Organismos Europeos y las actividades de “Lobby”

21 de Mayo de 2014

Francisco de la Flor

Director de Regulación

Desarrollos Regulatorios

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Codecisión – paso a paso

Proposal from the Commission

to the EP and Council

Parliament first reading position:

no EP amendments

Council first reading: the Council does not

modify the text

Parliament first reading position:

EP amendments

Commission opinion on EP amendments

(amended Commission proposal)

Council first reading: The Council does not

approve the outcome of the EP first

reading and adopts a common position

Council first reading: the Council approves all

amendments

Commission opinion

on the common position The act is adoptedThe act is adopted

1st READING

2nd READING

Opinions by National

Parliaments

Opinions, where specified, by

ESC and CoR

EP

E Comm

Council

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Identificación de problemas y

objetivos

Identificación yEvaluación de las

opciones

Selección de Opciones

Borrador de Directriz Marco

Finalización de la Directriz Marco

Grupo de Expertos

Workshop para un primer

feedback con los grupos de

interés

Consulta pública

4 meses 4 meses

Plan de Proyecto

LaunchDoc

SJWSBorrador Código

Consulta formal

RevisiónCódigo final

12 meses

NetworkCode

NetworkCode

NetworkCode

Código de Red

ENTSOG

Evaluation ComitologyEntry into

Force

3 meses

Evaluación ComitologíaEntrada en

Vigor

ACER Comisión EuropeaEE.MM

Comitología

Agentes

Responsable

Cooperación

Lista anual de prioridades

Directriz Marco

6 months6 months6 months6 months6 months

Comisión EuropeaEE.MM

6 meses

Preparación de los Códigos de red

Evolución de los Desarrollos Regulatorios Europeos

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Transparency Register

1. It provides information about who isengaged in activities aiming at influencingthe EU decision making process, whichinterests are being pursued and what levelof resources are invested in these activities.

2. It offers a single code of conduct, bindingall organisations which accept to “play bythe rules” in full respect of ethical principles.A complaint and sanctions mechanismensures the enforcement of the rules.

3. The Transparency register has been set upand is operated by the EuropeanParliament and the EuropeanCommission. The Council of the European

Union supports this initiative.

All citizen’s associations, NGO’s, businesses,trade and professional organizations, tradeunions, think tanks, etc., interacting with EUinstitutions and policy makers have to beregistered in the transparency register.

Lobbyists: Good guys or bad guys?

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European Trade Associations

National Trade Associations

Corporations

Lawyer’s Offices

European Affairs Consultants

European Trade Unions

NGOs

Think Tanks

Representatives of Territorial Collectivities

ENTSOG

GIE

GTE, GSE, GLEACER

Marcogaz (*) CEN

Madrid Forum

European

Commission

European

Parliament

Gas Platform

Gas Regional

Initiatives

EASEE-gas

European

Council

ENTSO-E

CEER

GERG (*)

GasNaturally

GCG

GIIGNL

FSR

Operadores infraestructuras

y agentes relacionados

Reguladores, procesos

regulatorios

Autoridades

regulatorias europeas

Fuente: Elaboración interna

Eurogas

Eurelectric

IFIEC

CEFIC

EFET

OGP

GEODE

CEDEC

Europex

CEFIC

Otros agentes relevantes

del mercado energético

CEPS

EPC Bruegel

Think-Tanks y otros

influenciadores

EPC

CEOE

(*) La presencia en Marcogaz y GERG se hace a través de otras direcciones de Enagás

Friends of

Europe

Instituciones, asociaciones, agentes y foros europeos

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Autoridades

Operadores de infraestructuras y

proveedores de servicios

FORO DE MADRID

Comercializadoras

Traders

Consumidores

Usuarios Infraestructuras

y

consumidores finales

TSO / LSO / SSO

DSO

HUB OPERATORS

Foro de Regulación de Gas de Madrid

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• Lobbyists are in many cases expert technicians capable ofexamining complex and difficult subjects and explainingthem in clear and understandable manner.

• The lobbyists who speak for the various economic,commercial and other functional interests of the Europeanunion serve a useful purpose and have assumed animportant role in the legislative process

MEP Alexander Stubb

“Lobby groups are an essentialpart of the MEP’s work; policymaking would be very poorwithout their contribution””

Lobbying – Why is it necessary? - Figures

> 2,000 industry lobby groups

> 25,000 lobbyists

+++1000 of Public affairs & Communicationagencies

Large amount of individual companies

Council

EP

EC

PressOther

Stakeholders

One single voice

One single interlocutor

Lobbying – How does GIE work?

The Curve of Legislative Influence vs. Financial Cost

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For Lobbying: Anticipation is key!

Influence

Budget

2009 2010

16.7–EC’S Proposal for a SoS Regulation

August: Commentssent to EC

12.11– ITRE’S Draft Report(V-Q)

22.12:Amendmentssubmitted to ITRE’s DraftReport

December: EC’S Non-Paperon N-1

December: Comments onEC’S Non Paper onN-1 (EP)

16.11-Council’s Interim Report

22.02 – Vote in ITRE

February:Comments onITRE’S Amendments

January:Publication of ITRE’S Amendments

October2010

Adoption

1st READINGEU

Enagás

September: Amendmentssent to GIE

October: Meeting withVidal-Quadras

Regulation 994/2010 concerning measuresto safeguard Security of Supply

2010

Madrid, 21 de mayo de 2014

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