Translation of "Pipeline pour gaz " (French → English) :

Austria submits that this position too is supported by the Adria-Wien Pipeline case. In Adria-Wien Pipeline the Court of Justice had to consider a partial reimbursement of an energy tax which was granted to undertakings if the tax exceeded 0,35 % of their net production value. The Court held that ‘National measures which provide for a rebate of energy taxes on natural gas and electricity do not constitute State aid within the meaning of Article 92 of the EC Treaty [now Article 107 of the TFEU] . where they apply to all undertakings in national territory, regardless of their a ...[+++]ctivity’ (20).

Deems it unacceptable for the Union to be the only integrated area in which the question of energy, especially the energy mix, is not regarded as a strategic issue both internally and in the context of relations with partner countries; considers that initiatives on energy need to be taken in the EU on a basis of close coordination between the Commission, the Member States and the relevant sectors of the industry in order to safeguard the supply of energy sources, such as oil and gas, to its Member States through a diversified network of energy pipelines, notably by negotiating supply contracts and organising storage capacity, as well as ...[+++] by funding and coordinating research and development on new energy sources as part of all relevant programmes such as the 7th Research Programme 2007-2013 and its subsequent updates;

Diversifying supply sources seems a mandatory response, just like improving the networks for transporting energy, the gas pipelines and the ports.

A week before that, Mr Putin, who is not at all a frequent visitor to other countries, went with Mr Nazarbayev to Turkmenistan and, offering a slightly higher price for gas, signed a political agreement to the effect that all existing gas from Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan would go via Russia’s pipelines.

42. Whilst recognising the strong need for an eventual negotiated move to worldwide free-market rates for the prices enjoyed by Russia in its supply of oil and gas as well as the prices paid by Russia for transit rights through intermediary countries, nevertheless regrets the unilateral suspension by Russia of gas supplies to Ukraine on 1 January 2006, and calls on Russia not to use its market dominance as a political instrument in the conduct of its foreign policy; welcomes the satisfactory resolution of this crisis and calls on the EU to ensure a coordinated policy which guarantees security of energy supply and integrity of the pipelines in the transit coun ...[+++]tries as well as a diversified source of origin for these vital natural resources;

Entities transporting gas on the basis of an authorization pursuant to bekendtgoerelse nr. 141 af 13. marts 1974 om roerledningsanlaeg paa dansk kontinentalsokkelomraade til transport af kulbrinter (installation of pipelines on the continental shelf for the transport of hydrocarbons).