Translation of "Energy Unit " (English → French) :

"capacity" means the maximum flow, expressed in normal cubic meters per time unit or in energy unit per time unit, to which the network user is entitled in accordance with the provisions of the transportation contract;

They confine themselves solely to renewable energy sources, to the strengthening of energy performance and to the production of energy from biomass, without including other measures such as using biofuels as partial substitutes for mineral fuels, making greater use of the heat generated in electricity stations, improving the techniques available for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases per produced energy unit and providing essential protection for and developing forests to absorb CO2 from the atmosphere.

The Governments of the Member States and the European Commission were represented as follows: Belgium: Mr Melchior WATHELET Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Justice and Economic Affairs Mr Vic ANCIAUX State Secretary with responsibility for Energy (Brussels Regional Executive) Denmark: Mr Svend AUKEN Minister for the Environment and Energy Germany: Mr Günther REXRODT Minister for Economic Affairs Mr Dieter von WÜRZEN State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs Greece: Mr Anastasse MANTELIS Secretary-General, Ministry of Energy Spain: Mr Juan Manuel EGUIAGARAY Minister for Industry and Energy France: Mr Pierre SELLAL Deputy Permanent Representative Ireland: Mr John LOUGHREY Secretary, Department of Transport, Energy and Communic ...[+++]ations Italy: Mr Roberto ROSSI Deputy Permanent Representative Luxembourg: Mr Robert GOEBBELS Minister for Economic Affairs, Public Works and Energy Netherlands: Mr Lambert J. HANRATH Deputy Permanent Representative Portugal: Mr Luis Filipe PEREIRA State Secretary for Energy United Kingdom: Mr Timothy EGGAR Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry (Minister for Industry and Energy) Commission: Mr Marcelino OREJA AGUIRRE Member The following representatives of the acceding States attended: Austria: Mrs Judith GEBETSROITHNER Deputy Head of Mission Finland: Mr Jan STORE Deputy Head of Mission Sweden: Mr Jorgen ANDERSSON Minister with responsibility for Housing and Energy ------------ INTERNAL MARKET IN ELECTRICITY - COUNCIL CONCLUSIONS After an extensive exchange of views on the proposal for a Directive concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity, the Council adopted the following conclusions: "After the submission of the amended proposals for directives on common rules for the internal market for electricity and natural gas by the Commission in response to the position of the European Parliament and the conclusions of the Council on 30 November 1992 the Council has concluded the following: 1.

...EIRA State Secretary for Energy United Kingdom Mr Timothy EGGAR Minister for Energy * * * Commission Mr Abel MATUTES Member NUCLEAR SAFETY IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE AND THE FORMER USSR - COUNCIL CONCLUSIONS "THE COUNCIL, committed to assisting with improving the nuclear safety in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union and aware of the need for sustainable, medium and long-term solutions, to energy supply problems of those coutries, 1.recalls the Council conclusions of 7 December 1992 on nuclear safety in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, involving measures und ...[+++]er the Community's PHARE and TACIS programmes for immediate improvements in the safety of nuclear power plants; recalls the importance of the G-24 mechanism for the co-ordination of assistance programmes and the leading role of the Community in this area; recalls also the Community's intended contribution to the multilateral fund for nuclear safety in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union; 2.notes the assistance already provided by the Community for an immediate improvement in the safety of the plants in question, as presented in the report tabled by the Commission in the Council on 23 April 1993; calls on the Commission to finalize as soon as possible the Master Plan under the PHARE and TACIS programmes referred to in that report; 3.emphasizes the need to continue implementing measures under the nuclear safety aspect of the PHARE and TACIS programmes in order to provide urgently needed practical assistance to improve safety of the plants in question; calls on the Commission to streamline procedures so as to accelerate the implementation of these programmes in the context of the Master Plan by, among other means, increasing the effective use of the expertise available within the Community and in the countries in question; 4.emphasizes that some of these plants are in need of substantial safety improvements and notes that some would be candidates for early decommissioning; notes in this context the importance of medium and long- term solutions to secure energy needs by means which reduce reliance on less safe reactors, inter alia: -exploiting the large energy-saving potential existing in those countries; -increasing efficiency in the energy supply sector; -diversifying energy supply to any source ensuring appropriate safety and environmental protection; 5.invites the Commission to examine practical ways and means to implement quickly appropriate measures in this field and to submit in the framework of existing programmes proposals for concrete activities by the Community in the energy sector; the Council invites the Commission to ...

...inister for Industry and Energy United Kingdom: Mr Timothy EGGAR Minister for Energy Mr David MACLEAN Minister of State, Department of the Environment -------- Commission: Mr Yannis PALEOKRASSAS Member Mr Abel MATUTES Member COMMUNITY STATEGY ON CLIMATE CHANGE - PRESIDENCY CONCLUSIONS THE COUNCIL, stressing the serious global environmental issues at stake: WELCOMES progress achieved so far and ongoing work in developing the Community's overall strategy to limit carbon dioxide emissions and to improve efficiency of production, conversion, distribution and use of energy; STRESSES that measures to save energy, to improve energy efficien ...[+++]cy and to promote the use of renewable energies constitute a fundamental element of this strategy and must be actively pursued in the Community and in all the Member States; WELCOMES the political agreement reached on the conclusion by the Community and its Member States of the UN Convention on Climate Change and URGES that this decision be legally adopted at the earliest possible date; WELCOMES the recent decision to establish a Community monitoring mechanism for CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions in the Member States, which will enable periodical assessments to be made of the effectiveness of initiatives and actions concerning energy saving, energy efficiency and the promotion of renewable energies, with a view to ensuring that the Community is on track to fulfil the commitments referred to in that decision; CONSIDERS that the major global environmental problems at stake make it imperative for these commitments to be fully respected; NOTES that the data presently available need to be completed and re- evaluated in parallel with the discussions on the proposal for a fiscal instrument; INVITES the Commission to present, in accordance with the implementation of the decision on a monitoring mechanism, estimates on the achievement of the objective for the Community and its Member States in line with the commitments of the Community; RECALLS in particular that the fulfilment of these commitments in the Community as a whole depends inter alia on equitable burden-sharing between the Member States as agreed in the conclusions of the Council of 29 October 1990. ...

The Governments of the Member States and the European Commission were represented as follows: Belgium Mr Jan DE BOCK Deputy Permanent Representative Denmark Mr Jann SJURSEN Minister for Energy Mr Soeren SKAFTE State Secretary, Ministry of Industry and Energy Germany Mr Dieter von WÜRZEN State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs Greece Mr Constantin SIMITIS Minister for Industry, Energy and Technology Spain Mr Juan Manuel EGUIAGARAY Minister for Industry and Energy France Mr Pierre SELLAL Deputy Permanent Representative Ireland Mr Brian COWEN Minister for Energy Italy Mr Vito GNUTTI Minister for Industry Luxembourg Mr Alex BODRY Minister for Energy Netherlands Mr Koos ANDRIESSEN Minister for Economic Affairs Portugal Mr Luis Fili ...[+++]pe PEREIRA State Secretary for Energy United Kingdom Mr Patrick McLOUGHLIN Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Trade and Industry (Trade and Technology) * * * Commission Mr Marcelino OREJA AGUIRRE Member TRANS-EUROPEAN ENERGY NETWORKS Pending the European Parliament's Opinion under the co-decision procedure, the Council held a discussion which resulted in a joint guideline on the proposal for a Decision laying down a series of guidelines on trans-European energy networks.