32 Amendments of Nils TORVALDS related to 2022/0394(COD)
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a regulation
Title 1
Title 1
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing a Union certification framework for carbon removals and carbon farming
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Under the Paris Agreement adopted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change22 ('the Paris Agreement'), the international community has agreed to hold the increase in the global average temperature well below 2° C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5° C above pre-industrial levels. The Union and its Member States are Parties to the Paris Agreement and are strongly committed to its implementation by reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and increase in carbon removals and carbon farming. __________________ 22 Approved by Council Decision (EU) 2016/1841 of 5 October 2016 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Paris Agreement adopted under the United Framework Convention on Climate Change (OJ L 282, 19.10.2016, p. 1).
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) At a global scale, the latest report23 by the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) points towards a decreasing likelihood of limiting global warming to 1.5 °C unless rapid and deep cuts in global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions occur throughout the forthcoming decades. The IPCC report also clearly states that ‘the deployment of carbon dioxide removal to counterbalance hard-to-abate residual emissions is unavoidable if net-zero carbon dioxide (CO2) or GHG emissions are to be achieved’. This will require the large-scale deployment of sustainable activities for capturing CO2 from the atmosphere and durably storinge it in geological reservoirs, terrestrial and marine ecosystems, or productfor several centuries. Today and with current policies, the Union is not on track to deliver the required carbon removals: carbon removals in terrestrial ecosystems have been decreasing in recent years, and no significant industrial carbon removals are currently taking place in the Union. __________________ 23 IPCC Working Group III (2022), Technical Summary. In: Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change. Sixth Assessment Report (link).
Amendment 322 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) quality criteria for carbon removal and carbon farming activities that take place in the Union;
Amendment 327 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) rules for the verification and certification of carbon removals and carbon farming;
Amendment 357 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ‘carbon removal’ means either the permanent storage of atmospheric or biogenic carbon within geological carbon pools, biogenic carbon pools, long-lasting products and matfor severials, and the marine environment, or the reduction of carbon release from a biogenic carbon pool to the atmosphere centuries;
Amendment 371 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) ‘carbon removal activity’ means one or more practices or processes carried out by an operator resulting in permanent carbon storage, enhancing carbon capture in a biogenic carbon pool, reducing the release of carbon from a biogenic carbon pool to the atmosphere, or storing atmospheric or biogenic carbon in long-lasting products or materithat, under normal circumstances and appropriate management, results in carbon removals;
Amendment 387 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) ‘operator’ means any legal or physical person who operates or controls a carbon removal or carbon farming activity, or to whom decisive economic power over the technical functioning of the activity has been delegated;
Amendment 418 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) ‘carbon farming’ means a carbon removalstorage or reduction activity related to land managementor coastal management, agriculture or forestry that results in the increase of carbon storage in living biomass, dead organic matter and soils by enhancing carbon capture and/or reducing the release of carbon to the atmosphere, while at the same time achieving biogenic emission reduction, such as methane and nitrous oxide reduction;
Amendment 425 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) ‘carbon farming activity’ means one or more practices or processes carried out by an operator resulting in carbon storage or emission reductions from carbon farming;
Amendment 428 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point h b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point h b (new)
(hb) ‘carbon farming storage’ means a carbon farming activity that stores atmospheric and biogenic carbon in living biomass, soils and dead organic matter as defined per carbon farming activity in the certification methodology;
Amendment 452 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point o a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point o a (new)
(oa) ‘carbon farming storage unit’ means one tonne of certified net carbon farming storage benefit generated by a carbon farming activity and registered by a certification scheme.
Amendment 458 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point o b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point o b (new)
(ob) ‘carbon farming greenhouse gas reduction unit’ means one tonne of certified net greenhouse gas reduction benefit generated by a carbon farming activity and registered by a certification scheme;
Amendment 466 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Carbon removals shall be eligible for certificationand carbon farming shall respectively be eligible for certification under separate certification frameworks under this Regulation where they meet both of the following conditions:
Amendment 472 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) they are generated from a carbon removal activity or carbon farming activity that complies with the quality criteria set out in Articles 4 to 7;
Amendment 479 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
For carbon farming, Annex III provides a non-exhaustive list of examples of measures that might be eligible for certification, if managed correctly. The Commission shall review the list periodically and is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 16 to include further examples to the list in order to ensure that new and innovative practices are promoted.
Amendment 537 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 6
Article 4 – paragraph 6
6. By way of derogation from paragraph 5, where duly justified, the baseline may be based on the individual carbon removal or carbon farming performance of that activity.
Amendment 546 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 7
Article 4 – paragraph 7
7. The baseline shall be periodically updated, but for legal clarity stay constant throughout the monitoring period once a carbon removal activity or carbon farming activity has started.
Amendment 550 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 8
Article 4 – paragraph 8
8. The quantification of the carbon removals and carbon farming shall account for uncertainties in accordance with recognised statistical approaches.
Amendment 559 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. A carbon removal activity and a carbon farming activity shall be additional. To that end, the carbon removal activity shall meet both of the following criteria:
Amendment 594 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. An operator or group of operators shall demonstrate that a carbon removal activity aims at ensuring the long-termpermanent storage of carbon.
Amendment 597 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. An operator or group of operators shall demonstrate that a carbon farming activity aims at ensuring the long-term storage and/or reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
Amendment 614 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. For carbon farming and carbon storage in products, the carbon stored by a carbon removalthe purpose of paragraph 1(a), the carbon stored shall be considered released to the atmosphere at the end of the permanence assessment period included in the certification methodology, provided the minimum monitoring period is respected, unless the operator or the group of operators renew the period by proving the continued and uninterrupted maintenance of carbon farming activity and monitoring. However, a carbon farming activity shall be consinot lead to a decred released to the atmosphere at the end ofased carbon sink, as defined in Regulation (EU) 2018/841, compared to the baseline beyond the monitoring period.;
Amendment 627 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. A carbon removal activity shall have aor a carbon farming activity shall at least have an overall neutral impact on or generate co- benefits for all the following sustainability objectives:
Amendment 633 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) climate change mitigation beyond the net carbon removal benefit referred to in Article 4(1) or the net carbon farming benefit referred to in 4(2), (b) other carbon removal activities or carbon farming activities, in particular permanent removals, (c) the avoidance of the risk for carbon leakage or land use changes in third countries;
Amendment 638 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) transition to a circular economyand bio- based economy, such as replacement of fossil-based products with bio-based products;
Amendment 705 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) the objective of minimising administrative burden and keeping the certification procedure as simple as possible for operators, particularly for small-scale carbon farming operators;
Amendment 767 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 a (new)
Article 9 a (new)
Article 9a Use of certificates Where carbon removal or carbon farming units are used to contribute to stated climate objectives, such units shall not be double counted. Any use of certificates shall ensure the highest integrity of climate mitigation, and shall not lead to increased greenhouse gas emissions. Carbon removal units and carbon farming units shall remain distinct from each other. Carbon farming units must not be used to count as compensations or contributions towards any fossil fuel- based greenhouse gas emissions.
Amendment 806 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – title
Article 12 – title
The EU Negative Carbon Registriesy
Amendment 814 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. A certification schemeThe European Commission shall establish and duly maintain a public registry to make publicly accessible the information related to the certification process, including the certificates and updated certificates, and the quantity of carbon removal units and carbon farming units certified in accordance with Article 9. Those registriesy shall use automated systems, including electronic templates, and shall be interoperable. All information and data entering the registry should be publicly available and easily downloadable.
Amendment 875 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 c (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. The European Commission shall examine the options for laying down market-based obligations for food refiners and food processors to take greater responsibility for emissions in their food supply chain, and shall, if appropriate, no later than 12 months after the entry into force of this Regulation present a legislative proposal to this effect, setting obligations and criteria for their purchase of certificates generated from carbon farming activities However, this proposal should not, under any circumstances, put any constraint to whom certificates generated from carbon farming activities could be sold to.
Amendment 923 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II a (new)
Annex II a (new)