14 Amendments of Norbert LINS related to 2012/0288(COD)
Amendment 79 #
Council position
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Where pasture or agricultural land previously destined for food and feed markets is diverted to biofuel production, the non-fuel demand will still need to be satisfied either through intensification of current production or by bringing non- agricultural land into production elsewhere. The latter case constitutes indirect land-use change and when it involves the conversion of land with high carbon stock it can lead to significant greenhouse gas emissions. Directives 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC should therefore be amended to include provisions to address indirect land-use change given that current biofuels are mainly produced from crops grown on existing agricultural land.
Amendment 86 #
Council position
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) In addition, it should be borne in mind that biofuel production from arable crops in the Union helps to reduce the Union shortage of vegetable protein.
Amendment 90 #
Council position
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Based on forecasts of biofuel demand provided by the Member States and estimates of indirect land-use change emissions for different biofuel feedstocks, it is likely there is a risk that greenhouse gas emissions linked to indirect land- use change are significant, and could negate some or all of the greenhouse gas emission savings of individual biofuelscould be significant. This is because almost the entire biofuel production in 2020 is expected to come from crops grown on land that could be used to satisfy food and feed markets. In order to reduce such emissions, it is appropriate to distinguish between crop groups such as oil crops, sugars and cereals and other starch-rich crops accordinglyavert this risk in the short, medium and long term, research and development should be encouraged into the production of new forms of advanced biofuels that do not compete directly with food crops.
Amendment 137 #
Council position
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) The Commission's impact assessment has shown that the models used to estimated the indirect land-use change emissions should be included in the reporting by the Commission of greenhouse gas emissions from biofuels under Directives 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC. Biofuels made from feedstocks that do not lead to additional demand for land, such as those from waste feedstocks, should be assigned a zero emissions factor. of biofuels production deliver results with significant variations, limitations and uncertainties. The results of modelling emissions from indirect land-use change are therefore still too uncertain to be included in legislation. The Commission should, before 31 December 2015, submit a report to the European Parliament, incorporating experience from ILUC-models implemented in other countries and developed in close corporation with all relevant stakeholders, on progress as regards the robustness and reliability of scientific evidence for the use of indirect land use change factors; the report should, if appropriate, be accompanied by a legislative proposal introducing a requirement for fuel suppliers to regularly report on the estimated indirect land-use change emissions of the biofuels they market, based on ILUC factors and with effect from September 2016.
Amendment 145 #
Council position
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) The Commission should periodically review the methodology for estimating land-use change emission factors and the list of available advanced biofuels as laid down in Annex IX, taking into account consolidated, peer-reviewed, technical and scientific progress, and continuously report on the development of models used to estimate indirect land-use change emissions.
Amendment 146 #
Council position
Recital 16 b (new)
Recital 16 b (new)
(16b) The review and adaptation of this methodology should take into account the fact that undertakings have already made massive investments on the basis of current legislation.
Amendment 148 #
Council position
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18a) The Commission should also review ILUC mitigation measures, such as the use of co-products, yield increases, manufacturing efficiencies and crop production on abandoned, unused or vulnerable land. The Commission may also assess the impact on biomass-using sectors.
Amendment 150 #
Council position
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) Other ILUC mitigation measures, such as the use of co-products, yield increases, manufacturing efficiencies and crop production on vulnerable, abandoned or unused land, should be assessed by the Commission with a view to incorporating them into the directives in the form of a bonus similar to that already provided for in Part C, point 7, of Annex IV to Directive 98/70/EC and in Part C, point 7, of Annex V to Directive 2009/28/EC for biomass obtained from restored degraded land.
Amendment 169 #
Council position
Article 1 – point 2 – point -a (new)
Article 1 – point 2 – point -a (new)
Directive 98/70/EC
Article 7a – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 7a – paragraph 2 a (new)
-a) the following paragraph is added: ‘(2a) Member States shall require suppliers to reduce life cycle greenhouse gas emissions per unit of energy from fuel and energy supplied in a linear manner as from 31 December 2020 to achieve a 10 % reduction as compared with the fuel baseline standard referred to in paragraph 5(b).’
Amendment 234 #
Council position
Article 2 – point 2 – point b – point ii a (new)
Article 2 – point 2 – point b – point ii a (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point b a (new)
iia) The following point is inserted in Article 3(4), second subparagraph: ‘ba) Each Member State shall ensure that the share of energy from renewable sources in all forms of transport in 2020 is at least 10 % of the final consumption of energy in transport in that Member State.’
Amendment 330 #
Council position
Article 2 – point 7 – point d a (new)
Article 2 – point 7 – point d a (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 19 – paragraph 8 a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 8 a (new)
da) the following paragraph is inserted: ‘(8a) No later than 31 December 2015, the Commission shall submit a legislative proposal to incorporate further ILUC mitigation measures such as use of co- products, yield increases, manufacturing efficiencies and crop production on abandoned, unused or vulnerable land by means of a similar bonus to the one set out for biomass obtained from land under the conditions provided for in Annex IV part C point 8.’
Amendment 352 #
Council position
Annex I
Annex I
Directive 98/70/EC
Annexes IV and V
Annexes IV and V
Amendment 369 #
Council position
Annex II – point 1
Annex II – point 1
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex V – Part C – point 7
Annex V – Part C – point 7
Amendment 375 #
Council position
Annex II – point 2
Annex II – point 2
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex VIII
Annex VIII