Energy : European strategy for the security of supply. Green Paper

The Council had an exchange of views on the security of energy supply. This discussion was based on the Commission Green Paper on a European strategy for the security of energy supply which was presented at the Industry/ Energy Council in December 2000. Moreover, the Council invited the Commission to submit to a progress report on the consultative process by mid-2001 and intends to further its contribution to a long term strategy for security of supply at its December meeting with a view to enabling the Commission to assess fully the outcome of the consultation by the end of this year. The forthcoming Belgian Presidency was invited to bring forward the examination of this consultative document, taking into account contributions from all the relevant formations of the Council including Transport, Ecofin, Environment and Research.�