2 Amendments of Søren GADE related to 2021/0207(COD)
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) The EU ETS directive should also be a tool to incentivise solutions that facilitate decarbonisation. Therefore, 20 million allowances should be reserved and allocated for free to aircraft operators and for subsequent years up to 2030, to provide a guaranteed reward for uplifting sustainable aviation fuels. To ensure that the market for those fuels will find the investment necessary to flourish, 50% of the allowances should be allocated specifically for the uplifting of synthetic aviation fuels. The Commission should detail the methodology to allocate these allowances based on prices. In its methodology the Commission should set out in particular how to cover the price difference between on the one hand the use of kerosene and on the other sustainable aviation fuels, in relation to reducing CO2 emissions by one tonne. Existing reporting mechanisms, such as the annual Technical Report published by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency under Article 12of the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on ensuring a level playing field for sustainable air transport (ReFuelEU Regulation), should be used to support collecting harmonised price information on European level. Moreover, to further boost decarbonisation solutions and technologies, a zero-rating should apply to synthetic aviation fuels for the aircraft operators using such fuels, for a transitional period lasting until the implementing acts referred to in Article14(1) enter into force. Existing EU aviation agencies such as EASA should have an access to the relevant data in order to perform harmonised data collection, also supporting the implementation of Article 87 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 (EASA Basic Regulation).
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 3 e (new)
Article 3 e (new)
(3a) The following Article 3e (new) is added: Article 3 e Allocation and issue of allowances to aircraft operators for uplifting sustainable aviation fuels. 1. As from [the date of entry into force of this directive], the total quantity of allowances referred to in Article 3c(5a) shall be allocated free of charge for the uplifting of sustainable aviation fuels, as reported to the European Union Aviation Safety Agency under Article 7, Article 8 and Article 9 of the [ReFuelEU Regulation]. 2. Each aircraft operator may apply for an allocation of allowances that are to be allocated free of charge for each year until 2030 based on the uplifting of the fuels referred to in paragraph 1 from [the date of entry into force of this directive]. (a) The quantity of allowances shall be proportionate to the total greenhouse gas emissions saved according to the treatment of those fuels under Directive (EU) 2018/2001 and the implementing acts referred to in Article 14(1) of the ETS directive. (b) For a transitional period until the implementing acts referred to in Article 14(1) enter into force synthetic aviation fuels shall be rated with zero emissions for the aircraft operators using them. 3. The Commission shall publish the costs difference between the kerosene and SAF on a yearly basis, based on the Report published under Article 12 of the [ReFuelEU Regulation]. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 23 to supplement this Directive concerning the detailed arrangements for the allocation of aviation allowances for free for uplifting sustainable aviation fuels by covering the price difference per tonne of CO2 saved from using those fuels instead of kerosene. 4. The Commission shall evaluate by 2027 whether the reserve of 20 million of free allowances referred to in Article 3c (5a) should be maintained beyond 2030.