joint purchases agreement

Information Sharing Agreement

joint-venture agreement | JVA [Abbr.]

by common accord | by common agreement

exclusive purchasing agreement [ exclusive buying agreement ]

standing offer agreement

note purchase agreement | NPA

If such an approach could be applied more widely and combined with joint procurement between different contracting entities, huge markets could be created that would boost innovation and new innovative businesses.

13. Calls on the Member States to increase their cooperation on the information exchange mechanism with regard to intergovernmental agreements (IGAs) with third countries in the field of energy, in order to increase transparency and leverage their negotiating power vis-à-vis third countries; calls on the Commission to swiftly develop a proposal for obligatory ex ante evaluations of IGAs with regard to their impact on the EU’s internal energy market and their compatibility with EU law; calls on Member States to request the participation of the Commission in the negotiation of energy agreements with non-EU countries; calls on the Commission to develop a template for energy agreements with non-EU countries including clauses relevant to Unio ...[+++]n interests; calls, in the interest of promoting democracy and transparency, for Parliament to be kept informed by the Commission on a regular basis on energy agreements between the EU and non-EU countries; believes that consideration should be given to the possibility of Member States wishing to do so establishing a collective purchasing mechanism for energy sources in the future;

156. Calls on the Member States to increase their cooperation on the information exchange mechanism with regard to intergovernmental agreements (IGAs) with third countries in the field of energy, in order to increase transparency and leverage their negotiating power vis-à-vis third countries; calls on the Commission to swiftly develop a proposal for obligatory ex ante evaluations of IGAs with regard to their impact on the EU’s internal energy market and their compatibility with EU law; calls on the Member States to request the participation of the Commission in the negotiation of energy agreements with non-EU countries; calls on the Commission to develop a template for energy agreements with non-EU countries including clauses relevant to ...[+++] Union interests; calls, in the interest of promoting democracy and transparency, for Parliament to be kept informed by the Commission on a regular basis on energy agreements between the EU and non-EU countries; believes that consideration should be given to the possibility of Member States wishing to do so establishing a collective purchasing mechanism for energy sources in the future;

Any amendment of this Agreement requires the common agreement of all the institutions.