Ukuze kwandiswe ukuphepha kwe-EU kokuphakelwa kwamandla, uMkhandlu namuhla wamukele umthethonqubo ophathelene ne- ukuncishiswa ngokuzithandela kwesidingo segesi ngo-15% kulobu busika. Umthethonqubo ubona kusengaphambili ukuthi kungenzeka yini ukuthi uMkhandlu uqalise 'isexwayiso seNyunyana' mayelana nokuphepha kokuhlinzekwa, lapho ukuncipha kwesidingo segesi kuzoba yimpoqo.
Inhloso yokunciphisa isidingo segesi uku ukonga kulobu busika, ukuze ulungiselele ukuphazamiseka okungenzeka kwegesi evela eRussia, esebenzisa ngokuqhubekayo imithombo yamandla njengesikhali.
Amazwe angamalungu avumile ukunciphisa isidingo sawo segesi ngo-15% uma kuqhathaniswa nokusetshenziswa kwawo okumaphakathi eminyakeni emihlanu edlule, phakathi komhla lu-1 kuNcwaba wezi-2022 kanye nomhla zingama-31 kuNdasa wezi-2023, ngezilinganiso abazikhethele zona.
Nakuba wonke amazwe angamalungu azosebenzisa imizamo yawo emihle kakhulu ukuhlangabezana nokwehliswa, uMkhandlu icacise ukukhululwa okuthile kanye namathuba okusebenzisa ingxenye noma kwezinye izimo ukwehliswa ngokuphelele kusukela ekuhlosweni kokunciphisa okuyimpoqo, ukuze kubonakale izimo ezithile zamazwe angamalungu kanye nokuqinisekisa ukuthi ukuncishiswa kwegesi kusebenza ngempumelelo ekwandiseni ukuphepha kokuhlinzekwa kwe-EU.
UMkhandlu uvumile ukuthi amazwe angamalungu angaxhumene noxhaxha lwegesi yamanye amazwe angamalungu azokhululeka ekwehliseni igesi okuyimpoqo njengoba angeke akwazi ukukhulula umthamo omkhulu wegesi ukuze kuzuze amanye amazwe angamalungu. Amazwe angamalungu lawo amagridi kagesi angavumelanisiwe nohlelo lukagesi lwaseYurophu futhi athembele kakhulu kwigesi ekukhiqizeni ugesi nawo azokhululwa uma kwenzeka esuswa kugridi yezwe lesithathu, ukuze kugwenywe ingozi yenkinga yokuphakelwa kukagesi.
Amazwe angamalungu angakhawulela umgomo wawo wokunciphisa ukuze avumelanise izibopho zawo zokunciphisa isidingo uma enokuxhumana okulinganiselwe kwamanye amazwe angamalungu futhi angabonisa ukuthi amandla awo okuthumela impahla kanye nengqalasizinda yawo yasekhaya ye-LNG isetshenziselwa ukuqondisa kabusha igesi kwamanye amazwe angamalungu ngokugcwele.
Amazwe angamalungu angakwazi futhi ukukhawulela umgomo wawo wokunciphisa uma zeqile imigomo yawo yokugcwalisa isitoreji segesi, uma ethembele kakhulu kugesi njengendawo yokudla ezimbonini ezibucayi noma angasebenzisa indlela yokubala ehlukile uma ukusetshenziswa kwawo kwegesi kwenyuke okungenani ngo-8% unyaka odlule uma kuqhathaniswa nesilinganiso seminyaka emihlanu edlule.
Amazwe angamalungu avumile ukuqinisa indima yoMkhandlu ekuqaliseni 'isaziso seNyunyana'. Isexwayiso sizovulwa wuMkhandlu ozosebenzisa isinqumo, wenze ngokwesiphakamiso seKhomishini. Ikhomishana izokwethula isiphakamiso sokucupha 'isexwayiso seNyunyana' uma kuba nengozi enkulu yokushoda kwegesi okukhulu noma isidingo segesi esiphezulu kakhulu, noma uma amazwe amahlanu noma ngaphezulu angamalungu amemezele isixwayiso ezingeni likazwelonke ecela iKhomishini ukuthi yenza njalo.
Lapho ekhetha izindlela zokunciphisa isidingo, amazwe angamalungu avumile ukuthi azocabangela ukubeka kuqala izinyathelo ezingawathinti amakhasimende avikelekile njengemizi kanye nezinsizakalo ezibalulekile ekusebenzeni komphakathi njengezinhlangano ezibalulekile, ukunakekelwa kwezempilo nokuvikela. Izinyathelo ezingase zibe khona zihlanganisa ukunciphisa igesi esetshenziswayo emkhakheni kagesi, izinyathelo zokukhuthaza ukushintsha kukaphethiloli embonini, imikhankaso kazwelonke yokuqwashisa abantu, izibopho eziqondiwe zokunciphisa ukushisisa nokupholisa kanye nezinyathelo ezisekelwe ezimakethe ezifana nokudayisa indali phakathi kwezinkampani.
Amazwe angamalungu azobuyekeza izinhlelo zawo eziphuthumayo zikazwelonke ezibeka izinyathelo zokunciphisa isidingo azihlelayo, futhi azobika njalo kuKhomishani mayelana nokuthuthukiswa kwezinhlelo zawo.
Umthethonqubo wamukelwa ngokusemthethweni ngenqubo ebhaliwe. Lokhu kwamukelwa kulandela isivumelwano sezepolitiki esifinyelelwe ngongqongqoshe eMkhandlwini Wamandla Angajwayelekile mhla zingama-26 kuJulayi. Umthethonqubo usuzoshicilelwa ku-Official Journal futhi uqale ukusebenza ngosuku olulandelayo.
Umthethonqubo uyisinyathelo esingavamile futhi esingavamile, esibonwa kusengaphambili isikhathi esilinganiselwe. Izosebenza unyaka owodwa futhi iKhomishana izokwenza isibuyekezo ukuze icubungule ukunwetshwa kwayo ngokwesimo esijwayelekile sokuhlinzekwa kwegesi kwe-EU, ngoMeyi 2023.
Background
I-EU ibhekene nenkinga yokuvikeleka okungenzeka ibe khona ngenxa yokuhlinzekwa kwegesi okuncishiswe kakhulu ukulethwa kwegesi evela eRussia kanye nengozi enkulu yokuma ngokuphelele, lapho amazwe angamalungu edinga ukuyilungiselela ngokushesha ngendlela ehlelekile kanye nomoya wobumbano. Nakuba kungewona wonke amazwe angamalungu okwamanje abhekene nengozi enkulu yokuvikeleka kokuhlinzekwa, ukuphazamiseka okukhulu emazweni athile angamalungu nakanjani kuzothinta umnotho we-EU wonkana.
Ihambisana nezinhlelo ezikhona ze-EU kanye nomthetho, oqinisekisa ukuthi izakhamizi zingazuza ekuhlinzekweni kwegesi evikelekile kanye nokuthi amakhasimende avikelekile ekuphazamisekeni okukhulu kokuhlinzekwa, ikakhulukazi i-Regulation (EU) 2017/1938 mayelana nokuphepha kokuhlinzekwa kwegesi.
Lo mthethonqubo ulandela ezinye izinhlelo esezivele zisaqhubeka zokuthuthukisa amandla e-EU nokuvikeleka kokuhlinzekwa kwegesi okuhlanganisa nomthetho wokugcinwa kwegesi, ukwakhiwa kwe-EU Energy Platform yokuthenga ngokuhlanganyela kanye nezinhlelo ezisohlwini lohlelo lwe-REPowerEU.
