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20 Amendments of Guillaume BALAS related to 2013/0443(COD)

Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
(6) Taking account of emission reduction projections based on a current legislation scenario, the national emission ceiling regime established by Directive 2001/81/EC should therefore be revised in order to align it with the internago beyond the emission reductional commitments of the Union and the Member Statesas set out in the Gothenburg Protocol and aim to achieve the health and environmental objectives as set out in the Union's 7th Environmental Action Programme.
2015/05/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) This Directive should contribute to the reduction of mercury emissions in the EU as required by the Community Strategy on Mercury and the Minamata Convention on Mercury to which Member States and the EU are parties.
2015/05/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
(13) In order to reduce atmospheric NH3, CH4 and PM2,5 emissions from the main contributors, national air pollution control programmes should include measures applicable to the agricultural sector. Member States should be entitled to implement measures other than those set out in this Directive with an equivalent level of environmental performance owning to specific national circumstances.
2015/05/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) In order to improve air quality, particularly in urban areas, national air pollution control programmes should include measures to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides and particulate matter in urban areas.
2015/05/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) In accordance with the Aarhus Convention on access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters and the case law of the Court of Justice, the public should be given wide access to justice in order to ensure the effective implementation and enforcement of this Directive and contribute to the protection of the right to live in an environment which is adequate for personal health and well-being.
2015/05/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall, as a minimum, limit their annual anthropogenic emissions of sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), volatile organic compounds other than methane (NMVOC), ammonia (NH3), particulate matter (PM2,5) and, methane (CH4) and mercury (Hg) in accordance with the national emission reduction commitments applicable from 2020, 2025 and 2030, as laid down in Annex II.
2015/05/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 165 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Without prejudice to paragraph 1, Member States shall take all the necessary measures not entailing disproportionate costs to limit their 2025 anthropogenic emissions of SO2, NOx, NMVOC, NH3, PM2,5 and CH4. The levels of those emissions shall be determined on the basis of fuels sold, by a linear reduction trajectory established between their emission levels for 2020 and the emission levels defined by the emission reduction commitments for 2030.deleted
2015/05/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 190 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. In order to comply with the intermediate emission levels determined for 2025 in accordance with Article 4, paragraph 2, and the national emission reduction commitments set out in Annex II applicable from 2030 onwards for NOx, SO2 and PM2,5, Member States may offset NOx, SO2 and PM2,5 emission reductions achieved by international maritime traffic against NOx, SO2 and PM2,5 emissions released by other sources in the same year, provided that they meet the following conditions: (a) the emission reductions occur in the sea areas that fall within the Member States’ territorial seas, exclusive economic zones or in pollution control zones if such zones have been established; (b) they have adopted and implemented effective monitoring and inspection measures to ensure a proper operation of this flexibility; (c) they have implemented measures to achieve lower NOx, SO2 and PM2,5 emissions from international maritime traffic than the emissions levels that would be achieved by compliance with the Union standards applicable to emissions of NOx, SO2 and PM2,5 and have demonstrated an adequate quantification of the additional emission reductions resulting from these measures; (d) they have not offset more than 20% of the NOx, SO2 and PM2,5 emission reductions calculated in accordance with point (c), provided that the offset does not result in non-compliance with the national emission reduction commitments for 2020 set out in Annex II.deleted
2015/05/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 207 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States may jointly implement their methane emission reduction commitments and intermediate emission levels referred to in Annex II, provided that they meet the following conditions:
2015/05/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 215 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. Member States may establish adjusted annual national emission inventories for SO2, NOx, NH3, NMVOC and, CH4, PM2,5 and Hg in accordance with Annex IV where non- compliance with their national emission reduction commitments or their intermediate emission levels would result from applying improved emission inventory methods updated in accordance with scientific knowledge.
2015/05/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 234 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point -a (new)
(-a) Consult the relevant local or regional authorities responsible for implementing emission abatement policies in specified zones and/or agglomerations, not excluding zones and/or agglomerations which are located in at least two Member States.
2015/05/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 266 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission shall ensure that all Union source emission legislation is fit for purpose and aids in reaching the EU’s air quality objectives. To this end, the Commission and the Member States shall immediately agree on the new Euro 6 Real Driving Emissions (RDE) regulation proposal currently under consideration. The new type approval test method shall commence no later than 2017 and its design shall ensure it is effective and representative of the real world driving conditions. Conformity factors shall be strict and quantified to only represent the uncertainty of the RDE test procedure.
2015/05/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 268 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Member States shall establish a system of routine and non-routine environmental inspections and market surveillance and public reporting of mobile and stationary sources to ensure that policies and measures are effective in delivering emission reductions under real operating conditions.
2015/05/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 295 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6a Clean Air Fund The Commission shall facilitate access to financial instruments for national, regional and local measures on air quality necessary to implement this Directive, Directive 2008/50/EC and other Union legislation to cut air pollution by: (a) ensuring funding for national, regional and local measures under future work programmes of the Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme; (b) cooperating with Member States to ensure that sufficient funding from the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) is allocated to regional and local air quality measures; (c) ensuring that applicants can combine funding from the LIFE programme for air quality measures with funding from Horizon 2020 and ESIF.
2015/05/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 362 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Without prejudice to paragraph 1, Member States shall not pass on the burden of compliance to authorities which do not have the strategic powers to comply with the requirements of the Directive.
2015/05/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 409 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – table b a (new)
Table (ba) Emission reduction commitments for mercury (Hg) compared to 2005* For any year from 2025 to 2029 For any year from 2030 *Figures shall be based on the methodology of the European Parliamentary Research Service's study "Air Quality - Complementary Impact Assessment on interactions between EU air quality policy and climate and energy policy" 75% gap closure CEP scenario including the EU's 2030 Climate and Energy package.
2015/05/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 432 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex III – section 1 – part A – point 1 – point g c (new)
(gc) promotion of agroecological farming that leads to agricultural systems with high biodiversity, resource efficiency and reduced dependency on artificial inputs.
2015/05/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 501 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex III – section 2 – point 2 – point a
(a) an assessment of the progress made with implementation of the programme, the reduction of emissions and, the reduction of concentrations and associated environmental, public health and socio- economic benefits;
2015/05/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 507 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex III – section 2 – point 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) an assessment of the progress made towards the achievement of the EU's long-term health and environmental objectives;
2015/05/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 512 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex III – section 2 – point 2 a (new)
2a. Where a national air pollution control programme is updated in accordance with Article 6(4), it should also include information on all additional air pollution abatement measures that have been considered at appropriate local, regional or national level for implementation in connection with the attainment of emission reduction commitments and air quality objectives, including those outlined in Annex III.
2015/05/08
Committee: ENVI