Translation of "charges d'approvisionnement " (French → English) :

40. Emphasises the need to tackle the anticipated growth of gas and electricity imports from third countries to the EU in the short- and medium-term, with view of ensuring security of energy supply, burden-sharing and a fair functioning of the internal market; reiterates that, for some Member States, this challenge is closely linked to a dependency on gas and oil imports from a single third country and that meeting it requires actions oriented at diversifying the portfolio of energy suppliers, routes and sources; acknowledges that strategic objectives in this regard is the realisation of Southern Gas Corridor, including the Nabucco pip ...[+++]eline and its potential lineage to countries of Central and Eastern Europe, and the achievement of supply routes to the EU capable of providing roughly 10-20 % of the EU’s gas demand by 2020, with a view to securing each European region physical access to at least two different sources of gas;

Nevertheless, precautions are taken in all Member States for the eventuality of interruptions of supply, and there are several instruments available for this purpose, which are implemented by the gas supply undertakings themselves: diversification of sources, international pipeline and storage infrastructure, gas storage situated near to the consumer, cooperation among firms at national and supra-national level, long-term contracts with producers, interruptible gas supply contracts tailored to suit individual firms, in some cases clearing systems for the whole national gas industry to ensure gas supply measures in accordance with the mar ...[+++]ket before the state steps in to reallocate burdens, and national and multi-national agreements between gas supply undertakings.

Any limiting of the security of supply obligation would result in a double burden on other undertakings with such an obligation, since they would have to guarantee security of supply for undertakings with small market shares, or new market entrants, over and above their normal supplies.

30. Considers that the water supply companies should charge their customers the costs for obtaining water, safeguarding and ensuring quality, treating and storing water, supplies for peak requirements and distributing water and treating and purifying waste water in their supply area; this is appropriate and is reflected in a uniform water price for the supply area concerned, whilst it must be ensured that excessive disparities do not emerge between supply areas; treatment costs shall be carried according to the polluter pays principle;

The transaction will not have a major impact on supplies since Rinascente operates through its own purchasing department, while Cedis is being transferred from the purchasing department of Vege to that of Rinascente.

The bill also will enshrine in the Financial Administration Act the principles of a fair, open and transparent bidding process and will establish the position of a procurement auditor to review procurement practices across government and provide an alternative dispute resolution mechanism for contractors.