appropriate, submit a legislative proposal amending those shortcomings.

AddedDirective 2012/27/EU is amended as follows:

Added(1) Articles 9, 10 and 11 are deleted;

Added(2) Annex VII is deleted.

Added1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Article 2 to 5, Article 7 to 25, Articles 26, 27, and 29, Article 31 to 34, Article 35 (1) (a), (3), (4), (7),(8) and (9), Article 37 and 38, Article 40 (1), (2), (7), (8), and (9), Article 41, Article 42 (2), Article 46 to 53, Articles 56 and 58(11), Article 62 to 69, Article 70 (5) and (6), Article 71 to 73, Article 75 (1), (5), (6) and (9), Article 76 and 77, Annex I and Annex II by 31 December 2023. They shall immediately communicate the text of those measures to the Commission.

AddedWhen Member States adopt those measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made and how that statement is to be formulated.

Added2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

AddedDirective 2009/73/EC, as amended by the acts listed in Annex III, Part A, is repealed with effect from 1 January 2023, without prejudice to the obligations of Member States concerning relating to the time-limits for the transposition into national law and the date of application of the Directives set out in Annex III, Part B.

AddedReferences to the repealed Directive shall be construed as references to this Directive and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex IV.

AddedThis Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

AddedThis Directive is addressed to the Member States.

AddedDone at ...,

AddedFor the European Parliament For the Council

AddedThe President The President

AddedMINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR BILLING AND BILLING INFORMATION FOR GAS

Added1. Minimum information to be contained on the bill and in the billing information for gas

Added1.1. The following key information shall be prominently displayed to final customers in their bills, distinctly separate from other parts of the bill:

Added(a) the price to be paid and a breakdown of the price where possible, together with a clear statement that all energy sources may also benefit from incentives that were not financed through the levies indicated in the breakdown of the price;

Added(b) the date on which payment is due.

Added1.2. The following key information shall be prominently displayed to final customers in their bills and billing information, distinctly separate from other parts of the bill and billing information:

Added(a) consumption of gas for the billing period;

Added(b) the name and contact details of the supplier, including a consumer support hotline and email address;

Added(c) the tariff name;

Added(d) the end date of the contract, if applicable;

Added(e) the information on the availability and benefits of switching;

Added(f) the final customer's switching code or unique identification code for the final customer's supply point;

Added(g) information on final customers' rights as regards out-of-court dispute settlement, including the contact details of the entity responsible pursuant to Article 24;

Added(h) the single point of contact referred to in Article 23;

Added(i) for natural gas only, a link or reference to where comparison tools referred to in Article 12 can be found.

Added1.3. Where bills are based on actual consumption or remote reading by the operator, the following information shall be made available to final customers in, with or signposted to within their bills and periodic settlement bills:

Added(a) comparisons of the final customer's current consumption of gas with the final customer's consumption for the same period in the previous year in graphic form;

Added(b) contact information for consumer organisations, energy agencies or similar bodies, including website addresses, from which information may be obtained on available energy efficiency improvement measures for energy-using equipment;

Added(c) comparisons with an average normalised or benchmarked final customer in the same user category.

Added2. Frequency of billing and the provision of billing information:

Added(a) billing on the basis of actual consumption shall take place at least once a year;

Added(b) where the final customer does not have a meter that allows remote reading by the operator, or where the final customer has actively chosen to disable remote reading in accordance with national law, accurate billing information based on actual consumption shall be made available to the final customer at least every six months, or once every three months, if requested or where the final customer has opted to receive electronic billing;

Added(c) where the final customer does not have a meter that allows remote reading by the operator, or where the final customer has actively chosen to disable remote reading in accordance with national law, the obligations in points (a) and (b) may be fulfilled by means of a system of regular self-reading by the final customer, whereby the final customer communicates readings from the meter to the operator; billing or billing information may be based on estimated consumption or a flat rate only where the final customer has not provided a meter reading for a given billing interval. The estimated consumption shall be based on the previous year consumption and/or on the consumption of a comparable final customer;

Added(d) where the final customer has a meter that allows remote reading by the operator, accurate billing information based on actual consumption shall be provided at least every month; such information may also be made available via the internet, and shall be updated as frequently as allowed by the measurement devices and systems used.

Added3. Breakdown of the final customer's price

AddedThe customer's price is the sum of the following three components: the energy and supply component, the network component (transmission, distribution, transport) and the component comprising taxes, levies, fees and charges.