781 Amendments of Pär HOLMGREN
Amendment 2 #
2024/2030(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Welcomes the involvement of the EU Agencies in establishing a common data platform on chemicals as proposed by the Commission; regrets, however, the special treatment proposed for EMA to include only data submitted to it after the entry into force of the new Regulation, and only on certain substances, thus withholding the very large majority of data that it holds on chemicals from the common data platform; stresses that inclusion of all chemicals-related data that EMA holds would greatly help to develop predictive toxicity testing and thus to develop alternatives to animal testing; calls on the EMA and the Commission to reconsider their position accordingly;
Amendment 14 #
2024/2030(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the ECDC mandate was extended following the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2022/23701 which entered into force on 13 December 2022 in order to strengthen the Union's health security framework in the fields of epidemiological surveillance; invites the Commission to strengthen investments in the public health workforce and enhance coordination mechanisms for responding to emerging threats, such as infectious disease outbreaks; welcomes the fact that the ECDC began to implement its new mandate by reviewing the modalities of collaboration with its main partners and stakeholders, as well as the structure and content of its Strategy 2021-2027; emphasizes the importance of maintaining the annual declarations of interest of all management board members, advisory forum members and their alternates updated and accessible ; _________________ 1 Regulation (EU) 2022/2370 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 November 2022 amending Regulation (EC) No 851/2004 establishing a European centre for disease prevention and control (OJ L 314, 6.12.2022, p. 1–25 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2022/2370/oj)
Amendment 29 #
2024/2030(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Observes that the Agencies budget relies on collected fees and a contribution from the Union’s general budget; takes note with concern that after a rise in 2022, in 2023 the ECHA’s fee income has again decreased, increasing the reliance on the Union to finance its operations; stresses the need to address the lack of predictability of the ECHA’s fee income andwhich is hindering its ability to implement its Work Programme effectively; reiterates its previous calls to the Commission to improve the ECHA’s budgetary certainty by urgently presenting its proposal to strengthen the governance of ECHAfor a founding regulation for the ECHA to strengthen the governance of ECHA and to secure sustainable financing, in line with its commitment expressed in the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability;
Amendment 32 #
2024/2030(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls the necessity of ensuring adequate staffing reflecting the needs of the European Green Deal and the Union Chemical Strategy for Sustainability, Circular Economy Action Plan and, in particular, the zero pollution target, and the associated increase in tasks; highlights that ECHA's expanding workload, coupled with delays in the REACH revision process, can potentially jeopardize its capacity to fulfil its central role in ensuring science-based regulation and a high level of protection while supporting the single market;
Amendment 38 #
2024/2030(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on the ECHA to enhance its communication strategies to prevent the misinterpretation of its progress on the PFAS restriction process; stresses the urgent need to address the growing evidence of health and environmental harm caused by PFAS, including their presence in human tissues, and to ensure these risks are fully considered in the socio-economic assessment of the restriction;
Amendment 39 #
2024/2030(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Reaffirms the importance of the precautionary principle as a cornerstone of EU chemicals regulation and calls on ECHA to prioritize precautionary approaches when scientific evidence indicates potential risks to human health or the environment; calls on the ECHA to further refine its stakeholder engagement processes to achieve a more proportional balance between industry, civil society, and independent scientific expertise, ensuring that the voices of all stakeholders are adequately represented and that public and environmental health are not subordinated to economic interests;
Amendment 46 #
2024/2030(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the EEA provides sound, independent information on the environment; commends the quality of its outputs released in 2023, such as Pathways towards circular plastics in Europe — good practice examples from countries, business and citizens, Assessing the costs and benefits of climate change adaptation and European forest ecosystems: key allies in sustainable development; appreciates the EEA’s support of members of the ENVI committee by providing excellent, up-to- date data and information;
Amendment 49 #
2024/2030(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges the adaptability of the EEA, which, in addition to its planned publications for 2023, released additional works on topics ranging from extreme weather to human health, such as The importance on restoring nature in Europe, demonstrating its capacity to inform and fuel current policy debates arising from evolving circumstances; emphasizes that, as climate and environment have become horizontal priorities with the European Green Deal, the EEA provides further added value through its broad and interconnected knowledge base; notes that, through its Eionet network and digitalisation work, the EEA is well- placed to support the implementation of the European Green Deal on the ground;
Amendment 54 #
2024/2030(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Notes that the work of the EEA is by nature trans-boundary and that the quality and usefulness of the EEA research and activities is significantly enhanced by the inclusion of non-EU EEA member countries and non-EU EEA cooperating countries, for example demonstrated by the excellent standing cooperation with the Western Balkan countries; hopes in the context of enlargement that the EEA will soon be able to welcome Moldova and Ukraine as cooperating or member countries; regrets also in this context that the United Kingdom has not yet returned as an EEA member or cooperating country following its exit from the European Union;
Amendment 55 #
2024/2030(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the fact that, following the Discharge Authority’s recommendations of 2022, the EEA has established regular progress monitoring processes for both the implementation of key reports and assessments and recently with a stronger focus on indicators, and has consecutively reached a budget execution rate of 100% of the annual budget, a 100% delivery rate of key reports and assessments, and high engagement with key stakeholders and network partners throughout the year; notes the need for more actionable recommendations and enhanced coordination with national agencies to ensure the effective application of EU environmental policies;
Amendment 58 #
2024/2030(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Takes note with concern that despite the multi-year nature of the EEA’s tasks, an imbalance exists concerning the numbers of permanent versus contractual posts, as well as operational staff versus support staff, leading to a constant need for reskilling as well as an overload of administrative work for scientists; takes note that the growing number of collaborations between Directorates- General in implementing the Green Deal has created a complex patchwork of agreements that results in heavy administrative burden for the EEA, whereby some tasks which are long-term in nature are funded by short-term financial agreements; considers that taking into account the substantial increase of workload, and in order to properly perform the tasks on the Union’s goals for, inter alia, climate neutrality, circular economy and nature restoration, the EEA’s staff number should continue to substantially grow in the years to come and the EEA budget needs to increase in proportion in order to keep up with the necessary increase in staff numbers.
Amendment 74 #
2024/2030(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls on the Commission to increase the budget of EFSA and stresses the necessity of ensuring adequate staffing to reflect the needs of the more systematic implementation of a ‘One Health’ approach to risk assessment;
Amendment 77 #
2024/2030(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Recalls that since 2015, the Parliament has adopted 83 resolutions objecting to the placing on the market of GMOs for food and feed; highlights that one reason for these objections are gaps in the risk assessment undertaken by the Authority's Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms; urges the Authority to address and close these gaps as a matter of urgency;
Amendment 79 #
2024/2030(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Notes that a recent report1a highlighted that EFSA’s ‘GMO Panel’, which is responsible for the assessment of genetically engineered organisms, includes a large number of researchers involved in the development of genetically engineered plants, some of whom have links to the industry; urges the Authority to better address conflict of interests and to actively include more independent experts in its panels; _________________ 1a https://www.testbiotech.org/wp- content/uploads/2024/09/Testbiotech_EF SA_GMO_Panel_2024-1.pdf
Amendment 81 #
2024/2030(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Highlights that the European Parliament adopted two resolutions at the beginning of the mandate to object to Maximum Residues Levels (MRLs) for pesticides due to cumulative and synergistic effects not having been taken into account in EFSA’s reasoned opinion;
Amendment 82 #
2024/2030(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the fact that the EFSA continued implementing its new organisational structure that was put in place in 2022 to reflect the Transparency Regulation; notes that the Transparency Regulation required the Commission to develop and adopt a ‘General Plan for Risk Communication’, which has not been presented by the Commission despite the preparatory work completed by the EFSA; highlights the need to improve efficiency and transparency in the EFSA’s process architecture.
Amendment 85 #
2024/2030(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Stresses the need to preserve EFSA’s independence by avoiding any ad-hoc future modification to its functioning, such as expanding the scope of pre-submission advice (article 32a of the Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety) to technical matters such as study design and protocols to be tested; notes the potential damage to public trust in EFSA work from ad-hoc changes to its functioning;
Amendment 96 #
2024/2030(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that the EMA is a fee- funded agency, with 88,21 % of its 2023 revenue stemming from fees for applications for marketing licenses for pharmaceutical products and for post- authorisation activities, 11,43 % stemming from the Union budget and 0,36 % from various other sources; stresses that despite the majority of funding coming from private sources, the EMA is a public authority; underlines that public trust in and guarantee of the Agency’s independence and integrity is crucial and therefore highlights the need to ensure transparency of these revenues and; welcomes the fact that in the future the EMA will have the obligation to publish in its activity report the annual revenue received per type of fee and charge according to Regulation (EU) 2024/5682 ; _________________ 2 Regulation (EU) 2024/568 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 February 2024 on fees and charges payable to the European Medicines Agency, amending Regulations (EU) 2017/745 and (EU) 2022/123 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Regulation (EU) No 658/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC) No 297/95 (OJ L, 2024/568, 14.2.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/568/oj).
Amendment 98 #
2024/2030(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that in 2023 the EMA received 6 965 requests for information and 709 requests for access to documents and that the EMA applies a queuing system that leads to delays in the treatment of the requests; emphasises the importance of transparency in the EMA operations, hence the need to ensure a timely access to information and documents in order to reinforce public trust in regulatory decisions and the medicines placed on the EU market;
Amendment 102 #
2024/2030(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that the situation regarding the EMA’s former premises in London became increasingly challenging in 2023, with a need for the EMA to dedicate significant levels of resources to managing commercial real estate in a third country, endangering its core activities; calls on the Commission and the Council to secure a long-term political resolution of this issue and to allow the EMA to fully focus its efforts on its public health missionensure that the EMA has sufficient resources to carry out all of its activities and regulatory mechanisms including facilitating the development and access to medicines, supporting research and innovation and its responsibilities for monitoring and mitigating potential or actual shortages of critical medicines without any delay.
Amendment 22 #
2024/2019(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the importance of proper scrutiny of climate expenditure in the Union budget, and holds the Commission accountable for the implementation of a robust and reliable methodology, in line with the commitments undertaken in the MFF agreement and paragraph 16d of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 16 December 2020 between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management, as well as on new own resources, including a roadmap towards the introduction of new own resources2 ; calls on the Commission to follow the Court’s recommendations in the relevant reports to better estimate climate spending under future funding instruments, to ensure adequate design of future funding instruments that are to support the climate and environmental objectives and targets, to enhance the performance of green transition measures and to ensure comprehensive, consistent, reliable and transparent reporting on climate spending under the RRF; including by systematically implementing the “do no significant harm” principle in line with the requirements of the Financial Regulation, to enhance the performance of green transition measures including by adopting more impact oriented mainstreaming targets and to ensure comprehensive, consistent, reliable and transparent reporting on climate spending under the RRF; welcomes the design of the NextGenerationEU Green Bond Allocation and Impact Report as a model for future funding instruments; _________________ 2 OJ L 433I, 22.12.2020, p. 28, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree_interinstit/2 020/1222/oj
Amendment 30 #
2024/2019(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that about EUR 20 billion, approximately 5% of the Union budget, was dedicated to the biodiversity mainstreaming objective, under various programmes e.g. the CAP, the RRF, cohesion policy programmes and the LIFE programme; urges the Commission to maintain its efforts to meet the targets for biodiversity mainstreaming of 7.5% for 2024 and 10% for 20276 and 2027 in particular following the revision of the CAP earlier this year ; welcomes the update of the biodiversity tracking methodology includingfor expenditures under the CAP;
Amendment 31 #
2024/2019(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Recalls that in line with Article 11.2 TEU, EU institutions must maintain an open, transparent and structured dialogue with civil society organisations and representative associations; stresses in this regard that access to structural funding is a prerequisite to ensure public participation of citizens through representative associations; considers the democratic participation of civil society in policy-making processes to be crucial in ensuring that a diversity of views and concerns are taken into account in legislative processes; recalls that the Aarhus convention enshrines a legal right of public participation in environmental decision-making; recalls the commitment of the Commission in its political guidelines to step up its engagement with civil society organisations that have expertise and an important role to play in defending specific societal issues and upholding human rights; considers, therefore, that the independence of civil society organisations should be safeguarded and advocacy activities should remain eligible in the relevant EU- funding programs, such as LIFE; urges the Commission to revise its Guidance on funding for activities related to the development, implementation, monitoring and enforcement of Union legislation and policy from May 2024 as the guidance is incompatible with the protection of the democratic right of public participation;
Amendment 32 #
2024/2019(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Considers that civil society and NGOs play an instrumental role in shaping policies that benefit society and our environment; recalls the commitment of the Commission in its political guidelines to step up its engagement with civil society organisations that have expertise and an important role to play in defending specific societal issues and upholding human rights; urges the Commission to revise its guidelines1a from May 2024 in order to ensure the continuation of the funding of NGO activities, including advocacy, under the LIFE programme; considers that discontinuation of this funding for all NGO activities would seriously undermine the voice of civil society in the public debate and would cause a severe reputational risk for the Commission; _________________ 1a Guidance on funding for activities related to the development, implementation, monitoring and enforcement of Union legislation and policy
Amendment 38 #
2024/2019(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Recalls the EU4Health programme's transformative role in supporting public health policy objectives of the Union; regrets that the EU4Health programme suffered disproportionate cuts in 2023 of EUR 1 billion and that future public health actions in the Union will have to be downsized and the spending profile amended despite their importance for Union citizens; recalls the importance of the public health policies and the clear political commitment in the 2020 MFF agreement to prioritise health funding;
Amendment 43 #
2024/2019(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Notes that the European Ombudsman found maladministration by the European Commission regarding systemic delays in decision-making on authorisations for dangerous chemical substances and found that these delays, averaging 14.5 months instead of the statutory three months, allowed continued use of harmful chemicals, posing significant risks to public health and the environment; notes that the Ombudsman recommended to apply the rules that it is up to applicants to demonstrate that they have satisfied the legal conditions for obtaining the authorisiation by provinding sufficient information and to dismiss applications containing insufficient information; highlights the insufficient transparency in the Commission's processes and urges improvements, including timely public reports on the deliberations of the REACH Committee to enhance accountability; expects the Commission to follow the recomendations of the Ombudsman;
Amendment 28 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Citation 25 a (new)
— having regard the adoption of the Climate Change and Defence Roadmap of 09 November 2020;
Amendment 33 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Citation 31 a (new)
— having regard to the adoption of the Strategic Compass for Security and Defence on 21 March 2022;
Amendment 52 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Recital B
B. whereas there has been inadequate collective progress towards achieving the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement since it was adopted in 2015; whereas the 2022 NDC Synthesis Report warns that the total global greenhouse gas (GHG) emission level in 2030 taking into account implementation of all latest NDCs is estimated to be 10.6% above the 2010 level, and 0.3% below the 2019 level, when the contribution of the Working Group III (WG III) to the |Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) concludes that in scenarios limiting warming to 1,5°C (with over 50% likelihood by 2100) with no or limited overshoot GHG emissions are reduced by 43% by 2030, relative to 2019 level; whereas according to the World Meteorological Organization there is now a 66% likelihood of temporarily exceeding 1.5°C already during the period 2023-2027;
Amendment 74 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas, according to Article 4(3) of the Paris Agreement, the Union's updated Nationally Determined Contribution shall reflect its highest possible ambition, reflecting its common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities; whereas the EU Advisory Board on Climate Change recognises that the Union could achieve up to 70% emissions reduction by 2030;
Amendment 75 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas the latest UNEP Adaptation Gap Report highlights that global efforts in adaptation planning, financing and implementation fail to keep pace with increasing climate risks: whereas the Glasgow–Sharm el-Sheikh work programme on the global goal on adaptation and the global stocktake should be used as opportunities for all Parties to act upon the conclusions of that report as well as those of the IPCC WGII AR6;
Amendment 93 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas both the climate and biodiversity crises are rooted in resource extraction and overconsumption of natural resources;
Amendment 107 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the recent report from the UN High-Level Expert Group on the Net- Zero Emissions Commitments of Non- State Entities (HLEG) recommend better transparency and reporting of non-state climate action;
Amendment 114 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas the unprecedented marine heat wave currently experienced in the North Atlantic, new research showing that the Arctic could be ice-free in summers already by 2030 (ten years ahead of previous predictions), or the undetermined global warming impacts of reducing aerosol and sulphur dioxide emissions, are all evidence that the world may be underestimating the speed and range of global warming;
Amendment 119 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Recalls that the climate and biodiversity crises are the most important challenges facing humanity and that all governments and actors worldwide must do their utmost to overcome them urgently, treating the two crises as closely intertwined;
Amendment 120 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Stresses that the IPCC 6th Assessment Report confirmed that excess emissions from human activities have already raised global temperature by 1.1°C compared to pre-industrial levels as an average for 2010-2019; underlines that if global temperature would reach 1.5°C, entire ecosystems will be forever lost, and extreme weather events, wildfires, droughts and heat waves will become more common;
Amendment 121 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph -1 b (new)
-1b. Reminds that the world has just had the eight warmest years on record, despite the cooling of La Niña the past three years which acted as a temporary brake on global temperature increase; recognises that the current development of El Niño will lead to a new spike in global heating; expresses deep concern over the fact that particularly rapid warming of the world’s oceans is seen even before the onset of El Niño; highlights that this not only means loss of marine species, more extreme weather events and sea-level rise, which in themselves have further implications, but also reduces the oceans’ ability to absorb carbon dioxide; recognises that such carbon cycle feedbacks may force us to completely and rapidly re-evaluate the remaining greenhouse gas budgets;
Amendment 135 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls for the COP28 to address the need for a systemic transformation of our economic model from a growth-dependent system to a new economic model that promotes wellbeing for all within the limits of the planet;
Amendment 151 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that the GST outputs and related COP28 decisions must propose concrete, actionable, and specific processes to get on track with the Paris Agreement goals; is of the opinion that such processes should include the continuation of the annual NDC synthesis report to assess progress on closing the ambition gap, as well as yearly UNFCCC reports measuring progress on sectoral objectives and pledges taken so far; stresses that such processes should lead to concrete policies and plans that take a science-based, gender-responsive, and human rights based approach, including the rights of Indigenous Peoples, taking into account social justice and intergenerational equity;
Amendment 157 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Stresses the importance of delivering an ambitious outcome at COP28 that points to a tangible phase out of fossil fuels, ambitious approaches to reduce energy demand, and a rapid scale- up of renewable energy deployment; urges the Union and the Member States to take a proactive and constructive role in that regard; emphasises that this must include halting all new investments in fossil fuel extraction both by public and private financiers as well as state-owned enterprises;
Amendment 158 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Is of the opinion that the Union and the Member States should not accept an outcome that encourages abatement technologies for fossil fuels in the power sector, or a weak stance on a just energy transition;
Amendment 159 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Emphasises that the IEA net-zero by 2050 Roadmap states that wind and solar need to be deployed four times faster by 2030, compared to 2020 levels; calls on the Commission and the Member States to make this level of ambition a key priority for COP28, and design financial tools that support the deployment and lower the cost of capital in developing countries;
Amendment 161 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 6
6. Urges all Parties to deliver a credible, robust and implementable global goal on adaptation framework at COP28 in order to enhance adaptive capacity, strengthen resilience and reduce vulnerability to climate change; urges all Parties to adopt a permanent agenda item on GGA under the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Paris Agreement (CMA) and its Subsidiary Bodies;
Amendment 165 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that the GGA should be designed to support coordination processes and actions on adaptation at local, regional and national levels, with locally derived goals and led plans and actions; stresses the importance of ecosystem- and community based adaptation based on inclusive approaches, including Indigenous Peoples’ wisdom, values and knowledge;
Amendment 173 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on all Parties to scale up their commitments and present a definitive roadmap for a collective objective of doubling adaptation finance by 2025, based on 2019 levels, with the aim to achieve a balance between mitigation and adaptation finance; calls on the Commission and Member States to work with other contributor countries to put forward a robust plan to meet the COP26 commitment;
Amendment 178 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Urges the Commission and Member States to set out concrete pathways to increase its adaptation finance by 2025, including through the EU budget, prioritising grants, to commit to the Principles for Locally-Led Adaptation, and to improve access to adaptation finance;
Amendment 191 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 7
7. Urges all Parties to deliver on making the loss and damage finance facilityund operational at COP28 in order to ensure new, additional, adequate and predictable public funding that clearly prioritises grants to avert, minimise and address loss and damage associated with the adverse impacts of climate change, with priority being on addressing loss and damage; urges the Commission and the Member States to be ready to make significant multi-year pledges to the new Loss and Damage Fund by or at COP28;
Amendment 197 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on all Parties to ensure meaningful participation of civil society and frontline communities within the governing instrument of the Loss and Damage Fund;
Amendment 200 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Supports the creation of new and additional innovative sources of financing for loss and damage, including but not restricted to an international levy on maritime and aviation emissions, an international levy on fossil fuel producers, an international tax on financial transactions;
Amendment 203 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Urges the Commission to support further work on the selection of the Santiago Network host according to principles set out in the COP27 decision, in view of a decision at COP28;
Amendment 213 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Strongly deplores the numerous cases of censorship, intimidation, harassment and surveillance of members of civil society organisations, as well as the wave of arrests, that took place around COP27 in Egypt; recalls its previous positions on the human rights situation in the United Arab Emirates; reiterates its call upon the UNFCCC Secretariat to develop human rights criteria that countries hosting future COPs must commit to meeting as part of the host agreement, and urges the Commission and the Member States to take the lead in this process;
Amendment 215 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Strongly deplores that the United Arab Emirates has named the head of the state oil company ADNOC Group, Sultan Al Jaber, as the Chair of COP28, and a dozen employees of the COP28 team have direct links with the fossil fuel industry; is alarmed by reports showing that ADNOC employees have been able to read emails to and from the COP28 climate summit office and were consulted on how to respond to media inquiry; urges Member States and the Commission to advocate for the United Arab Emirates to withdraw the appointment of Sultan Al Jaber as President-designate of COP28 and for the UNFCCC to ensure that no future COP President and staff can have direct or indirect financial ties to the fossil fuel industry;
Amendment 220 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for the UNFCCC decision- making process to be protected from interests that run counter to the goals of the Paris Agreement; urges the UNFCCC to take the lead in proposing an ambitious Accountability Framework that would protect the UNFCCC work from undue influence of the fossil fuel industry and other big polluters, on the model of what the WHO FCTC adopted with regards to the tobacco industry;
Amendment 225 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Recognises that measures against conflict of interests also need to be strengthened within the Union institutions to ensure that the Union decision making process is protected from interests that run counter the goals of the Paris Agreement; calls on the Bureau and the Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament to adopt further measures to restrict access to the European Parliament to organisations representing interests that run counter the goals of the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 237 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that the current geopolitical situation highlights the urgency of cuttending dependence on fossil fuels and the need to boost the deployment of renewables; calls on the Commission and the Member States to adopt specific, science-based and binding dates for the phase-out of fossil fuels consumption within the Union; recalls that phasing out the use of fossil fuels would strengthen the Union's energy security by cutting its dependence on third countries;
Amendment 244 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Highlights that additional efforts to increase the Union ambition beyond reaching -55% reduction in net GHG emissions by 2030 would considerably decrease the Union’s cumulative emissions until 2050, and thus increase the fairness of the Union’s contribution to global mitigation;
Amendment 248 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Stresses the importance of not only increased NDCs but also that all Parties, including the EU and its Member States, align their policies and financial systems to a pathway compatible with the committed ambition; Highlights in this regard the European Court of Auditor’s recent findings1a that there is little indication so far that the EU’s climate ambition for 2030 will translate into sufficient action; _________________ 1a ECA Special Report 28/2023, EU climate and energy targets: 2020 targets achieved, but little indication that actions to reach the 2030 targets will be sufficient.
Amendment 254 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for Union-wide post-2030 intermediate climate targets to be set, in accordance with the European Climate Law and reflecting the advice of the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change, and based on the COP26 decision regarding common time frames encouraging Parties to communicate in 2025 a nationally determined contribution with an end date of 2035, and for the corresponding legislative proposals to contribute to achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 262 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Welcomes the advice of the EU Advisory Board on Climate Change on the determination of an EU-wide 2040 climate target and a greenhouse gas budget for 2030-2050, which recommends limiting the Union total cumulative GHG emissions for the period 2030-2050 to maximum 11-14 Gt CO2e and reducing the EU net GHG emissions by up to -95% by 2040 compared to 1990 levels;
Amendment 271 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Stresses that the Union has already exhausted its fair share of the global GHG budget in line with limiting global warming to 1.5°C when the principle of equity enshrined in the Paris Agreement is applied, and that the Union and its Member States should therefore take additional measures to account for this shortfall;
Amendment 274 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Highlights that the EU’s commitment to being a global leader in the transition towards climate neutrality implies that it should compare well to other industrialised countries in terms of including all greenhouse gas emissions in its reporting, including those of imported goods and from international aviation and shipping; supports in this regard the European Court of Auditor’s recommendation for the EU to account for all greenhouse gas emissions caused by the EU1a, which is a net importer of goods from the rest of the world; _________________ 1a ECA Special report 18/2023, EU climate and energy targets: 2020 targets achieved, but little indication that actions to reach the 2030 targets will be sufficient.
Amendment 280 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 11 d (new)
11d. Reiterates its call for science-based binding EU-wide targets for the reduction of the Union's material and environmental footprints;
Amendment 283 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 11 e (new)
11e. Urges Member States to take all the necessary measures to ensure the protection of people displaced in the context of climate change under EU law;
Amendment 290 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 12
12. HighlightNotes the fact that the EU and its Member States are the largest providers of public climate finance, while expressing its deep concern that public climate finance provided by the EU and its Member States has decreased in 2022 compared to 2021; stresses that the collective failure of developed countries to deliver on their climate finance commitment is hindering progress on other agenda items, as witnessed during the UNFCCC Bonn climate talks of June 2023;
Amendment 299 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses that Parties should aim to achieve a balance between mitigation and adaptation finance, and highlights that a commitment was made at COP26 to double collective adaptation finance by 2025 based on 2019 levels;
Amendment 301 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for developed country Parties, including the EU and its Member States, to ensure that the USD 100 billion climate finance goal can be met and disbursed on average between 2020 and 2025, and to further detail the way forward for the new post-2025 climate finance goal which should go well beyond the 2020 USD 100 billion annual goal, prioritise grants, and take into account the needs and priorities of developing countries for additional and adequate climate finance; recalls its view that stand-alone targets for mitigation, adaptation and loss and damage should be explored as part of this new collective quantified goal on climate finance;
Amendment 306 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 15
15. Considers it essential to advance the Bridgetown Agenda and to make the international financial system fit for the 21st century; calls for major international financial institutions to swiftly adopt and develop green finance, to phase out all direct and indirect support to fossil fuels, and to reform their governance so as to ensure more democratic structure and more balanced participation of and monitoring by civil society organisations and directly affected populations; calls also for an ambitious reform of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, including explicitly integrating tackling climate change and preserving nature and biodiversity in the mission of those two institutions;
Amendment 319 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 16
16. Recalls that all parties must make financial flows compatible with the path towards the 1.5 °C target set out in the Paris Agreement; deplores that fossil fuels subsidies remain stable in the Union, at about €52 billion per year, overwhelmingly originates from Member States’ budgets, and that most EU Member States have no concrete plans on how and by when they will phase out those subsidies, despite their obligation under Article 3(h), point (ii) of Decision (EU) 2022/591;
Amendment 330 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 17
17. Reiterates the need to urgently end fossil fuel subsidies and other environmentally harmful subsidiesIs alarmed by the fact that governments worldwide spent more than €900 billion on fossil fuel subsidies in 2022, the highest figure ever recorded; reiterates the need to urgently end all direct and indirect fossil fuel subsidies as soon as possible and by 2025 at the latest, and other environmentally harmful subsidies as soon as possible and by 2027 at the latest, in the EU and worldwide;
Amendment 333 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls attention to the Sharm el- Sheikh Dialogues on Article 2.1c of the Paris Agreement as an opportunity to progress discussions on an equitable approach to the phase out of public and private fossil fuel and environmentally harmful finance, realign finance to support a just transition, and make finance more available and affordable for developing countries to undertake climate action, including on debt, tax, and technology transfer, with a view to advancing action on Article 2.1c at COP28 and beyond; calls for a permanent agenda item on the implementation of Article 2.1c of the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 338 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Calls for the introduction of global, EU and national taxes and levies, which contribute to Paris Agreement objectives, including but not restricted to fossil fuel taxation, aviation and maritime taxation, an EU financial transaction tax and wealth taxes, from which a share of revenues should be dedicated to new and additional climate finance, including for the new loss and damage fund; stresses that new taxes should be accompanied by global tax reform in line with tax justice principles, in the form of a UN-led process for a global tax framework, a UN Convention on Tax;
Amendment 340 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17c. Notes that 93% of climate vulnerable countries are in debt distress or at significant risk of debt distress; emphasises the importance of debt cancellation to give developing countries the fiscal space to pursue climate and development goals, which should be achieved through an independent debt work-out mechanism, and a multilateral initiative to free developing countries from unsustainable debt; highlights that unsustainable level of debts often force countries to rely on climate-harmful activities such as fossil fuel extraction to repay their foreign denominated debt; is concerned that any additional climate finance in the form of loans will only hinder any meaningful climate action;
Amendment 341 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 17 d (new)
Amendment 362 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Stresses the need to align responses to the climate and biodiversity crises, and highlights the role of agriculture as the dominant driver of nature loss and degradation;
Amendment 363 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Stresses that the world’s land and ocean sinks have absorbed 56% of man- made greenhouse gas emissions of the past 60 years, and that conserving 30 to 50% of land, freshwater and ocean areas would help safeguard nature, help protect the climate, and benefit people;
Amendment 364 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Amendment 376 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Urges Parties to raise their ambition in the land, freshwater and ocean sectors through a rights-based approach in their next round of NDCs, NAPs and Long Term Low-Emissions Development Strategies in coherence with their National Biodiversity Strategies And Plans (NBSAPs);
Amendment 384 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Stresses that the IPCC 6th Assessment Report recognised the importance and mitigation potential of “sufficiency” and demand-side policies, alongside energy efficiency and the urgent need to replace fossil fuels by renewable energies, as key to achieve our climate targets, with demand reduction and shifts in consumption patterns reducing global GHG emissions in end- use sectors by 40-70% by 2050 compared to baseline scenarios; taking into account that reduction potential is higher for countries and population segments with relatively high levels of consumption, and encourages all Parties to the UNFCCC to integrate these aspects into their NDCs;
Amendment 387 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Highlights the IPCC’s conclusions that targeting a climate resilient, sustainable world involves fundamental changes to how society functions, including changes to underlying values, worldviews, ideologies, social structures, political and economic systems and power relationships;
Amendment 388 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 21 c (new)
21c. Reiterates the need to mainstream climate ambition into all EU and national policies, and is looking forward to the first Commission report on the consistency of Union and national measures with the objectives of the EU Climate Law, due by 30 September 2023;
Amendment 389 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 21 d (new)
21d. Recalls that the European Climate Law includes an obligation on the Commission to assess the consistency of any draft measure or legislative proposal, including budgetary proposals, with the EU’s climate targets; deplores that the Commission has not yet fully implemented this provision in the way it conducts its impact assessments on all EU policy areas, and strongly urges the Commission to do so immediately;
Amendment 397 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls for signatories of the Global Methane Pledge to enhance governance on methane to provide an overarching framework to progress towards a collective commitment while promoting international cooperation and coordination and enabling domestic action;
Amendment 399 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Is alarmed by the fact that CO2 emissions from existing global fossil fuel infrastructures would in themselves exceed the remaining carbon budget for remaining below 1.5°C, which confirms the IEA assessment that there should be no new oil, gas or coal development if global warming is to stay below 1.5°C; reiterates its call to the Commission, the Member States and other Parties to work on developing a fossil fuel non- proliferation treaty;
Amendment 401 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 22 c (new)
22c. Calls for a binding Union-wide fossil gas phase-out across sectors by 2035, including intermediate objectives for 2025 and 2030 and equitable national targets;
Amendment 410 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Highlights that in order to ensure the consistency of NDCs with the economy-wide commitments required by the Paris Agreement, the Parties should be encouraged to include emissions from international shipping and aviation in their NDCs and to agree on and implement measures at regional and national level to reduce emissions from these sectors, including non-CO2 impacts from aviation and the full well to wake climate emissions of marine fuels;
Amendment 415 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Calls on the IMO and EU member states to adopt action on maritime emissions in line with the Science Based Targets and the 1.5 degrees temperature limit set by the Paris Agreement, requiring a 37% emission reduction by 2030, 96% by 2040 and 100% by 2050; notes that Science-Based Targets have already been endorsed by developed nations such as the US, UK, Canada and New Zealand and climate vulnerable countries such as RMI, SI Tuvalu, Palau; recognises that if the IMO negotiations fail to achieve action in line with the Paris Agreement, the EU should revise its shipping legislation to enlarge its scope and align them with Science Based Targets; notes that recently approved EU shipping legislation are a step in the right direction but acknowledges that higher targets will be needed to truly drive the transition to zero emission shipping; calls on the EU to engage in bilateral and multilateral diplomacy to support other countries in setting up their own national and regional legislation to decarbonise the shipping sector;
Amendment 426 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 23 c (new)
23c. Recognises that the IMO’s scope only covers a little more than 50% of global shipping emissions, so that national and regional measures will be necessary regardless of the outcome of the revision of the IMO greenhouse gas strategy; calls on the European Commission and Member States to restart UNFCCC negotiations on attribution of international shipping emissions to national inventories on a 50-50% basis mirroring the success of the ETS and FuelEU Maritime;
Amendment 427 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 23 d (new)
23d. Notes that black carbon emissions from shipping rose globally by 12% between 2012 and 2018, and by 85% in the Arctic between 2015 and 2019; stresses that black carbon is estimated to account for about 21% of shipping emissions over a 20-year timescale; considering the urgency of tackling climate change, and in particular the alarming rate at which the Arctic is melting; calls for immediate action to reverse the current increase in black carbon emissions from Arctic shipping; strongly deplores the fact that the IMO adopted ban on the use of heavy fuel oil in the Arctic contains too many loopholes and has been rendered ineffective in protecting the Arctic; urges the Commission to ensure that all ships calling at EU ports and travelling in or near the Arctic switch to cleaner distillates and install particulate filters, which would reduce black carbon emissions by over 90%;
Amendment 432 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 23 e (new)
23e. Calls on Member States to ensure that military greenhouse gas emissions are included in domestic net-zero targets in order to accelerate the development of decarbonisation technologies and strategies;
Amendment 434 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 23 f (new)
23f. Notes that national reporting of military greenhouse gas emissions to the UNFCCC remains voluntary; calls on the High Representative, the Commission and the Council to formulate a proposal for the transparent accounting of Member States’ military emissions to the UNFCCC, acknowledging the adoption of the Strategic Compass for Security and Defence, and in order to fully implement the Climate Change and Defence Roadmap;
Amendment 435 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 23 g (new)
23g. Draws attention to the IPCC AR6 conclusions that climate change impacts are already and increasingly affecting the productivity of all agricultural and fishery sectors, exacerbating water scarcity and threatening food security, nutrition and livelihoods; highlights at the same time that global food systems account for 31% of global emissions; deplores that food and agriculture have up to now not played a key role in climate negotiations, despite the potential of food system change’s to provide solutions and enhance adaptation to climate change, including in the EU; highlights the IPCC’s findings that delays in avoiding or reducing land degradation and promoting positive ecosystem restoration risk long-term impacts including rapid declines in productivity of agriculture;
Amendment 438 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 23 h (new)
23h. Highlights the IPPC’s findings that ecosystem-based strategies and sustainable production methods such as agroecology, crop rotation and planting more nitrogen fixing leguminous crops, as well as a dietary shift to more plant- based protein sources, are useful for both mitigation and adaptation, and would restore soil quality and contribute to natural carbon sequestration;
Amendment 439 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 23 i (new)
Amendment 440 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 23 j (new)
23j. Highlights the IPCC’s findings that, next to increased protection, restoration, afforestation and reforestation, forestry practices in managed forests need to be improved; regrets that a focus on wood production has led to intensive forestry operations, clear-cutting practices and homogenisation of European forests in many regions, which has weakened the natural resilience of forests and compromise their capacity to sustain multiple ecosystem services; highlights that alternative approaches such as close- to-nature forestry would limit negative impacts on biodiversity, reduce carbon emissions from soils and off-site effects on water bodies, reduce soil compaction caused by heavy harvesting machines and facilitate the adaptation of forests to climate change, while supporting both rural economies and societal wellbeing;
Amendment 446 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Highlights the need to strengthen gender considerations and feminist principles within the EU’s climate diplomacy;
Amendment 448 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Calls on all governments to increase efforts for the integration of gender equality in all climate programmes and policies related to mitigation, adaptation and loss and damage, including by increasing investments and finance for gender-just climate solutions led by grassroots and feminist organizations in the Global South which have proven to address gender inequality and discriminatory barriers;
Amendment 451 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 24 c (new)
24c. Stresses the importance of increasing the participation of women in decision-making in the climate diplomacy context, including by further enhancing efforts to have at least 50% of EU and MS representatives in international climate constituted bodies (such as under the UNFCCC) and their delegations to COP28 to be women in all their diversity;
Amendment 453 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 24 d (new)
24d. Highlights that climate change leads to scarcity of natural resources and increases conflicts and tensions, and that women are disproportionately affected by this; points to the fact that 80% of people displaced by climate change are women;
Amendment 454 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 24 e (new)
24e. Urges Member States and the Commission to increase efforts to achieve the goals set out in the Gender Action Plan III; highlights that gender- responsive climate financing is critical for a just transition; calls on the Loss and Damage Transitional Committee to ensure that the Loss and Damage Fund is gender-sensitive and transformative, is guided by the needs of those most impacted and responds to specific losses suffered by women; emphasises the need to increase resources, training and support to National Gender and Climate Change Focal Points, including in the EU;
Amendment 175 #
2023/0271(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Tackling the multi-modal competitive aspect between different transport modes is important to facilitate a substantial modal shift and reach the targets set in the Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy. In order to guarantee a fair level playing field between modes, framework conditions need to be levelled out and external costs should be internalised in pricing. In this regard, taxation and fees across the different modes, such as a tax on kerosene and lower track access charges, should reflect the priorities and contribute to the targets set in the Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy. This would incentivise people and companies to make transport choices in line with the EU’s sustainable transport vision. With an increased demand for rail capacity by both passenger and freight services, investments will also be needed to realise the capacity enhancing measures described above.
Amendment 175 #
2023/0271(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Tackling the multi-modal competitive aspect between different transport modes is important to facilitate a substantial modal shift and reach the targets set in the Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy. In order to guarantee a fair level playing field between modes, framework conditions need to be levelled out and external costs should be internalised in pricing. In this regard, taxation and fees across the different modes, such as a tax on kerosene and lower track access charges, should reflect the priorities and contribute to the targets set in the Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy. This would incentivise people and companies to make transport choices in line with the EU’s sustainable transport vision. With an increased demand for rail capacity by both passenger and freight services, investments will also be needed to realise the capacity enhancing measures described above.
Amendment 328 #
2023/0234(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 22 a – paragraph 4 – point a a
Article 22 a – paragraph 4 – point a a
(aa) collection and subsequent waste management in third countries following the export of textile, textile-related and footwear products listed in Annex IVc;
Amendment 377 #
2023/0234(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 22 c – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 22 c – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) are based on the weightunit volume of the products concerned and, for textile products listed in Part 1 of Annex IVc, are modulated on the basis of the number of distinct textiles products placed on the market and the ecodesign requirements adopted pursuant to the Regulation .../... of the European Parliament and of the Council [P.O. insert the serial number for the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation when adopted]** that are most relevant for the prevention of textile waste and for the treatment of textiles in line with the waste hierarchy and the corresponding measurement methodologies for those criteria adopted pursuant to that Regulation or on the basis of other Union law establishing harmonised sustainability criteria and measurement methods for textile products, and that ensure the improvement of environmental sustainability and circularity of textiles;
Amendment 444 #
2023/0234(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 22 c – paragraph 17 – point a
Article 22 c – paragraph 17 – point a
(a) at least each year, subject to commercial and industrial confidentiality, the information on the amount ofwithout prejudice to the protection of sensitive information and business secrets provided for in Directive (EU) 2016/943 of the European Parliament and of the Council , the information on the amount, in weight and number of items, of products placed on the market, number of distinct textile products placed on the market, the rate of separate collection of used and waste textile, textile- related and footwear products listed in Annex IVc, including such unsold products, on the rates of re- use, preparation for re-use and recycling, specifying separately the rate of fibre-to- fibre recycling, achieved by the producer responsibility organisation, amount of recycled content in products placed on the market, the amount of pre-consumer waste and on the rates of other recovery, disposal and exports;
Amendment 455 #
2023/0234(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 22 d – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 22 d – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Member States shall take the necessary and appropriate measures to achieve, by 31 December 2035, the following targets at national level: (a) reuse of 30 % of waste textile, textile- related and footwear products listed in Annex IVc; (b) local reuse of 15% of waste textile, textile-related and footwear products listed in Annex IVc within 1000 km of the collection point. (c) recycling of 40% of waste textile, textile-related and footwear products listed in Annex IVc; (d) fibre-to-fibre recycling of 10% of waste textile, textile-related and footwear products listed in Annex IVc; Textiles waste exported from the Union shall be counted as recycled by the Member State in which it was collected only if, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006, the exporter provides documentary evidence approved by the competent authority of destination that the shipment of waste complies with the requirements of that Regulation, including that the treatment of packaging waste outside the Union took place under conditions that are equivalent to the requirements of the relevant Union environmental law.
Amendment 3 #
2023/0226(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
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The Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development calls on the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, as the committee responsible, to propose rejection of Commission proposal.
Amendment 28 #
Amendment 5 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
— having regard to the Commission communication of 31 March 2010 entitled ‘An EU policy framework to assist developing countries in addressing food security challenges’ (COM(2010)127),
Amendment 21 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 15 January 2020 on the European Green Deal (2019/2956(RSP)),
Amendment 22 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 b (new)
Citation 4 b (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 20 October 2021 on a farm to fork strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system (2020/2260(INI)),
Amendment 27 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
— having regard to the UN General Assembly resolution of 28 July 2022 declaring access to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment a universal human right;
Amendment 28 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 b (new)
Citation 7 b (new)
— having regard to the UN resolution entitled ‘Transforming our World – the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’, adopted at the UN Sustainable Development Summit on 25 September 2015 in New York (the 2030 Agenda),
Amendment 30 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9
Citation 9
— having regard to the Voluntary Guidelines of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) on the responsible governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests in the context of national food security (2012) and, the CFS Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems (2015), and the CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Food Systems and Nutrition (2021),
Amendment 35 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
— having regard to the report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the development of plant proteins in the European Union of 22 November 2018 (COM(2018) 757),
Amendment 48 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the war against Ukraine and the ensuing significant increases in input prices and speculation are leading to a significant cumulative distortion on global agricultural, fisheries and aquaculture markets, in particular on the cereals and vegetable oil markets; whereas food production and access to food must not be endangered or used as a geopolitical weapon; whereas, however, the Commission has repeatedly confirmed that food availability has not decreased in the EU, and that the EU’s grain exports have even increased;
Amendment 76 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas, according to the FAO, the concept of food security is not limited to the provision of food, but also encompasses the internationally recognised human right to food and stable affordable access to healthy and nutritious diets for all, yet no human right is so frequently violated;
Amendment 92 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas, as a result of the global supply crisis, the FAO estimates that the war in Ukraine, the economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the climate and the biodiversity crises have combined in 2022 to push international food and feed prices have continued to rise significantly above their already high levels; whereas, in order to identify and preventeliminate food speculation, that fuels food price volatility, the EU must adopt new adequate regulation and operators need to become more transparent with regard to their share of value added throughout the food supply chain;
Amendment 99 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas global food insecurity is not primarily caused by a shortage of supply but by conflicts, unequal food distribution and food affordability1a; _________________ 1a WFP and FAO. 2021. Hunger Hotspots. FAO-WFP early warnings on acute food insecurity: August to November 2021 outlook. Rome
Amendment 103 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas, while 63% of low-income people worldwide are employed in agriculture and the overwhelming majority of them work on small farms, and many people are at risk of food shortages and hungerhunger; whereas food insecurity and malnutrition are driven by conflict, climate extremes, economic shocks, and market structures, combined with the high cost of nutritious foods and growing inequalities; whereas the availability of food varies due to climate, seasonality and limited production1 ; _________________ 1 https://www.ifad.org/en/covid19
Amendment 112 #
2022/2183(INI)
F a. whereas well designed agricultural and food policies, including a repurposing of subsidies, can reduce the cost of sustainable and nutritious foods and increase the availability and affordability of healthy diets sustainably and leaving no one behind 1a; _________________ 1a FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP and WHO. 2022. The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022. Repurposing food and agricultural policies to make healthy diets more affordable. Rome, FAO
Amendment 121 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the future food security of the European Union is directly linked to the ambitions of the Farm to Fork Strategy and the Green Deal; whereas the cumulative effect of Green Deal related legislation must not lead to a decline in EU food production that could jeopardise food security in the EU, as food security depends on resilient and sustainable food systems in the short and long term; whereas the European Green Deal and the Farm to Fork Strategy adopt holistic approaches not only to preventing a climatic and biodiversity crisis in Europe, but also to ensuring food security, improving nutrition and public health and ensuring the affordability of food, while generating fairer economic returns for farmers in the supply and value chain and strengthening the position of primary producers by improving sustainability, by addressing the climate crisis, soil health and an existential ecosystem collapse, and by increasing autonomy for farmers and supply chains;
Amendment 135 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas the first mid-term review of the Farm to Fork strategy is planned for mid-2023 and will consider the findings from the Commission’s study on the drivers of food security;
Amendment 136 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
G b. whereas short-term measures to tackle immediate food production and distribution challenges and support the most vulnerable must not jeopardise the EU’s long-term goals of resilience and sustainability; whereas EU food security cannot undermine third countries’ food security and food sovereignty;
Amendment 137 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)
Recital G c (new)
G c. whereas the Farm to Fork Strategy outlined several important initiatives, including an EU contingency plan for ensuring the supply of food and food security in times of crisis within the legislative framework, to further accelerate the transition towards a sustainable food system by the end of 2023;
Amendment 138 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G d (new)
Recital G d (new)
G d. whereas the Farm to Fork Strategy aims to reduce the use of farm inputs and notably to decrease the overall use of chemical pesticides by 50 %, of the most hazardous pesticides by 50 %, and of fertilisers by at least 20 % by 2030;
Amendment 139 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G e (new)
Recital G e (new)
G e. whereas the status quo according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services report, shows a clear trend towards productivity decreasing owing to ecological simplification and agroecosystem collapse 1a, which is linked to over-reliance on artificial inputs, and collateral damage, e.g. soil erosion, loss of topsoil, pollinator decline affecting yields, loss of beneficial species underpinning productivity, a lack of resilience against pest attacks, droughts and flooding, impacts reducing the yields of fisheries and aquaculture production and a redistribution of marine fish stocks, as also outlined in the IPCC’s Special Report published in 2019; _________________ 1a Hallmann, C.A. et al., ‘More than 75 percent decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass in protected areas’, PLoS ONE, Vol. 12, No 10, PLOS, San Francisco, 2017.
Amendment 140 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G f (new)
Recital G f (new)
Amendment 141 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G g (new)
Recital G g (new)
G g. Whereas the pesticide-yield modelling that exists often assume the worst case scenario, i.e. a switch from one day to the next in pesticide use to nothing, without any transition or mitigation measures, and even given the intrinsic limitations of modelling approaches, some are not carried out by agricultural experts or do not consider all alternative techniques, or are not peer-reviewed, or have a heavy bias with respect to economic interests (e.g. USDA), etc.;
Amendment 142 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G h (new)
Recital G h (new)
G h. whereas the cliff edge scenario portrayed in some of the modelling is unlikely to occur considering the full EU legislative proposal on pesticides, as this includes transitional and mitigation measures to soften the curve and speed up the transition time for adaptation i.a using IPM and other approaches to limit pest occurrence, take-up via CAP interventions e.g. eco-schemes and climate-agri-environment measures to build up functional biodiversity including predators of pests, and insuring farmers against any losses during the transition; whereas mitigating measures that aim to replace the action carried out by chemicals and replace it with actions carried out by living systems and biodiversity, will also limit susceptibility and thus regulate pests, and will have also enormous co-benefits for climate resilience; whereas the revised pesticide law is not proposing zero synthetic pesticides but a 50% decrease, and IPM allows for them to be used as a last resort once other non-chemical mitigation and preventative measures have been taken; whereas the role of public/EU funds in any case is to support the farmers who take the financial risk throughout the transition;
Amendment 154 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas most Europeans’ diets are not in line with recommendations for healthy eating, which include increased consumption of sustainably and regionally produced plants and plant- based foods, such as fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains and legumes; whereas there is a need to address the overconsumption of meat and dairy, and ultra-processed products, as well as products high in sugars, salt and fats 1a; _________________ 1a European Parliament, Resolution of 20 October 2021 on a farm to fork strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally- friendly food system, 2020/2260(INI)
Amendment 179 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
I a. whereas there is a need to reconsider the EU land use in order to ensure food security, as nearly two-thirds of the EU's cereals are used for animal feed and around one-third for human consumption; whereas 3% are used for biofuels 1a; _________________ 1a KELLY, P., 2019. The EU cereals sector: Main features, challenges and prospects, EPRS: European Parliamentary Research Service. Retrieved from https://policycommons.net/artifacts/13347 83/the-eu-cereals-sector/1940587/ on 12 Dec 2022. CID: 20.500.12592/rjvbmx.
Amendment 182 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
I b. whereas supporting the large-scale feeding of animals with food or arable land that could otherwise be allocated for human consumption is an inefficient use of calories and results in the EU being a net importer of calories 1a; whereas a reduction in the consumption of animal products and a transition to self-sufficient farming of livestock fed on EU grasslands and legumes would make it possible to move the EU from being a net importer to a net exporter of calories and reduce its carbon footprint, and would contribute to restoring biodiversity, storing carbon in EU agroecosystems and reducing the EU’s dependence on natural gas and fossil fuels for fertiliser production; _________________ 1a Sciavo, M et al., An agroecological Europe by 2050: What impact on land use, trade and global food security?, IDDRI, Paris, 2021.
Amendment 186 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I c (new)
Recital I c (new)
I c. whereas the 1996 Rome resolution of the farmers' organisation La Via Campesina first defined food sovereignty as the right of people and countries to define their own agricultural and food policies; whereas this concept aims at enabling each country to feed its own population and to be independent; whereas the Farm to Fork Strategy’s intention to reduce farmers’ dependency on external outputs is in line with this definition;
Amendment 188 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I d (new)
Recital I d (new)
I d. whereas the 1994 Marrakech Agreement and in particular the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Agriculture have contributed to the specialisation of agricultural regions; whereas this specialisation has led to regions with high levels of exports and others that are almost fully dependent on imports: whereas this situation is not resilient to crises, such as wars, and is one of the factors contributing to the current global food instability;
Amendment 189 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I e (new)
Recital I e (new)
I e. whereas in the EU, nearly 57 million tonnes of food waste (127 kg/inhabitant) are generated annually with an associated market value estimated at 130 billion euros; whereas at the same time, some 36.2 million people cannot afford a quality meal every second day; whereas the top contributors to food waste in the EU are households (53 %) and processing (19 %), 11% being wasted at the primary production stage;
Amendment 190 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I f (new)
Recital I f (new)
I f. whereas gender inequality influences the distribution of labour and leads to a disproportionate and unpaid care burden on women and girls; whereas it is necessary to ensure the protection of women’s and girls’ rights at all levels and provide space for them in decision- making processes in the agri-food sector; whereas women and girls are most impacted by climate change and disasters, leading to increased vulnerability due to compounding risks; whereas gender inequalities have a direct impact on nutrition, shaping food dynamics in the household and community;
Amendment 197 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine have once again demonstrated the need for the EU to strengthen its food security andby reduceing its dependence on imports from outside the EU; welcomes the adoption, due to the exceptional current circumstances, of temporary, supporting the shift to sustainable plant-rich diets and rebalancing the proportion of EU land used for production of animal feed with that for producing human food; stresses the exceptionality and the temporary nature of the certain measures adopted to increase EU production during the 2022/23 harvest season, which will contribute to food security;
Amendment 211 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Emphasises that while the negative impact of the war in Ukraine on global food security has been significant, this crisis has built up on the existing systemic failures in the food system, and that sufficient short- and longer-term measures need to be adopted to address hunger and malnutrition in Europe and beyond; highlights the need to develop appropriate tools to address future food crisis in a sustainable way, compatible with our objectives on climate and biodiversity, rather than resorting to disruptive short-term solutions and increased international trade;
Amendment 235 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Amendment 240 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to take the necessary measures to provide farmers with planning security and guarantees, making it possible to maintain and, if necessary, increase food production in the EU; calls on the Commission to ensure that farmland is used primarily for the production of food and feed, while ensuring the implementation of the necessary measures to reduce GHG emissions and reverse biodiversity loss, in line with the Farm to Fork and the Biodiversity Strategies, the upcoming Nature Restoration Law, the CAP objectives and the need to ensure food security in the long term;
Amendment 252 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Highlights that the two major middle- to long-term threats to farming and food production are climate change and the ecosystem collapse; notes that the latest IPCC report forecasts acute future problems for agriculture, the ecosystem stability, water availability and food security; notes also that agriculture relies upon healthy ecosystems, notably functional soil ecosystems, and a sufficient population of pollinators and predators of pests; highlights that more than 75 % of global food crop types, including fruits and vegetables rely on animal pollination;
Amendment 257 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Calls therefore on the Commission and the members states to focus their efforts in making EU farming and food production more resilient and in decreasing drastically the negative impacts of this sector on climate and the ecosystems, notably by strengthening its autonomy and increasing the diversity of food crops, decreasing its reliance on fossil-based inputs and by moving to more sustainable diets; calls on the Commission to support further investments that can accelerate the green transition and secure sustainability and autonomy, both in the EU and in developing countries;
Amendment 279 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the European Green Deal could beis a milestone in the EU transition to a greener and more sustainable economy, while pointing out that many of the resulting measures might have adverse effects, which have not yet been properly assessed, on EU farms and food security; calls on the Commission to carry out a comprehensive assessment of the cumulative impact of Green Deal legislative proposals on the EU farming sector; calls on the Commission to ensure that the mid-term evaluation of the Farm to Fork strategy reflects on a comprehensive assessment of the cumulative impact of Green Deal legislative proposals on the EU farming sector in a holistic and systemic manner, covering all dimensions of sustainability, be they environmental, economic or social, including health;
Amendment 304 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Notes that the number of farm animals is growing in the EU and that animal products represent 22 % of food exported by the EU; highlights that 60% of crop surfaces in the EU are dedicated to producing feed, and that close to 30 millions of tons of soybeans and soybeans products are imported in the EU every year, leading to an extractive, high carbon footprint and fragile model, linked to deforestation;
Amendment 306 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Notes the multiple benefits of highly productive rotational grazing systems already working very well in e.g. mid-USA, New Zealand, and the EU, that reduce production costs by cutting out imported feed, allowing grazers to break even; notes that leaving the meadow sward ungrazed for longer by rotating the livestock, allows vegetation to grow higher, remain cooler and trap moisture as well as producing more fodder, also allowing a range of plant species to grow, flower and set seed, which makes the system less susceptible to heatwaves and droughts, the roots grow deeper, kickstarting life in the rhizosphere and creating topsoil, sinking more carbon and allowing the plants to resist drought; highlights that more flowering plants also means more pollinators and so higher yields in surrounding areas;
Amendment 307 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Calls on adapting the size of the EU herd to the planetary boundaries and what the EU land can support, allowing at the same time to reach the objectives of the methane pledge and the Paris agreement; highlights that such a transition must be supported by a systemic strategy at EU and national level in order to avoid unbearable disruptions, as well as at farm level ; notes that a comparable profitability with reduced herds can be achieved for herbivore animals farming by switching to pasture based grazing, allowing to cut of input costs;
Amendment 308 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Amendment 309 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3 d. Underlines the importance of seed security and diversity, notably of promoting EU-grown plant proteins to deliver locally sourced food and feed stuffs with high nutritional value while granting farmers access to quality seeds for plant varieties adapted to the pressures of climate change and low input farming systems, including traditional and locally- adapted varieties and heterogeneous material:
Amendment 310 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3 e. Points out that gene-edited plants and animals are patented and should therefore be avoided as they would further contribute to market concentration in seed, plant and animal production and the increase of input costs, in addition to them not providing any advantages over agro-ecological systems, which have proven benefits in terms of biodiversity and the climate when it comes to alleviating food insecurity; calls on the EU and its Member states to prevent patents on biological material used in or produced from means of conventional breeding and to safeguard the freedom to operate and the breeders’ exemption for all conventionally bred varieties;
Amendment 324 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls for closing nutrient cycling loops, shorter food production and supply chains, reducing external inputs and balancing outputs better with the carrying capacities of farmed areas, inter alia to make farming more resilient and autonomous both on-farm and EU level;
Amendment 331 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3 a (new)
Subheading 3 a (new)
Sustainable healthy diets and sustainable food systems
Amendment 334 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Amendment 335 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Calls on the Commission to present an ambitious proposal for an EU Sustainable Food System Framework Law establishing a clear and measurable path towards food system sustainability in the EU; highlights that such a law should ensure coherence among all existing and future food-related policies, including the EU’s external policies and shift consumption towards sustainable and healthy diets, including support for a higher consumption of legumes, vegetable and fruits; promoting favourable food environments with increasing the affordability and the availability of sustainable and healthy food, while ensuring that prices paid for sustainable production and incomes earned by farmers are fair; calls on the Commission to use this draft law to strengthen the responsibility and engagement of large food businesses in the transition towards sustainability and to recognize animal welfare as a requirement for a sustainable food system and encouraging a shift towards animal husbandry which respects planetary boundaries, as well as animals‘ physiological and behavioural needs;
Amendment 338 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Amendment 348 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the EU to speed up the adoption of legislation on the use of new cultivation techniques in order to increase yields and make cropestablish prospective technology assessment to assess pros and cons of new cultivation techniques with a view to make agricultural systems more resilient to climate change and new pathogens, particularly in view of the droughts and water shortages that are afflicting an increasing number of EU Member States; points out that some new cultivation targets canmay promote sustainable agriculture, which is not possible without systemic innovation; based on the principles of agroecology;
Amendment 354 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Amendment 360 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Amendment 363 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Notes the benefits of permaculture and soil-based approaches such as non chemical no-till, shallow ploughing, and carbon friendly techniques that keep pasture swards intact such as zipping/sod seeding (instead of ploughing and reseeding as pasture renewal), as well as intercropping, under-sowing with permanent cover crop including leguminous species, and other innovative organic farming techniques, etc;
Amendment 368 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5
Subheading 5
Amendment 369 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Stresses that data on agriculture and farmland is of public interest, for food security and for environmental protection, and that this data needs to be made available to the public;
Amendment 370 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5 e. Underlines the importance of EU funding for research and innovation, including participatory research as implemented by EIP AGRI, as a key driver in triggering a systemic change and accelerating the transition to a more secure, sustainable, healthy, and inclusive European food system, while facilitating investments needed to encourage agro- ecological practices in both social and technological innovation; highlights the need for efficient mainstreaming of the research and innovation in the agri-food sector as well as peer-to-peer knowledge sharing; calls for 30 % of the budget for research and innovation in agriculture to be ring-fenced for organic and agro- ecological approaches, both in national research and innovation programmes and European frameworks (e.g. Horizon Europe);
Amendment 378 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that digital technologies and precision crop managementinnovation in agriculture can provide forward-looking solutions to the challenges arising when it comes to monitoring deforestation, the use of pesticides and fertilisers or water consumption for agriculture; calls on the Commission to step up and accelerate the use of digital innovation to modernise EU agriculture, enabling farmers to realise their full production potentialsustainable digital, social, commercial, marketing and agronomic innovation in agriculture, enabling farmers to realise their full production potential, while optimising nutrient cycling and respecting their ecosystem limits, and safeguard their incomes in the context of green transition;
Amendment 384 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Notes that innovations in organization and commercialisation models are as valuable as technological innovation for food security and the resilience of our food systems, and should be supported as such;
Amendment 387 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Points out that, while that space data and AI technologies can be a source of much valuable information for agriculture, it can still only be put to very limited use, as in most cases it is not freely available or is too complex to be processed by farms or local authorities; calls for inon the Commission to ensure that data collected or creasted use of such data and technologieswith help of public funds stay public and are not appropriated by private companies, and that data collected on farm belong to the farmer; calls for increased use of such data to help farmers through the green and digital transitions, while ensuring the resilience of EU agriculture;
Amendment 404 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Calls for more stockpile and storage facilities in the EU, especially publicly owned, as demonstrated by the disruption of supply chains experienced during the Covid crisis;
Amendment 408 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Highlights the strategic necessity of decreasing our dependence to fossil- based inputs and notably fertilizers, in order to alleviate the impact on climate change of the farming sector and to increase our autonomy from Russia’s exports;
Amendment 409 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8 c. Notes that the rising of farm inputs costs adds to already high production costs and endanger farmers’ revenues;
Amendment 410 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Amendment 411 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 e (new)
Paragraph 8 e (new)
Amendment 412 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 f (new)
Paragraph 8 f (new)
8 f. Notes the cost to human health of pesticide use, notably the 1.6 million unintentional poisonings per year in the EU 1a, and in particular the effect on farmers’ health especially certain neuro- degenerative diseases and cancers; notes that non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a cancer widespread among regular pesticide users, has been classified as an occupational disease of farmer and agricultural workers in France following a supreme court ruling, and is now recognised by the health insurance system; notes in particular the recent ruling in favour of one farmer’s case against Bayer- Monsanto of acute toxicity resulting in serious neurological damage from a herbicide; _________________ 1a Boedeker W, Watts M, Clausing P, Marquez E. The global distribution of acute unintentional pesticide poisoning: estimations based on a systematic review. BMC Public Health. 2020 Dec 7;
Amendment 413 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 444 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. WelcomNotes the inclusion in the Commission communication on ensuring the availability and affordability of fertilisers (COM(2022)0590) of a strategy to help farmers cope with exceptionally high costs; considers, however, that while it contaiit falls short of expectations many valid medium and long- term policy recommendations, it fails to provide adequate support for farmers in the current crisid misses an opportunity to decrease reliance on increasingly costly artificial inputs, which could have very serious implications for food security;
Amendment 446 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 460 #
Amendment 463 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Reminds that farmers receive, on average, only 27% of consumer expenditure on foods consumed at home and a far lower percentage of food consumed away from home, and that, as a consequence, food affordability is mainlyinfluenced by other factors than production costs at farm level 1a; _________________ 1a Yi, J., Meemken, EM., Mazariegos- Anastassiou, V. et al. Post-farmgate food value chains make up most of consumer food expenditures globally. Nat Food 2, 417–425 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-021- 00279-9
Amendment 465 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Amendment 467 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11 c. Calls for the establishment of emergency financial support to ensure access to food for households living in poverty within the EU, through, inter alia, an increase in funding for the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived;
Amendment 469 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 d (new)
Paragraph 11 d (new)
11 d. Stresses the need for full use of school schemes in order to ensure deprived children have access to food; highlights, furthermore, the utility of public procurement programmes in fostering public support for purchasing from smallholders and local producers when sourcing nutritious food for distribution, to guard against food insecurity;
Amendment 472 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 d (new)
Paragraph 11 d (new)
11 d. Highlights that 88 million tonnes of food are wasted in the EU each year, with associated costs estimated to be EUR 143 billion; stresses that addressing food waste would have an immediate positive impact on food security; reiterates its call to take the measures required to achieve the EU food waste reduction target of 30 % by 2025 and 50 % by 2030 compared to the 2014 baseline; stresses the need to avoid loss of food during storage, to facilitate the donation of food through the coherent implementation of liability law and to encourage the recovery of food waste; calls on supermarkets, in particular, to urgently address the issue of preventable food waste through alternative options such as the roll-out of reduced price promotions and working together with local community projects, such as food banks, to alleviate local food poverty and insecurity;
Amendment 475 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Reiterates that food losses and food waste can be avoidCalls on the Member States to consider legislating on further unfair trading practices that create food waste, in addition to those already covered by the Unfair Trading Practices Directive 1a; calls for the upcoming initiatives on marketing standards to prioritise the reduction of food waste; stresses that consistent overproduction also risks creating food waste; calls for improved monitoring of food waste across the EU, in particular that generated at farm level; calls on all Member States to establish and implement food waste prevention programmes that fully integrate the principles of the circular economy and include the promotion of short food supply chains, which lower the risk of generating food waste; Reiterates that food losses and food waste can be partly prevented if measures are taken to reduce the presence of pathogens in food, for example by ensuring proper hygiene and the use of improved technologies along the entire value chain, as well as the regular publication of information regarding these interrelated factors; _________________ 1a Directive (EU) 2019/633 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain, OJ L 111, 25.4.2019, p. 59.
Amendment 498 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to develop a realistic biofuel production scenario, since the discontinuation thereof would also eliminate protein-rich by-products, thereby significantly exacerbating rather than helping to alleviate the food crisisHighlights the high indirect land use change impact of crop-based biofuels because, notably, of deplacement effects, also linked to human rights abuse, land grabbing and global hunger in third countries; calls on the Commission and the Member States to rapidly put in place temporary suspension measures for the production and blending of crop-based biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels in order to secure additional food supplies, stabilise global food commodity markets and phase out crop-based biofuels, not including advanced biofuels, by 2030;
Amendment 508 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that a contribution to food security can be made by sustainable and high-yield farming that preserves natural resources such as soil, water and forests and takes advantage of the opportunities offered by bioenergy and the bioeconomy;
Amendment 509 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Gender Equality 14a. Notes that gender inequalities limit agricultural productivity and efficiency; recalls that women and girls’ empowerment is crucial for nutrition, preserving health, food security and resilience-building; points out that strengthening the role of women and girls remains a challenge for agriculture and for food and nutrition security; calls on the European Commission and Member States to support women's entrepreneurship, employment and political representation, ensure the inclusion of gender perspective in the management of food security and ensure the participation of women in the decision-making process related to this field, including those women belonging to discriminated minorities;
Amendment 2 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
— having regard to Decision (EU) 2022/591 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 April 2022 on a General Union Environment Action Programme to 2030 (“8th Environment Action Programme”)
Amendment 4 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
— having regard to the Commission communication of 14 October 2020 on the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability Towards a Toxic-Free Environment (COM(2020)0667) and Parliament’s resolution of 10 July 2020 on the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability
Amendment 5 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 b (new)
Citation 4 b (new)
— having regard to the Commission communication of 20 May 2020 entitled ‘a Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system (COM(2020)0381),
Amendment 6 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 c (new)
Citation 4 c (new)
— having regard to the Commission communication of 16 January 2018 ‘A European Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy’ (COM(2018)0028) and Parliament’s resolution of 13 September 2018 on a European strategy for plastics in a circular economy
Amendment 7 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 d (new)
Citation 4 d (new)
— having regard to the Commission’s proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for setting ecodesign requirements for sustainable products (COM(2022)142)
Amendment 8 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 e (new)
Citation 4 e (new)
— having regard to the Commission’s proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (COM(2022)71)
Amendment 9 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 f (new)
Citation 4 f (new)
— having regard to its Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on shipments of waste (2021/0367(COD))
Amendment 10 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 g (new)
Citation 4 g (new)
— having regard to Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste (“Waste Framework Directive”)
Amendment 11 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 h (new)
Citation 4 h (new)
— having regard to the Commission communication of 5 March 2020 ‘A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025 (COM(2020)152)
Amendment 12 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
— having regard to the EEA briefings from January 2021 on ‘A framework for enabling circular business models in Europe’ , from January 2021 on ‘Plastic in textiles: towards a circular economy for synthetic textiles in Europe’, from February 2022 on ‘Textiles and the Environment: The role of design in Europe's circular economy’ and from February 2022 on ‘Microplastics from textiles: towards a circular economy for textiles in Europe’
Amendment 17 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas global textile production almost doubled between 2000 and 20152 the fashion, textile and garment sector is increasing material throughput and increasing disposal and waste of clothing and textiles; whereas this has led to troublingly high industry contributions to global carbon emissions, natural resource use of water and land, and biodiversity loss; whereas global textile production almost doubled between 2000 and 20152 ; whereas the consumption of clothes and shoes is expected to increase by 63% by 2030; whereas less than 1 % of all textiles worldwide are recycled into new products3 ; __________________ 2 https://ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/a- new-textiles-economy 3 https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/tex tiles-in-europes-circular-economy
Amendment 20 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas European citizens discard on average 11 kg of textiles per person per year, with garments typically having been worn only 7 or 8 times6a; __________________ 6a https://emis.vito.be/sites/emis/files/articles /91/2021/ETC- WMGE_report_final%20for%20website_ updated%202020.pdf
Amendment 22 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas clothing comprises the largest share of EU textile consumption, with 81 %4 ; whereas the trend of using garments for ever shorter periods before throwing them away is the biggest contributor to unsustainable patterns of overproduction and overconsumption5 is the growing demand for textiles, used for ever shorter periods before being thrown away, rooted in a linear model that is characterised by low rates of use, reuse, repair and fibre-to-fibre recycling of textiles and that often does not put quality, durability and recyclability as priorities for the design and manufacturing of apparel; __________________ 4 https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/reposit ory/handle/JRC125110 5 https://textileexchange.org/app/uploads/20 22/10/Textile-Exchange_PFMR_2022.pdf
Amendment 26 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the European textiles manufacturing industry employs more than 1.5 million people and produces 7.4 kg and imports 27.9 kg of textiles per person per year.
Amendment 27 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Cc. whereas women are both disproportionately represented in the most vulnerable and marginalised positions in the sector; whereas many of the women making up the garment industry are low wage workers, whereas garment workers on average only receive 1-3% of the final retail price of clothing;
Amendment 29 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
Cd. whereas women, migrant and informal workers are key to circularity, but are especially vulnerable to negative social impacts; whereas this requires adoption of intersectional perspectives and approaches; whereas many women workers in the garment industry are under the threat of violence and sexual harassment, whereas the voices of women workers in the garment industry are often unheard and the unequal distribution of power and agency and the lack of representation and access to justice have huge significance for the injustices women workers in the garment sector experience; whereas issues linked to gender-based harassment and violence are often silenced by giant global value chains and intensified by gender power imbalances between a mostly female workforce and predominantly male management structures;
Amendment 33 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas 73% of clothes and household textiles consumed in Europe are imported; whereas the majority of environment and climate change impacts occur in upstream production processes, and thus from an EU perspective externalised to other countries;
Amendment 38 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas, according to the IPCC’s 6th Assessment, limiting warming to around 1,5°C requires global greenhouse gas emissions to be reduced by 43% below 2019 levels by 2030; whereas textiles are on average the fourth biggest contributor to climate change and environmental impact from an EU consumption perspective; whereas human rights, the environment and climate change are strongly interlinked, whereby human rights cannot be enjoyed without a healthy environment and a sound climate, and equally sustainable environmental governance cannot exist without the respect for human rights;
Amendment 43 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cg. whereas recent analysis has shown that voluntary, industry-led regulation has delivered little to no improvements in labour standards over the past three decades, and the pandemic has further compounded pressure on wages and labour standards; whereas industry initiatives such as shifting to more sustainable fibres and textiles, or providing supposedly ethically-conscious options, typically only account for a small percentage of a brand’s offerings, allowing the majority of operations to continue in a business-as-usual manner;
Amendment 47 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)
Recital C d (new)
Cd. whereas existing systems for separate collection of textiles in the EU are voluntary and focus on collecting clothing that is deemed rewearable; whereas the JRC estimates that between 50% and 75% of these separately collected textiles are reported as reused; whereas a large share of collected clothing is exported to non-EU countries with no collection infrastructure in place; whereas there is currently no viable business case to separately collect and process all textile waste in the EU, highlighting the need for a collective system and infrastructure to capture the value of used textiles;
Amendment 49 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C e (new)
Recital C e (new)
Ce. whereas hazardous chemicals used in the manufacturing of textiles are harmful to both the environment, workers and consumers; whereas highly toxic chemicals, such as PFAS, continue to play a major role in the production of textiles; whereas many products, including textile products, sold to European consumers do not comply with EU chemicals legislation such as REACH; whereas in its ‘Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability: Towards a Toxic-Free Environment’ the Commission has committed to minimise the presence of substances of concern in textile products through the introduction of new requirements;
Amendment 53 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C f (new)
Recital C f (new)
Cf. whereas the introductions of certification and labelling systems which seek to at best ‘green’, but at worst ‘greenwash’ existing practices do not fundamentally overhaul the existing unsustainable practices that are at the core of many business models;
Amendment 55 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C g (new)
Recital C g (new)
Ch. whereas the Commission in its Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025 commits to include a gender perspective in all aspects and levels of policy making, internal and external, including addressing needs, challenges and opportunities in specific sectors;
Amendment 57 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C h (new)
Recital C h (new)
Ci. whereas the social, green and feminist agenda are interlinked and share the goal to ensure a fair distribution of resources; whereas a circular economy is necessary for the realisation of the green and just transitions; whereas improving social sustainability therefore cannot be done through a single instrument but requires a holistic approach that looks at the entire value chain including design, buying, production, consumption and recycling;
Amendment 58 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C i (new)
Recital C i (new)
Ck. whereas harmful purchasing practices imposed by buyers on their suppliers underpin the overproduction and exploitation of workers in the industry, with transversal social, environmental and climate impacts;
Amendment 60 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C j (new)
Recital C j (new)
Amendment 61 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C k (new)
Recital C k (new)
Cn. whereas research shows clearly that current trends in fashion consumption cannot be maintained if we aim to achieve a fair and just transition to climate neutrality, and therefore that the transition, while desperately needed, cannot happen with a focus mainly on new technologies and changes in production;
Amendment 62 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C l (new)
Recital C l (new)
Amendment 69 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission communication on an EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles and the vision it presents for 2030; stresses that actions following the publication of the Strategy should be fully aligned with the Union’s climate and environmental objectives, in particular that of achieving climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest and of halting and reversing biodiversity lossParis Agreement and the Kunming- Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework; welcomes that textiles have been identified as priority product category for action under the Circular Economy Action Plan; ;
Amendment 73 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges the urgency of ensuring that textile products placed on the EU market are long-lived, reusable and recyclable, and free of hazardous substancesmade largely from recycled fibres, free of hazardous substances and produced in respect of social rights and the environment; stresses that measures must prioritise waste prevention and durability, reusability and reparability over recycling in line with the waste hierarchy; expresses its concern that the measures identified in the EU Strategy might not be sufficient to fulfil the 2030 objective and calls on the Commission to ensure all necessary measures, including additional measures to those identified in the strategy, are taken to achieve the 2030 vision;
Amendment 83 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Emphasises the specific role that first movers, SMEs and start-ups are playing in the transition to a circular and climate-neutral economy; underlines the need for research in sustainable materials, processes, technologies, products and business models, as well as their industrial scale-up; calls on the Commission and Member States to provide support to SMEs where necessary;
Amendment 86 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need for an absolute reduction in the consumption and production of textiles made of virgin resources and the EU’s consumption and production footprint; Calls on the Commission and the Member States to adopt measures to put an end to fast fashion, premised on high volumes of lower quality garments at low price levels; underlines the need to achieve a paradigm shift in the fashion industry to end overproduction and to make fast fashion go out of fashion;
Amendment 93 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to use the textiles strategy as an opportunity to further the Union’s competitiveness in textiles by transitioning the market to one of sustainable and circular products with high standards for the protection of health and the environment, sustainable resource use and full respect for human rights;
Amendment 96 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Welcomes the encouragement in the EU Textiles Strategy to businesses to reduce the number of collections per year, as well as the link made between fast fashion and fossil-fuel based synthetic fibres; regrets that measures mentioned in the Strategy are not sufficiently aimed at solving the main issue of overproduction and overconsumption; calls for new and revised policy to improve the circularity of textiles, such as the Ecodesign Regulation, to prioritise reducing the absolute volumes of textiles placed on the market;
Amendment 97 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Expresses concern that binding science-based targets for 2030, 2040 and 2050 on the protection of biodiversity and to reduce resource use, including for water and energy, and consumption in absolute terms are missing from the Commission strategy and calls for such targets by 2024, in line with the target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; recalls that the European Parliament has already demanded such targets in its resolution of 10 February 2021 on the New Circular Economy Action Plan; emphasises the need for rapid and radical reductions in fashion consumption for the EU to be in line with the Paris Agreement and calls for an equity-based production and consumption footprint reduction target to be equivalent to a 60% reduction of the current average consumption in the G20 countries; expresses its strong concern over the fact that the consumption of clothes and shoes are by contrast currently projected to increase by 63% by 2030;
Amendment 98 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Regrets the widespread use of unfair trading practices and power imbalances in the sector, leading to adverse social, climate and environment impacts; calls for legislation to stop unfair trading practices in the textile sector;
Amendment 100 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the need to support consumers in moving away from fast fashion and the excessive consumption of clothing and in making responsible and sustainable textile consumption choices; calls on the Commission and the Member States to reduce aggressive and false advertisement and develop and implement awareness-raising programmes on sustainable consumption and the environmental and, climate and social impacts of the textile and clothing industry, in collaboration with civil society; points out that information requirements cannot substitute binding targets or ecodesign requirements;
Amendment 108 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Highlights the need to better quantify the role, and understand the drivers of e-commerce platforms/markets and targeted advertising on social media platforms and incentives for excess purchasing, such as buy-now-pay-later options, free shipping and returns and quantity discounts, in driving clothing consumption and investigate regulatory options to allow consumers to limit their exposure to this form of advertising and incentives for excess purchasing;
Amendment 111 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Regrets the large fraction of textiles available on the Union market that are non-compliant with Union law, in particular on hazardous chemicals; calls on Member States to allocate sufficient resources to market surveillance and customs controls to enforce legal requirements, prevent the import of counterfeited or unsafe textile products and ensure a level playing field; calls on the Commission to audit the enforcement systems in Member States with regard to textiles and to make recommendations for improvement, strengthen cooperation and coordination between enforcement bodies, and propose EU enforcement instruments, where necessary; calls on the Commission to make use of the powers granted under article 11 (4) of Regulation (EU)2019/1020 in order to ensure adequate testing of products across the Union;
Amendment 112 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Reaffirms its call on the Commission to take swift legal action when it establishes that EU laws are not being observed; recalls its observation of 16 January 2020 that procedures have to be more efficient in the field of environmental infringements; calls on the Commission to review its internal guidelines on infringement procedures;
Amendment 115 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Draws attention to the fact that imports of non-compliant products sold through online platforms and other digital services are widespread, and calls on those service providere Commission and Member States to ensure that the textile products they sell comply with EU lawsold by those service providers comply with EU law; calls for online marketplaces to be included in definitions of the types of economic operators that market surveillance authorities can take action against;
Amendment 120 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that in addition to its significant negative environmental and climate impacts, the textile industry also has a detrimental social impact; stresses that a disproportionate number of women and marginalised groups are engaged in precarious work, including high levels of part time work, receipt of poverty wages substantially below living wages, forced labour, hazardous working conditions, health damage in connection with chemicals used, and gender-based violence including sexual harassment; recognises the impact of fast fashion on psychological health on workers as well as consumers through aggressive marketing and environmental distress;
Amendment 134 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Considers that any form of pollution needs to be prevented or reduced to levels that are no longer harmful to human health and the environment so as to live well, within the planet’s ecological limits.
Amendment 138 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Expresses concern that from a consumption point of view, over their life cycle, textiles have on average the fourth highest negative impact on the climate and the environment, after food, housing and mobility7 ; points out that in 2020, the textiles sector was responsible for the third highest impact on water and land use and the fifth highest impact on the use of raw materials and greenhouse gas emissions8 ; stresses the need to reduce the impact of manufacturing and wet processing stages where 60% of the climate impact occurs; __________________ 7 https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/tex tiles-and-the-environment-the 8 https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/tex tiles-and-the-environment-the
Amendment 149 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that textiles are the fourth biggest contributor to climate change from an EU consumption perspective, and that the industry’s emissions are only expected to increase9 ; calls for further legislation to fully decarbonise the industry, starting with morewith full value chain transparency on scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions in textile supplyvalue chains; calls for ambitious science-based targets to be set by 2024 for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the textiles sector, covering their entire lifecycle, in line with the Paris Agreement goal of keeping global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial temperatures and with the use of equity-based approaches; recalls that around 70 % of the emissions related to the Union’s textile consumption take place outside of the EU10 ; calls for more robust information and disclosure on the impactsall environmental and climate impacts, including on biodiversity; __________________ 9 https://ec.europa.eu/environment/circular- economy/pdf/new_circular_economy_actio n_plan.pdf 10 https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/tex tiles-in-europes-circular-economy
Amendment 152 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Amendment 161 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the fact that the strategy makes a link between fast fashion and the use of fossil fuel-based synthetic fibres, which in turn has major implications for microplastic pollution; points out that microplastics release climate pollutants such as methane and ethylene into the environment, contributing to climate change, and that microplastics undermine human health and the resilience of the ocean and the environment in general;
Amendment 162 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. CRegrets that the initiative on the reduction of unintentionally released microplastics has been delayed; calls for the setting of clear targets and measures to prevent and minimise the release of microplastics into the environment in the upcoming proposal, covering both unintentional and intentional releases; considers that ecodesign requirements should favour fabrics that are provenbased on already available knowledge prone to release less microplastics; calls also for the setting of requirements to reduce the amount of microplastics released during industrial wet processing and washing and drying by industry and consumers; underlines that all microfibres that cannot safely biodegrade need to be prevented from reaching the environment through either design or collection;
Amendment 168 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Recalls that the transition to a well-being economy, which inter alia is conditioned upon the development of indicators measuring economic, social and environmental progress ‘beyond GDP’ is embedded in the EU’s 8th Environment Action Programme which entered into force on May 2 2022; recalls the 8th Environment Action Programme’s recognition that human wellbeing and prosperity depend on healthy ecosystems and significantly decreasing the Union’s material and consumption footprints; calls for a holistic wellbeing economy approach to the textile sector, to bring the sector back into alignment with planetary boundaries and focus on the wellbeing of people;
Amendment 179 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the need to regulate all textile products under the Ecodesign Regulation, starting with garments and footwear as a priority; calls for the prioritization of textiles in the first working plan of the new ecodesign regulation, due to the high environmental impact and the potential contribution to achieving Union climate, environmental and resource security objectives;
Amendment 187 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that ecodesign requirements should address the textiles sector comprehensively across all product parameters covered by the Ecodesign Regulation, including parameters on material sourcing and on the social impact of textile products such as information on wages, unionisation, gender and working conditions; notes that measures such as improved resource efficiency are not sufficient as that these do not address the issue of overproduction and overconsumption of textiles and rebound effects due to increased efficiency;
Amendment 193 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls for ecodesign requirements for textiles to be set in line with the Union objectives in the fields of climate, including the objective to achieve climate neutrality at the latest by 2050, environment and biodiversity, energy efficiency, resource efficiency and security, and in particular the objective to significantly reduce the overall environmental and material footprints, including embodied emissions in materials, so as to bring them within planetary boundaries by 2050 at the latest, and other related objectives of the European Union as well as obligations pursuant to international agreements;
Amendment 194 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Calls for full traceability of chemicals used in the manufacturing processes and the disclosure of any hazardous or other substances of concern present in textiles through the Ecodesign Regulation and the Digital Product Passport; calls for performance requirements in the Ecodesign Regulation to also address chemical safety, since REACH only provides baseline protection for human health and the environment; calls for the ecodesign criteria to favour the use of environmentally friendly manufacturing processes (wet processes, cutting, dyeing, printing);
Amendment 203 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Considers that consumption of new textiles, such as clothes, depends largely on the availability of the products and their pricing, and not only on the need to replace a product that is no longer functional; underlines in this regard that while longer product lifespans are essential, they alone will not solve the problems of overproduction; calls for the policy framework to take a holistic view of durability, including the emotional durability of textile products put on the market, which describes the garment design that takes into account long-term relevance and desirability to consumers; calls on the Commission and Member States to support the re-use sector as a strong alternative to purchasing new goods;
Amendment 208 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Highlights that not just products and materials, but also business models and the larger infrastructure, have to be designed to increase use, reuse and ultimately, as a last resort, high-quality recycling; stresses that existing circular business models do not reach their full environmental potential and that circular business models need to become the norm and replace, rather than complement, linear business models; calls for the establishment of metrics and benchmarks that demonstrate the environmental performance of the circular business model with policy incentives linked to these demonstrated impacts; calls on the Commission to assess favourable economic incentives to effectively scale such models;
Amendment 218 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13c. Notes with concern the continued support for self-regulatory measures in the ecodesign regulation proposal, as such have so far failed to deliver comparable performance to genuine Ecodesign requirements; notes in this regard that they pose concerns with regard to the scope of the actors covered, for example the exclusion of manufacturers in third countries, and with regard to compliance; calls for self- regulatory measures in the context of the ecodesign regulation to be abandoned.
Amendment 223 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 d (new)
Paragraph 13 d (new)
13d. Expresses concern that online market places and fulfilment service providers have limited responsibility compared to bricks-and-mortar shops and importers in the ecodesign regulation proposal, potentially creating a significant loophole for a huge share of the EU’s online sales of goods; asks that if no manufacturer or importer is established in the Union, online marketplaces shall by default assume the same responsibilities as an importer under the Ecodesign Regulation; asks that fulfilment service providers ensure that for products that they handle that are covered by a delegated act adopted pursuant to the ecodesign regulation, they only service products which comply with the delegated acts matching the obligations of importers;
Amendment 226 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 e (new)
Paragraph 13 e (new)
13e. Underlines the need to create economic incentives and the right regulatory environment for innovation in circular solutions, materials and business models, while at the same time eliminating market-distorting subsidies and environmentally harmful subsidies; calls for economic incentives such as CO2 pricing, extended producer responsibility with eco-modulation of fees and tax incentives promoting for example repair and the use of recycled content as well as other financial incentives promoting sustainable production;
Amendment 229 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 f (new)
Paragraph 13 f (new)
13f. Underlines that policies incentivising choice of fibre in textiles need to take into account the sustainable sourcing and entire life-cycle impacts of those fibres;
Amendment 231 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 g (new)
Paragraph 13 g (new)
13g. Supports the planned initiatives to improve the durability and reparability of products in accordance with the principle of waste prevention in the waste hierarchy, while strengthening consumer rights in both business-to-consumer and business-to-business markets; regrets the delay in the adoption of the European ‘right to repair’, which should cover at least the extended life cycle of products, access to spare parts and to comprehensive information and to affordable repair services for consumers;
Amendment 233 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 h (new)
Paragraph 13 h (new)
13h. Reiterates its call of 29 June 2020 for a paradigm shift for sustainable chemicals to implement the zero-pollution ambition for a toxic-free environment, ensuring a high level of protection of human health, the environment and effective protection of workers; reiterates its call to close the gaps in the current chemicals legal framework, giving priority to products consumers come into close and frequent contact with, such as textiles;
Amendment 234 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 i (new)
Paragraph 13 i (new)
13i. Highlights that hazardous chemicals used in the manufacturing of textiles are harmful to workers and the environment and can remain in garments and household textiles exposing consumers; calls for stringent regulation and enforcement limiting the use of hazardous chemicals in the production process;
Amendment 237 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 j (new)
Paragraph 13 j (new)
13j. Reiterates that, as foreseen in the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability, the EU should minimise the presence of substances of concern in textiles and ensure all textiles are safe und sustainable by design; calls on the Commission to ensure that by 2026 all hazardous chemicals are banned in textiles;
Amendment 238 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 k (new)
Paragraph 13 k (new)
13k. Regrets the slow implementation of the Chemicals Strategy; in particular, regrets the delay in the revision of the REACH Regulation; urges the Commission to adopt a proposal in the first half of 2023; calls for greater harmonisation of the REACH Regulation with the principles of the circular economy with regard to the specificities of the textile sector in order to prioritise efforts to reduce the use of hazardous chemicals, disclose information on chemicals used in finished products and ensure traceability;
Amendment 240 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 l (new)
Paragraph 13 l (new)
Amendment 243 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 m (new)
Paragraph 13 m (new)
13m. Reaffirms that, in accordance with the waste hierarchy, prevention takes priority over recycling;
Amendment 244 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 n (new)
Paragraph 13 n (new)
13n. Strongly endorses a well- functioning EU market for high-quality, non-toxic secondary raw materials and underlines that this will require common quality standards including a clear definition for when textiles become waste; recognises that the current definition of waste creates barriers for circular business models such as reuse; deplores the fact that the Commission has not defined EU specific end-of-waste criteria for textiles, as had been required by the Waste Framework Directive;
Amendment 245 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 o (new)
Paragraph 13 o (new)
13o. Underlines the importance of developing non-toxic material cycles for the transition to a circular and climate- neutral economy; calls for the phase-out of substances of concern in order to strengthen secondary raw materials markets;
Amendment 246 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the intention of the Commission to set out harmonised EU rules on extended producer responsibility for textiles, with eco-modulation of fees as part of the revision of the Waste Framework Directive, and in particular that; considers that barriers to the single market can be removed by Union-wide EPR schemes; calls for the Commission to ensure that EPR schemes effectively enforce the waste hierarchy, including designing eco- modulation of fees in a way that ensures waste prevention; calls for including the costs for repair and manufacturing into the calculation of EPR fees; stresses that the EPR rules should, after reuse, reflect a clear priority for high-quality textile-to- textile recycling and only cascade textile materials into other materials when the former is not feasible; calls for the effective use of a significant proportion of the contributions made to extended producer responsibility schemes willto be used for waste prevention and preparation for re-use measures; and calls for the EPR schemes to support the activities of social enterprises active in used textiles management as well as to cover the costs of residual waste disposal following a preparation for re-use process; underlines the need to align eco-modulation with the Ecodesign Regulation, whereby mandatory criteria under the Ecodesign regulation should form the guiding principles and minimum bar and EPR fees can incentivise business to go further;
Amendment 255 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls for the Commission to ensure that online market places are covered by rules on extended producer responsibility, including the eco- modulation of fees and enforcement mechanisms;
Amendment 256 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls for consideration of increased EPR fees when certain volume thresholds are reached so as to encourage brands to supply high quality and lower volumes of clothing into the market;
Amendment 263 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls that separate collection of textiles will be mandatory from 1 January 2025; underlines that the revision of the Waste Framework Directive planned for 2024 should considerintroduce specific separate targets for textile waste prevention, textile reuse, preparation for reuse, and recycling and promote social economy enterprises collecting and re-using textiles as a partner in the collection and waste management obligations and targets;
Amendment 275 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Agrees with the Commission that the production of clothing from recycled bottles is not consistent with the circular model for PET bottles and calls for extended producer responsibility schemes and other measures for textiles to incentivise investment in high-quality fibre-to-fibre recycling solutions and investments in sorting for reuse, ideally localand preparing for reuse and reuse activities, ideally local; calls for strict rules to be set in the Green Claims Initiative and the review of the EU Ecolabel criteria for textiles on claims made regarding the use of rPET;
Amendment 281 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Reaffirms its position that the export of waste to third countries should only be allowed when the receiving countries manage it under health and environmental protection standards that are equivalent to those of the EU, including the respect of international conventions on labour rights, and that all receiving facilities should be audited for environmentally sound management prior to exports; calls on the Commission to clarify that preparations for exports of worn clothing and other worn textiles should inter alia include pre-sorting;
Amendment 285 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Calls for preventive measure to ensure that the likely increase in collected textiles after the introduction of separate collection of textiles in 2025 does not lead to an increase in the export of used textiles to third countries, and that only pre-sorted textiles that have been approved by the recipient country can be exported;
Amendment 287 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Highlights that as accounting and reporting purposes can vary between business, it is important that the definition of unsold consumer products include unsold products, excess inventory, surplus inventory, overstock, returns, dead stock and samples;
Amendment 288 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 d (new)
Paragraph 16 d (new)
16d. Regrets that about 20% of textile fibres become waste before they reach the end-consumer; considers that there is large uncertainty about the total amount of fibres discarded in the pre-consumer phase; calls on the Commission to introduce mandatory reporting requirements on pre-consumer waste;
Amendment 291 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Notes that certain multi- stakeholder initiatives and certifications or private labels concerning sustainability have shown shortcomings in the past, notes that important retailers were lately sanctioned for greenwashing in these types of initiatives; is concerned by the frequent and misleading use of unsubstantiated environmental claims and sustainability labels; considers that environmental claims should be prohibited when the claim is not based on science-based assessment tools; considers that sustainability labels should be pre- approved by a Union body or a national authority;
Amendment 293 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Expresses its regret that the proposal on substantiating environmental claims using standard product and organisationthird party lifecycle assessment of environmental footprinimpact methods has been delayed; calls on the Commission to publish the proposal without further delay ensuring that methods used to substantiate green claims in textiles are holistic, address relevant environmental and social impacts of textiles and are developed through independent processes; calls on the Commission to revise and reinforce the EU Ecolabel for textiles as a benchmark for the most sustainable textiles;
Amendment 297 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Welcomes the development of Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules for apparel and footwear; highlights the need to include non- industry organisations in the development of such rules as well as to ensure transparency and accessibility of data; is concerned over currently missing environmental impact factors and emphasises that PEF currently does not provide a complete picture of sustainability and that communication of results of PEF analyses must reflect limitations;
Amendment 304 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Highlights the potential of the digital product passport to support full value chain coveragetraceability, transparency and facility disclosure as well as provision of environmental and social information as part of a coherent framework with corporate due diligence legislation on sustainability; calls on the Commission to require companies to use the digital product passport to publicly disclose and submit site information throughout their supply chains, as well as information on the use of materials and chemicals; calls for environmental, including climate and biodiversity, information to be complemented by information on social aspects and labour and working conditions and rights;
Amendment 314 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Underlines that an immediate ban on the destruction of unsold and returned textile goods should be enacted without delay under the Ecodesign Regulation; considers that full disclosure of the numbers of textile products placed on the market every year and of unsold textile products is necessary; and should aim at reducing production in the first place; considers that one year after the entry into force of the ecodesign regulation, the destruction of unsold textiles and footwear by economic operators shall be prohibited, due to the nature and popularity of fast-fashion retail causing high volumes of surplus and excess inventory, overstock and deadstock as well as returns, which lead to frequent destruction of perfectly usable textiles; considers that full disclosure of the numbers of textile products placed on the market every year and of unsold textile products is necessary; highlights that SMEs should not be exempt from requirements regarding unsold goods, as they represent a significant share of the EU textile sector;
Amendment 326 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Stresses that the textile sector is plagued by a broad range of labour rights abuses, including poverty wages, wage theft, undue limitation to the right to join or form a union of choosing, child labour, forced labour, exposure to unsafe working conditions and sexual harassment; requests concrete actions to address these issues;
Amendment 329 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Highlights in this regard that the due diligence legislation as proposed by the Commission only covers 1% of EU companies and that as the largest garment brands do not dominate the garment industry the way the largest brands do in highly concentrated industries and therefore that SMEs need to be included in order for the legislation to be effective; highlights that important conventions, multilateral agreements and human rights instruments relevant to the textile companies’ impacts need to be included in the Annex and that the current list is too limited; emphasises that the requirements need to cover the whole value chain with integrated gender analyses as well environmental, including climate and biodiversity, criteria such as the full implementation of the Paris Agreement, the impact of chemical use on the local environment, the implementation of core ILO conventions and purchasing practices in order to be an effective instrument for the realisation of workers’ rights in the textile sector; underlines that, given the prevalence of forced labour within the textile and garment sector, this Directive should complement the upcoming forced labour legislation;
Amendment 331 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Calls for the inclusion of social and labour standards as well as due diligence requirements as part of the criteria in the proposed ecodesign regulation and its compliance registered in digital product passports; is concerned about the unholistic and limited picture of product impact that the development of criteria to substantiate green claims would create if it does not consider social and gender related impacts, emphasises that such a narrow view of product sustainability is not in line with the EU’s commitments to the Sustainable Development Goals, nor the European Green Deal;
Amendment 332 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 c (new)
Paragraph 24 c (new)
24c. Highlights that, in order for the digital product passport to be an effective instrument in improving social gender unequal aspects of the textile sector, it should go beyond containing information on due diligence and should also include disclosure of full product information covering the whole value chain, the existence in factories of trade unions and collective bargaining, and information on wage levels and working hours; the information on the digital product passport should be accessible to all parties and based on a common database that other stakeholders can also contribute to;
Amendment 333 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 d (new)
Paragraph 24 d (new)
24d. Calls on the EU to support efforts to prevent gender-based violence in the textile sector by committing to the ratification and implementation of the ILO Convention 190 on Ending Violence and Sexual Harassment in the World of Work;
Amendment 336 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Regrets that the strategy does not envisage any action against the harmful purchasing practices of companies; points out that according to the International Labour Organization, the current power imbalance between garment buyers and their suppliers causes overproduction and exploitation of workers in the industry11 ; considers that unfair purchasing practices such as last minute changes in design or lead times, unilateral amendments to contracts and last minute cancellation of orders should be banned for companies active in the single market through a revision of existing legislation; calls for legislation to combat unfair trading practices in the textile sector, taking inspiration from and learning from the experience of the implementation of Directive 2019/633 on unfair trading practices in the agricultural and food supply chain, including its provisions for enforcement, which takes take into account the “fear factor” of suppliers when raising complaints; __________________ 11 https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public /---ed_protect/---protrav/--- travail/documents/publication/wcms_5611 41.pdf
Amendment 344 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Underlines that the transition to a more sustainable and circular ecosystem within the textile industry offers the opportunity to improve the working conditions and remuneration of workers, who will play a central role in the transition; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the provision of sectoral training and education in the field of sustainable textiles to safeguard current jobs, improve worker satisfaction and ensure the availability of a skilled workforce support social economy actors, including social enterprises active in circular activities, in their reskilling and upskilling activities;
Amendment 347 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Recognises that while the transformation of the sector will create new jobs with new skills requirements, these might not appear where other types of jobs will be lost, and that current training is insufficient to prepare workers for the future roles needed; agrees that updating the European Skills Agenda can be an important tool to create the right skill set for the circular and sustainable textile industry; emphasises that proactive social dialogue to assess skills needs and employment challenges and to design training is key to properly address the social impact and to create a robust transformation of the industry; highlights the strong risk of perpetuating existing job quality concerns in circular roles, where marginalised and disenfranchised groups including informal, women and migrant workers are overrepresented; calls therefore for the Commission and Member States to deliberately include positive social outcomes into the transition in all relevant legislation;
Amendment 352 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Commission to ensure a level playing field for products produced and consumed within the EU and those exported or imported by increasing global standards; considers that the Union should ensure that trade agreements and preference programmes, such as the Generalised Scheme of Preferences, are used as levers to promote sustainable development, human rights, labour rights and fair and ethical trade around the world, and to improvensure the responsibility of value chains;
Amendment 354 #
2022/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Regrets that the strategy only envisages the introduction of mandatory criteria for green public procurement, as the production of textile products is infamously interlinked with systematic violations of labour and human rights, and public procurement can be used as a tool to support sustainable development and mitigate risks in global supply chains; calls on the Ecodesign for sustainable product regulation to include mandatory requirements for both green and socially responsible public procurement as well as to revise the EU/2014/24 Public Procurement Directive to align with the obligations of the upcoming CSDD directive and expectations of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights;
Amendment 99 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) In its Resolution of 15 September 2022 on the consequences of drought, fire, and other extreme weather phenomena: increasing the EU’s efforts to fight climate change the European Parliament stressed that climate change is seriously impeding productivity and food security; the impact assessment of this proposal demonstrated that it will reduce GHG emissions by 1.25 million tonnes by 2030.
Amendment 100 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 b (new)
Recital 8 b (new)
Amendment 109 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Packaging should be designed, manufactured and commercialised in such a way as to allow for its re-use or high- quality recycling, and to minimise its impact on the environment during its entire life-cycle and the life cycle of products, for which it was designed. The Commission shall investigate evidence brought to justify deviations from the waste hierarchy outlined in Article 4 of Directive 2008/98/EC.
Amendment 119 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Designing packaging with the objective of its recycling, once it becomes packaging waste, is one the most efficient measures to improve the packaging circularity and raise packaging recycling rates and the use of recycled content in packaging. A high standard of quality and the protection of intellectual property of the packaging design including for Geographical Indications must also be taken into consideration, without compromising the overall ambition and objectives of this Regulation. Packaging design for recycling criteria have been established for a number of packaging formats under voluntary industry schemes or by some Member States for the purpose of the modulation of extended producer responsibility fees. In order to prevent barriers to the internal market and provide industry with a level playing field, and with the objective to promote the sustainability of packaging, it is important to set mandatory requirements regarding the recyclability of packaging, by harmonising the criteria and the methodology for assessing packaging recyclability based on a design for recycling methodology at the Union level. In order to meet the objective set out in the CEAP that, by 2030, all packaging should be recyclable or reusable, in an economically viable manner, packaging recyclability performance grades should be established based on design for recycling criteria for packaging categories as listed in Annex II. However, packaging should comply with them only as of 1 January 2030 in order to give sufficient time to the economic operators to adapt.
Amendment 124 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) In order to establish harmonised rules on packaging design to ensure its recyclability, the power to adopt delegated acts should be delegated to the Commission to set out detailed criteria for packaging design for recycling per packaging materials and categories, as well as for the assessment of the packaging recyclability at scale including for categories of packaging not listed in this Regulation. In order to give economic operators and Member States sufficient time to collect and report the necessary data to establish the “at scale” recycling methodology, the manufacturers should ensure that packaging is recycled at scale as of 20350. That should ensure that packaging complies with the design for recycling criteria, and is also recycled in practice on the basis of the state of the art processes for separate collection, sorting and recycling. as laid down in the circular Economy Action Plan (COM/2020/98).
Amendment 126 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) In order to stimulate innovation in packaging, it is appropriate to allow that packaging, which presents innovative features resulting in significant improvement in the core function of packaging and has demonstrable environmental benefits, is given limited additional time of fivthree years to comply with the recyclability requirements. The innovative features should be explained in the technical documentation accompanying the packaging.
Amendment 132 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) In order to prevent barriers to the internal market and ensure the efficient implementation of the obligations, economic operators should ensure that the plastic part of each unit of packaging contains a certain minimum percentage of recycled content recovered from post- consumer plastic waste. It is important this is calculated per unit, otherwise the ambition of the proposal is lost and it will not incentivise increased re-use across all types of packaged products in the EU market.
Amendment 147 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
Recital 40
(40) Packaging should be designed so as to minimise its volume and weight while maintaining its ability to perform the packaging functions. The manufacturer of packaging should assess the packaging against the performance criteria, as listed in Annex IV of this Regulation. In view of the objective of this Regulation to reduce packaging and packaging waste generation and to improve circularity of packaging across the internal market, it is appropriate to further specify the existing criteria and to make them more stringent. The list of the packaging performance criteria, as listed in the existing harmonised standard EN 13428:200057, should therefore be modified. While marketing and consumer acceptance remain relevant for packaging design, they should not be part of performance criteria justifying on their own additional packaging weight and volume. However, this should not compromise product specifications for craft and industrial products and food and agricultural products that are registered and protected under the EU geographical indication protection scheme, as part of the Union’s objective to protect cultural heritage and traditional know-how. On the other hand, recyclability, the use of recycled content, and re-use may justify additional packaging weight or volume, and should be added to the performance criteria. Packaging with double walls, false bottoms and other characteristics only aimed to increase the perceived product volume should not be placed on the market, as it does not meet the requirement for packaging minimisation. The same rule should apply to superfluous packaging not necessary for ensuring packaging functionality. Intellectual property rights linked to anything except the packaging itself should not be considered as a general exemption to this regulation. To this effect, all exemptions must be notified to the Commission with an accompanying justification. GIs can still choose to substitute more sustainable or recyclable materials in their packaging design or production that are in line with the objectives of this regulation. _________________ 57 Packaging – Requirements specific to manufacturing and composition – Prevention by source reduction.
Amendment 153 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
Recital 43
(43) To promote the circularity and sustainable use of packaging, reusable packaging and systems for re-use should be incentivised. For that purpose, it is necessary to clarify the notion of reusable packaging and to ensure that it is linked not only to the packaging design, which should enable a maximum number of trips or rotations and maintaining the safety, quality and hygiene requirements when being emptied, unloaded, refilled or reloaded, but also to the setting up of systems for re-use respecting minimum requirements as set out in this Regulation. In order to facilitate conformity assessment with requirements on reusable packaging, it is necessary to provide for presumption of conformity for packaging which is in conformity with harmonised standards adopted in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 for the purpose of expressing detailed technical specifications of those requirements and define reusable packaging criteria and formats, including minimum number of trips or rotations, standardised designs, as well as requirements for systems for re-use, including hygiene requirements. The Commission should evaluate capacities and trajectories of urban and industrial waste water re-use in light of the need to balance ambitious and much needed targets for reduced resource consumption, targets for waste reduction, GHG emissions, and prioritisation of water use.
Amendment 170 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 67
Recital 67
(67) In order to reduce the increasing proportion of packaging that is single use and the growing amounts of packaging waste generated, it is necessary to establish quantitative re-use and refill targets on packaging in sectors, which have been assessed as having the greatest potential for packaging waste reduction, namely food and beverages for take-away, large-white goods and transport packaging. This was appraised based on factors such as existing systems for re-use, necessity of using packaging and the possibility of fulfilling the functional requirements in terms of containment, tidiness, health, hygiene and safety. Differences of the products and their production and distribution systems, were also taken into account. The setting of the targets is expected to support the innovation and increase the proportion of re-use and refill solutions. TIn order to ensure a high level of environmental protection in the internal market as well as a high level of food safety and hygiene, and facilitate the achievement of the packaging waste prevention targets, unnecessary or avoidable packaging should not be allowed to be placed on the market. The list of such packaging formats is provided in Annex V of this Regulation. In order to adapt the list to the technical and scientific progress the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission to amend the list. Therefore the use of single use packaging for food and beverages filled and consumed within the premises in the HORECA sector should not be allowed, as on-site consumption allows for considerable resource optimisation and economies of scale.
Amendment 176 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 69
Recital 69
(69) Certain uses of single use transport packaging formats are not necessary, as there is a wide range of well-functioning reusable alternatives. In order to ensure that such alternatives are effectively used, it is appropriate to require economic operators, when transporting products between different sites of the same economic operator or between the economic operator and the linked or partner enterprises, to use only reusable transport packaging with respect to packaging formats such as pallets, foldable plastic boxes, plastic crates, intermediate bulk containers, both rigid and flexible, or drums. The same obligation should, for the same reasons, apply to economic operators transporting products within one Member State. Any exceptions requested pursuant to Article 4(2) of Directive 2008/98/EC, must be justified with life cycle assessments submitted to the Commission for approval, including methodology and scope in order to judge the accuracy and representativeness of the analysis.
Amendment 182 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 84
Recital 84
(84) Waste management in the Union should be improved, with a view to protecting, preserving and improving the quality of the environment, protecting human health, ensuring prudent efficient and rational utilisation of natural resources, promoting the principles of the circular economy, enhancing the use of renewable energy, increasing energy efficiency, reducing the dependence of the Union on imported resources, contributing to food security and efficiency in use and re-use of finite and increasingly limited resources in the EU especially water, providing new economic opportunities and contributing to long-term competitiveness. The more efficient use of resources would also bring substantial net savings for Union businesses, public authorities and consumers, while reducing total annual greenhouse gas emissions.
Amendment 190 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 104
Recital 104
(104) Given the nature of the products and the differences in their production and distribution systems, deposit and return systems should however not be obligatory for packaging for wine, aromatised wine products, spirit drinks and milk and milk products listed in Part XVI of Annex I of the Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council67. Member States may establish deposit and return systems covering also otherthe product packaging listed above and also for other types of packaging. _________________ 67 Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671).
Amendment 193 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 108
Recital 108
(108) As a specific packaging waste generation prevention measure, Member States should actively encourage the re-use and refill solutions. They should support the establishment of systems for re-use and refill and monitor their functioning and compliance with the hygiene standards. Member States are encouraged to take also other measures, such as setting up deposit and return systems covering reusable packaging formats, using economic incentives or establishing requirements for final distributors to make available a certain percentage of other products than those covered by re-use and refill targets in reusable packaging or through refill provided that such requirements will not result in fragmentation of single market and creation of trade barriers. Any exceptions must be justified with life cycle assessments submitted to the Commission for approval, including methodology and scope in order to judge the accuracy and representativeness of the analysis.
Amendment 205 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 21 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 21 a (new)
(21a) 'recycling’ is defined under Article 3(17) of the waste framework directive 2008/98/EC;
Amendment 226 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 41
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 41
(41) ‘compostable packaging’ means packaging capable of undergoing physical, chemical, thermal or biological decomposition such that mostall of the finished compostpackaging material ultimately decomposes into carbon dioxide, mineral salts, biomass and water, according to Article 47(4), and does not hinder the separate collection and the composting process or the anaerobic digestion activity into which it is introduced in industrially controlled conditions;
Amendment 229 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 56 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 56 a (new)
(56a) ‘shelf-life’ means either the period corresponding to the minimum durability date until which the foodstuff retains its specific properties when properly stored;
Amendment 248 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Point (a) shall apply from 1 January 2030 and point (-e) shall apply from 1 January 20350.
Amendment 251 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. Recyclable packaging shall, from 1 January 2030, comply with the design for recycling criteria as laid down in the delegated acts adopted pursuant to paragraph 4 and, from 1 January 2035, also with the recyclability at scale requirements laid down in the delegated acts adopted pursuant to paragraph 6. Where such packaging complies with those delegated acts, it shall be considered to comply with paragraph 2, points (a) and (-e).
Amendment 265 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1
From 1 January 2030, and by way of derogation from paragraphs 2 and 3, innovative packaging may be placed on the market for a maximum period of 53 years after the end of the calendar year when it has been placed on the market.
Amendment 268 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 10 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 10 – introductory part
10. UThere shall be a transition period until 31 December 2034, whereby this Article shall not apply to the following:
Amendment 275 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. From 1 January 2030, the plastic part in packaging shall contain the following minimum percentage of recycled content recovered from post-consumer plastic waste, to be calculated per unit of packaging:
Amendment 284 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) 10 % for contact sensitive packaging made from plastic materials other than PET, except single use plastic beverage bottles, including where made of plastic with paper or other materials, or made entirely of plastic;
Amendment 290 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
The targets shall be calculated per unit of plastic packaging placed on the Union market.
Amendment 291 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. From 1 January 2040, the plastic part in packaging shall contain35, the following minimum percentage of recycled content recovered from post-consumer plastic waste, per unit of packaging: , shall apply for the plastic part, per unit, in packaging, including where made of plastic with paper or other materials, or made entirely of plastic:
Amendment 316 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 7
Article 7 – paragraph 7
7. By 31 December 2026, the Commission is empowered to adopt implementing acts establishing the methodology for the calculation and verification of the percentage of recycled content per unit of plastic packaging recovered from post-consumer plastic waste, per unit of plastic packaging, and the format for the technical documentation referred to in Annex VII. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 59(3).
Amendment 322 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Based on thits assessment, the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 58 to amend this Regulation in order to:
Amendment 323 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) provide for derogations granted by the Commission justified with evidence and scientifically and statistically representative assessments following all stages of the life cycle, from the scope, timing or level of minimum percentage laid down in paragraph 1, points b and d, for specific plastic packaging, and, as appropriate,
Amendment 336 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. By [OP: please insert the date = 124 months from the entry into force of this Regulation], packaging referred to in Article 3(1), points (f) and (g), sticky labels attached to fruit and vegetables and very lightweight plastic carrier bags shall be compostable in industrially controlled conditions in bio-waste treatment facilities.
Amendment 337 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. So that the organic waste management stream is not impacted negatively, and to maintain the quality of compost according to standard EN 13432:2000 and to avoid contamination risks, the Commission shall, no later than 31 May 2026, request the European standardisation organisations to update the standard EN 13432:2000.
Amendment 345 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Packaging shall be designed so that it is fully recyclable at the end of life and so that its weight and volume is reduced to the minimum necessary for ensuring its functionality taking account of the material that the packaging is made of.
Amendment 348 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Packaging not necessary to comply with any of the performance criteria set out in Annex IV and packaging with characteristics that are only aimed to increase the perceived volume of the product, including double walls, false bottoms, and unnecessary layers, shall not be placed on the market, unless the packaging design is subject to geographical indications of origin protected under Union legislation. Protected products shall strive to optimise their packaging design in line with the conformity assessment procedure provided in this regulation and the performance criteria as listed in Annex IV.
Amendment 356 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the identification of thepurely design requirements which prevent further reduction of the packaging weight or volume, for each of these performance criteria;
Amendment 449 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 shall apply to economic operators identified in paragraph 3 of Article 22, notwithstanding exemptions and flexibilities outlined in article 26(14).
Amendment 458 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. The manufacturer and the final distributor making available on the market within the territory of a Member State inof sales packaging of alcoholic beverages in the form of wine, with the exception of sparkling wine, shall ensure that:
Amendment 459 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a
(a) from 1 January 2030, 510 % of those products are made available in reusable packaging within a system for re-use or by enabling refill;
Amendment 460 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b
(b) from 1 January 2040, 1520 % of those products are made available in reusable packaging within a system for re-use or by enabling refill.
Amendment 469 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. The manufacturer and the final distributor making available on the market within the territory of a Member State in sales packaging non-alcoholic beverages in the form of water, water with added sugar, water with other sweetening matter, flavoured water, soft drinks, soda lemonade, iced tea and similar beverages which are immediately ready to drink, pure juice, juice or must of fruits or vegetables and smoothies without milk and non-alcoholic beverages containing milk fat, soft drinks, soda lemonade, iced tea and similar beverages which are immediately ready to drink, shall ensure that:
Amendment 482 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 (new)
This obligation shall apply to food businesses as defined in Article 3, point (2), of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002.
Amendment 558 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1
Article 43 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that systems are set up to provide for the return and separate collection of all packaging waste from the end users in order to ensure that it is treated in accordance with Articles 4 and 13 of Directive 2008/98/EC, and to facilitate its preparation for re-use and high quality recycling. Incineration and landfill of packaging, complying with design for recycling criteria, shall be prohibited.
Amendment 561 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 2
Article 43 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may allow derogations from paragraph 1 provided that collecting packaging or fractions of packaging waste together or together with other waste does not affect the potential of such packaging or fractions of packaging waste to undergo preparing for re-use, recycling or other recovery operations in accordance with Articles 4 and 13 of Directive 2008/98/EC and generates output from those operations which is of comparable quality to that achieved through separate collection. Member States shall notify the Commission of any derogation from paragraph 1 and provide evidence to justify the derogation.
Amendment 582 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 1
Article 45 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take measures to encourage the set-up of systems for re- use of packaging and systems for refill in an environmentally sound manner. Those systems shall comply with the requirements laid down in Articles 24 and 25 and Annex VI of this Regulation and shall not compromise food hygiene or the safety of consumers. Incineration and landfill of packaging, complying with design for recycling criteria, shall be prohibited.
Amendment 583 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 8
Article 47 – paragraph 8
8. The amount of biodegradable and fully compostable packaging waste that enters aerobic or anaerobic treatment may be counted as recycled where that treatment generates compost, digestate, or other output with a similar quantity of recycled content in relation to input, which is to be used as a recycled product, material or substance. Where the output is used on land, Member States may count it as recycled only if this use results in benefits to agriculture or ecological improvement.
Amendment 586 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 57 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) alignment with the waste hierarchy as defined in the waste framework directive
Amendment 608 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Part I – point 6
Annex IV – Part I – point 6
6. Legal requirements: the packaging design shall ensure that the packaginged product and packaged producting can comply with the applicable legislation.
Amendment 643 #
2022/0396(COD)
Single use Nets, bags, plastic trays, packaging, containers Single use packaging for less than 1.5 kg fresh single use fresh fruit and vegetables, unless there is a composite 2. demonstrated need to avoid water loss or packaging or turgidity loss, microbiological hazards or other single physical shocks. use packaging for fresh fruit and vegetables
Amendment 646 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – table 1 – row 3
Annex V – table 1 – row 3
Single use packaging for foods and consumed Trays, and beverages filled and consumed within the disposable Single use the premises in the HORECA sector, which plates and plastic, single include all eating area inside and outside a cups, bags, use composite 3. place of business, covered with tables and foil, boxes packaging or stools, standing areas, and eating areas other single offered to the end users jointly by several use packaging economic operators or third party for the purpose of food and drinks consumption
Amendment 53 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Title 1
Title 1
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing a Union certification framework for carbon removalsafe, sustainable and high quality carbon removals and carbon farming activities
Amendment 57 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Under the Paris Agreement adopted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change22 ('the Paris Agreement'), the international community has agreed to hold the increase in the global average temperature well below 2° C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5° C above pre-industrial levels. That commitment has been reinforced with the adoption under the UNFCCC of the Glasgow Climate Pact on 13 November 2021, in which the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC, serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement, recognises that the impacts of climate change will be much lower at a temperature increase of 1,5 ºC, compared with 2 ºC, and resolves to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1,5 ºC. The Union and its Member States are Parties to the Paris Agreement and are strongly committed to its implementation by reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and increase in carbon removals. __________________ 22 Approved by Council Decision (EU) 2016/1841 of 5 October 2016 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Paris Agreement adopted under the United Framework Convention on Climate Change (OJ L 282, 19.10.2016, p. 1).
Amendment 58 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) At a global scale, the latest report23 by the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) points towards a decreasing likelihood of limiting global warming to 1.5 °C unless rapid and deepimmediate, deep and sustained cuts in global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across all sectors occur throughout the forthcomongoing decades. The IPCC report also clearly states that ‘the deployment of carbon dioxide removal to counterbalance hard-to-abate residual emissions is unavoidable if net-zero carbon dioxide (CO2) or GHG emissions are to be achieved’, while recognising that low demand scenarios can reduce the need for carbon capture and removal technologies. This will require the large-scaleaccelerated deployment of sustainable activities for capturing CO2 from the atmosphere and durably storing it in geological reservoirs, terrestrial and marine ecosystems, or products. Today and with current policies, the Union is not on track to deliver the required carbon removals: carbon removals in terrestrial ecosystems have been decreasing in recent years, and or biogenic pools. The latest IPCC reports also state that ‘large-scale land-based biological CDR may not prove as effective as expected, and its large-scale deployment may result in ecological and social impacts, suggesting it may not be a viable carbon removal strategy in the next 10-20 years’. In particular, the IPCC pointed out to the large-scale deployment of BECCS, which ‘may push planetary boundaries for freshwater use, exacerbate land-system change, and significantly alter biosphere integrity and biogeochemical flows’. The IPCC report also clearly stated that overshooting 1.5°C would entail serious adverse impacts, some irreversible, and additional risks for human and natural systems, and that the larger the overshoot, the more challenging would be the return. Today and with current policies, the Union is not on track to deliver the required carbon removals: carbon removals in terrestrial ecosystems have been decreasing in recent years. European soils are currently a net source of greenhouse gas emissions and, if not addressed, this could pose a risk to the Union climate targets. The revised Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council, the proposed Nature Restoration Law and the upcoming EU Soil Health Law should contribute to reverse that trend. Despite significant past investment from the Union budget1a, no significant industrial carbon removals are currently taking place in the Union at commercial stage. __________________ 1a European Court of Auditors (2018). Special Report 2018/24, Demonstrating carbon capture and storage and innovative renewables at commercial stage in the EU: intended progress not achieved in the past decade. 23 IPCC Working Group III (2022), Technical Summary. In: Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change. Sixth Assessment Report (link).
Amendment 66 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The aim of this Regulation is to develop a voluntary Union certification framework for carbon removals, with the view to incentivise the uptake of safe, sustainable and high- quality carbon removals and carbon farming activities, in full respect of the biodiversity and the zero-pollution objectives. It is a tool to support the achievement of the Union objectives under the Paris Agreement, notably the goal of collective climate neutrality by 2050 laid down in Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council24 . The Union also committed to generate negative emissions after 2050. An important instrument to enhance carbon removals in terrestrial ecosystems is Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council25 , which is currently under review. The objective of the review is to set out a Union net removals target of 310 Mt CO2 eq by 2030, and to allocate respective targets to each Member State, and to aim to achieve net-negative emissions after 2050, while ensuring that those activities do not undermine the needed immediate, deep and sustained greenhouse gas emissions reduction by sources across all sectors necessary to limit global warming to under 1,5°C . __________________ 24 Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 June 2021 establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulations (EC) No 401/2009 and (EU) 2018/1999 (‘European Climate Law’) (OJ L 243, 9.7.2021, p. 1). 25 Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry in the 2030 climate and energy framework, and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 and Decision No 529/2013/EU (OJ L 156, 19.6.2018, p. 1).
Amendment 71 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Union certification framework will support the development of carbon removal and carbon farming activities in the Union that result in an unambiguous net carbon removal benefit, while avoiding greenwashing. In the case of carbon farming, such certification framework should also encouragsure the uptake of carbon removal activities that generate co-benefits for biodiversity, therefore achieving the nature restoration targets set out in Union law on nature restoration. The Union certification framework will be instrumental in meeting the Union climate change mitigation objectives set in international agreements and in the Union legislation.
Amendment 81 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In order to support operators willing to make additional efforts to increase carbon removals and carbon farming in a sustainable way, the Union certification framework should take into account the different types of carbon removal activities, their specificities and related environmental impacts, including impacts in third countries caused by importing biomass or indirect land-use changes. Therefore, this Regulation should provide clear definitions of carbon removal, carbon removal and carbon farming activities, and other elements of the Union certification framework.
Amendment 98 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) This Regulation should set out the requirements under which carbon removals should be eligible for certification under the Union certification framework. To this end, carbon removals and carbon farming should be quantified in an accurate and robust, robust and conservative way; and they should be generated only by carbon removal and carbon farming activities that generate a net carbon removal benefit, are additional, aim to ensure long-term storage of carbon, and have a neutral impact or over several centuries, and have co- benefits on other sustainability objectives, in particular biodiversity objectives. Furthermore, carbon removals and carbon farming activities should be subject to independent third-party auditing in order to ensure the credibility and reliability of the certification process. Mandatory Union carbon pricing rules established through Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council26 are in place which regulate the treatment of emissions from activities covered by that Directive. This Regulation should be without prejudice to Directive 2003/87/EC, except in relation to the certification of removals of emissions from sustainable biomass which are zero-rated in accordance with Annex IV thereto. __________________ 26 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).
Amendment 100 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) A certified carbon removal activity should result in a net carbon removal benefit showing that it delivers a positive climate impact. The net carbon removal benefit should be computed following two steps. First, operators should quantify the amount of additional carbon removals that a carbon removal activity has generated in comparison to a baseline. A standardisedfirst-mover baseline reflecting the standardbest-in-class performance of comparable activities in similar social, economic, environmental and technological circumstances and geographical locations should be preferred because it ensures objectivhigh quality, minimises compliance and other administrative costs, and positively recognises the action of first movers who have already engaged in carbon removal activities. In the context of carbon farming, the use of available digital technologies, including electronic databases and geographic information systems, remote sensing, artificial intelligence and machine learning, and of electronic maps should be promoted to decrease the costs of establishing baselines and of monitoring carbon removal activitiesorder to reflect the social, economic, environmental and technological developments and to encourage ambition over time in line with the Paris Agreement, baselines should be reviewed every five years and updated accordingly in case of new robust scientific evidence, always in a conservative manner. However, where it is not possible to set such a standardised baseline, a project- specific baseline based on the operator’s individual performance may be used. In order to reflect the social, economic, environmeFor carbon farming activities, it is necessary to plan a 10 year period during which the certification will be based on activities that have been proved to lead to substantial and technological developments and to encourage ambition over time in line with the Paris Agreement, baselines should be periodically updatedcarbon storage in soil based on a solid body of peer reviewed scientific studies, while the data necessary to establish solid baselines is being gathered and processed. In the context of carbon farming, the use of available digital technologies, including electronic databases and geographic information systems, remote sensing, artificial intelligence and machine learning, and of electronic maps should be promoted to decrease the costs of establishing baselines and of monitoring carbon removal activities.
Amendment 110 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The second step for quantifying the net carbon removal benefit should consist of subtracting any increase in greenhouse gas emissions related to the implementation of the carbon removal activity. Relevant greenhouse gas emissions that should be taken into consideration include direct emissions, such as those resulting from the use of more fertilisers, chemicals, materials fuel or energy, or indirect emissions, such as those resulting from direct or indirect land use change, with consequent risks for food security due to displacement of agricultural production. A reduction in greenhouse gas emissions resulting from the implementation of the carbon removal activity should not be taken into account to quantify the net carbon removal benefit, but should be considered as a co-benefit towards the sustainability objective of climate change mitigation; by being reported on the certificates, decreases in greenhouse gas emissions (like the other sustainability co-benefits) can increase the value of the certified carbon removals.
Amendment 130 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Atmospheric and biogenic carbon that is captured and stored through a carbon removal activity risks being released back into the atmosphere (e.g. reversal or leakage) due to natural or anthropogenic causes. Therefore, operators should take all relevant preventive measures to mitigate those risks and duly monitor that carbon continues to be stored over the monitoring period laid down for the relevant carbon removal activity. The validity of the certified carbon removalcates should depend on the expected duration of the storage and the different risks of reversal associated with the given carbon removal activity. Activities that store carbon in geological formations provide enough certainties on the very long-term duration of several centuries for the stored carbon and can be considered as providing permanent storage of carbon. Carbon farming or carbon storage in productactivities are more exposed to the risk of voluntary or involuntary release of carbon into the atmosphere. To account for this risk, the validity of the certified carbon removals generated by carbon farming and carbon storage in products should be subject to an expiry date matching with the end of the relevant monitoring period. Thereafter, the carbon should be assumed to be released into the atmosphere, unless the economic operator proves the maintenance of the carbon storagefarming activities through uninterrupted monitoring activities.
Amendment 133 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) In addition to measures taken to minimise the risk of carbon release into the atmosphere during the monitoring period, appropriate liability mechanisms and corrective measures should be introduced to address cases of reversal or leakage, in a way that there should be a liable party at any moment of time, taking into account extreme weather events and force majeure events that might impact land-based carbon storage. Such mechanisms could include e.g. discounting of carbon removal units, collective buffers or accounts of carbon removal units, and up-front insurance mechanisms. Since liability mechanisms in respect of geological storage and CO2 leakage, and relevant corrective measures have already been laid down by Directive 2003/87/EC and Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council27 , those liability mechanisms and corrective measures should apply to avoid double regulation. __________________ 27 Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the geological storage of carbon dioxide and amending Council Directive 85/337/EEC, European Parliament and Council Directives 2000/60/EC, 2001/80/EC, 2004/35/EC, 2006/12/EC, 2008/1/EC and Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 (OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 114).
Amendment 139 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Carbon removalfarming activities have a strong potential to deliver win-win solutions for sustainability, even if trade- offs cannot be excluded. Therefore, it is appropriate to establish minimum sustainability requirements to ensure that carbon removal activities have a neutral impact or, in order to obtain a certification under this framework, carbon farming activities generate co-benefits for the sustainability objectives of climate change mitigation and adaptation, the protection and restoration of biodiversity and ecosystems, the sustainable use and protection of water and marine resources, the transition to a circular economy, and pollution prevention and control. Those sustainability requirements should, as appropriate, and taking into consideration local conditions, build on the technical screening criteria for Do N, while proving they do not Ssignificant Harm concerning forestry activities and underground permanent geological storage of CO2, laid down in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/213928 , and on the sustainability criteria for forest and agriculture biomass raw material laid down in Article 29 of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council29 ly harm any of those objectives in the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2020/852. Those sustainability requirements should be based on the latest available scientific evidence and, as appropriate existing minimum sustainability criteria established under EU law, or in Guidelines adopted by the Commission. Practices, such as forest monocultures, that produce harmful effects for biodiversity should not be eligible for certification. __________________ 28 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2139 of 4 June 2021 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing the technical screening criteria for determining the conditions under which an economic activity qualifies as contributing substantially to climate change mitigation or climate change adaptation and for determining whether that economic activity causes no significant harm to any of the other environmental objectives (OJ L 442, 9.12.2021, p. 1). 29 Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 82).
Amendment 155 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Farming practices that remove CO2 from the atmosphere contribute to the climate neutralitywhile generating co- benefits for other sustainability objectives contribute to the Union's environmental objectives and should be rewarded, either via the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) or other public or private initiatives. Specifically, this Regulation should take into account farming practices as referenced in the Communication on Sustainable Carbon Cycles30 . __________________ 30 Communication from the Commission, Sustainable Carbon Cycles, COM (20221) 800.
Amendment 165 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Operators or groups of operators may report additional co-benefits that contribute to the sustainability objectives beyond the minimum sustainability requirements. To this end, their reporting should comply with the certification methodologies tailored to the different carbon removal activities, developed by the Commission. Certification methodologies should, as much as possible, incentivise the generation of co-benefits for biodiversity going beyond the minimum sustainability requirements. These additional co-benefits will give more economic value to the certified carbon removals and will result in higher revenues for the operators. In the light of these considerations, it is appropriate for the Commission to prioritise the development of tailored certification methodologies on carbon farming activities that provide significant co-benefits for biodiversity.
Amendment 171 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) It is appropriate to develop detailed certification methodologies for the different carbon removal and carbon farming activities in order to apply, in a standardised, verifiable and comparable way, the quality criteria laid down in this Regulation. Those methodologies should ensure the robust and transparent certification of the net carbon removal benefit generated by theor carbon removalfarming activity, while avoiding disproportionate administrative burden for operators or group of operators, in particular for small farmers and forest holders. To this end, the Commission should be empowered to supplement this Regulation by adopting delegated acts establishing detailed certification methodologies for the different carbon removal activities. Those methodologies should be developed in close consultation with the Expert GroupPlatform on Carbon Rremoval and carbon farming activities and all other interested actors. They need to be based on the best available scientific evidence, build upon existing public and private schemes and methodologies for carbon removal certification, and take into account any relevant standard and rules adopted at national and Un, Union and international level.
Amendment 173 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) In order to ensure a credible and reliable certification process, carbon removal and carbon farming activities should be subject to independent third- party auditing. In particular, carbon removal and carbon farming activities should be subject to an initial certification audit before their implementation, verifying their compliance with the quality criteria set out in this Regulation, including the correct quantification of the expected net carbon removal benefit. Carbon removal and carbon farming activities should also be subject to periodic re- certification audits to verify the compliance of the generated carbon removals. To this end, the Commission should be empowered to adopt implementing acts to set out the structure, technical details, and the minimum information to be contained in the description of the carbon removal or carbon farming activity, and in the certification and re- certification audit reports.
Amendment 176 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Providing land managers with improved knowledge, tools and methods for a better assessment and optimisation of the carbon removalfarming activities is key for cost- efficient implementation of mitigation actions and for securing their engagement in carbon farming. This is particularly relevant for Union small farmers or forest holders that often lack the know-how and the expertise required to implement carbon removalfarming activities and to comply with the required quality criteria and related certification methodologies. Therefore, it is appropriate to require that producer organisations facilitate the provision of relevant advisory services through technical advice to their members. The Common Agricultural Policy and national State aid can support financially the provision of advisory services, knowledge exchange, training, information actions or interactive innovation projects with farmers and foresters.
Amendment 180 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) It is appropriate that carbon removal certificates underpin different end-uses, such as the compilation of national and corporateThe Union and its Member States should continue to develop, regularly update and report to the UNFCC their greenhouse gas inventories, inclu according wito the regard toules set out in Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council31 , the proof of climate-rel1999. Certificates generated aund other environmental corporate claims (including on biodiversity), or the exchange of verified carbon removal units through voluntary carbon offsetting markets. To this end, the certificate should contain accurate and transparent information on the carbon removal activity, including the total removals and net carbon removal benefit that comply with the quality criteria set out in this Regulation. The Commission should be also empowered to adopt delegated acts to further specify or amend Annex II which lists the minimum information to be contained in the certificateer this framework should not be used for the purpose of developing greenhouse gas inventories. Moreover, this framework should not undermine the need for immediate, deep and sustained emissions reduction by sources across all sectors needed to limit global warming to 1.5°C. Therefore carbon removal and carbon farming activities certified under this Union framework should not be used for, or claimed to, offset, compensate or replace the reduction of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions by sources, neither in regulatory nor in voluntary frameworks. __________________ 31 Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry in the 2030 climate and energy framework, and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 and Decision No 529/2013/EU (OJ L 156, 19.6.2018, p. 1).
Amendment 181 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
(21 a) Certificates may be monetised, thereby giving a financial incentive to operators or groups of operators to carry on the carbon removal or carbon farming activities. Such financial incentives may include funding from legal or physical persons wishing to contribute to the achievement of environmental objectives (‘contribution claims’), funding from the CAP, public procurements or other sources of public finance.
Amendment 182 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 b (new)
Recital 21 b (new)
(21 b) In the event of leakage or reversal, the relevant ‘contribution claims’ should be amended so as to reflect the reality of the situation, taking into account extreme weather events and force majeure events that can affect land-based carbon storage.
Amendment 183 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 c (new)
Recital 21 c (new)
(21 c) Certificates should contain accurate and transparent information on the carbon removal or carbon farming activity, including the total removals and net carbon removal benefit that comply with the quality criteria set out in this Regulation, as well as provide information whether the certificate has been monetised, for which purpose and by whom. The Commission should be also empowered to adopt delegated acts to further specify or amend Annex II which lists the minimum information to be contained in the certificates.
Amendment 187 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) To ensure an accurate, robust and transparent verification, certification bodies responsible for performing the certification of carbon removal and carbon farming activities should have the required competences and skills and should be accredited by national accreditation authorities pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council32 . To avoid possible conflicts of interest, the certification bodies should also be completely independent from the operator carrying out the carbon removal or carbon farming activity that is subject to the certification. In addition, Member States should contribute towards ensuring the correct implementation of the certification process by supervising the operation of certification bodies that are accredited by national accreditation authorities, and by informing the certification schemes about relevant non- conformity findings. __________________ 32 Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 339/93 (OJ L 218, 13.8.2008, p. 30).
Amendment 190 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) Certification schemes should be used by operators to demonstrate compliance with this Regulation. Therefore, certification schemes should operate on the basis of reliable and transparent rules and procedures and should ensure accuracy, reliability, integrity and non-repudiation of origin, and protection against fraud of information and of data submitted by operators. They should also ensure, where relevant, the correct accounting of the verified carbon removal unitsgenerated by a certified activity , notably by avoiding double counting. To this end, the Commission should be empowered to adopt implementing acts, including adequate standards of reliability, transparency, accounting and of independent auditing to be applied by certification schemes, so as to ensure the necessary legal certainty as regards the rules applicable to operators and to certification schemes. To ensure a cost- effective certification process, those technical harmonised rules on certification should also have the objective of reducing unnecessary administrative burden for operators, or group of operators, in particular for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), including small farmers and foresters.
Amendment 192 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Certification schemesBy ... [insert the date 6 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], the Commission should establish and maintain interoperablea public registriesy in order to ensure transparency, trust and full traceability of carbon removal and carbon farming certificates, and to avoid the risk of fraud and double counting. Fraud may occur if more than one certificate is issued for the same carbon removal activity because the activity has been registered under two different certification schemes or has been registered twice under the same scheme. Fraud may also occur when the same certificate is used several times to make the same claim based on a carbon removal activity or a carbon removal unit. The registries should storefarming activity. All information in the Union registry should be easy to navigate and search. Certification schemes should provide to the Commission all information required to be stored and made publicly available in electronic form in the Union registry. Such information includes the documents resulting from the certification process of carbon removals and carbon farming, including summaries of certification audits and re-certification audit reports, the certificates and updated certificates, and make them publicly available in electronic formthe information included therein, as well as the current status of a certificate, for example whether active, retired or expired, log of transactions. The registries should also, where relevant, record the certified carbon removal units that meet the Union quality criteria Prior to the establishment of the Union public registry, certification schemes recognised by the Commission should maintain and store all the information required to be stored and made publicly available later on in the Union registry. In order to ensure a level playing field within the single market, the Commission should be empowered to adopt implementing rules setting out standards and technical rules on the functioning and the inter-operability of thosethe minimum information to be made available by recognised certification schemes to the Union registriesy.
Amendment 197 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) Certification schemes play an important role in providing evidence of compliance with the quality criteria for carbon removals. It is therefore appropriate for the Commission to require certification schemes to report regularly on their activity. Such reports should be made public, in full or where appropriate in an aggregated format, in order to increase transparency and scrutiny by citizens and independent third parties, and to improve supervision by the Commission. Furthermore, such reporting would provide the necessary information for the Commission to report on the operation of the certification schemes with a view to identifying best practices and submitting, if appropriate, a proposal to further promote such best practices. In order to ensure comparable and consistent reporting, the Commission should be empowered to adopt implementing acts setting out the technical details on the content and format of the reports drawn up by the certification schemes.
Amendment 200 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) To enable operators to apply the quality criteria set out in this Regulation in a standardised and cost-effective way, while taking into account the specific characteristics of different carbon removal activities, 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 to supplement this Regulation by establishing detailed certification methodologies for different types of carbon removal activities. The Commission should also be able to amend Annex II listing the minimum information to be contained in the certificates. 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-Making34 . 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. Each draft delegated act should also be open for public consultation for a period of minimum four weeks. __________________ 34 OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1
Amendment 207 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The objective of this Regulation is to facilitate the deployment of carbon removals by operators or groups of operatorsenvironmentally sustainable, safe and secure permanent geological carbon storage on the one hand, and increased carbon sequestration in biogenic carbon pools through land-use activities in full respect of the biodiversity and zero- pollution objectives on the other hand, as a complement to the necessary immediate, deep and irreversible emissions reduction by sources across all sectors needed to limit global warming to 1.5°C. To that end, this Regulation establishes a voluntary Union framework for the certification of carbon removals and carbon farming activities by laying down:
Amendment 214 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) quality criteria for carbon removal and carbon farming activities that take place in the Union;
Amendment 218 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) rules for the verification and certification of carbon removals and carbon farming activities;
Amendment 221 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) rules on the monitoring, validity, expiry and liability of carbon removals and carbon farming activities;
Amendment 223 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) rules for the use of the carbon removals certificates and carbon farming certificates.
Amendment 224 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. This voluntary Union framework for the certification of carbon removals and carbon farming activities does not apply to emissions falling within the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC, with the exception of the storage of carbon dioxide emissions from sustainable biomass that are zero-rated in accordance with Annex IV thereto and Regulation (EU) 2018/842, as recently amended.
Amendment 226 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Carbon removal and carbon farming activities certified under this Union framework shall not be used for, or claimed to, offset, compensate or replace the reduction of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions by sources, neither in regulatory nor in voluntary frameworks.
Amendment 227 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 c (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 c (new)
2 c. The purpose of carbon removals is to supplement deep emissions reduction, by prioritising swift and predictable emission reduction and balancing the very last, unavoidable emissions and help the Union achieve the goal of climate neutrality by 2050, and net-negative emissions immediately after 2050 as enshrined in Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality1a. __________________ 1a Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 June 2021 establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulations (EC) No 401/2009 and (EU) 2018/1999 (‘European Climate Law’) (OJ L 243/1, 9.7.2021)
Amendment 228 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 239 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) ‘carbon removal activity’ means one or more practices or processes, with a net negative emissions balance, carried out by an operator resulting in permanent carbon storage, enhancing carbon capture in a biogenic carbon pool, reducing the release of carbon from a biogenic carbon pool to the atmosphere, or storing atmospheric or biogenic carbon in long- lasting products or materials;
Amendment 245 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) ‘operator’ means any legal or physical person who operates or controls a carbon removal activityor carbon farming activity, including collectivities and cooperatives, or to whom decisive economic power over the technical functioning of the activity has been delegated; In cases of tenancy, the manager of the land doing the work shall receive the financial benefits or reward arising from the scheme, not the land owner;
Amendment 250 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) ‘monitoring period’ means a period, the duration of which is determined in accordance to the type of carbon removal activity,with Article 9a over which the storage of carbon is monitored by the operator or public entity;
Amendment 251 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) ‘permanent carbon storage’ means a carbon removal activity that, under normal circumstances and using appropriate management practices, stores atmospheric or biogenic carbon for several centuries, including bioenergy with carbon capture and storage and direct air carbon capture and storage;
Amendment 269 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) ‘carbon farming activity’ means a carbon removal activity related to land management that results in the increase of carbon storage in living biomass, dead organic matter and soils by enhancingland-use activity that results in the increase of carbon storage in biogenic carbon capturepools and/or reducing the release of carbon from rewetting drained peatlands to the atmosphere;
Amendment 273 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(h a) ‘reversal’ means the voluntary or involuntary release of CO2 back into the atmosphere from biogenic carbon pools;
Amendment 275 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point i
Amendment 277 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point n a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point n a (new)
(n a) ‘contribution claim’ means a claim made by a physical or legal person related to the voluntary financing of an activity resulting in verifiable and additional removal of CO2 from the atmosphere, in view of supporting the Union’s climate targets set out in Regulation (EU) 2021/1119, without using this to offset, compensate or replace their own emissions, or claim to do so;
Amendment 278 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point o
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point o
Amendment 289 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Carbon removal activities shall be eligible for certification under this Regulation where they meet both of the following conditions:
Amendment 291 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) they are generated from a carbon removal activity that compliescomply with the quality criteria set out in Articles 4 to 7;
Amendment 292 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) they are not used for, or claimed to, offset, compensate or replace the reduction of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions by sources, neither in regulatory nor in voluntary frameworks;
Amendment 294 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) principles of good accounting are followed, corresponding to stringent international and scientific principles.
Amendment 295 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Carbon farming activities shall be eligible for certification under this Regulation where they meet both of the following conditions: (a) they are not used for, or claimed to, offset, compensate or replace the reduction of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions by sources, neither in regulatory nor in voluntary frameworks; (b) they comply with the quality criteria set out in article 4 to 7a; (c) they are independently verified in accordance with Article 9; (d) principles of good accounting are followed, corresponding to stringent international and scientific principles.
Amendment 298 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. A carbon removaln activity shall provide a net carbon removal benefit, which shall be quantified using the following formula:
Amendment 302 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) CRbaseline is the carbon removals under the baselinetotal amount of CO2 removed from the atmosphere over the entire life cycle of a best-in-class comparable activity;
Amendment 303 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) CRtotal is the total carbon removals of the carbon removalamount of CO2 removed from the atmosphere by the activity over the entire life cycle of the activity;
Amendment 305 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c
(c) GHGincrease is the increase in direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions, other than tver the entire life cycle of the activity, including greenhouse from biogenic carbon pools in the case of carbon farmigas emissions arising from the transport and storage of CO2, the use of fertilisers, fuels, chemicals, materials or energy, the displacement of energy and waste heat from competitive uses, as well as direct and indirect land use change, which are due to the implementation of the carbon removal activity.
Amendment 316 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. Carbon removals shall be quantified in a relevanconservative, robust, accurate, complete, consistent, comparable and transparent manner. Uncertainties in the quantification of the net carbon removal benefit shall be duly reported and accounted for as part of the certification methodologies, in a manner that is conservative and proportionate, and in accordance with recognised statistical approaches. The degree of conservativeness shall be proportional to the level of uncertainty in the quantification of the net carbon removal benefit recognised by the latest available internationally recognised scientific evidence.
Amendment 323 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5
Article 4 – paragraph 5
5. The baseline shall correspond to the standard carbon removal performancenet greenhouse gas removals, or net greenhouse gas emissions in case of the rewetting of peatlands, of comparable activities in similar social, economic, environmental and technological circumstances and take into account the geographical context.
Amendment 327 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 6
Article 4 – paragraph 6
6. By way of derogation from paragraph 5, where duly justified, the baseline may be based on the individual carbon removal performance of that activity where duly justified, in the applicable certification methodology by the absence of enough comparable activities to be able to set a representative baseline.
Amendment 330 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. By way of derogation from paragraph 5, for carbon farming activities and until [10 years after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], the carbon removal benefit achieved through a certified activity shall be understood as net greenhouse gas removals or emissions in accordance with the accounting rules laid down in Regulation (EU) 2018/841, and comply with the conditions laid out in Article 7a.
Amendment 337 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 7
Article 4 – paragraph 7
7. TheEach baseline shall be periodically updatupdated at least every five years after it has been adopted. Possible perverse incentives for baseline inflation shall be considered and addressed.
Amendment 343 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 8
Article 4 – paragraph 8
Amendment 347 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 9
Article 4 – paragraph 9
9. To support the quantification of the net carbon removals benefit generated by carbon farming, the activities, the public entity, operator or group of operators shall gather data on carbon removals and greenhouse gas emissions in a manner compatible with national greenhouse gas inventories under Regulation (EU) 2018/841 and Part 3 of Annex V to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999.
Amendment 353 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. AThe net carbon removal benefit generated by an activity shall be additional. To that end, the carbon removal activity shall meet bothall of the following criteria:
Amendment 357 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) it goes beyond any binding removals or net removals targets set out at Union and national levels, or statutory requirements set out at the level of the operator or group of operators;
Amendment 362 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) it takes place due to the incentive effectthe activity becomes financially attractive due to the monetisation of the certificatione.
Amendment 363 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Where the baseline is established pursuant to Article 4(5), additionality as referred to in paragraph 1 is considered to be complied with. Where the baseline is established pursuant to Article 4(6), additionality as referred to in paragraph 1, points (aAdditionality as referred to in paragraph 1, points (a), (b) and (b),c) shall be demonstrated through specific tests.
Amendment 364 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. For the purpose of demonstrating point (a) of paragraph 1, the baseline shall take into account the anticipated impact of any binding removals or net removals targets set out at Union and national levels, in particular those set out in the amended Regulation (EU) 2018/841.
Amendment 368 #
Amendment 369 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. An operator or group of operators shall demonstrate that a carbon removal activity or a carbon farming activity aims at ensuring the long-term storage of carbon. during the following minimum storage durations: (a) in the case of carbon storage activities, for at least several centuries; (b) in the case of carbon farming activities, for at least one hundred years.
Amendment 373 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Amendment 385 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. For carbon farming and carbon storage in productsAt the end of the monitoring period, and if no re-certification audits have been carried, the net carbon stored by a carbon removalremoval benefit generated by an activity during the entire life of that activity shall be considered released to the atmosphere at the end of the monitoring period.
Amendment 393 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. A permanent carbon removal activity shall have a neutral impact on or generate co- benefits for all the following sustainability objectives:
Amendment 413 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. A carbon farming activity shall generate co-benefits for all of the following sustainability objectives: (a) climate change mitigation, including reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural practices, as well as maintenance of existing carbon stores and enhancement of carbon sequestration; (b) climate change adaptation, including actions to improve resilience of food production systems and animal and plant diversity; (c) protection or improvement of water quality and reduction of pressure on water resources and protection of water and marine resources; (d) transition to a circular economy, notably the closing of nutrients cycle; (e) prevention of soil degradation, soil restoration, improvement of soil fertility and of nutrient management and soil biota; (f) pollution prevention and control; (g) protection and restoration of biodiversity and ecosystems, conservation or restoration of habitats or species, including maintenance and creation of landscape features or non-productive areas; (h) actions for a reduced use of pesticides and synthetic fertilizers; (i) social protection, especially concerning the rights of local communities and indigenous people.
Amendment 417 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. A carbon removal or carbon farming activity shall not lead to land grabbing and land speculation, and respect the rights of local communities and indigenous people affected by those activities, both within and outside the Union
Amendment 421 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. For the purposes of paragraph 1 and 2, a carbon removal or carbon farming activity shall comply with minimum sustainability requirements laid down in the certification methodologies, set out in the delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 8.
Amendment 431 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7 a (new)
Amendment 456 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Prior to adopting the delegated acts referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article, the Commission shall consult the Platform referred to in Article 14a regarding the technical certification methodologies referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article.
Amendment 458 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. When the Commission does not follow the advice of the Platform when adopting the delegated acts referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article, it shall include a detailed justification of its choice in an Annex to the relevant delegated act.
Amendment 459 #
Amendment 460 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – title
Article 9 – title
Certification of compliance and re- certification audits
Amendment 465 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. To apply for a certification of compliance with this Regulation, an operator or a group of operators shall submit an application to a certification scheme. Upon acceptance of that application, the operator or a group of operators shall submit to a certification bodyThis application shall be made publically available. This application shall include a comprehensive description of the carbon removal activity, including the certification methodology applied to assess compliance with Articles 4 to 7, and, where applicable the expected total carbon removals and net carbon removal benefit. Groups of operators shall also specify how advisory services on carbon removal activities are provided, in particular to small-scale carbon farming operators.
Amendment 466 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The certification bodyscheme shall conduct a certification audit toappoint an independent certification body which shall verify that the information submitted in accordance with paragraph 1 is accurate, reliable and protected against fraud, and to confirm compliance of the carbon removal activity with Articles 4 to 7. As a result of that certification auditWhen all the information provided by the operator or group of operators comply with the provisions set out in Articles 4 to 7, the certification body shall issue a certification audit report, that includes a summary, and a certificate containing, as a minimum, the information set out in Annex II. The certification scheme shall control the certification audit report and the certificate, and make the summary ofall the information included in the certification audit report and make the certificate publicly available in athe Union registry referred to in Article 12.
Amendment 468 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. The same certification body shall carry out periodic re-certification audits to reconfirm compliance of the carbon removal activity with Articles 4 to 7 and verify the generated net carbon removal benefit. Re-certification audits shall take place at least every five years for carbon farming activities, and at least every 10 years for carbon removal activities. As a result of that re-certification audit, the certification body shall issue a re- certification audit report, that includes a summary, and an updated certificate. The certification scheme shall control the re- certification audit report and, the updated certificate, and make the summary of the re-certification audit report, the updated certificate and, where relevant, the certified carbon removal units, and make them publicly available in athe Union registry referred to in Article 12.
Amendment 472 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Certification bodies shall be remunerated by the certification scheme. Certification schemes may require a fee to be paid by the operator or group of operators to cover the remuneration of certification bodies.
Amendment 475 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 a (new)
Article 9 a (new)
Amendment 478 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) legally and financially independent from the operators or from a group of operators, and carry out the activities required under this Regulation in the public interest.
Amendment 479 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Article 10 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall supervise the operation of certification bodies. Certification bodies shall submit, upon request by the national competent authorities, all relevant information necessary to supervise their operation, including date, time and location of the audits referred to in Article 9. Where Member States find issues of non- conformity, they shall inform the concerned certification body and the relevant certification scheme thereof without delay, and the corresponding information shall be made publicly available through the Union registry referred to in Article 12 without delay.
Amendment 480 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. Certification schemes shall operate on the basis of reliable and transparent rules and procedures, in particular with regard to internal management and monitoring, handling of complaints and appeals, stakeholder consultation, transparency and publication of information, appointment and training of certification bodies, addressing non- conformity issues, development and management of registries. Certificate schemes shall put in place easily accessible and free-of-charge complaint and appeal procedures, including allowing the possibility for third parties and civil society organisations to submit cases of suspicion of fraud or independent assessment of the rules and procedures of the certification schemes. Certification schemes shall provide the information on those rules and procedures to the Commission to be made publicly available in the Union registry referred to in Article 12.
Amendment 484 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Article 11 – paragraph 3
3. Certification schemes shall verify if the information and data submitted by the operator or a group of operators for the certification of compliance pursuant to Article 9 were subject to independent auditing and if the certification of compliance wasand the re-certification audit reports were carried out in an accurate, and reliable, and cost-effective manner manner, and are protected against fraud.
Amendment 486 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4
Article 11 – paragraph 4
4. Certification schemes shall publish in the Union registry referred to in Article 12, at least annually, a list of the appointed certification bodies, stating for each certification body by which entity or national public authority it was recognised and which entity or national public authority is monitoring it.
Amendment 491 #
Amendment 493 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Amendment 497 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission may adopt implementing acts setting out the structure, format, and technical details of the publicUnion registriy, and the rules, and ofprocedures for the recording, and holding or use of carbon removal unitf all the information contained in the certificates, as referred to in paragraph 1. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 17.
Amendment 500 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Only a certification scheme recognised by the Commission by means of a decision may be used by operators or group of operators to demonstrate compliance with this Regulation. Such decision shall be valid for a period of no more than 5 years. Such decision shall be made public in the central Union registry referred to in Article 12.
Amendment 501 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission may repeal a decision recognising a certification scheme pursuant to paragraph 1 where the certification scheme fails to implement the standards and rules set out in the implementing acts referred to in Article 11(5). Where a Member State a third party, including civil society organisations, raises concerns that a certification scheme does not operate in accordance with the standards and rules set out in the implementing acts referred to in Article 11(5) that constitute the basis for decisions under paragraph 1, the Commission shall immediately investigate the matter and take appropriate action, including repealing the relevant decision.
Amendment 503 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall make those reports publicly available in the Union registry referred to in Article 12 , in full or, only where absolutely necessary to preserve the confidentiality of commercially sensitive information, in an aggregated formwithout those commercially sensitive information. The rest of the reports shall be made publicly available in full.
Amendment 507 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article -15 (new)
Article -15 (new)
Amendment 508 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 16 to amend Annex II in order to adapt the list of minimum information included in the certificates referred to in Article 9. Prior to adopting the delegated acts referred to in the first sub-paragraph, the Commission shall consult the Platform referred to in Article 14a. When the Commission does not follow the advice of the Platform when adopting the delegated acts referred to in the first sub-paragraph, it shall include a detailed justification of its choice in an Annex to the relevant delegated act.
Amendment 514 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 4
Article 16 – paragraph 4
4. Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Inter-institutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making. Any draft delegated act shall be open for public consultation for a period of minimum four weeks.
Amendment 11 #
2022/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) There is clear evidence of a decrease in the atmospheric burden of ozone depleting substances and of stratospheric ozone recovery. However, the recovery of the ozone layeraccording to the European Environment Agency, the 2021 ozone hole was one of the larger and deeper ones in recent years and was larger than the average over the last five and ten years. The recovery of the ozone layer is still very fragile and recovery to the concentrations level existing before 1980 is not projected to take place before the middle of the 21st century. Therefore, increased UV-radiation persists as a significant threat to health and the environment. Avoiding the risk of further delays in the recovery of the ozone layer remains dependent on ensuring that existing obligations are fully implemented, as well asthat more action is taken, and that the necessary measures are in place to address any upcoming challenges swiftly and effectively.
Amendment 13 #
2022/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) In order to increase awareness on the global warming potential of ozone depleting substances, in addition to the ozone depleting potential of the substances, their respective global warming potential should also be listed in this Regulation as well as on the labels of containers of ozone depleting substances. Where available, this information should include the global warming potential expressed both on a 100-year and 20-year timescale, to increase awareness about the short- term high global warming potential of some ozone depleting substances.
Amendment 17 #
2022/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
Amendment 22 #
2022/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
Amendment 25 #
2022/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Non-refillable containers for ozone depleting substances, should be banned, considering that an amount of substance inevitably remains in these containers when emptied, which is then released into the atmosphere. In this respect, it is necessary to prohibit their import, placing on the market, subsequent supply or making available on the market, use, except for laboratory and analytical uses, and their export. To ensure that refillable containers are refilled instead of being discarded, when placing such containers on the market undertakings should be required to produce a declaration of conformity including evidence on the arrangements for return for the purpose of refilling.
Amendment 26 #
2022/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council24 provides for the labelling of substances classified as ozone depleting substances and the labelling of mixtures containing such substances. As it is allowed to release for free circulation in the Union market halon and methyl bromide, as well as other ozone depleting substances produced for feedstock, process agent, laboratory and analytical uses, those substances should be distinguished from substances that are produced for other uses. __________________ 24 Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (OJ L 353, 31.12.2008, p. 1).
Amendment 28 #
2022/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Given that the production process for some ozone depleting substances can result in emissions of the fluorinated greenhouse gas produced trifluoromethane as a by-product, such by-product emissions should be destroyed or recovered for subsequent use as a condition for the placing the ozone depleting substance on the market. Producers and importers should also be required to document measures adopted to prevent emissions of trifluoromethane during the production process and to provide proof of the destruction and recovery in line with the best available techniques. They should also be required to report on compliance with Article 15(2) under Article 24 and Annex VI.
Amendment 32 #
2022/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) To ensure that substances as well as products and equipment covered by this Regulation that have been imported illegally in the Union market does not re- enter the market, competent authorities should confiscate or seize these products for disposaland destroy them. Re-export of products not compliant with this Regulation should be prohibited in any event.
Amendment 34 #
2022/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28 a (new)
Recital 28 a (new)
(28a) The requirement to recover foams containing ozone depleting substances from building material could spur innovation and research and development on demolition, reclamation and recycling technologies and could have positive effects on employment due to the labour- intensiveness of the decommissioning process and the need for more treatment capacity for those types of wastes. However, that requirement could create some additional need for training specialised personnel in the relevant companies, which are often small and medium-sized enterprises. Member States should therefore establish minimum qualification requirements for the personnel involved and at the same time increase the availability of training programmes.
Amendment 35 #
2022/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28 b (new)
Recital 28 b (new)
(28b) The shift towards the use of alternatives to ozone depleting substances will spur green innovation and employment. Member States should however ensure a fair and just transition for the personnel employed by undertakings which will not succeed in the transition to such alternatives, leaving no one behind.
Amendment 36 #
2022/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) The Protocol requires reporting on trade in ozone depleting substances. Producers, importers and exporters of ozone depleting substances should therefore report annually on trade in ozone depleting substances. Trade in ozone depleting substances not yet covered by the Protocol (listed in Annex II), should also be reported in order to be able to assess the need to extend some or all of the control measures applicable for the substances listed in Annex I to also cover those substances.
Amendment 37 #
2022/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33 a (new)
Recital 33 a (new)
(33a) In its Communication of 14 October 2020 entitled “Improving access to justice in environmental matters in the EU and its Member States”, the Commission recognised that access to justice in environmental matters is not guaranteed in all Member States and called on the Council and the European Parliament to introduce explicit access to justice provisions in new and revised EU laws concerning environmental matters. This Regulation contains provisions which create equal conditions of access across the Union to national courts for members of the public who find that their public authorities are not in compliance with the obligations arising from it, in line with the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (the “Aarhus Convention”).
Amendment 38 #
2022/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33 b (new)
Recital 33 b (new)
(33b) Whistle-blowers can bring new information to the attention of competent authorities which could help the competent authorities detect infringements of this Regulation and enable them to impose penalties. It should be ensured that adequate arrangements are in place to enable whistle-blowers to alert the competent authorities to actual or potential infringements of this Regulation and to protect the whistle- blowers from retaliation.
Amendment 43 #
2022/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40 a (new)
Recital 40 a (new)
Amendment 47 #
2022/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) ‘feedstock’ means any ozone depleting substance that undergoes chemical transformation in a process in which it is entirely converted from its original composition and emissions are insignificant;
Amendment 58 #
2022/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
By way of derogation from Article 4(1), ozone depleting substances listed in Annex I may be produced, placed on the market, and subsequently supplied or made available to another person within the Union for payment or free of charge to be used as feedstock subject to the conditions laid down pursuant to Annex Ia and paragraphs 1a and 1b of this Article.
Amendment 60 #
2022/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 29 to amend Annex Ia with the purpose to: (a) set a schedule for reducing the maximum amount of ozone depleting substances that may be used as feedstock and set a maximum amount and a schedule for reducing that amount of ozone depleting substances that may be released from feedstock, taking into account scientific recommendations, technological developments resulting in the availability of technically feasible alternatives, and the availability of more precise data on the emissions from feedstock; (b) prohibit the use of ozone depleting substances for feedstock uses for which technically feasible alternatives exist.
Amendment 64 #
2022/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 b (new)
The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, establish a list of undertakings for which the use of ozone depleting substances listed in Annex I as feedstock subject to the conditions laid down pursuant to Annex Ia is permitted, laying down the maximum quantities that may be used as feedstock and maximum emission levels for each of the undertakings concerned. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 28(2).
Amendment 76 #
2022/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 29 to amend Annex V, where technically and economically feasible alternatives or technologies are available for the uses listed in that Annex ahead of the end dates specified in that Annex, or are not available for the uses listed in that Annex within the timeframes set out in that Annex V, or are not acceptable due to their impacts on environment or health, or where it is necessary to ensure compliance with the international commitments of the Union concerning critical uses of halons established in particular under the Protocol, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) or the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL).
Amendment 77 #
2022/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Article 9 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, and following a substantiated request of the competent authority of a Member State, grant time- limited derogations from the end dates or cut-off dates specified in Annex V for a specified case where it is demonstrated in the request that no technically and economically feasible alternative is available for that particular application. The Commission mayshall include in those implementing acts reporting requirements, and mayshall require submission of supporting evidence necessary for monitoring the use of the derogation, including evidence on amounts recovered for recycling or reclamation, results of leakage checks and amounts of unused halons in stocks. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 28(2).
Amendment 82 #
2022/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. Implementing acts referred to in paragraph 1 shall specify measures to be taken to reduce emissions of methyl bromide during use and apply for a period not exceeding 120 days and to a quantity not exceeding 20 metric tonnes of methyl bromide. The Commission mayshall include in those implementing acts reporting requirements and mayshall require submission of supporting evidence necessary for monitoring the use of methyl bromide, including evidence on the destruction of substances following the end of the derogation. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 28(2).
Amendment 86 #
2022/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 90 #
2022/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Any prohibited non-refillable containers referred to in the first subparagraph shall be confiscated, seized, withdrawn or recalled from the market and destroyed by the customs authorities or the market surveillance authorities for disposal. The re-export of prohibited non-refillable containers is prohibited.
Amendment 92 #
2022/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Undertakings which place on the market refillable containers for ozone depleting substances shall produce a declaration of conformity that includes evidence confirming the arrangements in place for the return of that container for the purpose of refilling. They shall keep the declaration of conformity for a period of at least five years after the placing on the market of refillable containers and shall make it available, on request, to the competent authorities of the Member States and the Commission. The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, supplement this Regulation by determining the details of the declaration of conformity. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 28(2).
Amendment 94 #
2022/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
For the purpose of submittingproviding that evidence, importers and producers shall draw up a declaration of conformity, verified by an accredited auditor, and join supporting documentation with: (a) information on the production facility and the mitigation measures adopted to prevent emissions of trifluoromethane. Producers and importers shall keep the declaration of conformity and supporting documenta; (b) the proof of availability and operation of the best available abatement technology at the production facility; (c) the proof of mitigation measures adopted to prevent emissions of trifluoromethane, in line with best available techniques; (d) the proof of destruction for a period of at least five years afrecovery of any quantity of emitterd the placing on the market and make them available, upon request, to national competent authorities and to the Commission. rifluoromethane, in line with best available techniques and in accordance with the requirements laid down in Article 20(7).
Amendment 95 #
2022/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
The Commission mayshall, by means of implementing acts, determine the detailed arrangements relating to and the detailed elements of the declaration of conformity and supporting documentation referred to in the second subparagraph. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 28(2).
Amendment 97 #
2022/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Containers of ozone depleting substances shall be labelled. The label shall bear the accepted industry designation for the ozone depleting substance concerned or, if no such designation is available, the chemical name, the ozone depleting potential of the substance concerned, and, where available, its global warming potential expressed on a 100-year time- scale, and, where available, on a 20-year timescale. Containers containing the substances intended for the uses referred to in Articles 6, 7, 8, 9 and 810 shall be labelled with a clear indication that the substance may only be used for the applicable purpose. Where such substances are subject to labelling requirements provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008, such indication shall be included in the labels referred to in that Regulation. Reclaimed or recycled ozone depleting substances shall be labelled with an indication that the substance has been reclaimed or recycled, information on the batch number and the name and address of the reclamation or recycling facility in the Union. Where relevant, refilled containers shall be relabelled with updated information.
Amendment 104 #
2022/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall set up and ensure the operation of the electronic licensing system for ozone depleting substances listed in Annex I and products and equipment containing those substances or whose functioning relies upon those substances ('the licensing system').
Amendment 116 #
2022/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. Ozone depleting substances listed in Annex I contained in refrigeration, air- conditioning and heat pump equipment, equipment containing solvents or fire protection systems and fire extinguishers shall, during the maintenance or servicing of equipment or before the dismantling or disposal of equipment, be recovered for destruction, recycling or reclamation.
Amendment 120 #
2022/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2
Article 20 – paragraph 2
2. Building owners and contractors shall ensure that during renovation, refurbishing or demolition activities implying the removal of metal-faced panels that contain foams with ozone depleting substances listed in Annex I are avoided to the extent possible by recovery for reuse or destruction of the foams and the substances contained therein.
Amendment 123 #
2022/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 3
Article 20 – paragraph 3
3. Building owners and contractors shall ensure that during renovation, refurbishing or demolition activities implying the removal of foams in laminated boards installed in cavities or built-up structures that contain ozone depleting substances listed in Annex I are avoided to the extent possible by recovery for reuse or destruction of the foams and the substances contained therein.
Amendment 126 #
2022/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 6
Article 20 – paragraph 6
6. Ozone depleting substances listed in Annex I contained in products and equipment other than those mentioned in paragraphs 1 to 5 shall, if technically and economically feasible, be recovered for destruction, recycling or reclamation, or shall be destroyed without prior recovery.
Amendment 127 #
2022/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 7
Article 20 – paragraph 7
7. Ozone depleting substances listed in Annex I and products and equipment containing such substances shall only be destroyed by technologies approved by the Parties to the Protocol or by destruction technologies that are not yet approved, but are environmentally equivalent and comply with Union and national legislation on waste and with additional requirements under such legislation.
Amendment 128 #
2022/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 9
Article 20 – paragraph 9
9. Member States shall promote the recovery, recycling, reclamation and destruction of ozone depleting substances listed in Annex I and shall establish the minimum qualification requirements for the personnel involved. Member States shall ensure that training programmes for natural persons carrying out those tasks are available.
Amendment 132 #
2022/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2
Article 21 – paragraph 2
2. Undertakings shall take all necessary precautions to prevent and minimise any unintentional release of ozone depleting substances listed in Annex I during production, including inadvertently produced in the course of the manufacture of other chemicals, equipment manufacturing process, use, storage and transfer from one container or system to another or transport.
Amendment 134 #
2022/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Article 21 – paragraph 3
3. Undertakings operating equipment containing ozone depleting substances listed in Annex I, shall ensure that any detected leakage is repaired without undue delay, without prejudice to the prohibition to use the ozone depleting substances.
Amendment 139 #
2022/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 5
Article 21 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall establish the minimum qualification requirements for the personnel carrying out activities referred to in paragraph 3. Member States shall ensure that training programmes for natural persons carrying out those activities are available.
Amendment 141 #
2022/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 3
Article 22 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 29 to amend Annexes I and II as regardsto update the global warming potential and the ozone depleting potential of the listed substances, where it is necessary in the light of new Assessments Reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change or new reports of the SAP, established under the Protocol, and to add the global warming potential of those substances on a 20-year timescale.
Amendment 151 #
2022/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 a (new)
Article 26 a (new)
Article 26a Access to justice 1. Member States shall ensure that, in accordance with their national law, members of the public concerned who meet the conditions set out in paragraph 2, including natural or legal persons or their associations, organisations or groups, have access to a review procedure before a court of law, or another independent and impartial body established by law, to challenge the substantive or procedural legality of decisions, acts and omissions that fail to comply with the legal obligations provided for in this Regulation. For the purposes of this paragraph, an act or omission that fails to comply with legal obligations provided for in this Regulation includes an act or omission with respect to a measure adopted for the purposes of implementing those obligations, where that measure fails to make a sufficient contribution to such implementation. 2. Members of the public concerned shall be deemed to meet the conditions referred to in paragraph 1 where: (a) they have sufficient interest; or (b) they maintain impairment of a right, where administrative procedural law of a Member State requires that as a precondition. What constitutes a sufficient interest shall be determined by Member States consistently with the objective of giving the members of the public concerned wide access to justice and in conformity with the Aarhus Convention. To that end, the interest of any non-governmental organisation promoting environmental protection and meeting any requirements under national law shall be deemed to have sufficient interest for the purposes of this paragraph 3. 3. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not exclude the possibility of being able to have recourse to a preliminary review procedure before an administrative authority and shall not affect the requirement to exhaust administrative review procedures prior to having recourse to judicial review procedures, where such a requirement exists under national law. Any such procedure shall be fair, equitable, timely and not prohibitively expensive. 4. Member States shall ensure that practical information is made easily available to the public on access to administrative and judicial review procedures.
Amendment 157 #
2022/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 27 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
In cases of unlawful production, import, export, placing on the market, or use of ozone depleting substances listed in Annex I or of products and equipment containing those substances or whose functioning relies upon those substances, Member States shall envisage maxinimum administrative fines of at least five times the market value of the concerned substances or products and equipment concerned. In case of a repeated infringement within a five-year period, the Member States shall envisage maxinimum administrative fines of at least eight times the market value of the concerned substances or products and equipment concerned.
Amendment 165 #
2022/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
By 1 January 203327, the Commission shall publish a report on the implementation of this Regulation. The European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change established under Article 10a of Regulation(EC) No 401/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council1a (the "Advisory Board") may, on its own initiative, provide scientific advice or issue reports on the coherence of this Regulation with the objectives of Regulation(EC) No 401/2009 and with the Union’s international commitments under the Paris Agreement, and inform any future review of this Regulation. The Commission shall provide public explanations on how it has taken into account such advice and reports when reviewing this Regulation. _________________ 1a Regulation (EC) No 401/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the European Environment Agency and the European Environment Information and Observation Network (OJ L 126, 21.5.2009, p. 13).
Amendment 168 #
2022/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I a (new)
Annex I a (new)
The maximum amount of ozone depleting substances that may be used as feedstock within the Union shall not exceed 166 356 metric tonnes.
Amendment 175 #
2022/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI – point 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Annex VI – point 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) any quantities destroyed, including quantities contained in products or equipment and quantities destroyed as by- product, and the technology used for destruction;
Amendment 177 #
2022/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI – point 5 – paragraph 2
Annex VI – point 5 – paragraph 2
Each undertaking destroying ozone depleting substances listed in Annex I and not covered by point 2(e) of this Annex shall also communicate data on any purchases from and sales to other undertakings in the Union.
Amendment 179 #
2022/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI – point 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
Annex VI – point 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the types of feedstock uses and processes and any emissions, including those linked to transport and storage, including the transfer from one container to another.
Amendment 180 #
2022/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI – point 6 – paragraph 2
Annex VI – point 6 – paragraph 2
Each undertaking using as feedstock or process agents ozone depleting substances listed in Annex I shall also communicate data on any purchases from and sales to other undertakings in the Union.
Amendment 1 #
2021/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Welcomes the Commission proposal for a Methane Strategy in seeking to reduce overall methane emissions within the EU; recalls that within a 20 year timespan, methane emissions are 86 times more potent than CO2 in terms of its effect on global warming, and that it contributes to tropospheric ozone formation, a potent local air pollutant, damaging crops, forests and other vegetation, affecting biodiversity and causing serious health problems;
Amendment 5 #
2021/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1 a. Regrets the failure of the previous efforts to decrease methane emissions in the agriculture sector, which is responsible for 53% of the EU’s methane emissions; recalls that from 2010 to 2018, methane emissions in the agricultural sector increased with 0.62% instead of decreasing;
Amendment 6 #
2021/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 b (new)
Paragraph -1 b (new)
-1 b. Calls on the Commission to set up a target on methane reduction within the agriculture sector by 2030;
Amendment 8 #
2021/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Regrets the lack of aWelcomes the Commission efforts to develop a more comprehensive EU monitoring framework for methane emissions; calls on the Commission, therefore, to improve the measurement, reporting and verification of methane emissions in the agricultural sector in the agriculture sector, which will be of interest to encourage individual action within national frameworks; recalls that the existing monitoring system already allows us to take action, as Tier 2 methodology is used for reporting and monitoring, e.g. to report under the NEC Directive;
Amendment 56 #
2021/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the Commission to ensure positive synergies between climate regulation and the Industrial Emissions Directive in order to avoid double regulationopen the Industrial Emissions Directive and NEC Directive in order to extend its scope to methane and better cover the agriculture sector;
Amendment 59 #
2021/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Underlines that methane and ammonia emissions are related to livestock farming and manure management, and that the Methane Strategy should be seen as a powerful tool to set synergistic measures which will reduce both methane and ammonia together;
Amendment 64 #
2021/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights that research and investment in mitigation measures and technologies is of paramount importance; considers that there technologies can contribute to reducing methane emissions from the agriculture sector; recalls that, as underlined in an IIASA study on methane1a, technical solutions only have limited impact for the agriculture sector and will not enable the EU to achieve neither the Paris Agreat potential in adapting diet of and developing feed additives forement objectives, nor carbon neutrality by 2050 and must be complemented with a shift in livestock farming practices; considers that technical solutions, such as adapting the diet of ruminant and bovine species, which couldcan help reduce methane emissions without having negative effectfrom the agriculture sector but that they must be founded on fact-based evidence and peer- reviewed science, and should not negatively impact animal welfare nor incentivise large-scale industrial farming; _________________ 1a According to the Commission’s con the livestock sector;sultant IIASA, the maximum technical potential –at any cost –could reduce EU methane emissions by only 62% from 2005 to 2050, compared to a 42% reduction in the baseline - REFERENCE NEEDED http://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/16324/1/H %25C3%25B6glund- Isaksson_2020_Environ._Res._Commun. _2_025004.pdf
Amendment 86 #
2021/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Acknowledges the many negative impacts of industrial farming on the environment, climate, animal welfare and socio-economic aspects of the agriculture sector; calls for a shift from intensive, industrial animal farming towards an extensive farming based on grazing and home-grown fodder, and to limit livestock production to our EU carrying capacity;
Amendment 92 #
2021/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Highlights that historical reductions of agricultural methane emissions in the EU have been driven by reductions in ruminant livestock numbers; notes that neither livestock numbers nor methane emissions have decreased in the past decade;
Amendment 97 #
2021/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Stresses that current levels of meat and dairy production and consumption need to be significantly reduced;
Amendment 110 #
2021/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that value-addedthe utilisation of agricultural residues and other by-products is an importantcan be a driver of the circular economy and bio-economy; calls for the accelif stringent sustainability criteria are applied, so that only genuine waste and residues, for which no more sustainable alternation of European biogas production from agriculture waste, as an important tool for reducing methane emissionsve use exists, are considered as potential sources of feed for the biogas plants, following a cascading principle of use; calls for the development of on-farm, small biogas plants, fed with agriculture waste only;
Amendment 123 #
2021/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Recalls that circularity first means less waste, slowing the consumption of resources and energy, and implementing long-term waste prevention solutions, and that the role of biogas shall therefore be limited;
Amendment 148 #
2021/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that farm level certification schemes for climate effective farming, including common measurement and verification data for methane reductions, will be an important tool for monitoring and incentivisingaction must be taken to mitigate the impact of our food system on climate, which includes methane reductions at farm level;
Amendment 153 #
2021/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Believes this regulatory framework should be built on the basis of best available science and ensure no negative impacts on the environment, in particular biodiversity; reminds of the importance of nature-based solutions, such as agroecology or ecosystem restoration, especially peatland restoration, for increasing natural carbon sinks in accordance with the EU Climate Law;
Amendment 162 #
2021/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that within thee important role of a wider circular economy, the uptake of carbon removals and increased circularity of carbon should be incentivised; calls in reducing GHG emissions; takes note of the work onf the Commission, in accordance with the EU Climate Law, to exploreing the development of a regulatory framework for the certification of carbon removals on the basis of robust and transparent carbon accounting that takes into account the differences between the greenhouse gases, and to verify the authenticity of carbon removals and reward farmers for their mitigation efforts.;
Amendment 166 #
2021/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Believes this regulatory framework should be built on the basis of best available science and ensure no negative impacts on the environment, in particular biodiversity; reminds of the importance of nature-based solutions, such as agroecology or ecosystem restoration, especially peatland restoration, for increasing natural carbon sinks in accordance with the EU Climate Law;
Amendment 177 #
2021/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Highlights that the sink strength from forest soils is large, and that the global methane budget is sensitive to disturbances of forests; Highlights that certain forestry practices, like forest management operations that involve clear-cutting and waterlogging, cause significant methane emissions from the soil; Calls on the Commission to introduce a phase-out of these practices and to consider the effects of all greenhouse gases on the climate for any forest management policy;
Amendment 25 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Title 1
Title 1
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EU) 2018/842 on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 and beyond contributing to climate action to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement (Text with EEA relevanceand Regulation 2021/1119 (European Climate Law).(Climate Action Regulation for Europe, CARE)
Amendment 34 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) In Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council32 ( ‘European Climate Law’), the Union has enshrined into legislation the target of economy-wide climate neutrality by 2050. That Regulation also establishes a binding Union domestic reduction commitment of net greenhouse gas emissions (emissions after deduction of removals) of at least 55% below 1990 levels by 2030. That Regulation also lays down an obligation on the Commission to make a legislative proposal, as appropriate, to introduce further intermediary targets, to ensure a swift and irreversible reduction of greenhouse gas emissions over time so as to reach the Union climate neutrality objective by 2050 at the latest and negative emissions thereafter. __________________ 32 Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 June 2021 establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulations (EC) No 401/2009 and (EU) 2018/1999 (‘European Climate Law’) (OJ L 243, 9.7.2021, p. 1).
Amendment 35 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4 a) A transformation of the transport sector would significantly contribute to the fight against climate change. At the same time, climate change events, such as rising water levels, extreme weather conditions, drought and rising temperatures, can result in infrastructure damages, operational disruptions, pressures on supply chain capacity and efficiency, and consequently have negative implication for European mobility” It is therefore necessary, appropriate and in the interest of the sector to set a minimum sector contribution for the transport sector so as to align Union and Member State legislation and funding with the climate ambition set out in this Regulation, to regularly assess and review the achievement of the relevant objectives in the sector, and adjust transport related measures accordingly.
Amendment 36 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 b (new)
Recital 4 b (new)
(4 b) As a central sector in the change to sustainability, transport must remain in the ESR regardless of any further development of the emissions trading system; at the same time, any further and future market-based solution should never stand in the way of other and supplementary legislative measures either on national or EU level to further reduce emissions from transport.
Amendment 48 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) For that purpose, the greenhouse gas emission reduction target for 2030 needs to be revised for each Member State. The revision of the greenhouse gas emission reduction target should use the same methodology that was followed when Regulation (EU) 2018/842 was first adopted, where the national contributions were determined in consideration of the different capacities and cost-efficiency opportunities in Member States so to ensure a fair and balanced distribution of the effort. However, cost-efficiency opportunities should be carefully measured against the urgency of climate action and the financial opportunities made available through the Next Generation EU Recovery Package, including the new EU Budget, to make sure that Member States are using all the instruments available to reduce their country emissions in the sectors outlined in Article 2 of this Regulation. The reduction of the maximum greenhouse gas emissions for each Member State in 2030 should thus be determined in relation to the level of its 2005 reviewed greenhouse gas emissions covered by this Regulation, excluding verified greenhouse gas emissions from installations that operated in 2005 and which were only included in the emission trading system of the Union after 2005.
Amendment 54 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
Amendment 56 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the Union’s economy and its level of emissions to a degree that cannot yet be fully quantified. On the other hand, the Union is deploying its largest stimulus package ever, also having a potential impact on the level of emissions. Due to those uncertainties, it is appropriate to review the emissions data in 2025 and, if necessary, readjust the annual emission allocations. However, such adjustments shall not undermine the level of the ambition of the Union target in Article 1 and the national targets in Annex I of this Regulation. The national targets shall be reviewed only upwards, i.e. aligning with the Paris Agreement clause of “no backsliding” (Article 3) to make sure that the emissions reduction targets cannot be decreased over time.
Amendment 59 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
Amendment 63 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
Amendment 64 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
Amendment 67 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) In addition to that flexibility, a limited quantity of net removals and net emissions from land use, land-use change and forestry (‘LULUCF’) may be taken into account for Member States’ compliance under Regulation (EU) 2018/842 (‘the LULUCF flexibility’). In order to ensure that sufficient mitigation efforts are deployed until 2030, it is appropriate to limitend the use of the LULUCF flexibility by separating the use of such flexibility into two separate time periods, each capped by a limit corresponding to half of the maximum amount of total net removals set out in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2018/842. It is also appropriate to bring the title of Annex III in line with the amendment to Regulation (EU) 2018/841 carried out by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/268 of 28 October 202037 . As a consequence, there is no longer a need for Regulation (EU) 2018/842 to provide for a legal basis allowing the Commission to adopt delegated acts to amend the title of its Annex III. Article 7(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/842 should therefore be deletefrom 2023 onward. __________________ 37Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/268 of 28 October 2020 amending Annex IV to Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the forest reference levels to be applied by the Member States for the period 2021-2025 (OJ L 60, 22.2.2021, p. 21).
Amendment 71 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Considering, the introduction of a strengthened compliance regime inThe provisions of Regulation (EU) 2018/841 as of 2026, it is appropriate to abolish the deduction2 in relation to incompliance should be strengthened so as, ofn the greenhouse gas emissions generated by each Member State in the period from 2026 to 2030 in the land secone hand, to dissuade countries from exceeding their emissions allocations including with financial penalties, and, on the other hand, tor in excess of its removals. Article 9(2) should therefore be amended accordinglycrease transparency and effectiveness of corrective actions.
Amendment 73 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
Amendment 74 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18 a) Keeping 1,5°C within reach and ensuring climate justice require a collective effort of all sectors of the economy, including from transport. Some sectors under this Regulation, such as the transport sector, have made very little progress in the past years. Minimum sector contributions to the achievement of the EU-level greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets set by this Regulation for the year 2030 and beyond, accompanied by proper monitoring, reporting and measures by the Commission, would work to ensure that all ESR sectors contribute to the timely achievement of our climate objectives. Regulation (EU)2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council requires Member States to develop long- term strategies contributing to the fulfilment of the Member States' commitments to the Paris Agreement objectives and the achievement of long- term GHG emission reductions and enhancements of removals by sinks in all sectors in line with the Union's climate neutrality objective.These strategies, as well as other Member State plans and reports under Regulation(EU) 2018/1999, will be used by the Commission to set and monitor the collective achievement of EU- level ESR sector targets.
Amendment 76 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 b (new)
Recital 18 b (new)
(18 b) Transport is the sector with the most emissions in the Union, representing 27% of its greenhouse gas emissions. In order for the EU to reach its binding climate neutrality target by 2050, the European Green Deal calls for a 90% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from transport, yet the transport sector is the only sector that has continued to increase its emissions since 1990. Therefore, it is necessary to set a clear pathway for the sector’s greenhouse gas reduction up until 2050 through EU level minimum sector contributions.
Amendment 77 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 c (new)
Recital 18 c (new)
(18 c) In its Communication COM (2020)643, the Commission recognised that access to justice is not guaranteed in all Member States and called on the Council and the Parliament to introduce explicit access to justice provisions in sectoral legislation. This Regulation provides for access to justice at the national level, an essential tool to strengthen compliance with Member States’ obligations, the right to a high level of environmental protection in accordance with the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and, Member State respect for the rule of law.
Amendment 79 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 1
Article 1
(1) In Article 1, “30%” is replaced by “40%”; Article 1 is replaced by the following: Subject matter 1. This Regulation contributes to achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the Union’s objective of balancing greenhouse gas emissions and removals by 2050 at the latest and achieving negative emissions thereafter as set out in Article 2 of Regulation (EU)2021/1119 (‘EU Climate Law’); 2. This Regulation lays down obligations on Member States with respect to their minimum contributions for the period from 2021 to 2030 to fulfilling the Union’s target of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 % below 2005 levels by2030 in the sectors covered by Article 2 of this Regulation; 3. This Regulation also paves the way for the setting of post-2030 Union’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets in the sectors covered by Article 2 of this Regulation and of Member States’ minimum contributions to the fulfilment of those post-2030 Union’s targets; 4. Finally, this Regulation lays down provisions for the determination of minimum Union-level individual sector contributions to fulfilling the Union’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets for 2030 and beyond set by this Regulation, and for ensuring compliance with those minimum sector contributions.
Amendment 81 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 2 – paragraph 1a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1a (new)
Amendment 85 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 3 – points 3a (new), 3b (new) and 3c (new)
Article 3 – points 3a (new), 3b (new) and 3c (new)
Amendment 89 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Subject to the flexibilities provided for in Articles 5, 6 and 7 of this Regulation and the adjustment pursuant to its Article 10(2) and taking into account any deduction resulting from the application of Article 7 of Decision No 406/2009/EC, each Member State shall ensure that its greenhouse gas emissions:
Amendment 90 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) do not exceed, in the years 2023, 2024 and 2025 to2030, the limit defined by a linear trajectory, starting ion 2022 at the annual emission allocation for that Member Statethe average of its greenhouse gas emissions during 2018, 2019 and 2020, as set out pursuant to paragraph 3 of this Article for that year, and ending in 2030 at the limit set for that Member State in column 2 of Annex I to this Regulation;
Amendment 95 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a (new)
(a) do not exceed, in the years 2021 and 2022, the limit defined by a linear trajectory, starting on the average of its greenhouse gas emissions during 20168, 20179 and 201820, as set out pursuant to paragraph 3 of this Article, and ending in 2030 at the limit set for that Member State in column 1 of Annex I to this Regulation. The linear trajectory of a Member State shall start either at five-twelfths of the distance from 2019 to 2020 or in 2020, whichever results in a lower allocation for that Member State;
Amendment 95 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c
Amendment 97 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
For the years 2021 and 2022, it shall determine the annual emission allocations based on a comprehensive review of the most recent national inventory data for the years 2005 and 2016 to 2018 submitted by the Member States pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 and indicate the value for the 2005 greenhouse gas emissions of each Member State used to determine those annual emission allocations. For the years 2023 to 2030, it shall determine the annual emission allocations based on a comprehensive review of the most recent national inventory data for the years 2005 and 2018 to 2020 submitted by the Member States pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 and indicate the value for the 2005 greenhouse gas emissions of each Member State used to determine those annual emission allocations.
Amendment 98 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b (new)
(b) do not exceed, in the years 2023, 2024 and 2025 to 2030, the limit defined by a linear trajectory starting in 2022 at the annual emission allocation for that Member State, as set out pursuant to paragraph 3 of this Article for that year, and ending in 2030 at the limit set for that Member State in column 2 of Annex I to this Regulation;
Amendment 100 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c (new)
Amendment 104 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 - point 3 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 - point 3 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Amendment 106 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 4 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 5 a (new)
(3 a) In Article 4, the following paragraph is added: "5a. When setting out the minimum contributions referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article, the Commission shall consider: (a) its projected 2050 emissions for each of those sectors compatible with the Union’s climate neutrality objective and the objectives of the Paris Agreement; (b) Member States’ projections included in their plans, reports and strategies referred to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018; (c) the need for a linear reduction of emissions in all sectors to facilitate the cost-effective achievement of the Union’s climate neutrality objective."
Amendment 107 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 4 – paragraph 5 b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 5 b (new)
(3 b) In Article 4, the following paragraph is added: "5b. The Commission shall measure progress towards the achievement of these minimal contributions through the assessment of biennial Member State progress reports as defined in Chapter 4, section 1 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 1a" __________________ 1aRegulation (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”
Amendment 108 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4 a (new)
Amendment 108 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 c (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 c (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 4 – paragraph 5 c (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 5 c (new)
(3 c) In Article 4, the following paragraph is added: “5c. Where, on the basis of its aggregated assessment of Member States’ progress reports, the Commission concludes that the sectors listed in paragraph 1 of Article 2 of this Regulation are at risk of not meeting the minimum contributions set in the delegated act referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article, the Commission shall as appropriate propose measures and exercise its powers at Union level to ensure that each sector meets its minimum contribution;”
Amendment 109 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 d (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 d (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 4 – paragraph 5 d (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 5 d (new)
(3 d) In Article 4, the following paragraph is added: "5d. The Commission shall report to the European Parliament and to the Council on a biennial basis on the progress towards the achievement of the minimum sector contributions."
Amendment 110 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 e (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 e (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 4a (new)
Article 4a (new)
(3 e). the following Article 4a is inserted: "Article 4a Member State Commitments and sectoral minimum contributions for the post-2030 period In view of the Union’s climate neutrality target set out in Article 2 (1) of Regulation(EU) 2021/1119, the Commission shall also propose by the end of 2025, as appropriate, amendments to this Regulation in order to set Union’s greenhouse gas emissions reductions targets covering the sectors listed in Article 2(1) of that Regulation and individual Member State minimum contributions to fulfilling the Union’s targets, as well as minimum Union-level contributions for each sector listed in Article 2(1) of that Regulation to fulfilling the Union’s targets, for the years 2035, 2040, 2045 and 2050. When making the proposals for the post-2030 Union and national targets and contributions, the Commission shall take into account the GHG budget as well as the advice of the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change both as referred to in Regulation (EU) 2021/1999."
Amendment 111 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 5
Article 5
Amendment 118 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 6
Article 6
(4) in Article 6 the following paragraph 3a is inserted: 3a. by 31 December 2023 if it intends to make use of the limited cancellation of EU ETS allowances referred to in paragraph 1, up to the percentage listed in Annex II for each of the years 2025 to 2030 for its compliance under Article 9.is deleted. Malta shall notify the Commission
Amendment 120 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – subparagraph -1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – subparagraph -1 a (new)
(-1a) In Article 9, paragraph 1, the following point (ca) is added: (ca) the revenue from any excess emissions premium imposed shall be assigned to tackling climate change in the EU or in third countries. Where appropriate, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and Council relevant legislative proposals to ensure that such revenue will be used for the said purpose.
Amendment 120 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 7
Article 7
Amendment 121 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 7
Article 7
(5) Article 7 is amended as follows: (a) following: Additional use of net removals from LULUCF (b) paragraph 1 is amended as follows: (i) the introductory sentence is replaced by the following: To the extent that a Member State’s greenhouse gas emissions exceed its annual emission allocations for a given year, including any annual emission allocations banked pursuant to Article 5(3) of this Regulation, a quantity up to the sum of total net removals and total net emissions from the combined land accounting categories included in the scope of Regulation (EU) 2018/841, may be taken into account for its compliance under Article 9 of this Regulation for that year, provided that:. (ii) point (a) is replaced by the following: (a) the cumulative quantity taken into account for that Member State for the years 2021 to 2025 does not exceed half of the maximum amount of total net removals set out in Annex III to this Regulation for that Member State; (aa) the cumulative quantity taken into account for that Member State for the years 2026 to 2030 does not exceed half of the maximum amount of total net removals set out in Annex III to this Regulation for that Member State;. (iii)deleted. the title is replaced by the paragraph 2 is deleted.
Amendment 122 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 11
Article 11
(6) In Article 9, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: […]11 is deleted;
Amendment 125 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 8
Article 8
(5 a) Article 8 is replaced by the following: “Article 8 Corrective action "1. If the Commission finds, in its annual assessment under Article 219 of Regulation (EU) No 5252018/1999 and taking into account the intended use of the flexibilities referred to in Articles 5, 6 and 7 of this Regulation, that a Member State is not making sufficient progress towards meeting its obligations under Article 4 of this Regulation, that Member State shall, within three months, submit to the Commission a corrective action plan that includes: a) An explanation as to why the Member State has failed to meet its obligations under Article 4 of this Regulation; b) additional actions that the Member State shall implement in order to meet its specific obligations under Article 4 of this Regulation, through domestic policies and measures and the implementation of Union action;. bc) a strict timetable for implementing such policies and measures actions, which enables the assessment of annual progress in implementation. (d) an explanation as to the estimated additional emissions reductions to be achieved through these policies and measures and an explanation as to how the corrective plan will strengthen the Member State’s national energy and climate plan adopted under Regulation (EU) 2018/1999. 2. In accordance with its annual work programme, the European Environment Agency shall assist the Commission in its work to assess any such corrective action plans. 3. The Commission mayshall issue an opinion regarding the robustness of the corrective action plans submitted in accordance with paragraph 1 and shall in that case do so within four months of receipt of those plans. The Member State concerned shall take utmost account of the Commission’s opinion and may revise its corrective action plan accordingly . Where a Member State decides not to address the Commission’s opinion in whole or in part, the Member State shall provide and make its reasons public, and be denied access to all flexibilities under Article 5. 3a. The corrective action plans, the Commission opinions, the Member States’ reasoning addressing the Commission’s opinion referred to in the first and third paragraphs shall be accessible to the public. When updating their National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP) under Article 14 of Regulation (EU) No 2018/1999, Member States shall make references to their corrective plans and any opinions issued by the Commisison under this Article. Or. enRegulation (EU) 2018/842
Amendment 132 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 b (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
(5 b) In Article 9, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. In 2027 and 2032, if the reviewed greenhouse gas emissions of a Member State exceed its annual emission allocation for any specific year of the period, taking into account paragraph 2 of this Article and the flexibilities used pursuant to Articles 5, 6 and 7, the following measures shall apply: (a) an addition to the Member State’s greenhouse gas emission figure of the following year equal to the amount in tonnes of CO2 equivalent of the excess greenhouse gas emissions, multiplied by a factor of 1,085, in accordance with the measures adopted pursuant to Article 12; and (b) the Member State shall be temporarily prohibited from using the flexibilities referred to in Article 5 of this Regulation or transferring any part of its annual emission allocation to another Member State until it is in compliance with Article 4. The Central Administrator shall implement the prohibition referred to in point (b) of the first subparagraph in the Union Registry. Or. en (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32018R0842&from=EN)
Amendment 133 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 c (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 c (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
Amendment 134 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 d (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 d (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b b (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b b (new)
Amendment 136 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
2. If the greenhouse gas emissions of a Member State in the period from 2021 to 2025 referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2018/841 exceeded its removals, as determined in accordance with Article 12 of that Regulation, the Central Administrator shall deduct from that Member State’s annual emission allocations an amount equal to those excess greenhouse gas ea Member State exceeds its annual emissions allowance in two or more consecutive years it shall undertake a review of its National Energy and Climate Plan and national long-term strategy. This review shall be completed within 12 months. The Commission may issue Recommendations identifying how the Member State’s National Energy and Climate Plan and national long-term strategy should be revised. The Member State shall notify the revised plan to the Commission together with a statement setting out how the proposed revisions will remedy non- compliance with the national AEAs and how they have responded to the Commission’s in tonnes of CO2 equivalent for the relevant years.recommendations where relevant. If the National Energy and Climate Plan or national long-term strategy remains substantially unaltered, the Commission shall, if appropriate, open an infringement procedure.
Amendment 137 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 9 a (new)
Article 9 a (new)
Amendment 138 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 b (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 10
Article 10
Amendment 140 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 11
Article 11
(6 a) Article 11 Safety reserve 1. A safety reserve corresponding to a quantity of up to 105 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent shall be established in the Union Registry, subject to the fulfilment of the Union target referred to in Article 1. The safety reserve shall be available in addition to the flexibilities provided for in Articles 5, 6 and 7. 2. A Member State may benefit from the safety reserve provided that all of the following conditions are fulfilled: (a) its GDP per capita at market prices in 2013, as published by Eurostat in April 2016, was below the Union average; (b) its cumulative greenhouse gas emissions for the years from 2013 to 2020 in the sectors covered by this Regulation are below its cumulative annual emission allocations for the years from 2013 to 2020; and c) its greenhouse gas emissions exceed its annual emission allocations in the period from 2026 to 2030, although it has: (i) exhausted the flexibilities pursuant to Article 5(2) and (3); (ii) made the maximum possible use of net removals according to Article 7, even if that quantity does not reach the level set in Annex III; and iii) made no net transfers to other Member States under Article 5. 3. A Member State, which meets the conditions set out in paragraph 2 of this Article, shall receive an additional quantity from the safety reserve up to its shortfall to be used for compliance under Article 9. That quantity shall not exceed 20 % of its overall overachievement in the period from 2013 to 2020. If the resulting collective quantity to be received by all of the Member States which fulfil the conditions set out in paragraph 2 of this Article exceeds the limit referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, the quantity to be received by each of those Member States shall be reduced on a pro rata basis. 4. Any amount remaining in the safety reserve after the distribution in accordance with the first subparagraph of paragraph 3 shall be distributed among the Member States referred to in that subparagraph proportionally to their remaining shortfall, but not exceeding it. For each of those Member States, that quantity may be additional to the percentage referred to in that subparagraph. 5. After the completion of the review referred to in Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 for the year 2020, the Commission shall, for each Member State that fulfils the conditions in points (a) and (b) of paragraph 2 of this Article, publish the amounts corresponding to 20 % of the overall overachievement in the period from 2013 to 2020 as referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 3 of this Article. deleted Or. en (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=celex:32018R0842)
Amendment 141 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11 a (new)
Amendment 143 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 150 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Annex II
Annex II
(9) In Annex II the entry for Malta is replaced by the following:is deleted.
Amendment 151 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Annex II
Annex II
Amendment 153 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 10
Article 1 – point 10
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Annex III
Annex III
(10) The title of Annex III is replaced by the following: ‘TOTAL NET REMOVALS FROM THE CATEGORIES OF LAND COVERED BY REGULATION (EU) 2018/841 THAT MEMBER STATES MAY TAKE INTO ACCOUNT FOR COMPLIANCE FOR THE PERIOD 2021 TO 2030 PURSUANT TO POINT (a) OF ARTICLE 7(1) OF THIS REGULATION’Annex III is deleted.
Amendment 269 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -4 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -4 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 6
Article 6
(-4a) Article 6 is deleted.
Amendment 279 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -5 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -5 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 7
Article 7
(- 5a) Article 7 is deleted.
Amendment 393 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/1999
Article 14 a (new)
Article 14 a (new)
Article 1a Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 is amended as follows : The following article is inserted: ‘Article14a 1. With a view to ensuring the collective achievement of the Union’s climate-neutrality objective as set out in Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 (‘European Climate Law’) and clarifying the long-term contribution that each Member State shall make to achieving this objective, Member States which have not yet done so shall, by 30 June 2023, set out the date by which their national greenhouse gas emissions and removals regulated under Union law shall be balanced. 2. Member States’ climate neutrality targets shall be set out in their long-term strategy under Article 15 of this Regulation. Member States are encouraged to engage in prior consultation with the Commission to identify a national climate neutrality target which is sufficient to ensure the collective achievement of the Union’s climate neutrality objective. 3. The Commission shall assess whether the national long-term strategies under Article 15 and the national climate- neutrality targets contained therein are sufficient to collectively achieve the Union climate and energy targets and in particular those set out in Article 2(1) and Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1119, and shall publish by 1 January 2025 an evaluation of any remaining gap, including of a gap between aggregated national climate neutrality targets and the Union’s climate-neutrality objective. ‘
Amendment 20 #
2020/2140(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that simplification for final beneficiaries, in particular for young and newufficient and accessible support to young farmers, new entrants and small farmers from the CAP is essential; stresses that investments to develop short supply chains and direct sales to consumers, particularly via investments made by young farmers, new entrants and small farmers, should be a priority for Member States when carrying out their strategic planning;
Amendment 24 #
2020/2140(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Recalls that one of the main objectives of the CAP is to provide income stability to farmers and support for the maintenance and creation of jobs across the Union territory; finds that in less developed rural areas, contrary to its main objectives, the CAP is primarily supporting big landowners, with less support going to smaller farmers working the land;
Amendment 27 #
2020/2140(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Highlights the Court of Auditors' conclusions in its special report No 10/2018 that the Basic Payment Scheme has had a limited impact on internal convergence in aid levels; recalls the commitment of the Member States to achieve equalisation of payments across the Union by 2013, first noted in the European Council's Presidency Conclusions of 24-25 October 2002, and now overdue by several years;
Amendment 31 #
2020/2140(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates the importance of harnessing all possible measures to safeguard the CAP budget against fraud; recalls that both the Commission and the Member States are responsible for addressing fraud in CAP spending; encourages them to step up their efforts to prevent and detect fraud, in cooperation with the anti-fraud office (OLAF);
Amendment 33 #
2020/2140(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Notes, with concern, that some Member States' authorities are systematically reporting no fraud or irregularities, which casts doubt over the reliability and independence of the controls carried out by those authorities; notes that neither the Commission nor OLAF assessed Member States’ measures to prevent and fight fraud in CAP spending, and encourages them to step up their efforts in doing so;
Amendment 37 #
2020/2140(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Notes, with concern, that the Commission has not updated its analysis of CAP fraud risk since 2016; encourages the Commission to update its analysis more frequently, particularly in view of the new CAP, as well as recent market measures implemented in response to COVID-19; recalls in that respect that the 2019 Report on the Protection of the EU’s Financial Interests (PIF report) identified market measures as the area presenting highest risk of fraud, including high value fraud;
Amendment 41 #
2020/2140(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Welcomes the Commission's launch of the Arachne pilot project to identify risks of fraud; notes that as of March 2020 only 12 paying agencies in nine Member States were participating in the Arachne pilot project; supports the Commission proposal to make the use of that tool mandatory and encourages the Commission to disseminate best practices in the use of Arachne to facilitate its use by paying agencies;
Amendment 43 #
2020/2140(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5 d. Stresses that CAP payments must benefit those working the land and also the farming community; stresses that Union agriculture is best served when funding encourages ownership for those active in agricultural production and ecosystem services; calls on the Commission to make use of and combine the systems and databases at its disposal in order to identify and ensure transparency on the ultimate beneficial owners, in case of agricultural holdings which form part of a larger corporate structure, in order to better distinguish the final destination of CAP funds; notes that the artificial creation of conditions for receiving support continues to be a common type of fraud, as highlighted and reiterated respectively in the 2017 and 2019 reports on the Protection of the EU’s Financial Interests;
Amendment 44 #
2020/2140(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Amendment 45 #
2020/2140(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 f (new)
Paragraph 5 f (new)
5 f. Notes that a greener CAP, in line with the Paris Agreement and the European Green Deal, would not only support the Union in achieving its targets, but also increase efficiency in the use of public money, by limiting the negative externalities linked to agricultural practices and shifting focus to prevention rather than cure;
Amendment 46 #
2020/2140(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 g (new)
Paragraph 5 g (new)
5 g. Regrets that there have been, as yet, no reliable indicators measuring the results and impacts of direct payment schemes and rural development programmes in relation to biodiversity in the Commission's tracking of CAP spending; highlights that, in tracking climate expenditure under the CAP, the margin of approximation is very high and tends to overestimate the likely significance of the contribution of the CAP instrument or measure to climate mitigation and adaptation objectives; emphasises that the Commission must develop reliable biodiversity and climate indicators to assess the impacts of the CAP, in order to develop more effective CAP payment schemes and instruments; stresses that, if the proposed shift to a performance-based CAP is to be achieved, it will require the development of a comprehensive set of common result indicators and the thorough application of those indicators;
Amendment 47 #
2020/2140(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 h (new)
Paragraph 5 h (new)
5 h. Regrets the fact that the Commission and the Member States have not yet introduced the full scope of the Performance Principle that includes the Economy, Efficiency, Effectiveness but recently also Ecology, Equality and Ethics to the policy-making of CAP; finds this to be necessary in order to better address problems such as pollution, payment inequalities to smaller farms and challenges such as gender mainstreaming; calls on the Commission to widen the scope of the Union goals that the CAP should be achieving;
Amendment 48 #
2020/2140(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 i (new)
Paragraph 5 i (new)
5 i. Calls on the Commission to continue to closely monitor ongoing and future trade agreements with third countries with respect to food safety and environmental and animal welfare standards; urges the Commission to make sure that there is a strong sustainability chapter in all trade agreements and that trade partners comply fully with requirements provided for therein; notes the need for a level playing field also in terms of environmental standards and animal welfare, and calls on the Commission to further develop legislation on due diligence in the supply chain to ensure that standards in Union agriculture are not undermined or compromised;
Amendment 49 #
2020/2140(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 j (new)
Paragraph 5 j (new)
5 j. Urges the Commission to be extra vigilant on rule of law matters as regards CAP funds; reiterates the call for a special report by the Court of Auditors on land-grabbing and its potential impact on the CAP.
Amendment 1 #
2020/2091(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Stresses that air pollution is one of the main causes of premature deaths, with the EEA having estimated a number of over 400,000 annual deaths at EU level, which is around ten times more than car accident-related deaths, and amounts to nearly 5 million of Years of Life Lost;
Amendment 2 #
2020/2091(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1 a. Points to scientific evidence of the negative impact of road transport emissions for respiratory diseases and other major health problems; highlights recent judicial decisions establishing direct causality between long-term road traffic exposure and respiratory diseases eventually causing death, as well as on air pollution effects of worsening health conditions in the home country as a reason to halt deportation;
Amendment 3 #
2020/2091(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 b (new)
Paragraph -1 b (new)
-1 b. Recalls that according to the 2018 Air quality report by the EEA, more than 50% of the population were exposed to most of the main pollutants;
Amendment 4 #
2020/2091(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 c (new)
Paragraph -1 c (new)
-1 c. Underlines that long-term exposure to high levels of air pollutants makes the population more vulnerable to the effects of COVID-19 and similar viruses, due to weakened respiratory and immune systems;
Amendment 6 #
2020/2091(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that, while transport- related emissions of most pollutants have fallen substantially in recent decades, persistent hotspots remain in the EU, where levels of air pollution are too high – especially in urban areas, where still more than one-in-six of its inhabitants are exposed to air pollution concentrations above EU air quality standards; is particularly concerned that in 2016 at least three quarters of the EU urban population were exposed to concentration of particulate matter exceeding the WHO guidelines;
Amendment 11 #
2020/2091(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Recalls the huge discrepancies in how and where ambient air pollution is measured and monitored in the EU; considers this to be a serious problem and calls for uniform criteria in how air pollution is measured and where sampling stations are installed;
Amendment 20 #
2020/2091(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that in order to improve the air quality in these hotspots, it is vital to move towards a more sustainable and less pollutingzero- emission transport system, especially in urban areas, while using all available means in the most effective way and taking into account the most recent scientific evidence;
Amendment 25 #
2020/2091(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Underlines that petrol and particularly diesel cars have the greatest detrimental impact on air quality, especially in urban areas;
Amendment 26 #
2020/2091(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Calls for the adoption of an end date for the sale of new petrol and diesel cars, for instance within the upcoming revision of the Regulation setting emission performance standards for new passenger cars and for new light commercial vehicles1a; stresses that this end date for internal combustion engines should take effect no later than 2030; _________________ 1aRegulation (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
Amendment 34 #
2020/2091(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Encourages local and regional authorities to devise and implement evidence-based, strategic sustainable urban mobility plans, aiming at a coordinated planning of policies, incentives and subsidies that target the various sustainable transport sectors and modes, such as measures to encourage the roll-out of e-charging and other alternative fuels,fully additional renewable energy-based alternative fuels, measures that encourage public transport use and discourage car commuting, increased investment in sustainable public transport, infrastructure for active, shared and zero emission transport modes and demand-related measures;
Amendment 38 #
2020/2091(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Points out that the Commission’s recent Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy advocates for increasing the modal shares of collective transport, walking and cycling, as well as automated, connected and multimodal mobility, in order to significantly lower pollution and congestion from transport, especially in cities, and improve the health and well-being of citizens;
Amendment 41 #
2020/2091(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Calls specifically for due investment in an extensive cycling infrastructure, particularly in urban areas, in order to ensure the safety of all vulnerable road users and increase its attractiveness as an efficient and healthy commuting mode; stresses the importance of ensuring smooth inter-modality between rail and cycling in order to offer sustainable rural-urban commuting; encourages in this sense also the expansion of the EuroVélo network;
Amendment 42 #
2020/2091(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Points out that the Clean Vehicles Directive1a requirements are to be transposed by 2 August 2021 at the latest; considers that the public procurement requirements of zero-emission vehicle purchases needed only after 2025 should be further anticipated, with the goal of ensuring 100% zero-emission vehicle fleets by 2030 at the latest; _________________ 1aDirective (EU) 2019/1161 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 amending Directive 2009/33/EC on the promotion of clean and energy-efficient road transport vehicles
Amendment 43 #
2020/2091(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3 d. Welcomes local initiatives such as Low Emission Zones, which should be enlarged to all areas with certain population density, and further developed into Zero Emission Zones;
Amendment 44 #
2020/2091(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3 e. Reminds nevertheless that car emissions are not limited to NOx and PM tailpipe emissions, besides CO2, but also PM from tyre and brake wear, as well as road wear;
Amendment 45 #
2020/2091(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 f (new)
Paragraph 3 f (new)
3 f. Points out that PM2.5 is the pollutant with the highest mortality, mainly being at the origin of strokes, with particulate matter in general causing also cardiovascular diseases, lung cancer and other lung and respiratory diseases, while NO2 causes particularly liver and blood diseases, besides respiratory diseases;
Amendment 46 #
2020/2091(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 g (new)
Paragraph 3 g (new)
3 g. Underlines that during the COVID-related lockdowns the air quality improved significantly in the most polluted cities, as a result of reduced road traffic, which also has a relevant impact in terms of noise pollution;
Amendment 47 #
2020/2091(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 h (new)
Paragraph 3 h (new)
3 h. Recalls that the Commission committed to a Zero-Pollution Action Plan within its communication on the European Green Deal; considers that updating and ensuring the timely implementation of the current EU air quality legislation is of paramount importance in order to guarantee tackling air pollution successfully;
Amendment 48 #
2020/2091(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 i (new)
Paragraph 3 i (new)
3 i. Calls on the Commission to adopt an EU-wide daily limit on particulate matter; stresses that this daily limit, as well as all the other limit values, should be in line with the World Health Organisation’s guidelines on air quality;
Amendment 49 #
2020/2091(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 j (new)
Paragraph 3 j (new)
Amendment 53 #
2020/2091(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates the importance of a substantial modal shift from road towards less polluting zero- emission forms of transportation, especially rail, benefiting from 2021 being the European Year of Rail; underlines, in this regard, the urgent need to improve railroad infrastructure, fully implementing ERTMS, removing bottlenecks and completing missing links, especially under the framework of the Trans-European Transport Network, and to further ease and encourage intermodality;
Amendment 56 #
2020/2091(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Recalls that the European Parliament has recently proposed 2022 as the European Year of Greener Cities, in order to create a culture of appreciation of green spaces and clean air as an important, yet often underestimated, aspect of quality of life for European citizens, particularly for those affecting asthma and other airway disease sufferers, among others, as well as encouraging urban development in this regard, notably favouring initiatives to reduce urban road traffic, and promote and invest in public transport; reminds that on average 60% of public space is occupied by private cars only, although those are 95% of the time idle and hence most of this unused space could be greened and serve other social purposes;
Amendment 61 #
2020/2091(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Points to the environmental impact of aviation, which goes beyond its high CO2 emissions, and the negative health effects that noise pollution from airports cause for European citizens; calls for all intra-EU scheduled collective travel under 1,000 km to be carbon-neutral by 2030;
Amendment 62 #
2020/2091(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Points to the environmental impact of maritime transport, particularly sulphur dioxide emissions, and the impact this has on coastal communities, both in terms of ecosystems and public health; calls for a comprehensive electrification of short-distance and urban maritime transport, in addition to zero-emission - requirements and infrastructure at berth;
Amendment 64 #
2020/2091(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4 d. Notes that light pollution, often stemming from transport infrastructure, has also adverse effects on human health and disrupts ecosystems; urges relevant authorities to better monitor the issue and take action to reduce its effects;
Amendment 68 #
2020/2091(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that the proper implementation and enforcement of the Air Quality Directives1 have proved challenging; urges, therefore, that Directive 2008/50/EC and all other existing legislation relating to transport emissions be properly implemented and enforced first before new measures are proposed.promptly enforced, in parallel with further legislative developments that fully align EU air pollution thresholds with the latest WHO standards; _________________ 1Directive 2004/107/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 2004 relating to arsenic, cadmium, mercury, nickel and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in ambient air, OJ L 023 26.1.2005, p. 3, and Directive 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008 on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe (OJ L 152, 11.6.2008, p. 1).
Amendment 72 #
2020/2091(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Points out that according to the EEA Air quality report in 2019, premature deaths could be reduced yearly between 100.000 to 120.000, and namely 1 million Years of Life saved, only by establishing at EU level the WHO AQG limit for PM 2.5;
Amendment 74 #
2020/2091(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Recalls that in the 2005 impact assessment prior to the proposal of the current Ambient Air Quality directive, the Commission assessed the direct costs of complying with their proposal for the directive at between €5 and €8 billion, and the monetised health benefits at between €37 to €119 billion per annum in 2020, thereby concluding that the benefits of the air quality policy greatly exceeded the implementation costs;
Amendment 78 #
2020/2091(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Recalls that according to the ECA’s Special Report 23/2018 on Air pollution, the large number of infringement procedures relating to air quality limits show evidences of a widespread implementation gap in air quality legislation across the Union; takes note of the fact that such an implementation gap is prolonged over time particularly due to the recurrent long delays within the different stages of infringement procedures, usually between 6 and 8 years; considers that the 2-year period prior to a notification by the Commission over exceedance of limit values is too long in regard to ensuring a timely enforcement;
Amendment 81 #
2020/2091(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5 d. Notes with concern the European Court of Auditors’ remarks that Air Quality Plans aimed a remedial of limit value exceedance are often not effective, particularly due to lack of enough targeted measures to reduce the emissions at source;
Amendment 82 #
2020/2091(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5 e. Expects that the upcoming EURO 7 regulation for new type approval of vehicles will set ambitious targets, namely with more stringent emission limits based on Real Driving Emissions, as well as including standards for capturing emission of tyres and brakes;
Amendment 83 #
2020/2091(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 f (new)
Paragraph 5 f (new)
5 f. Reiterates its 2019 call for mandatory retrofitting for the most polluting vehicles still on the road, and particularly for those with diesel engines given the large-scale exceedance of highly polluting NO2 emissions, as revealed with the Dieselgate;
Amendment 1 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission communication on the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan (COM(2020)0021), which aims to enable a just and well-managed transition towards a resilient and sustainable society; emphasises that it is imperative that the EU achieve the revised 2030 anboth public and private sustainable financing will play a key role for the Union and Member States to achieve the ambition set out in the European Green Deal and in particular the increased 20530 climate and biodiversity goals and reach its commitments under the Paris Agreementenergy targets and the climate-neutrality objective, as well as their commitments under the Paris Agreement, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity and the UN SDGs, based on the best available science;
Amendment 26 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Expects a new, unprecedented MFF, endowed with fresh money, and enhanced and new EU own resourcTakes note of the new MFF proposals in the context of the EU Recovery & Resilience package; welcomes the support for introducing new Green EU own resources and urges the Commission to present such proposals without delay; believes an ambitious MFF should be at the heart of the green transition towards a climate-neutral, socially and environmentally resilient, gender-balanced and inclusive economy; deplores, to be at the heart of the green transitionhe fact that the Commission did not seize the opportunity to build on the support of the Council to increase the climate-spending target and to introduce a separate biodiversity-spending target as requested by the European Parliament;
Amendment 36 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 43 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to put the European Green Deal at the core of the recovery; insists that national recovery and resilience plans should clearly demonstrate their compatibility with the objective of limiting the global temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, and their contribution to ensuring the well-being of all within planetary boundaries; insists that the European Parliament be fully involved in the governance and evaluation of the Recovery and Resilience Plans;
Amendment 47 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Reminds the Union and all Member States of their international commitment to phase out fossil fuel subsidies as soon as possible and by 2025 at the latest; believes that a reformed European Semester starting in 2021 should include this objective as a short- term priority;
Amendment 49 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Stresses that reducing our impact on wildlife and protecting and restoring biodiversity could help us prevent the emergence of a new zoonotic disease like Covid-19; believes that, in order to strengthen the resilience of our societies, the Union and the Member States should substantially increase public funding for nature and ensure recovery and resilience plans and measures are subject to an ambitious binding “do no harm” test;
Amendment 60 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Commits to a just recovery from the coronavirus crisis that ensures that taxpayers’ money is invested in the future, not the past; that conditions fiscal expansion to drive the shift to a green economy and make societies and people more resilient; that employs public funds to climate proof sectors and projects, thereby generating green jobs and sustainable growthwell-being for all within planetary boundaries; that incorporates climate risks and opportunities into the financial system, as well as all aspects of public policymaking and infrastructure; and that guarantees an end toclearly excludes any direct or indirect support to any fossil fuel subsidies and applies the polluter pays principle;
Amendment 83 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Insists that all EU-supported investments be subject to the EU taxonomy for sustainable activities and the Paris- aligned and Climate Transition Benchmarks; callinsists on the Commission to proposetimely adoption of a ‘brown’ taxonomy and enhanced social sustainability criteria under the EU Taxonomy;
Amendment 86 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Insists that no EU-supported investments contribute to the construction, lifetime extension or construction of nuclear power stations, nor to the management or storage of nuclear waste, or to any other form of activity related to nuclear power;
Amendment 92 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. EmphasiseInsists that no project that is inconsistent with the Union’s climate and environmental objectives, in particular the objective of limiting the global temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre- industrial levels, should be eligible under the InvestEU programme; takes note in this regard of the proposal for a new Annex mentioning activities that are clearly excluded from such support; deplores, however, that this proposed list still allows for the financing of natural gas in clear contradiction with the Union’s commitments under the Paris Agreement; recalls the European Parliament’s demand that at least 40 % of overall investments under the InvestEU programme should contribute to climate objectives; welcomes the proposed increased target of spending at least 60% of the investments under the sustainable infrastructure policy window to meeting the Union objectives on climate and environment.; believes that the green finance gap is surmountable;
Amendment 119 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Commission to cuse the EU taxonomey forward with an EU taxonomy for the public sector and tracking climate and environment spending in all EU public funding instruments and for the public sector; calls also on the Commission to come forward with a green public procurement regulation;
Amendment 131 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls onUrges the Commission to revise State aid rules to allow public support for the European Green Deal and to, including the Temporary Framework introduced as a response to the Covid-19 crisis, to ensure support is consistent with the Union climate and environmental objectives, in particular the objective of limiting the global temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre- industrial levels; calls for a substantial reform of the European Semester to deepen the inclusion ofplace sustainability and the wellbeing of all within planetary boundaries at the centre, and to deliver on the Paris Agreement, the Sustainable Development Goals and the European Pillar of Social Rights;
Amendment 153 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. CStresses the need to bring down barriers to public investment in favour of the transition to a net-zero economy; recalls its support for a qualified treatment for taxonomy- compliant public investments; calls for any investments that are necessary for climate mitigation, adaptation and the just transition to be exempted from the Stability and Growth Pact.
Amendment 162 #
2020/2058(INI)
9a. Calls on the Commission to present without delay a comprehensive set of legislative measures to substantially reduce the global ecological footprint of the private sector, including but not limited to the mandatory disclosure of climate and other environmental information by companies though an ambitious reform of the Non-Financial Reporting Directive;
Amendment 170 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Urges the ECB to press ahead with its monetary policy strategy review in order to halt as soon as possible the financing of economic activities causing significant harm to environmental or social objectives; calls on the ECB to proceed with annual climate stress tests on financial institutions it supervises; calls on the ECB to employ the EU Taxonomy for these actions where relevant, as it has committed to doing;
Amendment 173 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Calls on the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs), together with national competent authorities (NCAs), to proceed swiftly with annual climate stress tests on financial institutions they supervise, as currently discussed notably in the Central Banks and Regulators Network for Greening the Financial System(NGFS), in order to understand where and how far climate-related financial risks sit in portfolios of relevant EU financial institutions;
Amendment 70 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
Having regard to the 2020 report on Biodiversity and Pandemics by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)1a; _________________ 1ahttps://ipbes.net/sites/default/files/2020- 12/IPBES%20Pandemics%20Report%20 Media%20Release.pdf
Amendment 75 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) According to the EEA report ‘The European environment – state and outlook 2020, Knowledge for transition to a sustainable Europe’ (‘SOER 2020’), 2020 represents a unique window of opportunity for the Union to show leadership on sustainability and to faceby tackling the urgent sustainability challenges requirthat can only be met by ensuring rapid and far-reaching systemic solutionschange. As stated in SOER 2020, the changes in the global climate and ecosystems observed since the 1950s are unprecedented over decades to millennia. The global population has tripled since 1950, while the population living in cities has quadrupled. With the current growth model, environmental pressures are expected to increase further, causing direct and indirect harmful effects on human health and well-being. This is especially true for the sectors with the highest environmental impact – food, mobility, energy as well as infrastructure and buildings. SOER 2020 concludes that the 8th EAP vision of 'living well within the limits of our planet' cannot be achieved by continuing to promote economic growth whilst seeking to manage harmful side effects with environmental and social policy tools.
Amendment 78 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The European Commission responded to the challenges identified in the SOER 2020 by adopting the European Green Deal25 : (EGD)25 which it referred to as a new growth strategy for the twin green and digital transition that aims to transform the Union into a fair and prosperous society, with a competitive, climate-neutral and resource-efficient economy. However, this framing as a 'growth strategy' risks undermining the primary aim of the European Green Deal, which must be to ensure shared prosperity within planetary boundaries as set down in the 2050 vision of the 8th EAP. When choosing between different policy options under the EGD, swiftly achieving climate and other environmental targets must be the priority. Regulation (EU) of the European Parliament and of the Council26 enshrines into law the Union target to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. _________________ 25 COM(2019) 640 final. 26 COM(2020) 80 final.
Amendment 80 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5 a) The 2020 report on Biodiversity and Pandemics by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), highlighted that the underlying causes of pandemics are the same global environmental changes that drive biodiversity loss and climate change, with land use change and agricultural expansion and intensification as key drivers. The risk of pandemics can only be significantly reduced by reducing human activities that fuel biodiversity loss, and bold political action is required, meaning no less than a transformation of humanity's relationship with nature, in order to escape from the very real prospect of pandemics emerging more often, spreading more rapidly and killing more people than ever before. From an economic perspective, the estimated cost of reducing the risk of pandemics is 100 times less than the cost of responding to them1a; The current Covid 19 pandemic, which has led to an unprecedented and historic economic crisis, has brought into sharp focus the fact that economic prosperity, stability and resilience is clearly linked with, and dependent on, citizens' health and well-being. The pandemic has also underlined the need for a 'One health' approach, which recognises the interconnection between the human, animal and environmental spheres, and that diseases may be transmitted from one pillar to another and must therefore be tackled in a holistic approach, to be mainstreamed and integrated into policy making across all levels.
Amendment 82 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Environment action programmes have guided the development of EU environment policy since the early 1970s. The 7th EAP will expire on 31 December 2020 and its Article 4 (3) requires the Commission, if appropriate, to present a proposal for an Eighth Environment Action Programme (8th EAP) in a timely manner with a view to avoiding a gap between the 7th and the 8th EAP. The European Green Deal announced the adoption of a new environment action programme. to complement the European Green Deal that will include a new monitoring mechanism to ensure that Europe remains on track to meet its environmental objectives. The EGD also announced that the Commission will launch a dashboard to monitor progress against all of the European Green Deal objectives.
Amendment 87 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The 8th EAP should supportendorse and build on the environment and climate action objectives of the European Green Deal in line with the long-term objective to “live well, within the planetary boundaries” by 2050, which is already established in the 7th EAP. It should contribute to achievingalso be fully aligned with and drive forward the implementation and achievement of the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals.
Amendment 89 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8 a) The SDGs cover the three dimensions of sustainable development (environmental, social and economic) which are integrated and indivisible. The environmental objectives underpin the social and economic objectives because the basis for sustainable development is a healthy biosphere, and therefore a fair and just society and economy cannot be achieved without the attainment of the environmental SDGs. Full implementation by the Union of the UN's 2030 agenda for sustainable development and active support for implementation in other regions will be essential if the Union is to provide global leadership in achieving sustainability transitions. As the global food system is both a prime driver and generally a first victim of the Anthropocene, a rapid global food transformation towards healthy diets from sustainable food systems is necessary in order for the world to meet the targets set in the SDGs1a. _________________ 1a https://cgspace.cgiar.org/bitstream/handle /10568/106652/Planet_Rockstrom_2020.p df
Amendment 96 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The 8th EAP should accelerate the transition to a regenerative economy that gives back to the planet more than it takes. A regenerative growth model recognises that the wellbeing and prosperity of our societies depend on a stable climate, a healthy environment and thriving ecosystems, which provide a safe operating space for our economies. As the global population and the demand for natural resources continues to grow, economic activity should develop in a way that does no harm but, on the contrary, reverses climate change and environmental degradation, minimises pollution and results in maintaining and enriching natural capitalresources, therefore ensuring the abundance of renewable and non- renewable resources. Through continuous innovation, adaptation to new challenges and co-creation, the regenerative economy strengthens resilience and protects present and future generations’ wellbeing.
Amendment 98 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The 8th EAP should set out thematic priority objectives in areas of climate neutrality, adaption to climate change, protecting and restoring biodiversity, circular economy, the zero pollution ambition and reducing environmental pressures from production and consumption. It should furthermore identify the enabling conditions to achieve the long-term and the thematic priority objectives for all actors involved, as well as laying down actions necessary to achieve these conditions.
Amendment 105 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Environment policy being highly decentralised, action to achieve the priority objectives of the 8th EAP should be taken at different levels of governance, i.e. at the European, the national, the regional and the local level, with a collaborative approach to multi-level governance. The integrated approach to policy development and implementation should be strengthened with a view to maximising the synergies between economic, environmental and social objectives, while paying careful attention to potential trade-offs and, to the needs of vulnerable groups and potential gendered impacts of policies and measures. Moreover, transparent engagement with non- governmental actors is important for ensuring the success of the 8th EAP and the achievement of its priority objectives.
Amendment 108 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11 a) The United Nations Environment Programme and OECD Global Forum on Environment have highlighted that environmental changes have gender- specific impact. Gender-differentiated roles also cause differentiated vulnerabilities of women and men to the effects of climate change, and climate change impacts exacerbate gender inequalities1a. Therefore, a gender perspective on actions and goals related to the achievement of the priority objectives of the 8th EAP, including gender impact assessment of planned actions and a focus on gender mainstreaming and gender- responsive actions, is necessary in order to ensure that gender inequalities are not perpetuated. The 8th EAP recognises that gender equality is also a prerequisite for sustainable development and the efficient management of climate and environment challenges. _________________ 1a https://op.europa.eu/en/publication- detail/-/publication/9ef701cd-3c76-48a7- 8739-eb1fc126ffa7 AND https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/A-8-2017-0403_EN.html
Amendment 109 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 11 b (new)
Recital 11 b (new)
(11 b) Action to achieve the Union's environmental and climate objectives needs to be carried out in conjunction with, and must be fully compatible with, the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights.
Amendment 118 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) In order to take account of evolving policy objectives and the progress made, the 8th EAP should be evaluated by the Commission in 2029, and the Commission should present a proposal for the 9th EAP in a timely matter, with a view to avoiding a gap between the 8th and 9th EAP. Moreover, to assess progress on the 8th EAP and to inform the priorities of the incoming Commission, a mid-term evaluation should be carried out in 2024. Also, the Commission should take into account the results in its political guidelines and produce a report by 31 March 2025 in which it would outline its environment and climate priorities for the years to follow, and how these priorities and related actions shall ensure the full achievement of the 8th EAP’s priority objectives and 2050 vision, in a European Green Deal II.
Amendment 123 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This decisions sets out a general action programme in the field of the environment for the period up to 31 December 2030 (‘8th EAP’). It lays down its priority objectives, identifies enabling conditions and related actions necessary for their achievement and sets a framework to measure whether the Union and its Member States are on track to meet those priority objectives.
Amendment 125 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. The 8th EAP aims at accelerating the transition to a climate-neutral, resource-efficient, clean and circular economy in a just and inclusive way, and at protecting, restoring and improving the quality of the environment, including air, water, and soil, halting and reversing biodiversity loss, including cultivated biodiversity, and tackling the degradation of ecosystems. It endorses the environmental and climate objectives of the European Green Deal and its initiatives.
Amendment 135 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
3. The 8th EAP forms the basis for achieving the environmental and climate objectives defined under the United Nations 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals and its monitoring framework constitutes the environment and climate part ofshall contribute to the EU’s efforts to measure progress towards greater sustainability, including climate neutrality and resource efficiency, wellbeing and resilience.
Amendment 160 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) protecting, preserving and restoring biodiversity, including cultivated biodiversity, and enhancing natural capital, notably air, water, soil, and forest, freshwater, wetland and marine ecosystems;
Amendment 172 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 3
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 3
— paying careful attention to synergies and potential trade-offs between economic, environmental and social objectives so as to ensure that citizens’ needs for nutrition, housing and mobility are met in a sustainable way that leaves no- one behind, recognising the gender- specific impacts of environmental degradation and climate change, and that, in order to achieve the priority objectives, a gender approach must be an integral part of all policies and actions at all levels;
Amendment 181 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 4 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 4 a (new)
- ensuring that impact assessments fully and systematically take into account environmental impacts, for example, impacts on biodiversity loss, including cultivated biodiversity, pollution and resource use;
Amendment 182 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 4 b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 4 b (new)
- ensuring a gender perspective on actions and goals related to the achievement of the priority objectives, including gender impact assessments of planned actions and initiatives and a focus on gender mainstreaming and gender-responsive actions;
Amendment 183 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 4 c (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 4 c (new)
- ensuring that initiatives to achieve the priority objectives are fully compatible with the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights;
Amendment 190 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(e a) making the best use of gender- responsive green budgeting and financing tools, including those required to ensure a socially fair transition, and supporting businesses and other stakeholders in applying standardised natural capital accounting practices whilst refraining, at Union and Member State level, from trading in ecosystem services or promoting such trade;
Amendment 192 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
(e b) scaling up the measures against illegal exploitation of natural resources, associated corruption and money laundering and increasing cooperation with third countries in relation to these measures;
Amendment 198 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(f a) closing gaps in, and optimising, relevant indicator sets such as those relating to planetary boundaries, environmental footprints, governance, sustainable finance, inequalities, production and consumption systems;
Amendment 199 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f b (new)
(f b) identifying and quantifying environmental limits, such as planetary boundaries, with the aim of defining a safe operating space for the Union, and monitoring whether Union policies and legislation are ambitious enough to keep the Union within the planet’s safe operating space, with a view to identifying and submitting, where appropriate, legislative proposals in order to prevent going beyond these thresholds; recognising and taking into account the critical need to scientifically define and move towards a safe operating space for food within planetary boundaries, necessitating a shift from the conventional focus on reducing environmental impacts at the farming system scale towards defining science- based targets for food at the planetary scale, using a food systems approach;
Amendment 203 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) making full use of nature based solutions and social innovationecosystem based solutions and social innovation including by investing more into biodiversity protection and restoration, including cultivated biodiversity, in line with the minimum spending targets agreed in the Union budget and with the funding objectives in the EU Biodiversity Strategy, which should be tracked through a strong methodology that builds on the Union’s taxonomy criteria as they become available;
Amendment 210 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point k – indent 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point k – indent 1 a (new)
- promoting the compliance of corporate due diligence, including along agricultural supply chains, to set legal standards for clarity, certainty, transparency and equality in global competition;
Amendment 217 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point k – indent 5 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point k – indent 5 a (new)
- strengthening the capacity of citizens to act, through awareness raising, lifelong education and civic involvement; raising awareness of the priority objectives set down in Article 2(1) and (2), and enabling democratic debate at all levels of governance and society on progress made towards their achievement;
Amendment 218 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 222 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission, supported by the European Environment Agency and the European Chemicals Agency, shall assess and report on the progress of the Union and the Member States with regard to achieving the priority objectives laid down in Article 2 on a regularn annual basis, taking into consideration the enabling conditions laid down in Article 3.
Amendment 226 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(b a) working on closing gaps in, and optimising, relevant indicator sets, such as those relating to planetary boundaries, environmental footprints, governance, sustainable finance, inequalities, including gender inequalities, production and consumption systems; developing further methods to operationalise planetary boundaries for use at the Union and national levels in order to monitor performance against planetary boundaries; this applies in particular to food and farming related indicators in order to achieve a holistic, more localised, low-input, nature-based food system in a way that fits planetary and local boundaries;
Amendment 229 #
2020/0300(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
By 31 March 2029, the Commission shall carry out an evaluation of the 8th EAP. The Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council containing the main findings of that evaluation, accompanied, if the Commission deems appropriate, by a legislative proposal for the next environmental action programme. Such a legislative proposal shall be presented in a timely manner, with a view to avoiding a gap between the 8th and the 9th EAP.
Amendment 35 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The regulatory framework governing the Union’s cohesion policy for the period from 2021 to 2027, in the context of the next multi-annual financial framework, contributes to the fulfilment of the Union’s commitments to implement the Paris Agreement, in particular the objective of limiting the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by concentrating Union funding on greenenvironmentally and socially sustainable objectives. This Regulation implements one of the priorities set out in the Communication on the European Green Deal (‘the European Green Deal’)11 and is part of the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan12 providing dedicated financing under the Just Transition Mechanism in the context of cohesion policy to support the Union territories and its inhabitants, in particular the most vulnerable, in addressing the economic and social costhallenges of the transition to a climate- neutral and circular economy, environmentally sustainable, fully renewables-based, highly resource and energy efficient, and circular economy as early as possible and by 2040 at the latest, where any remaining greenhouse gas emissions are compensated by equivalent absorptions through nature-based solutions, and where the Union's natural capital and the health and wellbeing of people are protected and enhanced, within the planetary boundaries. _________________ 11 COM(2019) 640 final, 11.12.2019. 12 COM(2020) 21, 14.1.2020.
Amendment 39 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) As set out in the European Green Deal and the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan, a Just Transition Mechanism should complement the other actions under the next multi-annual financial framework for the period from 2021 to 2027. It should contribute to addressing the social and economic consequences ofThe Union should accompany and support regions and the people living there in transitioning towards Union climate neutrality by bringing together the Union budget’s spending on climate, on cohesion and social objectives at regionalall relevant levels.
Amendment 41 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The regulatory framework governing the Union’s cohesion policy for the period from 2021 to 2027, in the context of the next multi-annual financial framework, contributes to the fulfilment of the Union’s commitments to implement the Paris Agreement, in particular the objective of limiting the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by concentrating Union funding on greenenvironmentally and socially sustainable objectives. This Regulation implements one of the priorities set out in the Communication on the European Green Deal (‘the European Green Deal’)11 and is part of the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan12 providing dedicated financing under the Just Transition Mechanism in the context of cohesion policy to support the Union territories and its inhabitants, in particular the most vulnerable, in addressing the economic and social costhallenges of the transition to a climate- neutral and circular economy, where any remaining greenhouse gas emissions are compensated by equivalent absorption, environmentally sustainable, fully renewables-based, highly resource and energy efficient, and circular economy as early as possible and by 2040 at the latest, where any remaining greenhouse gas emissions are compensated by equivalent absorptions through nature-based solutions, and where the Union’s natural capital and the health and wellbeing of people are protected and enhanced, within the planetary boundaries. _________________ 11 COM(2019) 640 final, 11.12.2019. 12 COM(2020) 21, 14.1.2020.
Amendment 48 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In view of the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union’s commitments to implement the Paris Agreement, the commitment regarding the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the increased ambition of the Union as proposed in the European Green Deal, the JTF should provide a key contribution to mainstream climate actions to create opportunities of a more prosperous and inclusive as well as a healthier and greener continent, the JTF should provide a key contribution to mainstream climate actions and hasten the transition to a climate-neutral, fully renewables-based, resource- and energy-efficient and circular economy as early as possible and by 2050 at the very latest. Resources from the JTF own envelope are additional and come on top of the investments needed to achieve the overall target of 250 % of the Union budget expenditure contributing to climate objectives. Resources transferred from the ERDF and ESF+ will contribute fully to the achievement of this target.
Amendment 58 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The resources from the JTF should complement the resources available under cohesion policy and the CAP's rural development policy, as well as national and regional investments and private capital, and should by no means replace such investments.
Amendment 59 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The transition to a climate-neutral and circular economy constitutes one of the most important policy objectives, environmentally sustainable, fully renewables-based, highly resource and energy efficient, and circular economy constitutes the new socio-economic development strategy for the Union. On 12 December 2019, the European Council endorsed the objective of achieving a climate-neutral Union by 2050, in line with as a way to contribute to the objectives of the Paris Agreement. While fighting climate change and environmental degradation will benefit all in the long term and provides opportunities and challenges for all in the medium term, not all regions and Member Statpeople and territories start their transition from the same point or have the same capacity to respond. Some are more advanced than others, whereas the transition entails a wider social and economic impact for those regionpeople and territories that rely heavily on fossil fuels - especially coal, lignite, peat and oil shale - or greenhouse gas intensive industries. Such a situation not only creates the risk of a variable speed transition in the Union as regards climate action, but also of growing disparities between regionand within people and territories, detrimental to the objectives of social, economic and territorial cohesion.
Amendment 69 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) In order to be successful, the transition has to be fair and socially acceptable for allpeople-centred, fair, inclusive and provide opportunities for all, leaving no one behind. Therefore, both the Union and the Member States must take into account its economic and social implications from the outset, and deploy all possible instruments to mitigate adverse consequencesavoid, and where unavoidable, mitigate adverse consequences, and create new opportunities for people and territories most affected by the transition. The Union budget has an important role in that regard.
Amendment 73 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) This Regulation identifies types of investments for which expenditure may be supported by the JTF. All supported activities should be pursued in full respect of the climate and environmental priorities of the Union. The list of investments should include those that support local economies and are sustainable in the long- term, taking into account allfully aligning with all the objectives of the Green Deal and the objectives of the Green Deal2015 Paris Agreement of limiting increase in global temperature to 1,5 degrees C above pre-industrial levels. The projects financed should contribute to a transition to a climate-neutral and circular economy. For declining sectors, such as energy production based on coal, lignite, peat and oil shale or extraction activities for these solid fossil fuels, support should be linked to the phasing out of the activity and the corresponding reduction in the employment level. As regards transforming sectors with high greenhouse gas emission levels, support should promote new activities through the deployment of new technologies, new processes or products, leading to significant emission reduction, in line with the EU 2030 climate objectives and EU climate neutrality by 205013 while maintaining and enhancing employment and avoiding environmental degradation. Particular attention should also be given to activities enhancing innovation and research in advanced and sustainable technologies, as well as in the fields of digitalisation and connectivity, provided that such measures help mitigate the negative side effects of a transition towards, and contribute to, a climate- neutral and circular economy. _________________ 13 As set out in “A Clean Planet for all European strategic long-term vision for a prosperous, modern, competitive and climate neutral economy”, Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and the European Investment Bank - COM(2018) 773 final.
Amendment 80 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) To protect citizensgroups of people who are the most vulnerable tolikely to require support to achieve the climate transition, the JTF should also cover the up-skilling and reskilling of the affected workers, with the aim of helping them to adapt to new employment opportunities, as well as providing job-search assistance to jobseekerspaying particular attention to the most vulnerable people as defined in the [ESF+ Regulation] with the aim of helping them to adapt to new employment opportunities, and achieving gender balance across sectors, as well as providing active labour market and skills policies targeted towards future oriented sectors and employment, providing assistance to those affected by the transition, and personalised job-search assistance to all categories of jobseekers and ensuring equal access to all groups of people without discrimination and their active inclusion into the labour market.
Amendment 81 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) As set out in the European Green Deal and the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan, a Just Transition Mechanism should complement the other actions under the next multi-annual financial framework for the period from 2021 to 2027. It should contribute tosupport people and territories in addressing the social and economic consequenceimpacts of transitioning towards Union climate neutrality by bringing together the Union budget’s spending on climate, environmental and social objectives at regional and local level.
Amendment 86 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11 a) Member States and the Commission should ensure that the implementation of the priorities financed by the JTF contributes to the respect and the promotion of equality between women and men in accordance with Article 8 TFEU. Evaluations have shown the importance of taking the gender-equality objectives into account in all dimensions and in all stages of the preparation, monitoring, implementation and evaluation of operational programmes, in a timely and consistent manner while ensuring that specific actions are taken to promote gender equality, the economic independence of women, education and skills upgrading and the reintegration of female victims of violence into the labour market and into society.
Amendment 87 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) This Regulation establishes the Just Transition Fund (‘JTF’) which is one of the pillars of the Just Transition Mechanism implemented under cohesion policy. The aim of the JTF is to avoid, and where unavoidable mitigate, the adverse effects of the climate and environmental transition by supporting the most affected territories and workersand providing new opportunities to the most affected people and territories, in particular the workers directly concerned. In line with the JTF specific objective, actions supported by the JTF should directly contribute to alleviate the impact of the transition by financing the diversification and modernisation of the local economy and by mitigating the negative repercussions on employmentstrengthening its resilience through direct support to environmentally and socially sustainable activities, and by mitigating the adverse social consequences of the transition. This is reflected in the JTF specific objective, which is established at the same level and listed together with the policy objectives set out in Article [4] of Regulation EU [new CPR].
Amendment 88 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In order to enhance the economic diversification of territories impacted by the transition, the JTF should provide support to productive investment in SMEs involved in activities defined as environmentally sustainable pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2020/... [Taxonomy Regulation] and which contributes to the Union’s aim towards a circular economy. Productive investment should be understood as investment in fixed capital or immaterial assets of enterprises in view of producing goods and services thereby contributing to gross-capital formation and employment. For enterprises other than SMEs, productive investments should only be supported if they are necessary fordirectly linked to the development of new activities in compliance with Regulation (EU) 2020/... [Taxonomy Regulation], thereby mitigating job losses resulting from the transition, by creating or protecting a significant number of jobs and they do not lead to or result from relocation. Investments in existing industrial facilities, including those covered by the Union Emissions Trading System, should be allowed if they contribute to the transition to a climate-neutral economy by 2050 and go substantially below the relevant benchmarks established for free allocation under Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council14 and if they result in the protection of a significant number of jobs. Any such investment should be justified accordingly in the relevant territorial just transition plan. In order to protect the integrity of the internal market and cohesion policy, support to undertakings should comply with Union State aid rules as set out in Articles 107 and 108 TFEU and, in particular, support to productive investments by enterprises other than SMEs should be limited to enterprises located in areas designated as assisted areas for the purposes of points (a) and (c) of Article 107(3) TFEU. _________________ 14Directive 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).
Amendment 101 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The JTF support should be conditional on the effective and measurable implementation of a transition process in a specific territory in order to achieve a climate-neutral economy. In that regard, recipient regions in Member States should prepare, in cooperationtogether with the relevant stakeholders, including civil society and the local communities concerned, and supported by the Commission, territorial just transition plans, detailing the transition process, consiincluding job creation measures, investmently with their National Energy and Climate Plans in local social infrastructure, in line with at least the ambition of their National Energy and Climate Plans, the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the European Pillar of Social Rights. To this end, the Commission should set up a Just Transition Platform, which would build on the existing platform for coal regions in transition to enable bilateral and multilateral exchanges of experience on lessons learnt and best practices across all affected sectors. ctors and sectors concerned. The existing platform should be used to disseminate best practices during the planning phase.
Amendment 105 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In view of the importance of tackling climate changelimiting the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels in line with the Union’s commitments to implement the Paris Agreement, the commitment regarding the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the increased ambition of the Union as proposed in the European Green Deal and the European Climate Law, the JTF should provide a key contribution to mainstream climate actions. Resources from the JTF own envelope are additional and come on top of the investments needed to achieve the overall target of 25at least 50% of the Union budget expenditure contributing to climate objectives. Resources transferred from the ERDF and ESF+ will contribute fully to the achievement of this target.
Amendment 120 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation establishes the Just Transition Fund (‘JTF’) to provide support to territories facing serious socio- economic challenges deriving from the transition process towards a climate- neutral economy of the Union by 2050to the groups of people and the territories which require additional support to make the transition to a fully renewables-based, resource- and energy-efficient, and climate-neutral economy of the Union by 2050 at the latest and to turn the challenges into opportunities, particularly in terms of creation of new, decent and sustainable green jobs and the up- and re- skilling of workers, education and training, and to promote a new economic model working within the limited natural resources on the Earth.
Amendment 127 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Transitioning to a climate-neutral economy is a challenge for all Member States. I, environmentally sustainable, fully renewables-based, highly resource and energy efficient, and circular economy by 2040 at the latest is a challenge for all Member States. While it will create new opportunities and benefit all in the long term, it will be particularly demandchallenging for those Member Statpeople and territories that rely heavily on fossil fuels or greenhouse gas intensive industrial activities which needhave to be phased out or which need to adapt due to the transition towards climate neusubstantially transformed to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industriality levels and that lack the financial means to do so. The JTF should therefore cover all Mo ensure the efficient use of public spending, the JTF should cover all Member States provided they have adopted legally binding targets and measures for the phase out of all fossil fuels in a timeframe compatible with the objective of limiting the tembper States, but tature increase to 1.5°C above pre- industrial levels, including the phase out of solid fossil fuels by 2030 at the latest, and for reaching economy-wide climate- neutrality by 2040 at the latest. The distribution of its financial means should reflect the capacity of Member States to finance the necessary investments to cope with the transition towards climate neutrality.
Amendment 129 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The JTF shall support the Investment for jobs and growth goal in all Member States, respecting and supporting the overarching objectives of the European Green Deal, and in particular the Union-wide climate-neutrality objective as laid down in Regulation (EU) 2020/…. (the European Climate Law), in order to tackle climate and environmental challenges while ensuring a just transition that leaves no-one behind.
Amendment 146 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) productive investments in SMEs, including start-ups, leading to economic diversification and reconverstargeting activities defined as environmentally sustainable pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2020/…[Taxonomy Regulation;]
Amendment 148 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In order to set out an appropriate financial framework for the JTF, the Commission should set out the annual breakdown of available allocations per Member State under the Investment for jobs and growth goal, based on objective criteria and clear conditionalities.
Amendment 156 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) This Regulation identifies types of investments for which expenditure may be supported by the JTF. All supported activities should be pursued in full respect of the climate and environmental priorities of the Union, in particular the Union and Member States commitment to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre- industrial levels. The EU Taxonomy for sustainable activities has an important role in that regard. The list of investments should include those that support local communities and economies and are sustainable in the long- termenvironmentally and socially sustainable, taking into account all the objectives of the Green Deal. The projects financed should contribute to a transition to a climate- neutral and circular economy, environmentally sustainable, fully renewables-based, highly resource and energy efficient, and circular economy by 2040 at the latest. For declining sectors, such as energy production based on coal, lignite, peat, gas and oil shale, or extraction activities for these solid fossil fuels, support should be linkconditioned to the full phasing out of the activity in a timeframe consistent with the objective of limiting the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and the corresponding reduction in the employment level. As regards transforming sectors with high greenhouse gas emission levels, support should promote new activities through the deployment of new technologies, new processes or products, leading to significant emission reduction, in line with the EU 2030 climate objectiveand energy targets and the EU climate neutrality by 205013 while maintaining and enhancing employment and avoiding environmental degradationobjective as defined in the European Climate Law, while maintaining and enhancing high- quality jobs and avoiding any harm to the environment. Particular attention should also be given to activities enhancing innovation and research in advanced and sustainablezero- emission technologies, as well as in the fields of digitalisation and connectivity, provided that such measures help mitigate the negative side effects of a transition towards, and contribute to, a climate- neutral and circular economy. _________________ 13 As set out in “A Clean Planet for all European strategic long-term vision for a prosperous, modern, competitive and climate neutral economy”, Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and the European Investment Bank - COM(2018) 773 finalcontribute to significantly reduce GHG emissions and use of natural resources.
Amendment 174 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) To protect citizenspeople who are most vulnerable to the climate and environmental transition, the JTF should also cover the up-skilling and reskilling of the affected workers as well as the unemployed and most deprived persons, with the aim of helping them to adapt to new employment opportunities, as well as providing active and personalised job-search assistance to all categories of jobseekers and their active inclusion into the labour market. society, while pursuing an active gender balance and anti-discrimination approach.
Amendment 181 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f
(f) investments in regeneration and decontamination of sites, land restoration and repurposing projects, while ensuring appropriate respect for the ‘polluter pays" principle;
Amendment 190 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In order to enhance the economic diversification and resilience of territories impacted by the transition, the JTF should provide support to productive investment in SMEs in sectors necessary for the transition towards a climate-neutral, environmentally sustainable, fully renewables-based, highly resource and energy efficient, and circular economy by 2040 at the latest. Productive investment should be understood as investment in fixed capital or immaterial assets of enterprises in view of producing goods and services thereby contributing to gross- capital formation and employment. For enterprises other than SMEs, productive investments should only be supported if they are strictly necessary for mitigating job losses resulting from the transition, by creating or protecting a significant number of jobs and they do not lead to or result from relocation. Investments in existing industrial facilities, including those covered by the Union Emissions Trading System, should be allowed if they contribute to the transition to a climate-neutral economy by 2050 and go substantially below the relevant benchmarks established for free allocation under Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council14 and if thethe successful implementation of the territorial just transition plan, and are contributing to mitigating job losses resulting from the transition, by cresult in theating or protection ofng a significant number of jobs. Any such investment should be justified accordingly in the relevant territorial just transition pla and they do not lead to or result from relocation. In order to protect the integrity of the internal market and cohesion policy, support to undertakings should comply with Union State aid rules as set out in Articles 107 and 108 TFEU and, in particular, support to productive investments by enterprises other than SMEs should be limited to enterprises located in areas designated as assisted areas for the purposes of points (a) and (c) of Article 107(3) TFEU. _________________ 14Directive 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).
Amendment 199 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point j
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point j
(j) active inclusion of jobseekers, ensuring equal access and promoting and ensuring gender equality;
Amendment 203 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The JTF support should be conditional on the effective implementation of a just transition process in a specific territory in order to achieve a climate-neutral economy. In that regard,, environmentally sustainable, fully renewables-based, highly resource and energy efficient, and circular economy by 2040 at the latest. In that regard, the competent authorities in each Member States should prepare, in cooperation with the relevant stakeholders and supported by the Commission, territorial just transition plans, detailing the transition process, including legally binding dates for the phase out of all fossil fuels in a timeframe consistently with their National Energy and Climate Plan objective of limiting the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and a timeline for key transition steps and measures to contribute to the objectives of the latest Union Environmental Action Plan and to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. To this end, the Commission should set up a Just Transition Platform, which would build on the existing platform for coal regions in transition to enable bilateral and multilateral exchanges of experience on lessons learnt and best practices across all affected sectors and communities.
Amendment 211 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Additionally, the JTF may support, in areas designated as assisted areas in accordance with points (a) and (c) of Article 107(3) of the TFEU and in compliance with Union State aid rules as set out in Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU, productive investments in enterprises other than SMEs, provided that such investments have been approved as part of the territorial just transition plan based on the information required under point (h) of Article 7(2). Such investments shall only be eligible where they are necessary for the implementation of the territorial just transition plan.
Amendment 218 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) The territorial just transition plans should identify the people and territories most negatively affected, where JTF support should be concentrated and describe specific actions to be undertaken to reach a climate-neutral economy, and precise targets and timelines to be achieved, to reach a climate-neutral, environmentally sustainable, fully renewables-based, highly resource and energy efficient, and circular economy by 2040 at the latest, notably as regards the conversion or closure of facilities involving fossil fuel production or other greenhouse gas intensive activities. Those territories should be precisely defined and correspond to NUTS level 3 regions or should be parts thereof. The plans should detail the challenges and, opportunities and investment needs of those territories and identify the type of operations needed in a manner that ensures the coherent development of climate-resilient economicenvironmentally sustainable activities that are also consistent wnecessary to limith the transition to climate-neuemperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industriality and levels and achieve the objectives of the Green Deal. Only investments in accordance with the transition plans should receive financial support from the JTF. The territorial just transition plans should be part of the programmes (supported by the ERDF, the ESF+, the Cohesion Fund or the JTF, as the case may be) which are approved by the Commission.
Amendment 230 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) investment directly or indirectly related to the production, processing, distribution, storage or combustion of fossil fuels, or other fuels whose positive net climate impact has not been sufficiently and scientifically demonstrated at the time of the funding request;
Amendment 234 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
No Union funding shall be provided for activities that relate to the scheduling of new fossil fuel extraction or peat extraction, including the re-opening of temporarily decommissioned extraction facilities in the NUTS 2 region in which the territory falls, during the duration of the programme.
Amendment 235 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The objectives of this Regulation, namely to support people and territories facing economic and social transformation in their transition to a climate-neutral economy, environmentally sustainable, fully renewables-based, highly resource and energy efficient, and circular economy by 2040 at the latest, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States alone. The main reasons in this regard are, on the one hand, the disparities between the levels of development of the various territories and the backwardnesspecific challenges of the least favoured people and territories, as well as the limit on the financial resources of the Member States and territories and, on the other hand, the need for a coherent implementation framework covering several Union funds under shared management. Since those objectives can better be achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 TEU. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives,
Amendment 241 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation establishes the Just Transition Fund (‘JTF’) to provide support to people and territories facing seriousin addressing the socio- economic challenges deriving fromlinked to the transition process towards a climate- neutral economy of the Union by 2050, environmentally sustainable, fully renewables-based, highly resource- and energy-efficient and circular economy as early as possible and by 2040 at the latest, in a just and inclusive way, leaving no one behind, in pursuit of the Union and Member States commitment under the Paris Agreement to limit the global temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre- industrial levels.
Amendment 251 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall prepare, together with the relevant authorities of the territories concerned, one or more territorial just transition plans covering one or more affected territories corresponding to level 3 of the common classification of territorial units for statistics (‘NUTS level 3 regions’) as established by Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 8682016/20146617 or parts thereof, in accordance with the template set out in Annex II. Those territories shall be those most negatively affected based on the economic and social impacts resulting from the transition, in particular with regard to expected job losses in fossil fuel production and use and the transformation needs of the production processes of industrial facilities with the highest greenhouse gas intensity. _________________ 17 Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/2066 of 21 November 2016 amending the annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) (OJ L 154 21.6322, 29.11.200316, p. 1).
Amendment 252 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) a description of the transition process at national level towards a climate- neutral economy, including a timeline by 2050 at the latest, including a clear date for the phase-out of all fossil fuels as well as a pre-2030 date for the phase-out of coal, and a precise timeline including 2030 milestones for key transition steps which are consistent with the latest version of the National Energy and Climate Plan (‘NECP’);
Amendment 262 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
(e a) a complete and detailed list of the different partners and stakeholders consulted representing people living in the territory concerned, in particular workers of the region concerned;
Amendment 264 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Territorial just transition plans shall be consistent with the territorial strategies referred to in Article [23] of Regulation (EU) [new CPR], with relevant smart specialisation strategies, the NECPs and the European Pillar of Social Rights, the Union’s commitment under the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Amendment 272 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The JTF shall support the Investment for jobs and growth goal in all Member States. provided they have adopted legally binding targets and measures for the phase out of all fossil fuels in a timeframe compatible with the objective of limiting the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, including the phase out of solid fossil fuels by 2030 at the latest, and for reaching economy-wide climate-neutrality by 2040 at the latest.
Amendment 284 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The resources for the JTF under the Investment for jobs and growth goal available for budgetary commitment for the period 2021-2027 shall be EUR 7.530 billion in 2018 prices, which may be increased, as the case may be, by additional resources allocated in the Union budget, and by other resources in accordance with the applicable basic act.
Amendment 290 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The resources for the JTF under the Investment for jobs and growth goal available for budgetary commitment for the period 2021-2027 shall be EUR 7.530 billion in 2018 prices, which may be increased, as the case may be, by additional resources allocated in the Union budget, and by other resources in accordance with the applicable basic act.
Amendment 292 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall adopt a decision by means of an implementing act setting out the annual breakdown of resources, taking into account the conditionality set out in paragraph 1 and including any additional resources referred to in paragraph 2, by Member State in accordance with the methodology set out in Annex I.
Amendment 311 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) productive investments in SMEs, including start-ups, leading to economic diversification and reconversionin sectors necessary for the just transition towards a climate- neutral, environmentally sustainable, fully renewables-based, highly resource and energy-efficient and circular economy by 2040 at the latest;
Amendment 325 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) investments in the creation of new firms, including through business incubators and consulting services; , in sectors necessary for the just transition towards a climate-neutral, environmentally sustainable, fully renewables-based, highly resource and energy-efficient, and circular economy by 2040 at the latest, and provided they publicly disclose how they intend to align their economic activities to the objective of limiting the global temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and to minimise their global environmental footprint, implementing, as a minimum requirement, the 2019 Guidelines of the European Commission on reporting climate-related information1a; _________________ 1ahttps://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52019 XC0620%2801%29
Amendment 334 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) investments in research and innovation activities and fostering the transfer of advanced technologies leading to a significant reduction of GHG emissions, resource or energy use, enabling the transition to a climate- neutral, environmentally sustainable, fully renewables-based, highly resource and energy efficient, and circular economy by 2040 at the latest;
Amendment 358 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) investments in the deployment of technology and infrastructures for affordable clean energy, inrenewable energy, significant greenhouse gas emission reduction, resource and energy efficiency and renewable energy;
Amendment 367 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) targeted energy efficiency retrofit measures to address energy poverty and poor housing conditions;
Amendment 377 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) investments in digitalisation and digital connectivity, taking into account the need to significantly reduce the use of resources and energy to limit the global temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre- industrial levels;
Amendment 385 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f
(f) investments in regeneration and decontamination of sites, land restoration and repurposing projects, with the exception of preventive and remedial actions due under EU law and national legislation on environmental liabilities, in accordance with the’polluter pays' principle pursuant to Article 45 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 615/2014;
Amendment 408 #
2020/0006(COD)
(g) investments in enhancing thefostering a non- toxic circular economy, including through waste prevention, reduction, resource efficiency, reuse, repair and recycling;
Amendment 421 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point h
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point h
(h) upskilling and reskilling of workers; people with the aim of bridging the skills gap necessary for the just transition towards a climate-neutral, environmentally sustainable, fully renewables-based, highly resource and energy efficient, and circular economy by 2040 at the latest, while pursuing an active gender balance and anti-discriminatory approach;
Amendment 426 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point i
(i) job-search assistance to jobseekers; personal and active match-making on the labour market and job-search assistance to jobseekers while pursuing an active gender balance and anti- discriminatory approach, including through income support for transitioning workers;
Amendment 428 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point j
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point j
(j) active inclusion of jobseekers guaranteeing the same access to all individuals, with a particular focus on the most vulnerable ones, the youth and the elderly, those NEETs and persons with disabilities, while pursuing an active gender balance and anti- discriminatory approach;
Amendment 437 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Activities referred to in points (a) to (g) shall be eligible exclusively is they are considered environmentally sustainable in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation.../... [Taxonomy Regulation].
Amendment 443 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Additionally, the JTF may support, in areas designated as assisted areas in accordance with points (a) and (c) of Article 107(3) of the TFEU and in compliance with Union State aid rules as set out in Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU, productive investments in enterprises other than SMEs, provided that such investments have been approved as part of the territorial just transition plan based on the information required under point (h) of Article 7(2). Such investments shall only be eligible where they are strictly necessary for the implementation of the territorial just transition plan., and where the enterprise has publicly disclosed how it intends to align its economic activities to the objective of limiting the global temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre- industrial levels, and to minimise its global environmental footprint, implementing, as a minimum requirement, the 2019 Guidelines of the European Commission on reporting climate-related information1a;. _________________ 1ahttps://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52019 XC0620%2801%29
Amendment 453 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 460 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the decommissioning or, the construction of nuclear power stationsr the lifetime extension of nuclear power stations, the management or storage of nuclear waste, or any other form of activity related to nuclear power;
Amendment 478 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) investment directly or indirectly related to the exploration, production, processing, distribution, storage or combustion of any fossil fuels, including natural gas and biomass co-combustion;
Amendment 489 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) investments related to the production, processing, distribution, storage or combustion of biofuels that are not considered as’advanced biofuels' under Directive (EU) 2018/20011a; _________________ 1ahttps://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32018 L2001
Amendment 498 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) investment in facilities for the treatment of residual waste, including waste-to-energy;
Amendment 501 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
(eb) operations that are inconsistent with the achievement of the Union's climate objectives as set out in Regulation (EU) … /… [European Climate Law] or are detrimental to the Union environmental objectives as referred to in the latest Union Environmental Action Programme adopted in accordance with Article 192(3) TFEU;
Amendment 506 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Within 3 months of the extension of the scope of Regulation (EU) 2020/... [Taxonomy Regulation] to cover activities that significantly harm environmental sustainability, the Commission shall revise this Article to ensure the JTF does not support any activity that significantly harm environmental sustainability.
Amendment 513 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The JTF resources shall be programmed for the categories of regions where the people and territories concerned are located, on the basis of the territorial just transition plans established in accordance with Article 7 and approved by the Commission as part of a programme or a programme amendment. The resources programmed shall take the form of one or more specific programmes or of one or more priorities within a programme.
Amendment 514 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The Commission shall only approve a programme where the identification of the people and territories most negatively affected by the transition process, contained within the relevant territorial just transition plan, is duly justified and the relevant territorial just transition plan is consistent with the Union and Member States commitment to limit the global temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre- industrial levels, the Union's climate objectives as defined under Regulation (EU) … /… [European Climate Law], the National Energy and Climate Plan and the Long-term Strategy of the Member State concerned and the Commission's recommendations thereto, and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Amendment 541 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. In each Member State, the competent authorities shall prepare, together with the relevant authorities of the territorstakeholders including civil society, trade unions and the local communities concerned, one or more territorial just transition plans covering one or more affected territories corresponding to level 3 of the common classification of territorial units for statistics (‘NUTS level 3 regions’) as established by Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 868/201417 or parts thereof, in accordance with the template set out in Annex II. Those territories shall be those most negatively affected based on the economic and social impacts resulting from the transition, in particular with regard to expected job losses in fossil fuel production and use and the transformation needs of the production processes of industrial facilities with the highest greenhouse gas intensity. _________________ 17Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) (OJ L 154 21.6.2003, p. 1).
Amendment 549 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) a description of the transition process at national and regional level towards a climate- neutral economy, including a timeline for key transition steps which are consistent with the latest versionneutral, environmentally sustainable, fully renewables-based, highly resource and energy efficient, and circular economy by 2040 at the latest, including legally binding dates for the phase out of all fossil fuels within the concerned territory in a timeframe consistent with the objective of limiting the global temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, and a timeline for key transition steps and measures to contribute to the objectives of the Nlatest Unional Energy and Climate Plan (‘NECP’)vironmental Action Plan and to the UN Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 563 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) a justification for identifying the people and territories as most negatively affected by the transition process referred to in point (a) and to be supported by the JTF, in accordance with paragraph 1;
Amendment 565 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) an assessment of the transition challenges faced by the most negatively affecteand opportunities faced by the most affected people and territories, including the social, economic, and environmental impactand gender- related impacts, both positive and negative, of the just transition to a climate- neutral, economy, identifying the potential number of affected jobs and job lossnvironmentally sustainable, fully renewables-based, highly resource and energy-efficient, and circular economy by 2040 at the latest, and identifying the development needs and objectives, to be reached by 2030 linked to the transformation or, in particular those related to the necessary closure of greenhouse gas-intensive activities in those territories or to any other substantial socio-economic transformation necessary to the fulfilment of the Member States commitment to limit the global temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre- industrial levels;
Amendment 575 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) a description of the expected contribution of the JTF support to addressing the social, economic and, environmental and gender-related impacts of the just transition to a climate-neutral economy, environmentally sustainable, fully renewables-based, highly resource and energy efficient, and circular economy by 2040 at the latest;
Amendment 584 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) a description of the governance mechanisms consisting of the partnership arrangements and a list of partners involved as referred to in paragraph 3, the monitoring and evaluation measures planned and the responsible bodies;, in line with Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 240/20141a; _________________ 1ahttps://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32014 R0240
Amendment 587 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point g
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point g
(g) a description of the type of operations envisaged and their expected contribution to alleviate the impact of the transitionthe challenges referred to in point (c);
Amendment 591 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point h
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point h
(h) where support is provided to productive investments to enterprises other than SMEs, an exhaustive list of such operations and enterprises and a justification of the necessity of such support through a gap analysis demonstrating that the expected job losses would exceed the expected number of jobs created for the success of the transition process referred to in point (a) and for overcoming the absence of the investmentchallenges referred to in point (c);
Amendment 593 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point i
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point i
Amendment 606 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
A territorial just transition plan shall be consistent with the objective of limiting the global temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and of halting and reversing biodiversity loss by 2030. It shall not lead to environmentally harmful lock-in effects, in particular carbon intensive lock-in effects.
Amendment 616 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Where the Commission concludes, based on the examination of the final performance report of the programme, that there is a failure to achieve at least 675% of the target established for one or more output or result indicators for the JTF resources, it may make financial corrections pursuant to Article [98] of Regulation (EU) [new CPR] by reducing the support from the JTF to the priority concerned in proportion to the achievements.
Amendment 667 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 2 – introductory part
Annex II – point 2 – introductory part
2. Assessment of transition challenges, and opportunities for each of the identified territory
Amendment 669 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 2 – point 2.1 – introductory part
Annex II – point 2 – point 2.1 – introductory part
2.1. Assessment of the economic, social and territorial impacts, both positive and negative, of the just transition to a climate- neutral economy, environmentally sustainable, fully renewables-based, highly resource and energy efficiency, and circular economy by 2040 at the latest
Amendment 670 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 2 – point 2.2 – introductory part
Annex II – point 2 – point 2.2 – introductory part
2.2. Development needs and objectives by 2030 in view of reaching climate neu, within the identified territory, in view of fulfilling the Member States commitment to limit the global temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre- industriality levels
Amendment 671 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 1.1
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 1.1
1.1. Outline of the expected transition process towards a climate-neutral economy in line with the Union and Member States commitment to limit, environmentally sustainable, fully renewables-based, highly resource- and energy-efficient and circular economy by 2040 at the latest, in line with the Union and Member States commitment to limit the global temperature increase to 1.5°C below pre-industrial levels, the objectives of the National Energy and Climate Plans and other existing transition plans with a legally-binding timeline for ceasing or scaling down activities, such asactivities that are inconsistent with the Union and Member States commitments under the Paris Agreement, such as all activities related to coal and lignite mining or coal fired electricity production from fossil fuels
Amendment 672 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 1.2
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 1.2
1.2. Identifying the people and territories expected to be the most negatively affected and justifying this choice with the corresponding estimation of the economic and employment impacts based the outline of Section 1.1
Amendment 672 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 2 – point 2.4 – paragraph 3
Annex II – point 2 – point 2.4 – paragraph 3
Amendment 677 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 1.1
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 1.1
1.1. Outline of the expected transition process towards a climate-neutral economy in line with, environmentally sustainable, fully renewables-based, highly resource- and energy-efficient and circular economy by 2040 at the latest, in line with the Union and Member States commitment to limit the global temperature increase to 1.5°C below pre-industrial levels, the objectives of the National Energy and Climate Plans and other existing transition plans with a legally-binding timeline for ceasing or scaling down activities, such asactivities that are inconsistent with the Union and Member States commitments under the Paris Agreement, such as all activities related to coal and lignite mining or coal fired electricity production from fossil fuels
Amendment 678 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 1.2
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 1.2
1.2. Identifying the people and territories expected to be the most negatively affected and justifying this choice with the corresponding estimation of the economic and employment impacts based the outline of Section 1.1
Amendment 684 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – paragraph 2 – point 2.4 – Reference: Article 7(2)(i)
Annex II – paragraph 2 – point 2.4 – Reference: Article 7(2)(i)
Amendment 3 #
2019/2712(RSP)
Citation 12 a (new)
- having regard to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) special reports entitled 'Climate Change and Land' and 'The Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate',
Amendment 11 #
2019/2712(RSP)
Citation 17
— having regard to the Leaders’ Declaration adopted at the G7 Summit in Schloss Elmau, Germany, from 7 to 8 June 2015, entitled ‘Think ahead. Act together’, in which they expressed their support in “sharing with all parties to the UNFCCC the upper end of the latest IPCC recommendation of 40 to 70 % reductions by 2050 compared to 2010 recognising that this challenge can only be met by a global response”High-Level synthesis report of the latest climate science information convened by the Science Advisory Group of the UN Climate Action Summit 2019, entitled 'United in Science',
Amendment 14 #
2019/2712(RSP)
Citation 17 a (new)
- having regard to the 2019 Special Eurobarometer on Climate Change,
Amendment 40 #
2019/2712(RSP)
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges that the serious risks of climate change are at the heart of citizens’ concerns; highlights that, according to the 2019 Special Eurobarometer on Climate Change, 93% of European citizens see climate change as a serious problem, while 92% of respondents supports the objective of reaching climate-neutrality by 2050, and respectively 92% and 89% of them would support an increase of the renewable energy and energy efficiency targets in that regard; welcomes the fact that people across the world, in particular younger generations, are increasingly active in fighting for climate action; welcomes their calls for greater collective ambition and swift action in order not to overshoot the 1.5°C limit; believes that national, regional and local governments, as well as the EU, should heed these calls;
Amendment 64 #
2019/2712(RSP)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Expresses concern at the findings of the High-level synthesis report 'United in Science' convened at the occasion of the UN Climate Action Summit 2019, in particular that growth of coal emissions resumed in 2017 and that annual growth of CO2 emissions from fossil fuels reached a new high in 2018, thereby leading to alarming and unprecedented GHG concentrations in the atmosphere;
Amendment 65 #
2019/2712(RSP)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Stresses that the current level of NDC ambition would need to be increased fivefold in order not to overshoot the 1.5°C limit; highlights that this global ambition is still technically feasible, and that it would bring about numerous co- benefits on the environment and public health;
Amendment 74 #
2019/2712(RSP)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Highlights the findings of the IPCC special report on 'The Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate', in particular the aggravated risks to marine ecosystems, coastal economies and livelihoods exacerbated by climate change and rising sea levels, the related acidification of oceans and marine heatwaves, and the unprecedented glaciers and sea ice melting;
Amendment 77 #
2019/2712(RSP)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Underlines that about 23% of global human-caused GHG emissions comes from agriculture, forestry and other land uses, as confirmed by the IPCC special report on 'Climate Change and Land'; expresses concern that agricultural intensification and increasing land-use disturbances, such as forest fires, are further deteriorating the capacity of land to act as a carbon sink;
Amendment 84 #
2019/2712(RSP)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Welcomes the launch of the Climate Ambition Alliance during the UN Climate Action Summit 2019, by which 59 Parties to the UNFCCC have signalled their intention to submit an enhanced NDC by 2020, as provided for in the Paris Agreement, as well as 65 Parties, including the Union, that are working towards achieving net-zero GHG emissions by 2050; deplores, however, that all Member States were not yet ready to support an increase in the level of ambition of the Union's NDC, as called for by the European Parliament;
Amendment 91 #
2019/2712(RSP)
Paragraph 10
10. CUrges once again EU leaders to support the Union's long-term objective to reach domestic net-zero GHG emissions as soon as possible and by 2050 at the latest during the European Council of 12- 13 December 2019; calls on the country holding the EU Presidency and the Commission to submitcommunicate this objective to the UNFCCC as soon as possible the Union’s long-term strategy to reach domestic net-zero emissions in 2050reafter; stresses that in order to reach domestic net- zero GHG emissions in 2050 in the most cost-efficient manner, and in order to avoid relying on carbon removal technologies that would entail significant risks for ecosystems, biodiversity and food security, the 2030 ambition level will need to be raised; believes it to be of the utmost importance for the Union to send a clear message during the UN Climate Summit in September 2019 that it stands ready to enhance its contribution to the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 102 #
2019/2712(RSP)
Paragraph 11
11. Supports an update of the Union’s NDC; calls, therefore, on EU leaders to support an increase in the level of ambition of the Union’s NDC; calls also on other global economies to update their NDCs to bring about global effects with an economy-wide target of at least 65% domestic GHG emission reductions by 2030 compared with 1990 levels; calls on the Commission to put forward such increase in the level of ambition of the Union’s NDC as part of the European Climate Law to be presented within the first 100 days in office of the upcoming Commission; calls on the country holding the EU Presidency and the Commission to submit this enhanced Union's NDC to the UNFCCC ahead of COP26;
Amendment 122 #
2019/2712(RSP)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to contribute to an effective outcome of the review of the Warsaw International Mechanism on Loss & Damage foreseen at COP25, including through the establishment of a finance arm with additional financial sources;
Amendment 124 #
2019/2712(RSP)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Expresses concern that Parties to the UNFCCC have so far failed to agree on common time frames for their post- 2030 NDCs; believes it is detrimental that these time frames are aligned with the five-year ambition cycle of the Paris Agreement in order to avoid lock-in of low ambition; calls on the Commission and the Member States to do their utmost to achieve a global agreement on common five-year time frames at COP25;
Amendment 128 #
2019/2712(RSP)
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to advocate for strict and robust international rules relating to Article 6 of the Paris Agreement to prevent loopholes in accounting or double counting of emission reductions; expresses concern at the potential use towards NDC targets of units issued under the Kyoto Protocol as this would seriously deteriorate the environmental integrity of the future mechanisms established under Article 6; supports the inclusion of human rights and gender equality safeguards within all Article 6 mechanisms, as well as the implementation of a grievance mechanism for communities affected by the implementation of Article 6 mechanisms;
Amendment 135 #
2019/2712(RSP)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Amendment 157 #
2019/2712(RSP)
Paragraph 21
21. Recognises that the EU and its Member States are the largest provider of public climate finance; welcomes the decision at COP24 to decide on a new more ambitious target from 2025 onwards, beyond the current commitment to mobilise $100 billion per year as of 2020, but expresses concern that the actual pledges by developed countries still fall far short of their collective goal of $100 billion per year; calls on the Commission and the Member States to support the establishment of a share of proceeds from Article 6 mechanisms to the Adaptation Fund;
Amendment 177 #
2019/2712(RSP)
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses the importance of a just transition to a climate neutral economy and the need for an anticipatory approach to ensure a just transition for citizens and to support the most vulnerable regions and communities; stresses the importance of creating a just transition fund, to guarantee an inclusive transition for the people and the regions most affected by decarbonisation, such as the coal mining regions; believes that Europe’s climate transition must be ecologically, economically and socially sustainable; calls on the Union and the Member States to put in place appropriate policies and financing in this regard, conditioned to clear, credible and enforceable short and longer term economy-wide decarbonisation commitments from the concerned Member States, including by integrating in their final NECPs concrete policies to phase out coal by 2030;
Amendment 185 #
2019/2712(RSP)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Welcomes the announcement by Commission President-elect Ursula von der Leyen to introduce a carbon border tax; believes that in order to be WTO- compliant, such mechanism should fully replace current carbon leakage provisions under the EU ETS, and apply to imports and exports alike;
Amendment 201 #
2019/2712(RSP)
Paragraph 26
26. Underlines that 80% of people displaced by climate change are women, who are in general more impacted by climate change than men yet bear a greater burden while not being as involved in key decision-making on climate action; stresses therefore that women’s empowerment of all marginalised gender communities, as well as their full and equal participation and leadership in international forums, such as the UNFCCC, and national, regional and local climate action, are vital for the success and effectiveness of such action; calls on the EU and the Member States to fully support the implementation of the UNFCCC Gender Action Plan, in particular through mainstreaming the gender perspective into EU climate and development policies, and to promote the participation of indigenous women and women’s rights defenders within the UNFCCC framework;
Amendment 218 #
2019/2712(RSP)
Paragraph 28
28. Regrets that the transport sector is the only sector in which emissions have grown since 1990; stresses that this is not compatible with long-term sustainable developmentclimate- neutrality objective, which instead requires reductions in emissions from all sectors of society at a great and faster rate; recalls that the transport sector will need to be fully decarbonised by 2050; notes that the Commission’s analysis shows that the current global targets and measures envisaged by the International Maritime Organisation and the International Civil Aviation Organisation respectively, even if fully implemented, fall short of the necessary emissions reductions, and that significant further action consistent with the economy-wide objective of net-zero emissions is needed; considers that in order to ensure the consistency of NDCs with the economy-wide commitments required by the Paris Agreement, Parties should be encouraged to include emissions from international shipping and aviation and to agree and implement measures at international, regional and national level to address emissions from these sectors;
Amendment 231 #
2019/2712(RSP)
Paragraph 31
31. Recalls that shipping CO2 emissions are projected to increase by 50% to 250% in the period to 2050; welcomes the agreement on the initial IMO Strategy on reduction of GHG emissions from ships as a first step for the sector to contribute to the realisation of the temperature goal in the Paris Agreement; believes that, in order to preserve its global climate leadership and credibility, the EU should translate the objectives of the initial IMO Strategy into EU legislation; regrets that the IMO has not, so far, made progress on the adoption of short and medium-term measures to reach the objectives of the strategy; stresses the importance and urgency of implementing short and medium-term measures before 2023; underlines that further measures and action are needed to address maritime emissions and calls, therefore, on the EU and the Member States to closely monitor the impact and implementation of the IMO agreement and urges the Commission to consider additional EU action, as part of its 2050 decarbonisation strategy, to reduce maritime emissions in line with the temperature target of the Paris Agreement and to drive investments into zero-emission ships and the necessary enabling infrastructures;
Amendment 245 #
2019/2712(RSP)
Paragraph 32 b (new)
Amendment 246 #
2019/2712(RSP)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Stresses the urgent need to mainstream climate ambition into all EU policies; reiterates its call to have more ambition climate mainstreaming in the future MFF, including by spending at least 50% of the next MFF for climate action while improving climate tracking and climate proofing methodologies, and ensuring that projects and programmes that are inconsistent with the achievement of the EU climate objectives and of the Paris Agreement are not eligible for EU support;
Amendment 251 #
2019/2712(RSP)
Paragraph 32 c (new)
32c. Deeply regrets that fossil fuel subsidies are still increasing and amount to around EUR 55 billion per year in the EU despite the Union's global commitment to phase them out by 2020; urgently calls on all Member States to integrate in their final NECPs concrete policies, timelines and measures to phase out all national fossil fuel subsidies;
Amendment 253 #
2019/2712(RSP)
Paragraph 32 d (new)
32d. Welcomes the entry into force of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol; believes it should create a new momentum for the Union to ensure a rapid revision of the F-gas Regulation to address known shortcomings that threaten the Union's climate ambition, such as illegal HFC trade and insufficient action against the use of SF6;
Amendment 2 #
2019/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that the important role played by farmers in food production and how this inevertheless dependents on natural resources such as soil, water and forests; recognises the multifunctionality of forests, providing ecosystem functions, ranging from supporting and regulating services to cultural and provisioning services, as well as a habitat for more than ¾ of terrestrial biodiversity;
Amendment 10 #
2019/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Is deeply concerned that, despite the efforts of the EU and its Member States, the EU’s commitment to halting deforestation by 2020 as part of the Sustainable Development Goals is unlikely to be met, and therefore strongly supports the Commission in its proposal to step up action in protecting and restoring the world’s forests;
Amendment 17 #
2019/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Highlights that the EU has been the most significant importer of embodied deforestation linked to crop and livestock products, with meat and soy named as the most significant agricultural drivers of deforestation; considers that the EU must address and reduce its demand of forest- risk commodities, by promotion of locally- sourced, primarily plant-based diets and by making support conditional on farmers using legally and sustainably sourced feedstocks, with focus on pasture-based grazing;
Amendment 25 #
2019/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the role of agriculture is expanding as the growing world population requires increased food productione crucial role of sustainable agriculture as the growing world population requires sufficient nutritious food production whilst mitigating climate change; considers, therefore, that all further actions must coherently address issues such as preventing unsustainable land use and management practices, coping with natural disturbances, reducing food waste and mitigating climate change;
Amendment 32 #
2019/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Emphasizes the flaws of the biofuel sustainability certification schemes currently recognised and authorised by the EU, as identified by the 2016 European Court of Auditors report, in particular as regards accounting for indirect land use change, traceability and labour conditions; regrets that, under these insufficient sustainability criteria, the import of palm oil, of which half is destined for use in biodiesel, into the EU saw a six-fold increase since the beginning of the last Renewable Energy Directive; Stresses that the Renewable Energies Directive II likewise contains insufficient sustainability criteria, and therefore serves to drive direct and indirect land use change including deforestation; Recognises Commission efforts to identify high-ILUC risk biofuels but is concerned about loopholes in the Delegated Act, and the failure to include soy, despite evidence of its link with deforestation;
Amendment 38 #
2019/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need to promote the consumption of sustainably sourced goods by introducing a labelling and certification system for deforestation-free products imported into the EU and incorporating thCalls to prohibit products contributing to deforestation from entering the EU market, by introducing mandatory due diligence obligations on companies that place deforestation-risk commodities on the market; calls, as an initial step, for public procurement rules to be adapted to integrate due diligence obligations on prospective suppliers; Stresses the need to ensure only the consumption of sustainably sourced goods by improving traceability and transparency in the supply chain, and guarding against phenomena such as cattle laundering, which takes advantage of inadequate tracing; Notes the possibility of introducing a labelling and certification system for deforestation-free products imported into the EU but recalls poor experience with flawed certification schemes and inadequate voluntary labelling initiatives; emphasizes the need to incorporate deforestation-free aspectconditions into EU trade dealagreements and other multilateral agreements to ensure policy coherence;
Amendment 45 #
2019/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that free trade agreements should include binding and enforceable provisions to protect forests and guard against human rights violations, particularly violations of community tenure rights; Regrets that this principle was not followed during negotiations on the Mercosur agreement, despite the fact that Commission estimates show that a significant proportion of the deforestation embodied in EU consumption originated in Brazil;
Amendment 49 #
2019/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses the importance of inclusive partnership with third countries in order to strengthen sustainable land management and sustainable agriculture, as well as good governance particularly in land and forest tenure, as these are governmental responsibilities in combating deforestation, which cannot be adequately addressed by external stakeholders alone; recalls that a partnership approach must support better governance, respect the rights of indigenous peoples, smallholders and local communities, and enable multi- stakeholder processes in producer countries;
Amendment 57 #
2019/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the need for further significant progress in developing and implementing an EU protein plant strategy and ensuring robust protein plant production within the EU, to focus on shorter supply chains to the advantage of food sovereignty both in the EU and its partners; stresses that the strategy should also take into account nutritional recommendations relevant for the European region, and integrate production of plant protein for human consumption within the strategy, with the purpose of decreasing the human consumption of meat and milk products, which accounts for a large share of land use change, including deforestation, and, in the EU, currently takes up over 70 percent of EU agricultural land in feeding livestock;
Amendment 68 #
2019/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the importance of further developing existing systems such as the FLEGT action plan to enable the transfer of knowledge and education for partners outside the EU; recommends that the EU increase its efforts into the FLEGT-Voluntary Partnership Agreements, with focus on civil society participation, in particular indigenous peoples, local communities dependent on forests, women and environmental rights defenders; recommends to build on the example of FLEGT-VPA via its extension to forest-risk agricultural commodities;
Amendment 81 #
2019/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Takes the view that the drivers of deforestation should be addressed in a EU policy framework, thereby ensuring the coherence of forest-related policies, reducing the pressure on forests by developing more innovative and efficientsustainable farming within and outside the EU, and reducing food losses throughout the food chain including through new technologies; considers that the high demand for food should be addressed through technical assistance, cooperation among agricultural organisations and knowledge transfer;
Amendment 99 #
2019/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Emphasizes the need to ensure consistency between EU action at home and abroad; Calls for robust enforcement of the Timber Regulation and the Nature Directives across the EU, including via timely infringement proceedings; strongly condemns the acts of violence, including murder, recently reported against forest rangers and workers in certain Member States, and urges the authorities to ensure full and fair criminal investigation and trial;
Amendment 104 #
2019/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Stresses that the 'European Environment - State and Outlook 2020' report found that only one third of the forest habitats listed under the EU Habitats Directive are in favourable conservation status, and that there has been little improvement in the conservation status of forest habitats and species since 2013, despite the implementation of the EU Forest Strategy; highlights that sufficient resources are needed to manage these sites and ensure enforcement of the Nature Directives.
Amendment 5 #
2019/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Maritime transport has an direct impact on the global climateclimate change and on air quality, as a result of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from shipping and other emissions that it generates, such as nitrogen oxides, sulphur oxides, methane, particulate matter and black carbon. In 2015, it emitted 13% of the total UnionUnion’s total greenhouse gas emissions from transport15 . Maritime emissions are expected to increase by 86% above 1990 levels by 2050 unless further action is taken, despite the adoption of minimum ship efficiency standards by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO). International maritime shipping remainwas the only means of transportation not included in the Union's commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Without further action to integrate maritime emissions into the Union's economy-wide and domestic greenhouse gas emissions targets, the projected increase in maritime emissions seriously risks endangering efforts taken by other sectors to reach the objective of becoming climate-neutral as soon as possible and by 2050 at the latest. _________________ 15https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and- maps/indicators/transport-emissions-of- greenhouse-gases/transport-emissions-of- greenhouse-gases-10.
Amendment 7 #
2019/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) All sectors of the economy should contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in line with the commitment of the co-legislators as expressed in Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council16 and Directive (EU) 2018/410 of the European Parliament and of the Council17 . _________________ 16Regulation (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). 17Directive (EU) 2018/410 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2018 amending Directive 2003/87/EC to enhance cost-effective emission reductions and low-carbon investments, and Decision (EU) 2015/1814 (OJ L 76, 19.3.2018, p. 3)joint effort to complete the transition to net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as soon as possible and by 2050 at the latest in line with the Union's commitments under the Paris Agreement and the European Council conclusions on climate change of 12 December 2019.
Amendment 8 #
2019/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The European Parliament's Resolution of Februaryresolutions of the European Parliament of 14 March 2019 on climate change and of 28 November 20149 on a 2030 framework for climate and energy policiesthe climate and environmental emergency stressed the need for immediate and ambitious action with a view to reaching climate neutrality as soon as possible and by 2050 at the latest, and called on the Commission and the Member States to set aincrease the binding Union 2030 target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 4055% compared to 1990 levels. The European Parliament also noted that all sectors of the economy, including international aviation and maritime transport, would need to contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions if the Union is to deliver its fair share of global efforts.
Amendment 11 #
2019/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) The resolution of the European Parliament of 28 November 2019 on the 2019 UN Climate Change Conference (COP25) also stressed the need for additional Union actions to address GHG emissions from the maritime sector in light of slow and insufficient progress at the IMO. The European Parliament supported, in particular, the inclusion of the maritime sector in the Union system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading (the ‘EU ETS’), as well as the introduction of ship efficiency standards at Union level.
Amendment 17 #
2019/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) The communication of the Commission of 11 December 2019 on the European Green Deal sets out a roadmap of key policies and measures for the Union to become the first climate-neutral continent by 2050 at the latest. It confirmed that further action at Union level will be needed to address GHG emissions from the maritime sector.
Amendment 19 #
2019/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In April 2015, the European Parliament and the Council adopted Regulation (EU) 2015/757 on the monitoring, reporting and verification of carbon dioxide emissions from maritime transport20 (the “EU MRV Regulation”), which was complemented in 2016 with two Delegated Regulations21 and two Implementing Regulations22 . The aim of the EU MRV Regulation is to collect data on shipping emissions for further policymaking and to incentivise emission reductions by providing information on ships' efficiency to relevant markets. The EU MRV Regulation was adopted as a first step in a staged approach for the inclusion of maritime transport emissions as part of the Union's GHG reduction commitments and for the pricing subsequently of those emissions in line with the 'polluter pays' principle. When the EU MRV Regulation was adopted, the Commission committed to considering, in the context of future legislative proposals on maritime emissions, which next steps would be appropriate to ensure that the sector would make a fair contribution to the Union's emission reduction objectives. The EU MRV Regulation obliges companies to monitor, report and verify the fuel consumption, CO2 emissions and energy efficiency of their ships on voyages to and from European Economic Area (EEA) ports on an annual basis, starting from 2018. It also applies to CO2 emissions within EEA ports. The first emissions reports awere due by 30 Aprilpublished on 30 June 2019. _________________ 20Regulation (EU) 2015/757 of the European Parliament and 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). 21 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/2072 on the verification activities and accreditation of verifiers pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/757 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the monitoring, reporting and verification of carbon dioxide emissions from maritime transport (OJ L 320, 26.11.2016, p. 5); Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/2071 of 22 September 2016 amending Regulation (EU) 2015/757 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the methods for monitoring carbon dioxide emissions and the rules for monitoring other relevant information (OJ L 320, 26.11.2016, p. 1). 22 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1927 of 4 November 2016 on templates for monitoring plans, emissions reports and documents of compliance pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/757 of the European Parliament and of the Council on monitoring, reporting and verification of carbon dioxide emissions from maritime transport (OJ L 299, 5.11.2016, p. 1–21); Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1928 of 4 November 2016 on determination of cargo carried for categories of ships other than passenger, ro-ro and container ships pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/757 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the monitoring, reporting and verification of carbon dioxide emissions from maritime transport (OJ L 299, 5.11.2016, p. 22–25)
Amendment 22 #
2019/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Article 22 of the EU MRV Regulation states that the Commission will, in the event of an international agreement on a global monitoring, reporting and verification system or on global measures to reduce GHG emissions from maritime transport, review the EU MRV Regulation and, if appropriate, propose amendments in order to ensure alignmentconsistency with that international agreement.
Amendment 23 #
2019/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Under the Paris Agreement that was adopted in December 2015 at the 21st Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)23 , the Union and its Member States have undertaken an economy-wide reduction target. Efforts to limit international maritime emissions through the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) are under way and should be encouraged. The IMO adopted24 in October 2016 a data collection system for fuel oil consumption of ships ("the global IMO DCS"). The IMO also adopted on 13 April 2018 an initial strategy on the reduction of GHG emissions from ships, seeking to cap the increase of those emissions as soon as possible and to reduce them by at least 50% by 2050 compared to 2008, and to pursue efforts towards phasing them out entirely. At the same time, the Member States and Associated Members of the IMO committed to reducing CO2 emissions per transport work, as an average across international shipping, by at least 40% by 2030, pursuing efforts towards a 70% reduction by 2050. _________________ 23 Paris Agreement (OJ L 282, 19.10.2016, p. 4–18). 24IMO Resolution MEPC.278(70) amending MARPOL Annex VI.
Amendment 29 #
2019/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Global IMO DCS provisions on data to be monitored and reported annually should be taken into account so as to ensure that streamlined data is collected for ships' activities falling under both systems. In order to do so, the parameter "deadweight tonnage" should be reported but "cargo carried" should remain on a voluntary basisalongside the parameter "cargo carried". "Time at sea" should be replaced by the global IMO DCS definition of “hours underway". Finally, calculation of “distance travelled” should be based on global IMO DCS25 to reduce administrative burden. _________________ 25 IMO Resolution MEPC 282 (70).
Amendment 32 #
2019/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) Removing market barriers in the maritime sector, including the use of a transparent and robust MRV system, would contribute to the uptake of energy efficiency measures(such as slow steaming and route management) and technologies, and thereby reduce maritime emissions by about 2% by 2030. For the maritime sector to contribute fully to the transformation of the entire transport sector into a sector with zero emissions, further action is therefore necessary. The scope of the MRV Regulation should, therefore, be extended to include binding requirements for companies to reduce their GHG emissions per transport work.
Amendment 33 #
2019/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 b (new)
Recital 13 b (new)
(13b) Given the results of the impact assessment accompanying the Commission proposal for the MRV Regulation, which showed that all options other than an EU ETS for maritime emissions would fall short of delivering emissions reductions in a manner that would be consistent with the white paper of the Commission of 28 March 2011 entitled: ‘Roadmap to a single European Transport Area’, Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council1a should be extended to cover maritime emissions. _________________ 1aDirective 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).
Amendment 34 #
2019/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 c (new)
Recital 13 c (new)
(13c) The successful transition to zero- emission shipping requires an integrated approach and the right enabling environment to stimulate innovation, both on ships and in ports. That enabling environment involves public and private investment in research and innovation, technological and operational measures to improve the energy efficiency of ships, and the deployment of sustainable alternative fuels and propulsion technologies, including the necessary refuelling and recharging infrastructure in ports. A Maritime Transport Decarbonisation Fund should be established from revenues generated from the auctioning of maritime allowances under the EU ETS to improve the energy efficiency of ships and support investment in innovative technologies and infrastructure to decarbonise maritime transport, including in short sea shipping and ports, and the deployment of sustainable alternative fuels and zero- emission propulsion technologies. The Commission should also develop measures to regulate the access of the most polluting ships to Union ports and to oblige docked fossil-fuel ships to use shore-side electricity. The Commission should also require ports to adopt demurrage tariffs based on emissions.
Amendment 37 #
2019/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) In order to ensure that a high quality of data can be maintained and that data is published in the THETIS-MRV register, the European Maritime Safety Agency should be given the necessary powers and resources to be able to check emissions reported by verifiers.
Amendment 40 #
2019/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) The objective of Regulation (EU) 2015/757 is to monitor, report and verify CO2 emissions from ships calling at EEA ports as the first step of a staged approachin order to reduce operational carbon intensity per transport work and to price those emissions so as to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the maritime sector. This cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States but can rather, by reason of its scale and effects, be better achieved at Union level. The global IMO DCS should be taken into account and this Regulation ensures the continued comparability and reliability of collected data based on a single set of requirements. The Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective.
Amendment 47 #
2019/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph -1 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph -1 (new)
Regulation (EU) 2015/757
Article 1
Article 1
(-1) Article 1 is replaced by the following: "Article 1 Subject matter This Regulation lays down rules for the accurate monitoring, reporting and, verification of carbon dioxide (CO2and reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and of other relevant information from ships arriving at, within or departing from ports under the jurisdiction of a Member State, i. In order to promote the reduction of CO2 emissions from maritime transport in a cost effective manner. (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32015R0757)contribute to achieving the Union's commitment to reducing its domestic and economy-wide GHG emissions under the Paris Agreement, and to implement the IMO Initial Strategy at Union level, this Regulation also imposes obligations on companies to reduce their CO2 emissions per transport work by at least 40% by 2030 compared to the average performance per category of ships of the same size and type in the first reporting period as referred to in Article 8." Or. en
Amendment 48 #
2019/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph -1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph -1 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2015/757
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
(-1a) in Article 2, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. This Regulation applies to ships above 5 0of 400 gross tonnage and above in respect of CO2GHG emissions released during their voyages from their last port of call to a port of call under the jurisdiction of a Member State and from a port of call under the jurisdiction of a Member State to their next port of call, as well as within ports of call under the jurisdiction of a Member State. " Or. en (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32015R0757)
Amendment 52 #
2019/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph -1 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph -1 b (new)
Regulation (EU) 2015/757
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
(-1b) In Article 2, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: "2. This Regulation does not apply to warships, naval auxiliaries, fish-catching or fish-processing ships, wooden ships of a primitive build, ships not propelled by mechanical means, or government ships used for non-commercial purposes. (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32015R0757)As regards warships and naval auxiliaries, reporting is limited to points a) to f) and point i) of Article 6(3)." Or. en
Amendment 55 #
2019/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2015/757
Article 3 – point a a (new)
Article 3 – point a a (new)
(-a) The following point is inserted: (aa) 'greenhouse gas emissions' means the release of greenhouse gases by ships, as listed in Annex II of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council* _________________ * Directive 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 and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC(OJ L 275 25.10.2003, p. 32)
Amendment 58 #
2019/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2015/757
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(1a) in Article 5 the following paragraph is added: 2a. By 31 December 2021, the Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 23, in order to supplement this Regulation by further specifying the methods for the reporting of greenhouse gas emissions other than CO2 emissions including methane slips from engines, from ships as well as emissions that effect air quality.
Amendment 60 #
2019/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point a
Regulation (EU) 2015/757
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point f
Amendment 63 #
2019/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 5 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 5 – point a
Regulation (EU) 2015/757
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. Where there is a change of company, the previous company shall submit to the Commission and to the authorities of the flag State concerned, on as close as practical to the day of the completion of the change or as close as practical thereto and no later than three one months thereafter, a report covering the same elements as the emissions report but limited to the period corresponding to the activities carried out under its responsibility.;
Amendment 65 #
2019/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2015/757
Chapter II a (new) – Article 12 a (new)
Chapter II a (new) – Article 12 a (new)
(5a) The following chapter is inserted: « CHAPTER II a Emission reduction measures Article 12a Emissions reduction targets, ships and berthing standards 1. Companies shall reduce their annual CO2 emissions per transport work by at least 40% by2030, compared to the average performance per category of ships of the same size and type in the first reporting period as referred to in Article 8. 2. Companies shall reduce to zero their GHG emissions and emissions related to air quality when at berth as of 2030. 3. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 23to supplement this Regulation by further specifying the rules for the compliance and verification of compliance with the requirements set out in paragraph 1 of this Article, including the possibility of applying an annual linear or degressive reduction or intermediate targets up to 2030, and for the determination of the appropriate size categories for the relevant ships."
Amendment 68 #
2019/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 5 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 5 b (new)
(5b) CHAPTER IIa Article 12 b Emission related charging To provide incentives for fuel saving, route management and slow steaming and for the reduction of CO2 emissions from ships above 400 gt the data gathered through the monitoring and reporting specified in chapter ii shall be used to charge vessels covered under the scope of this regulation on the basis of their emission .The Commission shall propose a detailed but simple charging system through delegated acts.
Amendment 70 #
2019/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 5 c (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 5 c (new)
Regulation (EU) 2015/757
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
(5c) In Article 20, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. Member States shall set up a system of penalties for failure to comply with the monitoring and reporting obligations set out in Articles 8 to 12, and with the requirements set out in Article 12a, and shall take all the measures necessary to ensure that those penalties are imposed. The penalties provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. Member States shall notify those provisions to the Commission by 1 July 20217, and shall notify to the Commission without delay any subsequent amendments. content/EN/TXT/?qid=1582282041119&uri=CELEX:02015R0757-20161216)" Or. en (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-
Amendment 73 #
2019/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 5 d (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 5 d (new)
Regulation (EU) 2015/757
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1
(5d) In Article 21, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. By 30 June each year, the Ccommission shall make publicly available the information on CO2 emissions reported in accordance with Aarticle 11 as well as the information set out in paragraph 2 of this Aarticle. content/EN/TXT/?qid=1582282041119&uri=CELEX:02015R0757-20161216)" Or. en (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-
Amendment 78 #
2019/0017(COD)
(6a) In Article 21, paragraph 5 a is inserted: 5a. Where the Commission’s reporting obligations in paragraph 4 and 5 reveal, that the reductions of CO2 emissions are insufficient to meet the emissions reduction target for the maritime transport sector defined in article 1, the Commission should make a proposal to the European parliament and the Council for further reduction measures.
Amendment 79 #
2019/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 6 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 6 b (new)
Regulation (EU) 2015/757
Article 21 – paragraph 6
Article 21 – paragraph 6
Amendment 80 #
2019/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 6 c (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 6 c (new)
Regulation (EU) 2015/757
Article 21 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 6 a (new)
(6c) In Article 21, paragraph 6 a is added: "6a. EMSA shall perform further statistical verifications of the data submitted under article11 paragraph 1 to ensure the consistency of the data provided, and if needed request clarifications from the companies."
Amendment 82 #
2019/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 6 d (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 6 d (new)
Regulation (EU) 2015/757
Article 22 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 3 a (new)
(6d) In Article 22, paragraph 3 a is added: 3a. The charging system referred to in chapter IIa shall be adjusted to take account of any international agreement with at least an equivalent effect on the reduction of GHG emissions when in force
Amendment 85 #
2019/0017(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 6 e (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 6 e (new)
Regulation (EU) 2015/757
Article 22 a (new)
Article 22 a (new)