81 Amendments of Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA related to 2016/0382(COD)
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Promoting renewable forms of energy is one of the goals of the Union energy policy. The increased use of energy from renewable sources, together with energy savings and increased energy efficiency, constitutes an important part of the package of measures needed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and comply with the 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change, which requires the rise in global temperatures to stay below 2 Celsius degrees from pre-industrial levels, and to pursue efforts to limit it at 1.5 Celsius degrees, and the Union 2030 energy and climate framework, including the binding target to cut emissions in the Union by at least 40% below 1990 levels by 2030. It also has an important part to play in promoting the security of energy supply, technological development and innovation and providing opportunities for employment and regional development, especially in rural and isolated areas or regions with low population density. Finally, it provides an opportunity for a transition towards a more democratic energy model, through public ownership of renewable energy projects and decentralized and collective forms of energy management.
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) In particular, increasing technological improvements, incentives for the use and expansion of public transport, the use of energy efficiency technologies and the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources in the electricity, heating and cooling sectors as well as in the transport sector are very effective tools, together with energy efficiency measures, for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the Union and the Union's dependence on imported coal, gas and oil.
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Directive 2009/28/EC established a regulatory framework for the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources which set binding national targets on the share of renewable energy sources in energy consumption and transport to be met by 2020. Commission Communication of 22 January 201412 established a framework for future Union energy and climate policies and promoted a common understanding of how to develop those policies after 2020. The Commission proposed that the Union 2030 target for the share of renewable energy consumed in the Union should be at least 27%, though this target would likely be met without any action at Union level. __________________ 12 "A policy framework for climate and energy in the period from 2020 to 2030" (COM/2014/015 final).
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The European Parliament, in its Resolutions on "A policy framework for climate and energy in the period from 2020 to 2030" and on "the Renewable energy progress report", has favoured a binding Union 2030 targets of at least 30% of total final energy consumption from renewable energy sources, stressing that that target should be implemented by means of individual national targets taking into account the individual situation and potential of each Member State.
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) It is thus appropriate to establn light of the need to set a realistic path towards the achievement of the goals in the Parish a Union binding target of at least 27% sharegreement, it seems necessary to develop a set of binding targets for renewable development in the Member States that achieves at least a binding 45% target of renewable energy in the EU in 2030. Member States should definevelop their contribution to the achievement of this target as part of their Integrated National Energy and Climate Plans through the governance process set out in Regulation [Governance].
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The establishment of a Union binding renewable energy targets for 2030 would continue to encourage the development of technologies which generate renewable energy and provide certainty for investors. A tTarget defined at the Union level would leave greater flexibility for Member States to meet their greenhouse gas reduction targets in the most cost-effective manner in accordance withs must take into account the differences in Member States in their capability to meet their greenhouse gas reduction targets according to their specific circumstances, energy mixes and capacities to produce renewable energy.
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The national targets set for 2020 shouldmust constitute Member States' starting point and minimum contribution to the new 2030 framework. Under no circumstances the national share of renewables should fall below such contribution and, in case this happens, the relevant Member States should take the appropriate measures to ensure that this baseline is maintained as well as contribute to the financial instrument referred to in Regulation [Governance].
Amendment 136 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Member States should take additional measures in the event that the share of renewables at the Union level does not meet the Union trajectory towards the at least 27% renewable energy target. As set out in Regulation [Governance], if an ambition gap is identified by the Commission during the assessment of the Integrated National Energy and Climate Plans, the Commission may take measures at Union level in order to ensure the achievement of the target. If a delivery gap is identified by the Commission during the assessment of the Integrated National Energy and Climate Progress Reports, Member States should apply the measures set out in Regulation [Governance], which are giving thdoes not achieve binding renewable energy targets, also at Union level. The Commission should be empowered to assess the development of renewable energy at Member State level, including their compliance with the Integrated National Energy and Climate Plans, and to take measures in order to ensure the achievem enough flexibility to chooset of the targets.
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In order to support Member States' ambitious contributions to the Union target, a financial framework aiming to facilitate investments ininvestment in renewable energy, a financial framework ensuring reliable access to finance for renewable energy projects in those Member States should be established, also through the use of financial instruments.
Amendment 151 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The Commission should focus the allocation of funds on the reduction of the cost of capital of renewables projects, which has a material impact on the cost of renewable energy projects and on their competitiveness.
Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The Commission should facilitate the exchange of best practices between the competent national or regional authorities or bodies, for instance through regular meetings to find a common approach to promote a higher uptake of cost-efficient renewable energy projects, encourage investments in new, flexible and clean technologies, and set out an adequate strategy to manage the retirement of technologies which do not contribute to the reduction of emissions or deliver sufficient flexibility, based on transparent criteria and reliable market prindicators of economice signalsustainability.
Amendment 159 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Support schemes for electricity generated from renewable sources have proved to be an effective way of fostering deployment of renewable electricity. If and when Member States decide to implement support schemes, such support should be provided in a form that is as non-distortive as possible for the functioning of electricity markets. To this end, an increasing number of Member States allocate support in a form where support is granted in additi, while taking into account the particularities of different technologies and the different abilities of small and large producers to respond to market revenuesignals.
Amendment 167 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Electricity generation from renewable sources should be deployed at the lowest possible cost for consumers and taxpayers. When designing support schemes and when allocating support, Member States should seek to minimise the overall system cost of deployment, taking full account of grid and system development needs, the resulting energy mix, and the long term potential of technologies. Member States may use tenders to award support to renewable projects. In all cases, renewable energy mechanisms should be clear, transparent and predictable.
Amendment 191 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Without prejudice to adaptations of support schemes to bring them in line with State aid rules, rRenewables support policies should be spredictable and avoid frequent and retroactive changes. Such changes have a direct impact on capital financing costs, the costs of project development and therefore on the overall cost of deploying renewables in the Union. Member States should prevent the revision of any support granted to renewable energy projects from having a negative impact on their economic viability. In this context, Member States should promote cost-effective support policies and ensure their financial sustainability, as well as the self- production of energy to minimize support costs.
Amendment 204 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) To create opportunities for reducing the cost of meeting the national and Union targets laid down in this Directive and to give flexibility to Member States to comply with their obligation not to go below their 2020 national targets after 2020, it is appropriate both to facilitate the consumption in Member States of energy produced from renewable sources in other Member States, and, where appropriate, to enable Member States to count energy from renewable sources consumed in other Member States towards their own renewable energy share. For this reason, cooperation mechanisms are required to complement the obligations to open up support to projects located in other Member States. Those mechanisms include statistical transfers, joint projects between Member States or joint support schemes.
Amendment 208 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) Member States should be encouraged to pursue all appropriate forms of cooperation in relation to the objectives set out in this Directive. Such cooperation can take place at all levels, bilaterally or multilaterally. Apart from the mechanisms with effect on target renewable energy share calculation and target compliance, which are exclusively provided for in this Directive, namely statistical transfers between Member States, joint projects and joint support schemes, cooperation can also take the form of, for example, exchanges of information and best practices, as provided for, in particular, in the e-platform established by Regulation [Governance], and other voluntary coordination between all types of support schemes.
Amendment 213 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) It should be possible for imported electricity, produced from renewable energy sources outside the Union to count towards Member States’ renewable energy shares In order to guarantee an adequate effect of energy from renewable sources replacing conventional energy in the Union as well as in third countries it is appropriate to ensure that such imports can be tracked and accounted for in a reliable way and that they are in full respect of international law. Agreements with third countries concerning the organisation of such trade in electricity from renewable energy sources will be considered. If, by virtue of a decision taken under the Energy Community Treaty18 to that effect, the contracting parties to that Treaty are bound by the relevant provisions of this Directive, the measures of cooperation between Member States provided for in this Directive should be applicable to them. __________________ 18 OJ L 198, 20.7.2006, p. 18. OJ L 198, 20.7.2006, p. 18.
Amendment 225 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 43
Recital 43
(43) Guarantees of origin issued for the purpose of this Directive have the sole function of showing to a final customer that a given share or quantity of energy was produced from renewable sources. A guarantee of origin can be transferred, independently of the energy to which it relates, from one holder to another. However, wWith a view to ensuring that a unit of renewable energy is disclosed to a customer only once, double counting and double disclosure of guarantees of origin should be avoided. Energy from renewable sources in relation to which the accompanying guarantee of origin has been sold separately by the producer should not be disclosed or sold to the final customer as energy from renewable sources.
Amendment 240 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 45
Recital 45
(45) It is important to provide information on how the supported electricity is allocated to final customers. In order to improve the quality of that information to consumers, Member States should enmay issure that guarantees of origin are issued for all units of renewable energy produced. In addition, with a view to avoiding double compensation, renewable energy producers already receiving financial support should not receive guarantees of originthe financial value of guarantees of origin provided to renewable energy producers should be deducted from the financial support they receive. However, those guarantees of origin shouldmay be used for disclosure so that final consumers can receive clear, reliable and adequate evidence on the renewable origin of the relevant units of energy. Moreover, for electricity that received support, the guarantees of origin shouldmay be auctioned to the market and the revenues should be used to reduce public subsidies for renewable energy.
Amendment 261 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 52
Recital 52
(52) It is appropriate to allow for the development of decentralised renewable energy technologies under non- discriminatoryfavourable conditions and without hampering the financing of infrastructure investments. The move towards decentralised energy production has many benefits, including the utilisation of local energy sources, increased local security of energy supply, shorter transport distances and reduced energy transmission losses. Such decentralisation also fosters community development and cohesion by providing income sources and creating jobs locally.
Amendment 340 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Directive establishes a common framework for the promotion of energy from renewable sources. It sets aminimum binding national and Union targets for the overall share of energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption of energy in 2030. It also lays down rules on financial support to electricity produced from renewable sources, self-consumption of renewable electricity, and renewable energy use in the heating and cooling and transport sectors, regional cooperation between Member States and with third countries, guarantees of origin, administrative procedures and information and training and access to the electricity grid for energy from renewable resources. It establishes sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria for biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels.
Amendment 409 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a a
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a a
(aa) ‘renewable self-consumer’ means an active customer or group thereof as defined in Directive [MDI Directive] who consumes and may store and sell renewable electricity which is generated within his or its premises, including a multi-apartment block, an industrial, commercial or shared services site or a closed distribution system, provided that, for non-household renewable self- consumers, those activities do not constitute their primary commercial or professional activity;
Amendment 417 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point aa a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point aa a (new)
(aa a) "renewable energy community" means a local energy community, including municipalities and energy cooperatives, that acts as a renewable self- consumer;
Amendment 432 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e e
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e e
(ee) ‘advanced biofuels’ means biofuels that are produced from waste and residual feedstocks listed in part A of Annex IX, and that do not have a significant impact on land uses;
Amendment 462 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point uu a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point uu a (new)
(uu a) 'energy poverty' means a household's inability to afford the necessary domestic energy services which guarantee decent human standard levels of comfort and health, as such costs represent a significant proportion of disposable income.
Amendment 471 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – title
Article 3 – title
Amendment 484 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall collectively ensure that the share of energy from renewable sources in the Union's gross final consumption of energy in 2030 is at least 2745%.
Amendment 492 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. Member States' respective contributions to this overall 2030 target shall be set andnational binding 2030 targets are listed in Annex I. Additionally, Member States shall notifiedy to the Commission their strategies to achieve said targets, as part of their Integrated National Energy and Climate Plans in accordance with Articles 3 to 5 and Articles 9 to 11 of Regulation [Governance].
Amendment 507 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall support the high ambition of Member States through an enabling framework comprising the enhanced use of Union funds, in particular financial instruments, especially in view of reducing the cost of capital for renewable energy projects.
Amendment 509 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 5
Article 3 – paragraph 5
Amendment 512 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – title
Article 4 – title
Amendment 514 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Subject to State aid rules, iIn order to reach the Union target set in Article 3(1) and the national targets set in Article 3(2), Member States may apply support schemes. Support schemes for electricity from renewable sources shall be designed so as to avoid unnecessary distortions of electricity markets and ensure that producers take into account the supply and demand of electricity as well as possible grid constraints, while providing the necessary flexibility to take into account the particularities of different renewable technologies and the constraints of renewable energy communities and self-consumers. Support schemes shall be predictable, stable and transparent.
Amendment 537 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Support for electricity from renewable sources shall be designed so as to integrate progressively electricity from renewable sources in the electricity market and ensure that renewable energy producers are responding to market price signals and maximise their market revenuese profitability of renewable investments as well as to favour the introduction of more efficient and sustainable renewable technologies and the development of self-consumption.
Amendment 549 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that support for renewable electricity is granted in an open, detailed, transparent, competitive, non- discriminatory and cost-effective manner. and cost- effective manner, with the necessary exceptions to promote new, more sustainable renewable technologies or the development of small-scale production and renewable energy communities. If tender procedures are used, Member States shall be allowed to choose between technology-neutral or specific tender procedures.
Amendment 583 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission and the Member States shall assess the effectiveness of their support for electricity from renewable sources at least every four years and report on their operation to the European Parliament and the Council. Decisions on the continuation or prolongation of support and design of new support shall be based on the results of the assessments, considering their overall effectiveness in achieving renewable targets and other goals, such as affordability and the development of energy communities.
Amendment 601 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 607 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Public investments in renewable energy shall be excluded from public deficit calculations in the context of the SGP and Economic Governance rules;
Amendment 616 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall open support for electricity generated from renewable sources to generators located in other Member States under the conditions laid down in this Articlewhen it is necessary to contribute to the achievement of the targets set for renewable energy and climate policy.
Amendment 622 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Amendment 636 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. Support schemes may be opened to cross-border participation through, inter alia, opened tenders, joint tenders, opened certificate schemes or joint support schemes. The allocation of renewable electricity benefiting from support under opened tenders, joint tenders or opened certificate schemes towards Member States respective contributions shall be subject to a cooperation agreement setting out rules for the cross-border disbursement of funding, following the principle that energy should be counted towards the Member State funding the installation.
Amendment 645 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall assess by 20253 the benefits on the cost-effective deployment of renewable electricity in the Union of provisions set out in this Article. On the basis of this assessment, the Commission may propose to increase theset percentages set out in paragraph 2for support to installations in other Member States.
Amendment 656 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Amendment 687 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8
Article 8
Amendment 696 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) there is reasoned evidence that the Member State is unable to reach its renewable energy targets by other means;
Amendment 701 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 704 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that any national rules concerning the authorisation, certification and licensing procedures that are applied to plants and associated transmission and distribution network infrastructures for the production of electricity, heating or cooling from renewable energy sources, and to the process of transformation of biomass into biofuels or other energy products, are proportionate and necessary, necessary and simplified; giving preference to public entities, renewable self-consumers and energy communities. To this end, Member States shall set-up single administrative points, as set in article 16 of this regulation, to support renewable self-consumers and energy communities in their administrative procedures and in the fulfilment of the technical requirements referred in paragraph 2 of this article.
Amendment 708 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point d
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point d
(d) simplified and less burdensome authorisation procedures, including through simple notification if allowed by the applicable regulatory framework, are established for decentralised devices for producing energy from renewable sources, including renewable self-consumers and renewable energy communities.
Amendment 747 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 6
Article 15 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall ensure that public procurement contracts and new public buildings, and existing public buildings that are subject to major renovation, at national, regional and local level fulfil an exemplary role in the context of this Directive from 1 January 2012 onwards. Member States may, inter alia, allow that obligation to be fulfilled by providing that the roofs of public or mixed private-public buildings are used by third parties for installations that produce energy from renewable sources or by setting renewable energy consumption targets in the provision of public goods and services.
Amendment 756 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 8 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Member States shall ensure that their competent authorities at national, regional and local level include provisions for the integration and deployment of renewable energy transport and the development of renewable transport modal shift when planning, designing and implementing local, urban, regional and national mobility and transport plans.
Amendment 763 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 9
Article 15 – paragraph 9
9. Member States shall remove regulatory and administrative barriers to corporate long- termindustrial long-term bilateral and multilateral power purchase agreements to finance renewables and facilitate their uptake.
Amendment 769 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. The single administrative contact point shall guide the applicant through the application process in a transparent manner, provide the applicant with all necessary information, support coordinate and involve, where appropriate, other authorities, and deliver, in the case of small-scale projects and renewable self- consumers and energy communities, a legally binding decision at the end of the process.
Amendment 779 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 4
Article 16 – paragraph 4
4. The permit granting process referred to in paragraph 1 shall not exceed a period of three year18 months, except for the cases set out in Article 16(5) and Article 17. In the case of projects below 1MW, the procedure shall not exceed 9 months.
Amendment 820 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Member States shall aim to boost quality job creation in the sector. To this end, Member States shall develop together with the social partners, a global strategy for training and skills development in the sector of renewable energy with the objective of supporting quality job creation in the sector.
Amendment 835 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Member States may require that transfers of guarantees of origin reflect an exchange of physical energy transfers.
Amendment 852 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
The guarantee of origin shall have no function in terms of a Member State’s compliance with Article 3. Transfers of guarantees of origin, separately or together with the physical transfer of energy, shall have no effect on the decision of Member States to use statistical transfers, joint projects or joint support schemes for target compliance or on the calculation of the gross final consumption of energy from renewable sources in accordance with Article 7.
Amendment 872 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 8
Article 19 – paragraph 8
8. Where an electricity supplier is required to prove the share or quantity of energy from renewable sources in its energy mix for the purposes of Article 3 of Directive 2009/72/EC, it shallmay do so by using guarantees of origin. Likewise, guarantees of origin created pursuant to Article 14(10) of Directive 2012/27/EC shallmay be used to substantiate any requirement to prove the quantity of electricity produced from high-efficiency cogeneration. Member States shall ensure that transmission losses are fully taken into account when guarantees of origin are used to demonstrate consumption of renewable energy or electricity from high efficiency cogeneration.
Amendment 878 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 13
Article 19 – paragraph 13
13. Where energy suppliers market energy from renewable sources or high- efficiency cogeneration to customers with a reference to environmental or other benefits of energy from renewable sources or from high-efficiency cogeneration , Member States shallmay require those energy suppliers to use guarantees of origin to disclose the amount or share of energy from renewable sources or from high efficiency cogeneration
Amendment 880 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 14
Article 19 – paragraph 14
14. Member States shall assess and report every two years on the functioning of their Guarantee of Origin schemes. These reports shall be made public, and shall include an independent assessment of their contribution to the development of renewable energy consumption. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 32 establishing the rules to monitor the functioning of the system set out in this Article.
Amendment 890 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph -1 (new)
Article 20 – paragraph -1 (new)
Amendment 891 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph -1 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph -1 a (new)
Amendment 892 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph -1 b (new)
Article 20 – paragraph -1 b (new)
Amendment 893 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph -1 c (new)
Article 20 – paragraph -1 c (new)
Amendment 894 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph -1 d (new)
Article 20 – paragraph -1 d (new)
Amendment 895 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph -1 e (new)
Article 20 – paragraph -1 e (new)
Amendment 896 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph -1 f (new)
Article 20 – paragraph -1 f (new)
Amendment 897 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph -1 g (new)
Article 20 – paragraph -1 g (new)
Amendment 914 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 a (new)
Article 20 a (new)
Article 20 a Member States shall take into account the specificities of energy grid from small- scale installations, renewable self- consumers and energy communities, in order to facilitate their access to the grid.
Amendment 925 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) are entitled to carry out self- consumption and sell, without penalizing charges, fees or taxes, including through power purchase agreements, their excess production of renewable electricity without being subject to disproportionate procedures and charges that are not cost- reflective;
Amendment 940 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) are not considered as energy suppliers according to Union or national legislation in relation to the renewable electricity they feed into the grid not exceeding 10 MWh for households and 500 MWh for legal persons on an annual basis. In the case these legal persons are renewable energy communities or public bodies, including municipalities or entities directly or indirectly controlled by municipalities, the annual limit shall be calculated as the sum of the individual limit of all households of the municipality; and
Amendment 964 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 2
Article 21 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that renewable self-consumers living in the same multi-apartment block, or located in the same commercial, industrial or shared services, site or closed distribution system, are allowed to jointly engage in self- consumption as if they were an individual renewable self-consumer. In this case, the threshold set out in paragraph 1(c) shall apply to each renewable self-consumer concerned.
Amendment 971 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Article 21 – paragraph 3
3. The renewable self-consumer's installation may be managed by a third party for installation, operation, including metering, and maintenance. The self- generated electricity flowing through the cables of common areas of blocks and sites shall be considered as self-consumed electricity.
Amendment 978 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member States shall not hinder final customers from becoming renewable self-consumers, by introducing, inter alia, cumulative or single-installation volume or capacity caps, burdensome and disproportionate procedures, charges, contractual arrangements and technical rules
Amendment 1000 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) at least 51% of the shareholders or members with voting rights of the entity are natural persons or public bodies;
Amendment 1094 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Member States shall support the development of actions and programs to tackle energy poverty in this sector. Supporting measures in this sense shall have adequate funding from Member States and from EU funds in order to guarantee access to energy as a basic social right.
Amendment 1095 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 6 b (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Member States shall develop renewable heating and cooling solutions, in a cost-effective manner, in new public buildings and while renewing old public buildings. Prioritizing public building with vulnerable population, such as schools, hospitals, elder houses, etc.
Amendment 1153 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 9 a (new)
Article 24 – paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Member States shall integrate district heating and cooling in public buildings, supporting financially the development of the adequate investments to make it possible, and maximizing the contribution of public systems to district heating and cooling. Member States shall develop, in full cooperation with the relevant stakeholders, a strategy for the identification of the needs and priorities in this area.
Amendment 1154 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 9 b (new)
Article 24 – paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Member States shall ensure that regional and local authorities, when developing urban planning strategies and plans, integrate sustainable heating and cooling solutions in their approach. Actions as regards of, inter alia, urban tree planning or urban waste management, need to take into account the possibilities of sustainable district heating and cooling. These plans and strategies shall be developed, in full collaboration with relevant stakeholders.
Amendment 1180 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The minimum share shall be at least equal to 1.50% in 2021, increasing up to at least 6.85.0% in 2030, following the trajectory set out in part B of Annex X. Within this total share, the contribution of advanced biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock listed in part A of Annex IX shall be at least 0.5% of the transport fuels supplied for consumption or use on the market as of 1 January 2021, increasing up to at least 3.62.3% by 2030, following the trajectory set out in part C of Annex X.
Amendment 1207 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point b – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point b – paragraph 2
For the calculation of the numerator, the contribution from biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock included in part B of Annex IX shall be limited to 1.7% of the energy content of transport fuels supplied for consumption or use on the market and the contribution of fuels supplied in the aviation and maritime sector shall be considered to be 1.2 times their energy content.
Amendment 1267 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 29 a (new)
Article 29 a (new)
Amendment 1270 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 30 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 30 – paragraph 3 a (new)