Energy Charter Conference Decisions

2012

• CCDEC201219 - Updating of the Energy Charter

  [At The Energy Charter Conference at its 23rd Meeting held on 26th/27th November 2012], the Chairman reconvened the discussion on the Draft Mandate for the Updating of the Energy Charter and referred the Conference to Room Document 4 Rev 2 (Annex). Having invited comments, and in absence of any, the Chairman said that the Conference had therefore found the...

• CCDEC201218 - Designation of Conference Chairman, Vice-Chairmen and Other Officers of the Conference’s Subsidiary Bodies for 2013

  [The Energy Charter Conference at its 23rd Meeting held on 26th/27th November 2012] approved the designation of the officers for the year 2013 as proposed in Document CC 452 Rev.: Conference Chair:

• CCDEC201217 - Budgetary Issues

  [The Energy Charter Conference at its 23rd Meeting held on 26th/27th November 2012] took note of the Financial Statement and the Auditor’s Report of 2011 with a qualified opinion from the Auditors, as circulated in document CC 450 (Annex I), and agreed, on the recommendation of the Budget Committee, to discharge the Secretary General from his management and...

• CCDEC201216 - Adoption of the Energy Charter’s Work Programme for 2013

  [The Energy Charter Conference at its 23rd Meeting held on 26th/27th November 2012] adopted the Secretariat’s Work Programme for 2013, as proposed in document CC 449 (Annex).

• CCDEC201215 - Renewal of the Mandate of the Industry Advisory Panel, approval of the nomination of Chairman of the IAP and approval of nomination of IAP members

  [At the invitation of the Chairman, the Energy Charter Conference at its 23rd Meeting held on 26th/27th November 2012] took note of the Communication of the IAP (CC 448 - Annex); requested the Secretariat to follow up the findings and recommendations of the Communication and to assist the IAP with its further work; renewed the Mandate of the Industry Advisory Panel...

• CCDEC201214 - Working Group on Rules of Procedure for Appointing the Secretary General

  [Following a discussion on the Working Group on Rules of Procedure for Appointing the Secretary General, the Energy Charter Conference at its 23rd Meeting held on 26th/27th November 2012, the Chairman] asked the Conference to note the progress made so far, and for support for the continued deliberations of the Working Group. There were no comments from any...

• CCDEC201213 - Adoption of the Recommendations on In-Depth Energy Efficiency Reviews of Albania, Azerbaijan Republic and Belarus

  [At the invitation of the Chairman, the Energy Charter Conference at its 23rd Meeting held on 26th/27th November 2012] took note of Report of the Chairman of the PEEREA Working Group (CC 445) [and] adopted the Recommendations on In-Depth Energy Efficiency Reviews of Albania, Azerbaijan Republic and Belarus, as contained in document CC 446 (Annex).

• CCDEC201212 - The Views of the Conference on the Stakeholder Consultations on Energy Transit and Cross-border Co-operation

  [The Energy Charter Conference at its 23rd Meeting held on 26th/27th November 2012] approved the views of the Conference on the Stakeholder Consultations on Energy Transit and Cross-border Co-operation, as part of the TTG Chairman’s report, as contained in document CC 442 (Annex).

• CCDEC201211 - Approval of nominations for the roster of panelists for the resolution of trade disputes

  [The Energy Charter Conference at its 23rd Meeting held on 26th/27th November 2012] duly adopted the nominations for the roster of panellists for the resolution of trade disputes as proposed in document CC 444 (Annex).

• CCDEC201210 - Binding customs tariff standstill regime

  [The Energy Charter Conference at its 23rd Meeting held on 26th/27th November 2012] duly adopted the decision regarding the binding customs tariff standstill regime in CC 443 (Annex).

• CCDEC201209 - Policy Conclusions and Recommendations with regards to Country Reports on Investment Climate and Market Structure of Lithuania and Kazakhstan

  At the request of the Chairman, [the Energy Charter Conference at its 23rd Meeting held on 26th/27th November 2012] adopted the Policy Conclusions and Recommendations with regards to Country Reports on Investment Climate and Market Structure of Lithuania and Kazakhstan, as contained in document CC 441 (Annex).

• CCDEC201208 - Multilateral co-operation on promoting low-carbon investment

  At the request of the Chairman, [the Energy Charter Conference at its 23rd Meeting held on 26th/27th November 2012] approved the decision regarding multilateral co-operation on promoting low-carbon investment, as proposed in document CC 440 (Annex).

• CCDEC201207 - Assessment of the ECT provisions with regard to low-carbon investment

  At the request of the Chairman, [the Energy Charter Conference at its 23rd Meeting held on 26th/27th November 2012] took note of the Assessment of the ECT provisions with regard to low-carbon investment (CC 439 - Annex).

• CCDEC201206 - Report by the Chairman of the Investment Group

  At the request of the Chairman, [the Energy Charter Conference at its 23rd Meeting held on 26th/27th November 2012] took note of the Report by the Chairman of the Investment Group (CC 438 - Annex).

• CCDEC201205 - Report on Consolidation, Expansion and Outreach

  [The Energy Charter Conference at its 23rd Meeting held on 26th/27th November 2012] took note of the Report on Consolidation, Expansion and Outreach, [as contained in document CC 437 (Annex)].

• CCDEC201204 - Approval of the request for Observer status from the Republic of Yemen and Montenegro

  [The Energy Charter Conference at its 23rd Meeting held on 26th/27th November 2012] approved the decisions regarding the request for Observer status from the Republic of Yemen (CC 453) and from Montenegro (CC 454) [Following the Chairman request for approval for the decisions], both decisions were approved by the Conference and the delegates of those two countries...

• CCDEC201203 - Approval of Final Draft of the “Policy on Consolidation, Expansion and Outreach” (CONEXO)

  [The Energy Charter Conference approved in July] a final draft of the “Policy on Consolidation, Expansion and Outreach” (CONEXO) (CC 431). [On 8th June 2012, the draft policy on Consolidation, Expansion and Outreach was submitted to the Conference for approval (CC 431) by correspondence. In Message 1012/12 (Annex) delegations were] informed that the...

• CCDEC201202 - Updated Energy Charter - Netherlands’ voluntary contribution to support an ad hoc political conference to develop a new basic political declaration

  [The Energy Charter Conference approved on 22 June 2012] the acceptance of Netherlands’ voluntary contribution to support an ad hoc political conference to develop a new basic political declaration (CC 430). [In Message 1005/12 (Annex) delegations were] informed that the Conference’s decision to approve the acceptance by the Secretary General of the above...

• CCDEC201201 - Reconfirmation of observer status

  The Energy Charter Conference reconfirmed on 14 June 2012 that the following states are observers to the Conference: Algeria, Bahrain, Kuwait, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates and Venezuela, [as contained in document CC 429 (Annex)].