Session 12: EU Energy Security and Energy Crisis 2022
Content of the session:
EU Energy Security
- An obligation to maintain minimum stocks of crude oil and/or petroleum products
- 2006 Gas Crisis
- 2009 Gas Crisis
- Regulation (EU) 994/2010 concerning measures to safeguard security of gas supply
- European Energy Security Strategy
- Regulation (EU) 2017/1938 concerning measures to safeguard the security of gas supply
- Energy Infrastructure
- The Energy Community
- The Energy Charter Treaty
Presentations:
Compulsory reading:
Council Directive 2009/119/EC of 14 September 2009 imposing an obligation on Member States to maintain minimum stocks of crude oil and/or petroleum products
COM(2015) 80 final A Framework Strategy for a Resilient Energy Union with a Forward-Looking Climate Change Policy
European Energy Security Strategy
Immediate Actions to Increase the Eu's Capacity to Overcome a Major Disruption During the Winter 2014/2015, Oil Stocks, Preventing and mitigating gas supply disruption risks, Solidarity mechanisms among Member States (p. 2-6)
Accelerating the construction of key interconnectors (p. 9-10)
Increasing energy production in the European Union (p. 12-14)
Diversifying External Supplies and Related Infrastructure – Gas (p. 15-16)
Improving Coordination of National Energy Policies and Speaking with One Voice in External Energy Policy and Conclusions (p. 17-20)
Regulation (EU) 994/2010 concerning measures to safeguard security of gas supply
Preamble (1) – (10), (13) – (17), (22) – (27)
Art. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10-12
Annex II, III, IV
Regulation (EU) 2017/1938 concerning measures to safeguard the security of gas supply
Art. 1, 3 – 13
Energy Union: Security of gas supply regulation
R. Fleming, A legal perspective on gas solidarity
Introduction (pages 102-103), Background (pages 103-104), Structure and aims of Regulation 2017/1938 (pages 104-105), Risk groups and the solidarity mechanism: 4.1. Risk groups, (pages 105-107) 4.2 Solidarity measures of the new article 13: ONLY 4.2.1 The history of solidarity in European gas security of supply legislation (page 107), 4.2.2. Solidarity in Regulation (EU) 994/2010 and lack of reverse flow capacity (pages 107-108), 4.2.3. The new solidarity mechanism of article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1938 (page 108), 4.2.4. The new category of “solidarity protected customers” (pages 108-109).
Extra non-compulsory Reading
(The purpose of the recommended reading is to broaden and deepen the understanding of the subjects addressed in the course.)
COM(2000) 769 final Green Paper Towards a European strategy for the security of energy supply: Executive Summary (pages. 2-4), Introduction (pages 9-11), The Impossibility of Energy Self-Sufficiency (pages 12-30).
Jonathan Stern. The Russain - Ukrainian gas crisis of January 2006.
Jonathan Stern, Simon Pirani, Katja Yafimava. The Russo - Ukrainian Gas Dispute of January 2009: A Comprehensive Assessment