18 Amendments of Astrid LULLING related to 2008/0016(COD)
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Renewable Energy Roadmap demonstrated that a 2019% target for the overall share of energy from renewable sources and a 107.5% target for renewable energy in transport would be appropriate and achievable objectives, and that a framework that includes mandatory targets should provide the business community with the long term stability it needs to make rational investment decisions in the renewable energy sector.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) Parliament recognises and supports the statement by the Brussels European Council of 8 and 9 March 2007 designed to strengthen the Union's commitment to the Community-wide development and production of renewable energies beyond 2010. Given the Union's production potential, a mandatory target of 7.5% of biofuels in transport petrol and diesel consumption and a 19% share of renewable energies in overall Community energy consumption by 2020 seem feasible. The binding character of this target is appropriate subject to production being sustainable, second-generation biofuels becoming commercially available and Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and amending Council Directive 93/12/EEC1 being amended to allow for adequate levels of blending. _______ 1 OJ L 350, 28.12.1998, p. 58. Directive last amended by Regulation (EC) n° 1882/2003 (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) For the achievement of the national targets, biofuel certificates coming from a Member State with whom another Member State has signed a bilateral agreement, will be taken into account. These biofuel certificates shall be cancelled in the acquisition country. The greenhouse gas emission savings linked to the biofuel certificates shall be counted in the acquisition country.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In the light of the positions taken by the Commission, the Council and the European Parliament, it is appropriate to establish mandatory targets for an overall 2019% share of renewable energy and a 107.5% share of renewable energy in transport in the European Union's consumption in 2020.
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Member States' starting points, renewable energy potentials and energy mixes vary. It is therefore necessary to translate the overall 2019% target into individual targets for each Member State, with due regard to a fair and adequate allocation taking account of different national starting points and potentials, including the existing level of renewable energies and energy mix. It is appropriate to do this by sharing the required total increase in the use of energy from renewable sources between Member States on the basis of an equal increase in each Member State's share weighted by their Gross Domestic Product, modulated to reflect national starting points, and by accounting in terms of final energy consumption.
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) By contrast, it is appropriate for the 107.5% target for renewable energy in transport to be set at the same level for each Member State in order to ensure consistency in transport fuel specifications and availability. Because transport fuels are traded easily, Member States with low endowments of the relevant resources will easily be able to obtain renewable transport fuels from elsewhere. While it would technically be possible for the Community to meet its biofuel target solely from domestic production, it is both likely and desirable that the target will in fact be met through a combination of domestic production and imports. To this end, the Commission should monitor the supply of the Community market for biofuels, and should, as appropriate, propose relevant measures to achieve a balanced approach between domestic production and imports, taking into account the development of multilateral and bilateral trade negotiations as well as environmental, cost, energy security and other considerations.
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 48
Recital 48
(48) In order to permit the achievement of a 107.5% share of biofuels, it is necessary to ensure the placing on the market of higher blends of biodiesel in diesel than those envisaged by standard EN590/2004.
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 57
Recital 57
(57) Since the general objectives of achieving a 2019% share of renewable energies in the Community's overall energy consumption and a 107.5% share of biofuels in each Member State's transport petrol and diesel consumption by 2020 cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore, by reason of the scale of the action, be better achieved at Community level, the Community may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 − paragraph 3 − subparagraph 1
Article 3 − paragraph 3 − subparagraph 1
Each Member State shall ensure that the share of energy from renewable sources in transport in 2020 is at least 107.5% of final consumption of energy in transport in that Member State.
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 − paragraph 1
Article 9 − paragraph 1
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 − paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 9 − paragraph 1 a (new)
(1a) Member States may request the competent bodies designated in accordance with Article 7 to transfer the guarantees of origin submitted for cancellation under Article 8(1) to another Member State. Such guarantees of origin shall immediately be cancelled by the competent body in the receiving Member State.
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 − paragraph 2
Article 9 − paragraph 2
2. Member States may provide for a system of prior authorisation for the transfer of guarantees of origin to or from persons in other Member States if, in the absence of such a system, the transfer of guarantees of origin to or from the Member State concerned is likely to impair their ability to ensure a secure and balanced energy supply or is likely to undermine the achievement of the environmental objectives underlying their support scheme. Member States may provide for a system of prior authorisation for the transfer of guarantees of origin to persons in other Member States if in the absence of such a system, the transfer of guarantees of origin is likely to impair their ability to comply with Article 3(1) or to ensure that the share of energy from renewable sources equals or exceeds the indicative trajectory in Part B of Annex I. The system of prior authorisation shall not constitute a means of arbitrary discriminatioThe system of prior authorisation constitutes a potential means of arbitrary discrimination and a barrier to free trade in guarantees of origin.
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 − paragraph 4
Article 9 − paragraph 4
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 a (new)
Article 18 a (new)
Article 18a Barriers to national target achievement Where a Member State considers that, due to 1. insufficient availability of sustainable biofuel or guarantees of origin on the market or 2. any administrative or legal obstacle that is not from its responsibility, it is under the impossibility to meet the share of energy from renewable sources in final consumption of energy in 2020 set out in the third column of the table in Annex 1, it shall inform the Commission as soon as possible. The Commission shall adopt a decision on whether these aforementioned barriers have been demonstrated, in which case it shall decide what adjustment shall be made to the Member State's final consumption of energy from renewable sources for the year 2020.
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I A
Annex I A
A. National overall targets Share of energy from TInitial target for share ofRectified target for renewable sources in share of energy from share of energy from final consumption of renewable sources in renewable sources in energy, 2005 (S2005) final consumption of final consumption of energy, 2020 (S2020) energy, 2020 (S2020) Belgium 2.2% 13% RT%* Bulgaria 9.4% 16% RT% The Czech Republic 6.1% 13% RT% Denmark 17.0% 30% RT% Germany 5.8% 18% RT% Estonia 18.0% 25% RT% Ireland 3.1% 16% RT% Greece 6.9% 18% RT% Spain 8.7% 20% RT% France 10.3% 23% RT% Italy 5.2% 17% RT% Cyprus 2.9% 13% RT% Latvia 34.9% 42% RT% Lithuania 15.0% 23% RT% Luxembourg 0.9% 11% RT% Hungary 4.3% 13% RT% Malta 0.0% 10% RT% The Netherlands 2.4% 14% RT% Austria 23.3% 34% RT% Poland 7.2% 15% RT% Portugal 20.5% 31% RT% Romania 17.8% 24% RT% Slovenia 16.0% 25% RT% The Slovak Republic 6.7% 14% RT% Finland 28.5% 38% RT% Sweden 39.8% 49% RT% United Kingdom 1.3% 15% 1.3% 15% RT% * The target for the share of energy from renewable sources in final energy consumption in 2020, for each of the Member States, shall be calculated as follows: RT = IT - (TR x CS) where: - RT = rectified final target calculated on the basis of a share of 7.5% of biofuels in total transport petrol and diesel consumption; - IT = initially proposed final target per Member State (expressed as %); - TR, reduced target for biofuels in total transport petrol and diesel consumption (10% - 7.5% = 2.5%); - CS = share of transport diesel and petrol in total energy consumption (situated between 0 and 1).