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industriAll Europe Sector Committee Energy Luxemburg, 8 May 2013

industriAll Europe Sector Committee Energy Luxemburg, 8 May 2013. 1. Welcome and introduction to Sector Committee Structures. Ulrich Eckelmann General Secretary. Luc Triangle Dep. Gen. Secretary. Bart Samyn Dep. Gen. Secretary. Sylvain Lefebvre Dep. Gen. Secretary.

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industriAll Europe Sector Committee Energy Luxemburg, 8 May 2013

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  1. industriAll Europe Sector Committee Energy Luxemburg, 8 May 2013

  2. 1. Welcome and introduction to Sector Committee Structures

  3. Ulrich Eckelmann General Secretary Luc Triangle Dep. Gen. Secretary Bart Samyn Dep. Gen. Secretary Sylvain Lefebvre Dep. Gen. Secretary Political Management, Industrial Policy Company Policy Collective Bargaining Policy Social Dialogue General Strategy Social Dialogue Policy Comittee EWC, Restructuring, Company Agreements, Database Basic Metal ExCom, SteerCom Mechanical Engineering 11 SSDCs Extractive industry Paper / Chemical / Gas Electricity / Textile / Tanning / Stell / Met Industries / Shipbuilding / Footwear / Nepsi Textile, Clothing, Leather Defense SWP Communication, Press, Media ICT Health & Safety Nepsi Transport Equipment Training &Education SocialPolicy Labour Market SD MET Internal Organisation Energy Industries Database Economy EUCOBAN Project Management Extractive Industries Personnelmatters Equal Opportunities Regions Basic Materials Financial affairs Pharmaceuticals Youth

  4. Exécutive committee Affiliates Secretariat Steering Committee Social Dialogue (SDPC) Political Management, Industrial Policy Company Policy Collective Bargaining Policy 11 SSDCs Extractive industry Paper / Chemical / Gas Electricity / Textile / Tanning / Stell / Met Industries / Shipbuilding / Footwear / Nepsi 10 committees of sector Employers' organizations Work programme of social partners

  5. Draft Agenda • Welcome and introduction to Sector Committee Structures • Adoption of draft agenda • Designation of Chairperson of the Committee • Activities of the ESDCs in the relevant sectors • The EU Energy Strategy • Economic situation of refineries in Europe and policy replies • Exploration and use of unconventional fossil fuels in Europe • EU legislation proposal - Safety on offshore oil and gas platforms • Discussion and approval of the draft action programme • Election of the SWP for the Energy Sector Committee • Any other business

  6. 3. Designation of Chairperson of theCommittee

  7. 4. Activities of the European SocialDialogueCommitteeswithrelevancetotheCommittee

  8. 4.1 SectorSocialDialogueCommittee Electricity • Joint Framework of actionstrainingandcompetences • Mapping exercice: skillsandqualificationbodies in Europe • CSR – transparency in companiessustainabilityreporting • DG Energy Study on theconsequences of theEnergyRoadmap 2050 on employment in theenergysector • European Energy Community – Social Forum

  9. 4.2 SectorSocialDialogueCommittee Gas • Activities on hold: decreasinginvolvement in activitiesbyEurogas membersleft due tosectorunbundling • Meeting withCommissiontodiscussfuturework of thecommittee (Commissionproposal of a future SSDC Energy) • DiscussionswithEurogaspreseident on thefutureandcontactwithother potential associationstojointhe SSDC

  10. 4.3 Sector Social Dialogue Committee Extractive Industries • Covers energy and non-energy raw materials, excluding the extraction of crude petrolium and natural gas • Future of coal mining has been a prioritiy issue in the recent years: State Aid to Coal, Climate and Energy policies, ETS, but also the monitoring of future occupational exposure limits of NO2 and NOx in the EU

  11. 5. The EU EnergyStrategy – strategypapersandparticipation in EU Consultations • Draftdiscussionpaper on the Future of ETS  proposalby SWP IP anddiscussion in IP Committee on 15/16 May • Consultation on the Green Paper „A 2030 frameworkforclimateandenergypolicies“  deadlineis 2 July • 1st discussiontoday • Discussion in the IP Committeemeeting on 15/16 May • DraftpositiontobeconsultedwithEnergyand IP Committee

  12. 6. Economic Situation of refineries in Europe andpolicyreplies • The future of refining in the EU File Petroplus • important issues for European actors on the future of refining Competitiveness / climate change / Security of supply • what policy and what regulations? • Meetings of 26 November and 12 April organized by the European Commission on the situation of refineries

  13. 6.2 Possible scope for fitness check • - Renewables Energy Directive • - Energy Taxation Directive • - EU Emissions trading system • - Fuels Quality Directive • - Directive on Clean and Energy Efficient Vehicles • - Industrial Emissions Directive • - Strategic oil stocks directive • - Marine fuels directive • - Energy efficiency directive

  14. 6.3 Planning • Dec. 12 – Apr. 13: Preparation/adoption of mandate 2. May 13 – May 14: Quantitative study 3. May– July 14: Qualitative evaluation 4. Aug. – Sept. 14: Conclusions and final report

  15. 7. Exploration anduse of unconventional fossil fuels in Europe • Discussiontriggeredby US developments: pricesfor gas droppedandis 4times loweras in Europe (different mechanisms!) • Controversialdiscussion of environmental consequences of hydraulicfracturing (ʻFrackingʼ): seismicactivity, groundwaterpollution, trafficnoise • In Europe thepreconditionsmaybe different: estimatedrecoverableresources, populationdensity • Whatismore: GHG footprintandemissionreductiontargets, potential forcreation of newjobs?, publicacceptance • Online consultationby DG Environment ended on 23 March 2013 • Reports about national discussionsandyourtradeunion‘sposition

  16. 8. EU legislationproposal – safety on offshore oiland gas platforms • Proposed Regulation from 27 Oct 2011 (2011/0309 (COD)) • Ad hoc Work Group was establishedtodiscussthe TU position • industriAll position – maindemands: • Supports ambitionsforsafetycultureandtransparency, but regulationinappropriatetool • Directivewouldallowfor different approaches of equallyhighstandards (withregardtobestpractices) • Proper workers/TU consultation in settingsafetystandards! • Electedsafetydelegatesystemas in the Nordic model • Clear andstrongerroleforworkers (representatives/Tus) • Activeinvolvement of industriAll

  17. 8. EU legislationproposal – safety on offshore oiland gas platforms • Trilogue EP, Council andCommissionagreed on a Directive (EP voteexpected on 20 May 2013) • Sharing of bestpractices, implementinghighestsafetystandardsacross Europe, goal-settingapproach • Reference toworkersparticipationandconsultationmechanisms on tripartitebasis (Art. 14a) in linewith ILO conventionno. 144 • EU Offshore authorities Group – industriAll Europe hasbeeninvited  requirement for workers participation  and tripartite cooperation requires our attention: national transposition processes and the how-to-do-it.

  18. 9. Discussionandapproval of thedraftactionprogramme

  19. 10. Election of the Select Working Party fortheEnergySectorCommittee

  20. 11. Anyotherbusiness?

  21. Thank you for your attention! • Contacts: • Sylvain.lefebvre@industriall-europe.eu • Corinna.zierold@industriall-europe.eu

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