Activities of Martina MICHELS related to 2021/0206(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a social climate fund
Amendments (69)
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Those amendments have differing economic and social impacts on the different sectors of the economy, on the citizens, and the Member States. In particular, the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and the Council31 should provide an additional economicThey should, among others, provide incentives to invest into the reduction of fossil fuel consumption and thereby accelerate the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Combined with other measures, this shoul and, in the medium to long term, reduce the costs for buildings and road transport, and provide new opportunities for job creation and investment. _________________ 31 Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union (OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32).
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) However, resources are needed to finance those investments. In addition, before they have taken place, the cost supported by households and transport users for heating, cooling and cooking, as well as for road transport and mobility, is likely to increase as fuel suppliers subject to the obligations under the emission trading for buildings and road transport pass on costs on carb, energy and transport suppliers pass on costs related to the green transition to the consumers.
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The increase in the price for fossil fuels mauels, energy and mobility disproportionally affect vulnerable households, vulnerable micro- enterprises and vulnerable transport users who spend a larger part of their incomes on energy and transport, who, in certain regions,further exacerbating pre-existing social inequalities and regional disparities. These most affected vulnerable groups and micro-enterprises do not have access to alternative, affordable energy, mobility and transport solutions and who may lack the financial capacity to invest into the reduction of fossil fuel consumption and zero-or low energy solutions.
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10 a) The European Union is already facing a social crisis with an estimated 30 to 50 million energy poor, 700,000 homeless people (an increase of 70% over the last 10 years). According to EU-SILC, the financial inability to maintain an adequate temperature in housing affected 7% of all residents of the EU28 and 18% of poor households. Many countries saw the proportion of poor households facing energy poverty increase significantly over the last decade, which will be compounded by the ongoing rise of energy prices across Europe. Long- term trends also show that house price indices increased by 23% and rental price indices by 16% between 2009 and 2019, across the European Union. In such a context, the implementation of the European Green Deal is necessary. In such a context, the implementation of the European Green Deal is necessary, but these efforts must not leave behind the poor and vulnerable.
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Therefore, a part of the revenues generated by the inclusion of building and road transport into the scope of DirectiveETS system Directive as defined by 2003/87/EC should be used to address the social impacts arising from that incluse green transition, for theis transition to be just and inclusive, leaving no one behind. In order to stabilise an appropriate budget for the Social Climate Fund, additional funding from own ressources will be needed and the Fund should be included in the next multiannual financial framework to cushion fluctuations in revenue. Future own resources allocated to the EU budget should provide an opportunity to reassess the amounts allocated to the Fund in order to support a more ambitious pace of adaptation to transition costs.
Amendment 88 #
(12) This is even more relevant in view of the existing levels of energy poverty. Energy poverty is a situation in which households are unable to access essential energy services such as cooling, as temperatures rise, and heating. About 34 million Europeans reported an inability to keep their homes adequately warm in 2018, and 6.9% of the Union population have said that they cannot afford to heat their home sufficiently in a 2019 EU-wide survey32 . Overall, the Energy Poverty Observatory estimates that more than 50 million households in the European Union experience energy poverty. Energy poverty is therefore a major challenge for the Union. While social tariffs, subsidies for energy bills or direct income support can provide immediate relief to households facing energy poverty, only targeted structural measures, in particular energy renovations, can provide lasting solutions and investments aimed at energy efficiency and at ending the reliance on fossil fuels, in particular deep building renovations, the development of energy communities and renewable energy sources, including through community lead projects, as well as information and awareness-raising measures targeted at the households, can provide lasting solutions and effectively combat energy poverty. _________________ 32 Data from 2018. Eurostat, SILC [ilc_mdes01]).
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) A Social Climate Fund (‘the Fund’) should therefore be established to provide funds to the Member States to support their policies to address the social impacts of the emissions trading for buildgreen transition, carbon pricings and roaising energy and transport prices on vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises and vulnerable transport users. This should be achieved notably through temporary income and expenditure support and measures and investments intended to reduce reliance on fossil fuels through increased energy efficiency of buildings, decarbonisation of heating and cooling of buildings, including the integration of energy from renewable sources, and granting improved access to zero- and low- emission mobility and transport to the benefit of vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises and vulnerable transport users.
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) For that purpose, each Member State should submit to the Commission a Social Climate Plan (‘the Plan’). Those Plans should pursue two objectives. Firstly, they should provide vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises and vulnerable transport users the necessary resources to finance and carry out investments in energy efficiency, decarbonisation of heating and cooling, in zero- and low-emission vehicles and mobility. Secondly, they should mitigate the impact of the increase in the cost of fossil fuelsuels, energy and transport on the most vulnerable and thereby prevent energy and transport poverty during the transition period until such investments have been implemented. The Plans should have an investment component promoting the long- term solution of reduceending fossil fuels reliance and could envisage other measures, including temporary direct income support to mitigate adverse income effects in the shorter term.
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Ensuring that the measures and investments are particularly targeted towards energy poor or vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises and vulnerable transport users is key for a just transition towards climate neutrality. Support measures to promote reductions in greenhouse gas emissions should help Member States, regional and local authorities to address the social impacts arising from the emissions trading for the sectors of buildings and road transportgreen transition and rising energy and transport prices and to guarantee consumers access to clean and affordable energy and mobility.
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Taking into account the importance of tackling climate change in line with Paris Agreement commitments, and the commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the actions under this Regulation should contribute to the achievement of the target that at least 30% of all expenditure under the 2021- 2027 multiannual financial framework should be spent on mainstreaming climate objectives and should contribute to the ambition of providing 10% of annual spending to biodiversity objectives in 2026 and 2027, while considering the existing overlaps between climate and biodiversity goals. For this purpose, the methodology set out in Annex II of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council33 should be used to tag the expenditures of the Fund. The Fund should support activities that fully respect the climate and environmental standards and priorities of the Union and comply with the principle of ‘do no significant harm’ within the meaning of Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council34 . Only such measures and investments should be included in the Plans. Direct income support measures should as a rule be considered as having an insignificant foreseeable impact on environmental objectives, and as such be considered compliant with the principle of ‘do no significant harm’. The Commission intends to issue technical guidance to the Member States well ahead of the preparation of the Plans. The guidance will explain how the measures and investments must comply with the principle of ‘do no significant harm’ within the meaning of Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852. The Commission intends to present in 2021 a proposal for a Council Recommendation on how to address the social aspects of the green transition. _________________ 33 Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2021 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the Cohesion Fund, the Just Transition Fund and the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund and financial rules for those and for the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, the Internal Security Fund and the Instrument for Financial Support for Border Management and Visa Policy (OJ L 231, 30.6.2021, p. 159). 34 Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2020 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 (OJ L 198, 22.6.2020, p. 13).
Amendment 143 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Women are particularly affected by carbon pricing as theydisproportionately affected by energy and mobility poverty, inter alia because of wage and pension inequalities. Particular affected are single-mothers, who represent 85% of single parent families. Single parent families that have a particularly high risk of child poverty. Gender equality and, equal opportunities for all, and the fight against discrimination and poverty and the mainstreaming of those objectives, as well as questions of accessibility for persons with disabilities should be taken into account and promoted throughout the preparation and implementation of Plans to ensure no one is left behind.
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19 a) Member States should promote the role of renewable energy communities and citizen energy communities and regard them as eligible beneficiaries of the Fund. Renewable energy communities and citizen energy communities can help Member States to achieve the objectives of this Regulation via a bottom-up approach initiated by citizens, as those communities empower and engage consumers to participate in energy efficiency projects and interventions.
Amendment 151 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Member States should prepare their Plans in close cooperation with the regional and local authorities, the economic and social partners and relevant stakeholders and representatives from civil society, while respecting the European Code of Conduct on Partnership, and submit submit their Plans together with the update of their integrated national energy and climate plans in accordance with Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council35 . The Plans should include the measures to be financed, their estimated costs and the national contribution. They should also include key milestones and targets to assess the effective implementation of the measures. _________________ 35 Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action, amending Regulations (EC) No 663/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives 94/22/EC, 98/70/EC, 2009/31/EC, 2009/73/EC, 2010/31/EU, 2012/27/EU and 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 2009/119/EC and (EU) 2015/652 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 1).
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) The financial envelope of the Fund should, in principle, be commensurate to amounts corresponding to 25% of the expected revenues from the inclusion of buildings and road transport into the scope ofamong others, draw on the revenues from emission trading under Directive 2003/87/EC in the period 2026- 2032. Pursuant to Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/205341 , Member States should make those revenues available to the Union budget as own resources. Member States are to finance 50% of the total costs of their Plan themselves. For this purpose, as well as for investment and measures to accelerate and alleviHowever, additional ressources will be required as the Fund but must be commensurate with stable and sufficient resources matching with the financial needs to reduce fossil fuel consumption and should aim to reduce climate inequalities. The European Commission41a estimates that EUR 350bn of investments in the energy system are necessary every year to reach the EU’s 55% greenhouse gas target emission reduction by 2030. The European Court of Auditors41b estimates the required transition for citizens negatively affected, Member States should inter alia use their expected revenues from emissions trading for buildings and road transport under Directive 2003/87/EC for that purpose. at, each year between 2021 and 2030, EUR 736bn are needed in the transport sector and EUR 282bn are needed in the residential and service sectors to reach the targets. Out of these global investment needs, it is estimated41c that new public expenditure is required every year to the amount of EUR 90bn for building renovations and of EUR 31,4bn for transports. Thus, the financial envelope of the Fund should correspond to at least EUR 54 000 000 000 in current prices in the period 2023- 2027, and to at least EUR 270000 000 000 in current prices in the period 2028-2032. Member States are to finance 25% of the total costs of their Plan themselves. _________________ 41 Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/2053 of 14 December 2020 on the system of own resources of the European Union and repealing Decision 2014/335/EU, Euratom (OJ L 424, 15.12.2020, p. 1). 41a State of the Union: Questions & Answers on the 2030 Climate Target Plan, 17 September 2020, European Commission, https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscor ner/detail/en/qanda_20_1598 41b EU action on energy and climate change, 2017, European Court of Auditors, https://op.europa.eu/webpub/eca/lr- energy-and-climate/en/ 41c Covid-19 recovery : investment opportunities in deep renovation in Europe, May 2020, Buildings Performance Institute Europe, https://www.bpie.eu/wp- content/uploads/2020/05/Recovery- investments-in-deep- renovation_BPIE_2020.pdf and Financing the Social Climate Fund, February 2022, WWF
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29 a (new)
Recital 29 a (new)
(29 a) All Member States which benefit from the Social Climate Fund have an obligation to respect the fundamental values enshrined in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union. Respect for the rule of law is an essential precondition for compliance with the principles of sound financial management enshrined in Article 317 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). The Commission should ensure the effective implementation of the horizontal rules for the protection of the Union budget in the case of breaches of the principles of the rule of law in the Member States in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2092 of the European Parliament and of the Council. Where it is established that breaches of the principles of the rule of law in a Member State affect or seriously risk affecting the sound financial management of the Social Climate Fund or the protection of the financial interests of the Union in a sufficiently direct way, the Commission should take the necessary measures, which may include, among others, a suspension of payments, termination of the legal commitment within the meaning of the Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council, a prohibition on entering into such legal commitments, or a suspension of the disbursement of instalments. When the Commission decides, in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2092, on a repayment, reduction or termination of the legal commitment or financial allocation, these amounts should be proportionally allocated to all other Member States.
Amendment 172 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
The general objective of the Fund is to balance the social challenges of the transition towards climate neutrality, leaving no one behind, by contributing to the just, equitable and inclusive reduction of emissions in the transport and buildings sectors. The measures and investments supported by the Fund shall directly benefit households, micro- enterprises and transport users, which are vulnerable and particularly affected by the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/ECgreen transition, especially households in energy poverty and citizepersons without public transport alternative to individual cars (in remote and rural areas)sufficient affordable public transport options or insufficient private capacity to invest in zero- or low emissions individual means of transport, particularly in remote and rural areas; conditions for support from the Fund shall not increase bureaucratic burden or costs on the beneficiaries, in particular vulnerable households and tenants.
Amendment 183 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4
Article 1 – paragraph 4
The measures adopted towards the general objective of the Fund is to contribute toshall help pursue the Union's climate objectives, particularly the transition towards climate -neutrality by addressing the social impacts of the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC, sustainable, non-toxic, ressource- efficient, renewable energy based and resilient circular economy by 2050 at the latest, by minimising the social impacts of the costs of the transition, of fluctuations in the prices of the energy and raw materials needed for the transition and of the adverse price impacts of the emission trading system established by Directive 2003/87/EC on socially vulnerable groups. The specific objective of the Fund is to support vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises and vulnerable transport users through temporary direct income support and through measures and investments intended to increase energy efficiency of buildings, decarbonisation of heating and cooling of buildings, including the integration of energy from renewable sources, and granting improved access to zero- and low-emission mobility and transport.
Amendment 193 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 4 a (new)
In line with these objectives, the Fund shall not provide any support to measures and investments which could prolong reliance on fossil fuels, lead to carbon lock-in or are susceptible to harm the social, economic and territorial cohesion objectives of the Union.
Amendment 198 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) ‘building renovation’ means all kinds of energy- performance and indoor climate improving related building renovation, including the insulation of the building envelope, that is to say walls, roof, floor, the replacement of windows, the replacement of heating, cooling and cooking appliances, and the installation of on- site production of energy from renewable sources and the professional removal of harmful substances such as asbestos;
Amendment 203 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) ‘energy poverty’ means energy poverty as defineda household’s lack of access to essential and affordable energy services that underpin a decent standard of living and health, including adequate warmth, cooling, lighting, and energy to power appliances, in the relevant national, regional or local context, existing social policy and other relevant policies, based on the definition in point [(49)] of Article 2 of Directive (EU) [yyyy/nnn] of the of the European Parliament and of the Council50 ; _________________ 50 [Directive (EU) [yyyy/nnn] of the of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ C […], […], p. […]).] [Proposal for recast of Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency]
Amendment 206 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
(2 a) 'mobility poverty' means a persons' lack of access to essential and affordable transport and mobility services required to to meet their essential socio- economic needs and the participation in society, which can be caused, inter alia, by one or by the combination of the following factors, depending on and in relation to the relevant national, regional and local contexts: high fuel or energy prices, high public transports ticket or other mobility expenditures in relation the disposable income, insufficient availability of public transport or other zero- or low emissions mobility alternatives, in particular in terms of accessibility and location, scheduled frequency, reliability, travel distances to access basic services or the poor performance of vehicles;
Amendment 213 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10
(10) ‘transport users’ means householdpersons or micro-enterprises that use various transport and mobility options;
Amendment 218 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11
(11) ‘vulnerable households’ means households in energy poverty or households, including lower middle- income ones, that are significantly affected by the pricrising fuel, energy and transport prices, including the impacts of the inclusion of buildings into the scope of Directive 2003/87/ECcarbon pricing, or that live in inadequate housing as defined by national definition, and lack the means or responsibility to renovate the building they occupy;
Amendment 221 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12
(12) ‘vulnerable micro-enterprises’ means micro-enterprises that are significantly affected by the price impacts of the inclusion of buildings into the scope of Directive 2003/87/ECof the rising fuel, energy and transport prices related to the green transition, including the relevant impact of carbon pricing, and lack the means to renovate the building they occupy in terms of the green transition objective;
Amendment 230 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
(13) ‘vulnerable transport users’ means transport users, including from lower middle-income households, that are significantly affected by the price impacts of the inclusion of road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/ECrising fuel, energy and transport prices, including the relevant impact of carbon pricing, and lack the means to purchase zero- and low- emission vehicles or to switch to alternative sustainable modes of transport, including public transport, particularly in rural and remote areas.
Amendment 238 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State, after consultation with regional and local authorities, social partners and relevant stakeholders and representatives of civil society, in accordance with the Partnership Principle, shall submit to the Commission a Social Climate Plan (‘the Plan’) together with the update to the integrated national energy and climate plan referred to in Article 14(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in accordance with the procedure and timeline laid down in that Article. The Plan shall contain a coherent set of measures and investments to address the impact of carbon pricing onenergy and mobility poverty and to support vulnerable households, vulnerable micro- enterprises and vulnerable transport users in order to ensure affordable heating, cooling and mobility while accompanying and accelerating necessary measures to meet the climate targets of the Union. sustainable renewable energy and climate targets of the Union. Each Member State shall ensure that the public is given early and effective opportunities to participate in the preparation of the draft Social Climate Plan, as well as in the preparation of the final plan, well before its adoption. The Plan and subsequent changes to it shall be made public and accessible in a timely manner.
Amendment 246 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The Plan may include national, regional and local measures providing temporary direct income or expenditure support to vulnerable households and households that are vulnerable transport userspersons affected by energy or mobility poverty to reduce the impact of therelevant increases in the price of fossil fuels resulting from the inclusion of buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/ECuels and energy, including the adverse cost impact of emission pricing on electricity, heating and mobility on them.
Amendment 249 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. The Plan shall include national, regional and local projects to:
Amendment 251 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) finance measures and investments with a lasting sustainable impact to increase energy efficiency of buildings, to implement energy efficiency improvement measures, to carry out building renovation, and to decarbonise heating and cooling of buildings, including the integration of energy production from renewable energy sources and other measures to prevent carbon lock-in, benefitting, inter alia, tenants', cooperatives' and renewable energy communities;
Amendment 259 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) finance measures and investments to increase the uptake of zero- and low- emission mobility and transport, in particular the availability, accessibility and affordability of zero- and low-emission quality and safe public transport and shared mobility services especially in rural, remote and less populated areas.
Amendment 265 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point -a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point -a (new)
-a detailed quantitative information on energy and mobility poverty: the number of vulnerable households and vulnerable micro-enterprises and vulnerable transport users identified at the start of the Plan, on the basis of the definitions in Article 2;
Amendment 266 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point -a a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point -a a (new)
-a a national targets and objectives to reduce the number of vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises and vulnerable transport users over the duration of the Plan, including through measures and investments that are financed by other sources of funding;
Amendment 268 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) concrete measures and investments in accordance with Article 3 to reduce the effects referred to in point (c) of this paragraph together with an explanation of how they would contribute effectively to the achievement of the objectives set out in Article 1 within the overall setting of a Member State’s and its regions' relevant policies;
Amendment 272 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) an estimate of the likely effects of that increase in prices on households, and in particular on incidence of energy poverty, on micro-enterprises and on transport users, comprising in particular an estimate and the identification of vulnerable households, vulnerable micro- enterprises and vulnerable transport users; these impacts are to be analysed with a sufficient level of regional disaggregation, taking into account elements such as access toparticular characteristics and needs of certain groups of potential beneficiaries such as women, tenants and elderly people and elements such as access to decent, adequate, affordable and healthy housing, public transport and basic services, and identifying the areas mostly affected, particularly territories which are remote and, rural or affected by demographic change;
Amendment 281 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) where the Plan provides for measures referred to in Article 3(2), the criteria for the identification of eligible final recipients, the indication of the envisaged time limit for the measures in question and their justification on the basis of a quantitative estimate and a qualitative explanation of how the measures in the Plan are expected to reducadditional and complementary to national or regional policies to eradicate energy and transportmobility poverty and the vulnerability of households, micro- enterprises and transport users to an increase of road transport and heating fuel and energy prices;
Amendment 293 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) the arrangements for the effective monitoring and implementation of the Plan by the Member State and regional and local authorities concerned, in particular of the proposed milestones and targets, including indicators for the implementation of measures and investments, which, where relevant, shall be those available with the Statistical office of the European Union European Statistical Office and the European Energy Poverty Observatory as identified by Commission Recommendation 2020/156354 on energy poverty; _________________ 54 OJ L 357, 27.10.2020, p. 35.
Amendment 296 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point j
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point j
(j) for the preparation and, where available, for the implementation of the Plan, a summarymeaningful description of the consultation process, conducted in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and with the national legal framework, of local and regional authorities, social partners, civil society organisations, youth organisations and other relevant stakeholders, and how the input of the stakeholders is reflected in the Plan;
Amendment 298 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point k b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point k b (new)
(k a) the proportion of the fund set aside for community-led local development (CLLD), planned use and arrangements to encourage and deliver community-led local development as defined and detailed under chapter 2 [CPR], as well as the arrangements for engaging and building capacity at the local and territorial levels to engage in the transition.
Amendment 304 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) substantial energy efficiency gains;
Amendment 305 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(a a) renewable energy generation on- site or as part of energy cooperatives or energy community projects;
Amendment 306 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) deep building renovation towards substantial energy efficiency gains and cost saving for occupants;
Amendment 309 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) improved public transport and zero- and low-emission mobility and transport;
Amendment 311 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) greenhouse gas emissions reductions and phase-out of fossil fuels;
Amendment 320 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 322 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may include the costs of measures providing temporary direct income support to vulnerable households and vulnerable households that are transport usersand expenditure support to households and persons affected by energy and mobility poverty to absorb therelevant increases in road transport and heating fuel and energy prices. Such support shall decrease over time and be limited to the direct impact of the emission trading for buibe additional and complementary to national, regional or local measures. Such direct household ingscome and road transport. Eligibility for such direct income support shall cease withinexpenditure support from the Fund should proportionately decrease when long-term solutions such as deep renovations have stabilised and ensure that the time limits identified under Article 4(1) point (d)pact of the green transition is socially and economically bearable for vulnerable households and persons.
Amendment 327 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States may include the costs of the following measures and investmentslong- term investments with lasting impact in the estimated total costs of the Plans, provided they principally benefit vulnerable households, vulnerable micro- enterprises or vulnerable transport userspersons facing energy and mobility poverty and intend to:
Amendment 332 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) support deep building renovations, especially for those occupying worst- performing buildings, including in the form of financial support or fiscal incentives such as deductibility of renovation costs from the rent, independently of the ownership of the buildings concerned provided that tenants are not confronted with significantly increased rental costs or charges following such renovations;
Amendment 341 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(b a) support to energy poor and vulnerable households' own on-site renewable energy generation and participation in renewable energy cooperatives and energy community projects;
Amendment 342 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b b (new)
(b b) support the zero- or low emission rehabilitation of abandoned buildings and spaces to increase access to affordable and sustainable housing or public spaces;
Amendment 345 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) support public and privatenon- profit entities in developing and providing affordable energy efficiency renovation solutions and appropriate funding instruments in line with the social goals of the Fund;
Amendment 353 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) support public and privatenon-profit entities in developing and providing extended and improved safe and affordable zero- and low-emission mobility and transport services and the uptake of attractive active mobility options for rural, insular, mountainous, remote and less accessible areas or for less developed regions or territories, including less developed peri-urban areas.
Amendment 358 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Where it is proven by the Member State concerned in its Plan that the public interventions referred to in paragraph 1 do not fully off-set the price increase resulting from the inclusion of the sectors of buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/ECcosts of the green transition, direct income support may be included in the estimated total costs in the limits of the price increase not fully off-set.
Amendment 363 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Member States may include into the estimated total costs financial support provided to public or privatenon-profit entities other than vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises and vulnerable transport uses, if those entities carry out measures and investments ultimately benefitting vulnerable households, vulnerable micro- enterprises and vulnerable transport users.
Amendment 368 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The financial envelope for the implementation of the Fund for the period 20253-2027 shall be EUR 23 7at least EUR 48 500 000 000 in current prices.
Amendment 372 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The financial envelope for the implementation of the Fund for the period 2028-20327 shall be EUR 48 500 000 000 in current prices, subject to the availability of the amounts under the annual ceilings of the applicable multiannual financial framework referred to in Article 312 TFEUdetermined during the negotiations of the next multiannual financial framework , but shall not be set at a level lower than EUR 270 625 000 000 in current prices.
Amendment 374 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 394 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall contribute at least to 250 percent of the total estimated costs of their Plans.
Amendment 396 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Amendment 402 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
(i) whether the Plan represents a response to the social impact on and challenges faced by vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises and vulnerable transport users in the Member State concerned from establishing the emission trading system for buildings and road transport established pursuant to Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/EC, especially households in energ, especially households and persons in energy and mobility poverty, duly taking into account the challenges identified in the assessments of the Commission of the update of the concerned Member State’s integrated national energy and climate plan and of its progress pursuant to Article 9(3), and Articles 13 and 29 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, as well as in the Commission recommendations to Member States issued pursuant to Article 34 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in view of the long-term objective of climate neutrality in the Union by 2050. This shall take into account the specific challenges and the financial allocation of the Member State concerned;
Amendment 408 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii
(ii) whether the Plan is expected to ensure that no measure or investment included in the Plan does significant harm to environmental objectives within the meaning of Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852 nor is susceptible to harm the social, economic and territorial cohesion objectives of the Union;
Amendment 410 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii a (new)
(ii a) whether the Plan complies with the conditionalities and exclusions set out in article 5 of this regulation;
Amendment 411 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii b (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii b (new)
(ii b) whether the Plan has been prepared and developed with the meaningful participation of regional and local authorities, social partners, relevant stakeholders and civil society in accordance with the European Code of Conduct on Partnership;
Amendment 443 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. Where a Social Climate Plan, including relevant milestones and targets, is no longer achievable, either in whole or in part, by the Member State concerned because of objective circumstances, in particular because of the actual direct effects of the emission trading system for buildings and road transport established pursuant to Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/EC, the Member Statethe Member State, following the consultation of social partners and regional and local authorities concerned, may submit to the Commission an amendment of its Plan to include the necessary and duly justified changes. Member States may request technical support for the preparation of such request.
Amendment 449 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 5
Article 17 – paragraph 5
5. By 15 March 2027 each Member State concerned shall assess the appropriateness of its Plans in view of the actual direct effects of the emission trading system for buildings and road transport established pursuant to Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/087/ECobjective to eradicate energy and mobility poverty, taking into account the adverse effects of the emission trading system and other measures geared towards the green transition. Those assessments shall be submitted to the Commission as part of the biennial progress reporting pursuant to Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999.
Amendment 452 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. After the Commission has adopted a decision as referred to in Article 16, it shall in due time conclude an agreement with the Member State concerned constituting an individual legal commitment within the meaning of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 covering the period 20253-2027. That agreement may be concluded at the earliest one year before the year of the start of the auctions under Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/EC.
Amendment 455 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. In implementing the Fund, the Member States, as beneficiaries of funds under the Fund, shall take all the appropriate measures to protect the financial interests of the Union and to ensure that the use of funds in relation to measures and investments supported by the Fund complies with the applicable Union and national law, in particular regarding the protection of the Union budget in the case of breaches of the principles of the rule of law, prevention, detection and correction of fraud, corruption and conflicts of interests. To this effect, the Member States shall provide an effective and efficient internal control system as further detailed in Annex III and the recovery of amounts wrongly paid or incorrectly used. Member States may rely on their regular national budget management systems.
Amendment 466 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) in 2027, an assessment of the Plan referred to in Article 17(5) in view of the costs of the green transition and the actual direct adverse effects of the emission trading system for buildings and road transport established pursuant to Chapter IVa ofestablished by Directive 2003/087/EC;
Amendment 468 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3
Article 24 – paragraph 3
3. The evaluation report shall, in particular, assess to which extent the objectives of the Fund laid down in Article 1 have been achieved, the efficiency of the use of the resources and the Union added value. It shall consider the continued relevance of all objectives and actions set out in Article 6 in light of the impact on greenhouse gas emissions from the emission trading system for buildings and road transport pursuant to Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/EC and from the national measures taken to meet the binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council63 . It shall also consider the continued relevance of the financial envelope of the Fund in relation to possible developments concerning the auctioning of allowances under the emission trading system for buildings and road transport pursuant to Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/EC and other relevant considerations. _________________ 63 Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 contributing to climate action to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 (OJ L 156, 19.6.2018, p. 26-42).
Amendment 472 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 2
It shall apply from the date by which the Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive (EU) [yyyy/nnn] of the European Parliament and the Council64 amending Directive 2003/87/EC as regards Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/EC. _________________ 64 [Directive (EU) yyyy/nnn of the European Parliament and of the Council…. (OJ …..).] [Directive amending Directive 2003/87/EC]2023.