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REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 as regards introducing new environmental economic accounts modules
2023/10/17
Committee: ENVI
Dossiers: 2022/0210(COD)
Documents: PDF(231 KB) DOC(94 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Pascal CANFIN', 'mepid': 96711}]

Amendments (25)

Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) The new modules are to contribute directly to Union’s policy priorities of green growth and resource efficiency.deleted
2023/06/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) In 2019, the European Court of Auditors published a special report No 2019/16 entitled “European Environmental Economic Accounts: usefulness for policymakers can be improved”.15 That report points to a need for more complete data on forests and ecosystems and for full implementation of forest accounts. recommends: (i) to improve the strategic framework for EEEA data, (ii) to improve the relevance of EEEA modules for policy making and (iii) to improve the timeliness of EEEA data. _________________ 15 https://www.eca.europa.eu/en/Pages/DocIt em.aspx?did=51214
2023/06/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) Article 5(2) of Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 lists the sources that Member States may use to estimate the environmental economic accounts. Icollect the necessary data in order to ensure flexibility and to reduce the administrative burden on respondents, National Statistical Institutes and, other national authorities, Member States should be allowed to use innovative approaches. Member States s and stakehould always inform the Commission and provide details as regards the quality of those approaches for the Commission to assess the quality of the dataers.
2023/06/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 55 #
(11) The list of possible future European environmental economic accounts listed in Article 10 of Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 needs to be updated to align them to the current policy priorities of the Union with full respect and in line with the principle of subsidiarity and proportionality.
2023/06/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) In order to take into account the current state of development of methodologies to value ecosystem services, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in order to supplement the Regulation by establishing for which of the ecosystem services already included in the reporting tables in section 5 of Annex IX monetary values should be reported, the first reference year as well as a list of acceptable methods for establishing those monetary values. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during the preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations are conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Inter- institutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making17 . 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. _________________ 17 OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1.deleted
2023/06/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) Since the objectives of this Regulation, namely the introduction of new environmental accounts modules into the current legal framework for European statistics on EEEA, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States but can rather, by reason of consistency and comparability, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on the European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.deleted
2023/06/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 691/2011
Article 2 – point 7
(7) ‘forest accounts’ means assets accounts for forest resources, comprising wooded land and timber on wooded land, and economic activity accounts for forestry and logging;deleted
2023/06/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 691/2011
Article 2 – point 9
(9) ‘ecosystem accounts’ means a set of accounts designed to provide consistent information on extent and condition of ecosystems and on the flows of services from these ecosystems to society.;deleted
2023/06/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Regulation (EU) 691/2011
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) a module for forest accounts, as set out in Annex VII;deleted
2023/06/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Regulation (EU) 691/2011
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) a module for environmental subsidies and similar transfers accounts, as set out in Annex VIII;
2023/06/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Regulation (EU) 691/2011
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) a module for ecosystem accounts, as set out in Annex IX.deleted
2023/06/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Regulation (EU) 691/2011
Article 3 – paragraph 4a (new)
(b) the following new paragraph 4a is inserted: ‘4a. The Commission (Eurostat) shall carry out a methodological and feasibility study on the monetary valuation of ecosystem services. Based on the results of this study, the Commission may supplement this Regulation in order to define, by means of a delegated act, for which of the ecosystem services already included in the reporting tables in section 5 of Annex IX monetary values shall be reported, the first reference year as well as a list of acceptable methods for establishing these monetary values.;’deleted
2023/06/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 691/2011
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point d
any other relevant sources, methods or innovative approaches insofar as they allowrelevant for the production of statistics that are comparable and compliant with the applicable specific quality requiremeaccounts.
2023/06/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 691/2011
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point d – subparagraph 2
Member States which decide to use the sources, methods or innovative approaches referred to in point (d) shall inform the Commission (Eurostat) during the year preceding the reference year during which the source, method or innovative approach will be introduced, and shall provide details concerning the quality of the data obtained.;deleted
2023/06/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 691/2011
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point d – subparagraph 2
Member States which decide to use the sources, methods or innovative approaches referred to in point (d) shall inform the Commission (Eurostat) during the year preceding the reference year during which the source, method or innovative approach will be introduced, and shall provide details concerning the quality of the data obtained.;and shall provide details concerning the source, method or innovative approach.
2023/06/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 691/2011
Article 6
(3 a) Article 6 is amended as follows: "(a) The title is amended as follows: Transmission to the Commission (Eurostat) and publication (b) paragraph 1 is amended as follows: 1. Member States shall transmit to the Commission (Eurostat) the data set out in the Annexes, including the confidential data, within the time limits specified therein. If a Member States fails to provide the data in accordance to the criteria referred in the previous sentence, it shall within two months after the end of the specified time limit provide a justification of the reasons leading to the event. The justification shall be made public in in an easily accessible form. The Commission may take legal action against any Member State, which fails to transmit the data sets in accordance to the time limits. (c) a new paragraph 2a is inserted: 2a. By [six months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], the Commission (Eurostat) shall publish a release calendar for all the data of the modules pursuant to Article 3. The Commission shall actively promote the publication of the data to their potential users and general public." Or. en (02011R0691)
2023/06/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) 691/2011
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. For the purposes of obtaining a derogation under paragraph 1 for Annexes VII, VIII and IX, the Member State concerned shall present a duly justified request to the Commission no later than [OPOCE, please insert exact date which is 24 months after the entry into force of this Regulation].;
2023/06/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation (EU) 691/2011
Article 9
(5) Article 9 is amended as follows: (a) paragraphs 2 and 3 are replaced by the following: ‘2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 3(3), (4) and (4a) shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years from 11 August 2011. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the 5-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. 3. The delegation of power referred to in Article 3(3), (4) and (4a) 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.’ ‘5. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 3(3), (4) and (4a) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or 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 the Council.;’deleted
2023/06/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EU) 691/2011
Article 10
- for introducing new environmental economic account modules, such as Water Accounts (quantitative and qualitative), Resource Management Expenditure Accounts, Subsidies or support measures potentially harmful for the environment and Waste Accounts;
2023/06/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Regulation (EU) 691/2011
Annex VII, VIII and IX
(9) Annexes VII, VIII and IX, as set out in the Annex to this Regulation, are added to Regulation (EU) No 691/2011.
2023/06/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
The data on environmental protection transfers (received/paid) formerly submitted pursuant to Annex IV shall be submitted under Annex VIII. Member States shall no longer provide data on environmental protection transfers (received/paid) pursuant to Annex IV.
2023/06/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I
Regulation (EU) 691/2011
Annex VII
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2023/06/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I
Regulation (EU) 691/2011
Annex VIII
ANNEX VIII
2023/06/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I
Regulation (EU) 691/2011
Annex VIII – section 2
The environmental subsidies and similar transfers accounts record unrequited payments from general government to other institutional sectors (within the domestic economy and to the rest of the world) and from non-residents (rest of the world), for the purpose of protectmonitoring of the environment or reducing the use and extraction of natural resourcesimpact to the environment.
2023/06/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I
Regulation (EU) 691/2011
Annex IX
ANNEX IXdeleted
2023/06/12
Committee: ENVI