Activities of Bronis ROPĖ related to 2021/0206(COD)
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OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Social Climate Fund
Amendments (78)
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Those amendments have differing economic and social impacts on the different sectors of the economy, on the citizens, and the Member States. In particular, the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and the Council31 should providThere should be an additional economic incentive to invest into the reduction of fossil fuel consumption and thereby accelerate the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Combined with otherdirect measures, this should, in the medium to long term, reduce the costs for buildings and road transport, and provide new opportunities for job creation and investment. _________________ 31Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union (OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32)sustainable, efficient and affordable housing, as well as and zero and low emission mobility, eradicate energy and transport poverty and provide new opportunities for job creation and investment.
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) However, resources are needed to finance those investments. In addition, before they have taken place, the cost supported by households and transport users for heating, cooling and cooking, as well as for road transport, is likely to increase as fuel suppliers subject to the obligations under the emission trading for buildings and road transport pass on costs on carbon to the consumer. An annual indexation should increase the volume of this Fund over time, so as to ensure continued investments.
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The increase and global fluctuations in the price for fossil fuels may disproportionally affects vulnerable households, vulnerable micro- enterprises and vulnerable transport users who spend a larger part of their incomes on energy and transport, who, in certain regions, do not have access to alternative, affordable mobility and transport solutions and who may lack the financial capacity to invest into the reduction of fossil fuel consumption. Ambitious climate action and a faster transition to a 100% renewables based and highly energy efficient system would allow the Union to reduce its more than 60 % dependency rate on fossil fuel imports 2a and thus protect EU citizens from skyrocketing fossil energy prices. _________________ 2aEurostat 2021: EU energy dependency rate in 2019: 60.7%
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10 a) In order to ensure that this and other Funds are not used to further fuel prices for imported energy, the Commission should step up efforts to investigate into possible market manipulations by State on non-State actors, producing and supplying fossil fuels to Europe.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Therefore, a part of the reIn order to maximise the effectivenues generated by the inclusion of building and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC shoulds, it should be possible to combine this Fund with other sources of EU financing, notably the Recovery and Resilience Facility. Thus different funding streams can be used to address the social impacts arising from that inclusion, fornd ensure that the transition to be just and inclusive, leaving no one behind.
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) This is even more relevant in view of the existing levels of energy poverty. Energy poverty is a situation in which households are unable to access essential energy services such as cooling, as temperatures rise, and heating. About 34 million Europeans reported an inability to keep their homes adequately warm in 2018, and 6.9% of the Union population have said that they cannot afford to heat their home sufficiently in a 2019 EU-wide survey32 . Overall, the Energy Poverty Observatory estimates that more than 50 million households in the European Union experience energy poverty. Energy poverty is therefore a major challenge for the Union. While social tariffs or direct income supportsubsidies for energy bills can provide immediate relief to households facing energy poverty, only targeted structural measures, in particular energy renovations, can provide lasting solutionsthey are not a real solution to lift households out of energy poverty, on the contrary they may have the effect to lock people further into energy and transport poverty. Only targeted structural measures and investments aimed at ending the reliance on fossil fuels, in particular deep and staged deep building renovations, the application of the energy efficiency first principle, the installation of additional renewable energy sources, including through community lead projects, as well as information and awareness-raising measures targeted at the households, can provide lasting solutions and effectively combat energy poverty. _________________ 32 Data from 2018. Eurostat, SILC [ilc_mdes01]).
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) A Social Climate Fund (‘the Fund’) should therefore be established to provide funds to the Member States to support their policies to address the social impacts of the emissions trading forespecially in buildings and road transport on vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises and vulnerable transport users. This should be achieved notably through temporary income support and measures and investments intended to reduce reliance on fossil fuels through increased energy efficiency of buildings, decarbonisation of heating and cooling of buildings, including the integration of energy from renewable sources, and granting improved access to zero- and low-emission mobility and transport to the benefit of vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises and vulnerabletransport users in transport userspoverty.
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) For that purpose, each Member State should submit to the Commission a Social Climate Plan (‘the Plan’). Those Plans should pursue two objectives. Firstly, they should provide vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises and vulnerabletransport users in transport userspoverty the necessary resources to finance and carry out investments in energy efficiency, decarbonisation of heating and cooling, in zero- and low-emission vehicles and mobility. Secondly, they should mitigate the impact of the increase in the cost of fossil fuels on the most vulnerable and thereby prevent energy and transport poverty during the transition period until such investments have been implemented. The Plans should havefocus on an investment component promoting the long-term solution of reduced fossil fuels reliance and could envisage other measures, including temporary direct income support to mitigate adverse income effects in the shorter term.
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Ensuring that the measures and investments are particularly targeted towards energy poor or vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises and vulnerabletransport users in transport userspoverty is key for a just transition towards climate neutrality. Support measures to promote reductions in greenhouse gas emissions should help Member States to address the social impacts arising from the emissions trading for the sectors of buildings and road transportof the transition.
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Pending the impact of those investments on reducing costs and emissions, well targeted direct incomnational direct expenditure support for the most vulnerable wshould help thebe necessary in a just transition. Such support should be understood to be a temporary measure accompanying the decarbonisation of the housing and transport sectors.long term investments towards deep and staged deep building renovations, as well affordable and sustainable mobility that are supported by this Fund, as part of an holistic and long- term strategy to tackle effectively energy poverty and transport poverty. Such national support should be limited in time: It wshould not be permanent as it does not address the root causes of energy and transport poverty. Such support should only concern direct impacts of the inclusion of building and roaEligibility for such national direct support should be targeted to people facing energy poverty and transport into poverty, withe scope of Directive 2003/87/EC, not electricity or heating costs related to the inclusion of power and heat production in the scope of that Directive. Eligibility for such dipecial attention to vulnerable women, such as single- mothers and elderly women with low income, who are disproportionately affected by energy poverty and transport poverty, due to differecnt income support should be limited in timeenergy needs and mobility patterns.
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Taking into account the importance of tackling climate changeclimate and environmental emergency in line with Paris Agreement commitments, and the commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the actions under this Regulation should contribute to the achievement of the target that at least 30% of all expenditure under the 2021- 2027 multiannual financial framework should be spent on mainstreaming climate objectives and should contribute to the ambition of providing 10% of annual spending to biodiversity objectives in 2026 and 2027, while considering the existing overlaps between climate and biodiversity goals. For this purpose, the methodology set out in Annex II of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council 33 should be used to tag the expenditures of the Fund. The Fund should support activities that fully respect the climate and environmental standards and priorities of the Union and comply with the principle of ‘do no significant harm’ within the meaning oftechnical screening criteria established by the Commission in accordance with Articles 170 (3) of Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council34 for the relevant investments eligible under the Fund. Only such measures and investments should be included in the Plans. Direct income support measures should as a rule be considered as having an insignificant foreseeable impact on environmental objectives, and as such be considered compliant with the principle of ‘do no significant harm’. The Commission intends to issue technical guidance to the Member States well ahead of the preparation of the Plans. The guidanceThe Commission intends to issue technical guidance to the Member States well ahead of the preparation of the Plans for activities for which technical screening criteria have not yet been developed under Regulation (EU) 2020/852. The Commission intends to present in 2021 a proposal for a Council Recommendation on how to address the social aspects of the green transition. High fossil gas prices causing extreme price spikes in certain Member States in the 2021/2022 heating season, aggravated by import dependencies and geopolitical tensions, have exposed once more the EU dependence on imported fossil gas for its industries and households, especially felt by the poorest of society. Investments in energy efficiency measures, as wiell explain how the measures and investments must comply with the principle of ‘do no significant harm’ within the meaning of Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852. The Commission intends to present in 2021 a proposal for a Council Recommendation on how to address the social aspects ofas renewable energy based heating systems, including with electric heat pumps, heating and cooling at district level and participation in renewable energy communities, are hence the most cost- effective method of reducing import dependency and emissions while increasing EU resilience. Notably in the group of poorest households explicit funding schemes are necessary to ensure compliances with the gaforemen transition. tioned principles. _________________ 33Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2021 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the Cohesion Fund, the Just Transition Fund and the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund and financial rules for those and for the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, the Internal Security Fund and the Instrument for Financial Support for Border Management and Visa Policy (OJ L 231, 30.6.2021, p. 159). 34 Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2020 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 (OJ L 198, 22.6.2020, p. 13).
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Women are particularly affected by carbon pricing as they represent 85% of single parent familiesdisproportionately affected by energy poverty and mobility poverty, in particular single-mothers, which represent 85% of single parent families, as well as single women or elderly women living alone. Single parent families with dependent child have a particularly high risk of childenergy poverty. Gender equality and equal opportunities for all, and the mainstreaming of those objectives, as well as questions of accessibility for persons with disabilities should be taken into accountensured and promoted throughout the design, preparation and implementation of Plans to ensure no one is left behind.
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Member States should submit their Plansprepare their Plans in close cooperation with the regional and local actors, the economic and social partners and all the relevant stakeholders and representatives from the civil society, respecting the European Code of Conduct on Partnership and submit them together with the update of their integrated national energy and climate plans in accordance with Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council35 . The Plans should include the measures to be financed, their estimated costs and the national contribution. They should also include key milestones and targets to assess the effective implementation of the measures. _________________ 35Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action, amending Regulations (EC) No 663/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives 94/22/EC, 98/70/EC, 2009/31/EC, 2009/73/EC, 2010/31/EU, 2012/27/EU and 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 2009/119/EC and (EU) 2015/652 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 1).
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
(21 a) Call for projects to be financed under this Fund should be made permanently and not on an annual basis to ensure i.a. continued financing and availability of products and labour for their implementation.
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) The Union should support Member States with financial means to implement their Plans through the Social Climate Fund. Payments from the Social Climate Fund should explicitly be made conditional on achievement of the milestones and targets included in the Plans. This would allow efficiently taking into account national circumstances and priorities while simplifying financing and facilitating its integration with other national spending programmes while guaranteeing the impact and the integrity of EU spending.
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) The financial envelope of the Fund should, in principle, be commensurate to amounts corresponding to 25% of the expected revenues from the inclusion of buildings and road transport into the scope ofown resources Directive 2003/87/EC in the period 20264-20325. Pursuant to Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/2053 41 , Member States should make those revenues available to the Union budget as own resources. Member States are to finance 50% of the total costs of their Plan themselves. For this purpose, as well as for investment and measures to accelerate and alleviate the required transition for citizens negatively affected, Member States should inter alia use their expected revenues from emissions trading for buildings and road transport under Directive 2003/87/EC for that purpose. _________________ 41Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/2053 of 14 December 2020 on the system of own resources of the European Union and repealing Decision 2014/335/EU, Euratom (OJ L 424, 15.12.2020, p. 1).
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)
Recital 23 a (new)
(23 a) Building renovations in rural, insular, mountainous, remote and less accessible areas or less developed regions or territories, including less developed peri-urban areas often face specific challenges. Therefore Member States should allocate a 20% premium to deep renovations of unique residences of households and social housing in those regions to lift households out of energy poverty.
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
The measures and investments supported by the Fund shall directly benefit households, micro-enterprises and transport users, which are vulnerable and particularly affected by the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC, especially households in energy poverty and citizens without public transport alternative to individual cars (in remote and rural areas)people are facing energy poverty or transport poverty, in particular households in energy poverty living in worst performing buildings or in social housing, as well as people living in rural, insular, mountainous, and remote areas, with low or no access to basic services or public transport.
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4
Article 1 – paragraph 4
The general objective of the Fund is to contribute to theaccelerate the green transition towards a climate -neutrality by addressing the social impacts of the inclusion of greenhouse gas emiss, sustainable, non-toxic, resource-efficient, renewable energy- based, resilient and competitive circular economy in a just, equitable and inclusive way by 2050 at the latest, in line with the Union’s from buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC. The specific objective of the Fund is to support vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises and vulnerable transport users through temporary direct income support and through measures and investments intended to increase energy efficiency of buildings, decarbonisation ofcommitments under the Paris Agreement, the European Pillar of Social Rights and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, while leaving no one behind. The specific objective of the Fund is to support vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises and vulnerable people affected by energy and transport poverty, primarily through targeted measures and investments intended to phase out the reliance on fossil fuels, increase energy efficiency of buildings combined with access to renewable energy sources for heating and cooling of buildings, including the integration of energy from renewable so, and grant improved access to low and zero- emission sustainable mobility solutions and integrated transport services. In line with these objectives, the Fund shall not provide any support to measurces, and granting improved access to zero- and low-emission mobility and transportinvestments which could prolong the reliance on fossil fuels or lead to carbon lock-in, while hampering or delaying the deployment of alternative sustainable energy sources.
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) ‘deep building renovation’ means all kinds of energy-related building renovation, including the insulation of the building envelope, that is to say walls, roof, floor, the replacement of windows, the replacement of heating, cooling and cooking appliances, and the installation of on-site production of energy from renewable sourcesdeep renovation as defined in [Article 2 (19) of the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on energy efficiency (recast), COM(2021) 558 final (EPBD)];
Amendment 144 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) ‘energy poverty’ means energy poverty as defined in point [(49)] of Article 2 of Directive (EU) [yyyy/nnn] of the of the European Parliament and of the Council50 ; _________________ 50 [Directive (EU) [yyyy/nnn] of the of the European Parliama household’s lack of access to, or inability to afford without disproportionately high expenditure, adequate, reliable, quality, safe and environmentally sound energy services that underpin a decent standard of the Council (OJ C […], […], p. […]).] [Proposal for recast of Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency]living and health, including adequate warmth, cooling, lighting, and energy to power appliances.
Amendment 163 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11
(11) ‘vulnerable households’ means households in energy poverty or households, including lower middle- income ones, that are significantly affected by the price impacts of the inclusion of buildings into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EClack of access to affordable and sustainable energy sources and lackto the means to renovate the building they occupy;
Amendment 166 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12
(12) ‘vulnerable micro-enterprises’ means micro-enterprises that are significantly affected by the price impacts of the inclusion of buildings into the scope of Directive 2003/87/ECwith fewer than 10 employees and an annual turnover or balance sheet below EUR 1 000 000 that are adversely affected by the price impacts according to the national context and lack the means to renovate the building they occupy;
Amendment 177 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
(13) ‘vulnerable transport userspoverty’ means transport users, including from lower middle-income households, that are significantly affected by the price impacts of the inclusion of road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC and lack the means to purchase zero- and low- emission vehicles or to switch to alternative sustainable modes of transport, including public transporta household is unable to afford the necessary travels required to meet essential socio-economic needs in a given context and can be caused by one or the combination of the following factors, depending on national and local specificities: low income, high fuel expenditures and/or high costs of public transport, availability of mobility alternatives and their accessibility and location, travelled distances and transport practices, particularly in rural, insular, mountainous and remote areas.
Amendment 180 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13 a (new)
Amendment 181 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall submit to the Commission a Social Climate Plan (‘the Plan’) together with the update to the integrated national energy and climate plan referred to in Article 14(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in accordance with the procedure and timeline laid down in that Article. The Plan shall contain a coherent set of measures and investments to address the impact of carbon pricing oneffectively address energy poverty and transport poverty and support vulnerable households, vulnerable micro- enterprises and vulnerable transport users in order to ensurepeople facing transport poverty by supporting them to increase energy efficiency of their buildings and access to affordable heating, and cooling and mobilitypowered by renewable energy sources as well as improving access to sustainable and integrated mobility services, while accompanying and accelerating necessary measures to meet the energy and climate targets of the Union. In order to facilitate the preparation of the Plan, the Commission shall publish a guidance, including a template.
Amendment 189 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The Plans shall take into utmost account the energy efficiency first principle. Member States should consider the recently released Recommendation and Guidelines on the implementation of the principle2c , which explain how planning, policy and investment decisions can reduce energy consumption in a number of key sectors, including energy and transport. _________________ 2cCommission Recommendation C(2021) 7014 final of 28.9.2021 on “Energy Efficiency First: from principles to practice. Guidelines and examples for its implementation in decision-making in the energy sector and beyond.
Amendment 192 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The Plan may include national or subnational measures providing temporary direct incomdirect expenditure support to vulnerable households and households that are vulnerable transport users to reduce the impact of the increase in the price of fossil fuels resulting from the inclusion of buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/ECffected by energy poverty and people facing transport poverty, with special attention to women and people living in remote and less accessible areas, to help reducing energy and transport costs, by providing facilitated access to green energy efficient solutions and mobility services.
Amendment 197 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. The Plan shall include national, regional or local projects to:
Amendment 200 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) finance measures and investments to increase energy efficiency of buildings, to implement energy efficiency and improvement and demand side management measures, to carry out deep and staged deep building renovation,s and to decarbonise heating and cooling of buildings, including the integration of energy production from renewable energy sourceshe installation of on-site and nearby facilities for energy production from renewable energy sources to cater for residual energy needs, including for heating and cooling;
Amendment 205 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
(a a) provide financial and technical support to renewable energy communities and community-led local development projects in urban and rural areas, including locally owned energy systems, as well as the arrangements for engaging and building capacity at the local level put in place through citizen projects;
Amendment 206 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a b (new)
(a b) finance measures and investments to ensure access to affordable and sustainable housing, including through the rehabilitation of abandoned buildings;
Amendment 207 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a c (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a c (new)
(a c) finance measures addressing non- monetary barriers to improvements in the energy efficiency in buildings and uptake of renewable energy as well as barriers to accessing sustainable mobility and public transport services, in order to combat energy poverty and transport poverty. These may include energy consultations and advice services, including at community level;
Amendment 210 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) finance measures and investments with a lasting impact to increase the uptake and use of zero- and low- emission sustainable and shared mobility and public transport services.
Amendment 216 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) concrete measures and investments in accordance with Article 3 to reduce the effects referred to in point (c) of this paragraphand Article 6 to combat energy poverty and transport poverty together with an explanation of how they would contribute effectively to the achievement of the objectives set out in Article 1 within the overall setting of a Member State’s relevant policies;
Amendment 218 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) concrete accompanying measures that are needed to accomplish the measures and investments of the Plan and reduce the effects referred to in point (c) as well as information on existing or planned financing of measures and investments from other Union, international, public or private sources, including: i) measures aimed at supporting home- owners and landlords to comply with minimum energy performance standards, including through social safeguards; ii) measures aimed at ensuring that building renovations do not result in evictions or indirect evictions through rent increases of vulnerable people, including conditioning any financial support or fiscal incentives on the obligation for the landlord to maintain the rental agreement for a period of at least 10 years and keep the costs of the rent at the same level as prior to the renovation, except for indexations foreseen in national rental law; iii) measures aimed at addressing the problem of split-incentives between home- owners and tenants, while strengthening the protection and safeguards of tenants and promoting the right to affordable and sustainable housing; iv) measures aimed at informing and counselling on investments in deep renovations in the context of multiple ownership situations, as well as on aggregating smaller projects into larger ones in view of their better bankability; v) investments aimed at developing and expanding public transport infrastructure as well as the technological digital infrastructure in order to improve the accessibility and connectivity of rural, insular and remote areas;
Amendment 225 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) an estimate of the likely effects of that increase in prices on households, and in particular on incidence of energy poverty, on micro-enterprises and on transport userspoverty, comprising in particular an estimate and the identification of vulnerable households, facing energy poverty, as well as people facing transport poverty and vulnerable micro- enterprises and vulnerable transport usersin the national context; these impacts are to be analysed with gender disaggregated data and gender- sensitive information, a sufficient level of regional disaggregation, taking into account elements such as access to decent, adequate, affordable and healthy housing, public transport and basic services and identifying the areas mostly affected, particularly territories which are remote, insular and rural or less accessible;
Amendment 229 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) where the Plan provides for measures referred to in Article 3(2), the criteria for the identification of eligible final recipients, the indication of the envisaged time limit for the measures in question and their justification on the basis of a quantitative estimate and a qualitative explan and their justification of how the measures in the Plan are expected to reduceradicate energy and transport poverty and the vulnerability of households, micro-phase out the reliance on fossil fuel enterprises and transport users to an increase of road transport and heating fuel pricesgy for heating and cooling, as well for transport;
Amendment 236 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) envisaged milestones, targets and an indicative timetable for the implementation of the measures and investments to be completed by 31 December 2027 and by 31 July 20325;
Amendment 246 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) the arrangements for the effective monitoring and implementation of the Plan by the Member State concernedand local and regional and local authorities concerned, including the involvement of economic and social partners and civil society in the process, in particular of the proposed milestones and targets, including indicators for the implementation of measures and investments, which, where relevant, shall be those available with the Statistical office of the European Union European Statistical Office and the European Energy Poverty Observatory as identified by Commission Recommendation 2020/156354 on energy poverty; _________________ 54 OJ L 357, 27.10.2020, p. 35.
Amendment 249 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point j
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point j
(j) for the preparation and, where available, for the implementation of the Plan, a summarydetailed description of the consultation process, conducted in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and Article 8 of EU 2021/1060and with the national legal framework, of local and regional authorities, social partners, civil society organisations, youth organisations and other relevant stakeholders, and how the input of the stakeholders is reflected in the Plan; as well at their specific roles for the implementation and monitoring;
Amendment 256 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) deep and staged deep building renovation;
Amendment 257 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(b a) development and use of renewable energy sources including through renewable energy communities;
Amendment 259 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) zero- and low-emission sustainable mobility and transportintegrated transport services;
Amendment 261 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) reductions in the number of vulnerable households, especially households in energy poverty, of vulnerable micro-enterprises and of vulnerable transport users, including in rural and remote areas., disaggregated per gender;
Amendment 267 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
(e a) climate and environmental objectives;
Amendment 275 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. The Social Climate Fund shall not support measures and investments excluded under Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1056.
Amendment 282 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 284 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States may include the costs of the following measures and long term investments with lasting impact in the estimated total costs of the Plans, provided they principally benefit vulnerablebenefit, households, vulnerable micro- enterprises or vulnerablepeople facing energy and transport userspoverty and intend to:
Amendment 292 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) support deep and staged deep building renovations, especially for those occupying worst- performing buildings, in privately owned homes or in social housing, including in the form of financial support or fiscal incentives such as deductibility of renovation costs from the rent, independently of the ownership of the buildings concerned;
Amendment 294 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) contribute to the decarbonisation, including theachieving a climate neutral building stock, including energy efficient electrification, of heating and cooling of, and cooking in, buildings and the integration of energy from renewable sources thatsupport the installations of on-site and nearby production and distribution of energy from renewable sources, including through citizen energy communities and peer-to-peer energy sharing, to power any residual demand and contribute to the achievements of energy savings;
Amendment 300 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Amendment 302 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) support public and private entitin particular renewable energy communities and social housing companies, in developing and providing affordable energy efficiency renovation solutions and appropriate funding instruments in line with the social goals of the Fund;
Amendment 310 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) provide access to zero- and low- emission vehicles andmobility, including bikes, including financial support or fiscal incentives for their purchase, as well as for appropriate public and private infrastructure, including for rechpargking and refuellcharging; for support concerning zero- and low-emission vehicles,mobility a timetable for gradually reducing the support shall be provided; shall be provided and support for purchase shall be limited to mobility in rural, insular, mountainous, remote and less accessible areas or for less developed regions or territories, including less developed peri-urban areas;
Amendment 315 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) grant free access to public transport or adapted tariffs for access to public transport, as well as fostering sustainable mobility on demand and shared mobility servicesinvestments aimed at accelerating the modal shift from private individual vehicles towards fostering a zero emission sustainable mobility, including support for the creation and development of cycling routes, and integrated transport services, including mobility on demand and shared mobility services, especially in rural, insular, mountainous, remote and less accessible areas or for less developed regions or territories, including less developed peri-urban areas, as well as free access to public transport or adapted tariffs for access to public transport;
Amendment 318 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) support public and private entities in developing and providing affordable zero- and low-emission mobility and transport services and the uptake of attractive active mobility options for rural, insular, mountainous, remote and less accessible areas or for less developed regions or territories, including less developed peri-urban areas.fostering digital connectivity and technological solutions to support people affected by transport poverty in rural, insular, mountainous, remote and less accessible areas to access basic services or public transport;
Amendment 323 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
(f a) provide households with tailored advice and information about energy savings, renewable energy technologies and participation and consumer rights, as well as about sustainable and affordable mobility and transport alternatives, including via tailored energy consultations or other type of personalised support aimed at addressing energy and transport poverty;
Amendment 326 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point f b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point f b (new)
(f b) fostering digital connectivity and technological solutions to support people affected by transport poverty in rural, insular, mountainous, remote and less accessible areas to access basic services or public transport;
Amendment 328 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Fund shall not support, and the estimated total costs of Plans shall not include, measures in the form of direct income support pursuant to Article 3(2) of this Regulation for households already benefifor households, and measures in the form of regulated prices resulting:
Amendment 329 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Amendment 332 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Where it is proven by the Member State concerned in its Plan that tThe public interventions referred to in paragraph 1 do not fully off-set the price increed to be phased out and replaced by mease uresulting from the inclusion of the sectors of buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC, direct income support may be included aligned to the climate neutrality objective and the Green Deal goals and need to be replaced with effective and sustainable measures directly benefitting the estimated total costs in the limits of the price increase not fully off-setose in energy and transport poverty via national policies and as set out in this Regulation.
Amendment 343 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The financial envelope for the implementation of the Fund for the period 20254-2027 shall be EUR 23 748 500 000 000 in current prices.
Amendment 346 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The financial envelope for the implementation of the Fund for the period 2028-20325 shall be EUR 48 500 000 000 in current prices, subject to the availability of the amounts under the annual ceilings of the applicable multiannual financial framework referred to in Article 312 TFEUdetermined during the negotiations of the next multiannual financial framework, but shall not be set at a level lower than EUR 23 700 000 000.
Amendment 351 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. The amounts referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 may also cover expenses pertaining to preparatory, monitoring, control, audit and evaluation activities which are required for the management of the Fund and the achievement of its objectives, in particular studies, meetings of experts, consultation of stakeholders, information and communication actions, including inclusive outreach actions, and corporate communication of the political priorities of the Union, insofar as they are related to the objectives of this Regulation, expenses linked to IT networks focusing on information processing and exchange, corporate information technology tools, and all other technical and administrative assistance expenses incurred by the Commission fto support the managementbeneficiaries of the Fund. Expenses may also cover the costs of other supporting activities such as quality control and monitoring of projects on the ground and the costs of peer counselling and experts for the assessment and implementation of the eligible actions.
Amendment 354 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Amendment 366 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. By way of derogation from the first paragraph, the contribution of Member States in NUTS2 level regions or in Member States with a GDP per capita at market prices below 75 % of the Union average during the period 2016 to 2018, shall be limited to a maximum of 40 percent of the total estimated costs of the measures and investments referred to in Article 6 (2) in their Plans.
Amendment 367 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Regarding support for long term investments in deep and staged deep building renovations to lift households out of energy poverty, Member States shall ensure there is a premium of 20 percent on the support for unique residences of such households and social housing in rural, insular, mountainous, remote and less accessible areas or for less developed regions or territories, including less developed peri-urban areas.
Amendment 372 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
(i) whether the Plan represents a response to the social impact on and challenges faced by vulnerable households, vulnerable micro- enterprises and vulnerable transport users in the Member State concerned from establishing the emission trading system for buildings and road transport established pursuant to Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/EC,people experiencing energy and transport poverty in the Member State especially households in energy poverty, duly taking into account the challenges identified in the assessments of the Commission of the update of the concerned Member State’s integrated national energy and climate plan and of its progress pursuant to Article 9(3), and Articles 13 and 29 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, as well as in the Commission recommendations to Member States issued pursuant to Article 34 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in view of the Union’s 2030 climate and energy targets and the long- term objective of climate neutrality in the Union by 2050. This shall take into account the specific challenges and the financial allocation of the Member State concerned;
Amendment 381 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii
(iii) whether the Plan contains measures and investments that contribute to the green transition, including to addressing the challenges resulting therefrom and in particular to the achievement of the 2030 and 2050 climate and energy objectives of the Union and the 2030 milestones of the Mobility Strategy.
Amendment 383 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii a (new)
(iii a) whether the Plan has been prepared and developed through the meaningful and inclusive participation of all relevant stakeholders in compliance with Article 10 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and Article 8 of EU 2021/1060 have been respected.
Amendment 390 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point b – point iii
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point b – point iii
(iii) whether the measures and investments proposed by the Member State concerned are consistent and complying with the requirements under the principle of energy efficiency first, Directive [yyyy/nnn] [Proposal for recast of Directive 2012/27/EU], Directive (EU) 2018/2001, Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council60 , Directive (EU) 2019/1161 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Directive 2010/31/EU; _________________ 60 Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure (OJ L 307, 28.10.2014, p. 1).
Amendment 393 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) For the purpose of assessing coherence, the Commission shall take into account the following criteria: (i) whether the Plan contains measures and investments that represent coherent actions. (ii) how the measures and investments contained in the Plan interact with existing policies and financing programmes; (iii) whether the measures and investments included in the plan deliver adequately on the potential synergies between climate, environment and social targets to meet the EU's 2030 targets and commitments to achieve the UN sustainable development goals; (iv) whether the measures and investments are accompanied by complementary measures required to effectively address energy poverty and mobility poverty.
Amendment 400 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 5
Article 17 – paragraph 5
5. By 15 March 2027 each Member State concerned shall assess the appropriateness of its Plans in view of the actual direct effects of the emission trading system for buildings and road transport established pursuant to Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/087/ECobjective to eradicate energy poverty and transport poverty, while meeting the Union energy and climate targets. Those assessments shall be submitted to the Commission as part of the biennial progress reporting pursuant to Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999.
Amendment 402 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. After the Commission has adopted a decision as referred to in Article 16, it shall in due time conclude an agreement with the Member State concerned constituting an individual legal commitment within the meaning of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 covering the period 20254-2027. That agreement may be concluded at the earliest one year before the year of the start of the auctions under Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/EC.
Amendment 415 #
1. By 1 July 20287, the Commission shall provide the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions with an evaluation report on the implementation and functioning of the Fund.
Amendment 419 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3
Article 24 – paragraph 3
3. The evaluation report shall, in particular, assess to which extent the objectives of the Fund laid down in Article 1 have been achieved, the efficiency of the use of the resources and the Union added value. It shall consider the continued relevance of all objectives and actions set out in Article 6 in light of the impact on greenhouse gas emissions from the emission trading system for buildings and road transport pursuant to Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/EC and from the national measures taken to meet the binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council63 . It shall also consider the continued relevance of the financial envelope of the Fund in relation to possible developments concerning the auctioning of allowances under the emission trading system for buildings and road transport pursuant to Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/EC and other relevant considerations. _________________ 63Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 contributing to climate action to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 (OJ L 156, 19.6.2018, p. 26-42).
Amendment 420 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 2