53 Amendments of Ulrike MÜLLER related to 2016/0382(COD)
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 62
Recital 62
(62) The European Strategy for a low- carbon mobility of July 2016 pointed out that food-based biofuels have a limited role in decarbonising the transport sector and should be gradually phased out and replaced bylong-term decarbonisation of transport in line with the 60 % reduction target by 2050 expressed in the 2011 Commission white paper on transport and also in line with the requirements of the Paris Agreement requires a wide use of all renewable fuels that deliver on the EU decarbonisation targets, taking into account the expected need for liquid and gaseous fuels in particular with regard to shipping, aviation and HDVs. Complementary to the promotion of greater market penetration of advanced biofuels. To prepa, it is there for the transition towards advanced biofuels and minimise the overalle necessary to distinguish between on the one hand first generation biofuels with high GHG efficiency and a low risk of indirect land- use change impacts, it is appropriate to reduce the amount of biofuels and bioliquids produced from food and feed crops that can be counted towards the Union target set out in this Directivethat shall play a role in the decarbonisation of transport and on the other hand the ones which don´t meet these criteria. Further, measures should be taken to phase down the use of feedstocks that drive unsustainable effects such as deforestation in third countries as a component of biofuels as soon as possible. The life-cycle assessment of biofuels also should take into consideration their role to play in the circular economy, which includes inter alia the supply of high-protein animal feed that is chronically short in the EU and otherwise would have to be imported.
Amendment 176 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 62
Recital 62
(62) The European Strategy for a low- carbon mobility of July 2016 pointed out that food-based biofuels have a limited role in decarbonising the transport sector and should be gradually phased out and replaced bylong-term decarbonisation of transport in line with the 60 % reduction target by 2050 expressed in the 2011 Commission white paper on transport and also in line with the requirements of the Paris Agreement requires a wide use of all renewable fuels that deliver on the EU decarbonisation targets, taking into account the expected need for liquid and gaseous fuels in particular with regard to shipping, aviation and HDVs. Complementary to the promotion of greater market penetration of advanced biofuels. To prepa, it is there for the transition towards advanced biofuels and minimise the overalle necessary to distinguish between on the one hand first generation biofuels with high GHG efficiency and a low risk of indirect land- use change impacts, it is appropriate to reduce the amount of biofuels and bioliquids produced from food and feed crops that can be counted towards the Union target set out in this Directivethat shall play a role in the decarbonisation of transport and on the other hand the ones which don´t meet these criteria. Further, measures should be taken to phase down the use of feedstocks that drive deforestation or peatland drainage as a component of biofuels as soon as possible. The life-cycle assessment of biofuels also should take into consideration their role to play in the circular economy, which includes inter alia the supply of high-protein animal feed that is chronically short in the EU and otherwise would have to be imported.
Amendment 176 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 68
Recital 68
(68) In order to exploit the full potential of biomass to contribute to the decarbonisation of the economy through its uses for materials and energy , the Union and the Member States should promote greater sustainable mobilisation of existing timber and agricultural resources and the development of new forestry and agriculture production systems, and explore the possibility of supporting sustainable forestry in connection with the production of local energy, such as peat, in order to maximize long term greenhouse gas savings.
Amendment 192 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 73
Recital 73
(73) AProduction of agricultural feedstock for the production of biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels should not be produced on peatlandlead to drainage of undrained peatlands or wetlands as the cultivation of feedstock on peatland wouldor wetland would then result in significant carbon stock loss if the land was further drained for that purpose while the absence of such drainage cannot be easily verified.
Amendment 198 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 63 a (new)
Recital 63 a (new)
(63a) The Union and Member States should aim to increase the mix of energy from renewable sources, reduce the total consumption of energy in transport and increase energy efficiency in all transport sectors. Measures to do this could be promoted both in transport planning, as well as in the production of cars with higher energy efficiency.
Amendment 199 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 63 b (new)
Recital 63 b (new)
(63b) Fuel efficiency standards for road transport would provide an effective way of promoting the uptake of renewable alternatives in the transport sector and of achieving further greenhouse gas emission savings and decarbonisation of the transport sector in the long run. Fuel efficiency standards should be advanced in line with developments in technology and climate and energy targets.
Amendment 204 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 76
Recital 76
(76) To ensure that, despite the growing demand for forest biomass, harvesting is carried out in a sustainable manner in forests where regeneration is ensured, that special attention is given to areas explicitly designated for the protection of biodiversity, landscapes and specific natural elements, that biodiversity resources are preserved and that carbon stocks are tracked, woody raw material should come only from forests that are harvested in accordance with the principles of sustainable forest management developed under international forest processes such as Forest Europe and are implemented through national laws or the best management practices at the forest holdingsupply base level. Operators should take the apporopriate steps in order to minimise the risk of using unsustainable forest biomass for the production of bioenergy. To that end, operators should put in place a risk- based approach. In this context, it is appropriate for the Commission to develop operational guidance on the verification of compliance with the risk based approach, following the consultation of the Energy Union Governance Committee, and the Standing Forestry Committee established by Council Decision 89/367/EEC24 . _________________ 24 Council Decision 89/367/EEC of 29 May 1989 setting up a Standing Forestry Committee (OJ L 165, 15.6.1989, p. 14).
Amendment 206 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 76 a (new)
Recital 76 a (new)
(76 a) If a single criterion on forest biomass sustainability is not met by a Member State's national and/or sub- national law or monitoring systems, more information corresponding to that criterion should be provided at supply base level without the requirement to provide further information on criteria that are already met on Member State level.
Amendment 213 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 65
Recital 65
(65) The promotion of low carbon fossil fuels that are produced from fossilgaseous waste streams can also contribute towards the policy objectives of energy diversification and transport decarbonisation. It iswould therefore be appropriate to include those fuels in the incorporation obligation on fuel suppliersdevelop a methodology on their possible contribution towards the aims of this Directive and the Union decarbonisation policy objectives at large.
Amendment 217 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 84
Recital 84
(84) In order to avoid a disproportionate administrative burden, a list of default values should be laid down for common biofuel , bioliquid and biomass fuel production pathways and that list should be updated and expanded when further reliable data is available. Economic operators should always be entitled to claim the level of greenhouse gas emission saving for biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels established by that list. Where the default value for greenhouse gas emission saving from a production pathway lies below the required minimum level of greenhouse gas emission saving, producers wishing to demonstrate their compliance with this minimum level should be required to show that actual emissions from their production process are lower than those that were assumed in the calculation of the default values that sourcing area is inside the radius of sustainable transport distance. When radius covers a country, an operator needs to show only the country of origin.
Amendment 220 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 65 a (new)
Recital 65 a (new)
(65a) In order to more accurately account for the share of renewable electricity in transport, a suitable methodology should be developed and different technical and technological solutions for this purpose should be explored.
Amendment 222 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 66
Recital 66
(66) Feedstocks which have low indirect land use change impacts when used for biofuels, should be promoted for their contribution to the decarbonisation of the economy. Especially feedstocks for advanced biofuels, for which technology is more innovative and less mature and therefore needs a higher level of support, should be included in an annex to this Directive. In order to ensure that this annex is up to date with the latest technological developments while avoiding unintended negative effects, an evaluation should take place after the adoption of the Directive in order to assess the possibility to extend the annex to new feedstocks regular evaluation of it should take place.
Amendment 231 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 68
Recital 68
(68) In order to exploit the full potential of biomass to contribute to the decarbonisation of the economy through its uses for materials and energy, the Union and the Member States should promote greater sustainable mobilisation of existing timber and agricultural resources and the development of newsustainable forestry and agriculture production systems.
Amendment 235 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 69
Recital 69
(69) Biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuelsRenewable energy should always be produced in a sustainable manner. Biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels used for compliance with the Union targets laid down in this Directive, and those forms of renewable energy which benefit from support schemes, should therefore be required to fulfil sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions savings criteria.
Amendment 255 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point jj
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point jj
(jj) 'harvesting permit' means an official document giving the right to harvest the forest biomass based on Member States' legislation;
Amendment 256 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 76
Recital 76
(76) To ensure that, despite the growing demand for forest biomass, harvesting is carried out in a sustainable manner in forests where regeneration is ensured, that special attention is given to areas explicitly designated for the protection of biodiversity, landscapes and specific natural elements, that biodiversity resources are preserved and that carbon stocks are tracked, woody raw material should come only from forests that are harvested in accordance with the principles of sustainable forest management developed under international forest processes such as Forest Europe and are implemented through national laws or the best management practices at the forest holdingsupply base level. Operators should take the appropriate steps in order to minimise the risk of using unsustainable forest biomass for the production of bioenergy. To that end, operators should put in place a risk- based approach. In this context, it is apporopriate for the Commission to develop operational guidance on the verification of compliance with the risk based approach, following the consultation of the Energy Union Governance Committee, and the Standing Forestry Committee established by Council Decision 89/367/EEC24. __________________ 24 Council Decision 89/367/EEC of 29 May 1989 setting up a Standing Forestry Committee (OJ L 165, 15.6.1989, p. 14).
Amendment 257 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point mm
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point mm
(mm) 'forest holding' means one or more parcels of forest and other wooded land which constitute a single unit from the point of view of management or utilisation;supply base’ means the geographic region from which the biomass originates
Amendment 307 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
For the calculation of a Member State’s gross final consumption of energy from renewable energy sources, the contribution from biofuels and bioliquids, as well as from biomass fuels consumed in transport, if produced from food or feed crops, shall be no more than 7% of final consumption of energy in road and rail transport in that Member State. This limit shall be reduced to 3,8% in 2030 following the trajectory set out in part A of Annex X. Member States may set a lower limit and may distinguish between different types of biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from food and feed crops, for instance by settingnot include bio-fuels that either fall under the definition set in Article 2(u) or have GHG emissions savings calculated according to Article 28(1) of at lower limit for the contribution from food or feed crop based biofuelseast 70% in 2021 or 80% in 2030 and are produced from oil crops, feedstocks obtaking into account indirect land use changeed according to Article 93 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013.
Amendment 333 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
The contribution of transport fuels from feedstocks that drive unsustainable effects such as deforestation in third countries and their derivatives to the share of renewables in transport should be minimized until correspondent effective prevention policies are put in place. These measures in third countries shall be evaluated on the basis of a report by the European Commission once they are put in place.
Amendment 357 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point j j
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point j j
(jj) ‘harvesting permit’ means an official document giving the right legal permit or similar right under national and/or regional legislation to harvest the forest biomass;
Amendment 361 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point m m
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point m m
Amendment 365 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point m m
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point m m
(mm) ‘forest holding’ means one or more parcels of forest and other wooded land which constitute a single unit from the point of view of management or utilisationsupply base’ means a clearly outlined area of sourcing from which an operator acquires its biomass feedstock;
Amendment 369 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point n n
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point n n
(nn) ‘biowaste’ means biodegradable garden and park waste, food and kitchen waste from households, restaurants, caterers and retail premises, and comparable waste from the food processing industrywaste as defined in Article 3(1) of Directive 2008/98/EC;
Amendment 369 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
1. In order to facilitate the penetration of renewable energy in the heating and cooling sector, each Member State shall endeavour to increase the share of renewable energy supplied for heating and cooling by at least 10 percentage point (pp) every year by 2030, expressed in terms of national share of final energy consumption and calculated according to the methodology set out in Article 7.
Amendment 376 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph -1 (new)
Article 25 – paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Each Member State shall ensure that the share of energy from renewable sources in all forms of transport gradually increases from at least 10 % in 2020 to at least 15 % in 2030, expressed in terms of national share of final energy consumption and calculated according to the methodology set out in Article 7.
Amendment 442 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 4
Article 26 – paragraph 4
4. Biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from agricultural biomass taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 shall not be made from raw material obtained from land that was peatland in January 2008 unless evidence is provided that the cultivation and harvesting of that raw material does not involve drainage of previously undrained soil.
Amendment 445 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
For the calculation of a Member State’s gross final consumption of energy from renewable energy sources, the contribution from biofuels and bioliquids, as well as from biomass fuels consumed in transport, if produced from food or feed crops, shall be no more than 7% of final consumption of energy in road and rail transport in that Member State. This limit shall be reduced to 3,8% in 2030not include bio-fuels that either foallowing the trajectory set out in part A of Annex X. Member States may set a lower limit and may distinguish between different types of biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from food and feed crops, for instance by setting a lower limit for the contribution from food or feed crop based biofuels produced from oil crops, taking into account indirect land use change. under the definition set out in Article 2(u) or have GHG emissions savings calculated according to Article 28(1) of at least 70% in 2021 or 80% in 2030 and are produced from feedstocks obtained according to Article 93 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/20131a ____________________ 1a OJ L347, 20.12.2013, p549-607
Amendment 449 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a – point iii
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a – point iii
iii) areas of high conservation value, including wetlands and peatlands, aredesignated by law or by the relevant competent authority for nature conservation purposes, are identified and protected;,
Amendment 459 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – introductory part
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – introductory part
(b) when evidence referred to in the first subparagraph is not available, the biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from forest biomass shall be taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 if management systems are in place at forest holdingadditional information of legality and forest management practices are provided on the supply base level to ensure that:
Amendment 462 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point i
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point i
i) the forest biomass has been harvested according to a legal permitharvesting permit or equivalent national procedure;
Amendment 465 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point iii
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point iii
iii) areas of high conservation value, including peatlands and wetlanddesignated by law or by the relevant competent authority for nature conservation purposes, are identified and protected;
Amendment 472 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
When evidence referred to in the first subparagraph is not available, the biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from forest biomass shall be taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 if management systems are in place at forest holding level to ensure that carbon stocks and sinks levels in the forest are maintained.additional information is provided based on adequate inventory data to demonstrate maintenance of long-term carbon stocks at the supply base;
Amendment 476 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 4
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 4
By 31 December 2023, 6,the Commission shall, in collaboration with the Standing Forestry Committee, assess whether the criteria set out in paragraphs 5 and 6 effectively minimise the risk of using unsustainable forest biomass and address LULUCF requirements, on the basis of available data. The Commission shall, if appropriate, present a proposal for the period after 2030 to modify the requirements laid down in paragraphs 5 and 6.
Amendment 482 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
The contribution of transport fuels from feedstocks that drive deforestation or peatland conversation and their derivatives to the share of renewables in transport should be limited to a maximum of 1 % of the final consumption of energy in transport until global deforestation and peatland conversation is halted. Such limit may be amended on the basis of a report by the European Commission once correspondent effective prevention policies are put in place.
Amendment 548 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph -1 (new)
Article 25 – paragraph -1 (new)
–1. Each Member State shall ensure that the share of energy from renewable sources in all forms of transport gradually increases from at least 10 % in 2020 to at least 15 % in 2030, expressed in terms of national share of final energy consumption and calculated according to the methodology set out in Article 7.
Amendment 571 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex X – part 1
Annex X – part 1
Amendment 635 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
3. To determine the share of renewable electricity for the purposes of paragraph 1 either the average share of electricity from renewable energy sources in the Union or, the share of electricity from renewable energy sources in the Member State where the electricity is supplied, as measured two years before the year in question, may be used. In both cases, an equivalent amount of guarantees of origin issued in accordance with Article 19 shall be cancelledf a supplier chooses to supply fully renewable electricity to the transport sector, the additionality of the renewable electricity needs to be shown. In both cases, an equivalent amount of guarantees of origin issued in accordance with Article 19 shall be cancelled. The Commission shall, by 2022, develop a suitable methodology for the purpose of accurately accounting renewable electricity in road and rail transport.
Amendment 650 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 – point a – subparagraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 – point a – subparagraph 2
However, electricity obtained from direct connection to an installation generating renewable electricity (i) that comes into operation after or at the same time ascan be fully counted as renewable electricity for the production of that renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuel of non-biological origin, if the installation producing the renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuel of non- biological origin andis (ii) is not connected to the grid, can be fully counted asdirectly to an installation generating renewable electricity for the production of that renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuel of non-biological origin(ii) connected to an electricity grid point while using only renewable energy surplus in a way to prevent renewable energy curtailment due to inefficiencies in the power grid on one or more voltage levels. In order to provide adequate proof for point (ii) the Commission shall provide guidance and establish a procedure on how to provide this proof by 2019.
Amendment 669 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 6
Article 25 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 32 to further specify the methodology referred to in paragraph 3(b) of this Article to determine the share of biofuel resulting from biomass being processed with fossil fuels in a common process, to specify the methodology for assessing greenhouse gas emission savings from renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin and waste-based fossil fuelfossil fuels produced from gaseous waste streams and to determine minimum greenhouse gas emission savings required for these fuels for the purpose of paragraph 1 of this Article.
Amendment 694 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
However, biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from forest biomass from thinnings and biodiversity enhancing management activities, waste and residues, other than agricultural, aquaculture, fisheries and forestry residues, need only fulfil the greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria set out in paragraph 7 in order to be taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of this paragraph. This provision shall also apply to waste and residues that are first processed into a product before being further processed into biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels.
Amendment 735 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 4
Article 26 – paragraph 4
4. Biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from agricultural biomass taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 shall not be made from raw material obtained from land that was peatland in January 2008, unless verifiable evidence is provided that the cultivation and harvesting of raw material does not involve drainage of previously undrained soil.
Amendment 760 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a – point iii
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a – point iii
iii) areas of high conservation valuedesignated by law or by the relevant competent authority for nature protection purposes, including wetlands and peatlands, are protected;
Amendment 766 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a – point iv
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a – point iv
iv) the impacts of forest harvharvesting is carried out in a way that takest ing onto account the maintenance of soil quality and biodiversity are minimisedwith the aim of minimizing negative impacts; and
Amendment 790 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – introductory part
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – introductory part
(b) when evidence referred to in the first subparagraph is not available, the biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from forest biomass shall be taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 if management systems are in place at forest holdingsupply base level to ensure that:
Amendment 801 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point i
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point i
i) the forest biomass has been harvested according to athe legal permitconditions of harvesting;
Amendment 807 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point iii
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point iii
iii) areas of high conservation valuedesignated by law or by the relevant competent authority for nature protection purposes, including peatlands and wetlands, are identified and protected;
Amendment 813 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point iv
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point iv
iv) impacts of forest harvharvesting is carried out in a way that takest ing onto account the maintenance of soil quality and biodiversity are minimisedwith the aim of minimizing negative impacts;
Amendment 837 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
When evidence referred to in the first subparagraph is not available, the biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from forest biomass shall be taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 if management systems are in place at forest holding level to ensure that carbon stocks and sinks levels in thlong-term maintain or increase forest care maintainedbon stocks.
Amendment 850 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 4
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 4
By 31 December 20236, the Commission shall, in collaboration with the Standing Forestry Committee, assess whether the criteria set out in paragraphs 5 and 6 effectively minimise the risk of using unsustainable forest biomass and address LULUCF requirements, on the basis of available data. The Commission shall, if appropriate, present a proposal for the period after 2030 to modify the requirements laid down in paragraphs 5 and 6.
Amendment 907 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 9
Article 26 – paragraph 9
9. For the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1, Member States shall not refuse to take into account, on other sustainability grounds, biomass fuels, biofuels and bioliquids obtained in compliance with this Article.
Amendment 914 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 10
Article 26 – paragraph 10
10. For the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1, Member States may place additional sustainability requirements for biomass fuels. These additional criteria shall be justified taking into account the functioning of the internal market and be approved by the Commission.
Amendment 931 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
4. The Commission may decide that voluntary national or international schemes setting standards for the production of biomass products contain accurate data for the purposes of Article 26(7), and/or demonstrate that consignments of biofuels, bioliquids or biomass fuels comply with the sustainability criteria set out in Article 26(2), (3), (4), (5) and (6), and/or that no materials have been intentionally modified or discarded so that the consignment or part thereof would fall under Annex IX. When demonstrating that requirements set out in Article 26(5) and (6) for forest biomass are met, the operators may decide to directly provide the required evidence at the forest holdingsupply base level. The Commission may also recognise areas for the protection of rare, threatened or endangered ecosystems or species recognised by international agreements or included in lists drawn up by intergovernmental organisations or the International Union for the Conservation of Nature for the purposes of Article 26(2)(b)(ii).
Amendment 1078 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex X – Part A
Annex X – Part A