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48 Amendments of Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA related to 2016/0382(COD)

Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
(9) The national targets set for 2020 should constitute Member States' minimum contribution to the new 2030 framework. Under no circumstances the national share of renewables should fall below such contribution and, in case this happens, the relevant Member States should take the appropriate measures to ensure that this baseline is maintained as well as contribute to the financial instrument referred to in Regulation [Governance].
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
(10) Member States should take additional measures in the event that the share of renewables at the Union level does not meet the Union trajectory towards the at least 27% renewable energy target. As set out in Regulation [Governance], if an ambition gap is identified by the Commission during the assessment of the Integrated National Energy and Climate Plans, the Commission may take measures at Union level in order to ensure the achievement ofthe Commission may issue recommendations for Member States to achieve the EU target. If a delivery gap is identified by the Commission during the assessment of the Integrated National Energy and Climate Progress Reports, Member States should apply the measures set out in Regulation [Governance], which are giving them enough flexibility to choose and Member States should take these recommendations into consideration with a view to achieving the EU target.
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 57
(57) Several Member States have implemented measures in the heating and cooling sector to reach their 2020 renewable energy target. However, in the absence of binding national targets post- 2020, the remaining national incentives may not be sufficient to reach the long- term decarbonisation goals for 2030 and 2050. In order to be in line with such goals, reinforce investor certainty and foster the development of a Union-wide renewable heating and cooling market, while respecting the energy efficiency first principle, it is appropriate to encourage the effort of Member States in the supply of renewable heating and cooling to contribute to the progressive increase of the share of renewable energy. Given the fragmented nature of some heating and cooling markets, it is of utmost importance to ensure flexibility in designing such an effort. It is also important to ensure that a potential uptake of renewable heating and cooling does not have detrimental environmental side-effects. For these reasons promotion of innovative technologies, such as heat pumps, geothermal and solar thermal technologies, should take place.
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 174 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 61
(61) In the area of district heating, it is therefore crucial to enable the fuel- switching to renewables and prevent regulatory and technology lock-in and technology lock-out through reinforced rights for renewable energy producers and final consumers, and bring the tools to end- consumers to facilitate their choice between the highest energy performance solution that take into account future heating and cooling needs in line with expected building performance criteria. Technological boundaries need to be taken into account in this regard.
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 179 #
Proposal for a directive
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 by advanced biofuels. To prepare for the transition towards advanc. However, given the fact that development of advanced biofuels is often linked to investments in food-based biofuels the further uptake of the advanced biofuels is only possible if investors' confidence is not threatened. It is also necessary to note that food-based biofuels andeveloped minimise the overall indirect land-use change impacts the European Union are beneficial for feed production. Therefore, it is appropriate to reduce the amountmaintain the 7% share of biofuels and bioliquids produced from food and feed crops in the final consumption of energy in road and rail transport that can be counted towards the Union target set out in this Directive.
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 217 #
Proposal for a directive
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 is therefore appropriate to include those fuels in the incorporation obligation on fuel suppliers.
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 261 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 77
(77) In order to minimise the administrative burden, the Union sustainability and greenhouse gas saving criteria should apply only to electricity and heating from biomass fuels produced in installations with a fuel capacity equal or above to 250 MW.
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 266 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 78
(78) Biomass fuels should be converted into electricity and heat in an efficient way in order to maximise energy security and greenhouse gas savings, as well as to limit emissions of air pollutants and minimise the pressure on limited biomass resources. For this reason, public support to installations with a fuel capacity equal to or exceeding 250 MW, if needed, should only be given to highly efficient combined power and heat installations as defined Article 2(34) of Directive 2012/27/EU. Existing support schemes for biomass- based electricity should however be allowed until their due end date for all biomass installations. In addition electricity produced from biomass in new installations with a fuel capacity equal to or exceeding 20 MW should only count towards renewable energy targets and obligations in the case of highly efficient combined power and heat installations. In accordance with State aid rules, Member States should however be allowed to grant public support for the production of renewables to installations, and count the electricity they produce towards renewable energy targets and obligations, in order to avoid an increased reliance on fossil fuels with higher climate and environmental impacts where, after exhausting all technical and economic possibilities to install highly efficient combined heat and power biomass installations, Member States would face a substantiated risk to security of supply of electricity.
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 273 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 80
(80) Based on experience in the practical implementation of the Union sustainability criteria, it is appropriate to strengthentake into account the role of voluntary international and national certification schemes for verification of compliance with the sustainability criteria in a harmonised manner.
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 347 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f f
(ff) ‘gaseous waste-based fossil fuels’ means liquid and gaseous fuels produced from gaseous waste streams of non-renewable origin, including waste processing gases and exhaust gases;, being gaseous effluents which the holder is required to discard and which are generated as an unavoidable and not intentional consequence of the manufacturing or production of products whose intended purpose is commercial use and/or sale. The portion of gaseous wastes or by- products used for “gaseous waste-based fuels”, cannot be credited under other emissions reduction schemes, such as the EU Emission Trading Scheme.
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 352 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point h h
(hh) ‘agricultural biomass’ means biomass produced from agriculture or related industries;
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 353 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point i i
(ii) ‘forest biomass’ means biomass produced from forestry and related industries;
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 356 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point j j
(jj) ‘harvesting permit’ means an official document giving the right to harvest the forest biomass;deleted
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 366 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point m m
(mm) ‘forest holding’ means one or more parcels ofsupply base’ means the entire geographic area on which forests and other wooded land which constitute a single unit from the point of view of ms stand and from which biomass is supplied to the energy installation; (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding chanagement or utilisation;s throughout.)
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 409 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that support for renewable electricity is granted in an open, transparent, competitive, non- discriminatory, technologically neutral and cost-effective manner.
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 421 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shallmay open support for electricity generated from renewable sources to generators located in other Member States under the conditions laid down in this Article.
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 422 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that support for at least 10% of the newly- supported capacity in each year between 2021 and 2025 and at least 15% of the newly-supported capacity in each year between 2026 and 2030 is open to installations located in other Member States. Member States may decide to open support to installations located only in Member States with which they are directly interconnected.
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 425 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall assess by 2025 the costs and benefits onf the cost-effective deployment of renewable electricity in the Union of provisions set out in this Article. On the basis of this assessment, the Commission may propose to increase the percentages set out in paragraph 2.
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 432 #
Proposal for a directive
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 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.
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 491 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that investors have sufficient predictability of the planned support for energy from renewable sources. To this aim, Member States shall strive to define and publish a long-term schedule in relation to expected allocation for support, covering at least the following three years and including for each scheme the indicative timing, the capacity, the budget expected to be allocated, as well as a consultation of stakeholders on the design of the support.
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 496 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. The single administrative contact point shall guide the applicant through the application process in a transparent manner, provide the applicant with all necessary information, coordinate and involve, where appropriate, other authorities, and, to the extent possible, deliver a legally binding decision at the end of the process.
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 503 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Where the single administrative contact point decides that the notification is sufficient, the permit shall be automatically grant the permited.
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 514 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
For the purposes of this Directive, a renewable energy community shall be an SME or a not-for-profit organisation, the, an association, a cooperative, a partnership, not-for-profit organisation, or other legal entity which is effectively controlled by local shareholders or members of, which cooperate in the generation, distribution, storage or supply of energy from renewable sources, fulfilling at least four out of the following criteria:
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 517 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point e
(e) the community has not installed more than 1820 MW of renewable capacity for electricity, heating and cooling and transport as a yearly average in the previous 5 year.
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 523 #
Proposal for a directive
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 10,5 percentage point (pp) every year, expressed in terms of national share of final energy consumption and calculated according to the methodology set out in Article 7.
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 535 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall lay down the necessary measures to allow customers of those district heating or cooling systems which are not 'efficient district heating and cooling' within the meaning of Article 2(41) of Directive 2012/27/EU or will not become one within 5 years from the entry into force of this Directive according to their investment plans to disconnect from the system in order to produce heating or cooling from renewable energy sources themselves, or to switch to another supplier of heat or cold which has access to the system referred to in paragraph 4.
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 540 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall lay down the necessary measures to ensure non- discriminatory access to district heating or cooling systems for heat or cold produced from renewable energy sources and for waste heat or cold taking into account technological feasibility. This non- discriminatory access shall enable direct supply of heating or cooling from such sources to customers connected to the district heating or cooling system by suppliers other than the operator of the district heating or cooling system. Member States shall ensure that these measures do not lead to significant increases of heat or cold prices and do not significantly increase the risk of supply shortages.
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 543 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 5
5. An operator of a district heating or cooling system may refuse access to suppliers wherein one of the following cases: (a) the system lacks the necessary capacity due to other supplies of waste heat or cold, of heat or cold from renewable energy sources or of heat or cold produced by high-efficiency cogeneration. Member States shall ensure that where such a refusal takes place the operator of the district heating or cooling system provides relevant information to the competent authority according to paragraph 9 on measures that would be necessary to reinforce the system or technological conditions do not guarantee the safety of operations; (b) the district heating or cooling system constitutes 'efficient district heating and cooling' within the meaning of Article 2(41) of Directive 2012/27/EU; (c) it would lead to significant increases of heat or cold prices would significantly increase the risk of supply shortages.
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 545 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 6
6. New district heating or cooling systems may, upon request, be exempted from the application of paragraph 4 for a defined period of time. The competent authority shall decide on such exemption requests on a case-by-case basis. An exemption shall only be granted if the new district heating or cooling system constitutes 'efficient district heating and cooling' within the meaning of Article 2(41) of Directive 2012/27/EU and if it exploits the potential for the use of renewable energy sources and of waste heat or cold identified in the comprehensive assessment made in accordance with Article 14 of Directive 2012/27/EU.deleted
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 551 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
With effect from 1 January 2021, Member States shall require fuel suppliers to include a minimum share of energy from advanced biofuels and other biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock listed in Annex IX, from renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin, from gaseous waste-based fossil fuelsuels, which are generated from gaseous effluents produced as an unavoidable and not intentional consequence of the manufacturing or production of products whose intended purpose is commercial use and/or sale, and from renewable electricity in the total amount of transport fuels they supply for consumption or use on the market in the course of a calendar year.
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 598 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point b – subparagraph 1
(b) for the calculation of the numerator, the energy content of advanced biofuels and other biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock listed in Annex IX, renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non- biological origin, waste based fossil fuelsfrom gaseous waste-based fuels, which are generated as an unavoidable and not intentional consequence of the manufacturing or production of products whose intended purpose is commercial use and/or sale, supplied to all transport sectors, and renewable electricity supplied to road vehicles, shall be taken into account.
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 667 #
Proposal for a directive
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 fuelslow carbon fuels, which are generated from gases effluents produced as an unavoidable and not intentional consequence of the manufacturing or production of products whose intended purpose is commercial use and/or sale, and to determine minimum greenhouse gas emission savings required for these fuels for the purpose of paragraph 1 of this Article.
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 709 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Biomass fuels shall have to fulfil the sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria set out in paragraphs 2 to 7 only if used in installations producing electricity, heating and cooling or fuels with a fuel capacity equal to or exceeding 250 MW in case of solid biomass fuels and with an electrical capacity equal to or exceeding 0.52 MW in case of gaseous biomass fuels. Member States may apply the sustainability and greenhouse gas emission saving criteria to installations with lower fuel capacity.
2017/07/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 747 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a – point i
i) harvesting is carried out in accordance to the conditions of the harvesting permit within legally gazetted boundarieslegally;
2017/07/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 755 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a – point iii
iii) areas of high conservation value, including wetlands and peatlands, are protectedharvesting in areas explicitly designated for the protection of biodiversity is carried out in accordance with the protection decision;
2017/07/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 764 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a – point iv
iv) the impacts of forest harvesting on soil quality and biodiversity are minimised; andeleted
2017/07/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 780 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a – point v
v) harvesting does not exceed the long-term production capacity ofat the forestMember State level;
2017/07/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 798 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point i
i) the forest biomass has been harvested according to a legal permitlegally;
2017/07/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 803 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point iii
iii) hareas of high conservation value, including peatlands and wetlands, are identified and protectedvesting in areas explicitly designated for the protection of biodiversity is carried out in accordance with the protection decision;
2017/07/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 812 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point iv
iv) impacts of forest harvesting on soil quality and biodiversity are minimisdeleted;
2017/07/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 826 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point v
v) harvesting does not exceed the long-term production capacity ofat the forestMember State level.
2017/07/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 839 #
Proposal for a directive
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 in the long term on the basis of the forest life cycle.
2017/07/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 853 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 4
By 31 December 20235, the Commission shall assess, in close collaboration with the Member States, 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 to modify the requirements laid down in paragraphs 5 and 6.
2017/07/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 880 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 7 – point d
(d) at least 870 % for electricity, heating and cooling production from biomass fuels used in installations starting operation after 1 January 2021 and 875% for installations starting operation after 1 January 2026.
2017/07/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 885 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 8
8. Electricity from biomass fuels produced in installations with a fuel capacity equal to or exceeding 20 MW shall be taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 only if it is produced applying high efficient cogeneration technology as defined under Article 2(34) of Directive 2012/27/EU. For the purposes of points (a) and (b) of paragraph 1, this provision shall only apply to installations starting operation after [3 years from date of adoption of this Directive]. For the purposes of point (c) of paragraph 1, this provision is without prejudice to public support provided under schemes approved by [3 years after date of adoption of this Directive]. The first sub-paragraph shall not apply to electricity from installations which are the object of a specific notification by a Member State to the Commission based on the duly substantiated existence of risks for the security of supply of electricity. Upon assessment of the notification, the Commission shall adopt a decision taking into account the elements included therein.deleted
2017/07/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1019 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex IX – Part A – title
Part A. Feedstocks and bioprocesses for the production of advanced biofuels:
2017/07/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1056 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex IX – Part A – point q a (new)
(qa) Bacteria based fuels.
2017/07/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1084 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex X – Part A
Part A: Maximum contribution from liquid biofuels produced from food or feed crops to the EU renewable energy target as referred to in Article 7 paragraph 1 Calendar year Minimum share 2021 7.0% 2022 6.7% 2023 6.4% 2024 6.1% 2025 5.8% 2026 5.4% 2027 5.0% 2028 4.6% 2029 4.2% 2030 3.8% Deleted
2017/07/24
Committee: ENVI