7 Amendments of Paul BRANNEN related to 2012/0288(COD)
Amendment 141 #
Council position
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) The use of land for growing biofuel feedstocks should not result in the displacement of local and indigenous communities. Special measures to protect indigenous communities' land therefore need to be introduced.
Amendment 183 #
Council position
Article 1 – point 3 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – point 3 – point b a (new)
Directive 98/70/EC
Article 7b – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 7b – paragraph 4 a (new)
(ba) the following paragraph is inserted: "4a. Biofuels and bioliquids taken into account for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be made from raw material obtained from other energy crops grown on land, including forestry plantations such as short- rotation coppices and short-rotation forests, until a specific indirect land-use change value has been set for biofuels and bioliquids derived therefrom for the purpose of calculating their greenhouse gas impact in accordance with Article 7d."
Amendment 196 #
Council position
Article 1 – point 5 – point -a (new)
Article 1 – point 5 – point -a (new)
Directive 98/70/EC
Article 7d – paragraph 1
Article 7d – paragraph 1
"1. For the purposes of Article 7a and Article 7b(2), life cycle greenhouse gas emissions from biofuels shall be calculated as follows: (a) where a default value for greenhouse gas emission savings for the biofuel production pathway is laid down in Ppart A or B of Annex IV and where the el value for those biofuels calculated in accordance with point 7 of Ppart C of Annex IV is equal to or less than zero, and where the estimated indirect land-use change emissions are zero in accordance with part B of Annex V, by using that default value; (b) by using an actual value calculated in accordance with the methodology laid down in Ppart C of Annex IV; or adding the estimates for indirect land-use change emissions set out in Annex V; (c) by using a value calculated as the sum of the factors of the formula referred to in point 1 of Ppart C of Annex IV, where disaggregated default values in Ppart D or E of Annex IV may be used for some factors, and actual values, calculated in accordance with the methodology laid down in Ppart C of Annex IV, for all other factors., adding the estimates for indirect land-use change emissions set out in Annex V." For the purposes of Article 7a, from 2017 onwards the lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions from biofuels shall be calculated by adding the respective value in Annex V to the result obtained pursuant to the first subparagraph."
Amendment 289 #
Council position
Article 2 – point 2 – point b – point d a (new)
Article 2 – point 2 – point b – point d a (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 4 a (new)
(da) the following paragraph is added: "4a. With a view to meeting the target set in paragraph 4, Member States shall reduce overall energy consumption in the transport sector so as to increase energy efficiency in that sector by at least 12% with respect to their current projections for overall energy consumption in the transport sector by 2020."
Amendment 291 #
Council position
Article 2 – point 2 – point d a (new)
Article 2 – point 2 – point d a (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 4 b (new)
(db) the following paragraph is added: "4b. With a view to meeting the target set in paragraph 4, Member States shall ensure that electricity generated from renewable sources accounts for at least 2% of overall energy consumption in the transport sector by 2020."
Amendment 296 #
Council position
Article 2 – point 2 a (new)
Article 2 – point 2 a (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
(2a) In Article 4, the following paragraph is inserted: "3a. Each Member State shall publish and notify to the Commission by [one year after the date of entry into force of this Directive] a forecast document indicating the additional measures it intends to take in accordance with Article 3(4a)."
Amendment 309 #
Council position
Article 2 – point 5 – point b a (new)
Article 2 – point 5 – point b a (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 17 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 4 a (new)