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Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14

(14) It is therefore appropriate to update in 2025 the annual emission allocations for the years 2026 to 2030. This should be based on a comprehensive review of the national inventory data carried out by the Commission in order to determine the average of the greenhouse gas emissions of each Member State during the years 2021, 2022 and 2023.deleted

2021/12/15
Committee: REGI

Martina MICHELS

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16

(16) In addition to that flexibility, a limited quantity of net removals and net emissions from land use, land-use change and forestry (‘LULUCF’) may be taken into account for Member States’ compliance under Regulation (EU) 2018/842 (‘the LULUCF flexibility’). In order to ensure that sufficient mitigation efforts are deployed until 2030, it is appropriate to ~~limit~~end the use of the LULUCF flexibility by separating the use of such flexibility into two separate time periods, each capped by a limit corresponding to half of the maximum amount of total net removals set out in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2018/842. It is also appropriate to bring the title of Annex III in line with the amendment to Regulation (EU) 2018/841 carried out by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/268 of 28 October 202037 . As a consequence, there is no longer a need for Regulation (EU) 2018/842 to provide for a legal basis allowing the Commission to adopt delegated acts to amend the title of its Annex III. Article 7(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/842 should therefore be deleted. _________________ 37 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/268 of 28 October 2020 amending Annex IV to Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the forest reference levels to be applied by the Member States for the period 2021-2025 (OJ L 60, 22.2.2021, p. 21)from 2023 onward.

2021/12/15
Committee: REGI

Martina MICHELS

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18

(18) The setting of more ambitious targets under Regulation (EU) 2018/841 will decrease the capacity of Member States to generate net removals that can be used for compliance under Regulation (EU) 2018/842. In addition, the split of the use of the LULUCF flexibility into two separate time periods, will further limit the availability of net removals for the purpose of compliance with Regulation (EU) 2018/842. As a result, some Member States may face challenges in meeting their targets under Regulation (EU) 2018/842, while some Member States, the same or other, may generate net removals that cannot be used for compliance with Regulation (EU) 2018/842. As long as the Union objectives as set out in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 are met, in particular with regard to the maximum limit of the contribution of net removals, it is appropriate to create a new voluntary mechanism, in the form of an additional reserve, that will help adhering Member States to comply with their obligations.deleted

2021/12/15
Committee: REGI

Martina MICHELS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1

Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 1

(1) ~~In Article 1, “30%” is replaced by “40%”;~~ "Subject matter 1.This Regulation contributes to achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the Union’s objective of balancing greenhouse gas emissions and removals by 2050 at the latest and achieving negative emissions thereafter as set out in Article 2 of Regulation 2021/1119 (EU Climate Law). 2. This Regulation lays down obligations on Member States with respect to their minimum contributions for the period from 2021 to 2030 to fulfilling the Union’s target of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 % below 2005 levels by 2030 in the sectors covered by Article 2 of this Regulation. 3. This Regulation also paves the way for the setting of post-2030 Union’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets in the sectors covered by Article 2 of this Regulation and of Member States’ minimum contributions to the fulfilment of those post-2030 Union’s targets. 4. Finally, this Regulation lays down provisions for the determination of minimum Union-level individual sector contributions to fulfilling the Union’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets for 2030 and beyond set by this Regulation, and for ensuring compliance with those minimum sector contributions."

2021/12/15
Committee: REGI

Martina MICHELS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5

Regulation (EU) 2018/84
Article 7

(5) Article 7 is amended as follows: (a) the title is replaced by the following: ‘Additional use of net removals from LULUCF’ (i) the introductory sentence is replaced by the following: ‘To the extent that a Member State’s greenhouse gas emissions exceed its annual emission allocations for a given year, including any annual emission allocations banked pursuant to Article 5(3) of this Regulation, a quantity up to the sum of total net removals and total net emissions from the combined land accounting categories included in the scope of Regulation (EU) 2018/841, may be taken into account for its compliance under Article 9 of this Regulation for that year, provided that:.’ ‘(a) the cumulative quantity taken into account for that Member State for the years 2021 to 2025 does not exceed half of the maximum amount of total net removals set out in Annex III to this Regulation for that Member State; (aa) the cumulative quantity taken into account for that Member State for the years 2026 to 2030 does not exceed half of the maximum amount of total net removals set out in Annex III to this Regulation for that Member State;.’deleted

2021/12/15
Committee: REGI

Martina MICHELS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7

Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 11a new

(7) The following article is inserted: ‘Article 11a Additional reserve 1. If, by 2030, the Union has reduced net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% compared to 1990 levels in compliance with Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council**, and taking into account the maximum limit of the contribution of net removals, an additional reserve shall be established in the Union Registry. 2. Member States which decide to neither contribute nor benefit from the additional reserve shall notify their decision to the Commission no later than six months after the entry into force of this Regulation. 3. The additional reserve shall consist of the net removals that participating Member States have generated in the period 2026 to 2030 in excess of their respective targets pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/841, after deduction of both of the following: (a) any flexibilities used under Articles 11 to 13b of Regulation (EU) 2018/841; (b) the quantities taken into account for compliance pursuant to Article 7 of this Regulation. 4. If an additional reserve is set up pursuant to paragraph 1, a participating Member State may benefit from it if the following conditions are fulfilled: (a) the greenhouse gas emissions of the Member State exceed its annual emission allocations in the period from 2026 to 2030; (b) the Member State has exhausted the flexibilities pursuant to Article 5(2) and (3); (c) the Member State has made the maximum use possible of net removals in accordance with Article 7, even if that quantity does not reach the level set in Annex III; and (d) the Member State has made no net transfers to other Member States under Article 5. 5. If a Member States fulfils the conditions set out in paragraph 4, it shall receive an additional quantity from the additional reserve up to its shortfall to be used for compliance under Article 9. If the resulting collective quantity to be received by all of the Member States which fulfil the conditions set out in paragraph 4 of this Article exceeds the quantity allocated to the additional reserve under paragraph 3 of this Article, the quantity to be received by each of those Member States shall be reduced on a pro rata basis.’ ** Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 June 2021 establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulations (EC) No 401/2009 and (EU) 2018/1999 (‘European Climate Law’) (OJ L 243, 9.7.2021, p. 1).’deleted

2021/12/15
Committee: REGI

6 Amendments of Martina MICHELS related to 2021/0200(COD)

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