Bilateral agreements

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Bilateral agreements

• Peter Niermeijer
• Secretary General RECS International
• 28 April 2006, Ankara

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Import and Export
Country A
Country B
Export and import
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Consequences pros and cons

• The security of supply benefit stays with
  exporting country
• The employments benefit stays with the exporting
  country
• The exporting country has an export product
• Special planning and grid problems are for the
  exporting country
• The importing country reaches its target more
  cost efficient

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Results

• Countries that have national support systems can
  continue to do so
• It is fair that if the importing country pays, it
  can add import to its target
• It is not against feed-in systems, but only opens
  the possibilities for some countries to reach
  their target more cost efficient
• Stepwise approach is possible this must be
  stimulated by the Commission

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Voluntary markets and imports

• Import is monitored by GoO
• The GoO system must be standardised (EECS)
• The supplier has to redeem the GoO
• Two possibilities
• 1.The GoO is eligible for target counting
• 2.The GoO is not eligible for target counting
• Import and redemption of the eligible GoO leads
  to new power and the non-eligible GoO does not
• The supplier must inform the costumer about the
  difference

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Consequences of target counting

• Absence of bilateral agreements are a barrier for
  cost efficient fulfilment of the targets
• These barriers are created by governments it is
  up to governments to come to bilateral agreements
• The voluntary international markets are distorted
  by absence of bilateral agreements
• And suppliers must inform their costumers more
  clearly about the difference between eligible
  import for target counting and non-eligible
  import for non-target counting

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Contact RECS

• RECS International Secretariat T 31 30 280
  8330 F 31 30 280 8301 Email info_at_recs.org
• Internet www.recs.org