824 Amendments of Anna DEPARNAY-GRUNENBERG
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 22 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy of December 202054 refers to incentives for choosing the most sustainable transport options, within and across the modes, with a strong emphasis on a shift to rail both for passengers and freight, including concrete targets for both, as concrete contributions for the transport sector's role in achieving the binding target under Union law, set out in Regulation (EU) 2021/1119, to reduce the Union’s net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 % compared to 1990 levels by 2030 and the objective to reach economy- wide climate neutrality at the latest by 2050. Those incentives include the setting up of a European framework for the harmonised measurement of transport and logistics greenhouse gas emissions, based on globally recognised standards, which could then be used to provide businesses and end-users with an estimate of the carbon footprint of their choices, and increase the demand from end-users and consumers for opting for more sustainable transport and mobility solutions, including parcel deliveries, while avoiding greenwashing. _________________ 54 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the European Economic And Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions; Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy – putting European transport on track for the future; COM(2020) 789 final
Amendment 31 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6 a) Customers should be enabled to make informed choices. Therefore, reliable data on expected emissions for each transport service should be provided before the purchase of the service or conclusion of the contract , based on previous output data from equivalent services. This is essential in the case of passenger transport and delivery services, but also for logistic operations of businesses in their efforts to reduce their carbon footprint. This overall aim should prevail in relation to ensuring smooth data sharing across the transport chain to make it possible, for which electronic freight transport information (eFTI) could become a useful tool for freight transport, thereby enabling the realisation of the full emissions-reduction potential of Combined Transport, among others. Access to the data on final emissions after the provision of the service is also desirable, particularly in the freight domain, in order to allow for accurate emissions’ accounting of the businesses concerned.
Amendment 34 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 b (new)
Recital 6 b (new)
(6 b) Given the scale of the climate crisis and the enormous potential of the transport sector to contribute to addressing it, all entities performing transport services on the Union territory should eventually be required to calculate the greenhouse gas emissions of those services and make the data available to consumers and end users in order to facilitate informed choices. To give operators sufficient time to adjust, this Regulation shall follow a phase-in approach, beginning on a voluntary basis and becoming mandatory after a period. This is particularly important to ensure a level playing field and to account for the needs of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (“SMEs”) referred to in Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC.
Amendment 36 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) This Regulation should make available a reference framework for other emissions reduction measures that may be further undertaken by public authorities and industry, including where establishing greenhouse gas transparency clauses in transport contracts, providing information on greenhouse gas emissions of a travel or delivery option to passengers or customers, or setting climate-related criteria for green procurement procedures. In the case of e- commerce and parcel deliveries, it would enable the requirement to provide, along with the current information on estimated delivery date, associated price, and the associated emissions of each option.
Amendment 40 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Despite benefits stemming from the increased transparency on the performance of transport services, mandatory application of this Regulation to all entities offering transport services on the Union market would be disproportionate and lead to excessive costs and burden. Therefore, this Regulation should apply only to those entities that decide or are bound by other relevant legislative and non-legislative regimes, toThis Regulation should apply to all entities offering transport services. They should calculate and disclose information on greenhouse gas emissions of freight or passengers transport services that start in, transit through, or end on the territory of the Union. This consequently includes services, the origin or destination points of which are situated in a third country. Therefore, this Regulation should also apply to entities established in a third country who conduct transport services on the Union territory.
Amendment 46 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) This Regulation should not apply to dData intermediaries, such as those offering multimodal digital mobility services, where they doas well as digital navigation services and journey route planning services, may not directly calculate information on greenhouse gas emissions of transport services but onlythey should disclose information on those emissions provided by a concerned entity or other relevant legal or natural person. However, theTherefore, data intermediaries should be bound by relevant rules related to the communication and transparency of the disclosed greenhouse gas emissions data, to ensure comparability of those data on the market and across modes. Data intermediaries include services that combine data provided by different concerned entities, for example those offering multimodal travel or travel consisting of multiple legs, provided they do not amend the original data in any way and that the original data has already been certified under this Regulation.
Amendment 47 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9 a) In order to ensure a true multi- modal comparison by users at all levels, including by passengers, availability of data regarding actual emissions of private car usage should be ensured. The use of in-vehicle data, together with digital navigation services, should allow an accurate enough provision of such information. Each calculated journey on a navigator or route planner should provide the expected emissions, factoring in the type of vehicle, whereas regarding re-fuelling or recharging, each billing should incorporate the associated emissions of the provision of the fuel or electricity, respectively, and the average emissions and emission intensity of the use of the amount re-fuelled or recharged. Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), besides enabling and facilitating the necessary free access of in-vehicle data for such purposes to private users, as well as SMEs, should also provide clear information on expected average emissions intensity, disaggregated by type of road, to potential customers when selling their vehicles.
Amendment 48 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) This Regulation should not apply where the calculation and disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions is performed in an aggregated form. This includes situations wheree data generated by the application of this Regulation may be aggregated and combined with additional information for the purpose of mandatory disclosures of environmentally-related information for sustainability reporting and the establishment of environmental accounts for statistical purposes are derived from other Union rules, such as those defined under Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive55 and Regulation on European environmental economic accounts56 . Conversely, iInformation obtained on the basis of this Regulation may contribute to developing consolidated emission reports required under other applicable Union law, provided that the respective methodologies and collected data are sufficiently compatible. _________________ 55 Directive (EU) 2022/2464 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2022 amending Regulation (EU) No 537/2014, Directive 2004/109/EC, Directive 2006/43/EC and Directive 2013/34/EU, as regards corporate sustainability reporting (OJ L 322, 16.12.2022, p. 15–80) 56 Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2011 on European environmental economic accounts (OJ L 192, 22.7.2011, p. 1–16)
Amendment 49 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10 a) This Regulation should be aligned with the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), a key component of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), as well as with other EU legislation in force, in order to avoid any inconsistencies in reporting greenhouse gas emissions of a transport service. Any claims made on the basis of output data reported in accordance with this regulation should be in full compliance with Directive (EU) (.....)/(....) on substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims (Green Claims Directive) as well as Directive (.....)/(....)amending Directives 2005/29/EC and 2011/83/EU as regards empowering consumers for the green transition through better protection against unfair practices and better information.
Amendment 59 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) EN ISO standard 14083:2023, published by the European Committee for Standardisation57 in April 2023, and transposing ISO standard 14083:2023, was chosen toshould be the reference methodology for calculating greenhouse gas emissions of transport services under this Regulation. The analysis showed that ISO standard 14083:2023 proved to be the most relevant and proportional in addressing the objectives of this RegulationISO standard 14083:2023 fulfills the objectives of this Regulation, including a quick market uptake and comparability of data. The quantification of emissions is performed on a well-to-wheel basis, which includes greenhouse gas emissions stemming from energy provision and vehicle use during transport and hub operations. _________________ 57 https://www.cencenelec.eu
Amendment 60 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12 a) The Commission should assess the possibility of expanding the scope of the reference methodology for calculating grenhouse gas emissions of transport services in the near future to provide for the calculation and reporting of lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions of transport services, including in particular with relation to vehicle manufacturing, maintenance, and end-of-life, the construction, maintenance and use of infrastructure, and the equivalent climate impact of non-CO2 emissions in aviation. To that end, the Commission should consider existing efforts such as the ISO 14067:2018 and the Product Category Rules on transport services established in the International Environmental Product Declaration System.
Amendment 62 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) AMeanwhile, attention should be paid not to deviate from the original methodological choices of EN ISO standard 14083:2023, in order to avoid inconsistencies in the calculation of greenhouse emissions of transport services on the market, especially in the context of international transport chains. However, from time to time, it is appropriate to periodically assess the need ofor a possible adjustment of EN ISO 14083:2023 from the perspective of Union policies, including upcoming legislation, as well as future amendments to that standard that may be carried out by the European Committee of Standardisation, or another competent body. In casef these assessments showconclude that there is a risk that certain part of the standard may create undue imbalances in calculating greenhouse gas emissions of transport services in specific market segments or lead to discrepancies between that standard and the objectives of this Regulation or other applicable Union law, twith particular regard to ensuring due alginment with the binding target under Union law, set out in Regulation (EU) 2021/1119, to reduce the Union’s net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 % compared to 1990 levels by 2030 and the objective to reach economy-wide climate neutrality at the latest by 2050. The Commission, in cooperation with Member States, may consider to request the European Committee for Standardisation to revise the standard accordingly, or to decide for the exclusion of that part of the standard from the scope of this Regulation. In doing so, the Commission should take due regard of other relevant Union legislation including Directive (EU) 2023/2413, Regulation (EU) 2015/757, and Regulation (EU) 2023/2405, including the non-CO2 dimension therein.
Amendment 68 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) To avoid circulthe dissemination of inaccurate information on the market, a need may arise to clarify the reference methodology inwith respect tof greenhouse gas emission- relevant parameters and assumptions used to calculate emissions before a service is provided. The same applies to the share of primary data of each type used, disaggregated per transport chain element, if applicable, and other relevant technical parameters related to the allocation of emissions or aggregation of data elements in case the use of those parameters is not explicitly clarified in the methodology.
Amendment 71 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Different types of input data, including primary and secondary data, can be used to calculate greenhouse gas emissions of transport services. The use of primary data leads to most reliable and, accurate, and granular results, and therefore should be prioritised to provide for the gradual uptake of these datamandatory in greenhouse gas emissions calculation processes. However, primary data might be unattainable or prohibinitiveally expensive for certain stakeholders, especiallyunattainable for SMEs. Therefore, the use of secondary data by SMEs should be allowed under clear conditionduring a transitional period of 36 months under clear conditions. Access to in-vehicle data relevant for this purpose should be provided by OEMs to SMEs.
Amendment 77 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Regarding secondary dataWhere applicable, greenhouse gas emissions of a transport service may be calculated by using default values or modelled data ("secondary data"). The use of default values and modelled data should however provide accurate and reliable information on the greenhouse gas emissions of a specific transport service, and therefore those default values should be set and modelled data be developed and recurrently updated in neutral and objective manner, based on trusted sources and adequate parameters. The preferred type of database (“peer-referenced transport performance database”) is based on regular primary data collected in a peer-group with sectoral and geographical differentiation, translated to emission intensity factors that can be used by SMEs. Databases and default values that would lead to understate the resulting emissions compared to primary data reporting are considered to be failing the technical quality check. Technical quality checks should be repeated regularly.
Amendment 79 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) A core EU database of default values for greenhouse gas emission intensity should therefore be established to improve the comparability of greenhouse gas emissions results obtained in the application of this Regulation, differentiated by transport mode and taking into account the disaggregation between different energy carriers as well as fleet vehicles, to improve the comparability of greenhouse gas emissions results obtained in the application of this Regulation. This database should provide enough granularity and reflect the sectorial, national, and regional specificities across the Union, and should include separate tables for each mode of transport, ensuring regular updating and incorporating state-of-the-art technological advances in emission reduction where applicable. However, given the sectorial, national and regional specificities of those default values across the Union, other relevant databases and datasets operated by third parties should be allowed for an interim period on the condition that they undergo a technical quality check at Union level.
Amendment 82 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18 a) A location-based approach, on the basis that a set of up-to-date and accurate intensity values is ensured for the different Member States, should be encouraged when quantifying emissions related to the usage of electricity on the basis of up-to-date and accurate emissions intensity values for each Member State. A market-based approach is further desirable, provided that proper traceability is ensured, by means of an accreditable contract with guarantees of origin. The databases established by this regulation should use figures based on a location- based approach.
Amendment 85 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The development and maintenance of the EU databases of default values for greenhouse gas emission intensity and greenhouse gas emission factors, as well as the technical quality check of external databases and datasets operated by third parties should be undertaken by a neutral and competent body operating at Union level. Given its remit, the European Environmental Agency is best placed to provide the necessary assistance for the proper implementation of this part of the Regulation. Where relevant, this work may rely on contribution from and be supported by other sectorial EU bodies, in accordance of separate Union law.
Amendment 87 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19 a) When developing the databases, the Commission and the European Environmental Agency shall pay special attention that the default values must provide for a level playing field between all modes of transport, taking into account the limitations of the standard referred to in Article 4(1) and ensuring that the values and their correlations are aligned with the ultimate goals of the European Climate law. They should address possible distortions of potential default values that could be unequally beneficial for certain modes and they should take into account the differences existing within vehicle fleets, including many heterogeneous vehicles.
Amendment 88 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
Amendment 90 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) It is appropriate to lay down common metrics to express greenhouse gas emissions output data that underlie the comparability of those data and allow for effective benchmarking of various transport services. Common metrics should also enable clear communication from a data provider and accurate understanding of this communication by a data recipient. In this sense, when determining distances, particularly regarding establishing emissions intensity, this regulation should only use the Great Circle Distance ("GCD") option within ISO14083, to enhance comparability and reduce administrative burden, except in cases where accurate primary data regarding actual distance may be used both in the numerator and the denominator, such as in the rail sector.
Amendment 92 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22 a (new)
Recital 22 a (new)
(22 a) To avoid greenwashing, it is important to ensure harmonisation not only in the calculation methodology, but also in the presentation of output data. Only the verified emissions and emission intensity figures are objectively comparable. This output data should be clearly presented and not subject to categorisations such as colour-coding or grading schemes that can be subject to individual interpretation. Moreover, it is essential that every transport service offered by a concerned entity and its entire vehicle fleet are accounted for and not only those with lowest greenhouse gas emission intensity, as such partial disclosure may also entail greenwashing. The information provided to users and potential customers should clearly indicate the share of primary data used, to reward its application.
Amendment 95 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) Any disaggregated information on greenhouse gas emissions of a transport service that is disclosed, including to a third party for commercial or regulatory purposes in accordance with the scope of this Regulation, should indispensably and prominently include output data established pursuant to the specific rules for calculating greenhouse emissions set out by this Regulation. Additional data elements, serving other purposes t, including information on the methodology used, assumptions and the share of use of primary data of each type, disaggregated per transport chain those defined under this Regulation, can be added, where relevantelement, if applicable, thereby encouraging transparency and incentivizing a qualitative comparative advantage for companies with more detailed input and thus better output data quality regarding their emissions.
Amendment 98 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Unless separate arrangements apply, a data intermediary collecting information on greenhouse gas emissions of a transport service from a concerned entity or other relevant legal or natural person, and disclosing it on the market, should not be considered liable in case this information breaches any of the requirements related to the calculation and verification of greenhouse gas emissions of transport services, and the certification of calculation tools, set out by this Regulation. However, the data intermediary should be responsible for ensuring the display of such compulsory information and at the same time make effort to prevent from inaccurate or incorrect information to be disclosed, avoiding a distortion of an emission-based consumer choice, and should respect rules related to the greenhouse gas emissions output data, communication and transparency. In addition, the data intermediary should provide the source of this information, to allow for the identification of the respective information provider.
Amendment 100 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25 a (new)
Recital 25 a (new)
(25 a) In order to ensure that customers are fully aware of the expected emissions of a transport service, as well as of the available alternatives in order to make a properly informed choice, particularly in the case of passenger transport as well as for parcel deliveries, the estimated emissions based on previously calculated data for equivalent services should be adequately displayed by the transport service provider, as well as by any intermediaries such as vendors or search engines, digital navigation and journey route planning services and re-fuelling or re-charging stations, before the purchase of the transport service or conclusion of the contract. Such data should be automatically disclosed and shared to partners in the logistic and transport chain, and also particularly to data intermediaries within the scope of the [Regulation on Multimodal Digital Mobility Services]. The data intermediaries should be obliged to incorporate the information visibly on each search result and to include emissions ranking as a default sorting option, whereby the most environmentally friendly option would be displayed first, as well as an easy comparison between different modal choices, including the use of private vehicle as well as bicycle options where appropriate. E-commerce operators should also display the transport service emissions associated to the different parcel delivery options, alongside the currently available estimated date and cost. The output data related to actual emissions of the transport service should be also provided after its completion.
Amendment 101 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25 b (new)
Recital 25 b (new)
(25 b) Cargo cycling is increasingly taken up in logistics as an efficient and nearly-zero emission mode for last-mile collection and delivery transport operations, particularly in urban environments and other short-range distances. Moreover, services associated to passenger transport, such as bike rental and shared bicycle schemes are also growing. Bicycle cargo logistic companies, essentially SMEs, are also ready and eager to report their emissions, which should be used where possible as a benchmark with alternative modes for similar services. Bicycle sharing services and the related emissions data provided by their entities should be integrated by default in journey route planners and navigators, alongside those of other modes.
Amendment 104 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) External calculation tools that are provided on the market for the broader commercial and non-commercial use can facilitate the accounting of greenhouse gas emissions of transport services, thus supporting its uptake by the wider groups of stakeholders. The use of these tools should be certified to guarantee that they conform to the requirements of this Regulation, especially as regards the use of the common reference methodology and an appropriate set of input data. They should be aligned with the requirements set out by the reference methodology.
Amendment 105 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26 a (new)
Recital 26 a (new)
(26 a) In order to create a common and easily comparable procedure, as well as to reduce the administrative and financial burden on entities wishing to calculate their emissions, the Commission should develop a free of charge public calculation tool that guarantees accessibility of output data. Public consultation shall be ensured during the development phase, including concerned stakeholders as well as civil society organisations, particularly working in the domain of climate.
Amendment 109 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) A properly designed verification system for the conformity of greenhouse gas emissions output data disclosed on the market and underlying calculation processes, to the requirements set out under this Regulation, should substantially increase trust in the reliability and accuracy of those data. Entities that have successfully undergone the mandatory conformity assessment should be entitled to obtain a proof of compliance, to be commonly recognised across the Union. Where primary data were included, the proof of compliance should acknowledge it. The share of primary data of each type, disaggregated per transport chain element, if applicable, shall be indicated alongside the output data, as relevant information for the user on the reliability of the calculation, especially to incentivise the collection and use of primary data by any entity concerned by the rules set out by this Regulation.
Amendment 110 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) Administrative burden linked to the verification could be disproportionate for smaller companies and therefore it should be avoided. To that end, SMEs should be exempted from the requirements related to the verification, unless these enterprises wish to obtain a respective proof of compliance. In addition, large enterprises should take into account the principle of proportionality when considering requesting the verification of conformity from value chain partners, in particular SMEs.In order to ensure a level-playing field, large enterprises should ensure the verification of conformity from value chain partners, assisting them where necessary and with regard to improving data quality, in particular SMEs they have sub- contracted.
Amendment 112 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28 a (new)
Recital 28 a (new)
(28 a) The Commission should ensure proper guidance to SMEs in the application of this regulation, particularly when it comes to the actual calculation, by means of targeted guidelines among others. A larger entity subcontracting an SME should also take their responsibility in this regard. Moreover, in order to minimise and gradually introduce any additional administrative burden, although they should be still subject to verification in order to ensure reliability of output data and a level-playing field for all, SMEs could be temporarily exempted from certain aspects, such as the use of primary data. In this sense, a staged system in the applicability of this regulation could be envisaged, whereby it would initially be based on a voluntary opt-in for concerned entities, to subsequently become mandatory for all transport agents.
Amendment 114 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) In case the verification of information on greenhouse gas emissions data of transport services is organised in accordance with specific rules set out by other Union legislation, including a regulation on ensuring a level playing field for sustainable air transport and implemented by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency or the accounting of non-CO2 emissions of aviation under Regulation (EU) 2023/2405 ("ETS Aviation") and Regulation (EU) 2015/757 ("MRV Regulation"), these rules shall be treated in an equivalent manner, under the condition that the verification assessment is established consistently with the requirements of this Regulation.
Amendment 116 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29 a (new)
Recital 29 a (new)
(29 a) To ensure the proper uptake and implementation of this Regulation, Member States should contribute to its enforcement, including by establishing a system of penalties. The financial penalties should be proportionate and dissuasive, take into account any recurrence in the omission of the calculation and information duties or the provision of unfaithful information by concerned entities, among others. The minimum or maximum amounts established should by no means generate any incentive to non-compliance.
Amendment 121 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Regulation establishes rules for the accounting of the greenhouse gas emissions of transport services that start in, transit through, or end on the Union territory.
Amendment 127 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
This Regulation applies to any entity providing or organising freight and passenger transport services in the Union that calculates greenhouse gas emissions of a transport service starting or ending on the Union territory and discloses disaggregated information on those emissions to any third party for commercial or regulatory purposesstarting in, transiting through, or ending on the Union territory.
Amendment 138 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 13
(13) “data intermediary” means a legal or natural person collecting, combining, and disclosing information on greenhouse gas emissions of a transport service on the basis of separate legal, contractual or other relevant arrangements;
Amendment 148 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 21
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 21
(21) “primary data” means quantified value of a process or an activity obtained from a direct measurement or of a calculation based on direct measurements, and which can be ‘detailed’ or ‘aggregated’;
Amendment 149 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 21 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 21 a (new)
(21 a) “detailed primary data” means primary data from individual vehicles or hub processes measured on a weekly basis or more frequently and data from individual transport services is used;
Amendment 152 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 21 b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 21 b (new)
(21 b) “aggregated primary data” means primary data aggregated over a longer period of time or from multiple vehicles, hub processes, or transport services;
Amendment 159 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 30 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 30 a (new)
(30 a) “third country” means a country that is not a member of the European Union as well as a country or territory whose citizens do not enjoy the European Union right to free movement, as defined in Article 2(5) of Regulation (EU) 2016/399.
Amendment 169 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall assess the need for an adjustment of any component of the standard referred to in paragraph 1, not later than 3648 months after the date of application of this Regulation.
Amendment 174 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5
Article 4 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 16 to request the European Committee on Standardisation to revise, at least at a regional level, the standard referred to in paragraph 1, including based on the result of the assessment referred to in paragraph 2 and compliance check referred to in paragraph 3.
Amendment 175 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. As part of the assessment referred to in paragraph 2, the Commission shall evaluate the possibility of developing a common Union framework for the assessment and consistent data reporting of life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions of all transport modes, in particular with relation to vehicle manufacturing, maintenance and end-of-life, the construction, maintenance and use of infrastructure, as well as the equivalent climate impact of non-CO2 emissions of aviation. This assessment shall be consistent with the obligations laid down in Article 7a of Regulation EU 2019/631 and Article 15(5) of Regulation 2019/1242. If necessary, the Commission shall subsequently request the European Committee on Standardisation to revise the standard as referred to in paragraph 5 and develop a uniform Union-wide methodology for calculating life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions.
Amendment 177 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 6
Article 4 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission is empowered to adopt implementing acts in accordance with Article 17 to supplement this Regulation with a view to clarify the reference methodology referred to in paragraph 1, to ensure its uniform implementation on the market as regards the approach for determining appropriate emission-relevant parameters for calculating greenhouse gas emissions before a service is provided, and, where applicable, other technical parameters related to the allocation of emissions or aggregation of data elements that are not explicitly explained in that methodology. In doing so, the Commission shall take due regard of other relevant sectoral Union legislation including Regulation (EU) 2021/1119, that sets out the framework to reduce the Union’s net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 % compared to 1990 levels by 2030 and the objective to reach economy-wide climate neutrality at the latest by 2050.
Amendment 181 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Entities referred to in Article 2 shall use primary data to calculate the greenhouse gas emissions of a transport service, with the exception of services provided by micro, small and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs) as defined in Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC, during the first 36 months of application of this regulation. SMEs prioritise the use of primary data for calculating greenhouse gas emissions of a transport service.
Amendment 188 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. TheWhere an SME chooses to use secondary data as provided for in paragraph 1, the exceptional use of secondary data for calculating greenhouse gas emissions of a transport service shall be allowed under the following conditions:
Amendment 193 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. When secondary data or estimations regarding the distance are required in the denominator for the purpose of establishing greenhouse gas emissions intensity of the transport activity, only the greater circle distance ("GCD") shall be used as part of the EN ISO 14083:2023 methodology. Such a provision shall not become by any means detrimental to the use of primary data and if a different distance, such as the actual distance, is used in the numerator for the calculation of the overall emissions of a service, the same concept shall be used in the denominator. In the case of rail, track distance shall be used.
Amendment 196 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) shall grant adequate access to relevant in-vehicle data to SMEs as long as relevant for the purpose of facilitating their accurate data collection and subsequent calculations.
Amendment 202 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission with the assistance of the European Environmental Agency, shall establish a core EU database of default emission intensity values referred to in Article 5 (2), point (a)(i) within 24 months after the entry into force of this Regulation.
Amendment 206 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. When developing the default greenhouse gas emission intensity values, the Commission shall consistently use only the greater circle distance "GCD" method referred to in Article 5(2)(a) within EN ISO 14083:2023, as well as apply the location-based approach for which the standard referred to in Article 4 provides (“the location based approach”), and ensure that those default values are consistent with Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 setting out the framework to reduce the Union’s net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 % compared to 1990 levels by 2030 and the objective to reach economy-wide climate neutrality at the latest by 2050 and other applicable Union law in the fields of climate, energy and transport. When greenhouse gas emissions from electricity consumed by transport can be quantified by using the location-based approach and the market- based approach under EN ISO 14083:2023 the market-based electricity mix shall be reported, provided the conditions set within Annex J of the mentioned standard are fulfilled.
Amendment 209 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Where default greenhouse gas emission intensity values are not available in the core EU database, entities may refer to other national databases, which are deemed to have been verified, pursuant to Article 13(8) or which have been verified under other existing Union legislation provided that such data is available at the same aggregation level as the one required by this Regulation.
Amendment 210 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall ensure the maintenance, update and, continuous development, and an appropriate level of security of the database referred to in paragraph 1, taking into account for the evolution of the technological state-of-the- art in the transport sector and of new methodological approaches for calculating greenhouse gas emissions. The Commission shall assess the need for an update of the databases at least annually. Any updates to the default values shall be notified to the public without delay. Following such an update, concerned entities shall, where necessary, modify accordingly any output data established under Article 9 within 12 months.
Amendment 217 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. The Commission, with the assistance of the European Environmental Agency, shall ensure that technical quality checks of default values for greenhouse gas emission intensity are conducted, similarly to those applicable to databases or datasets operated by third parties.
Amendment 220 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. Access to the database referred to in paragraph 1, to consult or use default emission intensity values shall be easily accessible, open to the public, and free of charge.
Amendment 224 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. A database or dataset referred to in Article 5(2), point (a)(ii) may only be used to derive secondary data as long as the core EU database referred to in Article 5(2), point (a)(i) is not yet operational. A developer of a database or dataset referred to in Article 5 (2), point (a)(ii) shall submit an application to the Commission for a technical quality check of default values for greenhouse gas emission intensity included in that database or dataset. The Commission, with the assistance of the European Environmental Agency, shall conduct the technical quality check in accordance with the requirements set out in Articles 4 to 8 of this Regulation. The technical quality check shall be conducted within 12 months upon official receipt of the application.
Amendment 228 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The technical quality check of databases and datasets of default values for greenhouse emission intensity referred in paragraph 1 shall include a comparison between emissions as reported by using primary data, and emissions as they would be reported using the database or default values, for equivalent representative use cases. Databases and default values that would lead to understate the resulting emissions compared to primary data reporting shall receive a negative assessment from the technical quality check.
Amendment 229 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Only databases and datasets of default emission intensity values that use the GCD method for distance calculation within ISO 14083:2023 and have been positively assessed in that technical quality check referred to paragraph 1 shall be used for the purpose of using secondary data in accordance with Article 5 (2), point (a)(ii). The Commission shall publish and maintain an up-to-date list of the databases of default values for greenhouse gas emission intensity operated by third parties that have been positively assessed. The up-to-date list shall be publicly available on a dedicated website.
Amendment 234 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. The technical quality check is required as from 124 months after the date of the application of this Regulation, at the latest. A record of positive assessment of that quality check shall be valid for two years.
Amendment 240 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission, with the assistance of the European Environmental Agency, shall establish a central EU database of default greenhouse gas emission factors referred to in Article 5(2), point (b) within 24 months after the entry into force of this Regulation.
Amendment 247 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. When developing the default greenhouse gas emission factors, the Commission shall apply the location- based approach and ensure that those default factors are consistent with Regulation (EU) 2021/1119, that sets out the framework to reduce the Union’s net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 % compared to 1990 levels by 2030 and the objective to reach economy-wide climate neutrality at the latest by 2050 and other applicable Union law in the fields of climate, energy and transport. When greenhouse gas emissions from electricity consumed by transport can be quantified by using the location-based approach and the market-based approach under ISO 14083:2023 the market-based electricity mix shall be reported, provided the conditions set within annex J of the mentioned standard are fulfilled.
Amendment 250 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Where default greenhouse gas emission factors are not available in the central EU database, entities may refer to other national databases, which are deemed to have been verified, pursuant to Article 13(8) or which have been verified under other existing Union legislation provided that such data is available at the same aggregation level as the one required by this Regulation.
Amendment 252 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission, with the assistance of the European Environmental Agency, shall ensure the maintenance, update and, continuous development, and appropriate level of security of the database referred to in paragraph 1, taking into account the evolution of the technological state-of-the-art in the transport sector and of new methodological approaches for calculating greenhouse gas emissions. The Commission shall regularly assess the need for an update of the database. Any updates to the default values shall be notified to the public without delay. Following such an update, concerned entities shall, where necessary, modify accordingly any output data established under Article 9 within 24 months.
Amendment 259 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. Access to the database referred to in paragraph 1, to consult or use default greenhouse gas emission factors for the transport energy carriers shall be easily accessible, open to the public, and free of charge.
Amendment 263 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The output data may be established with using calculation tools. By [12 months after entry into force of this Regulation], the Commission shall develop a calculation tool that shall be publicly accessible and free of charge, in accordance with Article 11. External calculation tools shall comply with the requirements laid down in Article 11.
Amendment 267 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. The output data as a minimum shall consist of the total mass of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) per transport service, and, in relation to a type of transport service concerned, at least one of the following data metrics:
Amendment 275 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Concerned entities shall display the output data related to the estimated emissions of a transport service based on previously calculated data for equivalent services before the purchase of the service or conclusion of the contract. The estimated emissions shall be displayed in accordance with the provisions set out in Article 9(3). Concerned entities shall disclose output data related to the actual operations within 31 days after the completion of the services.
Amendment 279 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. Where output data are obtained and disclosed by a data intermediary on the basis of separate arrangements, the rules laid down in paragraph 1 and 1a and Article 9(3) shall apply. When disclosing output data, the data intermediary shall include a reference to the source of these data. Data intermediaries enabling the transport service and with a responsibility to contribute to transparency and adequate communication on transport-related emissions are, among others, ticket vendors or search engines, vehicle sellers, Original Equipment Manufacturers ("OEMs"), digital navigation and journey route planning services, as well as re- fuelling or re-charging hubs and their associated companies.
Amendment 281 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Output data shall be disclosed to intermediaries within the scope of the [Regulation on Multimodal Digital Mobility Services], which shall incorporate the information visibly on each search result and include emissions ranking as a default sorting option, whereby the most environmentally friendly option would be displayed first, as well as an easy comparison between different modal choices, including the use of private vehicles as well as bicycle options where appropriate, before the conclusion of any contractual obligation.
Amendment 283 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. Where detailed or aggregated primary data are used in the meaning of Article 5(1), concerned entities shall be entitled to communicate this fact to any third party if the use of detailed primary data or aggregated primary data was verified in accordance with Articles 12 and 13.
Amendment 284 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. The share of primary data used for the calculations shall be visibly displayed as part of the information by default alongside the output data, including the respective share of detailed and aggregated primary data and, where applicable, disaggregation per transport chain element.
Amendment 288 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5
Article 10 – paragraph 5
5. The output data and evidence referred to in paragraph 5 shall be established in a clear and unambiguous manner, at least in one of the official languages of the Union. Where possible, tThey shall be made available in the form of a weblink, QR code or equivalent, enabling interoperability of output data and evidence across different providers of transport services .
Amendment 291 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Any commercial claims made on the basis of the output data reported in shall be in full compliance with Directive (EU) (.....)/(....) on substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims (Green Claims Directive) as well as Directive (.....)/(....)amending Directives 2005/29/EC and 2011/83/EU as regards empowering consumers for the green transition through better protection against unfair practices and better information.
Amendment 292 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 7
Article 10 – paragraph 7
7. Any recipient of output data and of evidence referred to in paragraph 5, shall take measures to ensure the confidentiality of relevantsensitive commercial data that are processed and communicated in accordance with this Regulation, and ensure that such data may be accessed, processed and disclosed only when authorised.
Amendment 298 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calculation tools that are used internally by an entity to calculate greenhouse gas emissions of a transport service shall also be aligned with the requirements set out by the reference methodology referred to in Article 4(1).
Amendment 299 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5
Article 11 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall publish on its official website an easily accessible list of all calculation tools that are certified in accordance with paragraph 1 and paragraph 2, as well as link to the websites referred in paragraph 3.
Amendment 303 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Output data referred to in Article 9 shall be subject to verification of its conformity with the requirements laid down in Articles 4 to 9 of this Regulation. Verification shall be carried out at least annually, and in accordance with the delegated acts referred to in Article 13(9).
Amendment 306 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. The verification requirements referred to in paragraph 1 shall apply to concerned entities referred to Article 2, with the exception of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises referred to in Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC66 . The micro, small and medium-sized enterprises may undergo the verification upon their request. _________________ 66 Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium- sized enterprises (OJ L 124, 20.5.2003, p. 36).
Amendment 308 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. The conformity assessment body referred to in Article 14 shall verify the reliability, credibility, adherence and accuracy of the output data disclosed by a concerned entity. Verification shall be carried out at least annually, and in accordance with the delegated acts referred to in Article 13 (9).
Amendment 311 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Where calculation tools are used that are not external, the conformity assessment body shall assess its compliance with the requirements set out by the reference methodology referred to in Article 4(1).
Amendment 312 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4
Article 13 – paragraph 4
4. Where the verification assessment identifies incorrect calculations or non- compliance with Articles 4 to 9 of this Regulation, the conformity assessment body shall inform the entity concerned thereof in a timely mannerwithout delay. That entity shall then correct the calculation or remedy non- conformities so as to enable the verification process to be completed. If the entity, following at least two notifications by the conformity assessment body, refuses to correct the calculations or remedy non-conformities with regard to Article 4 to 9 of this regulation, the competent authority upon request of the conformity assessment body shall initiate a penalty procedure in accordance with the delegated act referred to in paragraph 9. The penalties provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive and shall, for the most serious infringements committed by a legal person, be at least 5% of the operator’s annual turnover in the financial year preceding the year in which the fine is imposed in the Union.
Amendment 318 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 6
Article 13 – paragraph 6
6. Upon completion of the verification, the conformity assessment body shall draw up, where appropriate, a proof of compliance confirming that the output data comply with the respective requirements set out in this Regulation and specifying whether the entity uses either detailed or aggregated primary data.
Amendment 320 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 7
Article 13 – paragraph 7
7. The conformity assessment body concerned shall draw up and maintain an up-to-date list of the entities that have undergone the annual verification pursuant to paragraphs 1 to 6. By 31 March each year, the conformity assessment body shall notify that list to the Commission.
Amendment 322 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 9
Article 13 – paragraph 9
9. The Commission shall adopt implementingdelegated acts in accordance with Article 176 laying down detailed rules on the verification of the output data and, the related proof of compliance and the penalty procedure. Those rules shall include provisions related to the evidence referred to in Article 10(5), and the communication rights associated with the use of primary data referred to in Article 10(4).
Amendment 324 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. The conformity assessment body shall be independent from any entity applying for the verification or certification activities referred to in Articles 11, 12 and 13.
Amendment 325 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. The accreditation shall be valid for 5 years, after which it may be renewed for the same period on the basis of the applicable procedures under Union and national law.
Amendment 328 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts as referred to in Article 4(4), Article 4(5), Article 9(4), Article 13(9), and Article 15(4) shall be conferred on the Commission for an undetermined period of time from [OP: Please insert a date: entry into force of this Regulation].
Amendment 331 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3
Article 16 – paragraph 3
3. The delegation of power referred to in Article 4(4), Article 4(5), Article 9(4), Article 13(9), and Article 15(4) may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.
Amendment 333 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 6
Article 16 – paragraph 6
6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4(4), Article 4(5), Article 9(4), Article 13(9), and Article 15(4) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of [two months] of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.
Amendment 336 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall carry out an evaluation of this Regulation in light of the objectives that it pursues and present a report on the main findings to the European Parliament and the Council by [OP: please insert a date: 5 year48 months after the Regulation is applicable]. In that report, the Commission shall consider, inter alia, the possibility to update the existing methodology in order to calculate and report life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions of transport services as referred to in Article 4(5a), including in particular with relation to vehicle manufacturing, maintenance, and end-of-life, the construction, maintenance and use of infrastructure, as well as the equivalent climate impact of non-CO2 emissions in aviation. The Commission shall, where appropriate, accompany the report with a legislative proposal for amending this Regulation.
Amendment 341 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2
Article 19 – paragraph 2
2. It shall apply from [OP: Please insert a date: 424 months after the entry into force of this Regulation] to entities providing or organising freight and passenger transport services in the Union that calculate greenhouse gas emissions of a transport service starting in, transiting through or ending on the Union territory and disclose disaggregated information on those emissions to any third party for commercial or regulatory purposes. From [OP please insert: 42 months after entry into force of this Regulation], this Regulation shall apply to any entity providing freight or passenger transport services starting in, transiting through or ending on the Union territory.
Amendment 348 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 3
Article 19 – paragraph 3
3. However, Article 4(4), Article 4(5) and Article 4 (6), Article 7(4(6), Article 6(1), Article 7(4), Article 8(1), Article 9(4), Article 11(6), Article 13(9) and Article 15(4) shall apply from the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
Amendment 18 #
2023/0081(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) In line with the focus on net-zero industries, it is important that even smaller sectors, for instance the cylcing industry are taken into account in terms of possible supply chain shortages for components and will not be disadvantaged because of a difference of scale;
Amendment 41 #
2023/0081(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Considering these objectives together, while also taking into account that for certain elements of the supply chain (such as inverters, as well as solar cells, wafers, and ingots for solar PV or cathodes and anodes for batteries) the Union manufacturing capacity is low, the Union net-zero technologies annual capacity should aim at approaching or reaching an overall annual manufacturing benchmark of at least 40% of annual deployment needs by 2030 for the technologies listed in the Annex , even for industry where application is more limited in volume, leaving no sector behind.
Amendment 161 #
2023/0081(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I
Annex I
Strategic net-zero technologies 1 Solar photovoltaic and solar thermal technologies 2 Onshore wind and offshore renewable technologies 3 Battery/storage technologies, including LMT-battery cells and electric vehicle batteries 4 Heat pumps and geothermal energy technologies 5 Electrolysers and fuel cells, and other technologies for renewable hydrogen and RFNBO exclusively used in aviation and shipping 6 Sustainable biogas/biomethane technologies 7 Carbon Capture and storage (CCS) technologies 8 Grid technologies 8a Technologies for ERTMS, digital automated coupling systems, high-speed trains, and multi-systems interoperable locomotives
Amendment 4 #
2022/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the recent crises, in particular the Russian war against Ukraine, pose severe challenges for the EU transport sector and its workers, in particular supply chain disruptions affecting the logistics for food products and other basic goods and rising energy prices, and require a coordinated response at EU level backed by adequate budgetary means;
Amendment 24 #
2022/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the CEF is a key enabler for achieving the objectives of the trans-European transport network (TEN-T) policy; points out that investment needs in the TEN-T are estimated at EUR 500 billion to complete the core network by 2030 and EUR 1500 billion for the entire network by 2050; highlights the strategic value of the TEN-T and CEF for meeting new objectives as regards the EU sustainable and smart mobility strategy, enhanced; emphasises in this regard the need to prioritise rail investments in order to foster a comprehensive modal shift at all levels, both for passengers and freight, realising full electrification on the TEN-T network, enabling ERTMS timely and completing the current cross- border missing links; considers that military mobility needs in the EU andrequire a proper impact assessment and should not come at the expense of projects providing stronger connectivity with our strategic partners in non-EU countries;
Amendment 37 #
2022/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recommends further strengthening synergies between the CEF and other programmes such as Horizon Europe and InvestEU, ensuring that the minimum thresholds on climate-related expenditure are fulfilled and prioritising investments in rail over other modes, in order to support innovation, sustainability and safety in the transport sector and optimise the use of budgetary resources;
Amendment 41 #
2022/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that in the current geopolitical context, achieving the goals of the European Green Deal should be tackled together with the reduction of the EU’s energy dependency, which is critical for the transport sector; points out that reducing speeds in roads is a clear contribution to this objective, as pointed out by the International Energy Agency; welcomes in this respect the Commission’s initiative for a REPowerEU plan and calls on the Commission to promptly adopt further measures to address rising transport and energy costs;
Amendment 47 #
2022/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that the transition to a smart and sustainable mobility system has to be fair and inclusive, geographically comprehensive adequately covering rural and remote areas, and requires mitigating the risk of energy and mobility poverty and protecting the most vulnerable, including persons with disabilities; considers that to ensure a successful transition, it is essential to invest in the upskilling and reskilling of workers; therefore insists on targeted measures within the ‘Fit for 55’ package in that respect, in coordination with Member States’ plans;
Amendment 1 #
2022/2022(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation -1 (new)
Citation -1 (new)
-1 having regard to the Green Deal and subsequent ‘Fit for 55’ package and the clear aim to end fossil fuel dependence in transport
Amendment 2 #
2022/2022(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
— having regard to the White Paper 'Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area – Towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system' 1a _________________ 1a https://eur- lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do? uri=COM:2011:0144:FIN:EN:PDF
Amendment 3 #
2022/2022(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 b (new)
Citation 1 b (new)
Amendment 4 #
2022/2022(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 c (new)
Citation 1 c (new)
— having regard to the Steer and KCW study of October 2021 “Long distance cross-border passenger rail Services” 1a _________________ 1a https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2832/019365
Amendment 5 #
2022/2022(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 d (new)
Citation 1 d (new)
Amendment 8 #
2022/2022(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas the climate emergency demands a substantial change in mobility patterns from each and every one of us
Amendment 24 #
2022/2022(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the European Year of Rail 2021 was an opportunity to fospromoter a shift towards making rail the backbone of passenger transport across the Union;
Amendment 27 #
2022/2022(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s action plan and supports the proposed targetintentions to make rail transport more attractive, competitive and efficient;
Amendment 28 #
2022/2022(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point -a (new)
Paragraph 2 – point -a (new)
Amendment 30 #
2022/2022(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point a
Paragraph 2 – point a
a) contributing to the establishment of the single European railway area, that can meet the mobility needs of Europe’s citizens, which will help to improve the EU internal market and foster the socio- economic cohesion of the Union;
Amendment 32 #
2022/2022(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point b
Paragraph 2 – point b
b) boosting intra- as well as inter- modal connectivity across the whole of Europe, including rural areas, remote regions, islands, mountainous areas and less populated zones;
Amendment 34 #
2022/2022(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point c
Paragraph 2 – point c
c) improving the efficiency and quality of transport, while reducing travel times and ticket prfocussing increasingly on improving quality of services;
Amendment 36 #
2022/2022(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point d
Paragraph 2 – point d
d) ensuring fair competitionve frameworks among rail operators and between different modes ofestablishing a competitive level playing field between transport modes;
Amendment 40 #
2022/2022(INI)
e) ensuring the protection of passengers’ rights, guaranteeing equal access for all and fostering the attractiveness of rail transport for young peopleand further reinforcement of passengers’ rights, fostering the attractiveness of rail and guaranteeing equal access for all by fully implementing the European Accessibility Act;
Amendment 49 #
2022/2022(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the full deployment of the ERTMS, including in the upcoming revision of the TEN-T regulation will help to create a digital single European railway area, ensuring the development of increased network capacity, safe, secure and efficient rail transport services for long-distance and cross-border connections;
Amendment 54 #
2022/2022(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights that boosting long- distance rail transport must also improve the connection of regional, urban and peripheral areas to TEN-Tbe accompanied with an integration into different inter-regional, regional, urban and peri-urban rail networks as well as with other modes and TEN-T, making door-to-door mobility easier, more accessible and more comfortable for passengers ;
Amendment 59 #
2022/2022(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 76 #
2022/2022(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls for efforts to extend the coordinated timetables that have already been introduced in some member states onto the EU level to encourage easy and smooth travel for all EU citizens across borders;
Amendment 84 #
2022/2022(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that the timely completion of the multimodal, seamless TEN-T core network corridors by 2030 is impewill be a first step to further network integrativeon and must involve the elimination of bottlenecks and missing links and the completion of cross-border sections; supports the planned high-speed rail connections in the extended core network, to be realised by 2040s well as the (re)instatement of missing regional cross- border railway links and the completion of cross-border sections;
Amendment 87 #
2022/2022(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calling for a dedicated financing tool for cross-border regional missing rail links which are not already eligible under Connecting Europe Facility (CEF);
Amendment 88 #
2022/2022(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Supports the planned high-speed rail connections in the extended core TEN-T, to be realised by 2040, focussing in particular on those connections that have the potential to replace the busiest short-haul flight connections;
Amendment 93 #
2022/2022(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that in order for TEN-T to play its role in fostering socio-economic cohesion in the EU internal market, given that only 44% of EU border residents currently have access to rail services1a and that appropriate multimodal transport andsolutions are often missing, a smart connectivity to the TEN-T core network must be developed foris needed and a further integration of different national networks must be developed, also including rural, remote, insular, peripheral and other disadvantaged areas, many of which have considerable room for socio-economic improvement; _________________ 1a https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti cle/pii/S2213624X21000055?via%3Dihub
Amendment 102 #
Amendment 103 #
2022/2022(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls to strengthen the ERA in her role of certifying and authorising rolling stock in order to ensure smooth and timely processes in particular for cross- border relations, as well as consolidating and reducing the number of national rules; furthermore, encourages both ERA and member states to speed-up their collaboration on the ‘go-everywhere’ rolling stock specifications;
Amendment 109 #
2022/2022(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on railway companies to plan sufficient orders of high-speed rolling stock, in line with the Commission’s goals to double high-speed by 2040; equally the rolling stock for night trains services needs timely planning in order to facilitate the renaissance of night trains; furthermore sufficient availability of rolling stock for the forthcoming planned reinstatement of regional cross-border rail links needs to be anticipated;
Amendment 111 #
2022/2022(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. In view of its stated intentions, to encourage the Commission to further study and assess the possibility to establish a European rolling stock pool and to continue discussions on how to implement this with the EIB;
Amendment 121 #
2022/2022(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission to monitor the implementation of bicycle carriage in cross-border passenger trains as foreseen in the passenger rights regulation and to assess whether further legislative action is required;
Amendment 132 #
2022/2022(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Amendment 137 #
2022/2022(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses the importance of ensuring improved use of the network effects and calls for measures to smooth passenger flow, including establishing transit and terminal nodes aloboth within the different segments of the rail sector including high- speed routes and within different transport modes;
Amendment 141 #
2022/2022(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Highlights that for an efficient use of the network, the availability of capacity and an absence of bottlenecks is key in order to increase the modal share of rail;
Amendment 142 #
2022/2022(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Encourages the Commission to use the ‘connectivity index’, she is currently developing, for the precise identification of necessary infrastructure investment that is needed to secure the network effect;
Amendment 153 #
2022/2022(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Insists on the need to improve the provision of more efficient cross-border track allocation;
Amendment 160 #
2022/2022(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses the importance of setting fair and appropriate pricing for all operators, while ensuringa competitive framework amongst transport modes that ensures fair and efficient pricing for all operators, that ensures the internalisation of all external costs of all modes and leads to market prices that clearly indicate the best socio-economic and environmental choice; it is paramount to ensure that infrastructure networks are adequately funded;
Amendment 167 #
2022/2022(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Acknowledges that making long- distance rail passenger services more attractive requires more accessible smart ticketing andthrough-ticketing that in its design already contains the possibility for the eventual introduction of multimodal ticketing; this needs to be accompanied by appropriate protection for passengers in the event of delays or missed connections for single options and through tickets, ensuring, as a minimum, journey continuation;
Amendment 174 #
2022/2022(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Realising the necessity to fully implement the European Accessibility Act and in relation to ticketing to ensure that appropriate alternatives exist for different passengers needs;
Amendment 176 #
2022/2022(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Inviting that rail tickets clearly indicate information on the CO2 footprint of the booked journey as is already publicly available1a in order to further encourage modal shift via well-informed mobility planning; _________________ 1a http://www.ecopassenger.org/bin/query.ex e/en?L=vs_uic
Amendment 178 #
2022/2022(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Takes note of the Commission’s upcoming proposal for a regulation on multimodal digital mobility services to enhance data exchange and facilitate the conclusion of fair commercial agreements; recognises the need to grant passengers, tour operators, and ticket vendors access to all booking and reservation systems in a non-discriminatory and accessible way via openly standardised, machine- readable formats, through application programming interfaces (APIs) to provide all the data necessary to successfully conclude cross border through-ticketing;
Amendment 188 #
2022/2022(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses the importance of ensuring fair and advantageous, easily accessible and affordable ticket prices for all categories of passengers, including the most vulnerable;
Amendment 198 #
2022/2022(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Considers that all possible avenues should be explored to ensure a level playing field with other transport modes, including the possibility ofwelcoming Commission’s announcement to assess an EU-wide VAT exemption for international train services, and the revision and simplification of State aid;
Amendment 201 #
2022/2022(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Encourages the Commission to pursue the introduction of kerosene taxation;
Amendment 203 #
2022/2022(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. Invites the Commission to pursue its efforts to fully internalise all external cost of transport and fully implement the polluter- and user pays principle;
Amendment 215 #
2022/2022(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Believes that public service obligations can promote the use of rail, including in long-distance passenger transport, in particular in the case of market failures in cross-border and last- mile routes, perhaps in combination with other profitable segments of the network;
Amendment 219 #
2022/2022(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. NEW TITLE: Fostering modal shift through behavioural change
Amendment 220 #
2022/2022(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)
Paragraph 28 b (new)
Amendment 221 #
2022/2022(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 c (new)
Paragraph 28 c (new)
28c. Welcomes the Commission's planned initiatives to make the provision of cross border night train services easier and furthermore encourages the rail undertakings to realise the full potential of night trains;
Amendment 222 #
2022/2022(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 d (new)
Paragraph 28 d (new)
28d. Invites the Commission to consider a ban on short-haul flights for relations where viable rail connections exist below 5 hours or night trains no longer than 12 hours;
Amendment 141 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) The General Union Environment Action Programme to 2030 (‘the 8th EAP’), the framework for Union action in the field of the environment and climate, aims to accelerate the green transition to a climate-neutral, sustainable, non-toxic, resource-efficient, renewable energy- based, resilient and competitive circular economy in a just, equitable and inclusive way, and to protect, restore and improve the state of the environment by, inter alia, halting and reversing biodiversity loss. It supports and strengthens an integrated policy and implementation approach, building upon the European Green Deal. The 8th EAP recognises that achieving this transition will require systemic change which, according to the EEA, entails a fundamental, transformative and cross-cutting change that implies major shifts and reorientation in system goals, incentives, technologies, social practices and norms, as well as in knowledge systems and governance approach. The 2030 biodiversity-related objective of the 8th EAP is protecting, preserving and restoring marine and terrestrial biodiversity and the biodiversity of inland waters inside and outside protected areas by, inter alia, halting and reversing biodiversity loss and improving the state of ecosystems and their functions and the services they provide, and by improving the state of the environment, in particular air, water and soil, as well as combating desertification and soil degradation.
Amendment 143 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 b (new)
Recital 1 b (new)
(1b) The 8th EAP recognises the need to make full use of ecosystem approaches and green infrastructure, including biodiversity-friendly nature based solutions whilst ensuring that their implementation restores biodiversity and enhances ecosystem integrity and connectivity, has clear societal co- benefits, requiring full engagement with, and consent of, indigenous peoples and local communities, and does not replace or undermine measures taken to protect biodiversity or reduce greenhouse gas emissions within the Union.
Amendment 144 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) [placeholder fIn December 2022, parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity adopted with consensus the Kunming- Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), a global framework the restoration to 2030, which was accompanied by decisions inter alia on resource mobilisation, a monitoring framework, capacity building and a mechanism for planning, monitoring, reporting and review. Target 2 of the new Global Biodiversity Framework to be agreed at CBD COP 15] GBF obliges parties to restore, by 2030, at least 30 per cent of areas of degraded terrestrial, inland water, and coastal and marine ecosystems are under effective restoration, in order to enhance biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services, ecological integrity and connectivity. The important roles and rights of indigenous people and local communities are also recognised throughout the GBF and accompanying texts.
Amendment 245 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
Recital 42
(42) To support the restoration and non- deterioration of terrestrial, freshwater, coastal and marine habitats, Member States should ensure the continuous, long-term and sustained effects of restoration measures, including by designating, where appropriate, have the possibility to designate additional areas as ‘protected areas’ or ‘strictly protected areas’, to implementing other effective area- based conservation measures, and to promote private land conservation measurepromoting private land conservation measures. Given their priceless value for climate and biodiversity, Member States should strictly protect all remaining primary and old-growth forests. Under the 2030 Biodiversity Strategy, at least 30% of Europe's land and at least 30 % of the Union's seas should be legally protected, a third of which to be strictly protected. Development of a resilient Trans- European Nature Network, another objective under the Biodiversity Strategy, will be important to set up ecological corridors to prevent genetic isolation, allowing for species migration, and maintaining and enhancing healthy ecosystems.
Amendment 280 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 51
Recital 51
(51) Since farmland birds are well- known and widely recognised key indicators of the health of agricultural ecosystems, it is appropriate to set targets for their recovery. The obligation to achieve such targets would apply to Member States, not to individual farmers. Member States should achieve those targets by putting in place effective restoration measures on farmland, working with and supporting farmers and other stakeholders for their design and implementation on the ground. Member States should also encourage agricultural ecosystem-based approaches, such as crop rotation, agroforestry and diversification that support a more resilient agricultural system. Member States should also make sure that the 2030 target of reducing pesticide use by at least 50 % is met.
Amendment 290 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52
Recital 52
(52) High-diversity landscape features on agricultural land, including buffer strips, rotational or non-rotational fallow land, hedgerows, individual or groups of trees, tree rows, field margins, patches, ditches, streams, small wetlands, terraces, cairns, stonewalls, small ponds and cultural features, provide space for wild plants and animals, including pollinators, prevent soil erosion and depletion, filter air and water, support climate change mitigation and adaptation and agricultural productivity of pollination-dependent crops. Productive trees that are part of arable land agroforestry systems and productive elements in non-productive hedges can also be considered as high biodiversity landscape features provided that they do not receive fertilizers or pesticide treatment and if harvest takes place only at moments where it would not compromise high biodiversity levels. Therefore, a requirement to ensure an increasing trend for the share of agricultural land with high- diversity landscape features should be set out. Such a requirement would enable the Union to achieve one of the other key commitments of the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, namely, to cover at least 10 % of agricultural area with high- diversity landscape features. Increasing trends should also be achieved for other existing indicators, such as the grassland butterfly index and the stock of organic carbon in cropland mineral soilsquality and quantity of organic carbon of arable land, permanent grassland and permanent cropland, soil biodiversity and the length of rivers and streams in agricultural landscapes accompanied by woody riparian vegetation.
Amendment 315 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 56
Recital 56
(56) The new EU Forest Strategy for 203081 outlined the need to restore forest biodiversity. Forests and other wooded land cover over 43,5 % of the EU’s land space. Forest ecosystems that host rich biodiversity are vulnerable toare vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Natural forests that host rich biodiversity are however more resilient to the impacts of climate change butand are also a natural ally in adapting to and fighting climate change and climate-related risks, including through their carbon-stock and carbon-sink functions, and. They provide many other vital ecosystem services, functions and benefits, such as the provision of timber and wood, food and other non-wood products, climate regulation, soil stabilisation and erosion control and the purification of air and water, as well as proven positive effects on health and well-being. _________________ 81 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. New EU Forest Strategy for 2030 (COM/2021/572 final).
Amendment 322 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 59
Recital 59
(59) To ensure synergies between the different measures that have been, and are to be put in place to protect, conserve and restore nature in the Union, Member States should take into account, when preparing their national restoration plans: the conservation measures established for Natura 2000 sites and the prioritised action frameworks prepared in accordance with Directives 92/43/EEC and 2009/147/EC; measures for achieving good ecological and chemical status of water bodies included in river basin management plans prepared in accordance with Directive 2000/60/EC; marine strategies for achieving good environmental status for all Union marine regions prepared in accordance with Directive 2008/56/EC; national air pollution control programmes prepared under Directive (EU) 2016/2284; national biodiversity strategies and action plans developed in accordance with Article 6 of the Convention on Biological Diversity, as well as conservation measures adopted in accordance with Regulation 1380/2013 and technical measures adopted in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council83 . Member States should also draw the lessons from the successes and failures of the implementation of these pieces of legislation, to better establish their National restoration plans and better allocate adequate means of implementation, including well trained staff. _________________ 83 Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on the conservation of fisheries resources and the protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1967/2006, (EC) No 1224/2009 and Regulations (EU) No 1380/2013, (EU) 2016/1139, (EU) 2018/973, (EU) 2019/472 and (EU) 2019/1022 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 894/97, (EC) No 850/98, (EC) No 2549/2000, (EC) No 254/2002, (EC) No 812/2004 and (EC) No 2187/2005 (OJ L 198, 25.7.2019, p. 105).
Amendment 327 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 61
Recital 61
(61) Considering the importance of addressing consistently the dual challenges of biodiversity loss and climate change, the restoration of biodiversity should take into account the deployment of renewable energdeployment of renewable energy should take into account restoration of biodiversity and vice versa. The Communication on REPowerEU: Joint European Action for more affordable, secure and sustainable energy87 states that Member States should swiftly map, assess and ensure suitable land and sea areas that are available for renewable energy projects, commensurate with their national energy and climate plans, the contributions towards the revised 2030 renewable energy target and other factors such as the availability of resources, grid infrastructure and the targets of the EU Biodiversity Strategy. The Commission proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive (EU) 2018/2001 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources, Directive 2010/31/EU on the energy performance of buildings and Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency88 and the Commission recommendation on accelerating permitting for renewable energy projects and facilitating Power Purchase Agreements89 , both adopted on 18 May 2022, also provide for the identification of renewables go-to areas. Those are specific locations, whether on land or sea, particularly suitable for the installation of plants for the production of energy from renewable sources, other than biomass combustion plants, where the deployment of a specific type of renewable energy is not expected to have significant environmental impacts, in view of the particularities of the selected territory. Member States should give priority to artificial and built surfaces, such as rooftops, transport infrastructure areas, parking areas, waste sites, industrial sites, mines, artificial inland water bodies, lakes or reservoirs, and, where appropriate, urban waste water treatment sites, as well as degraded land not usable for agriculture. In the designation of renewables go-to areas, Member States should avoid protected areas and consider their national nature restoration plans. Member States should coordinate the development of national restoration plans with the designation of the renewables go-to areas, ensuring that both processes are mutually supportive and not undermine the achievement of their respective objectives. During the preparation of the nature restoration plans, Member States should ensure synergies with the already designated renewables go-to areas and ensure that the functioning of the renewables go-to areas, including the permitting procedures applicable in the renewables go-to areas foreseen by Directive (EU) 2018/2001, remain unchanged. Likewise, when designating renewable go to areas, Member States should ensure synergies with nature restoration plans. _________________ 87 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions REPowerEU: Joint European Action for more affordable, secure and sustainable energy (COM/2022/108 final). 88 Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive (EU) 2018/2001 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources, Directive 2010/31/EU on the energy performance of buildings and Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency, COM/2022/222 final. 89 Commission recommendation on speeding up permit-granting procedures for renewable energy projects and facilitating Power Purchase Agreements, C(2022) 3219 final.
Amendment 336 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 69
Recital 69
(69) The Commission should report on the progress made by Member States towards meeting the restoration targets and obligations of this Regulation on the basis of Union-wide progress reports drawn up by the EEA as well as other analysis and reports made available by Member States in relevant policy areas such as nature, marine and water policy. These reports should be made available to the public.
Amendment 351 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 75
Recital 75
(75) In order to ensure the necessary adaptation of this Regulation, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission in respect of amending Annexes I to VII to adapt the group of habitats, to update the information on the common farmland bird index, as well as to adapt the list of biodiversity indicators for agricultural ecosystems, the list of biodiversity indicators for forest ecosystems and the list of marine species to the latest scientific evidence and the examples of restoration measures. In addition, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission to specify the method for monitoring pollinators, to specify the methods for monitoring the indicators for agricultural ecosystems listed in Annex IV and Article 9 and the indicators for forest ecosystems listed in Annex VI and Article 10, and to develop a framework for setting the satisfactory levels of pollinators, the satisfactory levels of indicators for agricultural ecosystems listed in Annex IV and Article 9 and the satisfactory levels of indicators for forest ecosystems listed in Annex VI and Article 10. It is of particular importance that the Commission carries 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-Making52. 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.
Amendment 361 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 77
Recital 77
(77) The Commission should carry out an evaluation of this Regulation. Pursuant to paragraph 22 of the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making, that evaluation should be based on the criteria of efficiency, effectiveness, relevance, coherence and EU value added and should provide the basis for impact assessments of possible further measures. In addition, the Commission should assess the need to establish additional restoration targets, based on common methods for assessing the condition of ecosystems not covered by Articles 4 and 5, taking into account the most recent scientific evidence. This evaluation should be made available to the public.
Amendment 366 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the continuous, long-term and sustained recovery of biodiverse and resilient nature across the Union’s land and sea areas through the restoration of ecosystems, in order to enhance biodiversity and improve ecosystem functions and services, ecological integrity and connectivity;
Amendment 383 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. This Regulation establishes a framework within which Member States shall put in place, without delay, effective and area-based restoration measures which together shall cover, by 2030, at least 230 % of the Union’s land and sea arat least 30 % of the Union's seas and, by 2050, all ecosystems in need of restoration.
Amendment 396 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Member States shall contribute to the objectives set out in Article 1(2) proportionally to their respective land and sea areas.
Amendment 411 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
(3 a) 'passive restoration’ means restoring an ecosystem by removing sources of disturbance, therefore allowing natural processes to occur undisturbed from pressure, stressors and threats to the area’s overall ecological structure and functioning including by, inter alia, the prohibition of industrial, extractive and destructive activities, and allowing the long-term natural recovery of the ecosystem towards or to good condition;
Amendment 414 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)
(3 b) ‘area-based restoration measure’ means a restoration measure taken to comply with Articles 4, 5, 7(3), 9(1), 9(2a), 9a and 10(1) and implemented in a geographically defined area;
Amendment 431 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7
(7) ‘sufficient quantity of habitat’ means the quantity of a habitat of a species which allows the ecological requirements, including genetic diversity, of a species to be met at any stage of its biological cycle so that it is maintaining itself on a long- term basis as a viable component of its habitat in its natural range;
Amendment 444 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)
(12 a) “Rewetting” means all deliberate actions that aim to bring the water table of a drained peatland (i.e., the position relative to the surface) back to that of the original, peatforming peatland. When this goal has been reached, the peatland is ‘rewetted’;
Amendment 505 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5
Article 4 – paragraph 5
5. TWhen implementing the restoration measures referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall consider the need for impro, 2, and 3, Member States shall ensure effectived connectivity between the habitat types listed in Annex I and taketaking into account the ecological requirements of the species referred to in paragraph 3 that occur in those habitat types, in accordance with Article 10a. Where appropriate, the restoration measures shall also allow for natural succession of habitats into more complex functional ecosystems through, inter alia, rewilding.
Amendment 528 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Member States shall ensure the continuous, long-term and sustained effects of restoration measures adopted under paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7 through effective means which take into account the ecological requirements of each area under restoration, including, where appropriate, by the designation and effective management of protected areas or other effective area-based conservation measures.
Amendment 534 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 8 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 8 – introductory part
8. Outside Natura 2000 sites, the non- fulfilment of the obligations set out in paragraphs 6 and 7 iscan be justified if Member States provide scientific and verifiable evidence that it is caused by:
Amendment 540 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 8 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 8 – point b
(b) unavoidable habitat transformations which are directly caused by climate change , based on scientific evidence and provided that the Member State has taken adequate mitigation measures; or
Amendment 548 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 8 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 8 – point c
(c) a project of overriding public interest for which no less damaging alternative solutions are available and compensatory measures have been adopted, ideally in the vicinity and guided by the polluter pays principle, to be determined on a case by case basis.
Amendment 560 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 9 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 9 – introductory part
9. For Natura 2000 sites, the non- fulfilment of the obligations set out in paragraphs 6 and 7, iscan be justified if Member States provide scientific and verifiable evidence that it is caused by:
Amendment 568 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 9 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 9 – point b
(b) unavoidable habitat transformations which are directly caused by climate change, based on scientific evidence and provided that the Member State has taken adequate mitigation measures: or
Amendment 683 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall adopt implementingdelegated acts to establish ascience-based methods for monitoring pollinator populations. Those implementing and for identifying current baselines and appropriate targets . Those delegated acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 21(2)0.
Amendment 685 #
2022/0195(COD)
3. The method referred to in the paragraph 2 shall provide guidance to Member States for the purpose of defining satisfactory levels pursuant to article 11.3 and a standardised approach for collecting annual data on the abundance and diversity of pollinator species and for assessing pollinator population trends and the effectiveness of restoration measures adopted by Member States in accordance with paragraph 1.
Amendment 698 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall put in place the effective and area-based restoration measures necessary to enhanceto achieve good condition of biodiversity in agricultural ecosystems, in addition to the areas that are subject to restoration measures under Article 4(1), (2) and (3).
Amendment 715 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(a a) length of rivers and streams in agricultural landscapes accompanied by woody riparian vegetation;
Amendment 721 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) stockquality and quantity of organic carbon in cropland mineral soils; mineral soils of arable land, permanent grassland and permanent cropland;
Amendment 722 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(b a) soil biodiversity;
Amendment 735 #
2022/0195(COD)
2 a. Member States shall put in place and maintain high-diversity landscape features on at least 10% of their agricultural area by 2030 and ensure connectivity among habitats according to Article 10a.
Amendment 736 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. The indicator on the quality and quantity of stock of organic carbon in mineral soils of arable land, permanent grassland and permanent cropland in Annex IV shall be supplemented by indicator(s) measuring inter alia carbon sequestration, inclusion of all carbon reservoirs, changes in their condition and stability and disaggregated flows. A maximum optimal limit for organic carbon in mineral soils of arable land, permanent grassland and permanent cropland shall also be identified. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts to establish suitable quality parameters for this indicator and appropriate monitoring methods in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 21(2).
Amendment 737 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 c (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 c (new)
2 c. Member States shall ensure that the areas that are subject to restoration measures in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2a show continuous improvement until the sufficient quality of those habitats is reached. Member States shall ensure that areas in which good condition of biodiversity has been reached and in which high-diversity landscape features have been put in place, do not deteriorate, through the adoption of appropriate and effective measures which correspond to the ecological requirements of those areas and habitats
Amendment 738 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 d (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 d (new)
2 d. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts to establish an indicator and monitoring method for soil biodiversity in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 21(2).
Amendment 769 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
For organic soils in agriculturalunder any non- residential land use constituting drained peatlands, Member States shall put in place restoration measureswetting, and where necessary additional restoration measures, and monitor their success under Article 17. Those measures shall be in place on at least:
Amendment 784 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) 30 % of such areas by 2030, of which at least a quarter shall be rewetted by 2030 ;
Amendment 798 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) 50 % of such areas by 2040, of which at least half shall be rewetted by 2040;
Amendment 811 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) 70 % of such areas by 2050, of which at least half shall be rewetted by 2050.
Amendment 814 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 818 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Member States may put in place restoration measures, including rewetting,shall rewet and, in addition, put in place other effective restoration measures in areas of current peat extraction sites and count those areas as contributing to achieving the respective targets referred to in the first subparagraph, points (a), (b) and (c).
Amendment 821 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 833 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall put in place the restoration measures necessary to enhance biodiversity of forest ecosystemeffective and area-based restoration measures to achieve good condition of biodiversity in forest ecosystems to enhance their natural processes, ecological integrity and resilience and develop old-growth native/primary forests and mature stands, in addition to the areas that are subject to restoration measures pursuant to Article 4(1), (2) and (3), as well as in addition to measures taken under Article 10(2).
Amendment 848 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(a a) area of strictly protected old- growth native/primary forests and mature stands;
Amendment 867 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) common forest birdspecies index;
Amendment 872 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) quality and quantity of stock of organic carbon.
Amendment 875 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
(f a) average peak temperature
Amendment 876 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point f b (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point f b (new)
(f b) tree genetic diversity
Amendment 877 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point f c (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point f c (new)
(f c) Species composition measured by number of species types from the European forest types tree species matrix1a _________________ 1a https://ies- ows.jrc.ec.europa.eu/efdac/download/Atla s/pdf/European_Forest_Types_tree_speci es_matrix.pdf
Amendment 878 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 879 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. The indicator on stock of organic carbon in Annex VI shall be supplemented by indicator(s) on the quality and quantity of stock of organic carbon which shall measure, inter alia carbon sequestration, inclusion of all carbon reservoirs, changes in their condition and stability as well as disaggregated flows. A maximum optimal limit for organic carbon in soil shall also be identified. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts to establish quality parameters of this indicator and appropriate monitoring methods in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 21(2).
Amendment 880 #
2022/0195(COD)
2 c. Member States shall, in order to support and accelerate effectiveness of restoration measures, ensure that by 2030, all forest management follows the closer to nature principles as set out in the Commission guidelines.
Amendment 881 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 d (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 d (new)
2 d. Member States shall ensure that (from entry into force), monoculture forest plantations no longer receive any public funding and that the planting of monoculture plantations is not allowed on public land.
Amendment 882 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 e (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 e (new)
2 e. Given their negative impacts on biodiversity, Member states shall ensure that clear cutting practices are banned.
Amendment 883 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a Connectivity 1. Member States shall cooperate with the other Member States in order to ensure coherent and consistent approaches to the conservation and protection of ecosystems and migration corridors spanning national borders. 2. Where ecosystems or migration corridors extend beyond the territory of the Union Community, the Member State or Member States concerned shall endeavour to establish appropriate coordination with the relevant non- Member States, with the aim of achieving the objectives of this Regulation throughout the ecosystems and migration corridors concerned. Member States shall ensure the application of this Regulation within their territory. 3. The inventory in Article 7(1) shall include information on the improvements needed in connectivity to restore migration corridors in order to enable species to be able to migrate between their different habitats, and about when and how the complementary measures needed to restore migration corridors will be implemented 4. When implementing measures relating to connectivity of habitats and ecological and migration corridors, including in relation to Articles 4(3), 5(3), 5(5), 5(10) and 11(10)). Member States shall ensure that the ecological corridors are the most apropriate, from an ecological perspective, for the species, flora and fauna concerned. 5. Member States shall work towards the ultimate goal of creating a Trans European Network for Nature, connecting habitats and migration corridors throughout the European Union.
Amendment 884 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 b (new)
Article 10 b (new)
Article 10 b Preservation of the effects of restoration measures 1. Member States shall ensure the continuous, long-term and sustained effects of the restoration measures referred to in Articles 1 and 4 to 10 through effective means, including, when applicable, by the designation of protected areas, by the implementation of other effective area-based conservation measures, or by promoting private land conservation measures, taking into account the ecological requirements of the restored areas. 2. When restoration measures applied to forests lead to the development of old- growth features and mature stands, Member States shall strictly protect them, in addition to the original old-growth and primary forests.
Amendment 950 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4
Article 11 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall identify and map the agricultural and forest areas in need of restoration, in particular the areas that, due to intensification or other management factors, are in need of enhanced connectivity and landscape diversity, taking those areas into account when adopting restoration measures under Articles 9(1) and 10(1). .
Amendment 962 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 6
Article 11 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall coordinate the development of national restoration plans with the designation of the renewables go- to areas. During the preparation of the nature restoration plans, Member States shall ensure synergies with the already designated renewables go-to areas and ensure that the functioning of the renewables go-to areas, including the permitting procedures applicable in the renewables go-to areas foreseen by Directive (EU) 2018/2001 remain unchanged, ensuring that both processes are mutually supportive and do not undermine the achievement of their respective objectives. During the preparation of the nature restoration plans, Member States shall, on a case-by-case basis, where relevant and in line with the ecological requirements of each restoration area promote synergies with the already designated renewables go-to areas.
Amendment 967 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 7 – point f
Article 11 – paragraph 7 – point f
(f) national biodiversity strategies and action plans developed in accordance with Article 6 of the Convention on Biological Diversity as well as measures undertaken in the context of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework ;
Amendment 970 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 7 – point g a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 7 – point g a (new)
(g a) the 2030 EU biodiversity strategy target to legally protect a minimum of 30% of the EU’s land area and 30% of the EU’s sea area and to strictly protect at least a third of the EU’s protected areas, including all remaining EU primary and old-growth forests.
Amendment 983 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 9
Article 11 – paragraph 9
9. Member States shall, when preparing the national restoration plans, primarily aim at optimising the ecological, economic and social functions of ecosystems, identifying synergies with their social and economic functions, as well as their contribution to the sustainable development of the relevant regions and, communities and indigenous peoples.
Amendment 994 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 11
Article 11 – paragraph 11
11. Member States shall ensure that the preparation of the restoration plan is open, transparent, inclusive and effective and that the public isand relevant stakeholders are fully informed, and have access to all relevant information, including to early drafts of the restoration plans and are given early and effective opportunities to participate in stages of its elaboration. Local and regional authorities shall be properly involved in the preparation of the plan. Consultations shall comply with the requirements set out in Articles 4 to 10 of Directive 2001/42/EC.
Amendment 1013 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the quantification of the areas to be restored to reach the area-based restoration targets set out in Articles 4 to 10 as well as the overall contribution to the objective in Article 1(2) based on the preparatory work undertaken in accordance with Article 11 and geographically referenced maps of those areas;
Amendment 1052 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point l
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point l
(l) the estimated financing needs for the implementation of the restoration measures, which shall include the estimated staff capacity for the implementation, monitoring and management of restoration measures, the description of the support to stakeholders affected by restoration measures or other new obligations arising from this Regulation, and the means of intended financing, public or private, including (co-) financing with Union funding instruments;
Amendment 1060 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point m
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point m
(m) an indica description of the subsidies which may negatively affect the achievement of the targets and the fulfilment of the obligations set out in this Regulation, as well as a list and timeline of measures planned or put in place to phase out, redirect or reform these subsidies, in accordance with the Union wide methodology on phasing out environmentally harmful subsidies under the 8th EAP ;
Amendment 1063 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point n
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point n
(n) a summary of the process for preparing and establishing the national restoration plan, including the identification of governance bodies involved and their role in the preparation and establishment of the plan, and information on public participation and of how the needs of local communities and stakeholders have been considered;
Amendment 1076 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. The national restoration plans shall, where applicable, include the conservation measures that a Member State intends to adopt under the common fisheries policy, includingas well as the conservation measures in joint recommendations that a Member State intends to initiasubmitted in accordance with the procedure set out in Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, and any relevant information on those measures. Member States shall consult with the other Member States having a direct management interest and may submit joint recommendations together with their draft or final restoration plan. For the purpose of this paragraph, the relevant information on those measures shall include the risk for the initiating Member States of not meeting their targets and of not respecting their obligations set out in Article 5 in the case of Member States having a direct management interest not succeeding in agreeing in a timely manner to a joint recommendation, or if the Commission does not adopt those measures accordingly.
Amendment 1078 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Member States may include restoration measures planned or implemented since the publication of the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 on 22 May 2020 in their national restoration plans, provided they meet the requirements set out in this Regulation.
Amendment 1082 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Member States shall submit a draft of the national restoration plan referred to in Articles 11 and 12 to the Commission by… [OP please insert the date = the first day of the month following 24 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation]. The Commission shall make these draft plans publicly available.
Amendment 1102 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4
Article 14 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission mayshall address observrecommendations to Member States within six months of the date of receipt of the draft national restoration plan. and make these recommendations public without delay
Amendment 1109 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 5
Article 14 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall take due account of any observations from the Commission in its finaland amend their national restoration plan accordingly.
Amendment 1116 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall review and update their national restoration plan at least once every 105 years, in accordance with Articles 11 and 12, taking into account progress made in the implementation of the plans and the achievement of the targets set out in this Regulation, the best available scientific evidence as well as available knowledge of changes or expected changes in environmental conditions due to climate change.
Amendment 1125 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. Based on the information referred to in Article 18(1) and (2) and the assessment referred to in Article 18(4) and (5), if the Commission considers that the progress made by a Member State is insufficient to comply with the targets and obligations set out in Articles 4 to 10, as well as the overarching objective of Article 1(2), the Commission mayshall request the Member State concerned to submit an updated draft national restoration plan with supplementary measures. That updated national restoration plan with supplementary measures shall be published and submitted within six months from the date of receipt of the request from the Commission.
Amendment 1138 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall determine what constitutes a sufficient interest and impairment of a right, consistently with the objective of providing the public with wide access to justice and in conformity with the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters . For the purposes of paragraph 1, any non-governmental organisation promoting environmental protection and meeting any requirements under national law shall be deemed to have rights capable of being impaired and their interest shall be deemed sufficient.
Amendment 1141 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3
Article 16 – paragraph 3
3. Review procedures referred to in paragraph 1 shall be fair, equitable, timely and free of charge or not prohibitively expensive, and shall provide adequate and effective remedies, including injunctive relief where necessary.
Amendment 1144 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the condition and trend in condition of the habitat types and the quality and quantity and the trend in quality and quantity of the habitats of the species referred to in Articles 4 and 5 in the areas subject to restoration measures on the basis of the monitoring referred to in Article 12(2), point (h);
Amendment 1160 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(h a) the percentage of organic soils constituting drained peatlands that has been restored and rewetted, referred to in Article 9a.
Amendment 1168 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 5
Article 17 – paragraph 5
5. The monitoring in accordance with paragraph 1, points (a), (b) and (c), of this Article, and (e) concerning the stock of organic carbon in cropland mineral soils and the share of agricultural land with high- diversity landscape fanding deadwood, the lying deadwood, the share of forests with uneven-aged structure, the forest connectivity, tree genetic diversity, species composition meatsures, and (e) concerning the standing deadwood, the lying deadwood, the share of forests with uneven-agedd by number of species types from the European forest types tree species matrix and area of struicture, the forest connectivity and the stock of organic carbon,ly protected old-growth native/primary forests and mature stands, as well as all other points in paragraph 1 apart from those listed in paragraph 2 shall be carried out at least every three years, and, where possible, every year. The monitoring in accordance with that paragraph, point (c) concerning the grassland butterfly index, that paragraph, points (d) and (e) concerning the common forest bird indexspecies index, the quality and quantity of stock of organic carbon and average peak temperature, and that paragraph, point (f) concerning pollinator species shall be carried out every year. The monitoring in accordance with that paragraph, points (g) and (h), shall be carried out at least every six years and shall be coordinated with the reporting cycle under Article 17 of Directive 92/43/EEC.
Amendment 1175 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 17 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
The Commission mayshall adopt implementing acts to:
Amendment 1178 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 17 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) specify the methods for monitoring the indicators for agricultural ecosystems listed in Annex IV and in Article 9 ;
Amendment 1181 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 17 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) specify the methods for monitoring the indicators for forest ecosystems listed in Annex VI and in Article 10;
Amendment 1183 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
In accordance with Article 19, the Commission shall carry out a regular review, at least every 5 years, of the set of indicators, to incorporate novel indicators based on the best scientific knowledge available. This process should involve member states and society, particularly representatives from the scientific community such as the European Environment Agency and other independent scientific bodies.
Amendment 1193 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e a (new)
(e a) information on the progress accomplished towards agreeing with other relevant Member States on joint recommendations referred to in Article 12(3).
Amendment 1195 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. The Commission shall, in cooperation with the European Environment Agency, draw up reports on the progress towards the attainment of the targets laid down in Articles 1 and 4 to 10, at the latest one year before each deadline laid down therein.The reports referred to in paragraph 1 shall include the following: (a) an estimation of the attainment of the targets by each Member State; (b) a list of Member States at risk of not attaining the targets within the respective deadlines, accompanied by appropriate recommendations for the Member States concerned; (c) examples of best practices that are used throughout the Union which could provide guidance for progressing towards attaining the targets.
Amendment 1196 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4
Article 18 – paragraph 4
4. The EEA shall provide to the Commission an annual technical overview of the progress towards the achievement of the targets and obligations set out in this Regulation, on the basis of the data made available by Member States in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article and Article 17(7). These overviews shall be made public.
Amendment 1198 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 5
Article 18 – paragraph 5
5. The EEA shall provide to the Commission a Union-wide technical report on the progress towards the achievement of the targets and obligations set out in this Regulation on the basis of the data made available by Member States in accordance with paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this Article. It may also use information reported under Article 17 of Directive 92/43/EEC, Article 15 of Directive 2000/60/EC, Article 12 of Directive 2009/147/EC, and Article 18 of Directive 2008/56/EC. The report shall be provided by June 2032 and subsequent reports shall be provided every three years thereafter. The reports shall be made publicly available.
Amendment 1200 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 6
Article 18 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission shall, as from 2029, report to the European Parliament and to the Council every three years on the implementation of this Regulation. This report shall include the progress made towards achieving the targets set in this regulation and highlight which Member States are at risk of not achieving the targets on time.
Amendment 1201 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 a (new)
Article 18 a (new)
Amendment 1214 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 20 to amend Annex I in order to adapt expand the groups of habitat types, in accordance with the latest scientific evidence, with a view to supporting the achievement of the objectives of this Regulation set out in Article 1 and the targets set out in Article 4.
Amendment 1230 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 4
Article 19 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 20 to amend Annex IV, in order to adapt the description, unit and methodology of indicators for agricultural ecosystems in accordance with the latest scientific evidence with a view to supporting the achievement of the objectives of this Regulation and the targets set out in Article 9.
Amendment 1236 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 5
Article 19 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 20 to amend Annex V in order to update the list of species used for the common farmland bird index in the Member States with a view to supporting the achievement of the objectives of this Regulation and the targets set out in Article 9(2).
Amendment 1240 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 6
Article 19 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 20 to amend Annex VI in order to adapt the description, unit and methodology of indicators for forest ecosystems in accordance with the latest scientific evidence with a view to supporting the achievement of the objectives of this Regulation and the targets set out in Article 10.
Amendment 1243 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2
Article 20 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 8(2), Article 17(9), points (a), (b) and (c), and Article 19 shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of 5 years from [OP please insert the date of entry into force of this Regulation]. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.
Amendment 1244 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 3
Article 20 – paragraph 3
3. The delegation of power referred to in Article 8(2), Article 17(9), points (a), (b) and (c), and Article 19 may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.
Amendment 1245 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 6
Article 20 – paragraph 6
6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 8(2), Article 17(9), points (a), (b) and (c), and Article 19 shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of 2 months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and to the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.
Amendment 1264 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VII – point 14 a (new)
Annex VII – point 14 a (new)
(14 a) Reduce forest vulnerability by means of landscape-scale interventions (e.g. by reducing tree density, ensuring presence of forest openings and gaps and favouring heterogeneous forest structure).
Amendment 1265 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VII – point 14 b (new)
Annex VII – point 14 b (new)
(14 b) Apply proforestation, the practice of growing existing forests intact to their ecological potential, which is highly beneficial for both biodiversity and climate mitigation and adaptation.
Amendment 1266 #
2022/0195(COD)
(22 a) Buffer sensitive ecosystems against eutrophication, desiccation and other pressures.
Amendment 1268 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV
Annex IV
Indicator Description, units, and methodology for determining and monitoring the indicator Grassland Description: This indicator is composed of species considered to be butterfly characteristic of European grasslands and which occur in a large part of Europe, index covered by the majority of the Butterfly Monitoring Schemes. It is based on the geometric mean of species trends. Unit: Index. Methodology: as developed and used by Butterfly Conservation Europe, Van Swaay, C.A.M, Assessing Butterflies in Europe - Butterfly Indicators 1990- 2018, Technical report, Butterfly Conservation Europe, 2020. Stock of Quality Description: This indicator describes the stock of organic carbon in cropland mineral organic and soils at a depth of 0 to 30 cm. carbon in crop quantity of stock of organic carbon in mineral soils of arable land, mineral permanent grassland and permanent cropland Unit: tonnes of organic carbon/ha. soils Methodology: as set out in Annex V of Regulation 2018/1999 in accordance to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, and as supported by the Land Use and Coverage Area frame Survey (LUCAS) Soil, Jones A. et al., LUCAS Soil 2022, JRC technical report, Publications Office of the European Union, 2021. Share of Description: High-diversity landscape features are elements of permanent natural agricultural or semi-natural vegetation present in an agricultural context which provide land with ecosystem services and support for biodiversity. In order to do so, landscape high- features need to be subject to as little external disturbances as possible to provide diversity safe habitats for various taxa, and therefore need to comply with the following landscape conditions: features a) they cannot be under productive agricultural use (including grazing or fodderhigh density grazing with more than 1,4 LSU per hectare or fodder production), and b) they should not receive fertilizer or pesticide treatment. Land lying fallow can be considered as high diversity landscape features if it complies with criteria (a) and (b) above. Productive trees part of arable land agroforestry systems and productive elements in non-productive hedges can also be considered as high diversity landscape features, if they comply with criterion (b) above, and if harvests take place only at moments where it would not compromise high biodiversity levels. Unit: Percent (share of Utilised Agricultural Area). Methodology: as developed under indicator I.21, Annex I of Regulation 2021/2115, as based on LUCAS for landscape elements, Ballin M. et al., Redesign sample for Land Use/Cover Area frame Survey (LUCAS), Eurostat 2018, and for land laying fallow, Farm Structure, Reference Metadata in Single Integrated Metadata Structure, online publication, Eurostat.
Amendment 1272 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI
Annex VI
Amendment 17 #
2022/0160(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Following the adoption of the plan or plans designating renewables go-to areas, Member States should monitor the significant environmental effects of the implementation of plans and programmes in order, inter alia, to identify at an early stage unforeseen adverse effects, and to be able to undertake appropriate remedial action, in accordance with Directive 2001/42/EC.
Amendment 33 #
2022/0160(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
Amendment 70 #
2022/0160(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 15c – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 15c – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
By [2 years after the entry into force], Member States shall adopt a plan or plans designating, within the areas referred to in Article 15b(1), renewables go-to areas for one or more types of renewable energy sources, taking into account the space requirements identified for each technology to reach climate neutrality by 2040, with the intermediate step of meeting national contributions under the 2030 targets for renewable energy as set down under Article 15b(1). In that plan or plans, Member States shall:
Amendment 73 #
2022/0160(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 15c – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point -a
Article 15c – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point -a
(-a) Within 1 year after the entry into force of this Directive, carry out an assessment of the sensitivity of their protected species and habitats to planned energy production from renewable sources. These assessments shall be technology-specific and shall be used to determine land and sea areas where installations for the production of energy from renewable sources have low impacts on the environment. These assessments shall align with Member States’ obligations under environmental legislation, including under Directive 2008/56/EC, Directive 2000/60/EC, Directive2009/147/EC or Directive 92/43/EEC.
Amendment 76 #
2022/0160(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 15c – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a – introductory part
Article 15c – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a – introductory part
(a) Designate sufficiently homogeneous land and sea areas where the deployment of a specific type or types of renewable energy is not expected to have significantlow environmental impacts according to the sensitivity mapping under point (-a), in view of the particularities of the selected territory. The overall amount of land and sea areas shall match the space requirements identified to reach the 2030 and 2040 targets for renewable energy as set out under Article 15b(1) of this Directive and included in national energy and climate plans of the Member States, as updated pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999. In doing so, Member States shall:
Amendment 80 #
2022/0160(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
— give priority tofirstly designate artificial and built surfaces, such as rooftop for renewable energy, excluding new hydropower and bioenergy, where the installation of renewable energy can be expected to have low environmental impact ('renewable go-to areas'). These are rooftops, facades, sub-surfaces and surfaces, transport infrastructure areas, parking areas, waste sites, industrial sites, mines, artificial inland water bodies, and, where appropriate, urban waste water treatment sites; By the laktes or reservoirs, and, where appropriate, urban waste water t 1 year of entry into force of this Directive, Member States shall designate their renewable go-to areas. In order to make the designation process as efficient and fast as possible, Member States shall remove administreatment sites, as well as degraded land not usable for agriculture;ive and other barriers and allocate sufficient well- trained staff and administrative resources.
Amendment 88 #
2022/0160(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 15c – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a – indent 2
Article 15c – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a – indent 2
— exclude Natura 2000 sites and natursecondly designate areas for renewable energy ('renewable areas'), excluding new hydropower plants, where the installation can be expected to have low environmental impact. These parks and reserves, the identified bird migratory routes as well aseas shall be outside Natura 2000 sites and other protected areas, identified bird and marine mammal migratory routes, blue carbon ecosystems, buffer zones and ecological corridors, as well as any other specific areas excluded for energy use or other areas identified based on the assessment in point (-a), sensitivity maps and the tools referred to in the next point, except forbut could include artificial and built surfaces located in those areas such as rooftops, parking areas or transport infrastructure. on the condition that the artificial and built surfaces in questions are not spatially expanded and pursuant to the appropriate assessment of Article 6(3) of Directive 92/43/EEC. Member States shall designate renewable areas within one year of the entry into force of [the Nature Restoration Regulation] but no later than 3 years after the entry into force of this Directive.
Amendment 98 #
2022/0160(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
(b) Establish appropriate rules for the designated renewable go-to areas, including on the appropriate and effective mitigation measures to be adopted for the installation of renewable energy plants, co-located energy storage facilities, as well as assets necessary for their connection to the grid, in order to avoid or, if not possible, to significantly reduce the negative environmental impacts that may arise. Where appropriate, Member States shall ensure that appropriate mitigation measures are applied to prevent the situimplement obligations described in Articles 6(2) and 12(1) of Directive 92/43/EEC, Article 5 of Directive 2009/147/EEC and Article 4(1)(a)(i) and (ii) of Directive 2000/60/EC. Such rules shall be targeted to the specificities of each identified renewable go-to area, the renewable energy technology or technologies to be deployed in each area and the identified environmental impacts. Compliance with such rules and the implementation of the appropriate mitigation measures by the individual projects shall result in the presumption that projects are not in breach of those provisions without prejudice to paragraphs 4 and 5 of Article 16a. Where novel mitigation measures to prevent as much as possible the killing or disturbance of species protected under Council Directive 92/43/EEC and Directive 2009/147/EEC, or any other environmental impact, have not been widely tested as regards their effectiveness, Member States may allow their use for one or several pilot projects for a limited time period, provided that the effectiveness of such measures is and risks. The effectiveness of such measures shall be closely monitored and appropriate steps arshall be taken immediately if they do not prove to be effective. .
Amendment 108 #
2022/0160(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 15c – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 15c – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall explain in the plan the assessment made to identify each designated go-to area on the basis of the criteria set out in point (a) and to identify appropriate mitigation measures.
Amendment 115 #
2022/0160(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 15c – paragraph 2
Article 15c – paragraph 2
(2) Before its adoption, the plan or plans designating renewables go-to areas shall be subject to an site-and project-specific environmental assessment carried out in accordance with the conditions set out in Directive 2001/42/EC, and where applicable, if including artificial and built surfthey may have significant impacets located ion Natura 2000 sites, likely to have significant impacts in those siteeither individually or in combination with other plans or projects, to the appropriate assessment in accordance to Article 6(3) of Directive 92/43/EEC.
Amendment 119 #
2022/0160(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 15c – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 15c – paragraph 2 a (new)
(2a) When identifying the areas referred to in Article 15b(1) at sea, the designation shall be aligned with the requirements of Directive 2014/89/EU, which recommends the Member States use an ecosystem-based approach to Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) when designating renewable energy sites.
Amendment 122 #
2022/0160(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 15c – paragraph 3
Article 15c – paragraph 3
(3) The plan or plans idesignating renewables go-to areasntifying land and sea areas necessary for the installation of plants for the production of energy from renewable sources and designating renewables areas under Articles 15b and 15c shall be made public and shall be reviewed periodically, at least in the context of the update of the national energy and climate plans pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, and Directive 2014/89/EU.
Amendment 146 #
2022/0160(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 16a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 16a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 153 #
2022/0160(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 16a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 16a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 159 #
2022/0160(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
irective (EU) 2018/2001
Article 16a – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 16a – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 164 #
2022/0160(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 16a – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 16a – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 168 #
2022/0160(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 16a – paragraph 5
Article 16a – paragraph 5
Amendment 183 #
2022/0160(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 16b – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 16b – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 194 #
2022/0160(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 16c – title
Article 16c – title
Amendment 201 #
2022/0160(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 16c – paragraph 1
Article 16c – paragraph 1
(1) Member States shall ensure that the permit-granting process referred to in Article 16(1) for the installation of solar energy equipment, including building- integrated solar installations, in existing or future artificial structures, with the exclusion of artificial water surfaces, shall not exceed three months, provided that the primary aim of such structures is not solar energy production. By derogation from Article 4(2) of Directive 2011/92/EU andAnnex II, points 3(a) and (b), alone or in conjunction with point 13(a) to that Directive, such inFor rooftop solar installations below 50 kW, Member States shall ensure simplified authorisation procedures are in place. Requirements for construction permits shall be removed in case staillation of solar equipment shall be exempted from the requirement, if applicable, to carry out a dedicated environmental impact assessment under Article 2(1) of Directive 2011/92/EU in place. Member States shall also establish a roadmap to remove other barriers and to enhance the accelerated deployment of solar energy.
Amendment 202 #
2022/0160(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 16c – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 16c – paragraph 1 a (new)
(1a) In order to facilitate the deployment of roof-top solar, Member States shall ensure that the installation of building-integrated solar is exempted from environmental impact assessment under article 2(1) of Directive 2011/92/EU and from building permitting.
Amendment 205 #
2022/0160(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 16d
Article 16d
Amendment 1 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2
Citation 2
— having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) and in particular Articles 50, 56, 70, 81, 82, 114 and 352 thereof,
Amendment 2 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3
Citation 3
— having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, and in particular Articles 11, 12, 15, 47, 48 and 54 thereof,
Amendment 4 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
— having regard to Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law 2a, _________________ 2a OJ L 305, 26.11.2019, p. 17
Amendment 7 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
Citation 14 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 13 February 2019 on experiencing backlash in women’s rights and gender equality in the EU 1a, _________________ 1a Texts adopted, P8_TA(2019)0111
Amendment 8 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 23 a (new)
Citation 23 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 11 March 2021 on the declaration of the EU as an LGBTIQ Freedom Zone 1b, _________________ 1b Text adopted, P9_TA(2021)0089
Amendment 9 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 23 b (new)
Citation 23 b (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 19 May 2021 on the effects of climate change on human rights and the role of environmental defenders on this matters 1c, _________________ 1c Text adopted: P9_TA(2021)0245
Amendment 11 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 27
Citation 27
— having regard to the Commission communication of 30 September 2020 on the 2020 Rule of Law Report – the rule of law situation in the European Union (COM(2020)0580), and its 27 accompanying country chapters on the rule of law in the Member States(SWD(2020)0300-0326),
Amendment 12 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 a (new)
Citation 27 a (new)
— having regard to the Commission communication ‘A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025’,
Amendment 13 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 b (new)
Citation 27 b (new)
— having regard to LGBTIQ Equality Strategy (2020-2025) (COM(2020)698),
Amendment 14 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 c (new)
Citation 27 c (new)
— having regard to the study entitled “SLAPP in the EU context” of 29 May 2020 by Petra Bárd, Judit Bayer, Ngo Chun Luk and Lina Vosyliute 1d, _________________ 1d https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/default/files /ad-hoc-literature-review-analysis-key- elements-slapp_en.pdf
Amendment 16 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 32 a (new)
Citation 32 a (new)
— having regard to the info note of the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association on SLAPPs and FoAA rights,
Amendment 18 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 36 a (new)
Citation 36 a (new)
— having regard to the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights ‘Human Rights Comment: Time to take action against SLAPPs’ issued on 27 October 2020,
Amendment 20 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 36 b (new)
Citation 36 b (new)
Amendment 25 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas independent and quality journalism, ands well as access to pluralistic information are key pillars of democracy; whereas a vibrant civil society is essential for any democracy to thriveand the right to public participation are essential for any democracy to thrive; whereas human rights and environmental defenders have a crucial role to reach the environmental objectives set by the European Union; whereas no one shall be persecuted or harassed in any way for their involvement in activities to protect human rights or the environment; whereas independent journalism, civil society organizations, human rights and environmental defenders play a crucial role in holding power to account and performing their functions as watchdogs for democracy and the rule of law;
Amendment 37 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. Whereas the shrinking space for civil society is an increasingly concerning issue in the Union, and disproportionately affects journalists, academics, NGOs, human rights and environmental defenders who are working on environmental issues, increasingly questioning their role as public watchdogs; whereas in recent years, environmental defenders have been subjected to ever increasing incidences of killings, threats, harassment, intimidation, smear campaigns, criminalisation and judicial harassment;
Amendment 41 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas public participation lies at the heart of the very notion of democracy, and can express itself in a variety of behaviours of a natural or legal person directed at engaging on a matter of public interest; whereas public participation could include the exercise of public scrutiny and public information, such as journalistic communications, publications or works, including editorial content, communications, publications or works of a political, scientific, academic, artistic, commentary or satirical nature including when those concerned are, among others, figures open to public scrutiny, in the context of broader interests in open discussion of political issues; whereas public participation include actions and activities resulting from the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and of information, the right to freedom of association and peaceful assembly, the right to good administration and the right to an effective remedy;
Amendment 53 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) are lawsuits or other legal actions (e.g. injunctions, asset-freezing) based on a variety of legal bases mostly of civil and criminal law, as well as the threats of such actions, with the purpose of preventing reporting on breaches of Union and national law, corruption or other fraudulent practices or of blocking acts of public participation, including investigating and reporting on breaches of Union and national law, corruption or other fraudulent practices, promoting democratic debate or engaging in advocacy or activism including through the exercise of civil liberties such as freedom of association, freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of expression, of information and of assembly ;
Amendment 62 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas targets of SLAPPs can be sued for expressing critical views on the behaviour, or denouncing wrongdoings, of corporates or authorities through publications, leaflets, artworks or other online or offline forms of expression, or in retaliation for their involvement in campaigns, judicial claims, actions or protests; whereas journalists, media outlets, bloggers, civil society organizations, NGOs, rights defenders, whistleblowers, campaigners, academics, demonstrators, activists and artists are bigger targets to SLAPPs; whereas this situation severely undermines democratic public participation;
Amendment 74 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas SLAPPs have become an increasingly widespread practice used against journalists, academics, civil society and NGOspublic watchdogs and other actors engaging in public participation, including journalists, academics, civil society organizations, NGOs and activists, human rights and environmental defenders and whistleblowers , as demonstrated by many cases throughout the Union, such as the chilling case of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who was reportedly facing 47 civil and criminal defamation lawsuits, (resulting in the freezing of her assets) on the day of her strongly condemned assassination on 16 October 2017, and the lawsuits her heirs continue to face; whereas other illustrative and alarming cases against independent journalists and media include Realtid Media, which was repeatedly threatened with a lawsuit in a different jurisdiction from where the reporting in question took place, and Gazeta Wyborcza, which continues to be sued by a number of public entities and officials on a regular basis, and the Slovenian investigative news outlet Necenzurirano recently hit by a barrage of 39 lawsuits;
Amendment 87 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas according to a recent study on SLAPP in the EU commissioned by the Commission, SLAPPs are increasingly used across the EU to target NGOs, activists and rights defenders, including environmental activists and LGBTQI rights defenders; whereas journalists, human rights defenders and civil society organizations are facing an increasingly hostile environment; whereas examples of SLAPPs include cases in the fields of civil rights, environmental interests, land use rights, urban and suburban development, as well as animal welfare, among others;
Amendment 92 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Amendment 95 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
C c. whereas the objective of the SLAPPs is not to bring justice but rather to impose a burden on critical voices by discouraging and silencing them, and to exert a chilling effect on other potential critics; whereas SLAPPs are deliberately initiated with the intent to make the litigation expensive, long-lasting and complicated for the defendants, which include the purpose of intimidating and draining the financial and psychological resources of their targets; whereas SLAPPs not only have a detrimental impact on victims, but also on their families;
Amendment 99 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas SLAPPs within the Union are often cross-border in nature, which results in reporting delays as illustrated in many cases, often relating to cases of human rights and environmental protection, financial fraud and/or corruption, where they constitute a clear attempt to delay publication of information by halting or discrediting the work of individual journalists and publishing entities, hence depriving citizens of their right to information; whereas SLAPPs and SLAPPs threats may be brought against watchdogs within the Union also by claimant established in third countries;
Amendment 105 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. Whereas in recent years online hate speech has become increasingly widespread against journalists, NGOs, academics and civil society organisations, human rights defenders, including those defending women’s rights, gender equality and LGBTQI rights, thus threatening media freedom, freedom of expression and of association, and can have a chilling effect; recalls that online hate speech is often spilled over into reality offline; stresses that hate speech is rooted in social biases and stereotypes, and highlights that they are the result of systemic and social discrimination, including gender, racial and economic discrimination, patriarchal structures and the unequal distribution of power in society, which are reproduced and magnified online and result in more extreme consequences for some individuals and groups in vulnerable situations;
Amendment 121 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights that SLAPPs are a direct attack on the exercise of fundamental rights and freedoms; underlines that fundamental rights and democracy are linked to upholding the rule of law, and that undermining media freedom and public democratic participation, including freedom of expression and of information, media freedom and the rights to peaceful assembly and associpation threatens Union values as enshrined in Article 2 of the TEU; welcomes the fact that the 2020 rule of law report includes SLAPP lawsuits in its assessment of media freedom and pluralism across the Union, and points to concrete measures and best practices in countering them; calls foron the annual report to includeCommission to include in the 2021 and subsequent rule of law reports a thorough assessment of the legal environment for the media, and investigative journalism in particular, and to look more thoroughly at challenges affecting civil society such as the chilling effect on public democratic participation, including as regards SLAPPs targeting NGOs, activists and rights defenders, and include relevant indicators in order to measure progress;
Amendment 134 #
2021/2036(INI)
1 a. Underlines that SLAPPs are, in essence, attempts to abuse the law and the courts to undermine the right of individuals or organisations to engage in public participation by expressing their views on issues of public interest; is deeply concerned about the severe chilling effect on democratic debate and participation that SLAPPs have;
Amendment 137 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Stresses that public participation is the bedrock on which democracy rests, it ensures public scrutiny and better decision-making by holding power account; points out that public participation can be expressed in a variety of behaviours of a natural or legal person directed at engaging on a matter of public interest which can include the exercise of public scrutiny and public information, including actions and activities resulting from the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and of information, the right to freedom of association and peaceful assembly, the right to good administration and the right to an effective remedy;
Amendment 142 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Expresses serious concern about the shrinking space for civil society organisations, and the threat to journalists and human rights defenders, who communicate on important matters within the public interest that are critical of powerful members of society, and the growing use of SLAPPs as a way to silence and intimidate independent media and journalists, civil society organisations, human rights defenders such as women’s and LGBTIQ+ rights defenders, activists such as environmental activists, whistleblowers, academics and artists;
Amendment 143 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1 d. Recalls that the States’ positive obligation to facilitate the exercise of the rights of freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association includes the duty to establish and maintain a favorable environment for public participation and public watchdogs; stresses the importance that public watchdogs, civil society actors and other actors engaging in public participation are able to operate freely, without fear that they may be subjected to any threats, acts of intimidation or violence;
Amendment 154 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Underlines that SLAPPs cases, or the threat of SLAPPs, runs counter the objective of freedom of establishment and the free movement of services, as it has a ‘chilling effect’ notably on journalists that might exercise self-censorship instead of reporting on matters of public interest occurring in other Member States, risking then to face SLAPPs in different and unknown legal systems;
Amendment 156 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Considers to this end that, by contributing to the enforcement of Union law, enhancing the legal protection of rights under Union law, safeguarding the effectiveness of Union law, facilitating the enjoyment of internal market freedoms and preserving the effective functioning of national justice systems and of the common space of judicial cooperation, protection from abusive SLAPPs lawsuits would substantively contribute to the proper functioning of the internal market;
Amendment 157 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2 c. Highlights that although Directive (EU) 2019/1937 (the ‘Whistleblower Directive’) grants a certain level of protection to natural persons who provide confidential advice to whistleblowers, known as ‘facilitators’, such as journalists or any other intermediaries, such protection needs further regulatory clarification, in order to cover circumstances where journalists need protection going beyond the mere risk of reprisals and act independently and outside the scope of the Whistleblower Directive; further emphasizes that legal persons, such as NGOs, are not covered by the Whistleblower Directive;
Amendment 159 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that SLAPPs constitute a misuse of Member States’ justice systems and legal frameworks, especially for successfully addressing ongoing common challenges outlined in the Justice Scoreboard, such as the length of proceedings and the quality of justice systems, as well as caseload administration and case backlogs; recalls that a properly functioning and independent justice system delivers judgements without undue delay, and manages judicial resources so as to maximise efficiency, and that this is only possible where judges and judicial bodies perform their duties with complete independence and in an impartial manner and are not burdened with the handling of claims that are later on dismissed as abusive and lacking in legal merit;
Amendment 164 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that judicial independence is integral to judicial decision-making and is a requirement resulting from the principle of effective legal protection set out in Article 19 of the TEU; recalls the concerns voiced in the Commission 2020 rule of law report regarding the independence of the judiciary in several Member States and condemns the efforts of the governments of some Member States to weaken the separation of powers and the independence of the judiciary, as well as to use SLAPPs to silence critical voices;
Amendment 166 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Underlines that the current disparity of protection deriving from the multiple sets of rules applicable in the Member States has detrimental consequences for the proper functioning of the common space of judicial cooperation established by Union law; stresses indeed that, in most SLAPPs cases, the cross-border elements are taken advantage of for forum shopping, in order to select the jurisdiction where the likelihood of achieving the desired result is the greatest; insists additionally on the fact that the absence of harmonized protection affects mutual trust and impacts on the recognition and enforcement of judgments between Member States;
Amendment 169 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Highlights that the purpose of SLAPPs is not to produce a judgment in favour of the claimant, but to use litigation or the threat of litigation to silence or coerce the respondent into acting in a manner which they might not otherwise accept; underlines the great imbalance of power between the parties where one has the resources and capacity to effectively silence the other through litigation techniques which magnify legal costs and the psychological and economic burden of prolonged proceedings; is concerned that the imbalance of power and resources between the parties undermines the right to a fair trial and to an effective remedy, and recalls that SLAPPs represent in essence an abuse of justice systems;
Amendment 171 #
Amendment 172 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 188 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that SLAPPs are often meritless, frivolous or based on exaggerated, often abusive claims, and that they are not initiated for the purposes of obtaining a favourable judicial outcome but rather only to intimidate, harass, tire out, put psychological pressure on or consume the financial resources of journalists, academics, civil society and NGOs, with the ultimate objective of blackmailing and forcing them into silence through the judicial procedure itselfpublic watchdogs and other actors engaging in public participation, including journalists, academics, civil society organizations, NGOs and activists, human rights and environmental defenders, and whistleblowers, with the ultimate objective of blackmailing and forcing them into silence through the judicial procedure itself; stresses that SLAPPs cause not only a financial burden but also bear dire psychological consequences for their targets as well as their family members, aggravated by the fact that the latter may also inherit those abusive proceedings upon the target’s death, as it happened to the husband and sons of Daphne Caruana Galizia; points out that this chilling effect can lead to self-censorship, suppressing participation in democratic life, and also discourages others from similar actions, from entering into these professions or from proceeding with relevant associated activities;
Amendment 214 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines that an imbalance of power between the claimant and the defendant, notably in terms of financial resources, is a common feature of SLAPPs;
Amendment 216 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses, with regard to this problem, that all Member States lack harmonised minimum standards to protect journalists, academics, civil society and NGOspublic watchdogs and other actors engaging in public participation, including journalists, academics, civil society organizations, NGOs and activists, human rights and environmental defenders, and whistleblowers, and to ensure that fundamental rights are upheld in the Member States;
Amendment 236 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Regrets that no Member State has so far enacted targeted legislation to provide protection against SLAPPs; notes however that anti-SLAPP legislation is particularly well-developed in the states of the United States, in Australia and Canada; encourages the Commission to analyse anti- SLAPP best practices currently applied outside the EU, such as the procedures applied to ensure early dismissal of abusive cases including the proportionality tests articulated by Courts, which could provide valuable inspiration for Union legislative and non-legislative measures on the matter; underlines the importance of committing to the most ambitious legislation and best-practices currently in force which would discourage the use of SLAPPs in the Union;
Amendment 246 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Agrees with the numerous civil society organisations, academics, legal practitioners and victims who point to the need for legislative action against the growing problem of SLAPPs; urgently calls, therefore, for the Brussels Ia and Rome II Regulations to be amendmentsed in order to prevent ‘libel tourism’ or ‘forum shopping’; urgently calls for, including the introduction of a uniform choice of law rule for defamation, as well as for; urgently calls the Commission to present proposals for binding Union legislation on harmonised and effective safeguards for victims of SLAPPs across the Union, including through a directive; argues that without such legislative action, SLAPPs will continue to threaten the rule of law and the fundamental rights of freedom of expression, association and information in the Union; is concerned that if measures only address lawsuits regarding infordefamation, actions based on other civil matters or criminal procedures may still be used, at the initiative of claimants based in or outside the EU;
Amendment 256 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Considers that the Commission shall harmonise the relevant legal rules, and shall give guidance to Member States as to how to upgrade their respective criminal laws in order to reach the objective of deterring SLAPPs across the EU;
Amendment 257 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Affirms that legislative measures at Union level could be based primarily on Article 81 of the TFEU (for cross-border civil lawsuits) and Article 82 of the TFEU (for threats of lawsuits in cross-border cases), and separately on Article 114 of the TFEU to protect public participation in order to ensure the proper functioning of the internal market by exposing corruption and other distortions114 TFEU in order to ensure the proper functioning of the internal market and to protect public participation in a harmonised way across the EU, and should have additional specific legal bases in order to cover the fields that rely, notably, on Articles 19, 50, 56, 192 and, 325 TFEU; asserts that the latterse measure cs should also aim to address attempts to prevent investigation and reporting on breaches of Union law, and should aim to ensure the highest level of protection for victims of SLAPPs, using the same legal base as Directive (EU) 2019/1937 (the ‘Whistleblower Directive’); these legislative measures could be based secondly on Articles 81 and 82 TFEU addressing particularly cross-border civil and criminal lawsuits; considers that certain safeguards, including procedural safeguards, could be harmonized to ensure that they apply not only for cross- border SLAPP cases, but also for domestic cases;
Amendment 266 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Considers that it is essential to adopt a legislative measure protecting the role of journalists, academics, civil society and NGO, including NGOs and activists, human rights and environmental defenders in preventing breaches of Union law and ensuring the proper functioning of the internal market; urges the Commission to present a proposal for legislation that sets out safeguards for persons investigating and reporting on these matters of public interest, including procedural safeguards common to both civil and criminal cases, such as rules on the early dismissal of abusive lawsuits against SLAPP victims or their family members and other actions in court that have the purpose of preventing public participation; insists that such rules should cover sanctions, consideration of abusive motives even if the lawsuit or action is not dismissed, costs and damages;
Amendment 279 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Considers that the harmonisation of certain procedural aspects, such as the procedure for ensuring early dismissal of abusive cases, the effects of a dismissal decision and the application of penalties, could be beneficial to enhance protection for victims of SLAPPs; calls on the Commission to explore this possibility and to make sure that safeguards, including procedural safeguards, do not only apply to cross-border SLAPP cases, but also to domestic cases;
Amendment 287 #
Amendment 290 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the Commission to present a proposal for a measure that develops judicial cooperation in civil matters so as to address cross-border SLAPP cases by providing for rules on the dismissal of abusive lawsuits and other actions in court that have the purpose of preventing public participation, which should include sanctions, consideration of abusive motives even if the lawsuit or action is not dismissed, costs and damagesharmonised rules on SLAPPs arising from claims of civil law,; calls on the Commission, further, to address questions giving rise to forum shopping and libel tourism in a forthcoming review of the Brussels Ia and Rome II Regulations, with the support from judicial practitioners such as the Hague Conference on Private International Law;
Amendment 298 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Urges the Commission to present a proposal forto address the seriousness of SLAPPs brought through criminal proceedings by calling on member States to adopt measures to ensure that defamation, libel and slander, which constitute criminal offences in most Member States, cannot be used for SLAPPs, including through private prosecution; underlines the calls of the Council of Europe and OSCE for the decriminalisation of defamation; invites and calls on the Commission to address the question of the seriousness of threats of SLAPPs in a legislative proposalrespond to them; notes that defendants often face criminal charges while at the same time being sued for civil liability allegedly arising from the same conduct and invites the Commission to explore the possible introduction of harmonised procedural safeguards against those combined SLAPPs;
Amendment 304 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Recalls that inherent to and at the very core of the right to a fair trial under Article 47 of the Charter is the concept of equality of arms between parties in criminal proceedings; is concerned that the imbalance of power and resources between parties in SLAPPs cases undermines equality of arms, and thus the right to a fair trial;
Amendment 305 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15 b. Expresses concern that SLAPPs brought through criminal proceedings often have a big impact on victims and their families;
Amendment 306 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 12
Subheading 12
Amendment 308 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Declares that the protection of legitimate rights arising from Union law must be ensured by Member State courts and cannot be jeopardised, including the rights which are routinely cited in abusive lawsuits; defends at the same time and without prejudice to such protection, that it is necessary to prevent any abusive use of those rights in a manner which is manifestly contrary to the legislators’ intention when conferring them upon natural or legal persons; considers that preventing such abuse is equally necessary for the correct and uniform application of Union law, thereby safeguarding its effectivenessright to access to justice, the right to a fair trial, and the right to have access to a quality and public legal representation, as well as to information and to documentation in a language that the victim can understand, must be ensured by Member State courts and cannot be jeopardised; defends a that it is necessary to prevent any abusive use of justice systems and to ensure judicial independence to guarantee the right to a fair trial; considers that preventing such abuse is equally necessary for the correct and uniform application of Union law, thereby safeguarding its effectiveness; recommends that proportionality tests could be performed by Courts to ensure early dismissal of SLAPP cases; considers, however, that measures such as the remedy of early dismissal of SLAPP cases should not be framed in a manner which denies the claimant the opportunity to state their claim;
Amendment 313 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Recalls that the claimants of SLAPPs are often companies or powerful individuals, including public authorities, who seek to protect their interests by silencing critical voices; underlines that the interests of the claimant cannot be deemed legitimate where these are considered matters of public interest; emphasises the particularly important role of public watchdogs in safeguarding the public interest and in promoting a culture of public accountability and integrity, and reminds that their main functions include to hold power account, report wrongdoings and inform about matters of public interests;
Amendment 316 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Underlines the urgent need for a robust fund for financially supporting all victims of SLAPPs, including in cases where SLAPPs or the threat of SLAPPs originate from claimants established in a third country; stresses the importance for victims and potential victims of SLAPPs and their families to have easy and accessible information and sensibilisation about these types of cases, legal aid and moral support, both within and outside the judicial process;
Amendment 324 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Considers it necessary to collect data on SLAPP cases and raise awareness about the nature and detrimental effects of SLAPPs; to this end, considers that the EU should establish a priority list of Member States where its protective action in favour of victims of SLAPPs, notably concerning human rights and environmental defenders, should be intensified;
Amendment 330 #
2021/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. WelcomesConsiders that the new anti- SLAPP legislative and non-legislative measures should be complementary with other EU instruments and policies, such as the European Democracy Action Plan, the EU LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020- 2025, the EU Gender Equality Strategy, the EU anti-racism action plan, and the Union Strategy to tackle Organised Crime 2021-2025, and calls for efforts to be stepped up efforts in this regard; notes that legislative and soft law measures cannot be effective in Member States where there are concerns about the independence of the judiciary or the fight against corruption; reiterates, in this regard, the critical need for an EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights as proposed by Parliament, including an annual independent, evidence-based and non-discriminatory review assessing all Member States' compliance with Article 2 TEU;
Amendment 1665 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – part 13/23
Annex 1 – part 13/23
Add the following to the extended core network: - Berlin -Kostrzyn(conventional / new construction)
Amendment 1670 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – part 13/23
Annex 1 – part 13/23
Add the following to the extended core network: - Colmar-Freiburg rail passengers line (conventional / new construction)
Amendment 1673 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – part 13/23
Annex 1 – part 13/23
Add the following to the extended core network: - Colmar-Freiburg rail passengers line (conventional/ new construction)
Amendment 1675 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – part 13/23
Annex 1 – part 13/23
Add the following to the extended core network: - Hagenau/Roeschwoog - Rastatt/Karlsruhe rail passengers line (conventional / new construction)
Amendment 133 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The roll out of alternative fuels infrastructure is a key enabler for the shift towards a zero-emission, highly energy efficient and fully renewable- energy based transport system in Europe, in line with the Union's climate neutrality objective and the Paris 1.5°C goal. Such roll out should be rapid, as the IPCC 1.5°C report1a warns that emissions must be reduced significantly this decade and that, if action is insufficient now, it will likely be impossible to make up for the deficit later. The deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure also plays a role in the achievement of the Union's Zero Pollution ambition; today, combustion engine vehicles are responsible for more than two thirds of all NOx emissions and account for a significant proportion of the total emissions of other pollutants in Europe. Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council43 laid down a framework for the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure. The Commission Communication on the application of that Directive44 points to the uneven development of recharging and refuelling infrastructure across the Union and the lack of interoperability and user friendliness. It notes that the absence of a clear common methodology for setting targets and adopting measures under the National Policy Frameworks required by Directive 2014/94/EU has led to a situation whereby the level of ambition in target setting and supporting policies varies greatly among Member States. _________________ 1a IPCC, 2018: Global Warming of 1.5°C. An IPCC Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre- industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty [Masson-Delmotte, V., P. Zhai, H.-O. Pörtner, D. Roberts, J. Skea, P.R. Shukla, A. Pirani, W. Moufouma-Okia, C. Péan, R. Pidcock, S. Connors, J.B.R. Matthews, Y. Chen, X. Zhou, M.I. Gomis, E. Lonnoy, T. Maycock, M. Tignor, and T. Waterfield (eds.)]. In Press. https://www.ipcc.ch/sr15/ 43 Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure (OJ L 307, 28.10.2014, p. 1). 44 COM(2020) 789 final.
Amendment 137 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Various instruments of Union law already set targets for renewable fuels. Directive 2018/2001/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council45 for instance set a market share target of 14 % of renewables in transport fuels. _________________ 45 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 139 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Regulation (EU) 2019/631 of the European Parliament and of the Council46 and Regulation (EU) 2019/1242 of the European Parliament and of the Council47 already set CO2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars and for new light commercial vehicles as well as for certain heavy-duty vehicles. Those instruments should accelerate the uptake in particular of zero-emission vehicles and thereby create demand for recharging and refuelling infrastructure. In addition, in line with the New EU Urban Mobility Framework COM(2021) 811 that prioritises walking, cycling, public transport and shared mobility services, publicly accessible charging infrastructure should also serve electrically power assisted cycles and L- category vehicles such as powered electric cycles and e-mopeds. _________________ 46 Regulation (EU) 2019/631 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 setting CO2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars and for new light commercial vehicles, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 443/2009 and (EU) No 510/2011 (OJ L 111, 25.4.2019, p. 13). 47 Regulation (EU) 2019/1242 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 setting CO2 emission performance standards for new heavy-duty vehicles and amending Regulations (EC) No 595/2009 and (EU) 2018/956 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Directive 96/53/EC (OJ L 198, 25.7.2019, p. 202).
Amendment 144 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The initiatives on ReFuelEU aviation48 and FuelEU maritime49 should boost the production and uptake of sustainable alternative fuels in aviation and maritime transport. While the fuel use requirements for the sustainableuse of advanced biofuels and some synthetic fuels for aviation fuels can largely rely on the existing refuelling infrastructure, investments are needed for the renewable electricity supply of stationary aircraftand hydrogen supply in airports. Such investments, for the immediate purpose of powering stationary aircraft and for ground based vehicles, might also be required in future for the charging and refuelling of aircraft when zero-emission technologies for such aircrafts propelled by renewables-based electricity and hydrogen emerge. The FuelEU maritime initiative sets requirements in particular for the use of on shore power that can only be fulfilled if an adequate level of on shore power supply is deployed in TEN-T ports. However those initiatives do not contain any provisions on the required fuel infrastructure which are a prerequisite that the targets can be met. _________________ 48 COM(2021) 561. 49 COM(2021) 562.
Amendment 155 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Therefore all modes of transport should be addressed in one instrument which should take into account a variety of alternative fuels. The use of zero-emission powertrain technologies is at different stages of maturity in the different modes of transport. In particular, in the road sector, a rapid uptake of battery-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles is taking place. Hydrogen fuel-cell road vehicles are available to markets, as wellbut in small numbers. In addition, smaller hydrogen and battery electric vessels and hydrogen fuel-cell trains are currently being deployed in different projects and in first commercial operations, with full commercial roll out expected in the next years. In contrast, the aviation and waterborne sectors continues to be dependent on liquid and gaseous fuels, as zero- and low-emission powertrain solutions are expected to enter the market only around 2030 and in particular for the aviation sector even later, with full commercialisation taking its timenot on the market yet. The use of fossil gaseous or liquid fuels is only possible if it is clearly embedded into a clear 100% decarbonisation pathway that is in line with the long-term objective of climate neutrality in the Union, requiring increasing blending with or replacement by renewable fuels such as bio-methane, advanced biofuels or renewable and low- carbon synthetic gaseous and liquid fuels.
Amendment 160 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Such biofuels and synthetic fuels, substituting diesel, petrol and jet fuel, can be produced from different feedstock andstainable biofuels, albeit in limited amounts, and synthetic fuels produced from renewable energy sources, substituting diesel, petrol and jet fuel can be blended into fossil fuels at very high blending ratios. They can be technically used with the current vehicle technology with minor adaptations. Renewable methanol can also be used for inland navigation and short-sea shipping. Synthetic and paraffinic fuels have a more immediate potential to reduce the use of fossil fuel sources in the energy supply to transport modes that are difficult to electrify. All of these fuels can be distributed, stored and used with the existing infrastructure or where necessary with infrastructure of the same kind.
Amendment 163 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) LNG is likely to play a continued role in maritime transport, where there is currently no economically viable zero- emission powertrain technology available. The Communication on the Smart and Sustainable Mobility Strategy points to zero-emission seagoing ships becoming market ready by 2030, and projects are already underway. Fleet conversion should take place gradually due to the long lifetime of the ships. Contrary to maritimeFor transport, for on inland waterways, with normally smaller vessels and shorter distances, zero- emission powertrain technologies, such as hydrogen and electricity, are becoming mature technologies and should enter the markets more quickly. LNG is expected to no longer play a significant role in that sector. Transport fuels such as LNG need increasingly to be decarbonised by blending/substituting with liquefied biomethane (bio-LNG) or renewable and low-carbon synthetic gaseous e-fuels (e- gas) for instance. Those decarbonised fuels can be used in the same infrastructure as gaseous fossil fuels thereby allowing for a gradual shift towards decarbonised fuels.
Amendment 171 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
Amendment 172 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In the heavy-duty road transport sector, LNG trucks are fully mature. On the one hand, the common scenarmajor economic actors are rapidly moving towards efficient zero emission solutions underpinning the Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy and the Climate Target Plan as well as the revised “Fit for 55” modelling scenarios suggest some limited role of gaseous fuels that will increasingly be decarbonised in heavy-duty road transport especially in the long haul segmentlike electric trucks. Research also shows that fossil LNG powered trucks will actually lead to an increase in greenhouse gas emissions and it is not expected that bio-gaseous nor synthetic gaseous fuels produced from renewable electricity will be sufficiently scalable or affordable for the trucking sector. It is also the case that continuing the investment in LNG trucks and refuelling infrastructure carries a high risk of stranded assets and would create a fossil fuel lock-in due to the lack of renewable alternatives. Furthermore, LPG and CNG vehicles for which already a sufficient infrastructure network exists across the Union are expected to gradually be replaced by zero emission drivetrains and therefore only a limited targeted policy for LNG infrastructure deployment that can equally supply decarbonised fuels is considered necessno further targets are required nor are appropriate with regaryd to close remaining gaps in the main networksLPG, CNG and LNG refuelling infrastructure.
Amendment 181 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The deployment of publicly accessible recharging infrastructure for light-duty electric vehicles has been uneven across the Union. Continued uneven distribution would jeopardize the uptake of such vehicles, limiting connectivity across the Union. Continuing divergence in policy ambitions and approaches at national level will not create the long-term certainty needed for substantive market investment. Mandatory minimum targets for Member States at national level should therefore provide policy orientations and complement National Policy Frameworks. That approach should combine national fleet based targets with distance-based targets for the trans-European network for transport (TEN-T), as well as a radius- based approach and support for non- commercial or peer-to-peer charging opportunities. National fleet based targets should ensure that vehicle uptake in each Member State is matched with the deployment of sufficient publicly accessible recharging infrastructure. Distance-based targets for the TEN-T network should ensure full coverage of electric recharging points along the Union’s main road networks and thereby ensure easy and seamless travel throughout the Union. Radius based targets should cater for the specific situation of urban areas on the one hand and sparsely populated areas on the other.
Amendment 186 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9 a) Sparsely populated areas are less attractive for private investment in recharging infrastructure, due to lower traffic flows and recharging demand. In order for Member States to be able to effectively comply with their obligations under this Regulation, and realise the deployment of recharging infrastructure also in sparsely populated areas, Union state aid rules should provide for increased public support of charging infrastructure in such areas.
Amendment 187 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 b (new)
Recital 9 b (new)
(9 b) Non commercial operators, such as private recharging point owners making their points publicly accessible for free or in return for a discretionary, financial contribution, on their own or as part of a peer-to-peer network, play an important role in the resource-efficient transition to zero-emissions mobility, particularly in sparsely populated areas; while being excluded from the requirements set by this Regulation, non commercial charging schemes should be promoted by Member States as a means to support the use of battery electric vehicles.
Amendment 188 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 c (new)
Recital 9 c (new)
(9 c) Citizen and renewable energy communities, as defined in Directives 2019/944 and 2018/2001, also play an important role in the expansion of zero- emissions mobility; when these communities act as commercial operators of recharging and refuelling points or as mobility service providers. In accordance with Articles 5 and 7, these communities may choose to charge a lower price to final users being members of their communities compared to non members, provided they do so in a proportionate manner.
Amendment 200 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11 a) The deployment of publicly accessible recharging infrastructure should primarily result from private market investment. However, Member States should, until a competitive market has been established, support infrastructure deployment in cases where market conditions require public support, provided it is in full compliance with State aid rules.
Amendment 205 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Electric heavy-duty vehicles need a distinctively different recharging infrastructure than light-duty vehicles. Public accessible infrastructure for electric heavy-duty vehicles is however currently almost nowhere available in the Union and an acceleration of infrastructure deployment is therefore needed. A combined approach of distance-based targets along the TEN-T network, targets for overnight recharging infrastructure and targets at urban nodes should ensure that a sufficient publicly accessible infrastructure coverage for electric heavy-duty vehicles is established throughout the Union to support the expected market uptake of battery electric heavy-duty vehicles.
Amendment 211 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14 a) While a shift towards less privately owned vehicles and more public transport, shared and active mobility relying on overall less refuelling and recharging infrastructure is needed, the pathway towards zero-emissions mobility requires that infrastructure must make travelling for zero-emission vehicle drivers as convenient as for combustion engine car drivers. A dense pan-European network of recharging stations placed on EU highways must therefore be swiftly deployed.
Amendment 214 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Publicly accessible recharging or refuelling points include, for example, privately owned recharging or refuelling points accessible to the public that are located on public or private properties, such as public parkings or parkings of supermarkets. A recharging or refuelling point located on a private property that is accessible to the general public should be considered as publicly accessible also in cases where access is restricted to a certain general group of users, for example to clients. Recharging or refuelling points for car-sharing schemes should only be considered accessible to the public if they explicitly allow access for third party users. Recharging or refuelling points located on private properties, access to which is restricted to a limited, determinate circle of persons, such as parking lots in office buildings to which only employees or authorised persons have access, should not be considered as publicly accessible recharging or refuelling points. In order to avoid any unintended consequences of this Regulation in discouraging the deployment of charging infrastructure for captive fleets such as public transport or car sharing, recharging stations dedicated to the use of transport modes that can carry multiple passengers or allow for use of multiple users such as car sharing fleets or public transport fleets, can be counted towards the targets set out in this Regulation.
Amendment 220 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Smart metering systems as defined in Directive (EU) 2019/944 of the European Parliament and of the Council52 enable real-time data to be produced, which is needed to ensure the stability of the grid and to encourage rational use of recharging services. By providing energy metering in real time and accurate and transparent information on the cost and the renewable share, they encourage, in combination with smart and bi-directional recharging points, recharging at times of low general electricity demand and low energy prices. The use of smart metering systems in combination with smart recharging points can optimise recharging, with benefits for the electricity system and for the end user. Member States should encourage the use of smart metering system for the recharging of electric vehicles at publicly accessible recharging stations, where technically feasible and economically reasonable, and ensure that these systems comply with the requirements laid down in Article 20 of Directive (EU) 2019/444. _________________ 52 Directive (EU) 2019/944 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on common rules for the internal market for electricity and amending Directive 2012/27/EU (OJ L 158, 14.6.2019, p. 125).
Amendment 224 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The increasing number of electric vehicles in road, rail, maritime and other transport modes will require that recharging operations are optimised and managed in a way that does not cause congestion and takes full advantage of the availability of renewable electricity and low electricity prices in the system. Smart recharging in particular can facilitate the integration of electric vehicles into the electricity system further as it enables demand response through aggregation and through price based demand response. System integration can further be facilitated through bi-directional recharging (vehicle-to-grid). All normal recharging points at which vehicles are typically parked for a longer period should therefore support smart recharging.
Amendment 227 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
(21 a) To ensure that the swift transformation towards e-mobility takes place in a sustainable way, the Union should take a global leadership role in sustainable products, technologies, services and innovations in particular concerning a circular, socially fair, environmentally responsible, sustainable and ethically responsible battery value chain.
Amendment 228 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 b (new)
Recital 21 b (new)
Amendment 234 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) The establishment and operation of recharging points for electric vehicles should be developed as a competitive market with open access to all parties interested in rolling-out or operating recharging infrastructures. In view of the limited alternative locations on highways, existing highway concessions such as for conventional refuelling stations or rest areas are a particular cause for concern, since they can run over very long periods and sometimes even lack a specified end date altogether. Member States should seek, to the extent possible and in compliance with Directive (EU) 2014/23 of the European Parliament and of the Council53 , to competitively award new concessions specifically for recharging stations on or adjacent to existing highway rest areas in order to prevent encroaching onto green spaces and to limit deployment cost and enable new market entrants. _________________ 53 Directive 2014/23/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the award of concession contracts (OJ L 94, 28.3.2014, p. 1).
Amendment 237 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)
Recital 23 a (new)
Amendment 241 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) New services emerge, particularly in support of the use of electric vehicles. Entities offering those services, such as mobility service providers, should be able to operate under fair market conditions. In particular, operators of recharging points should not give unduly preferential treatment to any of those service providers, for instance through unjustified price differentiation that may impede competition and ultimately lead to higher prices for consumers. TNational regulatory authorities and the Commission should monitor the development of the recharging market. WAt the latest when reviewing the Regulation, the Commission will take actions where required by market developments such as limitations of services for end users or business practices that may limit competition.
Amendment 242 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25 a (new)
Recital 25 a (new)
(25 a) The overarching principle of 'energy efficiency first' should be taken into account across all sectors, going beyond the energy system, including in road transport, shipping and aviation. In particular, it should be considered in policy, planning and investment decisions related to the deployment of recharging and refuelling infrastructure of alternative fuels, including the well-to- wheel energy efficiency of different zero emission technologies.
Amendment 245 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Hydrogen-powered motor vehicles have at present very low market penetration rates. However, a build-up of sufficient hydrogen refuelling infrastructure is essential in order to make large-scale hydrogen-powered motor vehicle deployment possible as envisaged in the Commission’s hydrogen strategy for a climate-neutral Europe54 . Currently, hydrogen refuelling points are only deployed in a few Member States and are largely not suitable for heavy-duty vehicles, not allowing for a circulation of hydrogen vehicles across the Union. Mandatory deployment targets for publicly accessible hydrogen refuelling points should ensure that a sufficiently dense network of hydrogen refuelling points is deployed across the TEN-T core network to allow for the seamless travel of hydrogen fuelled light-duty and heavy- duty vehicles throughout the Union. _________________ 54 COM(2020) 301 finalMandatory deployment targets for publicly accessible renewable hydrogen refuelling points should ensure that a sufficiently dense network of hydrogen refuelling points is deployed in multimodal transport hubs where maritime and aviation enterprises are present.
Amendment 249 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) Hydrogen fuelled vehicles should be able to refuel at or close to the destination, which is usually located in an urban area. To ensure that publicly accessible destination refuelling is possible at least in the main urban areas, all urban nodes as defined in Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council55 should provide such refuelling stations. Within the urban nodes, public authorities should consider to deploy the stations within multimodal freight centres as those are not only the typical destination for heavy-duty vehicles butWithin the urban nodes, public authorities should consider to deploy renewable hydrogen refuelling stations within multimodal freight centres as those could also serve hydrogen to other transport modes, such as rail and inland shipping. _________________ 55 Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network and repealing Decision No 661/2010/EU (OJ L 348, 20.12.2013, p. 1).
Amendment 254 #
2021/0223(COD)
(28) At the early stage of market deployment there is still a degree of uncertainty with regard to the kind of vehicles that will come into the market and to the kind of technologies that are going to be widely used. As outlined in the Commission’s communication ‘A hydrogen strategy for a climate-neutral Europe’56 the heavy-duty segment was identified as the most likely segment for the early mass deployment of hydrogen vehicles. Therefore, hydrogen refuelling infrastructure should preliminarily focus on that segment while also allowing light- duty vehicles to fuel at publicly accessible hydrogen refuelling stations. To ensure interoperability, all publicly accessible renewable hydrogen stations should at least serve gaseous hydrogen at 700 bar. The infrastructure roll out should also take into account the emergence of new technologies, such as liquid hydrogen,. To that allow a larger range for heavy-duty vehiclesend, and are the preferred technology choice of some vehicle manufacturers. To that end, a minimum number ofppropriate number of renewable hydrogen refuelling stations should serve also liquid hydrogen in addition to gaseous hydrogen at 700 bar. _________________ 56 COM(2020) 301 final
Amendment 261 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28 a (new)
Recital 28 a (new)
(28 a) Considering the need to improve Europe’s energy security and the need to shift away from fossil fuels, including those that are gaseous and liquid for climate mitigation purposes, it is essential that EU legislation avoids creating any further policy incentives related to the development of transport infrastructure that would allow for an increased use of fossil fuels. Such incentives would provide Union support to those countries developing fossil fuels and would in turn directly weaken the international standing of the European Union in being able to manage geo-political developments including where military conflict has the potential to take place or is in progress.
Amendment 262 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) A number of LNG refuelling points are established in the Union, already providing a backbone for the circulation of LNG driven heavy-duty vehicles. The TEN-T core network should remain the basis and therefore the deployment of LNG infrastructure, and progressively for bio- LNG, as it covers the main traffic flows and allows cross border connectivity throughout the Union. It had been recommended in Directive 2014/94/EU that such refuelling points be installed every 400 km on the TEN-T core network, but certain limited gaps in the network remain to reach that objective. Member States should by 2025 reach that objective and fill the remaining gaps, after which the target should cease to applytarget should cease to apply. Member States are strongly encouraged to avoid any further deployment of LNG refuelling points.
Amendment 273 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) Users of alternative fuel vehicles should be able to pay easily and conveniently at all publicly accessible recharging and refuelling points, without the need to enter into a contract with the operator of the recharging or refuelling point or a mobility service provider. Therefore, for recharging or refuelling on an ad hoc basis, all publicly accessible recharging and refuelling points should accept payment instruments that arecards widely used in the Union, and in particular electronic payments through terminals and devices used for payment services. Thatwhere existing infrastructure is already in place, cash should also be accepted. An ad hoc payment method should always be available to consumers, even when contract-based payments are offered at the recharging or refuelling point.
Amendment 274 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30 a (new)
Recital 30 a (new)
(30 a) To ensure that charging infrastructure is used efficiently and improves consumer confidence in e- mobility, it is essential to ensure that the use of publicly accessible recharging stations are open to all users, regardless of the automobile brand and whether or not they are part of a contract-based payment scheme or any other condition.
Amendment 277 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31 a (new)
Recital 31 a (new)
(31 a) To ensure the safety of all users, especially vulnerable users of electric recharging stations, adequate safety features should be incorporated as part of their design. Depending on the type of the recharging infrastructure, charging times can mean for substantial waiting periods and their point of location can also mean that users will be isolated from other entities or persons. Emergency call buttons should therefore be fitted and would allow for users to alert emergency services should they feel their safety is threatened.
Amendment 281 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) Shore-side eElectricity facilities can serve maritime and inland waterway transport as clean power supply and contribute to reducing the environmental impact of seagoing ships and inland waterway vessels. Under the FuelEU maritime initiative, ship operators of container and passenger ships need to comply with provisions to reduce emissions at berth. Mandatory deployment targets should ensure that the sector finds sufficient shore-side electricity supply in TEN-T core and comprehenmaritime ports and alongsivde maritime portinland waterways to comply with those requirements. The application of these targets to all TEN- T maritime and major inland ports should ensure the level playing field between ports.
Amendment 308 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) Container ships and passenger ships, being the ship categories which are producing the highest amount of emissions per ship at berth, should as a priority be provided with shore-side electricity supply. In order to take into account power demand characteFor other ship types, prioristics while at berth of different passengersation should reflect frequency of calls of these ships, as well as port operational characteristics, it is necessary to distinguish between the passenger ship requirements for ro-ro passenger ships and high speed passenger vessels, and those for other passenger shipst the respective port and potential of emission reduction. Where ships are at anchor in or near to ports they should use offshore charging technology.
Amendment 310 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) These targets should take into account the types of vessels served and their respective traffic volumes. Maritime ports with low traffic volumes of certain ship categories, should be exempted from the mandatory requirements for the corresponding ship categories based on a minimum level of traffic volume, so as to avoid underused capacity being installed. Similarly, the mandatory targets should not aim to target maximum demand, but a sufficiently high volume, in order to avoid underused capacity and to take account of port operational characteristics. Maritime transport is an important link for the cohesion and economic development of islands in the Union. In addition, for many islands, maritime transport is used for the purposes of tourism activities. Energy production capacitypotential in these islands may not always be sufficientcan be complemented by storage or demand response services to account for the power demand required to support the provision of shore-side electricity supply. In such a case islands should be exempted from this requirement unless and until such an electrical connection with the mainland has been completed or there is a sufficient locally generated capacity from clean energy sources and electric charging for vessels and vehicles. As an exemption from the requirement to provide sufficient locally generated capacity from additional renewable energy sources, an electrical connection with the mainland can be used.
Amendment 323 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
Recital 35
Amendment 337 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) External electricity supply to stationary aircraft at airports should replace the consumption of liquid fuel with a cleaner power source by aircraft (use of Auxiliary Power Unit) or ground power units (GPUs)should replace conventional hydrocarbon aviation turbine fuel as an energy source when aircraft are stationary at airports. Therefore, all commercial passenger and cargo transport operations should make use of external electricity supply while parked at gates, cargo terminals or at outfield positions at airports. In parallel, ground-based vehicles operating in airports should be electrified. This shouldwill reduce pollutant and noise emissions, improve air quality and reduce the impact on climate change. Therefore, all commercial transport operation should be able to make use of external electricity supply while parked at gates or at outfield positions at TEN-T airportsMember States should monitor the potential emergence of renewables-based electric and hydrogen aircraft technologies and guarantee the roll-out of recharging and refuelling infrastructure where relevant.
Amendment 341 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36 a (new)
Recital 36 a (new)
(36 a) Driving behaviours have a high impact on vehicle fuel and electricity consumption; in line with the 'energy efficiency first' principle, infrastructure deployment requirements set by this Regulation should be complemented with measures requiring the provision of information to drivers on the impact of their driving behaviour on fuel and electricity consumption, both by on-board equipment and at dealerships.
Amendment 346 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) The revised national policy frameworks should include supporting actions for the development of the market as regards alternative fuels, including the deployment of the necessary infrastructure to be put into place, in close cooperation with regional and local authorities and with the industry concerned, while taking into account the needs of small and medium- sized enterprises. Additionally, the revised frameworks should describe the overall national framework for planning, permitting and procuring of such infrastructure, including the identified obstacles and actions to remove them so shat a faster rollout of infrastructure can be achieved. The revised national policy frameworks should take into utmost account the 'energy efficiency first' principle. Member States should consider the recently released Recommendation and Guidelines on the implementation of the principle38a, which explain how planning, policy and investment decisions can reduce energy consumption in a number of key sectors, including transport. _________________ 38a Commission Recommendation C (2021)7014 final of 28.9.2021 on “Energy Efficiency First: from principles topractice. Guidelines and examples for its implementation in decision-making in the energy sector and beyond
Amendment 353 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
Recital 40
(40) In order to promote alternative fuels and develop the relevant infrastructure, the national policy frameworks should consist of detailed strategies to promote alternative fuels in sectors that are difficult to decarbonise such as aviation, maritime transport, inland waterway transport as well as rail transport on network segments that cannot beare not currently electrified. In particular, Member States should develop clear strategies for the decarbonisation of inland waterway transport along the TEN- T network in close cooperation with those Member States concerned. Long term decarbonisation strategies should also be developed for TEN-T ports and TEN-T airports, in particular with a focus on the deployment of infrastructure for low and zero emission vessels and aircraft as well as for railway lines that are not going to be currently electrified. On the basis of those strategies the Commission should review this Regulation with a view to setting more mandatory targets for those sectors.
Amendment 356 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40 a (new)
Recital 40 a (new)
(40 a) Only 54% of the existing European rail network is electrified and there is an estimated 6,000 diesel trains in service today that in turn are responsible for significant greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution. The further deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure in the rail sector to ensure a shift away from fossil fuel powered trains is therefore necessary and urgent to ensure that all transport sectors play their role in shifting towards a climate neutral economy and hence why mandatory targets are proposed under this Regulation. Different technologies are available to the rail sector to shift away from diesel trains including direct electrification, battery powered trains and renewable hydrogen applications. Considering the expected strong demand for hydrogen to support the decarbonisation of hard-to-abate sectors, it is important therefore that electric based technologies are prioritised in the rail sector due in part to the relatively easier application compared to other hard-to-abate sectors but also considering the lack of supply of renewable hydrogen. The ‘energy efficiency first’ principle should in turn be fully taken into account in planning and investment decisions.
Amendment 360 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) Member States should make use of a wide range of regulatory and non- regulatory incentives and measures to reach the mandatory targets and implement their national policy frameworks, in close cooperation with private sector actors, who should play a key role in supporting and financing the development of alternative fuels infrastructure.
Amendment 367 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
Recital 42
(42) Pursuant to Directive 2009/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council58 , minimum national shares of public procurement are reserved for clean and zero-emission buses, where a clean bus uses alternative fuels as defined in Article 2, point (3) of this Regulation. With ever more public transport authorities and operators switching to clean and zero- emission buses in order to reach those targets, Member States should include the targeted promotion and development of the necessary bus infrastructure as a key element in their National Policy Frameworks. Member States should establish and maintain appropriate instruments to promote the deployment of charging and refuelling infrastructure also for captive fleets, in particular for clean and zero- emission buses at local level. , coaches and for car sharing along roads and should be able to count such deployment towards the targets set out in this Regulation. _________________ 58 Directive 2009/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of clean and energy-efficient road transport vehicles (OJ L 120, 15.5.2009, p. 5).
Amendment 370 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
Recital 43
(43) In light of the increasing diversity in the type of fuels for motorised vehicles coupled with on-going growth in the road mobility of citizens across the Union, it is necessary to provide vehicle users with clear and easy-to-understand information on the fuels available at refuelling stations and on the compatibility of their vehicle with different fuels or recharging points on the Union market. Member States should be able to decide to implement such information measures also in respect of vehicles placed on the market before 18 November 2016.
Amendment 374 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
Recital 44
(44) Simple and easy-to-compare information on the prices of different fuels could play an important role in enabling vehicle users to better evaluate the relative cost of individual fuels available on the market. Therefore, a unit price comparison of certain alternative fuels and conventional fuels, expressed as ‘fuel price per 100km’kW/h for electric vehicles charging ad hoc, should be displayed for information purposes at all relevant fuel stations.
Amendment 375 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45
Recital 45
(45) It is necessary to provide consumers with sufficient information regarding the geographic location, characteristics and services offered at the publicly accessible recharging and refuelling points of alternative fuels covered by this Regulation. Therefore, Member States should ensure that operators or owners of publicly accessible recharging and refuelling points make relevant static and dynamic data availablepublicly available, including through open, standardised interfaces, and at no cost. This data can then be used by third parties, including aggregators and demand response providers, as well as for consumer comparison, booking and information services on recharging stations, notably their location, ad hoc price, availability and other parameters that are useful for consumers, with full regard to data protection requirements. Requirements on data types regarding availability of and accessibility to relevant recharging and refuelling-related data should be laid down, building on the outcomes of the Programme Support Action on “Data collection related to recharging/refuelling points for alternative fuels and the unique identification codes related to e-mobility actors” (‘IDACS’).
Amendment 377 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46
Recital 46
(46) Data should play a fundamental role in the adequate functioning of recharging and refuelling infrastructure. The format, the frequency and the quality in which these data should be made available and accessible should determine the overall quality of an alternative fuels infrastructure ecosystem that meets user needs. Moreover, those data should be accessible in a coherent manner in all Member States. Therefore, data should be provided as open data, including through open, standardised interfaces in accordance with the requirements set in Directive 2010/40/EU of the European Parliament and the Council59 for national access points (NAPs). For services allowing seamless travel across the Union, a Union wide system should also be created, importing standardised information from national systems. _________________ 59 Directive 2010/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2010 on the framework for the deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems in the field of road transport and for interfaces with other modes of transport (OJ L 207, 6.8.2010, p. 1).
Amendment 380 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52
Recital 52
(52) In the application of this Regulation, the Commission should consult a broad range of stakeholders, including consumer organisations, as well as relevant expert groups, and in particular the Sustainable Transport Forum (‘STF’) and the European Sustainable Shipping Forum (‘ESSF’). Such expert consultation is of particular importance when the Commission intends to adopt delegated or implementing acts under this Regulation.
Amendment 386 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 53
Recital 53
(53) Alternative fuels infrastructure is a fast developing area. The lack of common technical specification constitutes a barrier for the creation of a single market of alternative fuels infrastructure. Therefore, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission to norm technical specifications for areas where common technical specifications are outstanding but necessary. In particular, this should include the communication between the electric vehicle and the recharging point, the communication between the recharging point and the recharging software management system (back-end); the communication related to the electric vehicle roaming service and the communication with the electricity grid. It is also necessary to urgently define the suitable governance framework and roles of the different actors involved in the vehicle-to- grid communication ecosystem. Moreover, emerging technological developments, such as electric road systems (‘ERS’) have to be accounted for. As concerns data provision, it is necessary to provide for additional data types and technical specifications related to the format, the frequency and the quality in which these data should be made available and accessible.
Amendment 387 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 53 a (new)
Recital 53 a (new)
(53 a) The deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure at the urban level should be carefully planned to avoid unnecessarily burdening public space as it is a limited resource and in particular should not encroach on green urban spaces.
Amendment 414 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b – indent 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b – indent 1
Amendment 425 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point c
Amendment 436 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
(3 a) 'alternative fuels infrastructure’ means any infrastructure that allows for the refuelling or charging of different vehicle types or transport modes with alternative fuels that can significantly contribute towards decarbonisation and enhance the environmental performance of the transport sector, and excludes alternative fuels that can be distributed, stored and used with the existing infrastructure, including with minor adaptations or with infrastructure of the same kind
Amendment 437 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) ‘airport of the TEN-T core and TEN-T comprehensive network’ means an airport as listed and categorised in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013’ means any civil or military airport as defined in Article 2(1) of Directive 2009/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council;
Amendment 440 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)
(9 a) ‘citizen energy community’ means a community as defined in Article 2(11) of Directive (EU)2019/944
Amendment 443 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18 a (new)
(18 a) 'car sharing' means the practice where a number of people share the use of one or more cars that are owned by a non-profit car-sharing organization and where such organization may require that use of cars be reserved in advance, charge fees based on time and/or kilometres driven, and set membership requirements of the car-sharing organization, including the payment of a membership fee that may or may not be refundable;
Amendment 444 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19 a (new)
(19 a) ‘energy efficiency first’ means ‘energy efficiency first’ as defined in point (18) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999.
Amendment 456 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 38 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 38 a (new)
(38 a) ‘publicly accessible recharging infrastructure’ means a recharging pool, station or point which is located at a site or premise that is open to the general public at least 8 hours per day and at least 6 days a week with an uptime of at least 98%, irrespective of whether the recharging infrastructure is located on public or on private property.
Amendment 472 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 49
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 49
(49) ‘refuelling point’ means a refuelling facility for the provision of any liquid or gaseous alternative fuel, through a fixed or a mobile installation, which is capable of refuelling only one vehicle or vessel at a time;
Amendment 473 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 54 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 54 a (new)
(54 a) ‘renewable energy community’ means a community as defined in Article2 (16) of Directive(EU) 2018/2001;
Amendment 482 #
2021/0223(COD)
(59) ‘smart recharging’ means a recharging operation in which the intensity of electricity delivered to the battery is adjusted in real-time, based on information received through electronic communication; smart recharging can be realised at normal and fast charging speeds through response to dynamic price signals or optimisation of power flow;
Amendment 485 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 66 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 66 a (new)
(66 a) ‘logistic centre’ means a space in a defined area within which all activities relating to transport, logistics and the distribution of goods - both for national and international transit, are carried out by various operators on a commercial basis: the operators can either be owners or tenants of buildings and facilities(warehouses, distribution centres, storage areas, offices, truck services, etc.);
Amendment 488 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 66 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 66 b (new)
Amendment 490 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 66 c (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 66 c (new)
(66 c) 'L-category vehicles' means powered two-, three- and four-wheel vehicles including powered cycles, two- and three-wheel mopeds, two- and three- wheel motorcycles, motorcycles with side- cars, light and heavy on-road quads, and light and heavy quadri-mobiles, as regulated through regulation (EU) No 168/2013.
Amendment 506 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 2 a (new)
Amendment 510 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) for each battery electric or plug-in hybrid light-duty vehicle registered in their territory, a total power output of at least 13 kW is provided through publicly accessible recharging stations if a Member State’s electric vehicles share of the total projected vehicle fleet is less than 1 %; and
Amendment 513 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
Amendment 514 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a b (new)
(a b) for each battery electric or plug-in hybrid light-duty vehicle registered in their territory, a total power output of at least 2 kW is provided through publicly accessible recharging stations if a Member State’s electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles share of the total projected vehicle fleet for each year is greater than 2.5% and below 5%; and
Amendment 515 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a c (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a c (new)
(a c) for each battery electric or plug-in hybrid light-duty vehicle registered in their territory, a total power output of at least 1.5 kW is provided through publicly accessible recharging stations if a Member State’s electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles share of the total projected vehicle fleet for each year is greater than 5% and below 7.5%; and
Amendment 516 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a d (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a d (new)
(a d) for each battery electric or plug-in hybrid light-duty vehicle registered in their territory, a total power output of at least 1 kW is provided through publicly accessible recharging stations if a Member State’s electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles share of the total projected vehicle for each year fleet is greater than 7.5%.
Amendment 517 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 522 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Without prejudice to point (a) of this paragraph, Member States shall ensure the deployment of minimum power output targets of recharging infrastructure at national level that is sufficient for: - 2% of electric vehicles in the total projected vehicle fleet by 31 December 2025; - 5% of electric vehicles in the total projected vehicle fleet by 31 December 2027; - 10% of electric vehicles in the total projected vehicle fleet by 31 December 2030.
Amendment 531 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a – introductory part
(a) along the TEN-T core and comprehensive network, publicly accessible recharging pools dedicated to light-duty vehicles and meeting the following requirements are deployed in each direction of travel with a maximum distance of 60 km in-between them:
Amendment 542 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 549 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b – point i
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b – point i
Amendment 552 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b – point ii
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b – point ii
Amendment 556 #
2021/0223(COD)
(b a) according to clusters, publicly accessible recharging pools dedicated to light-duty vehicles meeting the requirements of 2 (a) are deployed: i) within a radius of 5 km in urban areas; ii) at an existing road within a radius of 60 km in sparsely populated areas. Member States may count the recharging pools of paragraphs 3a, b and c of this article towards the cluster target.
Amendment 566 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Member States shall ensure that commercial buildings with public parking facilities with more than 5 parking spaces for light duty vehicles, shall equip at least 20% of their parking spaces with publicly accessible recharging points by 31 December 2025 and at least 40% of their parking spaces with publicly accessible recharging points by 31 December 2030 and ensure that all publicly accessible charging points are equipped with a household power socket that allows for easy charging of electrically power assisted cycles as well as various L- category vehicles such as powered electric cycles and e-mopeds.
Amendment 571 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Member States shall provide deployment plans for infrastructure in buildings as defined in Article2(1) of Directive 2010/31/EU aiming for a total output of at least 6 kW for each battery electric or plug-in light-duty vehicle registered in their territory, in accordance with Article 13 of this Regulation;
Amendment 574 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 c (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Member States shall ensure that all publicly accessible recharging pools along the TEN-T comprehensive network that allow cycle traffic, are equipped with a household power socket that allows for easy charging of electrically power assisted cycles as well as various L- category vehicles such as powered electric cycles and e-mopeds.
Amendment 576 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 d (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 d (new)
3 d. Complementary to the provision laid down in Article 13 (4), Member States can count the deployment of recharging pools intended primarily for the electric recharging for car sharing, towards the targets as set out in Paragraph 1, 2, and 3 of this Article.
Amendment 582 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) by 31 December 2025, each recharging pool shall offer a power output of at least 142000 kW and include at least onetwo recharging stations with an individual power output of at least 350 kW;
Amendment 589 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
(ii) by 31 December 203027, each recharging pool shall offer a power output of at least 35000 kW and include at least twofour recharging stations with an individual power output of at least 350 kW;
Amendment 598 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i
(i) by 31 December 203027, each recharging pool shall offer a power output of at least 142000 kW and include at least onetwo recharging station with an individual power output of at least 350 kW;
Amendment 600 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
(ii) by 1 December 20353, each recharging pool shall offer a power output of at least 35000 kW and include at least twofour recharging stations with an individual power output of at least 350 kW;
Amendment 606 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) by 31 December 203025, in each safe and secure parking area at least onetwo recharging stations dedicated to heavy-duty vehicles with a power output of at least 100 kW is installed and enabled for bi-directional charging;
Amendment 611 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) by 31 December 2030, in each safe and secure parking area, at least five recharging stations dedicated to heavy- duty vehicles with a power output of at least 100 kW is installed and enabled for bi-directional charging.
Amendment 614 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) by 31 December 2025, in each urban node publicly accessible recharging points dedicated to heavy-duty vehicles providing an aggregated power output of at least 61400 kW are deployed, provided by recharging stations with an individual power output of at least 1350 kW;
Amendment 621 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) by 31 December 203027, in each urban node publicly accessible recharging points dedicated to heavy-duty vehicles providing an aggregated power output of at least 123500 kW are deployed, provided by recharging stations with an individual power output of at least 1350 kW.
Amendment 625 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(e a) By 31 December 2025, in each logistic centre, at least 20% of the loading stations, publicly accessible recharging points dedicated to heavy-duty vehicles providing an individual power output of at least 350 kW are deployed, and at least 40% of the loading stations by 31 December 2030.
Amendment 629 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The Commission shall adopt by means of a delegated act in accordance with Article 20 concerning the increase of the individual power output referred to in this Article to at least 800 kW, as soon as the common technical specifications are supplemented accordingly in Annex II.
Amendment 633 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 654 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a – introductory part
(a) operators of recharging points shall, at publicly accessible recharging stations with a power output below 50 kW, deployed from the date referred to in Article 24, accept electronic payments through terminals and devices used for payment services, including at least one of the following:payment card readers.
Amendment 658 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
Amendment 659 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii
Amendment 664 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii
Amendment 665 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(a a) From 1 January 2025 onwards, operators of recharging points shall ensure that all publicly accessible recharging stations located at premises that allow for cash payment for refuelling of conventional fuels, allow for cash payment for recharging in addition to those requirements in point (a).
Amendment 669 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 676 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b – point i
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b – point i
Amendment 677 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b – point ii
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b – point ii
Amendment 682 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
From 1 January 20275 onwards, operators of recharging points shall ensure that all publicly accessible recharging stations with a power output equal to or more than 50 kW operated by them comply with the requirement in point (ba).
Amendment 690 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The requirements laid down in points (a) and (b) shall not apply to publicly accessible recharging points that do not require payment for the recharging service.
Amendment 694 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Prices charged by operators of publicly accessible recharging points shall be reasonable, easily and clearly comparable, transparent and non- discriminatory and be based only on the electricity received by the vehicle. Operators of publicly accessible recharging points shall not discriminate between the prices charged to end users and prices charged to mobility service providers nor between prices charged to different mobility service providers. Where relevant, for instance when recharging points are operated by citizen or renewable energy communities, the level of prices may only be differentiated in a proportionate manner, according to an objective justification.
Amendment 696 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Member States shall empower national regulatory authorities to adopt measures ensuring that price gouging does not occur, based on inter alia, the distance to the next charger, the level of battery charge, the vehicle brand or participation in a contract-based payment system. National regulatory authorities shall monitor pricing and practices of vehicle producers and recharging point operators, consider appropriate measures to safeguard competition and consumer protection and shall also periodically report to the Commission.
Amendment 701 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. Operators of recharging points shall clearly display the ad hoc price and all its components at all publicly accessible recharging stations operated by them so that these are known to end users before they initiate a recharging session. At least the following price components, if applicable at the recharging station,The price per kWh shall be clearly displayed:.
Amendment 704 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – indent 1
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – indent 1
Amendment 710 #
Amendment 712 #
Amendment 716 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6
Article 5 – paragraph 6
6. Prices charged by mobility service providers to end users shall be reasonable, transparent and non-discriminatory. Mobility service providers shall make available to end users all applicable price information, prior to the start of the recharging session, and specific to their intended recharging session, through freely available, widely supported electronic means, clearly distinguishing the price components charged by the operator of recharging point, applicable e-roaming costs and other fees or charges applied by the mobility service provider. The fees shall be reasonable, transparent and non- discriminatory. No extra charges, for example for calibration services, efficiency losses for cross- border e- roaming, shall be applied. This information shall be made available to end users digitally including through on board computers and apps or on the recharging point, and to all stakeholders in accordance with the provisions laid down in Article 18 of this Regulation.
Amendment 718 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Operators of smart or bi- directional recharging points shall make available information they receive from transmission system operators, electricity suppliers or via their own electricity production on the share of renewable electricity in the system and the associated greenhouse gas emissions in real time intervals of no more than one hour, with forecasting where available. The information should be provided on the base of their contract with an electricity provider where applicable.
Amendment 721 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 7
Article 5 – paragraph 7
7. From the date referred to in Article 24, operators of recharging points shall ensure that all publicly accessible recharging points operated by them are digitally-connected recharging pointsand their location and status are easily visible online.
Amendment 723 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 8
Article 5 – paragraph 8
8. From three years after the date referred to in Article 24, operators of recharging points shall ensure that all publicly accessible normal power recharging points operated by them are capable of smart recharging. Complementary to the provision laid down in Article 14 (4), where vehicles are typically parked for a longer period publicly accessible recharging points shall be capable of bi- directional recharging.
Amendment 729 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 9
Article 5 – paragraph 9
9. From the date referred to in Article 24, Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that appropriate signposting is deployed within parking and rest areas on the TEN-T road network where alternative fuels infrastructure is installed, to enable easy identification of the exact location of the alternative fuels infrastructure. Signposting shall also be deployed at an appropriate distance on the TEN-T road network leading up to parking and rest areas in order to signal to motorists where such alternative fuels infrastructure is installed.
Amendment 734 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 11 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Operators shall ensure that recharging points operated by them are in good working order throughout their commercial lifetime, and that requirements laid down in paragraphs 2 to 5 are always available to end users.Maintenance and repair operations shall be conducted as soon as a defect has been detected. Operators shall make data on the operational status rate and maintenance operations of their recharging points available to all stakeholders and Member States, in accordance with the provision laid down in Article 18.
Amendment 735 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 11 b (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 11 b (new)
11 b. Operators of publicly accessible recharging points shall fit all charging stations with an emergency call button allowing for immediate correspondence with emergency services, in particular with local police units.
Amendment 736 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 11 c (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 11 c (new)
11 c. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the driving distance for the recharging pools referred to in Article 4 (a) and (b) is not more than 2 km from the TEN-T road network, calculated from the closest exit.
Amendment 741 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall ensure that, in their territory, a minimumn appropriate number of publicly accessible renewable hydrogen refuelling stations are put in place by 31 December 2030.
Amendment 744 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 754 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
They shall ensure that by 31 December 2030, at least one publicly accessible renewable hydrogen refuelling station is deployed in each urban node. An analysis on the best location shall be carried out for such refuelling stations that shall in particular consider the deployment of such stations in multimodal hubs where also other transport modes could be suppliedmultimodal hubs in ports and airports where also other transport modes could be supplied. Member States shall publish a list of multimodal transport hubs suitable for the deployment of hydrogen refuelling stations by 31 December 2024.
Amendment 761 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Amendment 764 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. The operator of a publicly accessible refuelling station or, where the operator is not the owner, the owner of that station in accordance with the arrangements between them, shall ensure that the station is designed to serve light- duty andcan also serve heavy-duty vehicles. In freight terminals, operators or owners of these publicly accessible renewable hydrogen refuelling stations shall ensure that these stations also serve liquid hydrogen.
Amendment 773 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. From the date referred to in Article 24 all operators of publicly accessible renewable hydrogen refuelling stations operated by them shall provide for the possibility for end users to refuel on an ad hoc basis using a payment instrument that is widely used in the Union. To that end, operators of renewable hydrogen refuelling stations shall ensure that all renewable hydrogen refuelling stations operated by them accept electronic payments through terminals and devices used for payment services, including at least one of the following:payment card readers.
Amendment 776 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 778 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 782 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Operators of renewable hydrogen refuelling points shall make price information available before the start of a refuelling session at the refuelling stations operated by them. They shall clearly display the ad hoc price and all its components at all publicly accessible refuelling stations operated by them so that these are known to end users before they initiate a recharging session. The price per kWh shall be clearly displayed.
Amendment 785 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8
Article 8
Amendment 790 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Amendment 820 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall ensure that a minimum shore-side electricity supply for seagoing container and passenger ships is provided in all maritime ports. To that end, Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that by 1 January 2030:
Amendment 823 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) TEN-T core and TEN-T comprehensive maritime ports whose average annual number of port calls over the last three years byby 1 January 2025, all maritime ports have sufficient shore-side power output to meet demand by passenger ships and seagoing container ships above 50400 gross tonnes, in the previous three years, is above 50 have sufficient shore-side power output to meet at least 90% of that demand;
Amendment 829 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) by 1 January 2030, all maritime ports have sufficient shore-side power output to meet demand by all remaining types of ships above 400 gross tonnes;
Amendment 830 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 838 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 854 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. For the determination of the number of port callsdemand the following port calls shall not be taken into account:
Amendment 861 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) port calls that are at berth for less than twoone hours, calculated on the basis of hour of departure and arrival monitored in accordance with Article 14 of the proposal for a Regulation COM(2021)562;
Amendment 862 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 867 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) unscheduled port calls for reasons of safety or saving life at sea.
Amendment 875 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. Where the maritime port of the TEN-T core network and the TEN-T comprehensive network is located on an island which is not connected directly to the electricity grid, paragraph 1 shall not apply, until such a connection has been completed or there is a sufficient locally generated capacity from clean energy sourcesis located on an island Member States shall empower regional authorities to plan on how to deploy sufficient additional locally generated capacity from renewable energy sources to satisfy demand, including through integrated energy systems, storage and demand response. Byway of derogation, shore-side electricity demand can be met by the electricity grid.
Amendment 885 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Member States shall ensure that an adequate number of recharging stations commensurate with the demand for battery-powered vessels is provided in maritime ports. At least one recharging point with adequate power output shall be installed in all maritime ports by 1 January 2025.
Amendment 888 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. By 1 January 2027 at the latest, Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the electricity supplied pursuant to Paragraph 1 is generated on site as renewable energy with grid connection as back-up option provided that in the corresponding contract with the electricity provider, 100% renewable electricity is guaranteed.
Amendment 891 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) at least one installation providing shore-side electricity supply to inland waterway vessels is deployed at all TEN-T core inland waterway ports by 1 January 2025;
Amendment 893 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) at least one installation providing shore-side electricity supply to inland waterwayrecharging point with adequate power output for battery powered vessels is deployed at all TEN-T comprehensive inland waterway ports by 1 January 203025; Member States shall ensure that an adequate number of recharging stations commensurate with the demand for battery powered vessels is provided in all ports.
Amendment 899 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – title
Article 11 – title
Targets for supply of LNGrenewable hydrogen and ammonia in maritime ports
Amendment 907 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that an appropriate number of refuelling points for LNGrenewable hydrogen and ammonia are put in place at TEN-T core maritime ports referred to in paragraph 2, to enable seagoing ships to circulate throughout the TEN-T core network by 1 January 2025. Member States shall cooperate with neighbouring Member States where necessary to ensure adequate coverage of the TEN-T core network.
Amendment 913 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall designate in their national policy frameworks TEN-T core maritime ports that shall provide access to the refuelling points for LNGrenewable hydrogen and ammonia referred to in paragraph 1, also taking into consideration actual market needs and developments.
Amendment 924 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – title
Article 12 – title
Targets for supply of electricity to stationary aircraftrenewable electric recharging and hydrogen refuelling infrastructure in airports
Amendment 930 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall ensure that airport managing bodies of all TEN-T core and comprehensive network airports ensure the provision of renewable electricity supply to stationary aircraft by:
Amendment 931 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) 1 January 2025, at all gates used for commercial and cargo air transport operations;
Amendment 932 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) 1 January 203027, at all outfield posts used for commercial air and cargo transport operations.
Amendment 934 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. By 1 January 2030, Member States shall ensure that airport managing bodies of all airports provide electric recharging infrastructure capacity and renewable hydrogen refuelling infrastructure capacity commensurate to the uptake of electric aircraft and hydrogen propelled aircraft.
Amendment 936 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. As ofBy 1 January 203027 at the latest, Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the electricity supplied pursuant to paragraph 1 comes from the electricis generated on site as renewable energy wityh grid or is generated on site as renewable energyconnection as back-up option provided that in the corresponding contract with the electricity provider, 100% renewable electricity is guaranteed.
Amendment 939 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. By 1 January 2030 at the latest, Member States shall ensure that airport managing bodies of all airports ensure the provision of additional renewable electricity supply to all ground based vehicles operating in airports. This electricity should be generated on site, with grid connection as back-up option provided that in the corresponding contract with the electricity provider, 100 % renewable electricity is guaranteed.
Amendment 942 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. By 1 January 2030 Member States shall ensure that airport managing bodies of all airports provide the adequate number of electric recharging stations for services pursuant to §3 of this article, as well as for electric airplanes.
Amendment 943 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 a (new)
Article 12 a (new)
Article 12 a Infrastructure targets for railway lines 1. Member States shall ensure the provision of sufficient infrastructure that allows for railway lines across the Union to be become fully electrified by 2030. 2. Where the direct electrification of railway lines is not possible, Member States shall ensure the provision of sufficient infrastructure that allows for renewable energy based propulsion systems to be used on non-electrified lines. Member States shall provide a full justification for the situation where a line cannot be electrified. 3. Member States shall ensure that when decisions are taken on the necessary infrastructure to be deployed in order to comply with paragraph 2 that the energy 'efficiency first principle' is fully taken into account. 4. Isolated networks shall be exempt from paragraph 1.
Amendment 946 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 b (new)
Article 12 b (new)
Article 12 b Exclusion of infrastructure for fossil fuels and blends between fossil fuels and alternative fuels Member States shall not count towards the achievement of the targets set in this Regulation infrastructure for the distribution, storage and use of fossil fuels, or blends between fossil fuels and alternative fuels as defined Article 2 of this Regulation.
Amendment 955 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) implementation of the principle of ‘energy efficiency first’ in all relevant policy, planning and investment decisions; in particular, Member States shall take into account efficiencies achievable through, inter alia, fuel switch, including considerations of well-to-wheel energy efficiency of different zero emissions technologies, modal shift, increased public transport use, shared mobility growth, optimised placing of charging and refuelling infrastructure, and optimised utilisation of such infrastructure;
Amendment 962 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) national targets and objectives pursuant to Articles 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 12a for which mandatory national targets are set out in this Regulation;
Amendment 965 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) measures to promote the deployment of alternative fuels electric charging infrastructure for captive fleets, in particular for electric recharging and hydrogen refuelling stations for public transport services and electric recharging stations for car sharing;
Amendment 977 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point k
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point k
(k) measures to remove possible obstacles with regards to planning, permitting and procuring of alternative fuels infrastructelectric recharging infrastructure and to limit the latency between initial application and actual deployment to no longer than 6 months, with due respect for stakeholder consultations and environmental impact assessment procedures;
Amendment 982 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point k a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point k a (new)
(k a) measures to support renewable energy communities, citizen energy communities and non-commercial operators in deploying recharging points, especially in sparsely populated areas.
Amendment 983 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point k b (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point k b (new)
(k b) measures to promote the use of electrically power assisted cycles as well as L-category vehicles such as powered electric cycles and e-mopeds.
Amendment 997 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point n
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point n
(n) a deployment plan for alternative fuels infrastructure in maritime ports other than for LNG and shore-side electricity supply for use by sea going vessels, in particular for renewable hydrogen, ammonia and electricity;
Amendment 1005 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point p
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point p
(p) a deployment plan including targets, key milestones and financing needed, for hydrogen or battery electric trains on network segments that willare currently not be electrified.;
Amendment 1012 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point p a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point p a (new)
Amendment 1016 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point p b (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point p b (new)
(p b) measures to ensure that grid connection and power capacity take into account the number of charging pools which can be expected in the future following the increasing fleet penetration of electric vehicles;
Amendment 1018 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point p c (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point p c (new)
(p c) measures and investments to support the deployment of electricity generation capacity from renewable sources to supply electricity to recharging stations and for the production of renewable hydrogen and ammonia for refuelling stations, including renewable electricity generation capacity in airports and ports.
Amendment 1025 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that national policy frameworks take into account, as appropriate, the interests of regional and local authorities, in particular when recharging and refuelling infrastructure for public transport is concerned, as well as those of the stakeholders concernedas defined in their mobility planning strategies as well as those of the stakeholders concerned. Member States should encourage local and regional authorities to set up local or regional policy frameworks defining their priorities for deploying alternative fuels infrastructure.
Amendment 1030 #
2021/0223(COD)
3 a. Member States shall assess and report, as part of their national policy framework, how the provisions laid down in Articles 5 and 7 have been implemented by operators of recharging and refuelling points. On the basis of the results of the assessment, Member States shall take the appropriate measures to ensure operators of recharging and refuelling points comply with Articles 5 and 7.
Amendment 1035 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 5
Article 13 – paragraph 5
5. Support measures for alternative fuels infrastructure shall be aligned to climate objectives to avoid creating stranded assets and comply with the relevant State aid rules of the TFEU.
Amendment 1038 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 7 – point a
Article 13 – paragraph 7 – point a
(a) the level of ambition of targets and objectives with a view to meet the obligations set out in Articles 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 12a;
Amendment 1042 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall submit to the Commission a standalone progress report on the implementation of its national policy framework for the first time by 1 January 20275 and every two years thereafter.
Amendment 1047 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. The regulatory authority of a Member States shall assess, at the latest by 30 June 2024 and periodically every three years thereafter, how the deployment and operation of recharging points could enable electric vehicles to further contribute to the flexibility of the energy system, including their participation in the balancing market, and to the further absorption of renewable electricity. That assessment shall take into account all types of recharging points, including smart and bi-directional, whether public or private, and provide recommendations in terms of type, supporting technology and geographical distribution in order to facilitate the ability of users to integrate their electric vehicles in the system. It shall cover pricing and other consumer relevant aspects according to Article 13 and be made publicly available. On the basis of the results of the assessment, Member States shall, if necessary, take the appropriate measures for the deployment of additional recharging points and their operational modus and include them in their progress report referred to in paragraph 1. The assessment and measures shall be taken into account by the system operators in the network development plans referred to in Article 32(3) and Article 51 of Directive (EU) 2019/944.
Amendment 1051 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4
Article 14 – paragraph 4
4. On the basis of input from transmission system operators, aggregators, demand response providers and distribution system operators, the regulatory authority of a Member States shall assess, at the latest by 1 30 June 2024 and periodically every three years thereafter, the potential contribution of bidirectional charging to peak shaving and the penetration of renewable electricity into the electricity system. That assessment shall be made publicly available. On the basis of the results of the assessment, Member States shall take, if necessary,, after involvement of all relevant stakeholders including operators of recharging points and solution providers, take the appropriate measures to adjust the availability and geographical distribution of bidirectional recharging points, in both public and private areas and include them in their progress report referred to in paragraph 1.
Amendment 1063 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
(b a) consumer relevant aspects;
Amendment 1064 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point c
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point c
(c) the infrastructure for shore-side electricity supply in maritime and inland ports ofand the TEN-T core network and the TEN-T comprehensive networknumber of electric recharging and renewable hydrogen refuelling points;
Amendment 1065 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point d
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point d
(d) the infrastructure for electricity supply for stationary aircraft in airports, the number of electric recharging airports of the TEN-T core network and the TEN-T comprehensive networknd hydrogen refuelling points dedicated to aircraft, as well as electric recharging points for ground- based vehicles;
Amendment 1066 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point e
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point e
Amendment 1070 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point f
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point f
Amendment 1071 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point g
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point g
Amendment 1072 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point h
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point h
(h) refuelling and recharging points for othersustainable alternative fuels at TEN-T core and comprehensive maritime and inland ports;
Amendment 1073 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point i
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point i
(i) refuelling and recharging points for other alternative fuels at airports of the TEN-T core network and the TEN-T comprehensive network;
Amendment 1074 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point j
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point j
(j) refuelling and recharging points for rail transport.
Amendment 1075 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point j a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point j a (new)
(j a) recharging points for captive fleets including public transport and car sharing.
Amendment 1082 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. Where it is evident from the report referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article or from any information available to the Commission that a Member State is at risk of not meeting its national targets as referred to in Article 3(1), the Commission mayshall issue a finding to this effect and request the Member State concerned to take corrective measures to meet the national targets. Within three months following the receipt of the Commission’s findings, the Member State concerned shall notify to the Commission the corrective measures that it plans to implement to meet the targets set in Article 3(1). The corrective measures shall entail additional actions that the Member State shall implement to meet the targets set in Article 3 (1) and a clear timetable for actions that enables the assessment of the annual progress towards meeting those targets. Where the Commission finds that the corrective measures are satisfactory, the Member State concerned shall update its latest progress report as referred to in Article 14 with these corrective measures and submit it to the Commission.
Amendment 1085 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. Relevant, consistent and clear information shall be made available as regards motor vehicles which can be regularly fuelled with individual fuels placed on the market, or recharged by recharging points. That information shall be made available in motor vehicle manuals, at refuelling and recharging points, on motor vehicles and in motor vehicle dealerships in their territory. This requirement shall apply to all motor vehicles, and their motor vehicle manuals, placed on the market after 18 November 2016. Information shall be made available as regards the theoretical maximum power capacity each electric vehicle can accept when recharging. That information shall be made available in motor vehicle manuals, on motor vehicles and in motor vehicle dealerships in their territory. To this end, the Commission shall review the Directive 1999/94/EC no later than one year after the date mentioned in Article 24 of this Regulation.
Amendment 1095 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Article 17 – paragraph 3
3. When fuel prices are displayed at a fuel station, a comparison between the relevant unit prices shall be displayed where appropriate, and in particular for electricity and renewable hydrogen, for information purposes following the common methodology for alternative fuels unit price comparison referred to in point 9.3 of Annex IIin current price per kWh for ad hoc recharging.
Amendment 1098 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Operators of publicly accessible recharging and refuelling points or, in accordance with the arrangement between them, the owners of those points, shall ensure the availability of static and dynamic data concerning alternative fuels infrastructure operated by them and allow accessibility of that data through the National Access Pointsmake them publicly available at no cost, including through open, standardised interfaces through the National Access Points and a single European access point at no cost. The following data types shall be made available:
Amendment 1101 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
(i) geographic location of the recharging or refuelling point, and facilities around the recharging or refuelling point,
Amendment 1107 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iv a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iv a (new)
(iv a) accessibility for heavy-duty vehicles, including height, length and width restrictions of the recharging points,
Amendment 1111 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point c – point i
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point c – point i
(i) operational status (operational/out of order), operational status rate and maintenance operations,
Amendment 1113 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point c – point ii
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point c – point ii
(ii) availability (in use/ not in use), availability rate per relevant period of time (day/hours),
Amendment 1117 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point c – point iii a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point c – point iii a (new)
(iii a) enabled for bi-directional charging (yes/no),
Amendment 1120 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point c – point iii b (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point c – point iii b (new)
(iii b) the share of renewable electricity and the greenhouse gas emissions content of the electricity supplied at recharging points.
Amendment 1125 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Dynamic data specified in point (c) of this paragraph should be made available accurately and in real time in time intervals of no more than one hour, with forecasting, where available, through open, standardised interfaces.
Amendment 1126 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure the accessibility of data on an open and non- discriminatory basis to all stakeholders through their National Access Point in application of Directive 2010/40/EU of the European Parliament and the Council67 , as well as in an European Access Point system, and ensure that information is made publicly available to be used for other market participants and service providers, with due respect for data protection requirements, and ensure the accessibility of data as open data on an open and non-discriminatory basis. Member States shall ensure that operators of publicly accessible recharging points transmit data, especially those relevant to prices, to the national regulatory authorities and the market transparency body. _________________ 67 Directive 2010/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2010 on the framework for the deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems in the field of road transport and for interfaces with other modes of transport (OJ L 207, 6.8.2010, p. 1).
Amendment 1130 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Member States shall ensure a high level of cybersecurity, data protection and security, especially in authentication, billing and payment processes, along the supply chain and for the operator of the infrastructure, by implementing and enforcing the relevant European legislation such as on personal data protection and cybersecurity.
Amendment 1131 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Amendment 1134 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4 – point c a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 4 – point c a (new)
(c a) establish a single European access point per delegated act, as per Article 24 of this Regulation by 2024.
Amendment 1135 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Publicly accessible ammonia refuelling points deployed or renewed from the date referred to in Article 24 shall comply with the technical specifications set out in points 7.1 and 7.2 of Annex II.
Amendment 1136 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 5
Article 19 – paragraph 5
Amendment 1137 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 7 – point b
Article 19 – paragraph 7 – point b
(b) amend Annex II by updating the references to the standards referred to in the technical specifications set out in that Annex six months after their technical adoption.
Amendment 1138 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2
Article 20 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 18 and 19 shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years from the date referred to in Article 24. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.
Amendment 1139 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall be assisted by a committee. That committee shall be composed of a broad range of stakeholders, including civil society and consumer organisations, and representatives of Member States according to a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.
Amendment 1146 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – indent 6
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – indent 6
Amendment 1147 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – indent 7
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – indent 7
Amendment 1151 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – indent 8
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – indent 8
– Shore side electricity supply at maritime ports of the TEN-T core and TEN-T comprehensive network, electric recharging and renewable hydrogen refuelling at maritime ports, including exact location (port) and capacity of each installation within the port;
Amendment 1152 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – indent 9
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – indent 9
– shore-side electricity supply at inland waterway ports of the TEN-T core and TEN-T comprehensive network, electric recharging and renewable hydrogen refuelling at inland waterway ports including location (port) and capacity;
Amendment 1153 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – indent 10
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – indent 10
– electricity supply for stationary aircraft, number of installations per airport of the TEN-T core and TEN-T comprehensive network, electric recharging and renewable hydrogen refuelling for stationary aircraft, electric charging for ground based vehicles in airports, number of installations per airport;
Amendment 1157 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 3 – indent 1
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 3 – indent 1
– level of achievement of the infrastructure deployment targets as referred to in point 1(b) for all transport modes, in particular for electric recharging stations, electric road system (if applicable), renewable hydrogen refuelling stations, shore-side electricity supply in maritime and inland waterway ports, LNG bunkering at TEN-T core maritime ports, other alternative fuels infrastructure in ports, electricity supply to stationary aircrafts, as well as for hydrogen refuelling points and electric recharging points for train, electric recharging and renewable hydrogen refuelling at airports, as well as for electric recharging points for trains and household power sockets for recharging of electrically power assisted cycles as well as various L- category vehicles such as powered electric cycles and e-mopeds;
Amendment 1158 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 3 – indent 3
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 3 – indent 3
– alternative fuels infrastructure deployment within urban nodes and multimodal transport hubs;
Amendment 1159 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
3 a. measures to ensure accessibility and affordability of sustainable, collective and shared transport options, in particular public transport, for vulnerable customers and those at risk of, or in energy poverty.
Amendment 1160 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
7 a. explanation of how the 'energy efficiency first' principle has been taken into utmost account for vehicle uptake projections, target setting, estimation of utilisation rates, the development and implementation of policy measures supporting the national policy framework and the associated public investments.
Amendment 1161 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 1 – point 1.1
Annex II – Part 1 – point 1.1
1.1. Normal power recharging points for motor vehicles: alternating current (AC) normal power recharging points for electric vehicles shall be equipped, for interoperability purposes, at least with socket outlets or vehicle connectors of Type 2 as described in standard EN 62196- 2:2017 and with one household socket for recharging of electrically power assisted cycles as well as various L-category vehicles such as powered electric cycles and e-mopeds.
Amendment 1165 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 4 – point 4.2
Annex II – Part 4 – point 4.2
4.2. Shore-side electricity supply for inland waterway vessels shall comply with Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1745 and shall comply with the technical specification of the IEC/IEEE PAS80005-3:2014(E) standard.
Amendment 1172 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 9 – point 9.3
Annex II – Part 9 – point 9.3
Amendment 41 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) It is necessary to ensure that clear taxation rules for energy products and electricity continue to contribute to the smooth functioning of the internal market while at the same time tackling the climate and environmental-related challenges in the context of the Communication from the Commission ‘The European Green Deal’28 and legislative proposals stemming therein. Energy taxation canshould contribute to the ambition of at least 55 % reduction in net greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 compared to 1990, and climate neutrality by 2050 in line with the Climate Law, the achievement of the renewable and energy efficiency targets as well as to the objective of zero pollution through the implementation of the polluter-pays principle, by ensuring that the taxation of motor fuels, heating fuels and electricity betterthoroughly reflects the impact they have on the environment and on health, health and biodiversity. The contribution of energy taxation to those objectives has been endorsed by the Council Conclusions on the EU energy taxation framework29 . _________________ 28 COM(2019) 640 final of 11 December 2019. 29 14861/19 of 5 December 2019.
Amendment 42 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3 a) It is essential moreover that the Directive should implement the principles stemming from the Union strategy on energy system integration, hence reflecting in its provisions the cascading priority to first promote energy efficiency and savings throughout the economy, subsequently direct renewable electrification and, particularly on the transport sector, only for those modes that cannot be abated by other means the use of sustainable, renewables based fuels. Redesigning the mobility of passengers and freight has a crucial role to play in supporting the energy transition and boosting citizen participation while keeping costs for European authorities and European citizens within affordable limits;
Amendment 43 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Environmental taxation can beis a cost- effective mean for the Union and Member States to become energy independent and to achieve the targeted reductions of greenhouse gasses, improve energy savings and energy efficiency, while spurring the uptake of renewable energy sources, contributing to reduce the carbon footprint also of the transport system. The proper functioning of the internal market requires common rules on that taxation.
Amendment 44 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4 a) The revision of the Council Directive, restructuring the Union framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity and the revision of Directive 2003/87/EC should be better aligned to guarantee effective carbon pricing throughout the Union and across sectors. A minimum carbon price, introduced through this revised Council Directive, would complement the reform of the European Emission Trading System and would help achieving the European Union 2030 climate targets in a cost efficient way.
Amendment 46 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Member States should, however, be able to use the energy taxation of motor fuels, heating fuels and electricity for a variety of purposes not necess, particularily nor specifically or exclusivelyinsofar as they are related to the reduction of greenhouse gases.
Amendment 48 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Appreciable differences in the national levels of energy taxation applied by Member States could prove detrimental to the proper functioning of the internal market as well as to the achievement of the climate and energy goals. The European Court of Auditors also identified that the level of taxation of energy sources does not reflect their greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union. In addition, the price of energy products did not reflect the environmental cost of emissions.
Amendment 50 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) As a party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Union has ratified the Paris Agreement . The taxation of energy products and, where appropriate, electricity is one of the main instruments available for achieving the Paris Agreement objectives, also with regard to the transport sector.
Amendment 52 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In order to ensure a smooth implementation of certain provisions relating to some products or uses, a transitional period of application ismay be needed.
Amendment 54 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Fiscal arrangements made in connection with the implementation of this Union framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity are a matter for each Member State to decide. In this regard, Member States might decide not to increase the overall tax burden if they consider that the implementation of such a principle of tax neutrality could contribute to the restructuring and the modernisation of their tax systems by encouraging behaviour conducive to greater protection of the environment and increased labour use, including by spurring energy efficiency renewable energy uptake and increased labour use. It should be strongly encouraged to design the tax system in such a way that the potential regressive nature of the energy taxation directive is minimised and where necessary compensated through a strong progressivity of the tax system, along with redistributive policies, effectively preventing mobility poverty.
Amendment 55 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14 a) The average welfare impacts of the current proposal are estimated to be very limited across all Member States. Electricity constituting a larger share of expenditure of lower-income households, the proposed electricity tax rate reductions have substantially progressive impacts across the EU-wide distribution and the distribution within all Member States that would need to apply them.
Amendment 61 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20 a (new)
Recital 20 a (new)
(20 a) The climate impact of aviation has been long established by the scientific community, and in particular by the IPCC at least since its 1999 Special report on Aviation and the Global Atmosphere. Unlike other greenhouse-emitting sectors, aviation has moreover experienced a major increase in its volume and therefore its aggregated emissions have doubled in the last three decades, and with a nearly 28% increase since 2013 only in Europe. Recent data suggest that at least half of all these emissions are generated by 1% of the world’s population only, and mainly by the highest incomes. A recent EASA study moreover points out that the non-CO2 emissions might have a clime impact at least twice as big as the CO2 emissions alone. The composition of the fossil fuel widely used nowadays in the sector is mainly responsible for these climate impacts, and there is therefore an urgent need for their internalisation through adequate taxation. Finally establishing a jet fuel tax on intra-EU flights should be an additional disincentive to the operation of the so- called “ghost flights”, complementing necessary measures to be taken further in the airport slots regulation revision that effectively prevent the operation of such empty or quasi-empty flights.
Amendment 63 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The Union and the Member States have concluded multilateral agreements regarding air services and air transport, or bilateral agreements with third countries. Those agreements include provisions related to the taxation of aviation fuel, based on a rather biased interpretation of the original provisions of the Chicago Convention on Civil Aviation, which in 1944 established the basis of ICAO, as the only explicit restriction to fuel taxation in its article 24 refers to fuel already present in the tank when landing, in order to avoid double taxation, but not explicitly on additionally refuelled content.. Aviation fuel has traditionally had a privileged tax regime. The need to pursue the objectives of the Directive requires that, without prejudice to those international agreements, energy products and electricity supplied for intra-EU air navigation, except cargo-only flights should be taxed. The exemption for the fuel used by cargo-only flights is still needed in the absence of more efficient alternatives should be taxed. In future revisions of such international aviation agreements, the current loopholes allowing for jet fuel tax exemptions should be eliminated.
Amendment 67 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) In order to ensure a smooth implementation of this Directiveproper internalisation of the real costs of aviation sector, enabling a level-playing field with other transport modes, the minimum levels of taxation for motor fuels used for intra-EU non-business and non- pleasure flights wshould be reached over a transitional period of ten years, whereas sustainable alternative fuels and electricity would be subject to a zero minimum rate for ten years. Energy products and electricity used for intra-EU business aviation and pleasure flights should be subject to the standard levels of taxation applicable to motor fuels and electricity in the Member Statesimplemented immediately, whereas advanced biofuels, RFNBOs and electricity would be subject to a zero minimum rate for ten years, including electricity supplied for stationary functioning and electric taxiing operations on the ground. Energy products and electricity used for intra-EU business aviation and pleasure flights should be subject to the standard levels of taxation applicable to motor fuels and electricity in the Member States. Cargo flights should be subject to the same obligations as other flights, in order not to generate a further distortion of the level- playing field, which would ultimately hinder the objective of a modal shift to rail, also for freight, as set by the Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy.
Amendment 72 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22 a (new)
Recital 22 a (new)
(22 a) A minimum rate of zero to electricity should also be applied to rail for a period of ten years in order to develop more energy efficient and zero carbon railway transport.
Amendment 73 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22 b (new)
Recital 22 b (new)
(22 b) According to the IPCC report ‘The Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate’, the global ocean has warmed unabated since 1970 and has taken up more than 90% of the excess heat in the climate system and by absorbing more CO2, the ocean has undergone increasing surface acidification and a loss of oxygen has occurred from the surface to 1000 m. According to data from IMO and FAO, globally, fishing vessels (including inland vessels) consumed 53.9 million tonnes of fuel in 2012, emitting 172.3 million tonnes of CO2, (equivalent to 0.5% of total global CO2 emissions that year), while aquaculture accounted for approximately 0.45% of global GHG emissions in 2013.
Amendment 75 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) Fuel used for waterborne navigation, including also fishing, should also be taxed, and the Member States party to international agreements providing for the exemption of that fuel, have to, by the date of the application of this Directive, ensure they eliminate the incompatibilities. It is necessary to allow for a different level of taxation to be applied to the use of energy products and electricity for intra- EU waterborne regular service navigation, fishing and freight transport and their respective at berth activities. Considering the specificity of those uses, the minimum levels of taxation should be lower than the ones applicable to general motor fuel use. Particularly for cargo ships, the taxation levels should provide incentives for the uptake of technological innovation enabling the assistance of wind power in order to significantly improve the energy performance of the vessel. In order to provide an incentive to the use of sustainable alternative fuels and electricity, including full electrification at berths, such fuels and electricity should be exempted from taxation for ten years. Energy products and electricity used for the remaining intra-EU waterborne navigation should be subject to the standard levels of taxation applicable to motor fuels and electricity in the Member States.
Amendment 78 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) For extra-EU air navigation, without prejudice to current international obligations which should be consequently reviewed in the upcoming years, and for extra-EU waterborne navigation, also including fishing, Member States may exempt or apply the same levels of intra-EU taxation, according to the type of activity.
Amendment 81 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 24 a (new)
Recital 24 a (new)
Amendment 82 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Member States should be permitted to apply certain other exemptions or reduced levels of taxation, where that will not be detrimental to the environmental, energy, climate and just transition objectives, to the proper functioning of the internal market and will not result in distortions of competition.
Amendment 84 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) In particular, highly efficient combined heat and power generation and, in order to promote the use of alternative energy sources, renewable forms of energy mayin order to promote the use of sustainable renewable energy sources they should qualify for preferential treatment.
Amendment 85 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) Temporarily targeted reductions in the tax level may provbe necessary to incentivise the achievement of environmental protection objectives andthe ecological transition of the Union productive sector. Such reductions should be conditional to the improvlements in energy efficiency of the Union productive sectoration of specific measures by beneficiaries towards achieving circular, zero pollution, highly energy efficient and renewable based operations.
Amendment 88 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) In view of the financial, economic and, environmental and protection of human health effects on each Member State, such as the need of electrification of the transport sector, it is necessary to provide for a procedure authorising the introduction by Member States, for a set period, of other exemptions or reduced levels of taxation. For reasons of protection of environment and human health, including the reduction of air pollution, it is necessary to provide for a procedure authorising the introduction by Member States, for a set period, of specific increased rates. Such authorisation, following a justified request by Member States and on a proposal from the Commission, should be adopted by means of a Council implementing decision in accordance with Article 291 of the TFEU. Such measures should be under regular review.
Amendment 91 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) Every five years and for the first time fivthree years after the entry into force of this Directive, the Commission should report to the Council and the European Parliament on the application of this Directive, examining in particular whether the minimum levels of taxation should be increased or expanded to reflect further the carbon content and air pollution component of energy products taking into account the impact of the Emission Trading System on carbon pricing and whether the revised energy taxation directive sufficiently contributes to meaningful carbon pricing inducing behavioural change, the impact on reduction of greenhouse gases taking into account the advice of the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change, the impact of innovation and technological developments, especially as regards energy efficiency, the use of electricity in transport and the justification for the exemptions, reductions and differentiations laid down in this Directive. The report should take into account the proper functioning of the internal market, environmental, biodiversity and social considerations, the real value of the minimum levels of taxation and the wider relevant objectives of the Treaties.
Amendment 93 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States shall distinguish between CO2-related taxation and general energy consumption taxation. CO2-related taxation shall be calculated in EUR/t of CO2 emissions, on the basis of the reference CO2 emission factors set out in point 11 of Annex I to Commission Decision 2007/589/EC of 18 July 2007 establishing guidelines for the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.In the case of products derived from biomass the reference values shall be those set out in Annex V to Directive (EU) 2018/2001. Where Commission Decision 2007/589/EC of 18 July 2007 or Directive (EU) 2018/2001, as the case may be, do not contain the carbon content for the product concerned, Member States shall refer to relevant available information on its carbon content. For the purposes of this Directive, taxation shall be calculated in EUR/Gigajoules on the basis of net calorific value of the energy products and electricity as set out in Annex IV to Directive 2012/27/EU, converted in Gigajoules. In the case of products derived from biomass the reference values shall be those set out in Annex III to Directive (EU) 2018/2001, converted in Gigajoules.
Amendment 95 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Unless otherwise specified, the provisions of this Directive shall apply both to CO2- related taxation and to general energy consumption taxation.
Amendment 96 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Taxable products, referred to in paragraphs 1 and 3, produced or derived from biomass are subject under fiscal control to the specific levels of taxation set out for those products in accordance with this Directive, provided that they fulfil either ofall the following criteria:
Amendment 97 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 5 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 5 – point b
b) ‘low-carbon fuels’ shall mean ‘low- carbon hydrogen and synthetic gaseous and liquid fuels the energy content of which is derived from low-carbon hydrogen, as well as any fossil-based fuels, which meet the technical screening criteria for determining the conditions under which a specific economic activity qualifies as contributing substantially to climate change mitigation according to Article 10 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council36 and Annex I to Delegated Regulation (EU) […]/[…]37 . ‘Recycled Carbon Fuels’, as defined by Article 2(35) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001, shall be included in this category. _________________ 36 Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2020 on the establishment of a framewfuels’ as defined in [ DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on common rules fork to facilitate sustainable investment, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 (OJ L 198, 22.6.2020, p. 13) 37 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) […]/[...] 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, Che internal markets in renewable and natural gases and in hydrogen COM/2021/2800 final (OJ […], p.[…]).3]
Amendment 99 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 2 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 2 – paragraph 1
An energy product has a dual use when it is used both as heating fuel and for purposes other than as motor fuel and heating fuel. The use of renewable energy products for chemical reduction and in electrolytic and metallurgical processes, when energy products are used directly in or to provide a direct energy input to the process, or their consumption is connected to the process, shall be regarded as dual use,
Amendment 100 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 3
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 3
— renewable electricity used principally for the purposes of chemical reduction and in electrolytic and metallurgical processes, when the renewable electricity is used directly in or to provide a direct energy input to the process, or its consumption is connected to the process,
Amendment 104 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The levels of taxation which Member States shall apply to the energy products and electricity listed in Article 2 may not be less than the minimum levels of taxation prescribed by this Directive being the sum of the energy component rate with the carbon component rate..
Amendment 107 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The minimum levels of taxation laid down in this Directive shall be adapted every year starting from 1 January 20243 to take account of the changes in the harmonised index of consumer prices excluding energy and unprocessed food as published by Eurostat. The minimum levels shall be adapted automatically, by increasing or decreasing the base amount in euro by the percentage change in that index over the preceding calendar year.
Amendment 110 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Without prejudice to Article 5(2), when a transitional period is applicable as provided for in Table A of Annex I, the increase in the minimum levels of taxation shall be fixed at one tenth per year until 1 January 2033. For low-carbon fuels, the minimum level of taxation set for the first year of the transitional period shall apply until 1 January 2033.
Amendment 114 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 117 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Without prejudice to Article 5(2), when a transitional period is applicable as provided for in Table C of Annex I, the increase in the minimum levels of taxation shall be fixed at one tenth per year until 1 January 2033. For low-carbon fuels, the minimum level of taxation set for the first year of the transitional period shall apply until 1 January 2033.
Amendment 122 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. By derogation from paragraph 1, Member States may, for reasons of environmental, climate and energy policy, subject the products referred to in paragraph 1 to taxation without having to respect the minimum levels of taxation laid down in this Directive. In such case, the taxation of those products shall replicate the ranking between the minimum levels of taxation as laid down in Annex I and shall not be taken into account for the purposes of satisfying the minimum level of taxation on electricity laid down in Article 10.
Amendment 124 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 128 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
For the purposes of this Article, ‘business aviation’ shall mean the operation or use of aircraft by companies or individuals for any purposes including the carriage of passengers, cargo, or goods as an aid to the conduct of their business, flown for purposes generally considered not for public hire and piloted by individuals having, at the minimum, a valid commercial pilot license with an instrument rating.
Amendment 129 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Amendment 133 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
Article 14 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. Member States may apply under fiscal control total or partial exemptions to electricity supplied to stationary aircrafts, as well as for the purpose of autonomous electric taxiing by aircrafts, or to electric ground vehicles assisting in pushback and towing operations.
Amendment 135 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
For the purposes of the first subparagraph, ‘electricity supply to stationary aircraft’ shall mean the supply of electricity through a standardised fixed or mobile interface to aircraft when stationed at the gate or at an airport outfield position.
Amendment 141 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
For the purposes of the first subparagraph, electricity shall be ranked among motor fuels indicated in Table BA of Annex I.
Amendment 144 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Over a transitional period of ten years, minimum rates of zero shall apply to sustainable biofuels and biogas, low- carbon-fuels, renewable fuels of non- biological origin, advanced sustainable biofuels and biogas and electricity set out in Tables A and D of Annex I.
Amendment 146 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
For the purposes of this Article, ‘intra-EU waterborne navigation’ shall mean navigation between twoarriving to or departing from a ports located in the Union, including domestic navigation.
Amendment 153 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. Member states may exempt or apply the same levels of taxation applied for intra-EU waterborne navigation to extra-EU waterborne navigation according to the type of activity.
Amendment 155 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 5
Article 15 – paragraph 5
5. Member States mayshall apply under fiscal control total or partial exemptions to electricity directly supplied to vessels berthed in ports, or vessels’ mobile batteries recharged at berth.
Amendment 163 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 a (new)
Article 15 a (new)
Article 15 a Member States shall apply a minimum rate of zero to electricity used by the railway sector over a transitional period of ten years. Member States may apply exemptions in the level of taxation to rail freight .
Amendment 165 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Without prejudice to other Union provisions, Member States mayshall apply under fiscal control exemptions or reductions in the level of taxation to:
Amendment 166 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) taxable products used under fiscal control in the field of pilot projects for the technological development of more environmentally-friendly products or in relation to fuels from renewable resourcesustainable renewable energy-based products;
Amendment 167 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
(b) renewable-based electricity:
Amendment 168 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 3
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 3
Amendment 169 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 4
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 4
Amendment 170 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 5
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 5
— generated from fuel cells powered by renewable fuels of non-biological origin;
Amendment 171 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) electricity used in vehicle-to-grid operations through the battery of electric vehicles, for the purpose of storing exceeding electricity generated by renewable sources and stabilising the grid.
Amendment 172 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 173 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) renewable fuels of non-biological origin, advanced sustainable biofuels, bioliquids, biogas and advanced sustainable products falling within CN codes 4401 and 4402;
Amendment 174 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point e
Amendment 175 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 177 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
(b) reductions in the level of taxation, which shall not go below the minima as set out in Table B and D of Annex I, to energy products and electricity used for the carriage of goods and passengers by electrified rail, metro, tram and trolley bus, and for local public passenger transport, electric vehicles for waste collection, armed forces and public administration, for disabled people transport and ambulances;
Amendment 178 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point c – paragraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point c – paragraph 2
For the purposes of point (c), energy products and electricity used by households recognised as vulnerable may be exempt for a maximum period of ten years after the entry into force of this Directive. For the purposes of this paragraph, ‘vulnerable households’ shliving in a condition of energy poverty as defined in the [Recast of the Energy Efficiency Directive (recast) (COM(2021)558)] who are also below the 60% of the nationall median households significantly affected by the impacts of this Directive which, for the purpose of this Directive, mequivalised disposable income threshold, may be exempt for a maximum period of ten yeanrs that they are below the ‘at risk of poverty’” threshold, defined as 60% of the national median equivalised disposable incomafter the entry into force of this Directive.
Amendment 179 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 180 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. In addition to the provisions set out in the previous Articles, in particular in Articles 14 , 15 , 16, 17 and 18, the Council, acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission, may adopt implementing acts, authorising any Member State to introduce further exemptions or reductions for specific policy considerations. Where it is necessary, for reasons of just transition, protection of environment and human health, including the reduction of air pollution, the Council, acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission, may adopt implementing acts, authorising any Member State to introduce specific increased rates derogating from the ranking between the minimum levels of taxation as laid down in Annex I.
Amendment 181 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 22 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
For the purposes of the first subparagraph, electricity storage facilities, including electric vehicles, batteries owned by active consumers or renewable energy communities and transformers of electricity mayshall be considered as redistributors when they supply electricity and shall not be subject to any double taxation.
Amendment 182 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Article 22 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
An entity producing electricity for its own use is regarded as a distributor. Notwithstanding Article 13 , Member States may exempt small producers of renewable electricity provided that they tax the energy products used for the production of that electricity.
Amendment 191 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 31 – paragraph 1
Article 31 – paragraph 1
Every five years and for the first time fivthree years after 1 January 2023, the Commission shall submit to the Council and the European Parliament a report on the application of this Directive.
Amendment 195 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 31 – paragraph 2
Article 31 – paragraph 2
The report by the Commission shall, inter alia, examine the minimum levels of taxationwhether Article 16 should be revised and the minimum levels of taxation should be increased or expanded to reflect further the carbon content and air pollution of energy products taking into account the impact of the Emission Trading System on carbon pricing, distributional impacts in light of the objectives of the European Green Deal with regard to achieving a just transition, and whether the revised energy taxation directive sufficiently contributes to meaningful carbon pricing inducing behavioural change, the impact on reduction of greenhouse gases taking into account the advice of the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change, the impact of innovation and technological developments, in particular as regards energy efficiency, the use of electricity in transport and the justification for the exemptions, reductions and differentiations laid down in this Directive. The report shall take into account the proper functioning of the internal market, environmental and social considerations, the real value of the minimum levels of taxation and the relevant wider objectives of the Treaties.
Amendment 199 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part A – table
Annex I – Part A – table
Energy Energy FinalCO2 tax rate after component rate component rate (EUR/tCO2) completion of Start of transitional(EUR/GJ) (EUR/GJ) Start of Final rate after transitional period completion of period period transitional (01.01.2023) period (01.01.2033) before before indexation Petrol 10,75 10,75 10,75 Gasoil 45 Gasoil 10,75 10,75 Kerosene 45 Kerosene 10,75 10,75 45 Non-sustainable biofuels 10,75 10,75 10,745 Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) 10,75 7,17 10,75 10,745 Natural gas 10,75 7,17 10,75 10,745 Non-sustainable biogas 10,75 7,17 10,75 10,7545 Non renewable fuels of non-biological origin 7,17 10,75 Sustainable f 10,75 10,75 45 origin Food and feed crop biofuels 5,3810,75 10,75 Sustainable f 45 Food and feed crop biogas 5,3810,75 10,75 45 Sustainable biofuels 5,38 5,38 7,17 5,3845 Sustainable biogas 5,38 5,38 7,17 5,3845 Low-carbon fuels 10,75 10,175 45 5,38 Renewable fuels of non-biological origin 45 0,15 0,15 origin Advanced sustainable biofuels and biogas 45 0,15 0,15 biogas
Amendment 201 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part B – table
Annex I – Part B – table
Amendment 203 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part C – table
Annex I – Part C – table
Energy Final rate afterCO2 tax rate Energy completion ofonent (EUR/tCO2) Start of transitional component rate rate (EUR/GJ) (EUR/GJ) transitional period Start of Final rate after period (01.01.2023)transitional completion of period transitional (01.01.20323) beforeperiod (01.01.2033) indexation Gas oil before 0,9 0,9 Heavy fuelindexation Gas oil 0,9 0,9 0,9 45 Heavy fuel oil 0,9 0,9 45 Kerosene 0,9 0,9 0,9 45 Coal and coke 0,9 0,9 0,9 0,9 45 Non-sustainable bioliquids 0,9 0,9 0,9 45 Non-sustainable solid products falling within 45 0,9 0,9 0,9 within CN codes 4401 and 4402 Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) 0,69 0,9 0,9 45 Natural gas 0,69 0,9 0,9 45 Non-sustainable biogas 0,6 0,9 0,9 0,9 45 Non renewable fuels of non-biological origin 0,6 0,9 Sustainable f 0,9 45 origin Food and feed crop bioliquids 0,45 0,9 0,9 0,9 Sustainable f45 Food and feed crop biogas 0,45 0,9 0,9 0,9 45 Sustainable bioliquids 0,45 0,6 0,45 45 Sustainable biogas 0,45 0,6 0,45 45 Sustainable solid products falling within CN 0,45 0,6 0,45 CN codes 4401 and 4402 Low-carbon fuels 0,159 0,9 0,45 Renewable fuels of non-biological origin 0,15 0,15 0,15 45 Advanced sustainable bioliquids, biogas and products falling within CN codes 4401 and 0,15 0,15 0,15 45 and 4402
Amendment 23 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The Paris Agreement, adopted in December 2015 under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) entered into force in November 2016 (“the Paris Agreement”). Its Parties have agreed to holdn its 2018 Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1,5 °C above pre- industrial levels, in its 2019 Special Reports on Climate Change and Land and on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate, and in its 2021 Report on the Physical Science Basis, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provided the latest scientific evidence on the impacts of climate change and illustrated the need to urgently reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in all sectors of the economy and to reverse the degradation of carbon sinks in order to limit global warming to 1,5 °C. By adopting the Glasgow Climate Pact of 2021, its Parties recognised that limiting 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 would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change, and committed to strengthen their 2030 targets by the end of 2022 to close the ambition gap.
Amendment 24 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) In its 2019 Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, the Intergovernmental Science- Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services (IPBES) provided the latest scientific evidence on the ongoing worldwide erosion of biodiversity, and stressed in particular that climate change is the third most important driver of biodiversity loss. The co-sponsored IPBES-IPCC workshop report on biodiversity and climate change of 10 June 2021 also highlighted that previous policies have largely tackled the problems of climate change and biodiversity loss independently, and called for policies that simultaneously address synergies between mitigating biodiversity loss and climate change, while also considering their societal impacts, in order to offer the opportunity to maximise co-benefits and help meet development aspirations for all.
Amendment 25 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 b (new)
Recital 1 b (new)
(1b) In its resolution of 28 November 2019 on the climate and environment emergency1a, the European Parliament urged the Commission to take immediate and ambitious action to limit global warming to 1,5 °C and to avoid massive biodiversity loss, including by addressing inconsistencies in current Union policies with the climate and environment emergency, in particular through a far reaching reform of its agricultural, trade, transport, energy and infrastructure investment policies, and by ensuring that all relevant future legislative and budgetary proposals are fully aligned with the objective of limiting global warming to under 1,5 °C and that they do not contribute to biodiversity loss. _________________ 1a OJ C 232, 16.6.2021, p. 28.
Amendment 26 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Taking a holistic approach to tackling climate and environmental-related challenges and reaching the objectives of the Paris Agreement while delivering on the oath to 'do no harm' to other environmental objectives of the Union are at the core of the Communication on ’The European Green Deal’, adopted by the Commission on 11 December 201928 . The necessity and value of the European Green Deal and of its holistic approach have only grown in light of the very severe effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health and economic well-being of the Union’s citizens. _________________ 28 COM(2019)640 final. It is therefore necessary to complement the accounting of GHG emissions and removals from the land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) sector by introducing an obligation to do no significant harm to other environmental objectives, in particular the Union’s biodiversity objectives as set out in the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and in the relevant Union legal acts, within the meaning of Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council 28a. _________________ 28 COM(2019)640 final. 28a Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2020 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 (OJ L 198, 22.6.2020, p. 13).
Amendment 30 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) In Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council30 , the Union has enshrined the target of economy-wide climate neutrality by 2050achieving an economy-wide balance between anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gas emissions within the Union by 2050 at the latest in legislation. That Regulation also establishes a binding Union commitment to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions (emissions after deduction of removals) by at least 55 % below 1990 levels by 2030. All sectors of the economy are expected to contribute to achieving that target, including the land use, land use change and forestry sector. The contribution of net removals to the 2030 Union climate target is limited to 225 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. Iwith the highest priority being the maintenance and restoration of natural sinks alongside reduction of fossil emissions. Regarding the land use, land use change and forestry sector, care must be taken when advocating substituting fossil fuels completely with forest woody biomass. Currently, this has severe limitations because its over extraction leads to reduced sink function/capacity of forests and plantations, and also due to the extremely poor conversion efficiency. This leads to negative impacts both on climate and biodiversity, even twhen context of Regulation (EU) 2021/1119, the Commission reaffirmed in a corresponding statement its intention to propose a revision of Regulation (EU) 2018/841 ofmpared to coal, according to the Commission's JRC study of 20211a. The only scenario with neutral or positive biodiversity impact that has short-term carbon impacts is burning fine woody debris from coniferous forests, but even then, JRC state that enough of this material should be left onsite to maintain soil carbon and fertility, to maintain sink function. This poor performance exists despite the Ecuropean Parliament and of the Council31 , in line with the ambition to increase net carbon removals to levels above 300 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in the land use, land use change and forestry sector by 2030. _________________ 30 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).’. 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)rent levels of enforcement of "sustainable forest management", which needs serious enhancement to make intensive forestry reach sustainability in reality. It is to be welcomed that the Commission has begun work on enhancing SFM rules and definitions to actually ensure sinking and biodiversity protection. The contribution of net removals to the 2030 Union climate target is limited to 225 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. When implementing the 2030 Union climate target, the relevant Union institutions and Member States also committed to prioritising swift and predictable emissions reductions and, at the same time, enhancing removals by natural sinks. In order to ensure that sufficient mitigation efforts are deployed by emitting sectors until 2030, the contribution of net removals to the 2030 Union climate target has been limited to 225 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent, without prejudice to the objective of enhancing its net carbon sink beyond that level in 2030 in view of achieving net zero climate-neutrality by 2050 at the latest. Because the causes of, and solutions for, reducing emissions and increasing sinks are so different between sectors, those are not easily comparable, and therefore each sector should achieve that target of net zero climate neutrality, including between the forestry and the agriculture sectors. _________________ 1a https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repos itory/bitstream/JRC122719/jrc-forest- bioenergy-study-2021-final_online.pdf). See page 9 for comparison of feedstocks and the poor climate and biodiversity performance of woody biomass. 30 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 37 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) Land should not be converted to accommodate the production of agricultural raw material for biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels.
Amendment 38 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In order to contribute to the increased ambition to reduce greenhouse gas net emissions from at least 40 % to at least 55 % below 1990 levelsensure that the LULUCF sector makes a sustainable and predictable long-term contribution to the Union climate-neutrality objective, binding annual targets for net greenhouse gas removals should be set out for each Member State in the land use, land use change and forestry sector inat sector in the period up to at least 2050, starting with the period from 2026 to 2030 (in analogy to the annual emission allocations set out in Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council32 ), resulting in a target of 31n intermediary target of at least 490 millions of tonnes CO2 equivalent of net removals for the Union as a whole in 2030. The methodology used to establish the national targets for 2030 should take into account the average greenhouse gas emissions and removals from the years 2016, 2017 and 2018, reported by each Member State, and reflect the current mitigation performance of the land use, land use change and forestry sector, and each Member State’s share of the managed land area in the Union, taking into account the capacity of that Member State to improve its performance in the sector via land management practices or changes in land use that benefit the climate and biodiversity. _________________ 32 Regulation (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).
Amendment 45 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
Amendment 47 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 b (new)
Recital 5 b (new)
(5b) Using short-life products in order to sink carbon is also flawed, as by definition sequestration is sinking carbon to remove it from the atmospheric store, and short-lived products obviously do not keep carbon out of the atmospheric phase of the carbon cycle for long. Therefore, in order to avoid fraud, misspending of public funds and greenwashing, only longer life products proven to retain carbon sunk in a temporary store for at least 50 years could be included in the calculations and contribution to targets.
Amendment 50 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The binding annual targets for net greenhouse gas removals should be determined for each Member State by a linear trajectory. The trajectory should start in 2022, on the average of greenhouse gas emissions reported by that Member State during 2021, 2022 and 2023 and end in 2030 on the target set out for that Member State. For Member States that improve their methodology of calculating the emissions and removals, a concept of technical correction should be introduced, subject to independent scientific review. A technical correction should be added to the target of that Member State corresponding to the effect of the change inimproved accuracy in the methodology used on the targets and the efforts of the Member State to achieve them, in order to respect environmental integrity.
Amendment 53 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) In order to ensure that there is constant progress towards the target of net removals for the Union as a whole in 2030, Member States which fail to meet their annual targets in two consecutive years should revise their National Energy and Climate Plans and Long-term Strategies to ensure additional action is taken to enhance all sinks and reservoirs in a way that contributes to enhancing biodiversity, and to reduce the vulnerability of the land to natural disturbances.
Amendment 55 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The Communication of 17 September 2020 on Stepping up Europe’s 2030 climate ambition33 outlined andifferent pathways and policy options to combine agriculture non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions with land use, land use change and forestry net removals, thus creating a newly regulated land sector. Such combination can promote synergies between land-based mitigation actions and enable more intereach the Union's increased 2030 climate target. It stressed that reaching climate neutrality will require Union action to be significantly stepped up in all sectors of the economy. Progress in one sector cannot compensate for the lack of progress in other sectors. Moreover, removals of GHGs by natural carbon sinks are fragile and potentially reversible, which leads to increased uncertainty in measuring emissions and removals in the land sector compared to other sectors. The risk of reversal of removals by natural carbon sinks is further aggravated policymaking and policy implementation at national and Union level. To this end, the obligation for Member States to submit integrated mitigation plans for the land sector should be reinforced. _________________ 33 COM(2020) 562 final. by climate change. Climate science also shows that the climate response to emissions and removals is asymmetrical, meaning that one tonne of GHG emitted to the atmosphere cannot be compared to one tonne of GHG removed 33a. Therefore the objective of enhancing removals by natural carbon sinks should be pursued strictly separately from the objective of rapidly and drastically reducing GHG emissions from other sectors, including non-CO2 agricultural emissions. _________________ 33 COM(2020) 562 final. 33a Zickfeld K., Azevedo D., Mathesius S. et al. Asymmetry in the climate–carbon cycle response to positive and negative CO2 emissions. Nature Climate Change 11, 613–617 (2021).
Amendment 58 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) A review of the accuracy of reporting should take place, with the interest of comparing like emissions with like emissions and allowing therefore the grouping appropriate solutions and funding streams for them. Different gasses do not have the same origins, nor do they have the same solutions, therefore the IPCC methodology should be respected and distinct accounting categories per gas should be applied. This is entirely appropriate as there is not one common solution, nor does one size fit all problems. In addition, distinct categories of reporting per gas respect climate science and allow division between agricultural sources of gasses and non-agricultural ones, allowing appropriate Union funds to be firstly justified and secondly directed to them. Conversely, having all emissions from all sectors and sources in one category is not useful, not fair, not accurate and encourages fraud.
Amendment 62 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The landLULUCF sector has the potential to become rapidly climate-neutral by 2035 in a cost-effective manner, and subsequently gensubstantially increase the amount of net-removals in a cost-effective manner both in the short and longera te more greenhouse gas removals than emissions. A collective commitment aiming to achieve climate-neutrality in the land sector in 2035 at EU level can provide the needed planning certainty to drive land-based mitigation action in the short term, considering that it can take many years for such action to deliver the desired mitigation outcomes. Moreover, the land sector is projected to become the largest sector in the EU greenhouse gas flux profile in 2050rm. However, realising such potential requires a clear vision to be set out and concrete action to be stepped up already over the coming decade, otherwise the changes required after 2030 would have to happen unrealistically fast. In a change from current trends, land can be used sustainably in a way that prevents and minimises emissions as well as sinking carbon and favouring biodiversity, and these already existing practices and systems must be mainstreamed and supported using financial incentives. Metastudies comprising many tens of thousands of comparisons have shown these are most often productive and profitable, especially in the long term as they confer resilience and mulitfunctionality to the production systems 1a. It is therefore particularly important to anchor that sector to a trajectory that can effectively deliver net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. By mid-2024, the Member States should submit their updated integrated national energy and climate plans in accordance with Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council34 and these should be integrated with both the CAP review mechanism in its new performance model, of annual reporting and review and 2- yearly performance review. Whether Member States offer climate relevant measures to farmers and foresters, as well as rules to ensure efficacy of sequestration efforts and details of component practices, should also be checked by the Commission at the stage of the approval of the CAP strategic plans. At the end of the CAP programming period, the review of efficacy of spending and of measures and their component practices must also be integrated into the national climate and energy plans and their review. The plans should include relevant measures by which each Member State best contributes to the collobjective target of climate neutrality in the land sector at EU level in 2035. On the basis of these plans, the Commission should propose national targets, ensuring that the Union-wide greenhouse gas emissions and removals in the land use, land use change and forestry sector and the emissions from the agriculture non- CO2 sectors are at least balanced by 2035. Contrary to the EU level target of climate neutrality for the land sector by 2035, such national targets will be binding and enforceable on each Member State. _________________ 34 Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the of ensuring a sustainable and predictable long-term contribution of natural carbon sinks to the Union’s climate-neutrality objective by 2050 at the latest. On the basis of these plans, and after taking into account the advice of the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change and the Union GHG budget set out in Regulation (EU) 2021/1119, the Commission should propose Union and Member States targets for net GHG removals from the LULUCF sector for 2035, 2040, 2045 and 2050. In preparation for this, the Commission should assess unintended or unexpected impacts of climate policy on the environment, biodiversity and therefore agro-ecosystem function and so food production capacity as well as social impacts and income of land workers and associated businesses, to enable balanced achievement of the Union’s objectives in Articles 11, 39 and Title XX, Articles 191 to 193 TFEU. It is important that such national targets will be binding and enforceable on each Member State. Offsetting between sectors should not be permitted. _________________ 1a 1. Meta-study review by Tamburini et. al, 2020. “Agricultural diversification promotes multiple ecosystem services without compromising yield.” Science Advances; Review of 98 meta-analyses based on 5160 original studies, comprising 41,946 comparisons. In 63% of cases, agroecology boosted biodiversity without any cost to yields, and in many cases, yields increased. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aba1 715 2. meta-study review by J.D. van der Ploeg et al, 2019. " The economic potential of agroecology: Empirical evidence from Europe ", Journal of Rural Studies, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2019.09. 003 34 Regulation (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 (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p.1).
Amendment 70 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
Amendment 74 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In order to enhance greenhouse gas removals, and move towards climate neutrality in each sector, including LULUCF, by 2030 and beyond, individual farmers or forest managers need a directshould be allowed to benefit from incentives to store more carbon on their land and their forests. New business models based on carbon farming incen while ensuring the protection of biodiversity and other societal co-benefits, through the promotion of ecosystem- based approaches and biodiversity- friendly practivces and on the certification of carbon removals need to be increasingly deployed in the period until 2030. Such incentives and business models will enhance climate mitigation in the. Public funding under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and other Union programs, such as LIFE, the Cohesion Funds, Horizon Europe, the Recovery and Resilience Fund, the Just Transition Fund, can already support ecosystem-based approaches in forests and agricultural lands and should be increased. Such incentives should also enhance climate mitigation in a fully circular and sustainably sourced bio- economy, including through the use of durable harvested wood products, in full respect of ecological principles fostering biodiversity and the circular economy. Hence, new categories of carbon storage products should be introduced . Any proposals of the Commission on carbon farming should be based on solid body of peer-reviewed science as regards the effectiveness of the component practices to sequester and retain carbon or reduce emissions of GHGs, with scrutiny by the Court of Auditors and Ombudsman and the Parliament's Committee on Budgetary Control including assessment of veracity of certification schemes especially if Union funds are used to establish these. Short-lived carbon storage products should not be considered for inclusion in the target calculation or funding addition to the harvested wood products. The emerging business models, farming and land management practices to enhance removals contribute to a balanced territorial development and economic growth in rural areas. They also create opportunities for new jobs and provide incentives for relevant training, reskilling and upskilling. s by definition they do not sink carbon for long enough. Retaining the existing harvested wood products category without new additions will avoid administrative burden, additional costs of controls and risk of fraud. Sinking of carbon into products where there is a genuine, verifiable and long-term carbon sequestration effect of more than 50 years, proven by a solid body of peer reviewed scientific evidence could be explored by the Commission. Such incentives also create opportunities for new jobs and provide incentives for relevant training, reskilling and upskilling. To avoid fraudulent payment for carbon claimed to be, but not in reality, sunk, it is indispensable that forest and agricultural land management systems and production systems have clear and enforceable rules that can actually ensure sustainability and a net carbon sequestration benefit, with no negative impacts on the environment and biodiversity.
Amendment 101 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In view of setting out the net greenhouse gas removals targets for the Member States for the period from 2026 to 2030, the Commission should exercise a comprehensive review to verify the greenhouse gas inventory data for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. For this purpose, a comprehensive review should be carried out in 2025 to assess the progress towards the 2030 target and the overall trajectory to the 2050 commitment of the Paris Agreement, increasing ambition if needed, in addition to the comprehensive reviews that the Commission is to carry out in 2027 and 2032 in accordance with Article 38 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999. Those reviews should also consider unintended or unexpected impacts of climate policy on the environment, biodiversity and therefore agro-ecosystem function and so food production capacity as well as social impacts and income of land workers and associated businesses, to enable balanced achievement of the Union’s objectives in Articles 11, 39 and Title XX, Articles 191 to 193 TFEU.
Amendment 106 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) a Union target for net greenhouse gas removals in the land use, land use change and forestry sector for the period from 2026 to 2030, including a sub-target for reaching a balance at Union level between emissions and removals from cropland, grassland and wetlands by 2030 and achieving negative emissions in those categories thereafter;
Amendment 109 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) targets for net greenhouse gas removals in the land use, land use change and forestry sector for Member States for the period from 2026 to 2030, including sub-targets concerning cropland, grasslands and wetlands;
Amendment 111 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) commitments of the relevant Union institutions and Member States to take the necessary measures for enhancing net greenhouse gas removals in the LULUCF sector from 2031 and onwards so as to contribute to Article 5(1) of the Paris Agreement and ensure a sustainable and predictable long-term contribution of natural sinks to the Union’s climate-neutrality objective by 2050 at the latest and to achieving negative emissions thereafter, as set out in Regulation (EU) 2021/1119;
Amendment 116 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point e
Amendment 121 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. This Regulation also applies to emissions and removals of the greenhouse gases listed in Section A of Annex I, reported pursuant to Article 26(4) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and occurring on the territories of Member States in the period from 2026 to 2030onwards, in any of the following land reporting categories and/or sectors:
Amendment 122 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point g
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point g
(g) harvested wood products proven to sink carbon long term;
Amendment 125 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Amendment 128 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – point e
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – point e
(e) prescribed burning of savannas;
Amendment 129 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 2 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Before 2025, the Commission shall: - assess the extent of agricultural methane emission and the scope for its reduction before 2030 at the latest; - publish what practices can be used to achieve such emission reduction and where they can be used; - ensure that Member States have included those practices in their CAP Strategic Plans, and where missing, engage with Member States to retroactively include them; - assess the success, uptake and efficacy of those practices and accompany Member States through the performance framework of the new CAP delivery model in years 2024 and 2026 (Article 135 SPR) and yearly (Articles 134 and 136 SPR); - ensure publication of these results to ensure institutional and scientific scrutiny.
Amendment 130 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 2 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. In achieving a balanced respect of TFEU objectives in its Articles 11, 39 and Title XX, Articles 191 to 193, the Commission shall ensure that all sectors in all Member States play their fair part in the Union effort, with no leakage between sectors or Member States or displacement effects, to avoid negative impacts on food production and supply, and on climate and biodiversity.
Amendment 131 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new)
Amendment 135 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. The 2030 Union target for net greenhouse gas removals is 31at least 490 million tonnes CO2 equivalent as a sum of the Member States targets established in accordance with paragraph 3 of this Article, and shall be based on the average of its greenhouse gas inventory data for the years 2016, 2017 and 2018. To contribute to that target, emissions and removals of greenhouse gases from cropland, grassland and wetlands shall be balanced at Union level by 2030, and reach negative levels thereafter.
Amendment 144 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
3. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts setting out the annual targetsdelegated acts in accordance with Article 16 to supplement this Regulation by setting out the annual targets for the LULUCF sector, including annual sub- targets for cropland, grassland and wetlands, based on the linear trajectory for net greenhouse gas removals for each Member State, for each year in the period from 2026 to 2029 in terms of tonnes CO2 equivalent. These national trajectories shall be based on the average greenhouse gas inventory data for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023, reported by each Member State. The value of the 31at least 490 million tonnes CO2 equivalent net removals as a sum of the targets for Member States set out in Annex IIa may be subject to a technical correction due to a change of methodology by Member States, subject to independent expert review confirming the necessity and proportionality of the technical correction based on the improved accuracy of the data monitored and reported. The method for determination of the technical correction to be added to the targets of the Member States and for the independent expert review, shall be set out in these implementingdelegated acts. For the purpose of those implementingdelegated acts, the Commission shall carry out a comprehensive review of the most recent national inventory data for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023 submitted by Member States pursuant to Article 26(4) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999.
Amendment 151 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 153 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 156 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Amendment 162 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 165 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Member States shall ensure that measures taken to meet their national targets as referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article do not significantly harm other Union environmental objectives, in particular Union biodiversity objectives as set out in the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and in the relevant legislation, within the meaning of Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 16 to supplement this Regulation by specifying common rules and methodologies to achieve the objective set out in this paragraph, including minimum criteria for the inclusion of biodiversity monitoring in National Forest Inventories or other land monitoring systems.
Amendment 170 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4 a (new)
Amendment 173 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 16 in order to amend paragraph 1 of this Article and Annex V by adding new categories of carboincluding only long life harvested wood products that have been proven storage products, including harvested wood products, that have a carbon sequestration effect, based on IPCC Guidelines as adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC or the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement, and ensuring environmental integrity.; be kept out of the atmospheric portion of the carbon cycle for more than 50 years, so that they have a genuine, verifiable and long-term carbon sequestration effect, based on a solid body of peer reviewed scientific evidence and therefore the IPCC Guidelines as adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC or the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement, and ensuring environmental integrity, notably avoiding negative impacts on biodiversity and agro- ecosystems therefore also food production capacity. Such a science- and evidence-based life cycle approach should therefore mean that shorter-lived products are not counted as emission reductions, as by definition they are short lived so do not store carbon for long. Rather their constituent carbon is contributing to warming.;
Amendment 180 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Regulation EU 2018/841
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission shall ensure that any products included under reductions have a genuine and long term or permanent sequestering effect, based on a solid body of peer-reviewed scientific evidence, in order to avoid fraud. The Commission shall also ensure that no funds are disbursed to damaging or harmful practices, following the “do no harm” approach. Scientific and institutional scrutiny shall be ensured in order to protect against fraud.
Amendment 181 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Regulation EU 2018/841
Article 9 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Amendment 182 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point a
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 11 – title
Article 11 – title
Amendment 183 #
2021/0201(COD)
(aa) the following paragraph is inserted: ‘-1. If a Member State fails to meet its annual target as set out in Article 4(3) of this Regulation for two consecutive years, it shall amend its National Energy and Climate Plan and Long-term Strategy as referred to in Articles 3 and 15 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, and adopt additional measures to enhance all land sinks and reservoirs in a way that contributes to enhancing biodiversity, and to reduce the vulnerability of the land to natural disturbances. Such amendment shall be completed within six months of the second year in which the Member State concerned failed to meet its annual target. The Commission may issue recommendations identifying how the National Energy and Climate Plans and the Long-term Strategy of the Member State concerned should be revised. The Commission shall make such recommendations publicly available. The Member State concerned shall notify the revised National Energy and Climate Plan and Long-term Strategy to the Commission accompanied by a statement setting out how the proposed revision will remedy non-compliance with the annual targets and how the Commission's recommendations have been taken into account. Where the Commission finds that the revised National Energy and Climate Plan or the Long-term Strategy have been insufficiently amended to meet the annual targets of the Member State concerned, the Commission may open an infringement procedure in accordance with the TEU and TFEU.’;
Amendment 184 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point -a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point -a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
(-a) Paragraph 1 is deleted;
Amendment 185 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point -a a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point -a a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
(-aa) Paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: “2. To the extent that total removals exceed total emissions in a Member State for the period from 2021 to 2025, or that net greenhouse gas removals in 2030 in a Member State exceed the 2030 target set out for that Member State in Annex IIa, that Member State may transfer the remaining quantity of removals to another Member State subject to the payment by the recipient Member State of at least EUR 250 per tonne of transferred removals. The quantity transferred shall be taken into account when assessing the recipient Member State's compliance with its 2030 target as set out in Annex IIa.’;
Amendment 188 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point b
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 12 –paragraph 5
Article 12 –paragraph 5
Amendment 191 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the Member State has included in its strategy submitted in accordance with Article 15 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 ongoing or planned specific measures to ensure the conservation or enhancement, as appropriate, of forest sinks and reservoirs in a way that contributes to enhancing biodiversity, and to increase resilience, reducing the vulnerability of the land to natural disturbances and climate change shocks; and
Amendment 192 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
Amendment 194 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 Regulation (EU) 2018/841
When assessing whether, within the Union, total emissions exceed total removals as referred to in the first subparagraph, point (b), the Commission shall ensure that double counting is avoided by Member States, in particular in the exercise of the flexibilities set out in Article 12 of this Regulation and Articles 7(1) or 9(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/842.
Amendment 196 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13a – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 13a – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) Finland included in its strategy submitted in accordance with Article 15 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 ongoing or planned specific measures to ensure the conservation or enhancement, as appropriate, of forest sinks and reservoirs in a way that contributes to enhancing biodiversity, and to reduce the vulnerability of the land to natural disturbances;
Amendment 197 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13a – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 13a – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) there is a positive trend in relation to Finland concerning the conservation of habitats under Directives 92/43/EEC and 2009/147/EC;
Amendment 199 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13b – title
Article 13b – title
Amendment 200 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13b – paragraph 1
Article 13b – paragraph 1
1. A land use flexibilnatural disturbances solidarity mechanism corresponding to a quantity of up to 1789 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent shall be established in the Union Registry established pursuant to Article 40 of Regulation (EU) No 2018/1999, subject to the fulfilment of the Union target referred to in Article 4(2). The flexibilnatural disturbances solidarity mechanism shall be available in addition to the flexibilities provided for in Article 12.
Amendment 204 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 13b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
3. Where, in the period from 2026 to 2030, the result of the calculation referred to in paragraph 2 is positive, the Member State concerned shall be entitled to compensate the excess emissionsmay use the natural disturbances solidarity mechanism set out in this Article provided that the following conditions are fulfilled:
Amendment 205 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point –a (new)
Article 13b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point –a (new)
Amendment 206 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 13b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the Member State has included in its updatedeffectively revised its integrated national energy and climate plan submitted pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 ongoing or planned specific measures to ensure the conservation or enhancement, as appropriate, of all land sinks and reservoirsand long-term strategy pursuant to Article 11(-1) and has adopted new measures to enhance all land sinks and reservoirs in a way that contributes to enhancing biodiversity, and to reduce the vulnerability of the land to natural disturbances;
Amendment 207 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 13b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the Member State has exhausted all other flexibilities available pursuant to this Article 12 of this Regulation or Article 7(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/842;
Amendment 208 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 13b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) there is a positive trend in relation to the Member State concerning the conservation status of habitats under Directives 92/43/EEC and 2009/147/EC;
Amendment 209 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 13b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) the difference in the Union between the annual sum of all greenhouse gas emissions and removals on its territory and in all of the land reporting categories referred to in Article 2(2), points (a) to (j), and the Union target [of 31at least 490 million tonnes CO2 equivalent of net removals] is negative and after all the other flexibilities available pursuant to Article 12 have been exhausted, in the period from 2026 to 2030.
Amendment 214 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 13b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 215 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13b – paragraph 5
Article 13b – paragraph 5
Amendment 218 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13c – paragraph 1
Article 13c – paragraph 1
If, as a result of the comprehensive review carried out by the Commission in 2032 pursuant to Article 14(2), the Commission finds that the reviewed greenhouse gas emissions and removals of a Member State in 2032 exceed the annual targets of that Member State for any specific year of the period 2026 to 2030, taking into account the flexibilities used pursuant to Articles 12 and 13b, the following measures shall apply:
Amendment 222 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) the policies and measures regarding trade-offs in order to obtain balanced achievement of the Union’s objectives set out in Articles 11, 39 and Title XX, Articles 191 to 193 TFEU;
Amendment 228 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 17
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 17
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 16a
Article 16a
Amendment 229 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. The Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council, no later than six months after […]each global stocktake agreed under Article 14 of the Paris Agreement, on the operation of this Regulation, including, where relevant, an assessment of the impacts of the flexibilities referred to in Article 11, as well as on the contribution of this Regulation to the Union’s overall 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction target on the necessary increase in greenhouse gas emissions reductions and removals in the Union, as well as on the contribution of this Regulation to the Union’s climate neutrality objective and intermediary climate targets set out in Regulation (EU) 2021/1119, to the goals of the Paris Agreement, and its contribution to othe goals of the Paris Agreement, in particular with regard to the need for additional Union policies and measures, in view of the necessary increase in greenhouse gas emissions reductions and removals in the Union. r Union objectives and measures such as the 8th Environmental Action Programme, the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and the EU nature restoration targets. The report shall assess in particular the need for additional Union policies and measures, in particular taking into account any future improvement of the monitoring, data collection and reporting system concerning forests in the Union as announced under the new EU Forest Strategy for 2030, and in view of the necessary increase in greenhouse gas emissions reductions and removals in the Union and of the objective to protect and restore biodiversity and to ensure resilient and functioning ecosystems. The report shall take into account the best available and most recent scientific evidence, including the latest reports of the IPCC, IPBES and of the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1119.
Amendment 233 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Following the report, the Commission shall make legislative proposals where it deems it appropriate. In particular, the proposals shall set out annual targets and governance aiming towards the 2035 climate-neutrality target as laid downdditional Union policies and measures based on robust scientific methodologies to achieve the post-2030 LULUCF targets referred to in Article 4(43), additional Union policies and measures, and a post-2035 framework, including innd extend the scope of theis Regulation to include greenhouse gas emissions and removals from additional sectors, such as the marine and freshwater environmentthe marine, coastal and freshwater ecosystems, and to set additional net removals targets for those ecosystems.;
Amendment 236 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) 2018/1999
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 1 – point ii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 1 – point ii
the Member State’s commitments and national targets for net greenhouse gas removals pursuant to Article 4(1) and (2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/841 and its contributions aim towards reaching the Union objective of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2035 and achieving negative emissions thereafter towards the overall trajectory of the 2050 commitment of the Paris Agreement pursuant to Article 4(4) of that Regulation;;
Amendment 247 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex
Annex
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Annex IIa
Annex IIa
Amendment 252 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III
Annex III
Regulation (EU) 2018/1999
Annex V – Part 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Annex V – Part 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) a system for the monitoring of land use units withcomprising high-carbon stock land, using categories as defined in: - Article 29(4) of Directive 2018/2001;, namely land that had one of the following statuses in January 2008: (a) wetlands, namely land that is covered with or saturated by water permanently or for a significant part of the year; (b) continuously forested areas; (c) land with a canopy cover of between 10 % and 30 %. - Article 29(5) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001, namely: (a) land that was peatland in January 2008.
Amendment 253 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III
Annex III
Regulation (EU) 2018/1999
Annex V – Part 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 1
Annex V – Part 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 1
— Land with a high biodiversity value as defined in Article 29(3) of Directive 2018/2001;categories as defined in Article 29(3) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 with a high biodiversity value, namely: (a) primary forest old-growth forests, and other wooded land, namely forest and other wooded land of native species; (b) highly biodiverse forest and other wooded land which is species-rich, or has been identified as being highly biodiverse; (c) areas designated: (i) by law or by the relevant competent authority for nature protection purposes; or (ii) for the protection of rare, threatened or endangered ecosystems or species recognised by international agreements or included in lists drawn up by intergovernmental organisations or IUCN; (d) highly biodiverse grassland, including wooded meadows and pastures, that is: (i) natural, namely grassland that would remain grassland in the absence of human intervention and that maintains the natural species composition and ecological characteristics and processes; or (ii) non-natural, namely grassland that would cease to be grassland in the absence of human intervention and that is species-rich and has been identified as being highly biodiverse.
Amendment 257 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III
Annex III
Regulation (EU) 2018/1999
Annex V – Part 3 – paragraph 4
Annex V – Part 3 – paragraph 4
Member States shall from 2026 for all carbon pool emission and removal estimates falling in areas of high carbon stock land use units referred to in point (ca) above, areas of land use units under protection or under restoration referred to in points (db) and (ec) above, and areas of land use units under high future climate risks referred to in point (fd) above, apply Tier 3 methodology, in accordance with the 2006 IPCC guidelines for national GHG inventories.’.
Amendment 13 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that agricultural productivity and resilience depend on biodiversity to guarantee the long-term sustainability of our food systems; underlines, furthermore, that muchconsiderable amounts of the biodiversity across Europe hasd been created by farming and its survival is dependent on the continued activemaintained by low- input traditional farming systems and in many cases, survival of many species is dependent on the continued sustainable, low impact, low intensity management of farmland;
Amendment 19 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. It is undeniable, based on a vast body of scientific evidence, including recently the UN's IPBES meta-study on biodiversity and ecosystem services1a, that certain contemporary farming practices of course also contribute highly significantly to habitat loss, and local species extinctions, including of agro-ecosystems and species beneficial to farming, leading to ecosystem simplification, loss of ecosystem functions and ecosystem collapse. Recognises therefore the urgent need to change the destructive status quo which imperils lives, livelihoods and health; _________________ 1a IPBES, "Global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services" 2019. www.ipbes.net/sites/default/files/inline/file s/ipbes_global_assessment_report_summa ry_for_policymakers.pdf
Amendment 21 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that cascading effect of landscape simplification leads to lower crop production through, in particular, reduced both pollinator and natural enemy richness1a; reiterates that replacement of natural enemy population by use of insecticides exacerbates further the problem of reduced pollination, which is a direct component of crop production; Calls for a holistic approach in order to safeguard ecosystem services through measures leading to increased landscape heterogeneity; _________________ 1aM. Dainese, E. A. Martin, M. A. Aizen, M. Albrecht, I. Bartomeus, R. Bommarco, L. G. Carvalheiro, R. Chaplin-Kramer, V. Gagic, L. A. Garibaldi, J. Ghazoul, H. Grab, M. Jonsson, D. S. Karp, C. M. Kennedy, D. Kleijn, C. Kremen, D. A. Landis, D. K. Letourneau, L. Marini, K. Poveda, R. Rader, H. G. Smith, T. Tscharntke, G. K. S. Andersson, I. Badenhausser, S. Baensch, A. D. M. Bezerra, F. J. J. A. Bianchi, V. Boreux, V. Bretagnolle, B. Caballero-Lopez, P. Cavigliasso, A. Ćetković, N. P. Chacoff, A. Classen, S. Cusser, F.D. da Silva e Silva, G. A. deGroot, J.H. Dudenhöffer, J. Ekroos, T. Fijen, P. Franck, B. M. Freitas, M. P. D. Garratt, C. Gratton, J. Hipólito, A. Holzschuh, L. Hunt, A. L. Iverson, S. Jha, T. Keasar, T. N. Kim,M. Kishinevsky, B. K. Klatt, A.-M. Klein, K.M. Krewenka, S. Krishnan, A. E. Larsen, C. Lavigne, H. Liere, B. Maas, R. E. Mallinger, E. Martinez Pachon, A. Martínez-Salinas, T. D. Meehan, M. G. E. Mitchell, G. A. R. Molina, M. Nesper, L. Nilsson, M. E. O’Rourke,M. K. Peters,M. Plećaš, S. G. Potts, D. d. L. Ramos, J. A. Rosenheim, M. Rundlöf, A. Rusch, A. Sáez, J. Scheper, M. Schleuning, J. M. Schmack, A. R. Sciligo, C. Seymour, D. A. Stanley, R. Stewart, J. C. Stout, L. Sutter,M. B. Takada, H. Taki, G. Tamburini, M. Tschumi, B. F. Viana, C. Westphal, B. K. Willcox, S. D. Wratten, A. Yoshioka, C. Zaragoza-Trello, W. Zhang, Y. Zou, I. Steffan-Dewenter, A global synthesis reveals biodiversity-mediated benefits for crop production. Sci. Adv. 5, eaax0121 (2019).
Amendment 38 #
2020/2273(INI)
2. Welcomes, and insists on maintaining, the high level of ambition of the EU biodiversity strategy for 2030 in seeking to halt and reverse biodiversity loss in the EU; considers that this level of ambition encourages policy action at all levels and promotes the development and mainstreaming of research and innovative solutions to tackle biodiversity loss; stresses that the continuous decline in farmland biodiversity including on a landscape scale is a reality and that bold action is needed to counteract this trend;
Amendment 52 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Regrets the fact that the EU’s biodiversity strategy to 2020 had not set measurable targets for agriculture, making it difficult to assess progress and the performance of EU-funded actions; recalls that poor coordination between EU policies and strategies dealing with biodiversity has led to failure to address the decline in genetic diversity 1a ;Calls on the Commission to follow the ECA's recommendations and to build on these lessons learned in the Biodiversity strategy 2030; _________________ 1a https://www.eca.europa.eu/en/Pages/DocI tem.aspx?did=%7bB5A7E9DE-C42E- 4C1D-A5D2-03CA1FADE6F8%7d
Amendment 53 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that after the ideals and good intentions announced in the Green Deal, there must be consequent follow-up in implementation, notably also in the common agricultural policy, which has a highly significant impact on biodiversity as it governs land use not only in the EU but also beyond;
Amendment 60 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Notes that EU agriculture, food and industry also drive biodiversity crashes and ecosystem collapse globally through direct and indirect land use change, especially through imported soya used for animal feed and palm oil used for biofuels and food, that both cause massive tropical and subtropical deforestation and habitat conversion;
Amendment 61 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Notes the alarming increase in domesticated animals kept for our food, principally chickens, pigs & cows, during the Anthropocene; notes the distribution of planetary vertebrate biomass is now dominated by humans (one third and rising) and their domesticated food animals (livestock at almost two thirds, rising), versus wild animals (1-4%, rapidly shrinking)1a; notes that since 1970 human and dependent food animal species populations have almost doubled while wild vertebrate populations have more than halved1b and that 70% of all birds are now chickens and other poultry while only 30% are wild1b; notes that these global trends in biodiversity loss correlate with expansion of intensive agriculture, and conversion of habitats and resident biodiversity being replaced by food animals kept for human consumption; _________________ 1aSmil, Vaclav. (2011). Harvesting the Biosphere: The Human Impact. Population and development review. 37. 613-36. 10.1111/j.1728- 4457.2011.00450.x. See also The biomass distribution on Earth, Y.M.Bar-On, R.Phillips, R.Milo in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Jun 2018, 115 (25) 6506-6511 1b+96% increase, vs. -60% decrease; Collen, B. et al. Monitoring Change in Vertebrate Abundance: the Living Planet Index. Conservation Biology 23, 317-327 (2009); WWF/Zoological Society London, The Living Planet Index database, (2018); UN Population division 2018.
Amendment 63 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Recognises the role of EU meat production in the global biodiversity crash. Notes the need, within the Green deal strategies, to limit livestock production to within our EU carrying capacity, based on grazing and home- grown fodder, without polluting our waters, soils and air, or driving deforestation and habitat conversion outside the EU. Considers this a blind spot of the Green Deal and its strategies: a reluctance to challenge the extractive model of trade based upon deforestation and exploitation and conversion of other tropical and subtropical habitats that are the repositories of most of the world's biodiversity, in order to feed an animal population that is too large for European consumers to eat or European resources to sustain, in order to export to third country markets using dumping practices;
Amendment 65 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Calls for the effective implementation of the long overdue EU protein strategy, principally through incorporation into the CAP national Strategic Plans, in particular to reduce dependency on forest destroying soya imported for animal feed, originating from tropical and subtropical areas; Calls upon the Member States and Commission to ensure its inclusion therein. Notes the importance of home grown leguminous crops grown in rotation, and also matching livestock populations and densities to local carrying capacities, and a shift to grazing pasture and also temporary grasslands and herbaceous arable leys enriched with sown legumes;
Amendment 68 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 f (new)
Paragraph 2 f (new)
2f. In general calls for the application of due diligence and for products of deforestation not to be allowed access to the EU market;
Amendment 70 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the strong link with the Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a holistic approach to the food system; calls on the Commission to establish an evidence-based evaluation of the implementation of the strategy’s measures and targets, in particular of the individual and cumulative impacts on the social and economic sustainability of agriculture in the EU, long term food security and prices, and the potential risks of displacing biodiversity losses abroad by the replacement of local agricultural production with imports; the cost of inaction and a continuation of the status quo, including effects on global ecosystem functioning and life support; notes that the potential risks of displacing biodiversity losses abroad by the replacement of local agricultural production with imports pre-supposes that high biodiversity systems are less productive, whereas numerous peer- reviewed scientific and economic studies show this is not the case and that low artificial input, high-biodiversity agroecological systems are equally productive as conventional systems in nearly 2/3 of cases, if not more productive1a, but are often also more profitable1b; stresses the need to look at the long term regarding both resource use and food security; _________________ 1aMeta-study review by Tamburini et. al, 2020. “Agricultural diversification promotes multiple ecosystem services without compromising yield.” Science Advances; They reviewed 98 meta- analyses based on 5160 original studies, comprising 41,946 comparisons between diversified and simplified practices. In 63% of cases, agroecology boosted biodiversity without any cost to yields, and in many cases, yields actually increased. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aba1715 https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6 /45/eaba1715 1bMeta-study /review by J.D. van der Ploeg et al, 2019. "The economic potential of agroecology: Empirical evidence from Europe", Journal of Rural Studies, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2019.09. 003
Amendment 91 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promote the use of pasture and pastoral habitats, including wooded pastures and other agroforestry systems, as a critical precondition for creating nesting substrates for pollinators, birds and mammals, and in synergy with maintenance of high nature value grassland communities confined to grazing and traditional forms of extensive farming;
Amendment 92 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines that land use change is a significant driver of the transmission and emergence of infectious diseases. Land use change is cited as the cause of over 30% of emerging infectious diseases, and correlates significantly with the emergence of novel zoonoses globally1a; notes further that in the last 30 years there have been over 50 zoonotic disease cross-over events; _________________ 1aIPBES “Workshop report on Biodiversity and Pandemics”, 2020. https://ipbes.net/sites/default/files/2020- 12/IPBES%20Workshop%20on%20Biodi versity%20and%20Pandemics%20Report _0.pdf
Amendment 97 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Notes the IDDRI study1a on the feasibility of transitioning to agro-ecology in Europe in terms of food production, which found that under an agro- ecological system, European farms would be able to produce enough food to feed its 2050 population and also maintain some export capacity; notes that the FAO also underlines that biodiversity contributes to food security and nutrition in many ways1b, including by enabling food to be produced in a wide range of environments, helping to maintain the stability of food supplies through the year and through shocks such as droughts and pest outbreaks, supplying a wide variety of nutritionally diverse foods and contributing to the supply of water and fuel used in food preparation; _________________ 1aIDDRI “An Agroecological Europe in 2050: multifunctional agriculture for healthy eating”, 2018. 1bFAO “Biodiversity for food and agriculture: Contributing to food security and sustainability in a changing world”, 2011.
Amendment 98 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Expresses concern over plans and projects of intensive animal feeding operations in various Member States; considers that traditional extensive animal farming is being threatened by intensive form of production which the Common Agricultural policy helps make profitable to the detriment of biodiversity and wider environment; calls for all policy instruments coherently working towards support of the traditional European cultural landscape of the extensive production supporting biodiversity and phasing out support to intensive production units;
Amendment 101 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. CStresses that biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse are an existential threat to the survival of many species including humans; considers that biodiversity conservation is a key societal goal, requiring a broad and inclusive debate, and the effective participation of everyone in society, in particular those more affected by the measures, such as the world's poor and most vulnerable populations, those dependent on biodiversity for their livelihoods, and the EU farming community, while at the sameo are being asked to implement positive change for the common good; Notes the need to benefiting from theirfarmers' knowledge and experience, and creating a sense of ownership, vital for the successful implementation of the strategyto mainstream the many success stories that are a win-win-win for biodiversity, society and farmers' profits; notes also the need in creating a sense of custodianship for nature and biodiversity, especially where it helps farmers' productivity, and ownership over the implementation of the strategy, which is vital for it to be successful;
Amendment 127 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the key role of the common agricultural policy (CAP) in protecting and promoting farmland biodiversity; underlines the potential of the green architecture components of the CAP in promoting and providing incentives for the transition to more sustainable agricultural systems for producing food and maintaining high nature value farmland; considers that Member States must ensure the timely development and uptake of actions which contribute to enhancing the delivery and potential of biodiversity benefits in line with the required level of ambitionset effective baselines for sustainability and biodiversity when defining their conditionality standards, and ensure the ambitious and timely development and uptake of interventions, in particular eco-schemes and agri- environmental-climate measures in rural development, which would contribute to enhancing the delivery and potential of biodiversity benefits in line with the required level of ambition; Calls on the Commission to play its role effectively when assessing the design and following up the implementation of the Member States' strategic plans through ambitious targets and milestones; notes the need for using a sufficient and effective set of indicators to measure performance of the CAP in stemming and reversing the biodiversity crash, and to measure impact on the ground and in the waters;
Amendment 145 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Relies on the CAP reform to incorporate Green Deal strategy targets, and for CAP funds to be used wisely to actually benefit biodiversity and climate, by investing public funds into interventions proven to be effective for the transition to environmental sustainability; notes with urgency that this is the last chance mandate for turning around the biodiversity crash and the chaos of runaway climate change; recalls that greening efforts failed due to retrofitting during CAP reform negotiations of those greening requirement to actions already being done, resulting in no net positive change in an entire programming period. Is concerned that if citizens' decades-long demands for effective change towards sustainability are yet again ignored, and another programming period of massive expenditure again yields no results in starting to positively impact biodiversity and climate, then the calls for cutting the CAP expenditure may escalate; recalls the concerns of the Court of Auditors for the new delivery model and of the risk of no effective change for biodiversity and climate and also for tracking that expenditure in the CAP, without dilution by e.g. irrelevant animal welfare interventions with no link to biodiversity or climate; reminds the Commission of its responsibility to check the likely effectiveness of new and adapted interventions originally intended for this purpose, notably eco-schemes in the new delivery model;
Amendment 150 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Notes that the CAP has been failing to promote the positive correlation between the production and selective enhancement of functional biodiversity; highlights that provision of ecosystem services by fauna requires an agricultural plot to offer a non-toxic environment and suitable habitat for all the life stages of target organisms, for nesting, breeding and foraging;
Amendment 152 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Amendment 153 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Amendment 154 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 f (new)
Paragraph 5 f (new)
5f. Underlines that the rural development programmes have greater biodiversity potential than direct payments; calls on the Member States to use high-impact measures such as result- based schemes, as opposed to the less demanding and less beneficial (“light green”) ones 1a. _________________ 1a https://www.eca.europa.eu/en/Pages/DocI tem.aspx?did=%7bB5A7E9DE-C42E- 4C1D-A5D2-03CA1FADE6F8%7d
Amendment 172 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the importance of maintaining and restoring high-diversity landscape features in agricultural landscapes for their value in terms of biodiversity, pollinators and the natural biological control of pests; calls on the Member States to develop the necessary measures under their CAP Strategic Plans to promote non-productive areas andhigh biodiversity ecological infrastructure and landscape features with the aim of achieving an area of at least 1025% of high diversity areas beneficial for biodiversity at farm level and at local, regional and national level, promoting interconnectivity between habitats and thereby maximising the potential for biodiversity;
Amendment 181 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls the need for ecological infrastructure in agricultural landscapes, as refugia for biodiversity or "space for nature"; notes the multiple benefits of this approach and recalls it is not "taking out" land "set aside" for "non- productive" use, as it actually increases productivity of the whole system by boosting populations of beneficial species like natural predators of pests, pollinators, topsoil creating communities, etc.; notes that in order to achieve maximum agroecological efficiency, any such ecological focus areas should be established on the same area over the years in order to allow biodiversity to accumulate;
Amendment 187 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls for holistic approach when adopting measures supporting pollinators; notes that support directed merely towards honeybees e.g. based on number of beehives, is alone absolutely insufficient in halting decline in pollinators, as well is ineffective to sustain pollination ecosystem service as honey bee only supplements, rather than substitutes for, pollination provided by different groups of insect species1a, including solitary bees, butterflies, hoverflies and beetles; Calls on Member States to include in their draft Strategic Plans a broad array of measures targeting various groups of pollinators; _________________ 1aLucas A. Garibaldi at al, 2013: Wild Pollinators Enhance Fruit Set of Crops Regardless of Honey Bee Abundance
Amendment 211 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Welcomes the Commission setting a target for the development of land under certified organic farming by 2030, but calls for this target to be set at 30%, notably in order to match the Commission’s ambitions for a global reduction in pesticide use and risk;
Amendment 213 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Highlights the need for a parallel development of the entire organic food chain in order to allow for local processing and distribution of the Union organic production; calls for a revision of public procurement legislation, including a mandatory inclusion of a minimum of 30% organic ingredients in meals served in schools and other public institutions, in order to encourage organic and local food production and to promote more healthy diets by creating a food environment that enables consumers to make the healthy choice;
Amendment 214 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Notes that Member states will contribute differently to these Union-wide targets depending on the level of development of their organic sector and therefore calls for the definition of national targets; highlights that these targets will not be met without a strong financial support, solid training programmes and advisory services; calls on member states to shape their CAP strategic plans in consequence and the Commission to make sure these strategic plans are up to the task;
Amendment 215 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7d. Notes that organic farming is an entire production system, made up of individual techniques. While adapting these to the CAP's eco-schemes and subsequent adoption by farmers of the individual agroecological techniques is extremely positive and represents stepping stones to more sustainable and, where applied appropriately and in the right combination, more profitable production, calls on the Commission to monitor appropriately the success in achieving the organic farming target;
Amendment 216 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 e (new)
Paragraph 7 e (new)
7e. Notes the enormous contribution of living soils to global biodiversity, given the range and enormous numbers of species resident in them; notes the strong link between a living, healthy, biodiverse soil and the productivity and profitability of farms and their resilience to climate change. For example, droughts do not effect so strongly crops with long tap roots embedded in deep topsoils built by soil communities, with fungal mycorrhizal associations sourcing water and nutrients for the crop plants; flooding impacts living and biodiverse soil much less due to better aeration and drainage provided by soil macro-biota; living, biodiverse soils are less susceptible to leaching and erosion as fungi and bacteria glue the soil particles together; notes that a constant vegetation cover is therefore essential to keep soil biota alive, in addition to the protection offered against physical erosion of soil by wind, rain, sun; notes the important by-product of living soils is in particular the carbon sinking function of humification, the creation of humus and therefore topsoil - inputs are plant organic matter and surface vegetation: plants exude sugars and proteins from their roots to feed the entire soil community, among which topsoil building microorganisms build long-chain hydrocarbons, coating the mineral soil particles, so creating the biggest, albeit temporary, carbon store after oceans;
Amendment 217 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 f (new)
Paragraph 7 f (new)
7f. Notes the alarmingly degraded state of Europe's and the world's soils; notes the negative impacts on soil communities and biodiversity and their functions building soil and protecting plants (via mycorrhiza), including firstly their sterilisation due to collateral damage by regular field and landscape level application of pesticides intended to kill pests on crop plants; notes secondly the negative impact of synthetic fertilisers as salts on soil communities, in addition to oversupply of nutrients impoverishing plant community composition via out- competition, the eutrophication of surface waters, and fish kills via toxic algal blooms; notes further that synthetic fertilisers only elicit a growth response in plant communities when the soil is sterile or severely impoverished of soil life; notes thirdly impacts due to management such as leaving soil bare of vegetation cover; in addition notes the impact of microplastics on soil biodiversity and accumulation in food chain; notes the urgent need to correct these factors leading to death and erosion of soils. Therefore considers it is essential that any policy measure, for example in the CAP, should seek to resolve those concerns and rather promote conditions for life in the soil. These concerns should also be satisfied in the taxonomy regulation;
Amendment 223 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the importance of sustainabledemonstrating nature based forest management for the health and longevity of forest ecosystems and the preservation of the multifunctional role of forests, including training of forest owners, maintenance of existing forest habitats, local awareness-raising projects and public participation processes, with continuous afforestation and reforestation programmes; highlights the potential of agroforestry to improve and boost ecosystem services and farmland biodiversity, while enhancing farm productivity and farmer profits, and in longer cycles of up to 30 years or more;
Amendment 238 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Emphasises that achieving the EU’s goals for environment, climate and biodiversity will never be possible without healthy forests; encourages therefore actions to increase forest cover with trees that are appropriate for local conditions and ecosystems, especially avoiding exotic species that sustain far less local biodiversity; stresses that subsequent new forest must not have negative impacts on existing biodiversity or on carbon sinks, especially avoiding planting on wetlands and peatlands and also high-biodiversity pasture and other high nature value land; stresses that protection, reforestation and afforestation, with location and environment appropriate tree species, should be the focus of any future EU Forest strategy;
Amendment 246 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Highlights that EU targets are needed to achieve the restoration of degraded forests so as to recover their full ecological functionalities; notes that close-to-nature management practices are the most able to achieve these goals; recalls that different types of cutting have different impacts on forests’ soil quality and conservation status; considers that clear-cutting of large areas is by far the most damaging method, since it removes much of the organic matter and roots from the soil, causes the release of soil carbon and significantly damages the complex structure of the forest and its dependent ecosystems, as well as creating massive nutrient surges leading to fish kills due to intense soil erosion over large parcels and often steep gradients;
Amendment 248 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Amendment 250 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Underlines that in 2017, only 26% of forest species and 15% of the forest habitats were found to be in favourable conservation status in the EU, without any trend towards improvement; calls on the Commission to propose an overarching legislation on the ecological status of the EU ecosystems, including all forests, and to set up a target of 30% of EU protected forest with a favourable ecological status by 2030; recognises the role of biodiversity in ensuring that forest ecosystems remain healthy and resilient; highlights the importance of the Natura 2000 sites; notes, however, that sufficient financial resources are needed to manage such areas and to achieve enforcement; calls therefore for an appropriate increase in the LIFE budget;
Amendment 251 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Stresses that utilisation of forest resources in number of areas reaches unsustainable levels and hampers both climate and biodiversity goals as well the provision services of forests managed for wood production; underlines that increased levels of harvest lead to increase in harvested area1a, threatening ecosystems which have had primarily other function, e.g. drinking water sources protection, flood or avalanche prevention, nature protection, research, reindeer-herding or recreation; _________________ 1a Ceccherini, G., Duveiller, G., Grassi, G. et al. Abrupt increase in harvested forest area over Europe after 2015. Nature 583, 72–77 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2438-y
Amendment 254 #
2020/2273(INI)
8d. Recalls the difference between natural, biodiverse, old-growth forest and uniform, species-impoverished forestry plantations, often monocultures of genetically similar and/or exotic species that support far less biodiversity than natives; notes further the need to incorporate high biodiversity, especially genetic diversity, in planting considerations, as this spreads risk of pest and disease attack; notes that large trees and intact, older forests provide essential habitat that is missing from younger, managed forests; stresses therefore the need to protect old growth forests in the EU; notes that there is no EU definition of old growth forests and calls on the Commission to introduce such a definition in the future EU Forest Strategy;
Amendment 257 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 e (new)
Paragraph 8 e (new)
8e. Points out that the 3 billion trees target should not become a driver for replacing existing old-growth and biodiverse forest with species- impoverished new forestry plantations, as this would be counter-productive to the overall objective; considers that urban and peri-urban areas, including former industrial and rehabilitated land would particularly be suited for this, as well as agricultural land especially under agro- forestry and mixed use that delivers environmental protection synergies, creating corridors using biodiverse field boundaries and connecting nature rich areas; similarly points out that afforestation of high nature value sites and carbon sinks should be avoided; recalls that the forestry strategy should fall under the Green Deal's biodiversity strategy and that these need to be fully aligned and coherent;
Amendment 260 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 f (new)
Paragraph 8 f (new)
8f. Notes that biodiversity is acquired over the years, therefore recalls the benefits to biodiversity in allowing trees to mature longer, also the importance of leaving older stands and especially allowing old native trees to survive in the forestry matrix; notes the importance of multi-species stands and promoting proforestation in managed forests; recalls that older trees and decomposition processes in older forests themselves support a whole range of species, therefore these should be included in the biodiversity strategy;
Amendment 261 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 f (new)
Paragraph 8 f (new)
8f. Considers that support to afforestation initiatives should be focusing on holistic approaches taking into account also local economic and social conditions and local communities and favouring resilient mixed and healthy forests;
Amendment 262 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 g (new)
Paragraph 8 g (new)
8g. Notes the absence of any definition on sustainable management, and welcomes the Commission's efforts to define management criteria; notes that the FOREST EUROPE process has failed to deliver objective and demonstrable EU sustainable forest management criteria that would be implemented in managed forests in the EU and that current undefined SFM approaches have not been able to prevent problematic and intensive forest management in the EU; stresses that conservation status of forest habitats and species covered by EU nature legislation show no significant signs of improvement1a; _________________ 1a https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/st ate-of-nature-in-the-eu-2020.
Amendment 263 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 h (new)
Paragraph 8 h (new)
8h. Underlines that due to climate change, natural disturbances such as droughts, floods, storms, pest infestations, erosion and fires will occur more frequently, causing damage to forests in the EU; emphasises, in this context, the need to better prevent such events by making forests more resilient, for example through dynamic climate adaptation, a more nature-based management and by offering better support mechanisms for affected areas and properties so they can be restored; notes that monocultural single species plantations are far less resilient to pests and diseases as well as to drought and fires and should thus not be supported by EU funds; stresses the crucial importance of the CAP and forestry measures in implementing the EU Forest Strategy but regrets the low number of member states making use of these measures. Encourages the continuity of forestry measures under the 2021-2027 CAP, with a particular focus on supporting the transition to more sustainable practices fostering biodiversity like continuous cover and close-to-nature management practices; highlights the need for other easily accessible, well- coordinated and relevant EU funding mechanisms;
Amendment 264 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the importance of the impact of plant protection products and tools for the stability of agricultural production and the sustainability of farmers’ incomes; considers that, although progress has been made, shamefully little progress has been made, either on behalf of DGs AGRI, SANTE or the Sustainable Use of Pesticides directive's MS National Action Plans, which were already a decade late, constituting a shared policy fail by those actors; notes that pesticide use has actually increased in that wasted time; stresses with urgency that a substantial reduction in the use and risks of chemical pesticides is both needed for biodiversity to survive, and also has been demanded for decades by EU citizens who consume the resulting food (Eurostat); stresses the key role of integrated pest management and other agroecological approaches and techniques in reducing pesticide use and dependency, and urges the Member States to ensure it is applied and its implementation is assessed systematically; stresses that farmers need a bigger toolbox of crop protection solutions and methods, as well as bolstered training and advisory systems; cautions the Commission and MS that waiting another decade for affirmative action is not a viable policy option as this mandate is the last chance window for action to avert the most destructive climate change and most damaging biodiversity collapses;
Amendment 284 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Highlights that record keeping of how much of each substance is used on each crop over time is already required in most private supply contracts, and yet conditionality under CAP has only required minimal issues (legality of active substance in EU, safe storage and equipment), since 2003 and remains unchanged; notes that with modern, accessible and ubiquitous technology (e.g. smartphones), such record keeping is easily done and will facilitate pesticide use reduction as well as enabling monitoring of success;
Amendment 285 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Expresses concerns over substantial use of emergency application of knowingly harmful substances, including neonicotinoids; stresses that it is important that restrictions and bans be accompanied by support, expert advice and knowledge transfer on use of alternatives and above all on improved practice mitigating the propagation of pest material and making use of natural predators where possible, including creation of habitats for useful fauna;
Amendment 295 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Notes that the traditional and outdated chemical pesticide approach is flawed because it is a biological inevitability that pest species, by definition rapidly reproducing, quickly evolve resistance to the active substance, leading to a chemical arms race in which the farmers and biodiversity are the big losers; notes further that resistance has been rising and making pesticide use even less effective over the decades due to systematic and repeated application of too much product, over too large areas. Notes that to avoid biodiversity crashes and pest resistance, a hierarchy of action should be followed, in line with the 8 principles of IPM found in annex III to the Directive 2009/128/EC on Sustainable use of pesticides, whereby chemical pesticides are only used as a last resort after a series of practices that are alternatives to chemical pesticides, and whole field or whole landscape applications that wipe out entire ecological communities of agricultural biodiversity are avoided : (a) structural or cultural control: avoiding large-scale monocultures that only attract pests; using smaller, diverse parcels, using longer crop rotations to break up pests' reproductive cycles; biologically diverse planting e.g. multi-cropping (poly- cultural plantings), under sowing with cover crops, stale bed techniques, etc.; (b) physical and mechanical control: shallow ploughing, inter alia not to disturb the weed seed bank, adapted spring-loaded machinery to weed between and within rows as is used in organic farming, flame or steam weeding, etc; (c) biological control: encouraging or introducing natural predators, including birds, insects, including parasitoids, also nematodes, fungi, etc. In a species rich system these will automatically regulate pest populations as no one species becomes dominant. Beneficial species can be attracted to the system using ecological infrastructure such as wild flower strips (GAEC 9/EFA, Eco-schemes or agri- environmental measures in rural development); (d) low risk pesticides or natural products, used sparingly and targeted to places and times where the pest is present (e.g. those listed in annex to the organic regulation); (e) as a last resort chemical pesticides, used sparingly and targeted to occurrence of pests, never using blanket application. If the preceding steps are respected, the need to use these will be greatly reduced. This is in line with the "many small hammers" principle used in agroecological approaches that rely on building up functional biodiversity and beneficial species to regulate pest populations, rather than resorting regularly to a chemical "bomb" that actually makes the system more susceptible to subsequent pest attack;
Amendment 298 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Welcomes moves to establish a Toxic-Free Future and so calls for a 70% reduction in the use of pesticides by 2030; welcomes interim targets of reducing pesticide use by 30-50% by 2025, with a view to phasing out chemical pesticides by 2035, as called for in the European citizens' initiative1a; _________________ 1aECI Save bees and farmers: Towards a bee-friendly agriculture for a healthy environment, https://europa.eu/citizens- initiative/initiatives/details/2019/000016_e n
Amendment 299 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 d (new)
Paragraph 9 d (new)
9d. Highlights the role that beneficial species play in the agro-ecosystem, notably for pest control but also pollination, plant and soil protection, etc., and that mainstream agro-ecosystems are typically impoverished of natural predator control species, as a consequence of pesticide use, thus locking farmers into a cycle of increased pesticide use; notes the economic and environmental benefits of breaking free of this input dependency cycle by using agroecological techniques, and the need for knowledge sharing, especially peer-to-peer exchanges, and training;
Amendment 300 #
2020/2273(INI)
9e. Notes that the widespread and systemic use of wide spectrum pesticides, especially whole field or landscape level applications, knocks out populations of beneficial species as well as the intended target pest species. This leaves the agro- ecosystem susceptible to the next pest attack, either from the same pest species or another one, which the beneficial predators would have otherwise been able to deal with. Notes also that in addition to insecticides having this population effect on beneficial species, the wide-scale use of broad spectrum herbicides such as glyphosate also damages these insect predators because they also rely on pollen from wildflowers within the fields and in field margins for their nutrition;
Amendment 301 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 f (new)
Paragraph 9 f (new)
Amendment 302 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 g (new)
Paragraph 9 g (new)
Amendment 303 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 h (new)
Paragraph 9 h (new)
9h. Notes the failure of the regulatory framework to consider inevitable non- target impacts of pesticides including airborne and waterborne drift, resilience in soils and wider ecosystem effects, notably on pollinators and other insects beneficial to farming like predators of pests; notes the 27-year dataset illustrating the "insect Armageddon"1a, whereby 75% winged insects have become regionally extinct across Germany, even in nature reserves where no pesticides were directly applied for agricultural purposes; _________________ 1aMore than 75 percent decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass in protected areas, Hallmann et al, 2017. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id =10.1371/journal.pone.0185809
Amendment 304 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Regrets the factSounds the alarm for long term global and continental food security that agricultural production is being increasingly concentrated in a limited range offew agricultural crops, and within those, varieties and genotypes with little genetic variation; underlines that preserving genetic variability in all its components is crucial to promoting the diversity and richness of agricultural ecosystems and to the preservation of local genetic resources, in particular as a repository of solutions to help in facing the environmental challenges that lie ahead. Notes the importance of preserving cultivars and old varieties especially as they can thrive in less than optimal conditions; notes further that although seed vaults and repositories have their place, the most cost-effective way of preserving these genes and traits is in the field; such participative breeding e.g. seed saving and seed sharing, allow to rapidly and cheaply breed/ evolve domesticated species around challenges like climate change, water scarcity or excess, where farming communities remain in control of the selection process, and ensure traits tailored to changing local conditions.
Amendment 305 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Regrets the fact that agricultural production is being increasingly concentrated in a limited range of agricultural crops, varieties and genotypes; underlines that preserving genetic variability in all its components is crucial to promoting the diversity and richness of agricultural ecosystems and to the preservation of local genetic resources, in particular as a repository of solutions to help in facing the environmental challenges that lie ahead.; welcomes that the Commission is considering1a the revision of marketing rules for traditional crop varieties in order to contribute to their conservation and sustainable use, and its intention to take measures to facilitate the registration of seed varieties, including for organic farming, and to ensure easier market access for traditional and locally adapted varieties. _________________ 1a Biodiversity Strategy for 2030
Amendment 319 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Notes in this context that high- biodiversity & high genetic diversity farming approaches such as agroecology are an effective way of spreading risk of crop failure or pest attack, as clones and very similar phenotypes are equally susceptible to the same shocks and pressures, such as pests and diseases, especially in the uniform and monocultural landscapes often found in agriculture - e.g. Xylella fastidiosa attacking monocultures of genetic clones of olive trees.
Amendment 326 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Underlines that changes in land use, the expansion and intensification of agriculture, and the unsustainable trade and consumption of wildlife are key drivers of biodiversity loss and increase contacts between wildlife, farm animals, pathogens and people, which create the conditions for emerging infectious diseases.
Amendment 328 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Notes that fur production, which involves the confinement of thousands of undomesticated animals of a similar genotype in close proximity to one another under chronically stressful conditions can significantly compromise animal welfare and increases their susceptibility to infectious diseases including zoonoses, as has occurred with COVID-19 in mink.
Amendment 332 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 d (new)
Paragraph 10 d (new)
Amendment 51 #
2020/0035(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) By connecting the Union’s main transport routes with its peripheral regions and territories, the rail sector contributes to social, economic and territorial cohesion. and by establishing and reinstating missing regional cross- borderraillinks1a and advancing in electrification1b, the rail sector contributes to social, economic and territorial cohesion. Furthermore, remote areas often have fewer and less-well-developed networks that need particular attention. Moreover, border regions throughout the Union make up 40 % of the Union’s territory, containing a third of its population1cbut are often faced with the doubly difficult situation of being rural in character and at the periphery of national networks. _________________ 1aDG RERIO Report “Quantification of the effects of legal and administrative border obstacles in land border regions” (Source: https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sourc es/docoffic/2014/boosting_growth/quantif _effect_borders_obstacles.pdf 1b https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/in formation/publications/reports/2018/comp rehensive-analysis-of-the-existing-cross- border-rail-transport-connections-and- missing-links-on-the-internal-eu-borders 1cDG RERIO Report “Quantification of the effects of legal and administrative border obstacles in land border regions” (Source: https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sourc es/docoffic/2014/boosting_growth/quantif _effect_borders_obstacles.pdf
Amendment 92 #
2020/0035(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) The overwhelming majority of freight transport starts or ends in towns and suburbs. 70% of the population lives there and 85% of the Union's GDP is created in these areas. Similarly, commuters account for 80-90% of all passengers. This means that urban agglomerations are significant contributors to the overall performance of passenger rail transport, as also reflected in the 'Urban mobility package' and the 'European Strategy for low-emission mobility'.
Amendment 96 #
2020/0035(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 8 b (new)
Recital 8 b (new)
(8b) The role of motivated staff cannot be underestimated and guarantees smooth operations. Many railways, however, have problems to attract new employees, which is a clear sign that working conditions are not perceived as attractive; it would therefore be advisable to pick up this common European problem in future coordination meetings with all involved actors;
Amendment 133 #
2020/0035(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) strengthen rail transport in agglomerations and suburbs, to promote space-saving, climate and people-friendly, end-to-end transportation
Amendment 165 #
2020/0035(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. A collection of best practise examples to promote rail passenger transport and rail freight with special emphasis on network optimisation, services within an integrated timetable scheme, regional infrastructure expansion and promotion of freight transport away from the main corridors;
Amendment 168 #
2020/0035(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Initiatives to simplify and harmonise ticketing systems;
Amendment 170 #
2020/0035(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 c (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Initiatives to strengthen feeder lines in order to improve end-to-end mobility;
Amendment 185 #
2020/0035(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6a Budget The financial envelope for the implementation of this Decision for the period from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2022 shall be EUR 16 million. The annual appropriations shall be authorised by the European Parliament and the Council within the limits of the multiannual financial framework.
Amendment 11 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
— having regard to the Commission communication of 11 December 2019 on ‘The European Green Deal’ (COM(2019)0640),
Amendment 12 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 b (new)
Citation 7 b (new)
— having regard to the EU biodiversity strategy,
Amendment 16 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
— having regard to the responsibilities of the EU States under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD),
Amendment 22 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the EU’s internal and international commitments to, for example, the European Green Deal, the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Kyoto Protocol, the Paris Agreement and the creation of a zero-emission society, will be impossible to achieve without the climate benefits and other ecosystem services provided by forests and the forest- based sector;
Amendment 24 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union makes no reference to a common EU forest policy, and responsibility for forests lies with the Member States, but whereas the EU has a long history of contributing, through its policies, to sustainable forest management (SFM) and the Member States’ decisionsdifferent legislations as, but not limited to, the Birds and Habitats Directives, the Common Agriculture Policy, the LULUCF regulation, the Renewable Energy Directive, the TIMBER and FLEGT regulations, actually regulates many aspect touching on forests;
Amendment 34 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas approximately 40% of EU's forests are publicly owned, Member States are obliged to set an example for sustainable forest management in their publicly owned forests for the public good;
Amendment 42 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas forests and the entire the forest-based value chain are fundamental to the further development of the circular bioeconomy as they provides jobs, ensures economic welfare in rural and urban areas, and is key to prospects of mountainous and rural areas, and whereas forests deliver climate change mitigation and adaptation services, offer health-related benefits, and protect theharbour biodiversity and prosptects of mountainous and rural areaed species;
Amendment 51 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas climate scientists agree that simultaneously reducing combustion emission and decreasing atmospheric carbon dioxyde through forest growth is central to achieve the goals of reducing global carbon dioxyde emissions by 45% 2010 levels by 2030, as advised by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in its special report “Global warming of 1,5°C” from 2018;
Amendment 63 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas growing existing forests to their biological carbon sequestration potential optimizes carbon dioxyde removal while limiting climate change and protecting biodiversity, soil, air, land, and water; Whereas forests store more carbon dioxyde per acre per year the older they get, especially after maturity at 50 years; whereas forest store about 2.5 times more carbon in soils than in tree biomass1a; _________________ 1aBruno De Vos et al., Benchmark values for forest soil carbon stocks in Europe: Results from a large scale forest soil survey, Geoderma, Volumes 251–252, August 2015, Pages 33-46
Amendment 66 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas, in addition to carbon sequestration, forests have a beneficial impact on the climate, the atmosphere, the preservation of biodiversity and river and waterway management, protect soil from erosion by water and wind and possess other useful natural properties;
Amendment 72 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas managed plantations that are harvested periodically store far less carbon because trees are maintained at a young age and size2a; whereas plantations are often monocultures, and sequester less carbon more slowly than intact forests with greater tree species diversity, mostly composed of European endemic species, and higher rates of biological carbon sequestration2b; _________________ 2a Harmon et al (1990): Effects on carbon storage of conversion of old-growth forests to young forests, Science. 1990 Feb 9;247(4943):699-702. John Sterman et al. (2018): Does replacing coal with wood lower CO2 emissions? Dynamic lifecycle analysis of wood bioenergy, Environmental Research Letters, http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1 748-9326/ aaa512/meta 2bLiu, Y., M. Kumar, G.G. Katul, and A. Porporato (2018): Reduced resilience as a potential early warning signal of forest mortality. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, August 5-10, 2018, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Amendment 74 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)
Recital C d (new)
Cd. whereas currently underway coal- to-biomass projects in the EU would release 67 MT of CO2 per year and require approximately 2,700km2 of forest to be cut down every year while producing only 64 TWh of electricity, which is less than 2% of the EU’s electricity production;
Amendment 79 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C e (new)
Recital C e (new)
Ce. whereas use of wood as biomass for energy production creates higher emissions of CO2 per unit of energy than coal, because of a lower energy density, bigger emissions originating from the supply chain and less efficient conversion of combustion heat to electricity; whereas wood biomass is more efficiently used to produce heat than energy;
Amendment 84 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C f (new)
Recital C f (new)
Cf. whereas the average life cycles recognised for wood products are 50 years for construction, 8 years for wood panels, and a year for energy, heat or paper; whereas it takes on average 40 years for a new tree to sequester the equivalent of carbon dioxyde released in the atmosphere by the wood products issue from a harvested tree; Whereas climate scientists estimate it is necessary to curb climate change in the next 12 years in order to remain under 2°C of global warming;
Amendment 89 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C g (new)
Recital C g (new)
Cg. whereas in its Global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services from 2019, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services concludes that 25% of species, both animal and vegetal are threatened and that one million species face extinction;
Amendment 94 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C h (new)
Recital C h (new)
Ch. whereas large trees and intact, older forests provide essential habitat that is missing from younger, managed forests; whereas in 2017, only 26 % of forest species and 15 % of the forest habitats were found to be in favourable conservation status, and were not showing any trend towards bettering;
Amendment 97 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C i (new)
Recital C i (new)
Ci. whereas climate change is altering the growth capacity of forests, and increasing the frequency and seriousness of drought, floods and fires and fosters the development of new pests and disease which affect EU forests; whereas intact ecosystems have greater capability to overcome environmental stressors, including changes to climate, than degraded ones as they have inherent properties that enable them to maximize their adaptive capacity3a; _________________ 3aJames E. Watson et al (2018): The exceptional value of intact forest ecosystems. In Nature Ecology & Evolution
Amendment 101 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C j (new)
Recital C j (new)
Cj. whereas types of cutting have different impacts on forests’ carbon dioxyde storage capacities, soil quality and conservation status, clear-cutting of large areas being the most damaging method, since it removes much of the organic matter and roots from the soil, causes the release of soil carbon and significantly damages the complex structure of the forest and its dependent ecosystems;
Amendment 102 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C k (new)
Recital C k (new)
Ck. whereas data available on forests at EU level is incomplete and of varying quality, hampering the capacity of coordination at EU level concerning forest management;
Amendment 103 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C l (new)
Recital C l (new)
Cl. whereas illegal logging is ongoing also in the EU4a; _________________ 4aexamples Romania, Sweden, Poland https://ec.europa.eu/environment/forests/p df/Briefing%20note%20May- June%202019_Final.pdf and https://ec.europa.eu/environment/forests/p df/Briefing_Note_April_- _May_2018_Public_version.pdf
Amendment 104 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
Amendment 109 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 115 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that many challenges are still present concerning the eight areas of the strategy, and that some are growing;
Amendment 116 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Highlights that in 2017, only 26 % of forest species and 15 % of the forest habitats were found to be in favourable conservation status in the Union, and were not showing any trend towards bettering;
Amendment 117 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Notes that the EU Forestry strategy and diverse EU legislative tools, notably the Renewable Energy Directive, did encourage the development in the EU of the use of wood as biomass for energy production, but that this development is not done in a sustainable way; stresses that the scientific consensus on the impacts on climate change of the use of wood as biomass as evolved since 2013;
Amendment 119 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the fact that athe definition of SFMustainable Forest Management (SFM) which was agreed as part of the pan- European FOREST EUROPE process is too vague and do not prevent as such problematic forest management in the EU; notes that the definition has been incorporated into national legislation and voluntary systems, such as forest certifications, in place in the Member States;
Amendment 122 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. StressNotes that the promotion of SFM in the EU, as part of the EU Forest Strategy and the rural development measures implemented under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), has had a positive impact on the biodiversity of forests in the EU and has enhanced the climate benefits offered byre is a need to strengthen SFM in a balanced manner in order to ensure theat forest- based sector; notes, however, that there is still a need to strengthen SFM in a balanced manner in order to ensure that forestss' ecological status improves and that they are better able to adapt to changing climate conditions, and to reduce the risks and impacts of natural disturbances;
Amendment 129 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes that, although improvements were made through the setting up of the Forest Information System of Europe, the available data on EU forests, and in particular on their ecological status is incomplete, difficult to aggregate and not backed by remote sensing;
Amendment 136 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
Subheading 2
Amendment 143 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises that the EU’s forests are multifunctional and characterised by great diversity, including differences in ownership patterns, size, structure, biodiversity, resilience and challenges; points out, in addition, that forests offer society a wide variety of ecosystem services including habitats for endangered species, carbon sequestration, raw materials, improved air quality, clean water, erosion control, and protection from droughts, floods and avalanches;
Amendment 170 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recognises that long-term investments in SFMa reinforced SFM which places equal focus on the social, environmental and economic benefits of the forest, could ensure that forests remain not only economically viable, but also contribute to achieving the many goals of the EU, including the successful implementation of the European Green Deal and the transition to a circular bioeconomy;
Amendment 180 #
2019/2157(INI)
8. Acknowledges the crucial climate benefits of forests and the forest-based sector; highlights the need to increase CO2 sequestration in forests, carbon storage in wood-based products and the substitution of fossil-based materials and energy; notes that leftovers at the end of the wood value chain can be favourably used as biomass in order to substitute it to fossil- based heat, but that timber should be kept for uses with a longer life cycle in order to increase the global carbon dioxide storage;
Amendment 198 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Regrets the fact that although forests in the EU are managed according to the commonly agreed principle of SFM and forest cover in the EU has been increasing over the past decades, aHighlights the different approach to SFM has been developed in the context of the recently agreed regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment and amending Regulation 2019/2088 on sustainability- related disclosures in the financial services sector;
Amendment 221 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the recent publication of the Commission’s European Green Deal and looks forward to the upcoming post- 2020 EU Forest Strategy, under the umbrella of the Biodiversity Strategy;
Amendment 228 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the Commission’s 2020 Work Programme and especially the acknowledgment of the new EU Forest Strategy’s contribution to the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP26) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change; stresses, in this regard, that in future, forests should not be considered as the only type of CO2 sink as that would give other sectors less of an incentive to minimise their emissions; highlights, in addition, the importance of transitioning from a fossil-based society; Highlights that the new EU Forest Strategy should also contribute to the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) of the Convention on Biological Diversity;
Amendment 243 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises the crucial role of forests, the forest-based sector and the bioeconomy in achieving the goals of the European Green Deal; stresses that achieving the EU’s goals for environmental and, climate goalsand biodiversity will never be possible without multifunctionalhealthy forests; encourages, in addition, actions to increase forest cover, whealthy and sustainably managed forests and viable industries; encourages, in addition, actions to increase forest coverre the trees being planted are appropriate for local conditions, and the planting and subsequent new forest does not have negative impacts on existing biodiversity;
Amendment 265 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that an ambitious, independent and self-standing EU Forest Strategy is needed for the post-2020 period which is not subordinate to any other sectoral strategy; calls for a new EU Forest Strategy that builds on the holistic approach to SFM, taking into account all of the economic, social and environmental aspects of the forest-based value chain; stresses that a coordinated and coherentin order, notably, to face the biodiversity and climate crisis; stresses that a coordinated, coherent and better integrated with the relevant EU legislations, approach to forests, the forest- based sector and the multiple services they provide needs to be developed, given the growing number of national and EU policies directly or indirectly affecting forests and their management in the EU;
Amendment 288 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Member States to improve national legislation to put in place, or strengthen where necessary, protection against illegal logging and loss of biodiversity;
Amendment 300 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses the importance of evidence-based decision-making with regard to EU policies relating to forests, the forest-based sector and its value-chain; calls for all forest-related aspects of European Green Deal measures to be consistent with the post-2020 EU Forest Strategythe post-2020 EU Forest Strategy to be consistent with the European Green Deal, particularly with a view to ensuring that SFM has a positive impact on society;
Amendment 303 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Highlights the need to take into consideration the links between the forest- based sector and other sectors as well as the importance of digitalisation and investing in research and innovation; stresses the crucial role of wood-based materials in substituting fossil-based alternatives in industries such as the construction industry,need to prioritise the most efficient use of wood following the ‘cascading principle’ starting from using it for most value adding applications, i.e. for construction and furniture purposes, and the continued need for forest-related research and innovation throughout the forest value chain, including wood-based products that can play as a substitute in the textile industry, the chemical industry and the packaging industry;
Amendment 314 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission to review the accounting rules for bioenergy as a part of a review of the Renewable Energy Directive; stresses the need to prioritise timber for uses with a long life cycle, as construction and furniture; notes with concern that at EU level, reported data indicate that energy accounts for 48 % of total use of woody biomass; highlights the urgency to stop using EU funds to support bioenergy production from wood, except if the biomass comes in a large majority from leftovers at the end of the wood value chain;
Amendment 317 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that materials of biological origin, including all wood waste, returns to the value chain by encouraging eco-design, increasing recycling targets and promoting the use of secondary raw materials comprising wood for products before their potential incineration at the end of life;
Amendment 328 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that due to climate change, natural disturbances such as droughts, floods, storms, pest infestations, erosion and fires will occur more frequently, causing damage to forests in the EU; emphasises, in this context, the need to better prevent such events by making forests more resilient, for example through research and innovationdynamic climate adaptation, a more nature-close management and by offering better support mechanisms for affected areas and properties so they can be restored; notes that mono-essence plantations are less resilient to pests and diseases as well as to drought and fires and should thus not be supported by EU funds;
Amendment 345 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Given the worrying increased risk of forest fires in Europe, calls on the European Commission to include support for silvopasture (forest grazing) within the agroforestry measure and to encourage Member States to implement it in the next Rural Development programme;
Amendment 358 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Recognises the role of biodiversity in ensuring that forest ecosystems remain healthy and resilient; highlights the importance of the Natura 2000 sites; notes, however, that sufficient financial resources are needed to manage such areas and to achieve enforcement;
Amendment 359 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Stresses that protection, reforestation and aforestation, with location and environment appropriate tree species, should be the focus of any future EU Forest strategy; highlights that EU targets are needed to achieve the restoration of degraded forests so as to recover their full ecological functionalities; notes that close-to-nature management practices are the best able to achieve these goals; calls on the European Commission to mobilize funds additional to the budget allocated to the CAP to achieve these goals;
Amendment 361 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Calls on the Commission to address SFM’s shortcomings when developing EU criteria with concrete benchmarks and thresholds, for example on the amount of deadwood, amount of forests in Natura 2000 networks with a management plan and use of low impact sylviculture;
Amendment 362 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Stresses the need to protect old growth forests in the EU; notes that there is no EU definition of old growth forests and calls on the Commission to introduce such a definition in the future EU Forest Strategy;
Amendment 363 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 d (new)
Paragraph 18 d (new)
18d. Calls on the Commission to propose an overarching legislation on the ecological status of the EU ecosystems, including all forests, and to set up a target of 30 % of EU protected forest with a favourable ecological status in 2030;
Amendment 378 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses the crucial importance of the CAP and forestry measures in implementing the EU Forest Strategy but notes the low number of member states making use of these measures; encourages the continuity of forestry measures under the 2021-2027 CAP, with a particular focus on supporting the transition to more sustainable practices fostering biodiversity like continuous cover and close-to-nature management practices; highlights the need for other easily accessible, well- coordinated and relevant EU funding mechanisms;
Amendment 383 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses the crucial importance of the CAP and forestry measures in implementing the EU Forest Strategy; enca reform of the CAP to ensure the safeguarding of ecosystems, the conservation of biodiversity, the preservation of water resouragces, the continuity of forestry measures under the 2021-2027 CAP; highlights the needpreservation and restoration of the biological quality of soil and the adaptation to climate change; stresses the vital role played by forests in achieving the objectives; calls for other easily accessible, well-coordinated and relevant EU funding mechanisms CAP to fully support the potential of agroforestry, and in particular of silvopasture, in implementing the EU Forest Strategy;
Amendment 391 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Highlights the value and the potential of newly established and traditional extensive agroforestry systems for agricultural production, diversification, including for the purpose of bioeconomy, carbon sequestration, prevention of desertification and potential to decrease pressure on forest ecosystems; regrets that the Common Agricultural Policy did not allow for the maintenance of existing agroforestery systems; notes with concern the current large-scale die- off of iconic Mediterranean high-nature value agroforestry system and urgently calls for change of the rules in order to facilitate regeneration and restoration of existing agroforestry systems, and establishment of new ones; calls on the Commission to coordinate the EU Forest Strategy with the Farm to Fork Strategy in order to achieve these goals;
Amendment 408 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
Paragraph 21 c (new)
21c. Notes that no specific funds are allocated to improve the management and restoration of already existing agroforestry lands in a clear way; calls on the European Commission to integrate maintenance payments for agroforestry similar to those of afforested/reforested lands;
Amendment 428 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Highlights the fact that global deforestation and forest degradation are serious problems; points out that policy initiatives should be developed to tackle issues outside the EU, with a focus on the tropics and the drivers of unsustainable practices in forests from outside the sector such as the production of, inter alia, soya, beef and palm oil; reiterates in this connection its request to the Commission in its resolution of 15 January 2020 on the European Green Pact to present without delay a proposal for European legislation based on due diligence to guarantee sustainable and deforestation- free supply chains for products placed on the internal market; stresses the need to foster the implementation of the EU Timber Regulation and the FLEGT (Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade) action plan in order to prevent the entry of illegally sourced wood into the EU market;
Amendment 429 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Highlights the fact that global deforestation and forest degradation are serious problems; points out that policy initiatives should be developed to tackle issues outside the EU, with a focus on the tropics and the drivers of unsustainable practices in forests from outside the sector; stresses the need to foster the implementation ofreview the EU Timber Regulation and the FLEGT (Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade) action plan in order to allow a better prevention of the entry of illegally sourced wood into the EU market; calls on the Commission to propose a new transversal legislation on mandatory due diligence requirements to ensure that global supply chains and financial flows only support legal, sustainable and deforestation-free production and do not result in human rights violation;
Amendment 435 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Expresses concern regarding illegal logging in the EU, recognises that almost all primary old growth forest has been lost; recognises that not only are forests at threat, but that there has been violence towards forest rangers in connection with illegal logging; urges the Commission and the Member States to take urgent action on these issues through close monitoring and through the enforcement of existing EU laws and introduction of new measures to prevent illegal logging, to hold those responsible to account, and to end the oppression of rangers and other nature defenders;
Amendment 443 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Highlights the need for training and information sharing to support the transition to a sustainable forest management; calls on the Commission to support vocational training of forests workers and managers, as well as efficient and extensive advisory services;
Amendment 444 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)
Paragraph 23 c (new)
23c. Highlights that most European citizens are fond of their forests, but that their knowledge is limited; calls on Member States to integrate education on the protection and sustainable management of forests into their school curricula;
Amendment 445 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses the need to develop an EU-wide Forest Information System for Europe under the shared responsibility of all of the relevant Commission Directorates-General; stresses the importance of science-based, balanced information with socio-economic indicators for the development of any forest-related EU policy;, with a view to ensuring sustainable exploitation, reconstitution, protection and conservation of forests, as well as the planning of the development and improved management of the forest-based economy, to develop a European inventory of forests coupled with a European forest monitoring system supported by Copernicus; stresses the role that such a European monitoring system can play in acclimatisation, adaptation and assisted migration of tree populations in response to climate change through the study of relevant factors (environmental conditions, plant physiology, genetic make-up of forest stands, tree pollination, geographic dispersion of seeds etc.)
Amendment 451 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses the need to develop an EU- wide Forest Information System for Europe under the shared responsibility of all of the relevant Commission Directorates-General; stresses the importance of science-based, balanced information with socio- economic indicators for the development of any forest-relatedneed for Member States to provide detailed and consistent reported data under FISE; stresses the need for accurate, easy to aggregate data on EU forests, backed by remote sensing technologies; highlights the need for an accurate mapping of EU policyd-growth and untouched forests;
Amendment 470 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission’s Standing Forestry Committee to give the Member States a centralnd roele in the preparation and implementation of the post-2020 EU Forest Strategy; stresses the importance of the parallel involvement of relevant stakeholders in the Civil Dialogue Group on Forestry and Corkvant stakeholders represented in the Civil Dialogue Group on Forestry and Cork and in the CGBN sub-working group on Nature and Forest a central role in the preparation and implementation of the post-2020 EU Forest Strategy; urges the Commission to involve Parliament in the implementation of the EU Forest Strategy on an annual basis;
Amendment 1 #
2017/0237(COD)
Council position
Recital 37
Recital 37
Amendment 2 #
2017/0237(COD)
Council position
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Railway undertakings in cooperation with station managers and infrastructure managers shall indicate in timetables information about accessible train connections and stations.
Amendment 3 #
2017/0237(COD)
Council position
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
For the purpose of the first subparagraph the term ‘sole railway undertaking’ shall also include all railway undertakings which are eieither have at least half of their whollyshares owned by the same owner or which are wholly-owned subsidiary undertakings of one of the railway undertakings involved.
Amendment 4 #
2017/0237(COD)
Council position
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Where the available re-routing options are not communicated to the passenger within 1060 minutes from the scheduled departure time of the delayed or cancelled service or the missed connection, the passenger shall be entitled to conclude such a contract with other providers of public transport services by rail, coach or bus. The railway undertaking shall reimburse the passenger for the necessary, appropriate and reasonable costs that he or she incurs.
Amendment 5 #
2017/0237(COD)
Council position
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) 250 % of the ticket price for a delay of 60 to 1190 minutes;
Amendment 6 #
2017/0237(COD)
Council position
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) 750 % of the ticket price for a delay of 9120 minutes or more.
Amendment 7 #
2017/0237(COD)
Council position
Article 19 – paragraph 10
Article 19 – paragraph 10
Amendment 8 #
2017/0237(COD)
Council position
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
(a) assistance in stations shall be provided during times rail services operate on condition that the railway undertaking, the station manager, the ticket vendor or the tour operator with which the ticket was purchased, or the Single Point of Contact referred to in point (f), where applicable, is notified of the passenger’s need for such assistance at least 124 hours before the assistance is needed. A single notification per journey shall be sufficientIn stations where daily traffic exceeds 10 000 passengers per day, no pre-notification is needed, however, the person in need of assistance shall be at the respective station at least 30 minutes before the departure of the train. In stations where daily traffic is between 2 000 and 10 000 passengers per day, the notification shall be reduced to maximum three hours. Such notifications shall be forwarded to all other railway undertakings and station managers involved in the person’s journey.;
Amendment 9 #
2017/0237(COD)
Council position
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point a – paragraph 2
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point a – paragraph 2
Where a ticket or season ticket permits multiple journeys, one notification shall be sufficient provided that adequate information on the timing of subsequent journeys is provided, and in any case at least 24 hours before the first time the assistance is needed. The passenger or his/her representative shall make all reasonable efforts to inform of any annulation of such subsequent journeys at least 12 hours in advance.
Amendment 10 #
2017/0237(COD)
Council position
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point a – paragraph 3
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point a – paragraph 3
Amendment 17 #
2017/0114(COD)
Council position
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7f – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 7f – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the mark-up does not exceed 15 % of the weighted average infrastructure charge calculated in accordance with Article 7b(1) and Article 7e of this Directive, except where the revenue generated is invested in cross-border sections of a core network corridor identified in accordance with Chapter IV of Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013, in which case the mark-up may not exceed 25 % of that weighted average infrastructure charge, or, where two or more Member States apply a mark-up in the same corridor, in which case, upon agreement of all Member States which are part of that corridor and which neighbour the Member States in the territory of which the section of the corridor to which a mark-up is to be applied falls, thatwhere infrastructure costs as well as climate and environmental damage are higher in which case the mark- up may exceed 25 % but may not exceed 50 % of that weighted average infrastructure charge;,
Amendment 19 #
2017/0114(COD)
Council position
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7f – paragraph 2
Article 7f – paragraph 2