Article 194 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union provided the EU with the competence to set the agenda on a wide range of energy matters, including: ensuring the functioning of the [European] energy market; ensuring security of energy supply in the Union; promoting energy efficiency and energy saving and the development of new and renewable forms of energy promoting the i. [...] 13 Cillian O‘Gara Governance of the Energy Union In 2016, the year following the launch of the Energy Union, the EU published a proposal to update existing energy legislation to reflect the priorities of the Commission under the leadership of Jean-Claude Juncker. [...] As part of the Energy Union’s launch, the Commission published its first report on the “State of the Energy Union” in November 2015.23 In it, the Commission described the key methods it would seek to deploy to achieve 23 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and the European Investment B. [...] In this report, the Commission identified key developments in the energy policy sphere, including the member states’ transition to a lower- carbon economy, the efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the economic growth of the member states in spite of the supposed “burden” of 24 Report from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee. [...] This is purportedly aimed at ensuring the “consistency of the legal framework within the Union while avoiding distortion of competition in the internal energy market in the Union and negative impacts on the security of supply.” Summary of the Main Components The main change to EU law on the regulation of natural gas with respect to energy security can be seen in the amendment of Article 36 of the.
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