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10 Amendments of Norbert LINS related to 2015/2113(INI)

Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses that any new initiative should be transparent, avoid unnecessary administrative burden and fully respect Member States’ freedom to determine their energy mix;
2015/06/19
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that ETS revenues should be utilised in particular to support low- carbon innovation, energy efficiency and other CO2 reduction measures, especially in energy intensive sectors;
2015/06/19
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission to examine further the issue of indirect carbon costs and their impact on (and share in) electricity prices in the Member States; believes this is crucial in order to better guarantee a European level playing field;
2015/06/19
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the importance to treat energy efficiency as an energy source in its own right; therefore underlines that the Commission and the Member States shall embed the ‘Energy Efficiency First’ principle in all decision-making related to energy;
2015/06/19
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Looks forward to initiatives that empower the consumers to take control of their energy use, encourage them to commit and invest in decentralised energy and to protect them from energy poverty;
2015/06/19
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on the Commission to develop innovative financial incentives, instruments for decarbonisation- investments, to mobilise the full potential of energy efficiency gains in the housing sector, also with regard to sustainable retrofitting of houses of vulnerable families and citizens ;
2015/06/19
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 124 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to urgently step up the EU’s efforts to pursue the decarbonisation of the transport sector, which has an important energy efficiency potential and which represents more than 30% of final energy consumption in Europe;
2015/06/19
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 126 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Notes that the EU building stock is responsible for approximately 40% of final energy consumption, for the consumption of approximately 60% of EU gas imports and for 36% of CO2 emissions in the EU and that heating and cooling is the largest single source of energy demand in the EU, therefore calls on the Commission to address the potential of reduction of energy demand and efficiency gains in the building sector;
2015/06/19
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 128 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Refers to the mid-term review of the white paper on transport and reiterates its support for the targets and the 10 goals for a competitive and resource-efficient transport system (benchmarks for achieving the 60 % GHG emission reduction target);
2015/06/19
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 140 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Insists on the Commission to accelerate the introduction of a revised test cycle, to ensure that CO2 and other pollutant emissions from vehicles reflect emissions under real driving conditions; and as such establish a more realistic idea of the contribution of passengers cars to real emissions reductions;
2015/06/19
Committee: ENVI