Translation of "Augmentation des quotes-parts " (French → English) :

26. Takes the view that the EU is well on the way to achieving the 2020 renewables expansion target of 20 %; stresses that expansion at national level, which is somewhat uncoordinated and is proceeding extremely quickly, is having a serious impact on the EU internal energy market (inter alia through loop flows); takes the view that energy supply systems must be more reliant on renewables in future; insists that all relevant aspects of energy supply systems be factored into decisions on further expansion of renewables;

2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1 of this Article, the minimum ERDF share allocated to a category of region may be lower than that set out in that paragraph, provided that such a decrease is compensated by an increase in the share allocated to other categories of regions.

It supports improvements in energy efficiency, the adoption of new and renewable energy sources, greater market penetration for these energy sources, energy and fuel diversification, an increase in the share of renewable energy (the EU has set itself the objective of raising the share of renewable energy in gross domestic consumption to 12 % by 2010) and a reduction in final energy consumption.

expected potential increase in accuracy as a result of a larger share of bottom-up calculations.

31. Stresses that, in contrast to its approach to the electricity and fuel sectors, the European Union has no systematic approach towards supporting renewable energies in the heating and cooling sector, even though dependence on gas and oil imports is particularly high in this sector and the costs associated with increasing the share of renewable energies are comparatively low; therefore, calls for an EU-wide strategy aimed at making renewable heating and cooling units competitive by increasing production; observes, in this regard, that bureaucratic regulations at EU level imposed on house owners and builders are not the appropriate way to achieve this, but rather a directive that sets ...[+++] realistic but ambitious targets and coordinates the Member States' actions on the basis of temporary limited incentives for market access;

I see these proposals as likely to give the sky a new architecture, create functional blocks of airspace and thereby ensure that, on the one hand, we increase capacity – which the increase in air traffic makes urgently necessary – and on the other, we enhance safety by minimising potential dangers from the outset, are able to reduce costs and so make flying cheaper and, finally and particularly, that we do the environment a favour by cutting at a stroke the 350 000 unnecessary flying hours to which I have already referred.