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Activities of Jens NILSSON related to 2017/0017(COD)

Shadow opinions (1)

OPINION on a proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2003/87/EC to continue current limitations of scope for aviation activities and to prepare to implement a global market-based measure from 2021
2016/11/22
Committee: TRAN
Dossiers: 2017/0017(COD)
Documents: PDF(513 KB) DOC(109 KB)

Amendments (6)

Amendment 14 #
(1) At the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) which took place in Paris from 30 November to 12 December 2015, an international agreement was adopted to strengthen the global response to climate change. The Paris Agreement, inter alia, sets out a long-term goal in line with the objective to keep the global temperature increase well below 2°C above pre- industrial levels and to pursue efforts to keep it to 1,5°C above pre-industrial levels. The Paris Agreement was approved on behalf of the Union by Council Decision (EU) 2016/1841. The Paris Agreement entered into force on 4th November 2016. In order to achieve the goal of the Paris Agreement, parties will prepare, communicate and maintain successive nationally determined contributions and continuous political will in decision- making in line with the agreement is needed to ensure reaching its objectives.
2017/06/08
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) In the light of the resolution adopted at ICAO's 39th Assembly in October 2016 on the implementation of a global market-based measure from 2021 to offset international aviation emissions above 2020 levels, it is considered appropriate to continue the existing derogation pending further progress on the design elements and the implementation of the global market-based measure. In this regard, the adoption of Standards and Recommended Practices by ICAO to complement that Resolution and implement the global system is planned for 2018. However, its concrete operationalisation will require action by ICAO parties at domestic level. Also, governance arrangements must be developed by ICAO, including a registry system. In this context, the current derogation of the EU ETS obligations for flights to and from third countries should be extended, subject to the review on implementing the ICAO scheme, in order to promote momentum in ICAO and facilitate the operationalisation of the ICAO scheme. As a result of the extension of the derogation, the amount of allowances to be auctioned and issued for free, including from the special reserve, should be the same as would correspond to 2016, and should be proportional to the reduction of the surrender obligation. The EU shall continue to work with supporting Member States to use the revenues generated from the auctioning of allowances to be used to tackle climate change.
2017/06/08
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) Given that key features of the global market-based measure have yet to be developed and that its implementation depends on domestic legislation by States and regions, it is considered appropriate for a review to take place once there is clarity about the nature and content and of these legal instruments in advance of the start of ICAO's global market-based measure, and a report submitted to the European Parliament and Council. In order to succeed with the scheme, the EU shall continue to support its Member States and keep close cooperation with the ICAO in its role as observer, to encourage transparency of information and the progress of the ICAO agreement. That report should consider any standards or other instruments adopted through ICAO, the actions taken by third countries to implement the global market-based measure to apply to emissions from 2021 and other relevant international developments (e.g. rules under UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement on carbon markets and accounting). That report should consider how to implement these instruments in Union law through a revision of the EU ETS. It should also consider the rules applicable to intra-EEA flights as appropriate. That report should be accompanied by a proposal as appropriate to the European Parliament and the Council consistent with ensuring the contribution of aviation to the Union's 2030 economy-wide greenhouse gas reduction commitment.
2017/06/08
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – point i
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 28 a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
From 1 January 2017, by way of derogation from Articles 3d to 3f and until amendments subsequent to the review referred to in Article 28b have entered into force, aircraft operators shall be issued, each year, the number of allowances that corresponds to the year 2016. From 2021 onwards that number of allowances shall be subject to the application of the linear factor in Article 9 in order to maximise the effort of the Union's contribution to reaching the Paris Agreement.
2017/06/08
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 28 b – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall report to the European Parliament and the Council on the relevant ICAO standards and recommended practices (SARPs), ICAO Council approved recommendations relevant to the global market-based measure or other legal instruments as well as on domestic measures taken by third countries to implement the global market- based measure to be applied to emissions from 2021, and on other relevant international developments.
2017/06/08
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
2. The report should consider ways for those ICAO instruments to be implemented in Union law through a revision of this Directive. The report shall also consider the rules applicable in respect of flights within the European Economic Area (EEA) as appropriate. The report shall also take into consideration the ambition and overall environmental integrity of the global market-based measure including the objectives and requirements of the Paris agreement.
2017/06/08
Committee: TRAN