The industry papelera believes necessary that the Council of Competitiveness tackle the costs of the gas

The increasing difference of prompt prices will do that the greater part of the investments in Europe -including the realised in technologies of low broadcast of carbon– result little attractor trucks. In fact, some sectors of the European industry of base already are moving to North America.

The industry papelera European has the firm will to remain in Europe and keep the employment and the creation of value here. However, the costs of the gas in Europe, are insosteniblemente little competitive. The natural gas is together with the biomass, essential component of the mix of fuels of the sector papelero in Spain and in Europe. Many of the plants of power more efficient work with natural gas and the sector needs an affordable power.

Is necessary a European Strategy of gas, by what the industry papelera Spanish and European does a call to the Jefe and Ministers of Power and Environingingment, to the European Commission and to the members of the European Parliament to debate with urgency this question and adopt concrete measures with clear-cut terms.

A true market paneuropeo of gas. Recent reports of ACER and of the CE confirm that we still are far of the aim of an only market of gas. More competition and the supresión of the rights transfronterizos of transport of gas inside the EU are necessary conditions sine qua non. We urge to the Commission to initiate a sectorial investigation renewed in the sector of the gas to detect all what hinders the reduction of the prices of the gas in Europe.

Decouple the prices of natural gas of the prices of the oil. Can that there have been historical reasons to link the gas to the prices of the oil, but these reasons no longer exist. The natural gas is today a product commercialised in a liquid market and has to be treated like such. We ask to the CE and to the states members that establish the suitable political conditions and delete the barriers to end to allow the materialisation of an authentic market of gas.

Delete the necks of bottle in the supply of gas. The plants of GNL and the pipelines are crucial to diversify the sources of supply of gas. We urge to the CE to that the free commercialisation of the gas of EE UU was prerrequisito for an agreement of free transatlantic trade.

Promote a greater access to the resources of domestic gas. The governments have to take concrete measures to guarantee that the potential of national production of gas maximice, to strengthen the position of Europe in the negotiation of the prices of the gas with third countries. Europe has to take advantage of his national production of gas, included the gas of esquisto where and when it was possible, and do it of sustainable way. The authorities have to establish a favourable frame for this.

The lowest prices of the world-wide markets. Europe has to put all his obstinacy in that no only the gas of EE UU avenges to Europe, but also allow that the gas of other producing countries go in with prices lower.

The tributación inferior for the use of the natural gas or the total exclusions to the industry of the fiscalidad energetic and the costs of the energetic politics are measured that they have to be allowed by the Directive of imposición energetic of the EU and the guidelines of state helps, while the differences of price with North America remain.