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<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Project Hercules, which the French Government intends to implement under pressure from the Commission, will lead to the energy company EDF and all that remains of France’s public energy service being dismantled. The goal driving this project forward is that of making the electricity system competitive. This is, however, impossible since the technical and economic specifications of both the generation system and the grid make them into a natural monopoly. Terms for financing have a very important role in determining what it costs to generate electricity and public bodies can obtain much more advantageous terms than private parties. Privatisation will therefore lead to a significant rise in electricity costs for consumers, as is demonstrated in the latest study by the European Public Service Union(1).That being so, why does the Commission believe it appropriate to ask France to delegate to private parties, via invitations to tender, the public service generating renewable energy? (1)EPSU (2019) ‘The failure of energy liberalisation’ https://www.epsu.org/article/going-public-decarbonised-affordable-and-democratic-energy-system-europe-new-epsu-report." Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-000195/2021

Energy

Project Hercules, which the French Government intends to implement under pressure from the Commission, will lead to the energy company EDF and all that remains of France’s public energy service being dismantled. The goal driving this project forward is that of making the electricity system competitive. This is, however, impossible since the technical and economic specifications of both the generation system and the grid make them into a natural monopoly. Terms for financing have a very important role in determining what it costs to generate electricity and public bodies can obtain much more advantageous terms than private parties. Privatisation will therefore lead to a significant rise in electricity costs for consumers, as is demonstrated in the latest study by the European Public Service Union(1).That being so, why does the Commission believe it appropriate to ask France to delegate to private parties, via invitations to tender, the public service generating renewable energy? (1)EPSU (2019) ‘The failure of energy liberalisation’ https://www.epsu.org/article/going-public-decarbonised-affordable-and-democratic-energy-system-europe-new-epsu-report.

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "What revisions have been made to the Commission proposals (COM(92)56 final)(1) on the security measures applicable to classified information produced or transmitted in connection with EEC or Euratom activities, of 24February 1992, in respect of the classification as confidential of information transmitted on Sellafield by the United Kingdom authorities to Euratom or the Commission? (1)OJ C 72, 21.3.1992, p. 15." Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-0588/99

Energy

What revisions have been made to the Commission proposals (COM(92)56 final)(1) on the security measures applicable to classified information produced or transmitted in connection with EEC or Euratom activities, of 24February 1992, in respect of the classification as confidential of information transmitted on Sellafield by the United Kingdom authorities to Euratom or the Commission? (1)OJ C 72, 21.3.1992, p. 15.

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "On 18 January 2020, Yavuz, a Turkish drilling vessel for oil exploration, left the port of Mersina to explore the waters south of Cyprus, in an area in which two European oil groups have been granted exploration rights. In view of the clearly illegal activities of the Turkish ship, which is now based, and has been operating for ten days, in an area in which a member government of the European Union has granted exploration rights, can the High Representative say:whether he is aware of this situation;what measures he intends to take in response to Turkish dynamism in order to defend energy supply and security in the Mediterranean?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

P-000542/2020

Energy

On 18 January 2020, Yavuz, a Turkish drilling vessel for oil exploration, left the port of Mersina to explore the waters south of Cyprus, in an area in which two European oil groups have been granted exploration rights. In view of the clearly illegal activities of the Turkish ship, which is now based, and has been operating for ten days, in an area in which a member government of the European Union has granted exploration rights, can the High Representative say:whether he is aware of this situation;what measures he intends to take in response to Turkish dynamism in order to defend energy supply and security in the Mediterranean?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Consumer energy prices across the European Union are increasing at unsustainable levels. What steps is the Commission taking under EU competition law to investigate any alleged rigging or collusion relating to the price paid by consumers for energy? Can the Commission outline when it will publish any conclusions from its investigations in May regarding the manipulation of markets relating to oil? What further action will the Commission take in this regard? What work has the Commission done with NCAs to look into asymmetries in the speed at which retail prices for energy adjust to variations in international fuel prices? What can European authorities do to promote competition in the European energy markets?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-014313-13

Energy

Consumer energy prices across the European Union are increasing at unsustainable levels. What steps is the Commission taking under EU competition law to investigate any alleged rigging or collusion relating to the price paid by consumers for energy? Can the Commission outline when it will publish any conclusions from its investigations in May regarding the manipulation of markets relating to oil? What further action will the Commission take in this regard? What work has the Commission done with NCAs to look into asymmetries in the speed at which retail prices for energy adjust to variations in international fuel prices? What can European authorities do to promote competition in the European energy markets?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "At the time when the Commission proposed changes to the Renewable Energy Directive (RED), warnings were given that the proposed changes would have a ‘chilling impact’ on investor confidence, with a negative knock-on effect on Member States such as Romania. Investment in the ethanol industry has dried up and projects that were planned in a number of Member States have been cancelled. Against this background, Iwould like to ask whether the Commission fully assessed the negative impacts of its proposals to amend the RED on investment and jobs, and, in particular, for details to be published of the Commission’s assessment of the likely impact of its proposals on the following: — Future job creation in Romania in the ethanol sector, specifying the industry sources consulted by the Commission in making its assessment; — Farming incomes and rural investment in Member States such as Romania, which has an extensive and unrealised capacity for sustainable low ILUC ethanol production." Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-015812-15

Energy

At the time when the Commission proposed changes to the Renewable Energy Directive (RED), warnings were given that the proposed changes would have a ‘chilling impact’ on investor confidence, with a negative knock-on effect on Member States such as Romania. Investment in the ethanol industry has dried up and projects that were planned in a number of Member States have been cancelled. Against this background, Iwould like to ask whether the Commission fully assessed the negative impacts of its proposals to amend the RED on investment and jobs, and, in particular, for details to be published of the Commission’s assessment of the likely impact of its proposals on the following: — Future job creation in Romania in the ethanol sector, specifying the industry sources consulted by the Commission in making its assessment; — Farming incomes and rural investment in Member States such as Romania, which has an extensive and unrealised capacity for sustainable low ILUC ethanol production.

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Energy is fundamental to the industrial and geopolitical future of theEU: cheap energy and guaranteed supplies could help to lift European industry out of the current crisis. The EU can be a stable and powerful partner if it is not dependent on one region or one group of producers for its energy supplies. Although Member States are free to choose where they get their energy from, theEU has a duty to invest in research into and new ways of exploiting the raw materials which are available on its territory and which could reduce its energy dependence. 1.Does the Commission intend to analyse the potential of shale gas to help theEU achieve its 2020 targets? 2.Does it intend to support research into shale gas extraction? 3.Does it intend to assist the Member States in mapping and ultimately extracting shale gas deposits when this becomes technologically and environmentally feasible?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-006463-14

Energy

Energy is fundamental to the industrial and geopolitical future of theEU: cheap energy and guaranteed supplies could help to lift European industry out of the current crisis. The EU can be a stable and powerful partner if it is not dependent on one region or one group of producers for its energy supplies. Although Member States are free to choose where they get their energy from, theEU has a duty to invest in research into and new ways of exploiting the raw materials which are available on its territory and which could reduce its energy dependence. 1.Does the Commission intend to analyse the potential of shale gas to help theEU achieve its 2020 targets? 2.Does it intend to support research into shale gas extraction? 3.Does it intend to assist the Member States in mapping and ultimately extracting shale gas deposits when this becomes technologically and environmentally feasible?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Will the Commission use the conclusions of the international Mochovce commission (Walkdown 2) as a basis for its future deliberations on the Mochovce nuclear power station?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-1493/98

Energy

Will the Commission use the conclusions of the international Mochovce commission (Walkdown 2) as a basis for its future deliberations on the Mochovce nuclear power station?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "With reference to the proposal for a Council Decision concerning a multiannual programme for the promotion of renewable energy sources in the Community - Altener II (COM(97)87 final - 97/0106(SYN)) (1), would the Commission define immediately, and not annually, the objectives, criteria and methods of access to funding, while maintaining the necessary flexibility with regard to funding levels within a predetermined range that does not lead to distortions of competition? (1)OJ C 192, 24.6.1997, p. 16." Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-0691/98

Energy

With reference to the proposal for a Council Decision concerning a multiannual programme for the promotion of renewable energy sources in the Community - Altener II (COM(97)87 final - 97/0106(SYN)) (1), would the Commission define immediately, and not annually, the objectives, criteria and methods of access to funding, while maintaining the necessary flexibility with regard to funding levels within a predetermined range that does not lead to distortions of competition? (1)OJ C 192, 24.6.1997, p. 16.

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Numerous financing programmes have been developed for the Community programming period 2007‑13; with these programmes the EU intends to support projects under various sectoral policies. The municipality of Naples (Campania, Italy) is in need of financing in the area of intelligent energy, the objectives being to develop new energy standards, promote and disseminate information, encourage the transfer of experience and contribute to the creation of institutional capacity in relation to that policy. In this connection, can the Commission state whether the municipality of Naples has submitted any projects under the Intelligent Energy Europe programme? If so, could the Commission state whether the municipality of Naples has obtained any financing and if this has been used within the proper time-frame and in the proper fashion, or whether the sums granted have had to be reimbursed?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-2792/09

Energy

Numerous financing programmes have been developed for the Community programming period 2007‑13; with these programmes the EU intends to support projects under various sectoral policies. The municipality of Naples (Campania, Italy) is in need of financing in the area of intelligent energy, the objectives being to develop new energy standards, promote and disseminate information, encourage the transfer of experience and contribute to the creation of institutional capacity in relation to that policy. In this connection, can the Commission state whether the municipality of Naples has submitted any projects under the Intelligent Energy Europe programme? If so, could the Commission state whether the municipality of Naples has obtained any financing and if this has been used within the proper time-frame and in the proper fashion, or whether the sums granted have had to be reimbursed?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "For the Community programming period 2007‑13 numerous financing programmes have been developed; with these programmes the EU intends to support projects under various sectoral policies. The municipality of Milan (Lombardy, Italy) is in need of financing in the area of intelligent energy, the objectives being to develop new energy standards, promote and disseminate information, encourage the transfer of experiences and contribute to the creation of institutional capacity in relation to that policy. In this connection, can the Commission state whether the municipality of Milan has submitted any projects under the Intelligent Energy Europe programme? If so, could the Commission state whether the municipality of Milan has obtained any financing and if this has been used within the proper time-frame and in the proper fashion, or whether the sums granted have had to be reimbursed?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-2513/09

Energy

For the Community programming period 2007‑13 numerous financing programmes have been developed; with these programmes the EU intends to support projects under various sectoral policies. The municipality of Milan (Lombardy, Italy) is in need of financing in the area of intelligent energy, the objectives being to develop new energy standards, promote and disseminate information, encourage the transfer of experiences and contribute to the creation of institutional capacity in relation to that policy. In this connection, can the Commission state whether the municipality of Milan has submitted any projects under the Intelligent Energy Europe programme? If so, could the Commission state whether the municipality of Milan has obtained any financing and if this has been used within the proper time-frame and in the proper fashion, or whether the sums granted have had to be reimbursed?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "In respect of the statement included in the Commission press release IP/02/872 on 17 June 2002 which said the nuclear fission programme """"""""will focus on the management and disposal of radioactive waste and foster close research cooperation between EU national waste management agencies,"""""""" will the Commission explain why it has not included independent research institutes and non-governmental experts in the list of those bodies the Commission wishes to foster close research coordination?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-1961/02

Energy

In respect of the statement included in the Commission press release IP/02/872 on 17 June 2002 which said the nuclear fission programme """"""""will focus on the management and disposal of radioactive waste and foster close research cooperation between EU national waste management agencies,"""""""" will the Commission explain why it has not included independent research institutes and non-governmental experts in the list of those bodies the Commission wishes to foster close research coordination?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The British Parliament was informed in a Ministerial written reply on 2 July 1996 (official report column 398) that the Department of the Environment was preparing a submission under Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty covering the environmental implications of the new MOX plutonium fuel fabrication plant at Sellafield. Considering the Union-wide and international implications of increasing the global trade in nuclear explosive materials such as plutonium, has the Council considered the planned expansion in the plutonium trade?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-2651/96

Energy

The British Parliament was informed in a Ministerial written reply on 2 July 1996 (official report column 398) that the Department of the Environment was preparing a submission under Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty covering the environmental implications of the new MOX plutonium fuel fabrication plant at Sellafield. Considering the Union-wide and international implications of increasing the global trade in nuclear explosive materials such as plutonium, has the Council considered the planned expansion in the plutonium trade?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "On 23 December 2019, the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) suggested that the water should either be gradually released into the ocean or allowed to evaporate, stating that the controlled release of the water from the plant would ‘stably dilute and disperse’ it into the Pacific(1). The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) has detected the presence of radioactive materials at levels potentially harmful to human health (2) . The Japanese Government, however, refuses to allow independent testing of the water that it intends to release into the Pacific Ocean (3). Has the Commission been given an in-depth analysis of the current situation, particularly with regard to the actual level of radioactivity in the tanks, indicating also existing marine pollution levels (with regard to water, sediments, marine fauna and flora) off the coast of Fukushima Daiichi?Does the Commission have access to independent measurements, other than the findings of the tests carried out by TEPCO?Does the Commission have studies and models that demonstrate the scale of the radiological and chemical contamination of the natural environment should the water be released, depending on the method chosen? (1)https://apnews.com/e60f93b7f7de2ff7b5b015fb5167dd9b (2)https://www.challenges.fr/monde/fukushima-tepco-reconnait-que-l-eau-stockee-est-radioactive_618729 (3)https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/11/19/fukushima-accused-cover-up-contaminated-water-set-poured-pacific/" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-000373/2020/rev.1

Energy

On 23 December 2019, the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) suggested that the water should either be gradually released into the ocean or allowed to evaporate, stating that the controlled release of the water from the plant would ‘stably dilute and disperse’ it into the Pacific(1). The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) has detected the presence of radioactive materials at levels potentially harmful to human health (2) . The Japanese Government, however, refuses to allow independent testing of the water that it intends to release into the Pacific Ocean (3). Has the Commission been given an in-depth analysis of the current situation, particularly with regard to the actual level of radioactivity in the tanks, indicating also existing marine pollution levels (with regard to water, sediments, marine fauna and flora) off the coast of Fukushima Daiichi?Does the Commission have access to independent measurements, other than the findings of the tests carried out by TEPCO?Does the Commission have studies and models that demonstrate the scale of the radiological and chemical contamination of the natural environment should the water be released, depending on the method chosen? (1)https://apnews.com/e60f93b7f7de2ff7b5b015fb5167dd9b (2)https://www.challenges.fr/monde/fukushima-tepco-reconnait-que-l-eau-stockee-est-radioactive_618729 (3)https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/11/19/fukushima-accused-cover-up-contaminated-water-set-poured-pacific/

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "In the July/August 2001 edition of 'Nuclear Worldscan' magazine, Joel Guidez reported from the European Commission on support for the sub-project on high-temperature reactors in the budget of the 5th Framework Programme, to the tune of 17 million euros. 1. If such support has been granted, who were the applications for support filed by and which body approved them? What were the decisive grounds for its approval? 2. Was this support a single payment from 2001 or were there other incentive measures before or since? If there were, how much was the funding? 3. For which projects was the money approved and which research institutions were entrusted with this responsibility? 4. What are the motives for supporting further development and research on high-temperature reactors in Europe? What is the aim of this research? 5. Were the negative experiences of the Hamm-Uentrop THTR (for example the 1986 incident, which took place at the same time as Chernobyl) taken into consideration when evaluating the suitability of the project? 6. Were the German Federal Government and the Land of North Rhine-Westphalia asked about their experiences with this line of reactors during the process of approving the development funds? 7. Are there plans for any more research or support for high-temperature reactors? If there are, on what grounds?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-1373/04

Energy

In the July/August 2001 edition of 'Nuclear Worldscan' magazine, Joel Guidez reported from the European Commission on support for the sub-project on high-temperature reactors in the budget of the 5th Framework Programme, to the tune of 17 million euros. 1. If such support has been granted, who were the applications for support filed by and which body approved them? What were the decisive grounds for its approval? 2. Was this support a single payment from 2001 or were there other incentive measures before or since? If there were, how much was the funding? 3. For which projects was the money approved and which research institutions were entrusted with this responsibility? 4. What are the motives for supporting further development and research on high-temperature reactors in Europe? What is the aim of this research? 5. Were the negative experiences of the Hamm-Uentrop THTR (for example the 1986 incident, which took place at the same time as Chernobyl) taken into consideration when evaluating the suitability of the project? 6. Were the German Federal Government and the Land of North Rhine-Westphalia asked about their experiences with this line of reactors during the process of approving the development funds? 7. Are there plans for any more research or support for high-temperature reactors? If there are, on what grounds?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "What is the Commission's view of the current safety of the remains of the reactor at Chernobyl? In the light of recent reports, is it satisfied with the situation at present? If not, what plans does it have to make financial assistance available to ensure future environmental safety?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-2993/95

Energy

What is the Commission's view of the current safety of the remains of the reactor at Chernobyl? In the light of recent reports, is it satisfied with the situation at present? If not, what plans does it have to make financial assistance available to ensure future environmental safety?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Is the Commission aware that the Convention on the Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo Convention) requires the """"""""Party of origin"""""""" - in this case the project sponsors of K2/R4 - to provide the same opportunities for public participation in the environmental impact assessment process to the public of potentially affected States as it provides to its own citizens? Is the Commission aware that the Environmental Procedures of the potential co-funder of the two nuclear power plants K2/R4 with the Commission, the EBRD, require compliance within the Espoo Convention? Does the Commission agree that the project sponsors, including the Commission, have done little to facilitate meaningful participation of NGOs and the public at international level? If it agrees with the foregoing, is the Commission prepared to guarantee that the Euratom loan will be approved only if the Espoo Convention is implemented in full, namely: - requests from individuals, citizens' groups and local and regional governments for notification of the public participation process are properly respected, - appeals to the project sponsors for public discussions in potentially affected states are met in full, - that the Commission appoints an independent auditor to review and monitor the public participation process, - that the Commission guarantees that no final decision will be taken on Union funding for K2/R4 until the Commission has received the opinion of Parliament on the appropriateness of EU funding for the project?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-2689/98

Energy

Is the Commission aware that the Convention on the Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo Convention) requires the """"""""Party of origin"""""""" - in this case the project sponsors of K2/R4 - to provide the same opportunities for public participation in the environmental impact assessment process to the public of potentially affected States as it provides to its own citizens? Is the Commission aware that the Environmental Procedures of the potential co-funder of the two nuclear power plants K2/R4 with the Commission, the EBRD, require compliance within the Espoo Convention? Does the Commission agree that the project sponsors, including the Commission, have done little to facilitate meaningful participation of NGOs and the public at international level? If it agrees with the foregoing, is the Commission prepared to guarantee that the Euratom loan will be approved only if the Espoo Convention is implemented in full, namely: - requests from individuals, citizens' groups and local and regional governments for notification of the public participation process are properly respected, - appeals to the project sponsors for public discussions in potentially affected states are met in full, - that the Commission appoints an independent auditor to review and monitor the public participation process, - that the Commission guarantees that no final decision will be taken on Union funding for K2/R4 until the Commission has received the opinion of Parliament on the appropriateness of EU funding for the project?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "On 2 August 1996, in accordance with its obligations under Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty, the United Kingdom supplied the European Commission with data relating to the disposal of radioactive waste from the Sellafield MOX plant. On 25 February 1997, the Commission delivered its Opinion, which included the following: the distance between the plant and the nearest point on the territory of another Member State, Ireland, is 184 km; in the event of unplanned discharges of radioactive waste which may follow an accident on the scale considered in the general data, the doses likely to be received by the population in other Member States would not be significant from the health point of view. In conclusion, the Commission said that it was of the view that the implementation of the plan for the disposal of radioactive wastes arising from the operation of the BNFL Sellafield mixed oxide fuel plant, both in normal operation and in the event of an accident of the type and magnitude considered in the general data, would be unlikely to result in radioactive contamination, significant from the point of view of health, of the water, soil or airspace of another Member State. In the light of new information that has arisen since 11 September 2001 concerning the intentions of terrorists to take advantage of the vulnerabilities of nuclear facilities and attack them, will the Commission now review, as a matter of urgency, the security of Sellafield, the reliability of the UK assurances and its own conclusions as to the plant's prospective threats to neighbouring Member States?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-3378/01

Energy

On 2 August 1996, in accordance with its obligations under Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty, the United Kingdom supplied the European Commission with data relating to the disposal of radioactive waste from the Sellafield MOX plant. On 25 February 1997, the Commission delivered its Opinion, which included the following: the distance between the plant and the nearest point on the territory of another Member State, Ireland, is 184 km; in the event of unplanned discharges of radioactive waste which may follow an accident on the scale considered in the general data, the doses likely to be received by the population in other Member States would not be significant from the health point of view. In conclusion, the Commission said that it was of the view that the implementation of the plan for the disposal of radioactive wastes arising from the operation of the BNFL Sellafield mixed oxide fuel plant, both in normal operation and in the event of an accident of the type and magnitude considered in the general data, would be unlikely to result in radioactive contamination, significant from the point of view of health, of the water, soil or airspace of another Member State. In the light of new information that has arisen since 11 September 2001 concerning the intentions of terrorists to take advantage of the vulnerabilities of nuclear facilities and attack them, will the Commission now review, as a matter of urgency, the security of Sellafield, the reliability of the UK assurances and its own conclusions as to the plant's prospective threats to neighbouring Member States?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "In its answers to questions E-00725/2019 and E-002829/2019, the Commission admitted, with regard to the situation of nuclear waste off the Galician coast, that it was not in possession of updated studies on the impact of radioactive discharges into the North Atlantic. It also confirmed that it had included verification of the monitoring of marine radioactivity off the coast of Galicia in its verification mission programme for 2020, in accordance with Article 35 of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community. The Commission states that the dates of the verification mission are currently being negotiated with the Spanish authorities.Can the Commission provide more information regarding the dates of the mission and the state of negotiations with the Spanish State?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-004684/2020

Energy

In its answers to questions E-00725/2019 and E-002829/2019, the Commission admitted, with regard to the situation of nuclear waste off the Galician coast, that it was not in possession of updated studies on the impact of radioactive discharges into the North Atlantic. It also confirmed that it had included verification of the monitoring of marine radioactivity off the coast of Galicia in its verification mission programme for 2020, in accordance with Article 35 of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community. The Commission states that the dates of the verification mission are currently being negotiated with the Spanish authorities.Can the Commission provide more information regarding the dates of the mission and the state of negotiations with the Spanish State?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The preamble to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) is worded in terms that are no longer appropriate in this day and age. Scarcely anyone today still considers that """"""""nuclear energy represents an essential resource for the development and invigoration of industry"""""""", or that it """"""""will permit the advancement of the cause of peace"""""""". Nor is it any longer a concern of most Member States or their peoples to """"""""create the conditions necessary for the development of a powerful nuclear industry"""""""". Can the Council still identify today with the wording of the preamble expressing the motives of the parties to the original treaty in concluding a treaty at that time? If not, will the Council give consideration to undertaking a review of the Euratom Treaty - say by integrating such provisions of that Treaty as are still relevant today into the EC Treaty? Is consideration being given to placing a review of the Euratom Treaty on the agenda of the 1996 Intergovernmental Conference?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-3468/95

Energy

The preamble to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) is worded in terms that are no longer appropriate in this day and age. Scarcely anyone today still considers that """"""""nuclear energy represents an essential resource for the development and invigoration of industry"""""""", or that it """"""""will permit the advancement of the cause of peace"""""""". Nor is it any longer a concern of most Member States or their peoples to """"""""create the conditions necessary for the development of a powerful nuclear industry"""""""". Can the Council still identify today with the wording of the preamble expressing the motives of the parties to the original treaty in concluding a treaty at that time? If not, will the Council give consideration to undertaking a review of the Euratom Treaty - say by integrating such provisions of that Treaty as are still relevant today into the EC Treaty? Is consideration being given to placing a review of the Euratom Treaty on the agenda of the 1996 Intergovernmental Conference?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Among the beneficiaries of EU support via TEN‑E and under the Economic Recovery Plan are projects for the expansion of electricity networks. Do these projects include high-voltage transmission networks? If so, what priorities and conditions are set for the support of such networks, and what amounts are involved? Are these listed anywhere? Unfortunately it is not always clear from the general list of electric power projects supported by TEN‑E funds whether they relate to DC or AC power lines." Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-3151/09

Energy

Among the beneficiaries of EU support via TEN‑E and under the Economic Recovery Plan are projects for the expansion of electricity networks. Do these projects include high-voltage transmission networks? If so, what priorities and conditions are set for the support of such networks, and what amounts are involved? Are these listed anywhere? Unfortunately it is not always clear from the general list of electric power projects supported by TEN‑E funds whether they relate to DC or AC power lines.

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The climate of tension and crisis persisting in the southern Caucasus has highlighted the Republic of Armenia's energy dependence on an outdated power station located in an earthquake zone, which is attracting the attention and concern of the political authorities and scientists throughout the region. The conclusions of the first EU-Armenia Cooperation Council meeting mentioned the prospect of closing the Medzamor power station. Discussions with the EU on Armenia's future energy situation began after 1995 when the Armenian government, faced with a severe energy crisis, reactivated the Medzamor power station, with the intention of decommissioning it in 2004. As it has not been possible to work out practical and effective alternatives to replace nuclear power, the EU and Armenia concluded that the closure of the Medzamor power station would require major investment beyond 2004 to allow an alternative solution to be found. The overall bill for making the Medzamor nuclear hazard completely safe has been estimated at around EUR1 billion, including the investment required for the transition to alternative sources of energy. The EU has pledged EUR100 million, subject to signature of a Memorandum of agreement between the European Commission and the authorities in Erevan ratifying a final closure date; the balance is expected from a Donor Conference scheduled to meet between now the end of this year. 1.Can the Commission reaffirm its commitments regarding the transition in the Armenian energy sector on the same conditions and deadlines as were agreed with the authorities in Erevan? 2.Can the Commission give a transparent and impartial assurance regarding the relevance and objectivity of the studies and financial estimates for the plan to close this power station? 3.Has the Commission put all its energy and resources into promoting renewable energies within this energy substitution programme, taking account of the industrial transition priorities against the background of international environmental crises, in compliance with international commitments on global warming and in line with the major renewable energy source potential available in the Republic of Armenia?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-3297/02

Energy

The climate of tension and crisis persisting in the southern Caucasus has highlighted the Republic of Armenia's energy dependence on an outdated power station located in an earthquake zone, which is attracting the attention and concern of the political authorities and scientists throughout the region. The conclusions of the first EU-Armenia Cooperation Council meeting mentioned the prospect of closing the Medzamor power station. Discussions with the EU on Armenia's future energy situation began after 1995 when the Armenian government, faced with a severe energy crisis, reactivated the Medzamor power station, with the intention of decommissioning it in 2004. As it has not been possible to work out practical and effective alternatives to replace nuclear power, the EU and Armenia concluded that the closure of the Medzamor power station would require major investment beyond 2004 to allow an alternative solution to be found. The overall bill for making the Medzamor nuclear hazard completely safe has been estimated at around EUR1 billion, including the investment required for the transition to alternative sources of energy. The EU has pledged EUR100 million, subject to signature of a Memorandum of agreement between the European Commission and the authorities in Erevan ratifying a final closure date; the balance is expected from a Donor Conference scheduled to meet between now the end of this year. 1.Can the Commission reaffirm its commitments regarding the transition in the Armenian energy sector on the same conditions and deadlines as were agreed with the authorities in Erevan? 2.Can the Commission give a transparent and impartial assurance regarding the relevance and objectivity of the studies and financial estimates for the plan to close this power station? 3.Has the Commission put all its energy and resources into promoting renewable energies within this energy substitution programme, taking account of the industrial transition priorities against the background of international environmental crises, in compliance with international commitments on global warming and in line with the major renewable energy source potential available in the Republic of Armenia?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "On 4 June 2020, United States Senators introduced a new bill for draconian retroactive sanctions against European companies working with the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. Before the US enacted its previous sanctions law (Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Act – PEESA) against Nord Stream 2 in December 2019, the Commission and the External Action Service remained passive until it was too late, and the bill was passed. In 2017, when the US adopted its Countering America’s Adversaries through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) legislation, which referred to Nord Stream 2, the Commission managed to protect European companies better: before the US legislative process was concluded, President Jean-Claude Juncker stated that if Europe’s ‘concerns are not taken into account sufficiently, we stand ready to act appropriately within a matter of days’. Prior to that, a Commission spokesperson was quoted by Reuters as criticising the proposed sanctions. 1.Will the Commission defend European companies that are fully compliant with all applicable laws against this latest ‘America First!’ initiative?2.What action will the Commission undertake to make its position known to US decision-makers before the new sanctions are enacted?3.Is the Commission preparing reciprocal countermeasures against US liquefied natural gas and President Trump’s ‘energy dominance’ strategy?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

P-003628/2020/rev.1

Energy

On 4 June 2020, United States Senators introduced a new bill for draconian retroactive sanctions against European companies working with the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. Before the US enacted its previous sanctions law (Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Act – PEESA) against Nord Stream 2 in December 2019, the Commission and the External Action Service remained passive until it was too late, and the bill was passed. In 2017, when the US adopted its Countering America’s Adversaries through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) legislation, which referred to Nord Stream 2, the Commission managed to protect European companies better: before the US legislative process was concluded, President Jean-Claude Juncker stated that if Europe’s ‘concerns are not taken into account sufficiently, we stand ready to act appropriately within a matter of days’. Prior to that, a Commission spokesperson was quoted by Reuters as criticising the proposed sanctions. 1.Will the Commission defend European companies that are fully compliant with all applicable laws against this latest ‘America First!’ initiative?2.What action will the Commission undertake to make its position known to US decision-makers before the new sanctions are enacted?3.Is the Commission preparing reciprocal countermeasures against US liquefied natural gas and President Trump’s ‘energy dominance’ strategy?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "On 3 April 2020, a fire broke out in the western part of the Chernobyl exclusion zone and spread to neighbouring forests. The Ukrainian authorities have said that the blaze burned a small area, but according to the Russian section of Greenpeace the largest fire destroyed 34 000 hectares, while a second fire was just one kilometre away from the decommissioned plant.The fire poses a risk of radioactive radiation, which could affect many EU Member States and the health of their citizens.The European Union created the TACIS programme in 1991 to help the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) increase the safety of existing reactors and nuclear facilities, and to strengthen the responsible control bodies in this area. The programme was renamed INSC 2014-2020 and is still ongoing in Russia, Ukraine, Armenia and Kazakhstan.In view of the above, will the Commission say:1.Has it sent a scientific team to Ukraine to conduct an on-site inspection of the fires and assess the possible consequences for EU citizens?2.Does it intend to revise the list of target countries for the new programming period?3.Does it have a strategy for dealing with crises caused by nuclear accidents and threats either within the Member States or in neighbouring third countries?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-003308/2020

Energy

On 3 April 2020, a fire broke out in the western part of the Chernobyl exclusion zone and spread to neighbouring forests. The Ukrainian authorities have said that the blaze burned a small area, but according to the Russian section of Greenpeace the largest fire destroyed 34 000 hectares, while a second fire was just one kilometre away from the decommissioned plant.The fire poses a risk of radioactive radiation, which could affect many EU Member States and the health of their citizens.The European Union created the TACIS programme in 1991 to help the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) increase the safety of existing reactors and nuclear facilities, and to strengthen the responsible control bodies in this area. The programme was renamed INSC 2014-2020 and is still ongoing in Russia, Ukraine, Armenia and Kazakhstan.In view of the above, will the Commission say:1.Has it sent a scientific team to Ukraine to conduct an on-site inspection of the fires and assess the possible consequences for EU citizens?2.Does it intend to revise the list of target countries for the new programming period?3.Does it have a strategy for dealing with crises caused by nuclear accidents and threats either within the Member States or in neighbouring third countries?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "19January 2008 saw the presentation, in the context of a working group organised by Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs, of the conclusions of a study by the Hudson Institute entitled ‘Security Aspects of the South Stream [gas pipeline] Project’. Can the Commission state its position on some of the conclusions of this study? One of the conclusions is that ‘South Stream does not enhance European energy security’, since it does not diversify the sources of supply, but, rather, ‘increases Russian influence over Europe’. Does the Commission find this conclusion valid? A second striking conclusion is that ‘South Stream is in direct competition with Nabucco’ and that ‘the European Commission's backing of South Stream’ would create major problems for Nabucco. What is the Commission's strategy concerning the two projects? Should the European Council's conclusions of spring 2007 on the strategic importance of the Nabucco project still be considered relevant? Another key point made in the study is that ‘South Stream would deny Europe direct access to gas from Azerbaijan and Central Asia, as well as possibly the Middle East and North Africa’. Does the Commission endorse this conclusion of the study? Regarding the Nabucco project, what is the Commission's view on the work done by the European coordinator of this project, notably now that he has been appointed mayor of The Hague? Is the Commission content with the work performed by him? What concrete action will the Commission take in the near future to promote the Nabucco project?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-0476/09

Energy

19January 2008 saw the presentation, in the context of a working group organised by Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs, of the conclusions of a study by the Hudson Institute entitled ‘Security Aspects of the South Stream [gas pipeline] Project’. Can the Commission state its position on some of the conclusions of this study? One of the conclusions is that ‘South Stream does not enhance European energy security’, since it does not diversify the sources of supply, but, rather, ‘increases Russian influence over Europe’. Does the Commission find this conclusion valid? A second striking conclusion is that ‘South Stream is in direct competition with Nabucco’ and that ‘the European Commission's backing of South Stream’ would create major problems for Nabucco. What is the Commission's strategy concerning the two projects? Should the European Council's conclusions of spring 2007 on the strategic importance of the Nabucco project still be considered relevant? Another key point made in the study is that ‘South Stream would deny Europe direct access to gas from Azerbaijan and Central Asia, as well as possibly the Middle East and North Africa’. Does the Commission endorse this conclusion of the study? Regarding the Nabucco project, what is the Commission's view on the work done by the European coordinator of this project, notably now that he has been appointed mayor of The Hague? Is the Commission content with the work performed by him? What concrete action will the Commission take in the near future to promote the Nabucco project?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Previous EU research and development programmes have specifically mentioned geothermal energy, but the upcoming programme does not. Although the European Parliament adopted an amendment to rectify this omission and include geothermal energy under the renewable energy section in Annex II(a)(v), the Commission did not accept the amendment, and the Council has not included it either. Will the Commission confirm that, despite this omission, this will not jeopardise future funding in this area and that projects relating to geothermal energy will continue to receive their entitled share of funding, in particular as MrsCresson has stated that the EU's objective is to increase the percentage of renewable energy use from 6-12 %?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-0102/99

Energy

Previous EU research and development programmes have specifically mentioned geothermal energy, but the upcoming programme does not. Although the European Parliament adopted an amendment to rectify this omission and include geothermal energy under the renewable energy section in Annex II(a)(v), the Commission did not accept the amendment, and the Council has not included it either. Will the Commission confirm that, despite this omission, this will not jeopardise future funding in this area and that projects relating to geothermal energy will continue to receive their entitled share of funding, in particular as MrsCresson has stated that the EU's objective is to increase the percentage of renewable energy use from 6-12 %?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Since the German Federal Government took seven old nuclear power plants with a capacity of 7000 megawatts off-line, as a result of the Fukushima disaster, Germany has gone from being a net power exporter to being an importer. Since 17March2011, the load flow balance of Germany's power exchanges with neighbouring countries has been import-dominated. Nuclear-generated electricity, in particular, is being imported from France and the Czech Republic. How does the Commission view this development? Is there not a risk of bottlenecks on the European electricity market over the next few months? What impact will German electricity imports have on prices? Is there not a danger that prices for electricity will rise throughout Europe as a result of Germany's higher demand plus increased use of renewable energies, for which feed-in tariffs are subsidised?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-004151/2011

Energy

Since the German Federal Government took seven old nuclear power plants with a capacity of 7000 megawatts off-line, as a result of the Fukushima disaster, Germany has gone from being a net power exporter to being an importer. Since 17March2011, the load flow balance of Germany's power exchanges with neighbouring countries has been import-dominated. Nuclear-generated electricity, in particular, is being imported from France and the Czech Republic. How does the Commission view this development? Is there not a risk of bottlenecks on the European electricity market over the next few months? What impact will German electricity imports have on prices? Is there not a danger that prices for electricity will rise throughout Europe as a result of Germany's higher demand plus increased use of renewable energies, for which feed-in tariffs are subsidised?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "In June2015 the Commission launched a ‘Euro-Mediterranean Platform on Gas’, which brings together the main Euro-Mediterranean stakeholders and improves exchanges between the parties within the challenging and strategic gas sector in the Mediterranean region. Owing to a number of economic and geopolitical situations in the region, this might be challenging to achieve. What are the major challenges envisaged by the Commission in reaching its objectives, and is there a particular timeframe for achieving these objectives?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-013975-15

Energy

In June2015 the Commission launched a ‘Euro-Mediterranean Platform on Gas’, which brings together the main Euro-Mediterranean stakeholders and improves exchanges between the parties within the challenging and strategic gas sector in the Mediterranean region. Owing to a number of economic and geopolitical situations in the region, this might be challenging to achieve. What are the major challenges envisaged by the Commission in reaching its objectives, and is there a particular timeframe for achieving these objectives?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean are an important energy hub and provide an alternative solution to the EU’s energy problem. The Eastern Mediterranean hydrocarbon deposits will contribute to the EU’s energy independence and, by extension, to its energy autonomy. Cyprus’ energy investments are also a European investment par excellence. It is the duty of the EU to support Cyprus’ energy investments and it also stands to benefit.Given the above and the energy outlook for Cyprus and the EU, can the Commission say:1.How will it contribute to the growth of energy investments in the Eastern Mediterranean and how will it financially support the construction of a natural gas pipeline from the deposits in Cyprus’ EEZ?2.How will it protect Cyprus’ energy reserves from Turkish threats?3.With the advent of the Energy Union, will the EU take immediate steps to support and exploit Cyprus’ natural wealth ?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-003701/2019

Energy

Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean are an important energy hub and provide an alternative solution to the EU’s energy problem. The Eastern Mediterranean hydrocarbon deposits will contribute to the EU’s energy independence and, by extension, to its energy autonomy. Cyprus’ energy investments are also a European investment par excellence. It is the duty of the EU to support Cyprus’ energy investments and it also stands to benefit.Given the above and the energy outlook for Cyprus and the EU, can the Commission say:1.How will it contribute to the growth of energy investments in the Eastern Mediterranean and how will it financially support the construction of a natural gas pipeline from the deposits in Cyprus’ EEZ?2.How will it protect Cyprus’ energy reserves from Turkish threats?3.With the advent of the Energy Union, will the EU take immediate steps to support and exploit Cyprus’ natural wealth ?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "For 25years, seven old nuclear submarines have been left afloat in Rosyth dockyard, Scotland, UK. They are rusting steadily and holes have already started to appear on the external ballast tanks of the submarines, hence putting at risk both the environment and public safety. I would like to draw this ongoing unacceptable situation to the Commission's attention. If the Commission knows of any similar or comparable situations anywhere else in the EU, what action could it take at EU level in order to adopt a common approach to the safe disposal of old nuclear submarines across the EU, which would be binding on national authorities?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-5434/09

Energy

For 25years, seven old nuclear submarines have been left afloat in Rosyth dockyard, Scotland, UK. They are rusting steadily and holes have already started to appear on the external ballast tanks of the submarines, hence putting at risk both the environment and public safety. I would like to draw this ongoing unacceptable situation to the Commission's attention. If the Commission knows of any similar or comparable situations anywhere else in the EU, what action could it take at EU level in order to adopt a common approach to the safe disposal of old nuclear submarines across the EU, which would be binding on national authorities?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Increased production and use of renewable energy features in one of the seven flagship initiatives of the Europe 2020strategy. The Europe 2020strategy states that these flagship initiatives are binding for both theEU itself and for the individual Member States. 1.What steps is the Commission taking to use renewable energy in its own activities? 2.With regard to the electricity used in the Commission’s offices in the Member States, has a high proportion of it been produced from renewable sources? 3.If so, what is the proportion of electricity produced from hydroelectric, wind, geothermal or solar installations? 4.If not, why is the Commission not using green electricity in its own activities? 5.What does the Commission think will be the positive effects on the climate and the environment if electricity produced only from renewable sources is used in all EU buildings? 6.How much electricity produced from nuclear energy is used in buildings for which theEU has direct responsibility? 7.Does the Commission plan to reduce this amount? 8.If not, why not?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-007051/2011

Energy

Increased production and use of renewable energy features in one of the seven flagship initiatives of the Europe 2020strategy. The Europe 2020strategy states that these flagship initiatives are binding for both theEU itself and for the individual Member States. 1.What steps is the Commission taking to use renewable energy in its own activities? 2.With regard to the electricity used in the Commission’s offices in the Member States, has a high proportion of it been produced from renewable sources? 3.If so, what is the proportion of electricity produced from hydroelectric, wind, geothermal or solar installations? 4.If not, why is the Commission not using green electricity in its own activities? 5.What does the Commission think will be the positive effects on the climate and the environment if electricity produced only from renewable sources is used in all EU buildings? 6.How much electricity produced from nuclear energy is used in buildings for which theEU has direct responsibility? 7.Does the Commission plan to reduce this amount? 8.If not, why not?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Turkey has blocked the accession of the Republic of Cyprus to the Council of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). This was confirmed by Taner Yildiz, the Turkish Energy Minister on 15January2013 in Abu Dhabi, where the IRENA summit was being held. It seems that Turkey was the only country out of the 115 members of IRENA to oppose Cyprus’ candidacy. Will the Commission answer the following: Why is theEU allowing an accession country undermine the chances of a Member State — the Republic of Cyprus — of producing energy from renewable sources, a firm objective of theEU and an flagship target of the Europe2020 strategy?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-000485-13

Energy

Turkey has blocked the accession of the Republic of Cyprus to the Council of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). This was confirmed by Taner Yildiz, the Turkish Energy Minister on 15January2013 in Abu Dhabi, where the IRENA summit was being held. It seems that Turkey was the only country out of the 115 members of IRENA to oppose Cyprus’ candidacy. Will the Commission answer the following: Why is theEU allowing an accession country undermine the chances of a Member State — the Republic of Cyprus — of producing energy from renewable sources, a firm objective of theEU and an flagship target of the Europe2020 strategy?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "According to the Green Paper on Security of Energy Supply, initiated by the Commission Vice-President Mrsde Palacio, """"""""nuclear energy has enabled Europe to avoid the emission of around 300 million tonnes of CO2 per year"""""""". The Green Paper forecasts that nuclear capacity in the EU will decrease by about 50 % between 2020-2050 if not replacement capacity is built. In the light of this information, what energy policy will the Commission promote in order to ensure that the European Union will meet its climate change commitments, as outlined initially in the Kyoto Protocol?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-1675/01

Energy

According to the Green Paper on Security of Energy Supply, initiated by the Commission Vice-President Mrsde Palacio, """"""""nuclear energy has enabled Europe to avoid the emission of around 300 million tonnes of CO2 per year"""""""". The Green Paper forecasts that nuclear capacity in the EU will decrease by about 50 % between 2020-2050 if not replacement capacity is built. In the light of this information, what energy policy will the Commission promote in order to ensure that the European Union will meet its climate change commitments, as outlined initially in the Kyoto Protocol?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Many people in Europe suffer acutely from energy poverty. Particularly in countries such as Greece, which has been in the throes of a recession for more than six years, the percentage of the population suffering from energy poverty is alarmingly high. More specifically, 70% of Greek households have inadequate heating, while approximately 29.5% of Greek citizens have inadequate living conditions. Given the economic crisis and the liquidity problems faced by the Greek economy, can the Commission say: — What measures will it take to address energy poverty? — Are there any financial support mechanisms for accessing cheap electricity? — Does it believe that the use of RES for domestic consumption may be a solution to the problem of ensuring that socially vulnerable groups have access to cheap electricity?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-002527-16

Energy

Many people in Europe suffer acutely from energy poverty. Particularly in countries such as Greece, which has been in the throes of a recession for more than six years, the percentage of the population suffering from energy poverty is alarmingly high. More specifically, 70% of Greek households have inadequate heating, while approximately 29.5% of Greek citizens have inadequate living conditions. Given the economic crisis and the liquidity problems faced by the Greek economy, can the Commission say: — What measures will it take to address energy poverty? — Are there any financial support mechanisms for accessing cheap electricity? — Does it believe that the use of RES for domestic consumption may be a solution to the problem of ensuring that socially vulnerable groups have access to cheap electricity?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Increasing the use of biogas as a transport fuel is one of the quickest and most cost-effective ways of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from transport. The regulation on CO2 emissions from private cars is a strong instrument to guide behaviour, and not a technology-neutral one.As from 2020, mean CO2 emissions from new private cars must be below 95 g/km, and the target for the year 2025 is 15% less than that for 2021, for which the regulation limits the options for new vehicles to fully electric propulsion or rechargeable hybrids.The current directive is likely to put a complete stop to the manufacture of gas-fuelled cars within a very short space of time. Gas-fuelled cars cannot comply with the emission limit laid down in the directive, because emissions are measured only at the exhaust pipe, and natural gas emission values are used for the purpose. This means that the life-cycle emissions of biogas are not taken into account.Under EU legislation, emissions from gas-fuelled cars are calculated on the basis of natural gas rather than biogas. Biogas is a 100% renewable fuel, and an element in the circular economy. Under the UN Climate Agreement, all completely renewable fuels are supposed to be classified as carbon-free.I should therefore like to ask:1.What action will the Commission take, and within what time frame, to ensure that transport biogas is numbered among the means of attaining emission targets for transport?2.In this context, will the Commission investigate the possibility of measuring total emissions during a car’s life cycle (WTW) rather than measuring exhaust pipe emissions (TTW), as at present, or measure emissions in some other way, for example so as to make it possible to apply a quota for the use of biogas in order to take biogas into account in legislation on vehicles?3.Will the Commission introduce a Carbon Correction Factor (further information available from the Natural & bio Gas Vehicle Association (NGVA Europe)), so that the share of renewable biogas in gas used as a transport fuel can be taken into account?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

P-001821/2020

Energy

Increasing the use of biogas as a transport fuel is one of the quickest and most cost-effective ways of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from transport. The regulation on CO2 emissions from private cars is a strong instrument to guide behaviour, and not a technology-neutral one.As from 2020, mean CO2 emissions from new private cars must be below 95 g/km, and the target for the year 2025 is 15% less than that for 2021, for which the regulation limits the options for new vehicles to fully electric propulsion or rechargeable hybrids.The current directive is likely to put a complete stop to the manufacture of gas-fuelled cars within a very short space of time. Gas-fuelled cars cannot comply with the emission limit laid down in the directive, because emissions are measured only at the exhaust pipe, and natural gas emission values are used for the purpose. This means that the life-cycle emissions of biogas are not taken into account.Under EU legislation, emissions from gas-fuelled cars are calculated on the basis of natural gas rather than biogas. Biogas is a 100% renewable fuel, and an element in the circular economy. Under the UN Climate Agreement, all completely renewable fuels are supposed to be classified as carbon-free.I should therefore like to ask:1.What action will the Commission take, and within what time frame, to ensure that transport biogas is numbered among the means of attaining emission targets for transport?2.In this context, will the Commission investigate the possibility of measuring total emissions during a car’s life cycle (WTW) rather than measuring exhaust pipe emissions (TTW), as at present, or measure emissions in some other way, for example so as to make it possible to apply a quota for the use of biogas in order to take biogas into account in legislation on vehicles?3.Will the Commission introduce a Carbon Correction Factor (further information available from the Natural & bio Gas Vehicle Association (NGVA Europe)), so that the share of renewable biogas in gas used as a transport fuel can be taken into account?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The Greek Energy Regulatory Authority, on the basis, inter alia, of the communication ‘Guidelines on State Aid for Environmental Protection and Energy 2014-2020’ (OJC2014, 200/1), has issued opinion No7/2018, in which it proposes that the minister responsible, the Minister of Energy, adopt a pricing system for hybrid plants to be installed on non-interconnected islands, consisting of an RES unit and a storage system. Electricity produced in this way should be subject to a UNIFORM maximum compensation (EUR200/MWh), irrespective of whether the energy is fed into the grid directly from the hybrid power plant’s RES unit or from the storage unit (battery), without taking into account the degree of battery usage. The proposed compensation (EUR200/MWh) is much higher than that applicable to electricity generated by RES (EUR70/MWh, without storage). This approach will encourage abuse, since any operator will seek to obtain the high compensation applicable to hybrid plants, even if this means installing a small, inefficient and bogus storage system! In view of this: — Is such a pricing system, which is based on the establishment of a UNIFORM maximum compensation and takes no account of the operation of storage systems, in line with the TFEU rules?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-001204-19

Energy

The Greek Energy Regulatory Authority, on the basis, inter alia, of the communication ‘Guidelines on State Aid for Environmental Protection and Energy 2014-2020’ (OJC2014, 200/1), has issued opinion No7/2018, in which it proposes that the minister responsible, the Minister of Energy, adopt a pricing system for hybrid plants to be installed on non-interconnected islands, consisting of an RES unit and a storage system. Electricity produced in this way should be subject to a UNIFORM maximum compensation (EUR200/MWh), irrespective of whether the energy is fed into the grid directly from the hybrid power plant’s RES unit or from the storage unit (battery), without taking into account the degree of battery usage. The proposed compensation (EUR200/MWh) is much higher than that applicable to electricity generated by RES (EUR70/MWh, without storage). This approach will encourage abuse, since any operator will seek to obtain the high compensation applicable to hybrid plants, even if this means installing a small, inefficient and bogus storage system! In view of this: — Is such a pricing system, which is based on the establishment of a UNIFORM maximum compensation and takes no account of the operation of storage systems, in line with the TFEU rules?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "What tonnage of depleted uranium, listed at table 11.2 in COM(94) 282, was stored at (a) Chapelcross in Scotland, (b) Dounreay in Scotland and (c) Sellafield in England, respectively?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-2415/94

Energy

What tonnage of depleted uranium, listed at table 11.2 in COM(94) 282, was stored at (a) Chapelcross in Scotland, (b) Dounreay in Scotland and (c) Sellafield in England, respectively?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The provisions of the Paris Agreement ensure freedom of choice and maximum use of countries’ own resources to achieve climate neutrality.European Green Deal programmes leave little room for alternative technologies other than renewable energy. Green energy can also be produced from sources other than wind and sun. Many countries, including countries outside the EU, are conducting extensive research into producing clean energy from coal. In the past, there have been plans to establish a European Centre for Zero Emissions Technologies to pursue this idea.1.In the light of the fact that in recent months we have been faced with continuous shortages of energy supplies in various parts of Europe, does the Commission envisage the possibility of returning to the idea of a European Centre for Zero Emissions Technologies as a means of strengthening zero emissions policy?2.Will the Commission allow research into other zero emissions technologies to continue?3.Does the Commission regard coal-fired power units as back-up in the event of breakdowns or electricity supply problems?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-002134/2021

Energy

The provisions of the Paris Agreement ensure freedom of choice and maximum use of countries’ own resources to achieve climate neutrality.European Green Deal programmes leave little room for alternative technologies other than renewable energy. Green energy can also be produced from sources other than wind and sun. Many countries, including countries outside the EU, are conducting extensive research into producing clean energy from coal. In the past, there have been plans to establish a European Centre for Zero Emissions Technologies to pursue this idea.1.In the light of the fact that in recent months we have been faced with continuous shortages of energy supplies in various parts of Europe, does the Commission envisage the possibility of returning to the idea of a European Centre for Zero Emissions Technologies as a means of strengthening zero emissions policy?2.Will the Commission allow research into other zero emissions technologies to continue?3.Does the Commission regard coal-fired power units as back-up in the event of breakdowns or electricity supply problems?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Given that Iceland is due to open a renewable methanol (RM) fuel plant in the spring, does the Commission feel that this is a scheme theEU should be encouraging, and should it, if possible, be assisting in the development of this technology?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-001893/2011

Energy

Given that Iceland is due to open a renewable methanol (RM) fuel plant in the spring, does the Commission feel that this is a scheme theEU should be encouraging, and should it, if possible, be assisting in the development of this technology?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "To what extent and under what conditions does the European Union promote projects in the Third World, e.g. in Africa, aimed at power production by solar energy?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-2711/96

Energy

To what extent and under what conditions does the European Union promote projects in the Third World, e.g. in Africa, aimed at power production by solar energy?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The European Community funds research into the storage of nuclear waste, including experiments on the temperature-dependence of the compaction process in waste disposal sites. 1. Where is the research carried out, by whom, and under what programme? 2. What form does Community participation take? 3. Has this research produced any results so far? If so, what results?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-253/96

Energy

The European Community funds research into the storage of nuclear waste, including experiments on the temperature-dependence of the compaction process in waste disposal sites. 1. Where is the research carried out, by whom, and under what programme? 2. What form does Community participation take? 3. Has this research produced any results so far? If so, what results?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "In a letter to the Greek Minister for the Environment and Energy (16April2012), the Commissioner for Energy Günther Oettinger, stated: ‘I note your commitments, which we had discussed and which you confirmed to me in your letter. More specifically, as you know, it is important for us that you not only examine financial revenue when deciding on a purchaser for DEPA/DESFA, but that you also take long-term energy policy assessments duly into consideration in your decision’. Given the above, will the Commission say: 1. What is Greece’s long-term energy policy and when was it adopted by the Greek authorities? What are its fundamental characteristics? 2. On the basis of which regulation or directive must long-term energy policy be ‘duly’ taken into consideration together with financial revenue?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-005004/2012

Energy

In a letter to the Greek Minister for the Environment and Energy (16April2012), the Commissioner for Energy Günther Oettinger, stated: ‘I note your commitments, which we had discussed and which you confirmed to me in your letter. More specifically, as you know, it is important for us that you not only examine financial revenue when deciding on a purchaser for DEPA/DESFA, but that you also take long-term energy policy assessments duly into consideration in your decision’. Given the above, will the Commission say: 1. What is Greece’s long-term energy policy and when was it adopted by the Greek authorities? What are its fundamental characteristics? 2. On the basis of which regulation or directive must long-term energy policy be ‘duly’ taken into consideration together with financial revenue?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "In its reply to my Written Question E-2919/95(1), the Commission stated that it had not yet made any offer of fuel for the Garching research reactor. However, German newspaper reports claim that the operator of the research reactor, the Technical University of Munich, has been attempting for some time to establish contacts with Moscow via the Euratom Supply Agency in order to acquire highly enriched uranium. 1. Has the Euratom Supply Agency been asked by the Technical University of Munich to establish corresponding contacts in the former Soviet Union? If so, what action has the Commission taken to date in this connection? 2. Should such an offer have been made from the former Soviet Union, would the Commission consent to such a transaction? 3. On what criteria does the Commission base its approval or rejection of such transactions? (1)OJ No C 51, 21. 2. 1996, p. 58." Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-13/96

Energy

In its reply to my Written Question E-2919/95(1), the Commission stated that it had not yet made any offer of fuel for the Garching research reactor. However, German newspaper reports claim that the operator of the research reactor, the Technical University of Munich, has been attempting for some time to establish contacts with Moscow via the Euratom Supply Agency in order to acquire highly enriched uranium. 1. Has the Euratom Supply Agency been asked by the Technical University of Munich to establish corresponding contacts in the former Soviet Union? If so, what action has the Commission taken to date in this connection? 2. Should such an offer have been made from the former Soviet Union, would the Commission consent to such a transaction? 3. On what criteria does the Commission base its approval or rejection of such transactions? (1)OJ No C 51, 21. 2. 1996, p. 58.

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "In its reply of 12May 2006 to my Question P‑1650/06, the Commission said that it was examining whether Directive2001/77/EC(1) on the promotion of electricity from renewable energy sources was being properly implemented in Castilla y León. Will the Commission say what the outcome of its examination was? (1)OJL283, 27.10.2001, p.33." Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

P-4904/08

Energy

In its reply of 12May 2006 to my Question P‑1650/06, the Commission said that it was examining whether Directive2001/77/EC(1) on the promotion of electricity from renewable energy sources was being properly implemented in Castilla y León. Will the Commission say what the outcome of its examination was? (1)OJL283, 27.10.2001, p.33.

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The town of Mneizel is located some 70km south of Hebron, and lies within AreaC of the West Bank. On 11October2011, Israeli officials issued an order for the demolition of a local solar energy plant, a small building where batteries are stored and three neighbouring houses. Demolition of the solar plant will cut the electricity supply to the surrounding conurbation. The solar plant was built on private Palestinian land and its construction, including the batteries and connection to local homes, was, Iunderstand, financed by the Spanish Government at a cost of EUR300000. — Is the Commission aware of the demolition notice? — What representation has the Commission made to the Israeli authorities regarding the demolition?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-010297/2011

Energy

The town of Mneizel is located some 70km south of Hebron, and lies within AreaC of the West Bank. On 11October2011, Israeli officials issued an order for the demolition of a local solar energy plant, a small building where batteries are stored and three neighbouring houses. Demolition of the solar plant will cut the electricity supply to the surrounding conurbation. The solar plant was built on private Palestinian land and its construction, including the batteries and connection to local homes, was, Iunderstand, financed by the Spanish Government at a cost of EUR300000. — Is the Commission aware of the demolition notice? — What representation has the Commission made to the Israeli authorities regarding the demolition?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "For the Community programming period 2007‑13 numerous financing programmes have been developed; with these programmes the EU intends to support projects under various sectoral policies. The municipality of Frascati (Lazio, Italy) is in need of financing in the area of intelligent energy, the objectives being to develop new energy standards, promote and disseminate information, encourage the transfer of experiences and contribute to the creation of institutional capacity in relation to that policy. In this connection, can the Commission state whether the municipality of Frascati has submitted any projects under the Intelligent Energy Europe programme? If so, could the Commission state whether the municipality of Frascati has obtained any financing and if this has been used within the proper time-frame and in the proper fashion, or whether the sums granted have had to be reimbursed?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-2505/09

Energy

For the Community programming period 2007‑13 numerous financing programmes have been developed; with these programmes the EU intends to support projects under various sectoral policies. The municipality of Frascati (Lazio, Italy) is in need of financing in the area of intelligent energy, the objectives being to develop new energy standards, promote and disseminate information, encourage the transfer of experiences and contribute to the creation of institutional capacity in relation to that policy. In this connection, can the Commission state whether the municipality of Frascati has submitted any projects under the Intelligent Energy Europe programme? If so, could the Commission state whether the municipality of Frascati has obtained any financing and if this has been used within the proper time-frame and in the proper fashion, or whether the sums granted have had to be reimbursed?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Italy is lagging far behind with regard to renewable energy sources, as for the last 10 years at least, in other countries with many fewer hours of sunshine than Italy, photovoltaic roofs connected to the national grid, mostly on a private basis, have becoming increasingly common, and are producing solar energy without taking up any space or causing any environmental damage. Nothing of this kind has occurred in Italy, where obstacles have been placed in the way of this alternative system, partly due to the silence of the successive governments which have left the field open for Enel, which obviously does not welcome the prospect of other companies becoming established in the sector. According to Italian Law 186 of 1968, responsibility for issuing rules on electrical installations lies with the CEI (Italian electrical commission), which set up an ad hoc committee to draw up the official Italian technical standards to bring the """"""""photovoltaic roof"""""""" system into operation; that committee included representatives of Enel, and its deliberations continued for years without achieving any results. Subsequently Enel began conducting its own trials, while excluding any other Italian participants from the project, which gave the impression that it wished to prevent the emergence of expertise and competition in the sector in Italy, and thus preserve its effective monopoly position. In 1995, Community standard Cenelec EN 61727 on photovoltaic (PV) systems was issued, and was obviously supposed to be incorporated in their national legislation by the Member States. It was not until 19 months later that Italy transposed the rules in question by issuing a third version of regulation CEI 11/20. In fact, however, Enel continued to refuse to allow solar generators to be hooked up to its own network, even if they had the interfaces prescribed by the various rules. Private operators in the sector suspect that the long delay in adopting effective rules to guarantee competitiveness and achieve economies and energy savings was related to Enel's determination to secure the dominant role in the sector for itself, especially in view of Enel's recent action in setting up (in July 1999) a company called """"""""Erga S.p.a"""""""" to develop alternative energy sources. Can the Commission state its position on this subject?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-1643/00

Energy

Italy is lagging far behind with regard to renewable energy sources, as for the last 10 years at least, in other countries with many fewer hours of sunshine than Italy, photovoltaic roofs connected to the national grid, mostly on a private basis, have becoming increasingly common, and are producing solar energy without taking up any space or causing any environmental damage. Nothing of this kind has occurred in Italy, where obstacles have been placed in the way of this alternative system, partly due to the silence of the successive governments which have left the field open for Enel, which obviously does not welcome the prospect of other companies becoming established in the sector. According to Italian Law 186 of 1968, responsibility for issuing rules on electrical installations lies with the CEI (Italian electrical commission), which set up an ad hoc committee to draw up the official Italian technical standards to bring the """"""""photovoltaic roof"""""""" system into operation; that committee included representatives of Enel, and its deliberations continued for years without achieving any results. Subsequently Enel began conducting its own trials, while excluding any other Italian participants from the project, which gave the impression that it wished to prevent the emergence of expertise and competition in the sector in Italy, and thus preserve its effective monopoly position. In 1995, Community standard Cenelec EN 61727 on photovoltaic (PV) systems was issued, and was obviously supposed to be incorporated in their national legislation by the Member States. It was not until 19 months later that Italy transposed the rules in question by issuing a third version of regulation CEI 11/20. In fact, however, Enel continued to refuse to allow solar generators to be hooked up to its own network, even if they had the interfaces prescribed by the various rules. Private operators in the sector suspect that the long delay in adopting effective rules to guarantee competitiveness and achieve economies and energy savings was related to Enel's determination to secure the dominant role in the sector for itself, especially in view of Enel's recent action in setting up (in July 1999) a company called """"""""Erga S.p.a"""""""" to develop alternative energy sources. Can the Commission state its position on this subject?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Fennovoima, a joint venture between some Finnish power companies, large electricity consumers and the power company E.ON, is planning to build a new nuclear power plant in Northern Finland. One of the possible sites of the power plant is the municipality of Simo in Northern Finland. The planned site would be on the shore of the Gulf of Bothnia at Karsikkoniemi. There is a Natura 2000 site in the archipelago situated ca. 3 km from Karsikkoniemi. The site is considered an important part of the migration route of the Bothnian Bay salmon, which migrates from the Bothnian Bay to the Torneå river to breed. The Torneå river between Sweden and Finland also belongs to Natura 2000 and is the biggest river with a wild salmon population within the catchment area of the Baltic Sea. The salmon population of the Torneå river covers about one third of all the wild salmon of the Baltic Sea. Wild salmon is protected by the Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC. However, exceptions have been granted to Finland regarding fish species, including salmon, for which areas of conservation would normally need to be designated according to the Habitats Directive. Thus Finland is not obliged to protect salmon under the Directive in similar ways to other species. Sweden does not have a similar exemption. The possible impacts of the nuclear power plant on the salmon population are mentioned quite briefly in Fennovoima’s environmental impact assessment report, in the same way as other fish species (e.g. perch), whereas some plant species protected by the Habitats Directive receive considerably more attention. It is, among other things, stated in the impact assessment report that salmon is a cold water species, but that the increase in water temperature caused by the cooling water of the condensing power plant (which is estimated to be at least 1°C within a range of 18.2–40.4 km2 and to reach up to 12.2°C in some spots) will have little effect on the salmon. Even though Finland has no obligation to protect salmon in the way defined in the Habitats Directive, Sweden has no such exemption. The Torneå river is a border river and the salmon population of the river belongs to both countries alike. Does the Commission think the environmental impact assessment for the planned nuclear power plant is sufficient with regard to the Torneå river salmon?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-9842/2010

Energy

Fennovoima, a joint venture between some Finnish power companies, large electricity consumers and the power company E.ON, is planning to build a new nuclear power plant in Northern Finland. One of the possible sites of the power plant is the municipality of Simo in Northern Finland. The planned site would be on the shore of the Gulf of Bothnia at Karsikkoniemi. There is a Natura 2000 site in the archipelago situated ca. 3 km from Karsikkoniemi. The site is considered an important part of the migration route of the Bothnian Bay salmon, which migrates from the Bothnian Bay to the Torneå river to breed. The Torneå river between Sweden and Finland also belongs to Natura 2000 and is the biggest river with a wild salmon population within the catchment area of the Baltic Sea. The salmon population of the Torneå river covers about one third of all the wild salmon of the Baltic Sea. Wild salmon is protected by the Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC. However, exceptions have been granted to Finland regarding fish species, including salmon, for which areas of conservation would normally need to be designated according to the Habitats Directive. Thus Finland is not obliged to protect salmon under the Directive in similar ways to other species. Sweden does not have a similar exemption. The possible impacts of the nuclear power plant on the salmon population are mentioned quite briefly in Fennovoima’s environmental impact assessment report, in the same way as other fish species (e.g. perch), whereas some plant species protected by the Habitats Directive receive considerably more attention. It is, among other things, stated in the impact assessment report that salmon is a cold water species, but that the increase in water temperature caused by the cooling water of the condensing power plant (which is estimated to be at least 1°C within a range of 18.2–40.4 km2 and to reach up to 12.2°C in some spots) will have little effect on the salmon. Even though Finland has no obligation to protect salmon in the way defined in the Habitats Directive, Sweden has no such exemption. The Torneå river is a border river and the salmon population of the river belongs to both countries alike. Does the Commission think the environmental impact assessment for the planned nuclear power plant is sufficient with regard to the Torneå river salmon?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "In terms of energy, theEU is not self-sufficient in either oil or natural gas. The EU's main sources of natural gas and oil are Russia, Algeria and, probably, Tunisia. In order to ensure unimpeded access to various sources, theEU has provided funding for the Inogate oil and gas pipeline programme for several years. Essentially, the objectives of the programme as regards supplies of natural gas and oil from Russia are met by three pipelines in addition to those already existing: — the North Stream pipeline linking Russia with Germany, — the South Stream pipeline linking Greece with Russia, and — the Russia-Bulgaria-Greece pipeline linking Novorossisk with Burgas and Alexandroupolis. As regards the last of the above pipelines, the Bulgarians have recently said that they consider the project to be environmentally harmful and have alluded to its cancellation. 1.What will the implications be for EU energy policy if the project is cancelled? 2.What is the EU's position on the Novorossisk-Burgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline? Does it want the project to be carried out or not?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-5194/2010

Energy

In terms of energy, theEU is not self-sufficient in either oil or natural gas. The EU's main sources of natural gas and oil are Russia, Algeria and, probably, Tunisia. In order to ensure unimpeded access to various sources, theEU has provided funding for the Inogate oil and gas pipeline programme for several years. Essentially, the objectives of the programme as regards supplies of natural gas and oil from Russia are met by three pipelines in addition to those already existing: — the North Stream pipeline linking Russia with Germany, — the South Stream pipeline linking Greece with Russia, and — the Russia-Bulgaria-Greece pipeline linking Novorossisk with Burgas and Alexandroupolis. As regards the last of the above pipelines, the Bulgarians have recently said that they consider the project to be environmentally harmful and have alluded to its cancellation. 1.What will the implications be for EU energy policy if the project is cancelled? 2.What is the EU's position on the Novorossisk-Burgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline? Does it want the project to be carried out or not?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The Commission recently presented its strategic framework for an energy union, which rightly regards energy efficiency as an energy source in itself. The construction industry offers genuine potential for reducing energy consumption: 75% of our housing stock has a low energy rating. The European energy label for windows, which has been proposed by the Commission as part of the work plan set out in the Ecodesign directive due in 2015, will help consumers who are renovating a home make informed choices by highlighting the convenient, energy-saving features of window designs. The success of this new tool will depend on the Commission’s ability to take account, in its proposal, of the range of weather conditions in Europe, given that the best glazing choice is determined by outside temperatures and sunlight levels. 1.Will the Commission confirm that it intends to present a proposal for a European energy label for windows? 2.Does the Commission plan to propose a label which sets out energy performance for given climate zones in a simple and detailed manner?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-005761-15

Energy

The Commission recently presented its strategic framework for an energy union, which rightly regards energy efficiency as an energy source in itself. The construction industry offers genuine potential for reducing energy consumption: 75% of our housing stock has a low energy rating. The European energy label for windows, which has been proposed by the Commission as part of the work plan set out in the Ecodesign directive due in 2015, will help consumers who are renovating a home make informed choices by highlighting the convenient, energy-saving features of window designs. The success of this new tool will depend on the Commission’s ability to take account, in its proposal, of the range of weather conditions in Europe, given that the best glazing choice is determined by outside temperatures and sunlight levels. 1.Will the Commission confirm that it intends to present a proposal for a European energy label for windows? 2.Does the Commission plan to propose a label which sets out energy performance for given climate zones in a simple and detailed manner?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund plays a vital role in supporting workers affected by structural shifts in global trading. Representatives of the Hunedoara Energy Complex have announced that they will lay off 1 086 staff in December2017. These redundancies are due to high levels of financial losses. The precarious financial situation is caused by the economic conditions affecting the company’s operations, as electricity is sold at free market prices. The Hunedoara complex uses the most expensive fuel in a competitive energy market, where the sale price has fallen in the renewable energy sector. If the fund were mobilised, workers could be given various forms of assistance to re-enter the employment market, such as: professional guidance, assistance in looking for jobs, integrated training, job-seekers’ allowances and training support. In view of this: To what extent does the Commission consider that Romania will be able to seek European Globalisation Adjustment Fund assistance for Hunedoara Energy Complex workers made redundant? Has any action been taken to support the workers made redundant at the Hunedoara Energy Complex?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-007715-17

Energy

The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund plays a vital role in supporting workers affected by structural shifts in global trading. Representatives of the Hunedoara Energy Complex have announced that they will lay off 1 086 staff in December2017. These redundancies are due to high levels of financial losses. The precarious financial situation is caused by the economic conditions affecting the company’s operations, as electricity is sold at free market prices. The Hunedoara complex uses the most expensive fuel in a competitive energy market, where the sale price has fallen in the renewable energy sector. If the fund were mobilised, workers could be given various forms of assistance to re-enter the employment market, such as: professional guidance, assistance in looking for jobs, integrated training, job-seekers’ allowances and training support. In view of this: To what extent does the Commission consider that Romania will be able to seek European Globalisation Adjustment Fund assistance for Hunedoara Energy Complex workers made redundant? Has any action been taken to support the workers made redundant at the Hunedoara Energy Complex?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Millions of families in theEU are suffering the drastic effects of energy poverty. Meanwhile the Commission has presented a ‘winter package’ on energy market reform that lacks ambition, the Spanish Supreme Court has ruled against the social bonus — which is a widespread practice in Portugal and France — and Spain’s Minister for Energy has revealed that the Commission ordered governments not to make electricity bills a tool of ‘social policy’ because this would ‘change market conditions’. We, however, believe that priority should be given to establishing an EU framework to combat energy poverty, one that promotes low tariffs and revises the taxes and levies found in energy bills. EU funds promoting energy efficiency and self-generation should likewise focus their attention on those members of the public hit by energy poverty so that they too benefit from better energy efficiency obligations, improvements in the retail market and promotion of self-consumption. 1.What methods does the Commission think should be used to ensure that those people suffering energy poverty in theEU receive the assistance available? 2.Does it believe social support measures that comply with EU rules on free competition can be developed to help people suffering from energy poverty? 3.Is it planning to drive forward measures of this kind?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-009402-16

Energy

Millions of families in theEU are suffering the drastic effects of energy poverty. Meanwhile the Commission has presented a ‘winter package’ on energy market reform that lacks ambition, the Spanish Supreme Court has ruled against the social bonus — which is a widespread practice in Portugal and France — and Spain’s Minister for Energy has revealed that the Commission ordered governments not to make electricity bills a tool of ‘social policy’ because this would ‘change market conditions’. We, however, believe that priority should be given to establishing an EU framework to combat energy poverty, one that promotes low tariffs and revises the taxes and levies found in energy bills. EU funds promoting energy efficiency and self-generation should likewise focus their attention on those members of the public hit by energy poverty so that they too benefit from better energy efficiency obligations, improvements in the retail market and promotion of self-consumption. 1.What methods does the Commission think should be used to ensure that those people suffering energy poverty in theEU receive the assistance available? 2.Does it believe social support measures that comply with EU rules on free competition can be developed to help people suffering from energy poverty? 3.Is it planning to drive forward measures of this kind?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "On 28 October 2019, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko reacted to a military training exercise in Lithuania’s Pabradė polygon attended by 10 allied countries. In his statement, he implied that the presence of US military forces on Lithuanian territory near the border with Belarus might ‘accidentally’ trigger a critical incident at the Belarusian nuclear power plant. He also alluded to the Chernobyl disaster.Such nuclear blackmail by President Lukashenko is completely unacceptable. It is preposterous that Belarus might be willing to jeopardise its nuclear power station and endanger its own people and the citizens of neighbouring countries simply to deter Lithuania and its allies.1. How does the Commission interpret the statement of President Lukashenko, especially given the insecurity of the Belarusian nuclear power station and the threats it poses to the EU?.2. What actions and tools is the Commission planning to use when mapping out the EU’s future relations with Belarus?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-003796/2019

Energy

On 28 October 2019, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko reacted to a military training exercise in Lithuania’s Pabradė polygon attended by 10 allied countries. In his statement, he implied that the presence of US military forces on Lithuanian territory near the border with Belarus might ‘accidentally’ trigger a critical incident at the Belarusian nuclear power plant. He also alluded to the Chernobyl disaster.Such nuclear blackmail by President Lukashenko is completely unacceptable. It is preposterous that Belarus might be willing to jeopardise its nuclear power station and endanger its own people and the citizens of neighbouring countries simply to deter Lithuania and its allies.1. How does the Commission interpret the statement of President Lukashenko, especially given the insecurity of the Belarusian nuclear power station and the threats it poses to the EU?.2. What actions and tools is the Commission planning to use when mapping out the EU’s future relations with Belarus?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The Euratom Treaty stipulates that """"""""the Commission shall periodically publish illustrative programmes indicating in particular nuclear production targets etc."""""""" Such a document, known as """"""""PINC"""""""", was published for the last time in 1984, with an update in 1990. As the Green Book for Energy Policy is about to be issued, does the Commission intend to publish the PINC at the same time, and if not, could a statement be made about when it will be published?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-105/95

Energy

The Euratom Treaty stipulates that """"""""the Commission shall periodically publish illustrative programmes indicating in particular nuclear production targets etc."""""""" Such a document, known as """"""""PINC"""""""", was published for the last time in 1984, with an update in 1990. As the Green Book for Energy Policy is about to be issued, does the Commission intend to publish the PINC at the same time, and if not, could a statement be made about when it will be published?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Ukraine is keeping alive its old Soviet-made nuclear power plants thanks to a modernisation project funded by Euratom and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development(1). Under this project, in 2013 the SNRIU (the Ukrainian authority for nuclear safety) extended the operation of reactor number 1 of the South Ukraine nuclear power plant until 2023. The National Ecological Centre of Ukraine has examined the documentation related to the reactor and has ascertained that it is dangerously vulnerable and that its wear parts exceed 10times the acceptable wear limits(2). The SNRIU, which in 2013 did not notice this problem, is about to extend the operation of reactor number 2 of the South Ukraine nuclear power plant(3), and a recently approved national law prevents the SNRIU from even conducting inspections(4). Considering all the above, can the Commission state whether: — it considers appropriate that both Euratom and BERC pull back from the project of modernisation of the Ukrainian reactors; — it considers appropriate to propose to extend the peer-review process provided for by Article8(e)of Directive2014/87 to at least States linked to theEU through an association agreement, as Ukraine’s behaviour is anything but what is needed to guarantee European citizens’ safety; — it will consider urging Ukraine to dismantle, rather than modernise, its old and unsafe nuclear power plants. (1)http://www.ebrd.com/work-with-us/projects/psd/nuclear-power-plant-safety-upgrade-program.html (2)http://bankwatch.org/news-media/for-journalists/press-releases/new-study-sounds-alarm-safety-ukrainian-nuclear-power-plan (3)http://www.energoatom.kiev.ua/en/actvts/length_extension/43499-press_releaseon_public_hearing_process_for_safety_justification_of_southukrainian_npp_power_unit__lifetime_extension/ (4)http://bankwatch.org/sites/default/files/letter-EBRD-UAnuclear-inspections-16Feb2015.pdf" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-010704-15

Energy

Ukraine is keeping alive its old Soviet-made nuclear power plants thanks to a modernisation project funded by Euratom and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development(1). Under this project, in 2013 the SNRIU (the Ukrainian authority for nuclear safety) extended the operation of reactor number 1 of the South Ukraine nuclear power plant until 2023. The National Ecological Centre of Ukraine has examined the documentation related to the reactor and has ascertained that it is dangerously vulnerable and that its wear parts exceed 10times the acceptable wear limits(2). The SNRIU, which in 2013 did not notice this problem, is about to extend the operation of reactor number 2 of the South Ukraine nuclear power plant(3), and a recently approved national law prevents the SNRIU from even conducting inspections(4). Considering all the above, can the Commission state whether: — it considers appropriate that both Euratom and BERC pull back from the project of modernisation of the Ukrainian reactors; — it considers appropriate to propose to extend the peer-review process provided for by Article8(e)of Directive2014/87 to at least States linked to theEU through an association agreement, as Ukraine’s behaviour is anything but what is needed to guarantee European citizens’ safety; — it will consider urging Ukraine to dismantle, rather than modernise, its old and unsafe nuclear power plants. (1)http://www.ebrd.com/work-with-us/projects/psd/nuclear-power-plant-safety-upgrade-program.html (2)http://bankwatch.org/news-media/for-journalists/press-releases/new-study-sounds-alarm-safety-ukrainian-nuclear-power-plan (3)http://www.energoatom.kiev.ua/en/actvts/length_extension/43499-press_releaseon_public_hearing_process_for_safety_justification_of_southukrainian_npp_power_unit__lifetime_extension/ (4)http://bankwatch.org/sites/default/files/letter-EBRD-UAnuclear-inspections-16Feb2015.pdf

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The Commission has funded, inter alia, two projects studying the implementation of renewable energies in Aragon, namely: 1. Reference: 4.1030/C/00-007 Coordinator: SOLAR GMBH Period: 28.3.2001 to 27.9.2002 Project funding: EUR432538 Project cost: EUR925783 2.Reference: ENK5-CT-2002-30034 Coordinator: IDEUTVIKLING Period: 1.1.2003 to 31.12.2004 Project funding: EUR344550 Project cost: EUR689150 What is the current situation with regard to the projects and work carried out in the Aragonese Autonomous Community as a result of the above studies?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-4300/06

Energy

The Commission has funded, inter alia, two projects studying the implementation of renewable energies in Aragon, namely: 1. Reference: 4.1030/C/00-007 Coordinator: SOLAR GMBH Period: 28.3.2001 to 27.9.2002 Project funding: EUR432538 Project cost: EUR925783 2.Reference: ENK5-CT-2002-30034 Coordinator: IDEUTVIKLING Period: 1.1.2003 to 31.12.2004 Project funding: EUR344550 Project cost: EUR689150 What is the current situation with regard to the projects and work carried out in the Aragonese Autonomous Community as a result of the above studies?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Last February, in accordance with the European Council’s mandate, the Commission launched a public consultation on the European nuclear safety framework. This consultation was designed to seek the views of stakeholders on the need for additional nuclear safety legislative measures at Euratom level and to identify areas where the framework could potentially be reinforced. However, ten months after the deadline for the submission of contributions, the results have still not been made public. Meanwhile, in its communication on the stress tests adopted in October2012, the Commission already included detailed elements concerning the strengthening of the safety framework. Likewise, the preparatory work for a revision of the nuclear safety directive is ongoing. Does the Commission intend to unveil the results of this public consultation and describe stakeholders’ positions in the near future?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-011369-12

Energy

Last February, in accordance with the European Council’s mandate, the Commission launched a public consultation on the European nuclear safety framework. This consultation was designed to seek the views of stakeholders on the need for additional nuclear safety legislative measures at Euratom level and to identify areas where the framework could potentially be reinforced. However, ten months after the deadline for the submission of contributions, the results have still not been made public. Meanwhile, in its communication on the stress tests adopted in October2012, the Commission already included detailed elements concerning the strengthening of the safety framework. Likewise, the preparatory work for a revision of the nuclear safety directive is ongoing. Does the Commission intend to unveil the results of this public consultation and describe stakeholders’ positions in the near future?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The Irish Government recently complained that it receives insufficient information from companies and other governments on shipments of nuclear material that pass close to Irish waters. At the end of September, an armed shipment of plutonium passed within 250 km of the southern coast on its way from the United States to France. Given that these shipments pose a serious health and security threat, will the Commission seek to improve the rights of Member States regarding access to information in such cases in the future? What proposals are being put forward by the Commission on this issue?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-2876/04

Energy

The Irish Government recently complained that it receives insufficient information from companies and other governments on shipments of nuclear material that pass close to Irish waters. At the end of September, an armed shipment of plutonium passed within 250 km of the southern coast on its way from the United States to France. Given that these shipments pose a serious health and security threat, will the Commission seek to improve the rights of Member States regarding access to information in such cases in the future? What proposals are being put forward by the Commission on this issue?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Can the European Commission explain why the requirement, in the Euratom Treaty, to publish illustrative nuclear programmes has been ignored for the last few years? Does the Commission agree that this demonstrates the anachronistic nature of the Euratom Treaty, which should be replaced, with the relevant sections (such as that on nuclear safety) incorporated into a new treaty?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

P-0768/03

Energy

Can the European Commission explain why the requirement, in the Euratom Treaty, to publish illustrative nuclear programmes has been ignored for the last few years? Does the Commission agree that this demonstrates the anachronistic nature of the Euratom Treaty, which should be replaced, with the relevant sections (such as that on nuclear safety) incorporated into a new treaty?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The land of Upper Austria is 100 % owner of the energy-supply undertaking Energie AG. Liberalisation of the electricity market is forcing energy suppliers to create larger units in order to retain customers for their electricity by lowering costs and increasing market penetration. The Upper Austria land assembly (Landtag) consequently decided to sell a 25,1 % share in Energie AG. At the same time it was determined that suppliers who use nuclear power in electricity generation would be excluded from submitting bids. As a consequence of that decision, only Austrian electricity undertakings can submit bids for the 25,1 % and electricity undertakings in other EC countries are excluded from bidding. Does such a procedure comply with European law, and are contracts concluded under such conditions valid in EU law?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-2182/00

Energy

The land of Upper Austria is 100 % owner of the energy-supply undertaking Energie AG. Liberalisation of the electricity market is forcing energy suppliers to create larger units in order to retain customers for their electricity by lowering costs and increasing market penetration. The Upper Austria land assembly (Landtag) consequently decided to sell a 25,1 % share in Energie AG. At the same time it was determined that suppliers who use nuclear power in electricity generation would be excluded from submitting bids. As a consequence of that decision, only Austrian electricity undertakings can submit bids for the 25,1 % and electricity undertakings in other EC countries are excluded from bidding. Does such a procedure comply with European law, and are contracts concluded under such conditions valid in EU law?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "On 3 December, the Irish Commission for Energy Regulation announced a decision to block access to the grid for wind energy beyond a capacity of 800 MW (for the whole island), based on advice from ESB National Grid. The report on which this advice is based states that 2000 MW can be accommodated on the grid with minimal constraints(1). According to the report's authors, those constraints could be largely or wholly eliminated through appropriate grid development, and revised network operating strategies. The Irish Government has not transposed the Directive 2001/77/EC(2) on Electricity from Renewable Sources, despite the 27 October deadline, and its officials seem to take the view that transposition is not necessary. However, the actions of the Regulator would seem to conflict with Article 7 of that Directive, which bestows considerable grid access and dispatch rights on renewable energy. Will the Commission now oblige Ireland to transpose that Directive, and ensure that all measures are taken to ensure grid access, as required by Article 7, where any restriction is for strictly safety and reliability reasons and not lack of necessary investment or technical and procedural modifications? Surely these actions by ESB National Grid are equivalent to those that arose in previous Commission decisions(3), in that ESB is making such decisions while it is simultaneously the owner and current operator of the network, and a player in the market, including the renewable energy market? There is also growing evidence of cross-subsidisation by ESB, for example in its own Regulatory Accounts. Will the Commission now reconsider its approach to these competition issues in the Irish electricity market, as expressed in its answer to my questions P-2460/03(4) and E-2457/03(5)? (1)""""""""The impacts of increased levels of wind penetration on the electricity systems of ROI and NI"""""""", final report, Garrad Hassan, ESBI, UCC for CER and OFREG-NI, 11-02-2003, page 85; (link). (2)OJ L 283, 27.10.2001, p. 33. (3)B & I Line/Sealink decision [1992] 5 CMLR 255 and subsequent Stena/Sea Containers decision 94/19/EC, 21/12/93. (4)See page 407. (5)OJ C 70 E, 20.3.2004." Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

P-3891/03

Energy

On 3 December, the Irish Commission for Energy Regulation announced a decision to block access to the grid for wind energy beyond a capacity of 800 MW (for the whole island), based on advice from ESB National Grid. The report on which this advice is based states that 2000 MW can be accommodated on the grid with minimal constraints(1). According to the report's authors, those constraints could be largely or wholly eliminated through appropriate grid development, and revised network operating strategies. The Irish Government has not transposed the Directive 2001/77/EC(2) on Electricity from Renewable Sources, despite the 27 October deadline, and its officials seem to take the view that transposition is not necessary. However, the actions of the Regulator would seem to conflict with Article 7 of that Directive, which bestows considerable grid access and dispatch rights on renewable energy. Will the Commission now oblige Ireland to transpose that Directive, and ensure that all measures are taken to ensure grid access, as required by Article 7, where any restriction is for strictly safety and reliability reasons and not lack of necessary investment or technical and procedural modifications? Surely these actions by ESB National Grid are equivalent to those that arose in previous Commission decisions(3), in that ESB is making such decisions while it is simultaneously the owner and current operator of the network, and a player in the market, including the renewable energy market? There is also growing evidence of cross-subsidisation by ESB, for example in its own Regulatory Accounts. Will the Commission now reconsider its approach to these competition issues in the Irish electricity market, as expressed in its answer to my questions P-2460/03(4) and E-2457/03(5)? (1)""""""""The impacts of increased levels of wind penetration on the electricity systems of ROI and NI"""""""", final report, Garrad Hassan, ESBI, UCC for CER and OFREG-NI, 11-02-2003, page 85; (link). (2)OJ L 283, 27.10.2001, p. 33. (3)B & I Line/Sealink decision [1992] 5 CMLR 255 and subsequent Stena/Sea Containers decision 94/19/EC, 21/12/93. (4)See page 407. (5)OJ C 70 E, 20.3.2004.

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "On 21May2015, the Commission approved a project run by a company called Berkeley Minera España to set up an open-cast uranium mine in Retortillo (Salamanca), maintaining that the project was in line with the objectives of the Euratom Treaty and with the EU's energy strategy. This information was set out in an order (IET/1944/2015 of 17September) authorising the project issued by the Secretary of State for Energy of the Spanish Government. There have been reports in the Spanish media that Manuel Lamela, who worked alongside MrArias Cañete when he was Spain's agriculture minister, was recruited by Berkeley Minera España and entered in theEU lobbyists' register in December2014, a few weeks after MrArias Cañete was appointed Commissioner. 1.Could the Commission state the reasons whyDGEnergy delivered a favourable opinion on Berkeley's project to set up uranium mining in Retortillo? 2.Could the Commission supply the timetable drawn up for the authorisation of the project, in particular the dates of the application, the assessment phase and the adoption of the positive opinion?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-015417-15

Energy

On 21May2015, the Commission approved a project run by a company called Berkeley Minera España to set up an open-cast uranium mine in Retortillo (Salamanca), maintaining that the project was in line with the objectives of the Euratom Treaty and with the EU's energy strategy. This information was set out in an order (IET/1944/2015 of 17September) authorising the project issued by the Secretary of State for Energy of the Spanish Government. There have been reports in the Spanish media that Manuel Lamela, who worked alongside MrArias Cañete when he was Spain's agriculture minister, was recruited by Berkeley Minera España and entered in theEU lobbyists' register in December2014, a few weeks after MrArias Cañete was appointed Commissioner. 1.Could the Commission state the reasons whyDGEnergy delivered a favourable opinion on Berkeley's project to set up uranium mining in Retortillo? 2.Could the Commission supply the timetable drawn up for the authorisation of the project, in particular the dates of the application, the assessment phase and the adoption of the positive opinion?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The Commission recently released the results of its public consultation on ‘Unconventional fossil fuels (e.g.shale gas) in Europe’. Judging by the online questionnaire that was used, it is hard not to conclude that the environmental problems associated with any shale gas extraction operations were flagged up to a greater degree than the economic benefits of using shale gas to generate electricity or the resultant lower level of CO2 emissions — aspects highlighted by US President Obama in his June2013 Climate Action Plan. The outcome of the Commission’s consultation seems neither very conclusive nor very representative, as more than half of the 22800 replies received came from Poland. A third of the 696 organisations that replied were social and environmental NGOs with a well documented bias against shale gas. How can the Commission be satisfied with a ‘citizens’ consultation’ that actually involves less than 0.005% of the Union’s population? Why does the Commission always entrust consultation exercises of this kind to organisations whose one and only purpose is to protect the environment? What criteria were used to select ‘BIO Intelligence Service’, and how much did the whole consultation cost? Why are consultation exercises of this kind not entrusted to less doctrinaire, more objective organisations with a more open attitude to new technology?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-007943-13

Energy

The Commission recently released the results of its public consultation on ‘Unconventional fossil fuels (e.g.shale gas) in Europe’. Judging by the online questionnaire that was used, it is hard not to conclude that the environmental problems associated with any shale gas extraction operations were flagged up to a greater degree than the economic benefits of using shale gas to generate electricity or the resultant lower level of CO2 emissions — aspects highlighted by US President Obama in his June2013 Climate Action Plan. The outcome of the Commission’s consultation seems neither very conclusive nor very representative, as more than half of the 22800 replies received came from Poland. A third of the 696 organisations that replied were social and environmental NGOs with a well documented bias against shale gas. How can the Commission be satisfied with a ‘citizens’ consultation’ that actually involves less than 0.005% of the Union’s population? Why does the Commission always entrust consultation exercises of this kind to organisations whose one and only purpose is to protect the environment? What criteria were used to select ‘BIO Intelligence Service’, and how much did the whole consultation cost? Why are consultation exercises of this kind not entrusted to less doctrinaire, more objective organisations with a more open attitude to new technology?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Under the previous Framework Support Programme in Portugal, there was provision, under the terms of the MAPE Programme, for a range of specific subsidies for installing renewable-energy-based electricity generating stations. These subsidies were of indisputable importance in bringing about the progress achieved with such power stations and hence these technologies, in recent years. Of the various renewable-energy sources, solar energy was one of the beneficiaries of these subsidies. The use of solar energy, whether through photovoltaic cells or thermo-electrical systems offers great scope for progress in terms of improving available technology. Indeed, along with wave power, solar energy is one of the renewable energies which promises to see the greatest technical and technological developments in coming years. These subsidies therefore need to be kept up over the 2007‑13 period, so as not to jeopardise the entire European renewable energy sector. Without public subsidy, there will be no heavy investment in installing power stations of this kind, which cannot, on their own, compete with the production costs of traditional technology due to the fact that the latter's costs do not include their cost to the environment. An absence of public subsidies could lead to a slow down in European research into renewables, which, given the stage that the development of renewables is currently at, could prejudice Europe's competitiveness vis-à-vis the rest of the world. Unless public funding continues, local and regional development processes based on renewables will no longer be viable; this would have a negative impact on many regions in which the abundance of the renewable resources in question constitutes an often unique opportunity to implement sustainable development. 1.What Community aids are scheduled for continuing research into an installation of solar energy electrical power stations? 2.Is it possible that in Portugal, Community funds could continue to be used to install renewable-energy-based electrical power stations which have proved to be of indisputable significance in the progress made with such power stations, and consequently on the associated solar energy technology, in recent years?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-5685/07

Energy

Under the previous Framework Support Programme in Portugal, there was provision, under the terms of the MAPE Programme, for a range of specific subsidies for installing renewable-energy-based electricity generating stations. These subsidies were of indisputable importance in bringing about the progress achieved with such power stations and hence these technologies, in recent years. Of the various renewable-energy sources, solar energy was one of the beneficiaries of these subsidies. The use of solar energy, whether through photovoltaic cells or thermo-electrical systems offers great scope for progress in terms of improving available technology. Indeed, along with wave power, solar energy is one of the renewable energies which promises to see the greatest technical and technological developments in coming years. These subsidies therefore need to be kept up over the 2007‑13 period, so as not to jeopardise the entire European renewable energy sector. Without public subsidy, there will be no heavy investment in installing power stations of this kind, which cannot, on their own, compete with the production costs of traditional technology due to the fact that the latter's costs do not include their cost to the environment. An absence of public subsidies could lead to a slow down in European research into renewables, which, given the stage that the development of renewables is currently at, could prejudice Europe's competitiveness vis-à-vis the rest of the world. Unless public funding continues, local and regional development processes based on renewables will no longer be viable; this would have a negative impact on many regions in which the abundance of the renewable resources in question constitutes an often unique opportunity to implement sustainable development. 1.What Community aids are scheduled for continuing research into an installation of solar energy electrical power stations? 2.Is it possible that in Portugal, Community funds could continue to be used to install renewable-energy-based electrical power stations which have proved to be of indisputable significance in the progress made with such power stations, and consequently on the associated solar energy technology, in recent years?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The Just Transition Fund (JTF) is an instrument for delivering support to areas facing major challenges in socio-economic transition as they aim to become climate-neutral. Its main objective is to mitigate the impact of the changes by financing the diversification and modernisation of local economies and the negative effects on employment. This kind of support will be especially important for regions where the economy and employment are based to a large extent on coal mining. In the light of the above, I would like to ask the following:1.Will municipalities in which new hard coal mines are opened during the period of operation of the JTF be able to benefit from the Fund? Would the opening of such a mine also have an impact on the possibility or extent of financing from the JTF at NUTS2 level?2.If the coal sector is restructured, will the Member States be able to allocate JTF funds only to support the activities and impact of the restructuring and the closure of state-owned mines, or will it also be possible for them to support enterprises and workers in the private sector?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-001728/2021

Energy

The Just Transition Fund (JTF) is an instrument for delivering support to areas facing major challenges in socio-economic transition as they aim to become climate-neutral. Its main objective is to mitigate the impact of the changes by financing the diversification and modernisation of local economies and the negative effects on employment. This kind of support will be especially important for regions where the economy and employment are based to a large extent on coal mining. In the light of the above, I would like to ask the following:1.Will municipalities in which new hard coal mines are opened during the period of operation of the JTF be able to benefit from the Fund? Would the opening of such a mine also have an impact on the possibility or extent of financing from the JTF at NUTS2 level?2.If the coal sector is restructured, will the Member States be able to allocate JTF funds only to support the activities and impact of the restructuring and the closure of state-owned mines, or will it also be possible for them to support enterprises and workers in the private sector?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The Commission is asked to state whether any Irish semi-state companies are in receipt of EU funding in relation to the following development project elements: Gridwest: 120km of 400 kV line from Flagford, County Leitrim, to Moygownagh, County Mayo (Eirgrid), Oweninny: 371 MW wind farm, County Mayo (EBS and Bord na Móna), Cluddaun: 150 MW wind Farm, County Mayo (Coillte). If so, will the Commission require the developers to publish a comprehensive cost/benefit analysis for the project?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-000035-14

Energy

The Commission is asked to state whether any Irish semi-state companies are in receipt of EU funding in relation to the following development project elements: Gridwest: 120km of 400 kV line from Flagford, County Leitrim, to Moygownagh, County Mayo (Eirgrid), Oweninny: 371 MW wind farm, County Mayo (EBS and Bord na Móna), Cluddaun: 150 MW wind Farm, County Mayo (Coillte). If so, will the Commission require the developers to publish a comprehensive cost/benefit analysis for the project?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Scotland has one of the most viable renewable energy resource bases in Europe, if not the world. Scotland's energy companies and universities are at the forefront in developing clean and sustainable energy technologies, not least with the Beatrice demonstrator offshore wind farm project in the Moray Firth and ‘Pelamis’, the world's first full-scale, grid-connected wave energy convector. There is much Scotland can contribute to helping the EU achieve its renewable energy targets. In its recently published strategic energy review, the Commission states that it plans to help Europe build up to 12large- scale demonstration carbon capture projects by 2015, and by 2020 all new coal-fired power stations should include CO2 capture and storage techniques. The proposed carbon capture project at the Peterhead power station is one of the most important European energy projects for some time and is one of the most advanced in the EU. It offers a real opportunity for not just Scotland and the UK but also the EU to lead the world with this technology by 2010. The Longannet coal-fired power station is also investing in cleaner carbon-based technologies. In light of the forthcoming legislative proposal for regulating carbon capture and geological storage, can the Commission state what its views are on carbon capture and storage technology? Can the Commission also state what EU support would be available for the further development of such technology?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-0465/07

Energy

Scotland has one of the most viable renewable energy resource bases in Europe, if not the world. Scotland's energy companies and universities are at the forefront in developing clean and sustainable energy technologies, not least with the Beatrice demonstrator offshore wind farm project in the Moray Firth and ‘Pelamis’, the world's first full-scale, grid-connected wave energy convector. There is much Scotland can contribute to helping the EU achieve its renewable energy targets. In its recently published strategic energy review, the Commission states that it plans to help Europe build up to 12large- scale demonstration carbon capture projects by 2015, and by 2020 all new coal-fired power stations should include CO2 capture and storage techniques. The proposed carbon capture project at the Peterhead power station is one of the most important European energy projects for some time and is one of the most advanced in the EU. It offers a real opportunity for not just Scotland and the UK but also the EU to lead the world with this technology by 2010. The Longannet coal-fired power station is also investing in cleaner carbon-based technologies. In light of the forthcoming legislative proposal for regulating carbon capture and geological storage, can the Commission state what its views are on carbon capture and storage technology? Can the Commission also state what EU support would be available for the further development of such technology?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "A recent study (E. Panos and M. Densing, 2019, The future developments of the electricity prices in view of the implementation of the Paris Agreements: Will the current trends prevail, or reversal is ahead?, Energy Economics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2019.104476) assesses the impact of the EU Clean Energy legislative package on the expected trend in electricity prices on European wholesale markets up to 2030 following trials in Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy and Austria. The study applies a game-theoretic framework to two scenarios: a base scenario and a more demanding low carbon scenario.The results indicate that the cost of electricity will be twice as high as current prices for the base scenario and four times as high for the more demanding low carbon scenario. They also point to increased price volatility. Increasing market integration may lead to price peaks in certain circumstances.The results give cause for concern for both consumers and the economy as a whole, and calls into question the neoliberal approach while highlighting the need for public scrutiny of energy companies to ensure that changes in the sector are sustainable.Can the Commission provide any information on its assessment of the above-mentioned study and its alarming results?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-000159/2020

Energy

A recent study (E. Panos and M. Densing, 2019, The future developments of the electricity prices in view of the implementation of the Paris Agreements: Will the current trends prevail, or reversal is ahead?, Energy Economics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2019.104476) assesses the impact of the EU Clean Energy legislative package on the expected trend in electricity prices on European wholesale markets up to 2030 following trials in Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy and Austria. The study applies a game-theoretic framework to two scenarios: a base scenario and a more demanding low carbon scenario.The results indicate that the cost of electricity will be twice as high as current prices for the base scenario and four times as high for the more demanding low carbon scenario. They also point to increased price volatility. Increasing market integration may lead to price peaks in certain circumstances.The results give cause for concern for both consumers and the economy as a whole, and calls into question the neoliberal approach while highlighting the need for public scrutiny of energy companies to ensure that changes in the sector are sustainable.Can the Commission provide any information on its assessment of the above-mentioned study and its alarming results?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan has said that Japan is facing its worst crisis since the second world war as a result of the disaster that has hit the country: an earthquake, a tsunami and a nuclear catastrophe that the Japanese Agency for Nuclear and Industrial Safety has classed as level 4 on the International Nuclear Event Scale, which has a maximum level of 7 (the level reached at Chernobyl). In spite of the safety guarantees in place, at least 22people were contaminated by radiation at the Fukushima 1 reactor (240km north of Tokyo). The authorities say that 190 people were within a 10km radius of the plant when radiation exceeded desirable levels. Similar problems involving increased pressure have also been affecting the Fukushima 2 reactor. Around 30000 people living within 10km of the plant were forced to leave their homes. 210000 people have already been evacuated from the Fukushima 1 area. So far the damage caused has been estimated at more than a billion dollars (EUR72billion). Can the Commission answer the following questions: What type of contribution will theEU make, and what humanitarian aid plan will it implement to mitigate the suffering of the Japanese people? Does theEU have the capacity to provide people living near the Fukushima 1and 2 reactors with any type of protection against nuclear radiation? What kind of protection could it offer?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-003372/2011

Energy

The Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan has said that Japan is facing its worst crisis since the second world war as a result of the disaster that has hit the country: an earthquake, a tsunami and a nuclear catastrophe that the Japanese Agency for Nuclear and Industrial Safety has classed as level 4 on the International Nuclear Event Scale, which has a maximum level of 7 (the level reached at Chernobyl). In spite of the safety guarantees in place, at least 22people were contaminated by radiation at the Fukushima 1 reactor (240km north of Tokyo). The authorities say that 190 people were within a 10km radius of the plant when radiation exceeded desirable levels. Similar problems involving increased pressure have also been affecting the Fukushima 2 reactor. Around 30000 people living within 10km of the plant were forced to leave their homes. 210000 people have already been evacuated from the Fukushima 1 area. So far the damage caused has been estimated at more than a billion dollars (EUR72billion). Can the Commission answer the following questions: What type of contribution will theEU make, and what humanitarian aid plan will it implement to mitigate the suffering of the Japanese people? Does theEU have the capacity to provide people living near the Fukushima 1and 2 reactors with any type of protection against nuclear radiation? What kind of protection could it offer?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "How long does the Commission think it will take to enhance and harmonise European law to toughen rules covering accident prevention and liability for offshore drilling?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-6830/2010

Energy

How long does the Commission think it will take to enhance and harmonise European law to toughen rules covering accident prevention and liability for offshore drilling?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "In Aragon (Spain), an undertaking called LAESA (Energy Amplifier Laboratory) has recently been set up, in response to a proposal by Professor Rubbia, for the elimination of waste generated by nuclear power stations via the transmutation of elements. This project has given rise to a major controversy in Aragon, since LAESA has proposed constructing, over the next few years, a prototype which would, in laboratory fashion, provide solutions to the still unresolved technical and engineering problems. Given the scale of the investment involved in this project, LAESA has decided to seek public funding for it. Is the Commission aware of this project? If so, does the Commission believe that the prototype can be constructed within the next five years? Is the Commission in a position to finance this or a similar project? Has LAESA asked for any kind of financial support from the Commission? If so, was this granted, and what was the sum involved?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-3309/98

Energy

In Aragon (Spain), an undertaking called LAESA (Energy Amplifier Laboratory) has recently been set up, in response to a proposal by Professor Rubbia, for the elimination of waste generated by nuclear power stations via the transmutation of elements. This project has given rise to a major controversy in Aragon, since LAESA has proposed constructing, over the next few years, a prototype which would, in laboratory fashion, provide solutions to the still unresolved technical and engineering problems. Given the scale of the investment involved in this project, LAESA has decided to seek public funding for it. Is the Commission aware of this project? If so, does the Commission believe that the prototype can be constructed within the next five years? Is the Commission in a position to finance this or a similar project? Has LAESA asked for any kind of financial support from the Commission? If so, was this granted, and what was the sum involved?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Italian legislation on hydro-electric concessions (Art. 37 of Decree Law No83 of 22.06.2012) provides for the allocation of new concessions through a ‘tender’ issued by the Administration but does not repeal Art. 7 of Royal Decree No1775 of 11.12.1933, which provides for the ‘application’ of a private initiative concession followed by a selective, competitive and public allocation procedure, and is the reason why two procedures coexist: a public initiative ‘tender’ and a private initiative ‘application’. Despite various Italian court judgments to the contrary, many Administrations only consider the ‘tender’ to be admissible and reject or suspend ‘applications’. This infringes three directives: — 2014/23/EU which defines ‘authorisations’ granted ‘at the request of the economic operator’, which Italy calls ‘concessions’; — 2006/123/EC which does not impose ‘tenders’, but transparent and impartial private initiative ‘application’ authorisation procedures; — 2009/72/EC which provides for ‘tenders’ only if ‘application’ authorisation procedures do not guarantee sufficient generation capacity; — As well as the European principles of liberty and enterprise initiative (Art. 16 of theEU Charter of Fundamental Rights and Art. 115 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union). Given that the rejection of ‘applications’ has blocked every initiative to the severe detriment of renewable energy production, the economy and the environment, and that Art. 37 is the subject of infringement proceedings (2011/2026) since Italy has not revised the contested rules and has rejected repeated Parliamentary amendments for the protection of private initiative, can the Commission indicate whether: 1. It believes that the possibility of submitting private initiative ‘applications’ must be guaranteed; 2. It believes that the issue must be resolved in the context of the above infringement proceedings?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-001429-16

Energy

Italian legislation on hydro-electric concessions (Art. 37 of Decree Law No83 of 22.06.2012) provides for the allocation of new concessions through a ‘tender’ issued by the Administration but does not repeal Art. 7 of Royal Decree No1775 of 11.12.1933, which provides for the ‘application’ of a private initiative concession followed by a selective, competitive and public allocation procedure, and is the reason why two procedures coexist: a public initiative ‘tender’ and a private initiative ‘application’. Despite various Italian court judgments to the contrary, many Administrations only consider the ‘tender’ to be admissible and reject or suspend ‘applications’. This infringes three directives: — 2014/23/EU which defines ‘authorisations’ granted ‘at the request of the economic operator’, which Italy calls ‘concessions’; — 2006/123/EC which does not impose ‘tenders’, but transparent and impartial private initiative ‘application’ authorisation procedures; — 2009/72/EC which provides for ‘tenders’ only if ‘application’ authorisation procedures do not guarantee sufficient generation capacity; — As well as the European principles of liberty and enterprise initiative (Art. 16 of theEU Charter of Fundamental Rights and Art. 115 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union). Given that the rejection of ‘applications’ has blocked every initiative to the severe detriment of renewable energy production, the economy and the environment, and that Art. 37 is the subject of infringement proceedings (2011/2026) since Italy has not revised the contested rules and has rejected repeated Parliamentary amendments for the protection of private initiative, can the Commission indicate whether: 1. It believes that the possibility of submitting private initiative ‘applications’ must be guaranteed; 2. It believes that the issue must be resolved in the context of the above infringement proceedings?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "According to the Euractiv(1) news website, ‘European Union representatives’ have stated that some 19Member States, or two thirds of the Member States, have failed to transpose the Energy Efficiency Directive into national law. This directive sets a range of general objectives, which are deemed ‘indicative’ and therefore non-binding. These objectives are designed to set limits in order to reduce EU energy consumption. Now, nine months after the directive was approved, the Member States in question have still not transposed it, which constitutes a serious breach of EClaw under the principle of supremacy enshrined in the ‘Costa/Enel’ decision of the Court of Justice of the European Communities of 15July 1964. 1.Does the Commission plan to take a harder line with Member States which are baulking at transposing the Energy Efficiency Directive into national law? 2.Does the Commission consider partial transposition of the directive by a Member State to be acceptable? (1)‘Bruxelles va sévir contre les mauvais élèves de l'efficacité énergétique’ [Member States face legal action over energy efficiency], 26.3.2015." Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-006607-15

Energy

According to the Euractiv(1) news website, ‘European Union representatives’ have stated that some 19Member States, or two thirds of the Member States, have failed to transpose the Energy Efficiency Directive into national law. This directive sets a range of general objectives, which are deemed ‘indicative’ and therefore non-binding. These objectives are designed to set limits in order to reduce EU energy consumption. Now, nine months after the directive was approved, the Member States in question have still not transposed it, which constitutes a serious breach of EClaw under the principle of supremacy enshrined in the ‘Costa/Enel’ decision of the Court of Justice of the European Communities of 15July 1964. 1.Does the Commission plan to take a harder line with Member States which are baulking at transposing the Energy Efficiency Directive into national law? 2.Does the Commission consider partial transposition of the directive by a Member State to be acceptable? (1)‘Bruxelles va sévir contre les mauvais élèves de l'efficacité énergétique’ [Member States face legal action over energy efficiency], 26.3.2015.

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The Commission has reached a very harsh judgment in its assessment of the Kozlodui nuclear power station. Why, in its assessment of blocks 1-4 of the Kozlodui nuclear power station, did the Commission not adhere to the conclusions of the International Atomic Energy Agency? Did the Commission adopt different criteria than the IAEA? If so, why, and what are these criteria? Who established them? Who took the decision to use different criteria than the IAEA, and when? Did the Commission take its decision on the basis of an expert report? If so, who were the experts?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

P-2718/02

Energy

The Commission has reached a very harsh judgment in its assessment of the Kozlodui nuclear power station. Why, in its assessment of blocks 1-4 of the Kozlodui nuclear power station, did the Commission not adhere to the conclusions of the International Atomic Energy Agency? Did the Commission adopt different criteria than the IAEA? If so, why, and what are these criteria? Who established them? Who took the decision to use different criteria than the IAEA, and when? Did the Commission take its decision on the basis of an expert report? If so, who were the experts?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "What plans does the Commission have to establish a European supergrid?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-3558/09

Energy

What plans does the Commission have to establish a European supergrid?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) project is required, under the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Directive(1) to include a study on cumulative effects. As established by the Lecce Public Prosecutor’s Office, such a study has not yet been submitted.The project has been broken down into multiple parts (using the prohibited practice of ‘salami-slicing’) to avoid it having to be subject to an EIA .A variety of information has not been published, despite the Commission having stated that ‘a problem has arisen regarding the conformity with the Directive of the Italian legislation transposing the Directive itself(2).’The exemptions from Directive 2009/73/EEC were granted on condition that the shareholders of TAP AG did not hold shares in Snam Rete Gas S.p.A. or DESFA SA(3).However, Snam is a shareholder in TAP and has also taken over DESFA(4) through Senfluga Energy Infrastructure Holdings.The violations of Directive 2011/92/EU should have resulted in the Commission removing the TAP project from the list of projects of common interest (PCIs) under Article 5(8) of Regulation (EU) No 347/2013.In the light of the above, can the Commission clearly state whether it will:1.Remove the project from the list of PCIs immediately;2.Cancel the exemptions which the TAP was granted under Directive 2009/73/EC? (1)https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32014L0052&from=EN (2)https://www.insic.it/Tutela-ambientale/Notizie/Valutazioni-d-impatto-ambientale-lettera-messa-mora-italia/3a437225-9ebb-4fa8-92c5-0b02a1b062f (3)Point 4.9.2 of the Joint Opinion as amended by Decision C (2013) 2949 https://www.autorita.energia.it/allegati/docs/13/249-13all.pdf (4)https://www.snam.it/it/media/comunicati-stampa/2018/consorzio_Snam_Enagas_Fluxys_acquisto_DESFA.html#:~:text=stampa%40snam.it-,Il%20consorzio%20composto%20da%20Snam%2C%20Enag%C3%A1s%20e%20Fluxys%20completa%20l,66%25%20dell%27operatore%20greco%20DESFA&text=Il%20consorzio%2C%20che%20si%20era,societ%C3%A0%20Senfluga%20Energy%20Infrastructure%20Holdings." Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-001002/2021

Energy

The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) project is required, under the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Directive(1) to include a study on cumulative effects. As established by the Lecce Public Prosecutor’s Office, such a study has not yet been submitted.The project has been broken down into multiple parts (using the prohibited practice of ‘salami-slicing’) to avoid it having to be subject to an EIA .A variety of information has not been published, despite the Commission having stated that ‘a problem has arisen regarding the conformity with the Directive of the Italian legislation transposing the Directive itself(2).’The exemptions from Directive 2009/73/EEC were granted on condition that the shareholders of TAP AG did not hold shares in Snam Rete Gas S.p.A. or DESFA SA(3).However, Snam is a shareholder in TAP and has also taken over DESFA(4) through Senfluga Energy Infrastructure Holdings.The violations of Directive 2011/92/EU should have resulted in the Commission removing the TAP project from the list of projects of common interest (PCIs) under Article 5(8) of Regulation (EU) No 347/2013.In the light of the above, can the Commission clearly state whether it will:1.Remove the project from the list of PCIs immediately;2.Cancel the exemptions which the TAP was granted under Directive 2009/73/EC? (1)https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32014L0052&from=EN (2)https://www.insic.it/Tutela-ambientale/Notizie/Valutazioni-d-impatto-ambientale-lettera-messa-mora-italia/3a437225-9ebb-4fa8-92c5-0b02a1b062f (3)Point 4.9.2 of the Joint Opinion as amended by Decision C (2013) 2949 https://www.autorita.energia.it/allegati/docs/13/249-13all.pdf (4)https://www.snam.it/it/media/comunicati-stampa/2018/consorzio_Snam_Enagas_Fluxys_acquisto_DESFA.html#:~:text=stampa%40snam.it-,Il%20consorzio%20composto%20da%20Snam%2C%20Enag%C3%A1s%20e%20Fluxys%20completa%20l,66%25%20dell%27operatore%20greco%20DESFA&text=Il%20consorzio%2C%20che%20si%20era,societ%C3%A0%20Senfluga%20Energy%20Infrastructure%20Holdings.

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "1.Is the Commission aware that there is growing interest in the petroleum reserves believed to be lying under the ground in states created on the territory of the former Soviet Union, where 20 % of the world's oil reserves and 50 % of the world's gas reserves are to be found? 2.Can the Commission confirm that the USA is increasingly involved in measures to enable it to secure a constant supply of petroleum and natural gas from reserves around the Caspian Sea? 3.Can the Commission confirm that the laying of a new 1 760 km long oil pipeline from Baku in Azerbaijan via Tblisi in Georgia to Ceyhan on the Mediterranean near the Syrian border in Turkey is the most expensive and least cost-effective of all the alternatives previously considered? 4.Is the pipeline to Ceyhan, which is scheduled to be completed in 2005, mainly linked to US interests and participation, or are companies and the authorities in the EU also involved in this project? 5.What is the Commission's view of the conclusions of Dr Parvizi Amineh, researcher at the International Institute for Asian Studies in Amsterdam, who in his book """"""""Great Game"""""""", due to be published shortly, states that if these trends continue Europe and Asia will become completely dependent on oil and gas distributed by the US? 6.Do agreements exist with the EU and/or its Member States on the supply of this oil for use in Europe, or is the oil being wholly, or to a significant extent, reserved for US consumption, which is continuing to grow strongly? Source: Netherlands daily newspaper """"""""De Volkskrant"""""""" of 18 January 2003" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-0189/03

Energy

1.Is the Commission aware that there is growing interest in the petroleum reserves believed to be lying under the ground in states created on the territory of the former Soviet Union, where 20 % of the world's oil reserves and 50 % of the world's gas reserves are to be found? 2.Can the Commission confirm that the USA is increasingly involved in measures to enable it to secure a constant supply of petroleum and natural gas from reserves around the Caspian Sea? 3.Can the Commission confirm that the laying of a new 1 760 km long oil pipeline from Baku in Azerbaijan via Tblisi in Georgia to Ceyhan on the Mediterranean near the Syrian border in Turkey is the most expensive and least cost-effective of all the alternatives previously considered? 4.Is the pipeline to Ceyhan, which is scheduled to be completed in 2005, mainly linked to US interests and participation, or are companies and the authorities in the EU also involved in this project? 5.What is the Commission's view of the conclusions of Dr Parvizi Amineh, researcher at the International Institute for Asian Studies in Amsterdam, who in his book """"""""Great Game"""""""", due to be published shortly, states that if these trends continue Europe and Asia will become completely dependent on oil and gas distributed by the US? 6.Do agreements exist with the EU and/or its Member States on the supply of this oil for use in Europe, or is the oil being wholly, or to a significant extent, reserved for US consumption, which is continuing to grow strongly? Source: Netherlands daily newspaper """"""""De Volkskrant"""""""" of 18 January 2003

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Summer 2003 will be remembered, inter alia, for the number of electricity black-outs which left various international communities deprived of the energy supplies, that public authorities should guarantee their citizens. The fact that one of those communities was London, the capital of the UK, has led analysts to wonder whether the EU needs a European Consultative Council for guaranteeing energy supplies, in all forms, so that the distress occasioned by this summer's blackouts does not spread to other parts of the Community. Does the Commission believe that it should set up a consultative council for secure energy supplies, with a view to protecting the whole EU from black-outs?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-2924/03

Energy

Summer 2003 will be remembered, inter alia, for the number of electricity black-outs which left various international communities deprived of the energy supplies, that public authorities should guarantee their citizens. The fact that one of those communities was London, the capital of the UK, has led analysts to wonder whether the EU needs a European Consultative Council for guaranteeing energy supplies, in all forms, so that the distress occasioned by this summer's blackouts does not spread to other parts of the Community. Does the Commission believe that it should set up a consultative council for secure energy supplies, with a view to protecting the whole EU from black-outs?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Citing European industrial and political circles as its source, Reuters has claimed that senior European officials are pushing for the merger of two planned gas pipelines which are strategically important for European energy security, namely the Nabucco pipeline and the smaller rival pipeline between Turkey, Greece and Italy (ITGI). A representative of the Nabucco pipeline consortium, speaking in Vienna, where the consortium has its offices, stated that currently no ‘specific discussions’ were taking place with the ITGI consortium about possible cooperation. According to Christian Dolezal, talks were ongoing at a political level, but the issue was not being discussed in the consortium. Will the Commission say whether there is any substance to rumours about possible cooperation or a merger or link between the Nabucco and ITGIprojects? If so, how will it be achieved?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-002306/2011

Energy

Citing European industrial and political circles as its source, Reuters has claimed that senior European officials are pushing for the merger of two planned gas pipelines which are strategically important for European energy security, namely the Nabucco pipeline and the smaller rival pipeline between Turkey, Greece and Italy (ITGI). A representative of the Nabucco pipeline consortium, speaking in Vienna, where the consortium has its offices, stated that currently no ‘specific discussions’ were taking place with the ITGI consortium about possible cooperation. According to Christian Dolezal, talks were ongoing at a political level, but the issue was not being discussed in the consortium. Will the Commission say whether there is any substance to rumours about possible cooperation or a merger or link between the Nabucco and ITGIprojects? If so, how will it be achieved?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Neither the multiannual programme for renewable energy sources nor the new research programme includes plans for producing photovoltaic energy using space platforms. However, according to scientific literature, the exploitation of solar energy in space has great future potential. What information has the Commission received on this matter from its scientific advisory committees?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-3547/97

Energy

Neither the multiannual programme for renewable energy sources nor the new research programme includes plans for producing photovoltaic energy using space platforms. However, according to scientific literature, the exploitation of solar energy in space has great future potential. What information has the Commission received on this matter from its scientific advisory committees?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Numerous financing programmes have been developed for the Community programming period 2007‑13; with these programmes the EU intends to support projects under various sectoral policies. The municipality of Sant’Agata di Militello (Sicily, Italy) is in need of financing in the area of intelligent energy, the objectives being to develop new energy standards, promote and disseminate information, encourage the transfer of experience and contribute to the creation of institutional capacity in relation to that policy. In this connection, can the Commission state whether the municipality of Sant’Agata di Militello has submitted any projects under the Intelligent Energy Europe programme? If so, could the Commission state whether the municipality of Sant’Agata di Militello has obtained any financing and if this has been used within the proper time-frame and in the proper fashion, or whether the sums granted have had to be reimbursed?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-2799/09

Energy

Numerous financing programmes have been developed for the Community programming period 2007‑13; with these programmes the EU intends to support projects under various sectoral policies. The municipality of Sant’Agata di Militello (Sicily, Italy) is in need of financing in the area of intelligent energy, the objectives being to develop new energy standards, promote and disseminate information, encourage the transfer of experience and contribute to the creation of institutional capacity in relation to that policy. In this connection, can the Commission state whether the municipality of Sant’Agata di Militello has submitted any projects under the Intelligent Energy Europe programme? If so, could the Commission state whether the municipality of Sant’Agata di Militello has obtained any financing and if this has been used within the proper time-frame and in the proper fashion, or whether the sums granted have had to be reimbursed?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Following the harmful exploration work undertaken by the Norwegian vessel ‘Northern Explorer’, which uses seismic blasting to search for oil, the Croatian government has indirectly announced, through MrVrdoljak, Minister of Economy, that there are good chances that the Adriatic has bountiful energy reserves: a field of 12 000 sq. km that could yield 3billion barrels of oil, thereby boosting Croatia’s GDP by 3%. In the Adriatic, drilling would be simple, given the shallow water, and Croatia is already trying to establish who might be interested. However, there is both an environmental and a political issue here: the seismic blasting has caused serious damage to the environment, driving out sperm whales and dolphins — the mammals that are most sensitive to shocks — and other marine life, seriously altering the Adriatic’s already fragile ecosystem. In addition, INA, a Croatian oil company, is 25% owned by the Hungarian Mol Group, which it turn is linked to Russia’s Gazprom. In view of the above, will the Commission say: 1. Does it agree that oil exploration should be restricted, if carried out using methods that are harmful to the environment? 2. What policies does it plan to pursue to protect marine fauna? 3. What information can it provide about the Mol Group and its possible links to Gazprom? 4. How does it intend to intervene in the event of a threat to the legitimate economic and energy interests of Croatian and EU citizens?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-001547-14

Energy

Following the harmful exploration work undertaken by the Norwegian vessel ‘Northern Explorer’, which uses seismic blasting to search for oil, the Croatian government has indirectly announced, through MrVrdoljak, Minister of Economy, that there are good chances that the Adriatic has bountiful energy reserves: a field of 12 000 sq. km that could yield 3billion barrels of oil, thereby boosting Croatia’s GDP by 3%. In the Adriatic, drilling would be simple, given the shallow water, and Croatia is already trying to establish who might be interested. However, there is both an environmental and a political issue here: the seismic blasting has caused serious damage to the environment, driving out sperm whales and dolphins — the mammals that are most sensitive to shocks — and other marine life, seriously altering the Adriatic’s already fragile ecosystem. In addition, INA, a Croatian oil company, is 25% owned by the Hungarian Mol Group, which it turn is linked to Russia’s Gazprom. In view of the above, will the Commission say: 1. Does it agree that oil exploration should be restricted, if carried out using methods that are harmful to the environment? 2. What policies does it plan to pursue to protect marine fauna? 3. What information can it provide about the Mol Group and its possible links to Gazprom? 4. How does it intend to intervene in the event of a threat to the legitimate economic and energy interests of Croatian and EU citizens?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan has alerted the world to the enormous risks involved in opting for this form of energy. In view of the recent Fukushima nuclear disaster, what is the Commission's assessment of present nuclear policy within the EU? Can the Commission state what safety guarantees exist for nuclear power stations? Can the Commission give its opinion on the degree of reliability of the reports submitted, given that they have been questioned by a number of experts in Europe?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-003330/2011

Energy

The disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan has alerted the world to the enormous risks involved in opting for this form of energy. In view of the recent Fukushima nuclear disaster, what is the Commission's assessment of present nuclear policy within the EU? Can the Commission state what safety guarantees exist for nuclear power stations? Can the Commission give its opinion on the degree of reliability of the reports submitted, given that they have been questioned by a number of experts in Europe?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "According to a report in """"""""The New York Times"""""""" on 16 November 1994, Enron Corporation plans to build the world's largest photovoltaic power station, with a capacity of 100 megawatts, in the Nevada desert. The company expects to be generating electricity at the very reasonable price of 5,5 cents per unit within two years. It has the backing of the Federal Energy Department, in principle, which will purchase the energy generated; there will be no other form of subsidy. Does the Commission have any more detailed information on the project, which could give a tremendous boost to this type of renewable energy? Does it consider that similar measures could be taken in the European Union?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-2736/94

Energy

According to a report in """"""""The New York Times"""""""" on 16 November 1994, Enron Corporation plans to build the world's largest photovoltaic power station, with a capacity of 100 megawatts, in the Nevada desert. The company expects to be generating electricity at the very reasonable price of 5,5 cents per unit within two years. It has the backing of the Federal Energy Department, in principle, which will purchase the energy generated; there will be no other form of subsidy. Does the Commission have any more detailed information on the project, which could give a tremendous boost to this type of renewable energy? Does it consider that similar measures could be taken in the European Union?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "In January2014, Russia and Hungary concluded an intergovernmental agreement on the construction of two nuclear reactors at the Paks nuclear power station in Hungary. According to a report of 23November2015, the Commission started investigations because it suspected there was an infringement of competition policy which could give rise to distortions of competition on the Hungarian market or in the internal market. On 17November2016, it was announced that there was no infringement of competition policy because — as argued by Hungary in its justification — only Rosatom had the necessary know-how to enable the work to be carried out for the two nuclear reactors, and this argument had been accepted by the Commission. 1.One of the objectives of the Energy Union is a massive expansion of renewable energy sources. Projects are approved or rejected on a case-by-case basis for competition reasons. However, after Hinkley Point and now Paks, the impression is being given that the Commission’s procurement practice for nuclear projects allows for maximum flexibility. How does the Commission intend to make sure that no unfair regulatory measures result and that no impression is given that double standards apply? 2.How can the Commission, which is also supposed to be protecting companies in theEU against unfair competition, demonstrate conclusively that the procedure in the case of Paks was lawful and that the decision does not distort competition?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-008806-16

Energy

In January2014, Russia and Hungary concluded an intergovernmental agreement on the construction of two nuclear reactors at the Paks nuclear power station in Hungary. According to a report of 23November2015, the Commission started investigations because it suspected there was an infringement of competition policy which could give rise to distortions of competition on the Hungarian market or in the internal market. On 17November2016, it was announced that there was no infringement of competition policy because — as argued by Hungary in its justification — only Rosatom had the necessary know-how to enable the work to be carried out for the two nuclear reactors, and this argument had been accepted by the Commission. 1.One of the objectives of the Energy Union is a massive expansion of renewable energy sources. Projects are approved or rejected on a case-by-case basis for competition reasons. However, after Hinkley Point and now Paks, the impression is being given that the Commission’s procurement practice for nuclear projects allows for maximum flexibility. How does the Commission intend to make sure that no unfair regulatory measures result and that no impression is given that double standards apply? 2.How can the Commission, which is also supposed to be protecting companies in theEU against unfair competition, demonstrate conclusively that the procedure in the case of Paks was lawful and that the decision does not distort competition?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "When does the Commission intend to propose revisions to the Labelling Directive to take account of the improvements in energy efficiency technology since its introduction? Is it the Commission’s intention to extend labelling requirements to provide consumers with a simple energy efficiency guide to a much wider range of electrical products? If so, will the Commission indicate by when it hopes to introduce such legislation and to what additional products it will initially apply?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-1739/07

Energy

When does the Commission intend to propose revisions to the Labelling Directive to take account of the improvements in energy efficiency technology since its introduction? Is it the Commission’s intention to extend labelling requirements to provide consumers with a simple energy efficiency guide to a much wider range of electrical products? If so, will the Commission indicate by when it hopes to introduce such legislation and to what additional products it will initially apply?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "According to the growing amount of data from electric vehicle drivers, it is becoming clearer that the vastly preferred venues for charging electric vehicles are the home and the workplace. Thus, offering potential electric vehicle drivers the opportunity to obtain a charging station for their home or workplace without incurring significant costs and delays is the key to unlocking the potential of electric vehicles.Most of the costs and delays related to obtaining a charging station for the home or workplace are linked to the installation of the required electrical cabling, in cases where buildings are not pre-equipped. As an example, growing data from Finland shows that pre-equipping an office or residential building with electrical cabling vastly lowers the cost to a private car owner of switching to an electric vehicle.The revised 2018 Energy Performance of Buildings Directive does not include significant incentives or requirements for pre-equipping buildings with electric cabling, and the Commission’s focus has recently been on the Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Directive, which governs publicly accessible charging infrastructure.What further legislative action does the Commission intend to take to incentivise companies and individuals to pre-equip buildings with electrical cabling?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-000096/2020

Energy

According to the growing amount of data from electric vehicle drivers, it is becoming clearer that the vastly preferred venues for charging electric vehicles are the home and the workplace. Thus, offering potential electric vehicle drivers the opportunity to obtain a charging station for their home or workplace without incurring significant costs and delays is the key to unlocking the potential of electric vehicles.Most of the costs and delays related to obtaining a charging station for the home or workplace are linked to the installation of the required electrical cabling, in cases where buildings are not pre-equipped. As an example, growing data from Finland shows that pre-equipping an office or residential building with electrical cabling vastly lowers the cost to a private car owner of switching to an electric vehicle.The revised 2018 Energy Performance of Buildings Directive does not include significant incentives or requirements for pre-equipping buildings with electric cabling, and the Commission’s focus has recently been on the Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Directive, which governs publicly accessible charging infrastructure.What further legislative action does the Commission intend to take to incentivise companies and individuals to pre-equip buildings with electrical cabling?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The Commission sent formal notice to the French State on 22October2015 regarding EDF's dominant position in the hydropower sector. This could force EDF to shed its public assets in this sector. The arrival of new entrants would threaten existing production and distribution synergies, would make available to private operators annual revenue valued at EUR2.5billion and could lead to increased costs and loss of status for its workers. Furthermore, a dam has to be managed in close cooperation with local communities so as to take into account the needs of farmers and tourism and the requirements of navigation and the environment. 1.Has the Commission taken all these factors into account? Does it believe that these public service obligations can be performed with the same diligence by entities motivated by short-term profit? 2.Some States have managed to obtain exemptions from the requirements governing the opening of hydropower concessions by limiting competition or allowing greater freedom in the choice and duration of concessions. What conditions must French dams meet in order to benefit from such arrangements?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

P-015533-15

Energy

The Commission sent formal notice to the French State on 22October2015 regarding EDF's dominant position in the hydropower sector. This could force EDF to shed its public assets in this sector. The arrival of new entrants would threaten existing production and distribution synergies, would make available to private operators annual revenue valued at EUR2.5billion and could lead to increased costs and loss of status for its workers. Furthermore, a dam has to be managed in close cooperation with local communities so as to take into account the needs of farmers and tourism and the requirements of navigation and the environment. 1.Has the Commission taken all these factors into account? Does it believe that these public service obligations can be performed with the same diligence by entities motivated by short-term profit? 2.Some States have managed to obtain exemptions from the requirements governing the opening of hydropower concessions by limiting competition or allowing greater freedom in the choice and duration of concessions. What conditions must French dams meet in order to benefit from such arrangements?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The EU‑Ukraine cooperation arrangements under the current neighbourhood and partnership policy include financial support instruments funded from theEU budget. In 2008, Ukraine and theEU signed an agreement on funding to the tune of EUR87million a programme supporting the implementation of Ukraine’s energy strategy. Under the terms of the agreement, the funding is provided in two stages, and the decision to pay the second amount will be taken by the Commission once the results obtained by the Ukrainian Government between 2008 and 2010 have been analysed. With reference to Commissioner Oettinger's answer of 27April2011, how has the first tranche of funding for Ukraine's energy strategy been used? What regulations governing the electricity market have been drafted and implemented in Ukraine? What proportion of the second trancheof EUR46million earmarked for the implementation of the strategy is expected to be taken up, and how does the Commission intend to support continued close cooperation with Ukraine on energy issues?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

P-007466/2011

Energy

The EU‑Ukraine cooperation arrangements under the current neighbourhood and partnership policy include financial support instruments funded from theEU budget. In 2008, Ukraine and theEU signed an agreement on funding to the tune of EUR87million a programme supporting the implementation of Ukraine’s energy strategy. Under the terms of the agreement, the funding is provided in two stages, and the decision to pay the second amount will be taken by the Commission once the results obtained by the Ukrainian Government between 2008 and 2010 have been analysed. With reference to Commissioner Oettinger's answer of 27April2011, how has the first tranche of funding for Ukraine's energy strategy been used? What regulations governing the electricity market have been drafted and implemented in Ukraine? What proportion of the second trancheof EUR46million earmarked for the implementation of the strategy is expected to be taken up, and how does the Commission intend to support continued close cooperation with Ukraine on energy issues?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The conditions governing access to the grid in Germany are currently being examined to see whether they are compatible with the internal market rules. 1.Is the objective of Directive 96/92/EC(1), namely to give power suppliers non-discriminatory access to the grid, achieved by agreements on transmission fees between German power corporations and interest groups? 2.What fees are regarded as compatible in a Union context? 3.How does the Commission assess the actual cost structures of the grid operators; does it, for example, require them to disclose these structures? 4.Does the Commission not agree that unjustifiably high fees offer scope for cross-subsidisation and the shifting of costs in integrated electricity undertakings, and thus distortion of competition? 5.Does it not share the view that, through the level of fees they charge, old-established energy supply companies might take advantage of their natural monopoly grid to exclude new competitors as far as possible? 6.What does the Commission intend to do to ensure that new power suppliers have free and transparent access to the market? (1)OJ L 27, 30.1.1997, p. 20." Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [8]. </s>

E-0001/00

Energy

The conditions governing access to the grid in Germany are currently being examined to see whether they are compatible with the internal market rules. 1.Is the objective of Directive 96/92/EC(1), namely to give power suppliers non-discriminatory access to the grid, achieved by agreements on transmission fees between German power corporations and interest groups? 2.What fees are regarded as compatible in a Union context? 3.How does the Commission assess the actual cost structures of the grid operators; does it, for example, require them to disclose these structures? 4.Does the Commission not agree that unjustifiably high fees offer scope for cross-subsidisation and the shifting of costs in integrated electricity undertakings, and thus distortion of competition? 5.Does it not share the view that, through the level of fees they charge, old-established energy supply companies might take advantage of their natural monopoly grid to exclude new competitors as far as possible? 6.What does the Commission intend to do to ensure that new power suppliers have free and transparent access to the market? (1)OJ L 27, 30.1.1997, p. 20.

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "‘The Community shall contribute to the flowering of the cultures of the Member States, while respecting their national and regional diversity and at the same time bringing the common cultural heritage to the fore’ (Article151 of the Treaty establishing the European Community). The same article then goes on to set out the areas in which supporting and supplementing action by the Community is required. Given the need finally to address the issues arising from numerical and institutional pluralism and the democratic selection of European regulatory bodies and the obvious importance — inherently and in financial terms — of highlighting the shared cultural foundations of the joint European edifice, will the Commission take steps to set up a European regulatory agency with the task of promoting better knowledge and wider awareness of the culture and history of the European peoples, the conservation and protection of cultural heritage of European importance, non-commercial cultural exchanges and artistic and literary creativity encompassing the audiovisual sector?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [23]. </s>

P-2146/07

Culture and media

‘The Community shall contribute to the flowering of the cultures of the Member States, while respecting their national and regional diversity and at the same time bringing the common cultural heritage to the fore’ (Article151 of the Treaty establishing the European Community). The same article then goes on to set out the areas in which supporting and supplementing action by the Community is required. Given the need finally to address the issues arising from numerical and institutional pluralism and the democratic selection of European regulatory bodies and the obvious importance — inherently and in financial terms — of highlighting the shared cultural foundations of the joint European edifice, will the Commission take steps to set up a European regulatory agency with the task of promoting better knowledge and wider awareness of the culture and history of the European peoples, the conservation and protection of cultural heritage of European importance, non-commercial cultural exchanges and artistic and literary creativity encompassing the audiovisual sector?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Could the Commission indicate what measures it has in place to support the development of museums, theatres, independent cinemas and libraries, given that they offer some of the best examples of our cultural heritage, yet often suffer from a chronic lack of funding, and would the Commission consider awarding prizes to innovative libraries and museums that succeed in enriching their local communities?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [23]. </s>

E-1788/08

Culture and media

Could the Commission indicate what measures it has in place to support the development of museums, theatres, independent cinemas and libraries, given that they offer some of the best examples of our cultural heritage, yet often suffer from a chronic lack of funding, and would the Commission consider awarding prizes to innovative libraries and museums that succeed in enriching their local communities?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The cultural and creative sectors, NGOs, and other self-employed people all over Europe have been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Live events and performances have had to be cancelled, and most cultural venues have been forced to close their doors. In these sectors, which are characterised by self-employment, freelancing and job flexibility combined with little or no access to social benefits, the resulting loss of income poses a direct and immediate threat to the existence of authors, performers, and all cultural operators, many of whom had already been struggling well before the current emergency. The European Union should ensure access to unemployment and other social benefits for all cultural professionals, particularly freelancers, the self-employed and others in atypical forms of work. While the Member States have adopted different measures to compensate revenue losses for businesses and those in employment, others in atypical forms of work are being overlooked.What action will the Commission take to address this issue, and to ensure that the loss of revenue experienced by the self-employed, cultural professionals and others in atypical forms of work will be offset, and that they will receive a fair share of the financing already released from the cohesion funds, as well as from the upcoming revised MFF, which will presumably promote the recovery of the EU economy?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [23]. </s>

E-002097/2020

Culture and media

The cultural and creative sectors, NGOs, and other self-employed people all over Europe have been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Live events and performances have had to be cancelled, and most cultural venues have been forced to close their doors. In these sectors, which are characterised by self-employment, freelancing and job flexibility combined with little or no access to social benefits, the resulting loss of income poses a direct and immediate threat to the existence of authors, performers, and all cultural operators, many of whom had already been struggling well before the current emergency. The European Union should ensure access to unemployment and other social benefits for all cultural professionals, particularly freelancers, the self-employed and others in atypical forms of work. While the Member States have adopted different measures to compensate revenue losses for businesses and those in employment, others in atypical forms of work are being overlooked.What action will the Commission take to address this issue, and to ensure that the loss of revenue experienced by the self-employed, cultural professionals and others in atypical forms of work will be offset, and that they will receive a fair share of the financing already released from the cohesion funds, as well as from the upcoming revised MFF, which will presumably promote the recovery of the EU economy?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "In the draft regulation on the ERDF for 2007‑2013, culture was included as a separate area of intervention for the European Regional Development Fund, where the tasks of the Fund are ‘investing in culture’, ‘development of cultural infrastructure’ and ‘help to improve the supply of cultural services’. The Commission has repeatedly highlighted the importance of cultural projects for the development of Europe in all dimensions. In the proposed legislative package for Cohesion Policy for 2014-2020 under the European Regional Development Fund, presented on 6October2011 by the Commission, support for the cultural sector has been limited to the protection, development and promotion of cultural heritage and is intended for the protection of the environment and promotion of resource efficiency. Within the context of the European Social Fund, however, all references to culture were absent. 1. Does the Commission plan within the framework of the European Regional Development Fund: — To transfer cultural action from the ‘Protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency’ priority to the ‘Promoting social inclusion and combating poverty’ priority? — To broaden the provision on cultural heritage, so that the wording reads ‘Investing in Culture, protection of cultural heritage and cultural education for reducing inequalities in access to culture and enhancing social capital’? — To include tasks relating to the digitisation of cultural objects in the thematic goal of ‘Enhancing accessibility to and use and quality of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT)’, point (c)‘ Strengthening ICT applications for e-government, e- learning, e-culture, e-inclusion and e-health’? — To broaden the cultural heritage indicator (located in the ‘Social Infrastructure’ section) so that it reads ‘Culture and Cultural Heritage’? 2.Is it possible within the framework of the regulation on European territorial cooperation to broaden the scope of the cultural heritage indicator so that it reads ‘Culture and Cultural Heritage’? 3.Does the Commission plan, under the European Social Fund, to incorporate, as one of its priorities, the support of tasks associated with the development of social and cultural competences within the thematic goal of ‘Promoting social inclusion and combating poverty: Promoting development of social and cultural competences for combating exclusion and build open and tolerant European society’?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [23]. </s>

E-001293/2012

Culture and media

In the draft regulation on the ERDF for 2007‑2013, culture was included as a separate area of intervention for the European Regional Development Fund, where the tasks of the Fund are ‘investing in culture’, ‘development of cultural infrastructure’ and ‘help to improve the supply of cultural services’. The Commission has repeatedly highlighted the importance of cultural projects for the development of Europe in all dimensions. In the proposed legislative package for Cohesion Policy for 2014-2020 under the European Regional Development Fund, presented on 6October2011 by the Commission, support for the cultural sector has been limited to the protection, development and promotion of cultural heritage and is intended for the protection of the environment and promotion of resource efficiency. Within the context of the European Social Fund, however, all references to culture were absent. 1. Does the Commission plan within the framework of the European Regional Development Fund: — To transfer cultural action from the ‘Protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency’ priority to the ‘Promoting social inclusion and combating poverty’ priority? — To broaden the provision on cultural heritage, so that the wording reads ‘Investing in Culture, protection of cultural heritage and cultural education for reducing inequalities in access to culture and enhancing social capital’? — To include tasks relating to the digitisation of cultural objects in the thematic goal of ‘Enhancing accessibility to and use and quality of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT)’, point (c)‘ Strengthening ICT applications for e-government, e- learning, e-culture, e-inclusion and e-health’? — To broaden the cultural heritage indicator (located in the ‘Social Infrastructure’ section) so that it reads ‘Culture and Cultural Heritage’? 2.Is it possible within the framework of the regulation on European territorial cooperation to broaden the scope of the cultural heritage indicator so that it reads ‘Culture and Cultural Heritage’? 3.Does the Commission plan, under the European Social Fund, to incorporate, as one of its priorities, the support of tasks associated with the development of social and cultural competences within the thematic goal of ‘Promoting social inclusion and combating poverty: Promoting development of social and cultural competences for combating exclusion and build open and tolerant European society’?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The Romanian language is the mother tongue of the majority of the populations of Romania and the Republic of Moldova, just as German is the mother tongue of the majority of the populations of Germany and Austria. The ‘Moldovan language’ does not exist, just as the ‘Austrian language’ does not exist. Similarly, the ‘Belgian language’, the ‘United States language’ and the ‘Mexican language’ do not exist. The Republic of Moldova’s existence as a sovereign state cannot be used as an argument in support of the existence of a ‘Moldovan language’ (a term invented by the Stalinist regime and perpetuated by the current government of the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova). Recently, the Library of the US Congress removed the so‑called ‘Moldovan language’ from the international ISO codes. The Code 639‑2 was amended, and now the so‑called ‘Moldovan language’ is considered, correctly, to be a variant of the Romanian language. The previous identifiers ‘mo’ and ‘mol’ will disappear, being converted to ‘ro’, ‘rom’ and ‘rum’. The so‑called ‘Moldovan language’ is therefore the Romanian language. Will the Council of the European Union take that circumstance into consideration in the terminology it is to use in its official documents?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [23]. </s>

E-0820/09

Culture and media

The Romanian language is the mother tongue of the majority of the populations of Romania and the Republic of Moldova, just as German is the mother tongue of the majority of the populations of Germany and Austria. The ‘Moldovan language’ does not exist, just as the ‘Austrian language’ does not exist. Similarly, the ‘Belgian language’, the ‘United States language’ and the ‘Mexican language’ do not exist. The Republic of Moldova’s existence as a sovereign state cannot be used as an argument in support of the existence of a ‘Moldovan language’ (a term invented by the Stalinist regime and perpetuated by the current government of the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova). Recently, the Library of the US Congress removed the so‑called ‘Moldovan language’ from the international ISO codes. The Code 639‑2 was amended, and now the so‑called ‘Moldovan language’ is considered, correctly, to be a variant of the Romanian language. The previous identifiers ‘mo’ and ‘mol’ will disappear, being converted to ‘ro’, ‘rom’ and ‘rum’. The so‑called ‘Moldovan language’ is therefore the Romanian language. Will the Council of the European Union take that circumstance into consideration in the terminology it is to use in its official documents?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "I understand that the Commission wishes to replace the national laws on copyright with an EU regulation.The problem is that the copyright laws of the individual countries reflect differences in culture and legal traditions. The uniformity that would result from a common regulation would mean less flexibility and more centralism and would therefore risk jeopardising the diversity in European cultural production.For example, there would be a risk of it becoming difficult to create local, flexible agreement solutions between rightholders and users, as has been done successfully in Denmark.How does the Commission intend to avoid uniformity and centralism and protect the diversity in European cultural production in connection with a forthcoming proposal for new EU rules on copyright?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [23]. </s>

E-005172/2015

Culture and media

I understand that the Commission wishes to replace the national laws on copyright with an EU regulation.The problem is that the copyright laws of the individual countries reflect differences in culture and legal traditions. The uniformity that would result from a common regulation would mean less flexibility and more centralism and would therefore risk jeopardising the diversity in European cultural production.For example, there would be a risk of it becoming difficult to create local, flexible agreement solutions between rightholders and users, as has been done successfully in Denmark.How does the Commission intend to avoid uniformity and centralism and protect the diversity in European cultural production in connection with a forthcoming proposal for new EU rules on copyright?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The recent suggestion by the director of the Louvre on taking his retirement that a lottery should be created for the preservation of France's national artistic heritage is in line with a long-standing European view that the artistic heritage can be preserved by this means. The British model of a lottery tax for culture underlies such a proposal. It would contribute to the protection of our European artistic heritage via the payments of those playing the lottery, who could consider it an ethical justification for their gaming habit. Does the Commission consider that it could submit, for the consideration of experts in the field, a suggestion that a Europe-wide lottery could be created with a view to its profits being used to protect the European artistic heritage from the depredations of richer nations, from neglect, or from any other circumstance that could damage an inheritance which is the pride of large numbers of Europeans whose identity is bound up with the accumulated culture of Europe's long history?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [23]. </s>

E-1621/01

Culture and media

The recent suggestion by the director of the Louvre on taking his retirement that a lottery should be created for the preservation of France's national artistic heritage is in line with a long-standing European view that the artistic heritage can be preserved by this means. The British model of a lottery tax for culture underlies such a proposal. It would contribute to the protection of our European artistic heritage via the payments of those playing the lottery, who could consider it an ethical justification for their gaming habit. Does the Commission consider that it could submit, for the consideration of experts in the field, a suggestion that a Europe-wide lottery could be created with a view to its profits being used to protect the European artistic heritage from the depredations of richer nations, from neglect, or from any other circumstance that could damage an inheritance which is the pride of large numbers of Europeans whose identity is bound up with the accumulated culture of Europe's long history?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "For some years now, """"""""Pépinières Européennes pour Jeunes Artistes"""""""" has been promoting exchanges of young artists from various countries and regions of Europe. In June 1994, and again in October 1994, it asked the Commission for a contribution from the European Social Fund under Article 6 of the ESF Regulation. To date, it has received no reply. The Commission's silence is causing doubts and apprehension in artistic circles, especially since this project is one of the few which promotes artists' mobility. Does the Commission's silence mean that it is not interested in projects concerning artists' exchange networks? Or will it support other projects in the same field?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [23]. </s>

E-646/95

Culture and media

For some years now, """"""""Pépinières Européennes pour Jeunes Artistes"""""""" has been promoting exchanges of young artists from various countries and regions of Europe. In June 1994, and again in October 1994, it asked the Commission for a contribution from the European Social Fund under Article 6 of the ESF Regulation. To date, it has received no reply. The Commission's silence is causing doubts and apprehension in artistic circles, especially since this project is one of the few which promotes artists' mobility. Does the Commission's silence mean that it is not interested in projects concerning artists' exchange networks? Or will it support other projects in the same field?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "According to a complaint lodged on 30September 2005 by the Greek Journalist's Union of Press Proprietors (EDIPT), circular number16761/E of 24August 2005 on the distribution of Greek state publicity, issued by the Minister of State, MrRoussopoulos, deliberately excludes periodicals published fortnightly, monthly or bimonthly. The EDIPT takes the view that this raises the question of the fairness, effectiveness and proper distribution of state publicity, and notes that the circular was written ‘hastily, irresponsibly and with complete disregard for the actual situation, and that it may even constitute fraud’. It should be pointed out that this complaint has been forwarded to the President of the Greek Republic, the Greek Prime Minister, the Speaker of the Greek Parliament and the international press organisations FIPP and FAEP, among others. In what way can the Commission intervene as a matter of urgency to secure the cancellation of this circular and a fair distribution of state publicity among all sections of the Greek press, particularly bearing in mind that a significant proportion of this publicity is financed from Community funds?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [23]. </s>

E-3785/05

Culture and media

According to a complaint lodged on 30September 2005 by the Greek Journalist's Union of Press Proprietors (EDIPT), circular number16761/E of 24August 2005 on the distribution of Greek state publicity, issued by the Minister of State, MrRoussopoulos, deliberately excludes periodicals published fortnightly, monthly or bimonthly. The EDIPT takes the view that this raises the question of the fairness, effectiveness and proper distribution of state publicity, and notes that the circular was written ‘hastily, irresponsibly and with complete disregard for the actual situation, and that it may even constitute fraud’. It should be pointed out that this complaint has been forwarded to the President of the Greek Republic, the Greek Prime Minister, the Speaker of the Greek Parliament and the international press organisations FIPP and FAEP, among others. In what way can the Commission intervene as a matter of urgency to secure the cancellation of this circular and a fair distribution of state publicity among all sections of the Greek press, particularly bearing in mind that a significant proportion of this publicity is financed from Community funds?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "In response to a previous similar question, the Commission had answered that the EU has no authority to intervene in the preservation of the cultural heritage of Member States. However, Articles 3, 50 and 167 TFEU taken together provide that the Brexit negotiators must take into account the need to protect European cultural heritage. The Parthenon Marbles are considered as the greatest symbol of European culture. Therefore, reuniting the Marbles would be both a sign of respect and civilised relationship between Great Britain and the EU, and much more a legal necessity. In view of this: 1. Will the Commission meet its legal obligation as deriving from the combination of Articles 3, 50 and 167 TFEU, and request the return of the Parthenon Marbles before Great Britain exits the EU? 2. Does the Commission believe that Directive 93/7/EEC, only applicable to the return of unlawfully removed objects since 1993, protects our cultural heritage sufficiently? 3. Will the Commission take binding action to fill this legal gap?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [23]. </s>

E-004469-17

Culture and media

In response to a previous similar question, the Commission had answered that the EU has no authority to intervene in the preservation of the cultural heritage of Member States. However, Articles 3, 50 and 167 TFEU taken together provide that the Brexit negotiators must take into account the need to protect European cultural heritage. The Parthenon Marbles are considered as the greatest symbol of European culture. Therefore, reuniting the Marbles would be both a sign of respect and civilised relationship between Great Britain and the EU, and much more a legal necessity. In view of this: 1. Will the Commission meet its legal obligation as deriving from the combination of Articles 3, 50 and 167 TFEU, and request the return of the Parthenon Marbles before Great Britain exits the EU? 2. Does the Commission believe that Directive 93/7/EEC, only applicable to the return of unlawfully removed objects since 1993, protects our cultural heritage sufficiently? 3. Will the Commission take binding action to fill this legal gap?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Would the Commission indicate whether it will accept project applications which aim to make books and reading more acceptable to blind and partially-sighted people under the recently agreed ARIANE Programme?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [23]. </s>

E-0192/99

Culture and media

Would the Commission indicate whether it will accept project applications which aim to make books and reading more acceptable to blind and partially-sighted people under the recently agreed ARIANE Programme?