UPRIGAZ

UPRIGAZ supports the “Fit for 55” and the proposed methodology of setting new, more ambitious targets for 2030: Increase the share of ENR in the mix, increase energy efficiency, new standards on alternative or renewable fuels. UPRIGAZ welcomed the introduction of carbon price signals that would guide operators. As regards ENR, UPRIGAZ emphasises the opportunities offered by renewable gases (biomethane, hydrogen).

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UPRIGAZ fully supports the decarbonisation objectives of the Fit for 55 package and the Commission’s wish to improve the energy efficiency of buildings. However, UPRIGAZ points out that this improvement in the timing and objectives proposed by the Commission faces two sets of obstacles: 1.The first obstacles relate to the technical and human capacities that need to be mobilised to implement the renovation programmes…

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Mr UPRIGAZ welcomed the main orientations of “Fit for 55”, which should lead to at least a 55 % reduction in GHG emissions by 2030 compared to 1990 levels and to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. With that in mind, UPRIGAZ supports the principle put forward by the Commission of establishing a carbon border adjustment mechanism (Macf), not only with a view to preventing carbon leakage, but also in order to…

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UPRINAZ welcomes the initiative of the European Commission to achieve a new mechanism to avoid carbon leakage and to put all EU economic actors on an equal footing with their global competitors. Uprigaz noted that there were two weaknesses in the HTA mechanism: If the ETS allows certain industrial sectors to avoid paying a carbon tax in the European Union, the scheme does not protect these industries against…

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UPRIGAZ supports the Commission’s ambition in the Fit for 55 package to adapt EU legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 % by 2030, compared to 1990 levels, with a view to achieving EU carbon neutrality in 2050.

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UPRIGAZ welcomes “Fit for 55” to adapt EU legislation to the objective of reducing net GHG emissions by at least 55 % by 2030 compared to 1990 levels, to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. UPRIGAZ supports the approach proposed by the EC in its Fit for 55 package of setting new and more ambitious targets for 2030; Whether it concerns an increase in the share of renewable energy in the European energy mix, an…

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UPRIGAZ, which brings together the main companies operating in France throughout the gas value chain and on the electricity market, is directly concerned by this European Commission proposal, and wishes to highlight several points: 1.UPRIGAZ welcomes the fact that the Commission’s proposals do not call into question the rules for the functioning of the natural gas market laid down in 2009.

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Uprigaz wonders on the basis of the Commission’s view that electrification of uses is the most efficient solution for most sectors except for transport, industry and regrets the lack of an evaluation taking into account the principle of technological neutrality.

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UPRIGAZ shares the EC’s position on the need for CCUS to meet its 2050 climate targets, as a complement to the lattenuation of GHG emissions. We welcome the EU’s initiatives to move towards greater use of the CCUS, be it the Directive on the geological storage of carbon dioxide, the Net-Zero Industry Act, which aims to create an EU market for CO2 storage services, sets a legally binding target of 50 Mt of annual CO2…

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UPRIGAZ welcomes with interest the proposal for a new Regulation on guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure, updating the 2013 Regulation. UPRIGAZ welcomes the fact that these guidelines are fully integrated into the objectives of the Green Deal and the achievement of carbon neutrality in 2050.

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ENI, a member of the UPRIGAZ, does not associate itself with this opinion. LUPRIGAZ supported the proposed reform of the European electricity market as a response to the energy crisis and decarbonisation. LUPRIGAZ welcomes the fact that the proposal preserves the functioning of a successful wholesale market.

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European energy policy is based on three pillars: decarbonisation, security of supply and competitive energy cost research. Mr LUPRIGAZ notes that these three objectives have never been prioritised, even though the Commission seemed to favour the fight against global warming.

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UPRIGAZ, which brings together the players active in the production gas chain through transport to final customers and wholesale intervention storage, adheres to the general principles of this proposal for a regulation amending Regulation 217/1938. 1 — UPRIGAZ agrees with the target of filling storage around 80 % for winter 2022/23; this rate should be increased to 90 % for the following years.

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