Activities of Jan-Christoph OETJEN related to 2021/0205(COD)
Plenary speeches (2)
Sustainable aviation fuels (ReFuelEU Aviation Initiative) (debate)
Sustainable aviation fuels (ReFuelEU Aviation Initiative) (debate)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Development and deployment of sustainable aviation fuels with a high potential for sustainability, commercial maturity and a high potential for innovation and growth to meet future needs should be promoted. This should support creating innovative and competitive fuels markets and ensure sufficient supply of sustainable aviation fuels for aviation in short and long term to contribute to Union transport decarbonisation ambitions, while strengthening Union’s efforts towards a high level of environmental protection. For this purpose, all sustainable aviation fuels producvided from feedstock listed in Parts A and B of Annex IX ofor in Directive (EU) 2018/2001, as well as synthetic aviation fuels should be eligible. In particular, sustainable aviation fuels produced from feedstock listed in Part B of Annex IX of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 are essential, as currently the most commercially mature technologynd complying with the sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions criteria laid down in that Directive and certified in accordance with Article 30 of that Directive are essential to decarbonise air transport already in the short term.
Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19 a) This Regulation enables stakeholders from different parts of the value chain to contribute to emission reductions in their respective industry and claim tradable emissions reductions in their carbon reporting (book and claim). A central obligatory system of SAF registration, allocation, accounting, and reporting (SAF registry) should beset up to stimulate further SAF demand while avoiding double counting. Formalized and standardized documentation and tracking methods will ensure transparency and trust and auditability in the process.
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 b (new)
Recital 19 b (new)
(19 b) To achieve the lowest cost and highest efficiency, a SAF accounting framework inspired by the renewable electricity accounting framework is needed. Fuel suppliers should be able to issue and trade SAF certificates from overfulfillment of the mandate with ambitious airlines. Also airlines among each other should be able to trade these SAF certificates without generating competitive distortion between them. Only airlines in possession of such SAF certificates should claim the associated emission reductions. SAF should be distributed from the production facilities to the most suitable airports to prevent inefficiency, additional logistical effort and thus also higher transport emissions. The airport infrastructure will supply a given amount of SAF through its fuel system, but only airlines that actually possess the SAF attributes will be able to account for it in the booking system. It should be prevented, that airlines have to carry extra fuel on-board if SAF is not available at a certain airport, that competitive distortion is caused by the blending mandate and that airlines cannot protect themselves against excessive prices when depending on fuel suppliers. Airlines that aim for higher CO2 emission reductions will be able to decide to buy a larger amount of SAF and distribute the SAF in the most economic efficient and unbureaucratic way across the fleet without competitive distortion between airlines. This would lead to a more dynamic and competitive SAF market with more available SAF at affordable prices
Amendment 207 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 4
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 4
— ‘aviation fuel’ means the fuel manufactured for direct use by aircraft;
Amendment 219 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 5
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 5
— ‘sustainable aviation fuels’ (‘SAF’) means drop-in aviation fuels that are either synthetic aviation fuels, advanced biofuels as defined in Article 2, second paragraph, point 34 of Directive (EU) 2018/2001, or biofuels produced from the feedstock listed in Part B of Annex IX to that Directive, which complyfuels which save at least 70% of greenhouse gases as compared with fossil that are either synthetic aviation fuels, in line with Directive (EU) 2018/2001, complying with the sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions criteria laid down in Article 29(2) to (7) of that Directive and are certified in accordance with Article 30 of this Directive;
Amendment 231 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 8
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 8
— ‘synthetic aviation fuels’ means fuels that are renewable or low carbon fuels of non- biological origin, as defined in Article 2, second paragraph, point 36 of Directive (EU) 2018/2001, used in aviation;
Amendment 358 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a (new) In order to ensure transparency and to prevent double claiming, a central obligatory system of SAF registration, allocation, accounting and reporting (SAF registry) shall be set up by accredited organizations. Formalized and standardized documentation and tracking methods shall ensure trust and auditability in the process. A supplier shall generate a sustainability certificate based on the physical SAF environmental attributes and shall enter it into the registry. An operator may purchase the sustainability certificate from the supplier, the transaction is recorded in the registry while the physical delivery is separate (book and claim). Regulatory compliance with sustainability criteria is an entry requirement. The operator may transfer reductions from the sustainability certificates to their customers.
Amendment 431 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 444 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point a
Annex I – point a
(a) From 1 January 2025, a minimum share of 23,5% of SAF, of which a minimum share of 0.1% of synthetic fuels;
Amendment 454 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point b
Annex I – point b
(b) From 1 January 2030, a minimum share of 58% of SAF, of which a minimum share of 0.71.5% of synthetic aviation fuels;