2 Amendments of Maria SPYRAKI related to 2022/0394(COD)
Amendment 212 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) Despite the opportunities available for CCS storage outside of Europe, Directive 2003/87/EC is currently limiting the ability of EU businesses to decarbonise at scale and at speed by using CO2 sequestration sites outside the Union. To further support the rapid reduction of greenhouse gas emissions that is necessary to reach the climate objectives set out in the European Green Deal, captured CO2 should be allowed to move freely from emitters located in the Union to sequestration sites wherever they may be available, in particular at larger scale and lower cost. At the same time, it is essential to ensure that the captured emissions are safely stored and will not be released back into the atmosphere. Therefore, a targeted amendment should be made to Directive 2003/87/EC to extend the right to keep ETS allowances for CO2 safely stored at adequate geological storage sites located outside the Union.
Amendment 891 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 a (new)
Annex I – paragraph 1 a (new)
Storage permits issued by non-EEA countries shall for the purpose of Art. 49 para. 1 lit. (a) of Regulation (EU) No 2018/2066 be regarded as storage permits, provided that: (a) the storage permit has been issued in a process and under conditions that are comparable to those set out in this Chapter 3, and (b) the Commission adopted a decision confirming this to be the case.