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5 Amendments of Deirdre CLUNE related to 2019/2193(INI)

Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need to include the European maritime sector, as defined by Regulation (EU) 2015/757, in the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS)8 by January 2022; highlights the importance of in-depth impact assessment, including risk assessment on carbon leakage, prior to inclusion of maritime sector in the EU ETS; proposes that maritime- related ETS revenues be channelled into the funding of research and innovation for decarbonising European maritime transport and ports; _________________ 8 Directive 2003/87/EC.
2020/11/09
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes the positive role of European maritime cluster in encouraging innovation to reduce shipping emissions; calls on the Commission and the Member States to further support research and development initiatives in the sector;
2020/11/09
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the new sulphur content limit in fuels of 0.5% introduced by the IMO on 1 January 2020, and stresses that it should not lead to a shift in pollution from air to water; calls, therefore, on the Commission, in line with Directive (EU) 2019/883, to prohibit scrubbers and discharges into the sea of waste water and othersupport the process at the IMO addressing the discharge of liquid effluents from Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems into waste residuers and to ensure that theywaste residues from EGCS are properly collected and processed in port reception facilities; calls on the Commission to address the same request to the IMO, since the protection of the oceans merits a global response;
2020/11/09
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Stresses the need to make use of all readily deployable options in reducing maritime emissions, including bridge technologies as alternatives for heavy fuel oil such as LNG; notes that LNG infrastructure can be retrofitted for the large-scale deployment of low or zero- carbon future fuels;
2020/11/09
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Recalls that methane emissions have a significant impact on climate change, and stresses that European taxpayers’ money should only be used for long-term sustainable alternatives that do not risk creating lock-in effects, as is the case with LNGe need for investments in developing long-term sustainable alternatives such as hydrogen, biogas and synthetic fuels;
2020/11/09
Committee: TRAN