42 Amendments of Massimiliano SALINI related to 2023/0266(COD)
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Laying down harmonised rules for accounting greenhouse gas emissions of freight and passenger transport services is therefore appropriate to attain comparable figures for greenhouse gas emissions of transport services and to avoid misleading information on their performance resulting from the possibility to choose between various emissions calculation methods and input data. Such rules should ensure a level playing field between transport modes, segments, and the Union’s national networks. It should also help create incentives to behavioural change among businesses and customers to reduce greenhouse emissions from transport services through the uptake and use of comparable and reliable greenhouse emissions data. The only way to fulfill these requirements is to use a methodology for calculation of the full life cycle greenhouse gas emissions.
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Despite benefits stemming from the increased transparency on the performance of transport services, mandatory application of this Regulation to all entities offering transport services on the Union market would be disproportionate and lead to excessive costs and burden. Therefore, this Regulation should apply only to those entities that decide or are bound by other relevant legislative and non-legislative regimes, to calculate and disclose information on greenhouse gas emissions of freight or passengers transport services that start orand end on the territory of the Union. This consequently includes services, the origin or destination points of which are situated in a third country.
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10 a) A full life cycle based assessment should be considered and should include emissions on a well-to-wheel basis, emissions released during the transport, infrastructure construction process, in the process of transport vehicles production, consumption of other materials, water, and end of life disposal. The full life cycle approach shall avoid a possible misleading and incomplete representation of transport service emissions.
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) A proper method for calculating the full life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of transport services is one of the key aspects for the harmonised Union framework set out by this Regulation. The method should ensure that the emissions calculations performed across a transport chain provide comparable and accurate greenhouse gas emissions data, by following a single set of methodological steps. It should also adequately account for the needs of the transport market, in order to avoid unnecessary complexity, excessive burden and costs, and be accepted by stakeholders.
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) EN ISO standard 14083:2023, published by the European Committee for Standardisation57 in April 2023, and transposing ISO standard 14083:2023, was chosen to be the reference methodology for calculating well-to-wheel greenhouse gas emissions of transport services under this Regulation. The analysis showed that ISO standard 14083:2023 proved to be the most relevant and proportional in addressing the objectives of this Regulation. The quantification of emissions is performed on a well-to-wheel basis, which includes greenhouse gas emissions stemming from energy provision and vehicle use during transport and hub operations. _________________ 57 https://www.cencenelec.eu
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13 a) A methodology should be developed for calculating the full life cycle emissions related to the construction of infrastructure used by the vehicle and the emissions related to production, maintenance and end of life of the vehicle. The Commission may take into consideration international standards like ISO 14067 consistent with International Standards of Life cycle assessment (ISO 14040 and ISO 14044 ), International EPD System PCR on transport services or European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESR) and Commission Environmental Footprint methods. The life cycle methodologyy should be introduced through a delegated act.
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The development and maintenance of the EU databases of default values for greenhouse gas emission intensity and greenhouse gas emission factorsestablished by this Regulation, as well as the technical quality check of external databases and datasets operated by third parties should be undertaken by a neutral and competent body operating at Union level. Given its remit, the European Environmental Agency is best placed to provide the necessary assistance for the proper implementation of this part of the Regulation. Where relevant, this work may rely on contribution from and be supported by other sectorial EU bodies, in accordance of separate Union law.
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Regulation (EU) 2015/75758 and Directive 2003/87/EC59 require the collection, calculation and annual reporting of CO2 emissions from ships and aircrafts, respectively. Regulation (EU) 2015/757 and Directive 2003/87/EC may be to certain extent complementary to the provisions set out in this Regulation, especially in terms of producing fuel burnt data as an input for quantifying emissions of transport services. Input data for generating greenhouse gas emissions of transport services may also originate from the implementation of other legislative frameworks, such as Regulation (EU) 2019/124260and , Regulation (EU) 2019/63161 and Regulation (EU) 2023/2405. _________________ 58 Regulation (EU) 2015/757 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 on the monitoring, reporting and verification of carbon dioxide emissions from maritime transport, and amending Directive 2009/16/EC (OJ L 123, 19.5.2015, p. 55–76) 59 Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32–46) 60 Regulation (EU) 2019/1242 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 setting CO2 emission performance standards for new heavy-duty vehicles and amending Regulations (EC) No 595/2009 and (EU) 2018/956 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Directive 96/53/EC (OJ L 198, 25.7.2019) 61 Regulation (EU) 2019/631 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 setting CO2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars and for new light commercial vehicles, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 443/2009 and (EU) No 510/2011 (recast) (Text with EEA relevance.) (OJ L 111, 25.4.2019, p. 13–53)
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Unless separate arrangements apply, aA data intermediary collecting information on greenhouse gas emissions of a transport service from a concerned entity or other relevant legal or natural person, anshould disclosing ite on the market, should not be considered liable in case this information breaches any of only data that are fulfilling the requirements related to the calculation and verification of greenhouse gas emissions of transport services, and the certification of calculation tools, set out by this Regulation. However, tThe data intermediary should make effort to prevent from inaccurate or incorrect information to be disclosed, and should respect rules related to the greenhouse gas emissions output data, communication and transparency. In addition, the data intermediary should provide the source of this information, to allow for the identification of the respective information provider. The data should be disclosed free of charge.
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) In case the verificacollection, verification and distribution of information on greenhouse gas emissions data of transport services is organised in accordance with specific rules set out by other Union legislation, including a rRegulation (EU) 2023/2405 on ensuring a level playing field for sustainable air transport and implemented by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency, these rules shall be treated in an equivalent manner, under the condition that the verification assessment is established consistently with the requirements of this Regulationestablishing an environmental labelling scheme , these rules shall be treated in an equivalent manner.
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) In order to allow for the efficient functioning of this Regulation, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the developing of the methodology for calculating the full life cycle emissions related to the construction of infrastructure used by the vehicle and the emissions related to production, maintenance and end of life of the vehicle; the assessing and excluding certain elements of the reference methodology; submitting requests to the European Committee for Standardisation, establishing rules to conduct the technical quality check of external databases of default values, adapting metrics for output greenhouse gas emissions data and establishing further methods and criteria of accreditation of conformity assessment bodies. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making62 . In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. _________________ 62 Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on Better Law-Making (OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1)
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Regulation establishes rules for the accounting of the greenhouse gas emissions of transport services that start orand end on the Union territory.
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
This Regulation applies to any entity providing or organising freight and passenger services in the Union that calculates greenhouse gas emissions of a transport service starting orand ending on the Union territory and discloses disaggregated information on those emissions to any third party for commercial or regulatory purposes.
Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) “greenhouse gas” means gaseous constituent of the atmosphere, both natural and anthropogenic, that absorbs and emits radiation at specific wavelengths within the spectrum of infrared radiation emitted by the Earth's surface, the atmosphere and clouds; as provided by the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Assessment Report.
Amendment 136 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 12
(12) “concerned entity” means an entity that calculates greenhouse gas emissions of a transport service starting orand ending on the Union territory and discloses information on those emissions to any third party, for commercial or regulatory purposes;
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16
(16) “greenhouse gas emission intensity” means a coefficient relating specified greenhouse gas activity data with the greenhouse gas emission
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 17
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 17
(17) “greenhouse gas emission factor” coefficient relating greenhouse gas activity data with the greenhouse gas emission;
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 19 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 19 a (new)
(19 a) “full life cycle emissions” means the emissions representing the sum of the corresponding share of emissions related to the construction of infrastructure used by the vehicle, the emissions related to production, maintenance and end of life of the vehicle and the well-to-wheel emissions;
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 23
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 23
(23) “default value” means secondary data value drawn from a published source verified by a conformity assessment body, which is taken as default in case of lack of primary or modelled data;
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The greenhouse gas emissions of transport services shall be calculated on the basis of the rules set out in Chapter III of this Regulation as full life cycle emissions including the corresponding share of emissions related to the construction of infrastructure used by the vehicle, the emissions related to production, maintenance and end of life of the vehicle and the well-to-wheel emissions. The corresponding share of emissions related to the construction of infrastructure used by the vehicle, the emissions related to production, maintenance and end of life of the vehicle shall be calculated based on a methodology developed by the Commission through a delegated act in accordance with Article 16. The well-to-wheel greenhouse gas emissions of transport services shall be calculated on the basis of the methodology defined in EN ISO 14083:2023 standard, in its up-to-date version, and the rules set out in Chapter III of this Regulation.
Amendment 164 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. By [OP: Please insert a date: 36 months after the entry into force of this Regulation] the Commission shall adopt a delegated act establishing the methodology mentioned in paragraph 1(a) of this Article that shall be based on latest international standards.
Amendment 170 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall assess the need for an adjustment of any component of the standards referred to in paragraph 1 and 1a, not later than 36 months after the date of application of this Regulation.
Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission mayshall launch a compliance check to assess any amendment to the standards referred to in paragraph 1 and 1a. The compliance check shall be initiated by the Commission, which, where appropriate, may act at the request of a Member State.
Amendment 179 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 6
Article 4 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission is empowered to adopt implementinga delegated acts in accordance with Article 176 to supplement this Regulation with a view to clarify the reference methodology referred to in paragraph 1, to ensure its uniform implementation on the market as regards the approach for determining appropriate emission-relevant parameters for calculating greenhouse gas emissions before a service is provided, and, where applicable, other technical parameters related to the allocation of emissions or aggregation of data elements that are not explicitly explained in that methodology.
Amendment 183 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Entities referred to in Article 2 shall prioritise the use of primary data for calculating greenhouse gas emissions of a transport service provided by itself. Calculations for subcontracted transport chain elements may use secondary data.
Amendment 192 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(c a) entities referred to in Article 2 have not been issued labels pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2023/2405.
Amendment 205 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission with the assistance of the European Environmental Agency and other sectoral EU bodies, shall establish a core EU database of default emission intensity values referred to in Article 5 (2), point (a)(i)verified in accordance with this Regulation.
Amendment 215 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall ensure the maintenance, update and, continuous development and an appropriate level of security of the database referred to in paragraph 1, taking into account for the evolution of the technological state-of-the- art in the transport sector and of new methodological approaches for calculating greenhouse gas emissions.
Amendment 233 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. The technical quality check is required as from 124 months after the date of the application of this Regulationmentioned in paragraph 1, at the latest. A record of positive assessment of that quality check shall be valid for two years.
Amendment 237 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Access to the database referred to in paragraph 1, to consult or use default emission intensity values shall be open to the public and free of charge.
Amendment 245 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission, with the assistance of the European Environmental Agency and other sectoral EU bodies, shall establish a central EU database of default greenhouse gas emission factors referred to in Article 5(2), point (b)verified in accordance with this Regulation.
Amendment 253 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission, with the assistance of the European Environmental Agency and other sectoral EU bodies, shall ensure the maintenance, update and, continuous development and an appropriate level of security of the database referred to in paragraph 1, taking into account the evolution of the technological state-of-the-art in the transport sector and of new methodological approaches for calculating greenhouse gas emissions.
Amendment 261 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Output data shall be established using the reference methodology and input data in accordance with Articles 4 to 8 of this Regulation except for entities referred to in Article 2 who have been issued labels pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2023/2405 and who may use the output data established under the labelling scheme for the purpose of this Regulation.
Amendment 273 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Concerned entities shall disclose output data in a clear and unambiguous manner. When concerned entities disclose output data, in the communication accompanying this disclosure they shall include the following statement “Well-to- wheelFull life cycle greenhouse gas emissions calculated in accordance with Regulation [reference to this Regulation] of the European Parliament and the Council”, at least in one of the official languages of the EU, and where possible, in an official language of a Member State on the territory of which the service is performed.
Amendment 290 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5
Article 10 – paragraph 5
5. The output data and evidence referred to in paragraph 54 shall be established in a clear and unambiguous manner, at least in one of the official languages of the Union. Where possible, they shall be made available in the form of a weblink, QR code or equivalent.
Amendment 293 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 7
Article 10 – paragraph 7
7. Any recipient of output data and of evidence referred to in paragraph 54, shall take measures to ensure the confidentiality of relevant commercial data that are processed and communicated in accordance with this Regulation, and ensure that such data may be accessed, processed and disclosed only when authorised.
Amendment 302 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Output data referred to in Article 9 shall be subject to verification of its conformity with the requirements laid down in Articles 4 to 9 of this Regulation, in accordance with Article 13, only upon request of the conformity assessment body, another concerned entity or its customers.
Amendment 321 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 8
Article 13 – paragraph 8
8. Where other Union legislation lays down specific rules on the verification assessment of output data, those rules shall be treated in an equivalent manner, under the condition that the verification assessment is established consistently with this Regulation. The verification of the output date established under article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2023/2405 are deemed equivalent with this Regulation.
Amendment 330 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3
Article 16 – paragraph 3
3. The delegation of power referred to in Article 4(1a), Article 4(4), Article 4(5), Article 4(6), Article 9(4) and Article 15(4) may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.
Amendment 334 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph -1 (new)
Article 18 – paragraph -1 (new)
-1 The Commission shall carry out an impact assessment regarding the bureaucratic burden created for the application of this Regulation by [OP: please insert a date: 2 years after the entry in force of this Regulation].
Amendment 340 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 a (new)
Article 18 a (new)
Article18a Annex - International Standards By [OP: Please insert a date: 12 months after the date of adoption of the Delegated act provided in Article 1a] the Commission shall adopt a delegated act establishing an Annex to this Regulation including the up-to date International Standards referred to in this Regulation.