{"id":193240,"date":"2003-12-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T16:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=193240"},"modified":"2019-03-12T16:34:20","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T16:34:20","slug":"auto-insert-193240","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-193240\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy agreement between Israel and PA &#8211; EU press release\/Non-UN document"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>EU supports historic energy agreement between Israel and Palestinian Authority<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">IP\/03\/1645 &#8211; Brussels, 2 December 2003 <\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>An historic agreement on energy co-operation has been signed today in Rome between Israel, represented by the Minister of National Infrastructure Joseph Paritzky, and the Palestinian Authority, represented by Azzam Shawwa, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, under the auspices of the European Union (EU), in presence of Italian Deputy-Prime Minister Gianfranco Fini and European Commission Vice-President Loyola de Palacio. <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">This new framework aims at creating the concrete basis for an energy dialogue between Israel and Palestinian Authority by identifying and promote interconnection projects of common interest to be integrated in the Euro-Mediterranean Energy Partnership. Several concrete measures were agreed: building of a joint electric generation plant, development of an electric interconnection between Gaza and Netivot, a gas interconnection between Ashkelon and Gaza, definition of a joint framework for bilateral and regional exchange and trade in electricity, development of the co-operation on renewable energy and setting-up of a common platform for the follow-up of the israeli-palestinian energy co-operation. <\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Launched in Athens by May 2003, this renewed dialogue was conducted by a tripartite technical group Israel-Palestinian Authority-European Commission, which met several times in Athens, Jerusalem and Rome between June and September, with the participation of the EU Presidency. &#171;As for European countries after the World War II, the energy dialogue must contribute to reconciliation and co-operation, in order to overcome the oppositions and conflicts, and take commitments for more interdependence and solidarity&#8221; declared Loyola de Palacio, vice-president in charge of Energy and Transport. &#8220;In this respect, the joint declaration between Israel and Palestinian Authority is significant and represents for all parties a real message of hope&#8221; she added. <\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">More details:<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:6.5px;font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>ANNEXE: Chapitre II <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:6.5px;font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Coop&#233;ration &#233;nerg&#233;tique Isra&#235;l Autorit&#233; Palestinienne <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Depuis la conf&#233;rence d&#39;Ath&#232;nes, un groupe technique trilat&#233;ral Isra&#235;l Autorit&#233; palestinienne &#8211; Commission s&#39;est r&#233;uni: <\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&#183;<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">le 13 juin &#224; J&#233;rusalem; <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&#183;<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">le 22 juillet &#224; Bruxelles; <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&#183;<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">le 14 ao&#251;t &#224; J&#233;rusalem; <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&#183;<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">le 15 septembre &#224; Rome. <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Lors d&#39;une r&#233;union minist&#233;rielle qui s&#39;est tenue &#224; Bruxelles le 23 juillet avec la participation du ministre italien de l&#39;&#233;nergie M. Marzano, un programme de coop&#233;ration dans le secteur de l&#39;&#233;nergie a &#233;t&#233; adopt&#233;. Il couvre: <\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">l&#39;&#233;laboration des projets d&#39;interconnexion du <i><strong>gaz<\/strong><\/i><i>&nbsp;<\/i>et en particulier: <\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&#183;<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">l&#39;interconnexion du gaz entre Ashkelon et Gaza; <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&#183;<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">d&#39;autres options d&#39;interconnexion du gaz devant &#234;tre mieux d&#233;finies sur le plan technique entre les parties; <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&#183;<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">l&#39;&#233;laboration d&#39;un <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><i><strong>accord sur l&#39;&#233;lectricit&#233;<\/strong><\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;comprenant entre autres: <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&#183;<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">des projets d&#39;interconnexion de l&#39;&#233;lectricit&#233; et en particulier la construction de la ligne de 161 KV entre les sous-stations de Gaza et de Netivot; <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&#183;<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">des m&#233;canismes pour un syst&#232;me bilat&#233;ral et r&#233;gional de protection en vue d&#39;augmenter la s&#233;curit&#233; et la s&#251;ret&#233; des approvisionnements en &#233;lectricit&#233;; <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&#183;<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">la d&#233;finition d&#39;un cadre bilat&#233;ral et r&#233;gional pour le commerce et l&#39;&#233;change d&#39;&#233;lectricit&#233;, y compris un syst&#232;me d&#39;&#233;change d&#39;informations; <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&#183;<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">une centrale &#233;lectrique commune pour l&#39;am&#233;lioration de la capacit&#233; de production de r&#233;serve pour le march&#233; de l&#39;&#233;lectricit&#233; isra&#233;lo-palestinien; <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">le d&#233;veloppement de la coop&#233;ration dans le domaine de la gestion de la demande et de l&#39;utilisation accrue de <i><strong>l&#39;&#233;nergie renouvelable<\/strong><\/i>, en particulier l&#39;&#233;nergie solaire, par le biais de: <\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&#183;<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">la promotion des projets industriels de production d&#39;&#233;lectricit&#233; fond&#233;s sur l&#39;&#233;nergie solaire lorsque cela est faisable sur le plan technique, environnemental et &#233;conomique; <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&#183;<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">la coop&#233;ration scientifique et technologique pour le d&#233;veloppement et la promotion, au niveau bilat&#233;ral et r&#233;gional, des technologies li&#233;es aux &#233;nergies renouvelables; <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&#183;<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; 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