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7 Amendments of Markus FERBER related to 2017/0017(COD)

Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) The Union and its Member States have been endeavouring to advance international agreement to reduce greenhouse gas impacts from aviation since 1997 and they have legislation in place since 2008 to limit the climate change impacts from aviation activities through the EU emissions trading system (EU ETS) that has been operating since 2005. In order to advance praddition, since 2004 and 2008 the Member States have recommitted themselves to implementing the Single European Sky concept, taking account of growth in the volume of air traffic in the coming years. In order to achieve progress with air traffic management, the implementation of SESAR (Single European Sky ATM Research) needs to be speeded up, and innovative technologriess at must be supported under the Clean Sky project. The introduction, through the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), of the Union has twice adopted time-bound derogations to the EU ETS so as to limitglobal market-based measure should contribute to further progress on aviation emissions reduction. It was for this reason that derogations were granted in relation to the compliance obligations toin respect of emissions from flights between aerodromes situated in the European Economic Area (EEA), with equal treatment on routes of aircraft operators wherever they are based. The most recent derogation from the EU ETS, Regulation (EU) No 421/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council, limited compliance obligations to intra- EEA flights between 2013 and 2016, and envisaged potential changes to the scope of the system as regards activity to and from aerodromes situated outside the EEA from 1 January 2017 onwards following the review set out in that Regulation.
2017/06/08
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) In the light of the resolution adopted at ICAO's 39th Assembly in October 2016 on the implementation of a global market-based measure from 2021 to offset international aviation emissions above 2020 levels, it is considered appropriate to continue the existing derogation pending further progress on the design elements and the implementation of the global market-based measure. In this regard, the adoption of Standards and Recommended Practices by ICAO to complement that Resolution and implement the global system is planned for 2018. However, its concrete operationalisation will require action by ICAO parties at domestic level. Also, governance arrangements must be developed by ICAO, including a registry system. In this context, the current derogation of the EU ETS obligations for flights to and from third countries should be extended, subject to the review on implementing the ICAO scheme, in order to promote momentum in ICAO and facilitate the operationalisation of the ICAO scheme. Before Member States implement the global market-based measure it must be ensured, with a view to avoiding overlap, that aviation is no longer subject to EU ETS obligations. As a result of the extension of the derogation, the amount of allowances to be auctioned and issued for free, including from the special reserve, should be the same as would correspond to 2016, and should be proportional to the reduction of the surrender obligation.
2017/06/08
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 22 #
(5) In the light of the resolution adopted at ICAO's 39th Assembly in October 2016 on the implementation of a global market-based measure from 2021 to offset international aviation emissions above 2020 levels, it is considered appropriate to continue the existing derogation pending further progress on the design elements and the implementation of the global market-based measure. In this regard, the adoption of Standards and Recommended Practices by ICAO to complement that Resolution and implement the global system is planned for 2018. However, its concrete operationalisation will require action by ICAO parties at domestic level. Also, governance arrangements must be developed by ICAO, including a registry system. In this context, the current derogation of the EU ETS obligations for flights to and from third countries should be extended, subject to the review on implementing the ICAO scheme, in order to promote momentum in ICAO and facilitate the operationalisation of the ICAO scheme. As a result of the extension of the derogation, the amount of allowances to be auctioned and issued for free, including from the special reserve, should be the same as would correspond to 2016, and should be proportional to the reduction of the surrender obligation. Profits derived from these allowances should be put into initiatives such as SESAR, Clean Sky and other innovative, performance-enhancing aviation-industry projects.
2017/06/08
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) In the light of the resolution adopted at ICAO's 39th Assembly in October 2016 on the implementation of a global market-based measure from 2021 to offset international aviation emissions above 2020 levels, it is considered appropriate to continue the existing derogation pending further progress on the design elements and the implementation of the global market-based measure. In this regard, the adoption of Standards and Recommended Practices by ICAO to complement that Resolution, and implement the global system by 2021 at the latest, is planned for 2018. However, its concrete operationalisation will require action by ICAO parties at domestic level. Also, governance arrangements must be developed by ICAO, including a registry system. In this context, the current derogation of the EU ETS obligations for flights to and from third countries should be extended, subject to the review on implementing the ICAO scheme, in order to promote momentum in ICAO and facilitate the operationalisation of the ICAO scheme. As a result of the extension of the derogation, the amount of allowances to be auctioned and issued for free, including from the special reserve, should be the same as would correspond to 2016, and should be proportional to the reduction of the surrender obligation.
2017/06/08
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) Given that key features of the global market-based measure have yet to be developed and that its implementation depends on domestic legislation by States and regions, it is considered appropriate for a review to take place once there is clarity about the nature and content and of these legal instruments in advance of the start of ICAO's global market-based measure, and a report submitted to the European Parliament and Council. That report should consider any standards or other instruments adopted through ICAO, the actions taken by third countries to implement the global market-based measure to apply to emissions from 2021 and other relevant international developments (e.g. rules under UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement on carbon markets and accounting). That report should consider how to implement these instruments in Union law through a revision of the EU ETS. It should also considermay replace both the EU ETS in Union law and the rules applicable to intra-EEA flights as appropriate. That report should be accompanied by a proposal as appropriate to the European Parliament and the Council consistent with ensuring the contribution of aviation to the Union's 2030 economy-wide greenhouse gas reduction commitment.
2017/06/08
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) As a simplification and in order to lighten administrative tasks for the smallest aircraft operators and for outermost regions, non-commercial aircraft operators emitting less than 1000 tonnes CO2 per annum and outermost regions should continue to be considered as meeting the requirements of Directive 2003/87/EC for another ten years, during which measures should be elaborated so that in future all operators contribute to emission reductions.
2017/06/08
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 28 b – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall report to the European Parliament and the Council at least once a year on the relevant ICAO standards or other legal instruments as well as on domestic measures taken by third countries to implementapply the global market-based measure to be applied to emissions from 2021, and on other relevant international developmentsall emissions in international aviation from 2021.
2017/06/08
Committee: TRAN