527 Amendments of Grzegorz TOBISZOWSKI
Amendment 92 #
2022/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that the EU cannot be dependent on non-EU countries for products and technologies that are essential to our economy and for our society of the future; stresses that the EU needs to regain a strong position in crucial global value chains and secure the supply of critical raw materials necessary for boosting investments in times of crisis;
Amendment 186 #
2022/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Highlights the importance of including education, upskilling and reskilling in alignment with the needs of the labour market of the affected region in the process of its economic revitalisation in order to prevent the process of impoverishment of the region, in the transition pathways; calls on the Commission to develop a strategy for vocational education and business- education partnerships within regional industrial clusters to boost skills and enhance the uptake of ready-for-market innovations by SMEs;
Amendment 205 #
2022/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines that SMEs and start-ups are playing a centraln important role in the digitalisation of the EU and are a critical source of innovation; stresses the need to improve their access to financing;
Amendment 206 #
2022/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 9 – point 1 (new)
(1) Calls on the Commission to stimulate knowledge and best-practice dissemination across enterprises, especially in forms of cross-border consortia and common projects in areas, where productivity gap between Member States is the biggest;
Amendment 245 #
2022/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 12 – point 1 (new)
(1) Calls on the Commission to take measures to tackle huge increases in emission allowance prices, which translate into high energy prices for industry and citizens, in order to ensure market predictability and to combat price volatility. The EU ETS should be strong enough to be protected against unjustified price increases, which halt needed sustainable investments in the EU ETS covered sectors. Calls on the Commission to take necessary measures to exclude financial institutions from the ETS market in order to secure it and prevent speculative increases in allowances prices;
Amendment 276 #
2022/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to accelerate the implementation of instruments, including important projects of common European interest, and industrial alliances that develop innovative breakthrough technologies needed for the energy transition, such as clean steel, clean aviation, e-fuels, clean fertilisers, e- cracking and small modular reactors, renewables, storage technologies, nuclear technologies, CCUS and any other technology that contributes to the emissions reduction in the spirit of technological neutrality;
Amendment 303 #
2022/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 15 – point 1 (new)
(1) To avoid creating new dependencies and vulnerabilities, the Updated New Industrial Strategy, should be driven by European resources and technological capabilities;
Amendment 318 #
2022/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Is strongly concerned about unfair competition, investments and takeovers by non-EU state-financed companies on the single market, especially in strategic sectors, such as energy supply needed to ensure Union's independence and energy security; calls on the Commission to analyse and prevent this interference;
Amendment 54 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point (3 a) new
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point (3 a) new
(3a) ‘existing installation’ means an installation first permitted before the [date of entry into force of this Directive]
Amendment 96 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 7 – Title
Article 7 – Title
Amendment 97 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Without prejudice to Directive 2004/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council*, in the event of any incident or accidentmajor accident within the meaning of the Article 3 (13) of the Directive 2012/18/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, significantly affecting human health or the environment, Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that:
Amendment 99 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point (b)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point (b)
(b) the operator immediately takes the measures to limit the environmental consequences and to prevent further possible incidents major accidents;
Amendment 101 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
(c) the competent authority requires the operator to take any appropriate complementary measures that the competent authority considers necessary to limit the environmental consequences and to prevent further possible incidents major accidents.
Amendment 103 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
In the event of any incident major accident significantly affecting human health or the environment in another Member State, the Member State in whose territory the accident major inaccident has occurred shall ensure that the competent authority of the other Member State is immediately informed. Transboundary and multidisciplinary cooperation between the affected Member States shall aim at limiting the consequences on the environment and human health and to prevent further possible incidents or accidents.
Amendment 107 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Amendment 123 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point a – point ii
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point a – point ii
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point (a)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point (a)
Amendment 139 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 14 a – paragraph 1
Article 14 a – paragraph 1
Member States shall require theeach operator subject to prepare andquirements set in Article 11 of the [EED Recast] to implement, forat each installation falling within the scope of this Chapter ore company-level, an environmental management system (‘EMS’). The EMS shall comply with the provisions included in relevant BAT conclusions that determine aspects to be covered in the EMS.
Amendment 143 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 14 a – paragraph 2 (c)
Article 14 a – paragraph 2 (c)
(c) for installations covered by the obligation to conduct an energy audit or implement an energy management system pursuant to Article 8 of Directive 2012/27/EU, inclusion of the results of that audit or implementation of the energy management system pursuant to Article 8 and Annex VI of that Directive and of the measures to implement their recommendations;
Amendment 146 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 14 a – paragraph 3
Article 14 a – paragraph 3
Amendment 148 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – after point (d)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – after point (d)
The competent authority shall set out in an annex to the permit conditions the reasons for the application of the second subparagraph, including the summary of the result of the assessment by the operator of the fulfilment of the required conditions.
Amendment 156 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
The competent authority shall set the strictest possible emission limit values that are consistent with the lowest emissions achievable by applying BAT in the installationwould not lead to disproportionately higher costs compared to the environmental benefits, and that ensure that, under normal operating conditions, emissions do not exceed the emission levels associated with the best available techniques (BAT- AELs) as laid down in the decisions on BAT conclusions referred to in Article 13(5). The emission limit values shall be based on an assessment by the operator analysing the feasibility of meeting the strictest end ofemission limit values following from the BAT-AEL range and demonstrating the best performance the installation can achieve by applying BAT as described in BAT conclusions. The emission limit values shall be set through either of the following:
Amendment 168 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 15 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3aa. By way of derogation from paragraph 3 the competent authority shall set emission limit values for existing installations that ensure that, under normal operating conditions, emissions do not exceed the emission levels associated with the best available techniques as laid down in the decisions on BAT conclusions referred to in Article 13(5) through either of the following: (a) setting emission limit values that do not exceed the emission levels associated with the best available techniques. Those emission limit values shall be expressed for the same or shorter periods of time and under the same reference conditions as those emission levels associated with the best available techniques; or (b) setting different emission limit values than those referred to under point (a) in terms of values, periods of time and reference conditions. Where point (b) is applied, the competent authority shall, at least annually, assess the results of emission monitoring in order to ensure that emissions under normal operating conditions have not exceeded the emission levels associated with the best available techniques.
Amendment 176 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 15 – paragraph 6 (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 6 (new)
Without prejudice to Article 16 and Article 30 paragraph 5 and paragraph 6, the competent authority may set less strict emission limit values where an assessment shows that the emission levels associated with the best available techniques as described in BAT conclusions would not be achievable due to insufficient fuel quality resulting from persistent interruptions in the fuel supply. The competent authority shall ensure that the time of the derogation granted on the basis of this paragraph would be limited only to the time necessary to overcome fuel supply interruptions.
Amendment 177 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – fourth subparagraph after point (b)
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – fourth subparagraph after point (b)
Amendment 178 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – fifth subparagraph after point (b)
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – fifth subparagraph after point (b)
Amendment 181 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 15 a (new) – paragraph 2
Article 15 a (new) – paragraph 2
Amendment 190 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 21 – paragraph 5 – point (c)
Article 21 – paragraph 5 – point (c)
(c) where it is necessary to comply with an environmental quality standard referred to in Article 18, including in the case of a new or revised quality standard or where the status of the receiving environment requires a revision of the permit in order to achieve compliance with plans and programmes set under Union legislation..
Amendment 193 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – after point (b)
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – after point (b)
Standing in the review procedure mayshall not be conditional on the role that the concerned member of the public played during a participatory phase of the decision-making procedures under this Directive.
Amendment 194 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 25 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States may decide not to apply the first subparagraph to investments started before the [date of entry into force of this Directive].
Amendment 221 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 27 d (new) – paragraph 1 – first part
Article 27 d (new) – paragraph 1 – first part
Member States shall require that by 30 June 2030 the operator includes in its environmental management system referred to in Article 14a a transformation plan forat each installation or company level carrying out any activity listed in points 1, 2, 3, 4, 6.1 a, and 6.1 b of Annex I. The transformation plan shall contain information on how the installation will transform itself during the 2030-2050 period in order to contribute to the emergence of a sustainable, clean, circular and climate-neutral economy by 2050, using the format referred to in paragraph 4.
Amendment 224 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 27 d (new) – paragraph 1 – second part
Article 27 d (new) – paragraph 1 – second part
Amendment 234 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 27 d (new) – paragraph 2 – first part
Article 27 d (new) – paragraph 2 – first part
Member States shall require that, as part of the review of the permit conditions pursuant to Article 21(3) following the publication of decisions on BAT conclusions after 1 January 2030, the operator includes in its environmental management system referred to in Article 14a a transformation plan for each installation carrying out any activity listed in Annex I that is not referred to in paragraph 1. The transformation plan shall contain information on how the installation will transform itself during the 2030-2050 period in order to contribute to the emergence of a sustainable, clean, circular and climate-neutral economy by 2050, using the format referred to in paragraph 4.
Amendment 239 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 27 d (new) – paragraph 2 – second part
Article 27 d (new) – paragraph 2 – second part
Amendment 246 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 27 d (new) – paragraph 3
Article 27 d (new) – paragraph 3
3. The operator shall make its transformation plan as well as the results of the assessment referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 public, as part of the publication of its environmental management system.
Amendment 250 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 27 d (new) – paragraph 4
Article 27 d (new) – paragraph 4
Amendment 267 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 31
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 31
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 79 – paragraph 2
Article 79 – paragraph 2
2. The penalties referred to in paragraph 1 shall include fines proportionate to the turnover of the legal person or to the income of the natural person having committed the infringement. The level of the fines shall be calculated in such a way as to make sure that they effectively deprive the person responsible for the violation of the economic benefits derived from that violation. The level of the fines shall be gradually increased for repeated infringements. In the case of a violation committed by a legal person, the maximum amount of such fines shall be at least 83 % of the operator’s annual turnover in the Member State concerned.
Amendment 270 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 32
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 32
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 79 a (new) – paragraph 4
Article 79 a (new) – paragraph 4
Amendment 274 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 32
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 32
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 79 a (new) – paragraph 5
Article 79 a (new) – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall ensure that the limitation periods for bringing actions for compensation referred to in paragraph 1 are not shorter than 53 years. Such periods shall not begin to run before the violation has ceased and the person claiming the compensation knows or can reasonably be expected to know that he or she suffered damage from a violation pursuant to paragraph 1..
Amendment 62 #
2022/0095(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point b
Amendment 63 #
2022/0095(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point c
Amendment 94 #
2022/0095(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – point d
(d) there shall be no disproportionate negative impact on the competitiveness of economic actors, at leastparticularly of SMEs;
Amendment 97 #
2022/0095(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – point d a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – point d a (new)
(d a) appropriate instruments of financial and educational support for businesses, especially for SMEs, shall be ensured;
Amendment 99 #
2022/0095(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – point f a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – point f a (new)
(f a) technological and operational capabilities of private operators and public bodies in Member States shall be taken into account;
Amendment 102 #
2022/0095(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – point f b (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – point f b (new)
(f b) challenges associated with expertise necessary to ensure an appropriate implementation of certification on a huge scale shall be taken into account;
Amendment 112 #
2022/0095(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Exemptions referred to in the second subparagraph, point (c), may be provided based on the technical feasibility or relevance of tracking substances of concern, the need to protect confidential business information, trade secrets and in other duly justified cases.
Amendment 126 #
2022/0095(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(h a) An appropriate transition period for the implementation of the Digital Product Passport shall apply in order to ensure a proper functioning of the Digital Product Passport;
Amendment 131 #
2022/0095(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Information in the Digital Product Passport shall be integrated with functioning reporting systems in Member States in order to avoid unnecessary administrative burden on businesses;
Amendment 151 #
2022/0095(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Member States, with financial support from the EU, shall take appropriate measures to help SMEs apply ecodesign requirements set out in delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 4..
Amendment 154 #
2022/0095(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Underlines the necessity of an in- depth analysis of the impact of measures listed in art. 19 par. 3 on Member States and costs associated with these measures;
Amendment 160 #
2022/0095(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1
Article 31 – paragraph 1
Amendment 161 #
2022/0095(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2
Article 31 – paragraph 2
Amendment 35 #
2021/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the dramaticsignificant fall in renewable offshore energy prices has made it one of the cheapestmore competitively-priced sources of energy and consequently a critical element in the green transition, paving the way for a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy, and has also made it one of the most important pillars of the EU’s climate ambitions;
Amendment 76 #
2021/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that a net-zero emissions economy requires renewable energy to be widely deployed on an unprecedented scalethroughout the Union; emphasises that if no further actions are taken to accelerate the deployment of offshore renewable energy (ORE), the EU will not be able to live up to its climate commitments;
Amendment 136 #
2021/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes theBelieves that the focus should be put on unleashing the potential of the most advanced projects that are planned to be connected to the national electricity system in a radial form given different challenges across the Member States; notes that a tendency to favour hybrid projects at the expense of radial ones could have a perverse effect on the development of offshore RES equitably in all EU waters and therefore to reach the established targets; notes the potential advantages of combining offshore production facilities and transmission assets in the tender process; invites the Commission and the Member States (MSs) to explore the potential of this full-scope tendering approach and assess its applicability to different set-ups, including meshed grids; , particularly in the North Sea basin, to take advantage of the opportunities offered by already existing infrastructure there;
Amendment 146 #
2021/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that MS collaboration is vital in order to maximise effective use of offshore energy resources; notes that the current legal framework does notshould be improved in order to facilitate such voluntarily collaboration sufficiently; strongly believes that failure to increasenhance collaboration between MSs willcould inhibit the roll-out of offshore energy; urges the Commission and the MSs to take the necessary action without any further delays;
Amendment 153 #
Amendment 157 #
2021/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that electricity from offshore renewables can contribute to the greening of district heating, decreasingpromoting energy sector integration in order to reduce and eventually eliminating itse GHG emissions; highlights the potential to incorporate ORE in district heating through clean electricity and heat pumps through electrification: directly or indirectly in sectors which cannot benefit from direct electrification;
Amendment 179 #
2021/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Considers it is essential to have key segments of renewable energy value chains within Europe in order to achieve the climate goals and to bring significant economic benefits to Europeans, and calls for adequate measures to support the role of Europe-based content in the RES supply chain and legislation;
Amendment 208 #
2021/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that the huge interest in ORE will attract an increasingly larger number of permit applications; calls on the MSs to urgently simplify the relevant procedures and coordinate their efforts; encourages the MSs to support thnotes the potential advantages of offshore one-stop- shop proposal which could speed up the administrative procedures related to offshore projects, while preserving the prerogatives of the Member States to issue required decisions;
Amendment 226 #
2021/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 231 #
2021/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Draws attention to the recommendations of Horizon 2020 funded project on The Multi-Use in European Seas exploring the opportunities for the multi-use in European seas across five EU sea basins; recalls its guidance that sustainable development of the ocean can no longer rely on a single-sector management, but requires a more holistic, integrated approach and that the multi- use is not limited to sharing the ‘same’ maritime space, but should encompass joint use of installations and other assets and joint activities;
Amendment 233 #
2021/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13 b. Considers that multi-use needs should be pro-actively facilitated and incentivised through public regulatory bodies and respective support programmes, going well beyond mere spatial planning solutions; notes that in developing Maritime Spatial Plans Member States were asked to seek not only best available data and broad public participation, but also opportunities for co-location of maritime activities;
Amendment 255 #
2021/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses that the uptake of ORE is dependent on the adequate implementation of well-designed market rules; and predictable and stable regulatory framework given the long duration of such investments;
Amendment 265 #
2021/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for the recalculation of the distribution of costs and benefits between the generation and transmission of ORE, ensuring the right incentives and a stable regulatory framework for developers; stresses that uncertainty regarding the distribution of costs and benefits is deterring companies from launching cross- border offshore renewable projects; invites the Commission to expedite the publishing of EU guidance on sharing the costs and benefits of offshore hybrid projects;
Amendment 275 #
2021/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for a revision of the existing regulatory framework governing EU electricity markets in order to facilitate the uptake of ORE and eliminate artificial trade barriers, fixed prices, subsidies and other market-distorting mechanisms that prevent the further successful integration of offshore renewables; calls on the Commission and the MSs to carefully analyse existing bidding zones and their suitability for the integration of the growing capacity for offshore renewableoffshore hybrid projects; invites the Commission to identify existing regulatory mechanisms that successfully promote the integration of offshore renewables in a well-functioning energy market, as part of a future-proof model including the facilitation of hybrid projects and new forms of collaboration;
Amendment 311 #
2021/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
Amendment 460 #
2021/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 57
Recital 57
(57) In order to further the aim of improving the energy performance of buildings, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the adaptation to technical progress of certain parts of the general framework set out in Annex I, in respect of the establishment of a methodology framework for calculating cost-optimal levels of minimum energy performance requirements , in respect of adapting the thresholds for zero-emission buildings and the calculation methodology for life- cycle Global Warming Potential, in respect of the establishment of a common European framework for renovation passports and in respect of a Union scheme for rating the smart readiness of buildings . It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level , and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making41 . 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 . _________________ 41 OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1.
Amendment 506 #
2021/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
2. ‘zero-emission building’ means a building with a very high energy performance, as determined in accordance with Annex I, where therequiring zero or a very low amount of energy still required is fully covered by energy from renewable sources generated on-site, from a renewable en, producing zero on-site carbon emissions from fossil fuels and producing zero or a vergy community within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 [amended RED] or from a district heating and cooling systemlow amount of operational greenhouse gas emissions, in accordance with the requirements set out in Annex IIIrticle 9a;
Amendment 524 #
2021/0426(COD)
3. ‘nearly zero-energy building’ means a building with a very high energy performance, as determined in accordance with Annex I , which cannot be lower than the 2023 cost-optimal level reported by Member States in accordance with Article 6(2) and where the nearly zero or very low amount of energy required ishould be covered to a very significant extent by energy from renewable sources, including energy from renewable sources produced on-site or nearby;
Amendment 567 #
2021/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19 – point a
(a) before 1 January 20305, into a nearly zero-energy building;
Amendment 570 #
2021/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19 – point b
(b) as of 1 January 20305, into a zero- emission building;
Amendment 578 #
2021/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 23
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 23
Amendment 583 #
2021/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 24
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 24
Amendment 625 #
2021/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 49 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 49 – point a
(a) it can only beis distributed and used within that local and district level perimeter through a dedicated distribution network;
Amendment 633 #
2021/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 49 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 49 – point c
(c) it can be used on-site of the building assessed through a dedicated connection to the energy production source, that dedicated connection requiring specific equipment for the safe supply and metering of energy for self-use of the building assessed;
Amendment 656 #
2021/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – title
Article 3 – title
3 National building renovation planLong term renovation strategy (The amendment applies throughout the text)
Amendment 660 #
2021/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Each Member State shall establish a national buildinglong term renovation planstrategy to ensure the renovation of the national stock of residential and non-residential buildings, both public and private, into a highly energy efficient and decarbonised building stock by 2050, with the objective to transform existing buildings into zero- emission buildings.
Amendment 661 #
2021/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Each buildinglong term renovation planstrategy shall encompass:
Amendment 710 #
2021/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 5
Article 3 – paragraph 5
5. Each Member State shall take due account, where possible, of any recommendations from the Commission in its final building renovation plan. If the Member State concerned does not address a recommendation or a substantial part thereof, it shall provide a justification to the Commission and make public its reasons.
Amendment 745 #
2021/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 29 concerning a comparative methodology framework for calculating cost-optimal levels of minimum energy performance requirements for buildings and building elements. By 30 June 2026, the Commission shall revise the comparative methodology framework for calculating cost-optimal levels of minimum energy performance requirements in new and existing buildings undergoing major renovation and for individual building elements.
Amendment 761 #
2021/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) as of 1 January 202735, new buildings occupied or owned by public authorities; and
Amendment 766 #
2021/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) as of 1 January 20340, all new buildings;
Amendment 771 #
2021/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Amendment 776 #
2021/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 780 #
2021/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 835 #
2021/0426(COD)
1. Member States shall ensure, taking into account taking into account economic and technical feasibility, that
Amendment 926 #
2021/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. In addition to the minimum energy performance standards established pursuant to paragraph 1, each Member State may establish minimum energy performance standards for the renovation of all other existing buildings under construction or undergoing major renovation.
Amendment 968 #
2021/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 a (new)
Article 9 a (new)
Amendment 982 #
2021/0426(COD)
2. By 31 December 2024, Member States shallmay introduce a scheme of renovation passports based on the common framework established in accordance with paragraph 1.
Amendment 1051 #
2021/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the installation of pre-cabling for everyat least 50% of parking space to enable the installation at a later stage of recharging points for electric vehicles; and
Amendment 1059 #
2021/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) at least one bicycle parking space for evs representing at least [15%] of the total usery car parking spacepacity of the building;
Amendment 1072 #
2021/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. With regard to all non-residential buildings with more than twenty parking spaces, Member States shall ensure the installation of at least one recharging point for every twenty parking spaces, and at least one bicycle parking space for evrepresenting at least[15%] of the total usery car parking spacepacity of the building, by 1 January 2027. In case of buildings owned or occupied by public authorities, Member States shall ensure pre-cabling for at least one in two parking spaces by 1 January 2033.
Amendment 1091 #
2021/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. With regard to new residential buildings and residential buildings undergoing major renovation, with more than threen parking spaces, Member States shall ensure:
Amendment 1093 #
2021/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) the installation of pre-cabling for everyat least 50% of parking spaces and ducting, namely conduits for electric cables, for the remaining parking spaces to enable the installation, at a later stage, of recharging points for electric vehicles; and
Amendment 1225 #
2021/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 10
Article 15 – paragraph 10
10. From 1 January 202735 at the latest, Member States shall not provide any financial incentives for the installation of boilers powered by fossil fuels, with the exception of those selected for investment, before 2027, in accordance with Article 7(1)(h)(i) third hyphen of Regulation (EU) 2021/1058 of the European Parliament and the Council45 on the European Regional Development Fund and on the Cohesion Fund and with Article 73 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and the Council46 on the CAP Strategic Plans. _________________ 45 Regulation (EU) 2021/1058 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2021 on the European Regional Development Fund and on the Cohesion Fund (OJ L 231, 30.6.2021, p. 60). 46 Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021 establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013 and (EU) No 1307/2013 (OJ L 435, 6.12.2021, p. 1).individual boilers powered by solid fossil fuels;
Amendment 1244 #
2021/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 11 – subparagraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 11 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that a staged deep renovation which receives public financial incentives follows the steps set out in a renovation passport or energy audit.
Amendment 1277 #
2021/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. By 31 December 20257 at the latest, the energy performance certificate shall comply with the template in Annex V. It shall specify the energy performance class of the building, on a closed scale using only letters from A to G. The letter A shall correspond to zero-emission buildings as defined in Article 2, point (2) and the letter G shall correspond to the 15% worst- performing buildings in the national building stock at the time of the introduction of the scale. Member States shall ensure that the remaining classes (B to F) have an even bandwidth distribution of energy performance indicators among the energy performance classes. Member States shall ensure a common visual identity for energy performance certificates on their territory.
Amendment 1329 #
2021/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall require that, when buildings or building units are constructed, sold or rented out or when rental contracts are renewed , the energy performance certificate is shown to the prospective tenant or buyer and handed over to the buyer or tenant.
Amendment 1358 #
2021/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall lay down the necessary measures to establish regular inspections of heating , ventilation and air conditioning systems with an effective rated output of over 7150 kW. The effective rating of the system shall be based on the sum of the rated output of the heating and air-conditioning generators.
Amendment 1369 #
2021/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 7 – introductory part
Article 20 – paragraph 7 – introductory part
7. Member States shall lay down requirements to ensure that, where technically and economically feasible, non- residential buildings with an effective rated output for heating systems or systems for combined space heating and ventilation of over 290 kW are equipped with building automation and control systems 31 December 20246 by. The threshold for the effective rated output shall be lowered to 7150 kW by31 December 2029.
Amendment 1527 #
2021/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 1 – paragraph 2
Annex I – point 1 – paragraph 2
Where metered energy is the basis for calculating the energy performance of buildings, the calculation methodology shall be capable of identifying the influence of the behaviour of occupants and the local climate, which shall not be reflected in the result of the calculation. Metered energy to be used for the purposes of calculating the energy performance of buildings shall require readings of at least hourmonthly intervals and must differentiate between energy carriers.
Amendment 1528 #
2021/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 1
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 1
The energy needs and energy use for space heating, space cooling, domestic hot water, ventilation, lighting and other technical building systems shall be calculated using hourmonthly or sub-hourmonthly time calculation intervals in order to account for varying conditions that significantly affect the operation and performance of the system and the indoor conditions, and in order to optimise health, indoor air quality and comfort levels defined by Member States at national or regional level.
Amendment 1530 #
2021/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 3 a (new)
In the calculation of the primary energy factors for the purpose of calculating the energy performance of buildings, Member States may take into account renewable energy sources supplied through the energy carrier and renewable energy sources that are generated and used on site, provided that it applies on a non- discriminatory basis.
Amendment 1531 #
2021/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 4 – point b
Annex I – point 4 – point b
(b) heating installation and hot water supply, including their insulation and heat recovery characteristics;
Amendment 1557 #
Amendment 1565 #
2021/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex III – point 1 – paragraph 5
Annex III – point 1 – paragraph 5
Only where, due to the nature of the building or lack of access to renewable energy communities or eligible district heating and cooling systems, it is technically not feasible to fulfil the requirements under the first paragraph, the total annual primary energy use may also be covered by energy from the grid complying with criteria established at national level. For buildings that are not connected to the grid or where it is not technically feasible or cost efficient due to the nature of the first paragraph, the total annual primary energy sources produced off-site.
Amendment 1566 #
2021/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – point 1 – paragraph 2 – point a
Annex VI – point 1 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) a validity check of the input data (including on-site checks) of the building used to issue the energy performance certificate and the results stated in the certificate;
Amendment 1567 #
2021/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – point 2 – paragraph 4
Annex VI – point 2 – paragraph 4
The validity of the input data shall be verified by on-site visits in at least 10% of the energy performance certificates that are part of the random sampling used to assess the overall quality of the scheme.
Amendment 1568 #
2021/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – point 2 – paragraph 5
Annex VI – point 2 – paragraph 5
In addition to the minimum random sampling to determine the overall level of quality, Member States may use different strategies to specifically detect and target poor quality in energy performance certificates with the objective to improve the overall quality of the scheme. Such targeted analysis cannot be used as the basis to measure the overall quality of the scheme.
Amendment 213 #
2021/0425(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 68
Recital 68
(68) Whereas the joint operation of hydrogen networks and gas or electricity grids can create synergies and should thus be allowed, activities of hydrogen network operation should be organised in a separate legal entityaccounts in order to ensure transparency regarding financing and the use of access tariffs.
Amendment 218 #
2021/0425(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 70
Recital 70
(70) In order to ensure transparency with regard to the costs and financing of regulated activities, activities of hydrogen network operation should be separated from other network operation activities for other energy carriers at least in relation to the legal form and accounts of network operators.
Amendment 237 #
2021/0425(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 100 a (new)
Recital 100 a (new)
(100 a)To enable and foster decarbonisation, regardless of their unbundling models, the transmission system operators are also well placed to invest in decarbonisation technologies and innovate projects enabling sectors integration, such as power-to-gas. To deliver these services at a reasonable cost and in a timely manner, the transmission system operators and hydrogen network operators should be allowed to invest in these technologies. The compensation for such services may - where applicable – happen under a tolling arrangement, a customer pays a toll to – in the case of power-to-gas – feed electricity into the facility and receive hydrogen (or synthetic gas if a methanation step is added to the process) in return. The facility owner would only provide a service and would not engage in trading or supplying those commodities. In order to accelerate decarbonisation new technologies need to be tested, scaled-up and implemented swiftly. In this context, the transmission system operators can add significant value using existing resources and experience regarding market design and functioning (know-how, companies already active that could diversify quicker than a newly established company). This sharing of the investment risks between the users and the operator via a tolling model will allow smaller market participants to enter the considered new market.
Amendment 244 #
2021/0425(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 103 a (new)
Recital 103 a (new)
(103 a) Regulatory authorities should be able to fix or approve charges for accessing and using facilities serving decarbonisation-related activities under a tolling model, or the methodologies underlying the calculation of the charges, on the basis of a proposal by a transmission system operator or a hydrogen network operator, or on the basis of a proposal by those operator(s). In carrying out those tasks, national regulatory authorities should ensure that charges are non-discriminatory.
Amendment 276 #
2021/0425(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 119
Recital 119
(119) It is necessary to progress towards interconnected hydrogen markets in the Union and thereby facilitate investments in cross-border hydrogen infrastructure. Under the regulated third-party access regime, in the absence of cross-border transportation tariffs after 31 December 2030 a system of financial compensationincentives should be provide financial incentivesd for market participants to develop cross-border interconnectors.
Amendment 331 #
2021/0425(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
(6 a) ‘hydrogen storage operator’ means a natural or legal person who carries out the function of storage of hydrogen of a high-grade purity and is responsible for operating a hydrogen storage facility;
Amendment 333 #
2021/0425(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new)
(8 a) ‘hydrogen terminal operator’ means a natural or legal person who carries out the function of transformation of liquid hydrogen or liquid ammonia into gaseous hydrogen for injection into the hydrogen network or the liquefaction of gaseous hydrogen and is responsible for operating a hydrogen terminal;
Amendment 367 #
2021/0425(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 30 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 30 a (new)
(30 a) 'tolling model' means a business model where a user gains access to use a facility bymeans of payment of a tolling fee to the facilities owner or operator;
Amendment 374 #
2021/0425(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 53
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 53
(53) ‘entry-exit system’ means the aggregation of all transmission and distribution systems to which one specific balancing regime appliean access model for natural gas or hydrogen networks where network users can book capacity rights independently at entry and exit points;
Amendment 377 #
2021/0425(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 55
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 55
(55) ‘virtual trading point’ means a non- physical commercial point within an entry- exit system where gases are exchanged between a seller and a buyer without the need to book transmission or distribution capacity.
Amendment 429 #
2021/0425(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2, Member States may apply public interventions in the price setting for the supply of natural gas to energy poor or vulnerable household customers or protected customers as defined in Regulation (EU) 2017/1938. Such public interventions shall be subject to the conditions set out in paragraphs 4 and 5.
Amendment 432 #
2021/0425(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. In the event of unprecedented price increase, interventions that comply with the criteria set out in paragraphs 4 and 5 could be expanded to other limited number of customer groups in order to avoid significant impact on the society.
Amendment 466 #
2021/0425(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Member States as well as the regulatory authorities shall cooperate with each other for the purpose of integrating their national markets at one and more regional levels, towards the creation of regional markets, where Member States as well regulatory authorities so decided, and further towards the creation of a fully liberalised internal market. In particular, the regulatory authorities where Member States have so provided or Member States shall promote and facilitate the cooperation of natural gas transmission system operators and hydrogen network operators at a regional level, including on cross- border issues , with the aim of creating a competitive internal market for gases , foster the consistency of their legal, regulatory and technical framework and facilitate integration of the isolated systems forming gas islands that persist in the Union . The geographical areas covered by such regional cooperation shall include cooperation in geographical areas defined in accordance with Article 28(3) of Regulation (EC) . Such cooperation may cover other geographical areas. Where the Commission considers that the rules at Union levelare relevant for the regional integration of markets for gases, it shall provide appropriate non-binding guidance taking into account the specificities of these markets and the impact on neighbouring markets.
Amendment 480 #
2021/0425(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 7
Article 7 – paragraph 7
7. Member States shall ensure that authorisations under national law for the construction and operation of natural gas pipelines and other network assets used for the transport of natural gaatural gas infrastructure assets shall apply also to pipelines and network assets for the transport ofother infrastructure assets for hydrogen.
Amendment 481 #
2021/0425(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 8
Article 7 – paragraph 8
8. Member States shall ensure that existing contractual land-use rights for the construction and operation of natural gas pipelines and other network assets shall be understood as encompassing alsalso applied to pipelines and other network assets for the transport of hydrogen.
Amendment 515 #
2021/0425(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 5
Article 8 – paragraph 5
5. By 31 December 2024, the Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 83 to supplement this Directive by specifying the methodology for assessing greenhouse gas emissions savings from low carbon fuels. The methodology shall ensure that credit for avoided emissions is not given for carbon dioxide the capture of which has already received an emission credit under other provisions of law and that it is designed in a technology neutral manner, taking into consideration in particular a positive impact of carbon capture technologies.
Amendment 535 #
2021/0425(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that all final customers are entitled to have gases provided by a supplier, subject to the supplier's agreement, regardless of the Member State in which the supplier is registered, provided that the supplier follows the applicable trading and balancing rules, and any required authorisations compliant with Article 7(2) are granted by national regulatory authority in the Member the gas is supplied. In that regard, Member States shall take all measures necessary to ensure that administrative procedures do not discriminate against suppliers already registered in another Member State.
Amendment 538 #
2021/0425(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Customers shall have the right to switch gases suppliers or market participants. Member States shall ensure that a customer wishing to switch suppliers or market participants, while respecting contractual conditions, is entitled to such a switch within a maximum of three weeks from the date of the request. By 2026 at the latest, the technical process of switching supplier or market participant shall take no longer than 24 hours and shall be possible on any working day.
Amendment 540 #
2021/0425(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Such fees shall be proportionate and shall not exceed the direct economic loss to the supplier or the market participant resulting from the customer's termination of the contract, including the costs of any bundled investments or services that have already been provided to the customer as part of the contract. The burden of proving the direct economic loss shall be on the supplier or market participant. The permissibility of contract termination fees shall be monitored by the regulatory authority, or by another competent national authority.
Amendment 644 #
2021/0425(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 1
Article 27 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure the implementation of a system of third party access to the transmission and distribution system, and LNG facilities based on published tariffs, applicable to all customers, including supply undertakings, and applied objectively and without discrimination between system users. Member States shall ensure that those tariffs, or the methodologies underlying their calculation, are approved prior to their entry into force in accordance with Article 72 by a regulatory authority referred to in Article 70 and that those tariffs — and the methodologies, where only methodologies are approved — are published prior to their entry into force. Tariff discounts can be granted only if so provided by Union legislation.
Amendment 649 #
2021/0425(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 2
Article 27 – paragraph 2
2. The provisions of this Directive shall not prevent the conclusion of long- term contracts for renewable and low carbon gases in so far as they comply with Union competition rules and contribute to decarbonisation. No long-term contracts for supply of unabated fossil gas shall be concluded with a duration beyond the end of year 2049 .
Amendment 669 #
2021/0425(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 34 – paragraph 1
Article 34 – paragraph 1
1. Natural gas and hydrogen undertakings may refuse access or connection to the natural gas or hydrogen system on the basis of lack of capacity or where the access to the system would prevent them from carrying out the public service obligations referred to in Article 5(2) which are assigned to them. Duly substantiated reasons shall be given for any such a refusal.
Amendment 680 #
2021/0425(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 35 – paragraph 4
Article 35 – paragraph 4
4. Transmission system operators shall ensure efficient gas quality management in their facilities in line with applicable gas quality standards. In particular, transmission system operators may construct and operate facilities for hydrogen blending and de-blending and provide the necessary services for the operation of such facilities to efficiently manage gas quality.
Amendment 682 #
2021/0425(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 35 – paragraph 7
Article 35 – paragraph 7
Amendment 684 #
2021/0425(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 35 – paragraph 8
Article 35 – paragraph 8
8. The transmission system operator shall fulfil the requirements provided for in Chapter IX and be certified in accordance with Article 57. This shall be without prejudice to the possibility for transmission system operators which are certified under the ownership unbundling, the independent system operator or the independent transmission system operator model are entitled to delegate, on their own initiative and under their supervision, certain tasks to other transmission system operators which are certified under the ownership unbundling, the independent system operator or the independent transmission system operator model, where the delegation of tasks does not endanger the effective and independent decision-making rights of the delegating transmission system operator.
Amendment 687 #
2021/0425(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 35 – paragraph 10 a (new)
Article 35 – paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Each Transmission System Operator shall be entitled to engage in decarbonisation related activities, using a tolling model and under the supervision of the regulatory authority.
Amendment 691 #
2021/0425(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 36 – paragraph 1
Article 36 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to Article 68 or any other legal duty to disclose information, each transmission, storage or LNG system operator, and each transmission system owner, shall preserve the confidentiality of commercially sensitive information obtained in the course of carrying out its activities, and shall prevent information about its own activities which may be commercially advantageous from being disclosed in a discriminatory manner. In particular, if the transmission, storage or LNG system operator, or transmission system owner is part of a vertically integrated undertaking, it shall not disclose any commercially sensitive information to the remaining parts of the undertaking, unless this is necessary for carrying out a business transaction. In order to ensure the full respect of the rules on information unbundling, Member States shall ensure that the transmission system owner including, in the case of a combined operator, the distribution system operator, and the remaining part of the vertically integrated undertaking do not use joint services, such as joint legal services, apart from purely administrative or IT functions.
Amendment 725 #
2021/0425(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 45 – paragraph 1
Article 45 – paragraph 1
Article 44 (1) shall not prevent the operation of a combined transmission, LNG, storage and, distribution system operator provided that the operator complies with Article 54 (1), or Articles 55 and 56, or, hydrogen network, hydrogen terminal or hydrogen storage operator provided that the operator complies with Chapter IX .
Amendment 739 #
2021/0425(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 46 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 46 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Each Hydrogen Network Operator shall be entitled to engage in decarbonisation related activities, using a tolling model and under the supervision of the regulatory authority.
Amendment 743 #
2021/0425(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 46 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 46 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Hydrogen network operators which are certified according to Article 62 are entitled to delegate, on their own initiative and under their supervision, certain tasks to other hydrogen network operators which are certified according to Article 62, where the delegation of tasks does not endanger the effective and independent decision-making rights of the delegating Hydrogen Network Operator.
Amendment 754 #
2021/0425(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 48 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 48 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Member States may provide for regulatory authorities to grant a derogation from Article 31 for hydrogen networks which transport hydrogen from one entry point to a limited number of exit points within a geographically confined, industrial or commercial area.
Amendment 755 #
2021/0425(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 48 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 48 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. The derogations under paragraph 3 shall apply at least until 31 December 2030 and the rules for negotiated third party access from Article 31 para 4 and 5 should be applied accordingly.
Amendment 760 #
2021/0425(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 49 – paragraph 3
Article 49 – paragraph 3
3. Such intergovernmental agreement may contain, as appropriate, rules specifying the implementation of the requirements of third-party access, tariff regulation and on the unbundling of the operator of the hydrogen interconnector, as well as rules on the certification of renewable and low-carbon hydrogen, including rules ensuring the collection of required data and the application of the criteria for accounting hydrogen produced from electricity astransported hydrogen as low carbon or renewable hydrogen.
Amendment 766 #
2021/0425(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 50 – paragraph 1
Article 50 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to legal duties to disclose information, each operator of a hydrogen network, hydrogen storage facility or hydrogen terminal, and each owner of a hydrogen network, shall preserve the confidentiality of commercially sensitive information obtained in the course of carrying out its activities, and shall prevent information about its own activities which may be commercially advantageous from being disclosed in a discriminatory manner. In particular, if the operator of a hydrogen network, hydrogen storage facility or hydrogen terminal, or the owner of a hydrogen network is part of a vertically integrated undertaking, it shall not disclose any commercially sensitive information to the remaining parts of the vertically integrated undertaking, unless this is necessary for carrying out a business transaction.
Amendment 825 #
2021/0425(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 51 – paragraph 3
Article 51 – paragraph 3
3. When elaborating the ten-year network development plan, the transmission system operator shall fully take into account the views of all operators providing input to the development plan. The transmission system operator shall fully take into account the potential for alternatives to system expansion, for instance the use of demand response, as well as expected consumption following the application of the energy efficiency first principle, trade with other countries and the Union-wide network development plan. The transmission system operator shall assess how to address, where possible, a need across electricity and gases systems including information on the optimal location and size of energy storage and power to gas assets .
Amendment 858 #
2021/0425(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 51 a (new)
Article 51 a (new)
Article 51 a Decommissiong of inactive pipelines 1. In case where an interconnector or hydrogen interconnector between a Member State and a third country located in the territorial sea is not commercially used for supplies for 36 months, the Commission shall conduct an analysis of the functioning of that interconnector or hydrogen interconnector with a view of adopting an opinion on decommissioning of that infrastructure. For the purpose of this analysis, the Commission may request the opinion of the ACER and ENTSO for Gas. 2. The assessment concerning decommissioning shall take into account the availability of alternative zero emission energy sources, impact on security of supplies to Member States and European Union and the environmental impact of the inactive interconnector or hydrogen interconnector between a Member State and a third country located in the territorial sea. 3. The Commission shall adopt an opinion on the decommissioning of an inactive interconnector or hydrogen interconnector between a Member State and a third country located in the territorial sea within 120working days. 4. The national regulatory authority shall adopt final decision concerning decommissioning fully in line with the opinion presented by the Commission within 120 working days from adoption of the opinion by the Commission. 5. In case where the interconnector or hydrogen interconnector between a Member State and a third country located in the territorial sea is subject to certification as provided in art. 65 or 66 or derogation procedure as provided in art. 81, the 36 months period defined in paragraph 1 shall begin on the day of the first request submitted to national regulatory authority concerning certification or derogation procedure.
Amendment 891 #
2021/0425(COD)
Amendment 896 #
2021/0425(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 53 – paragraph 6
Article 53 – paragraph 6
Amendment 898 #
2021/0425(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 53 – paragraph 7
Article 53 – paragraph 7
Amendment 901 #
2021/0425(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 53 – paragraph 8
Article 53 – paragraph 8
Amendment 904 #
2021/0425(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 53 – paragraph 9
Article 53 – paragraph 9
Amendment 942 #
2021/0425(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 63 – paragraph 1
Article 63 – paragraph 1
Amendment 1011 #
2021/0425(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 74 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 74 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Regulatory authorities shall cooperate with transmission system operators and with ENTSOG for the purpose of sharing information in case of suspect breach of a legal obligation in accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 312/2014.
Amendment 64 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
Amendment 117 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Modern renewable-based efficient district heating and cooling systems have demonstrated their potential to provide cost-effective solutions for integrating renewable energy, increased energy efficiency and energy system integration, facilitating the overall decarbonisation of the heating and cooling sector. To ensure this potential is constantly being harnessed, the annual increase of renewable energy and/or waste heat in district heating and cooling should be raised fromkept at 1 percentage point to 2.1 without changing theits indicative nature of this increase, reflecting the uneven development of this type of network across the Union.
Amendment 118 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) To reflect the increased importance of district heating and cooling and the need to steer the development of these networks towards the integration of more renewable energy, it is appropriate to enable Member States to set requirements to ensure the connection of third party suppliers of renewable energy and waste heat and cold with district heating or cooling networks systems above 25MW.
Amendment 126 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The rapid growth and increasing cost-competitiveness of renewable electricity production can be used to satisfy a growing share of energy demand, for instance using heat pumps for space heating or low-temperature industrial processes, electric vehicles for transport, or electric furnaces in certain industries. Renewable electricity can also be used to produce synthetic fuels for consumption in hard-to-decarbonise transport sectors such as aviation and maritime transport, industry or building. A framework for electrification needs to enable robust and efficient coordination and expand market mechanisms to match both supply and demand in space and time, stimulate efficient investments in flexibility, and help integrate large shares of variable renewable generation. Member States should therefore ensure that the deployment of renewable electricity continues to increase at an adequate pace to meet growing demand optimizing the use of energy infrastructure. For this, Member States should establish a framework that includes market-compatible mechanisms to tackle remaining barriers to have secure and adequate electricity systems fit for a high level of renewable energy, as well as storage facilities, fully integrated into the electricitnergy system. In particular, this framework shall tackle remaining barriers, including non-financial ones such as insufficient digital and human resources of authorities to process a growing number of permitting applications.
Amendment 136 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 32
Recital 32
Amendment 169 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -a (new)
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 9
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 9
Amendment 203 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 1a
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 1a
(1a) ‘quality roundwood’ means roundwood felled or otherwise harvested and removed, whose characteristics, such as species, dimensions, rectitude, and node density, make it suitable for industrial useuse in solid wood products, as defined and duly justified by Member States according to the relevant forest conditions. This does not include pre- commercial thinning operations or trees extracted from foreststhat are damaged, misshapen, undersize, or affected by fires, pests, diseases or damage due to abiotic factors ;
Amendment 259 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
3. Member States shall take measures to ensure that energy from biomass is produced in a way that minimises undue distortive effects on the biomass raw material market and harmful impacts on biodiversity. To that end , they shall take into account the waste hierarchy as set out in Article 4 of Directive 2008/98/EC and the cascading principle referred to in the third subparagraph.
Amendment 279 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 2
Article 2
(36) ‘renewable fuels of non-biological origin’ means liquid and gaseous fuels the energy content of which is derived from renewable or low carbon sources other than biomass;;
Amendment 298 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 2
Article 2
(1aa) 'final customer' means final costumer as defined in point (23) of Article 2 of Directive 2012/27/EU;
Amendment 300 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point a – point iii
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point a – point iii
Amendment 332 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 2
Article 2
(44a) ‘plantation forest’ means a planted forest that is intensively managed and meets, at planting and stand maturity, all the following criteria: one or two species, and even age class, and regular spacing. It includes short rotation plantations for wood, fibre and energy, and excludes forests planted for protection or ecosystem restoration, as well as forests established through planting or seeding which at stand maturity resemble or will resemble naturally regenerating forests;
Amendment 398 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall take measures to ensure that energy from biomass is produced in a way that minimises undue distortive effects on the biomass raw material market and harmful impacts on biodiversity. To that end , they shall take into account the waste hierarchy as set out in Article 4 of Directive 2008/98/EC and the cascading principle referred to in the third subparagraphforest soils and erosion.
Amendment 424 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – letter a – (iii)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – letter a – (iii)
Amendment 439 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – letter b
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – letter b
(b) From 31 December 20265, and without prejudice to the obligations in the first sub-paragraph, Member States shall grant no support to the production of electricity from forest biomass in electricity-only-installations, unless such electricity meetsefficient use of at least one40% of the following conditions: heat produced with electricity production is guaranteed.
Amendment 441 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – letter b – (i)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – letter b – (i)
Amendment 448 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – letter b – (ii)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – letter b – (ii)
Amendment 468 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 505 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 3 – paragraph 4a
Article 3 – paragraph 4a
4a. Member States shall establish a framework, which may include support schemes and facilitating the uptake of renewable powerenergy purchase agreements, enabling the deployment of renewable electricitnergy to a level that is consistent with the Member State’s national contribution referred to in paragraph 2 and at a pace that is consistent with the indicative trajectories referred to in Article 4(a)(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999. In particular, that framework shall tackle remaining barriers, including those related to permitting procedures, to a high level of renewable electricitnergy supply. When designing that framework, Member States shall take into account the additional renewable electricitnergy required to meet demand in the transport, industry, building and heating and cooling sectors and for the production of renewable fuels of non-biological origin.;
Amendment 527 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
For the purposes of paragraph 1, first subparagraph, point (a), gross final consumption of electricity from renewable sources shall be calculated as the quantity of electricity produced in a Member State from renewable sources, including the production of electricity from renewables self-consumers and renewable energy communities and electricity from renewable fuels of non-biological origin and excluding the production of electricity in pumped storage units from water that has previously been pumped uphill as well as the electricity used to produce renewable fuels of non-biological origin.;
Amendment 534 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 9
Article 9
1a. By 31 December 2025, each Member State shall on voluntary basis endeavour to agree ton establishing at least one joint project with one or more other Member States for the production of renewable energy. The Commission shall be notified of such an agreement, including the date on which the project is expected to become operational. Projects financed by national contributions under the Union renewable energy financing mechanism established by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/129425 shall be deemed to satisfy this obligation for the Member States involved.; __________________ 25 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1294 of 15 September 2020 on the Union renewable energy financing mechanism (OJ L 303, 17.9.2020, p. 1).
Amendment 604 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 15a
Article 15a
Amendment 628 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point c
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 27 – paragraph 1a
Article 27 – paragraph 1a
Amendment 638 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point e – point ii
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point e – point ii
Directive 2018/2001/EU
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 4
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 4
Where electricity is used for the production of renewable fuels of non-biological origin, either directly or for the production of intermediate products, the average share of electricity from renewable sources in the country of production, as measured twoin the last years before the year in question, shall be used to determine the share of renewable energy.;
Amendment 648 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Directive (EU)2018/2001
Article 29
Article 29
Amendment 684 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point a – point i
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point a – point i
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 19 – paragraph 2
Article 19 – paragraph 2
To that end, Member States shallmay ensure that a guarantee of origin is issued in response to a request from a producer of energy from renewable sources. Member States mayshall arrange for guarantees of origin to be issued for energy from non- renewable sources. Issuance of guarantees of origin may be made subject to a minimum capacity limit. A guarantee of origin shall be of the standard size of 1 MWh. No more than one guarantee of origin shall be issued in respect of each unit of energy produced. The obligation to use guarantees of origin is not applicable for district heating due to its local character.;
Amendment 729 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 20a – paragraph 1
Article 20a – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall require transmission system operators and distribution system operators in their territory to make available, if it is technically and economically feasible, information on the share of renewable electricity and the greenhouse gas emissions content of the electricity supplied in each bidding zone, as accurately as possible and as close to real time as possible but in time intervals of no more than one hour, with forecasting where available. Transmission system operators shall apply existing data reporting system under ENTSO-E. Distribution system operators shall make all the effort to make those information available by 2030. This information shall be made available digitally in a manner that ensures it can be used by electricity market participants, aggregators, consumers and end-users, and that it can be read by electronic communication devices such as smart metering systems, electric vehicle recharging points, heating and cooling systems and building energy management systems.
Amendment 743 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 20a – paragraph 2
Article 20a – paragraph 2
Member States shall ensure that vehicle manufacturers make available, in real-time, in-vehicle data related to the battery state of health, battery state of charge, battery power setpoint, battery capacity, as well as the location of electric vehicles to electric vehicle owners and users, as well as to third parties acting on the owners’ and users’ behalf, such asbut only based on a written permission from the owner. As third parties are considered electricity market participants and electromobility service providers,. This shall be available under non-discriminatory terms and at no cost, in addition to further requirements in the type approval and market surveillance regulation.
Amendment 757 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 20a
Article 20a
4. Member States shall ensure that the national regulatory framework does not discriminate against participation in the electricity markets, including congestion management and the provision of flexibility and balancing services, of small or mobile systems such as power-to-gas units, domestic batteries and electric vehicles, bothheat pumps and distributed renewable generation, either directly andor through aggregation, in line with the provisions set in article 15 and 17 of Directive (EU) 2019/944.;
Amendment 769 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 22a – paragraph 1
Article 22a – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall endeavour to increase the share of renewable sources in the amount of energy sources used for final energy and non-energy purposes in the industry sector by an indicative average minimum annual increase of 1.1 percentage points by 2030.
Amendment 776 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 22a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 22a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 790 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Member States shall ensure thatsupport the increase in the contribution of renewable fuels of non- biological origin used for final energy and non-energy purposes shall be 520 % of the hydrogen used for final energy and non- energy purposes in industry by 2030. For the calculation of that percentage, the following rules shall apply: and 50% in 2040.
Amendment 794 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive (EU) 2018/2021
Article 22a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 – letter a
Article 22a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 – letter a
Amendment 801 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 22a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 – letter b
Article 22a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 – letter b
Amendment 806 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 22a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 – letter c
Article 22a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 – letter c
Amendment 819 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point a
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
1. In order to promote the use of renewable energy and waste heat in the heating and cooling sector, each Member State shall, endeavour to increase the share of renewable energy and waste heat in that sector by at least 1.1 percentage points as an annual average calculated for the periods 2021 to 2025 and 2026 to 2030, starting from the share of renewable energy in the heating and cooling sector in 2020, expressed in terms of national share of gross final energy consumption and calculated in accordance with the methodology set out in Article 7. The share of renewable energy also includes electricity and gas from renewable energy consumed for heating and cooling and district heating and cooling.
Amendment 832 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point a
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 843 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point a
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 849 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20 – point d
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 30 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 4
Article 30 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 4
For installations producing electricity heating and cooling with a total rated thermal input between 5 and 120 MW, Member States shall establish simplified national verification schemes to ensure the fulfillment of the sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions criteria set out in paragraphs (2) to (7) and (10) of Article 29.;
Amendment 856 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point b
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 23 – paragraph 1a
Article 23 – paragraph 1a
1a. Member States shall carry out an assessment of their potential of energy from renewable sources and of the use of waste heat and cold in the heating and cooling sector including a cost-benefit analysis covering all the positive externalities and, where appropriate, an analysis of areas suitable for their deployment at low ecological risk and of the potential for small-scale household projects. The assessment shall set out milestones and measures to in increase renewables in heating and cooling and, where appropriate, the production of renewable gases from organic matter as well as the use of waste heat and cold through district heating and cooling with a view of establishing a long- term national strategy to decarbonise heating and cooling. The assessment shall be part of the integrated national energy and climate plans referred to in Articles 3 and 14 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, and shall accompany the comprehensive heating and cooling assessment required by Article 14(1) of Directive 2012/27/EU.;
Amendment 864 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point d
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 23 – paragraph 4 – letter a
Article 23 – paragraph 4 – letter a
(a) physical incorporation of renewable energy or waste heat and cold in the energy sources and fuels supplied for heating and cooling including through electricity grids and gas networks when covered by guarantee of origin;
Amendment 869 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point d
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 23 – paragraph 4 – letter b
Article 23 – paragraph 4 – letter b
(b) installation of highly efficient renewable heating and cooling systems in buildings, connection of buildings to efficient district heating and cooling systems or use of renewable energy or waste heat and cold in industrial heating and cooling processes;
Amendment 876 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point d
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 23 – paragraph 4 – letter e
Article 23 – paragraph 4 – letter e
(e) creation of risk mitigation frameworks to reduce the cost of capital for renewable heat and cooling and waste heat and projects;
Amendment 888 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point d
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 23 – paragraph 4 – letter ha
Article 23 – paragraph 4 – letter ha
(ha) defining individual renewable gas contributions, ideally underpinned with national targets;
Amendment 891 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point d
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 23 – paragraph 4 – letter h b
Article 23 – paragraph 4 – letter h b
(hb) organic waste management and treatment obligations in line with the 'waste hierarchy';
Amendment 892 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point d
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 23 – paragraph 4 – letter h c
Article 23 – paragraph 4 – letter h c
(hc) incentivise the upgrade of biogas and its injections into the gas grid instead of its use for electricity productions;
Amendment 909 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point a
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that information on the energy performance and the share of renewable energy in their district heating and cooling systems is provided to final constumers in an easily accessible manner, such as on bills or on the suppliers' websites and on request. The information on the renewable energy share shall be expressed at least as a percentage of gross final energy consumption of heating and cooling assigned to the final customers of a given district heating and cooling system, including information on how much energy was used to deliver one unit of heating to the customer or end-user. Information on the energy performance of district heating and cooling system shall be provided to the final costumers in accordance with the Directive 2010/31/EU. Where a district heating operator is required to demonstrate the share or quantity of energy from renewable sources in its energy mix for the purposes of paragraph 1, it can use the residual mix. If the heat supplied is marketed as renewable, the supplier shall demonstrate the share or quantity of energy from renewable sources by using guarantees of origin.;
Amendment 915 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point b
Directive (EU) 2018/2021
Article 24 – paragraph 4
Article 24 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall endeavour to increase the share of energy from renewable sources including when supplied through gas network and from waste heat and cold in district heating and cooling by at least 2.1 percentage points as an annual average calculated for tthe same or higher period 2021 to 2025 and for the period 2026 to 2030, starting from the share of energy from renewable sources and from waste heat and cold in district heating and cooling in 2020, and shall lay down the measures necessary to that endcentage points as in the whole heating and cooling sector in each Member State. The share of renewable energy shall be expressed in terms of share of gross final energy consumption in district heating and cooling adjusted to normal average climatic conditions.
Amendment 923 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point b
Directive (EU) 2018/2021
Article 24 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 24 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Member States with a share of energy from renewable sources and from waste heat and cold in district heating and cooling above 650 % may count any such share as fulfilling the average annual increase referred to in the first subparagraph.
Amendment 925 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point c
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 24 – paragraph 4a
Article 24 – paragraph 4a
4a. Member States shall ensure that operators of district heating or cooling systems above 25 MWth capacity are obliged to connect third party suppliers of energy from renewable sources and from waste heat and cold or are obliged to offer to connect and purchase heat or cold from renewable sources and from waste heat and cold from third-party suppliers based on non-discriminatory criteria set by the competent authority of the Member State concerned, where such operators need to do one or more of the following:
Amendment 934 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point d
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 24 – paragraph 6
Article 24 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall put in place a coordination frameworkWhere needed, based on local specific conditions, Member States shall encourage dialogue between district heating and cooling system operators and the potential sources of waste heat and cold in the industrial and tertiary sectors to facilitate the use of waste heat and cold. That coordination framework shall ensure dialogue as regardsSuch dialogue shall include the use of waste heat and cold involving at least:
Amendment 972 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – letter b
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – letter b
(b) the share of advanced biofuels and biogas produced from the feedstock listed in Part A of Annex IX in the energy supplied to the transport sector is at least 0,2 % in 2022, 0,5 % in 2025 and 2,2 % in 2030, and the share of renewable fuels of non-biological origin is at least 2,6 indicative 1,75% in 2030.
Amendment 984 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
For the calculation of the reduction referred to in point (a) and the share referred to in point (b), Member States shall take into account renewable fuels of non-biological origin also when they are used as intermediate products for the production of conventional transport fuels. For the calculation of the reduction referred to in point (a), Member States may take into account recycled carbon fuels and the use of any technology, including carbon capture storage, capable of reducing life cycle greenhouse gas emissions per unit of energy from fuel or energy supplied.
Amendment 1010 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Directive (EU) 2018/2021
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall establish a mechanism allowing fuel suppliers in their territory to exchange credits for supplying renewable energy to the transport sector. Economic operators that supply renewable electricity to electric vehicles through public recharging stations and renewable electricity supplied to shipping and railway transport shall receive credits, irrespectively of whether the economic operators are subject to the obligation set by the Member State on fuel suppliers, and may sell those credits to fuel suppliers, which shall be allowed to use the credits to fulfil the obligation set out in paragraph 1, first subparagraph.;
Amendment 1056 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point a
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 27 – title
Article 27 – title
Calculation rules in the transport sector and with regard to renewable fuels of non- biological origin regardless of their end use;
Amendment 1076 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point b
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – letter c – iii
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – letter c – iii
(iii) the amount of renewable electricity supplied to the transport sector is determined by multiplying the amount of electricity supplied to that sector by the average share of renewable electricity supplied in the territory of the Member State in the two previous years. By way of exception, where electricity is obtained from a direct connection to an installation generating renewable electricity and supplied to the transport sector, or where the renewable origin of electricity supplied to the transport sector is proved via a sustainable certificate system, that electricity shall be fully counted as renewable;
Amendment 1089 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point c
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 27 – paragraph 1a – letter a
Article 27 – paragraph 1a – letter a
Amendment 1093 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point d
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 27 – paragraph 2
Article 27 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1241 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 31a
Article 31a
1. The Commission shall ensure that a Union database isthe EU guarantees of origin scheme is extended and set up to enable the tracing of liquid and gaseous renewable fuels and recycled carbon fuels.
Amendment 1275 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 2
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Annex Ia
Annex Ia
Amendment 190 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Amendment 195 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 218 #
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 20335.
Amendment 256 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 6 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 6 a (new)
Member States may apply for exemptions from the provisions of this Article as referred to the rate of natural gas.
Amendment 257 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Where electricity and heat meet the criteria for high-efficiency cogeneration [on the date of entry into force of this Directive], a Member State shall apply to it, under fiscal control exemptions or reductions in the level of taxation, irrespective of any further changes to the provisions of other Union legislation defining high-efficiency cogeneration.
Amendment 265 #
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 total or partial exemptions or reductions in the level of taxation to:
Amendment 278 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) energy products and electricity produced from combined heat and power generation, provided that cogeneration by the combined generators is high-efficiency cogeneration as defined in Article 2, point (34), of Directive 2012/27/EU. ;
Amendment 283 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) natural gas and LPG used as propellants;
Amendment 285 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
(eb) electricity, natural gas, coal and solid fuels used by households and/or by organisations recognised as charitable by the Member States concerned. In the case of such charitable organisations, Member States may continue the exemption or reduction to use for the purpose of non- business activities. Where mixed use takes place, taxation shall apply in proportion to each type of use. If a use is insignificant, it may be treated as nil;
Amendment 288 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point e c (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point e c (new)
(ec) natural gas in Member States in which the share of natural gas in the final consumption of natural gas and solid fuels remains below 80%;
Amendment 290 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Where electricity and heat meet the criteria for high-efficiency cogeneration [on the date of entry into force of this Directive], Member State shall apply to them, under fiscal control, exemptions or reductions in the level of taxation, irrespective of any further changes to the provisions of other legislation defining high-efficiency cogeneration.
Amendment 293 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 296 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b – subparagraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b – subparagraph 1
(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 rail, metro, tram and trolley bus, and for local public passenger transport, waste collection, armed forces and public administration, disabled people and ambulances;
Amendment 299 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 300 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point c – subparagraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point c – subparagraph 2
Amendment 301 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point c – subparagraph 3
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point c – subparagraph 3
Amendment 311 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Without prejudice to Article 5, as applicable as a single use, Member States may apply tax reductions , which shall not go below the relevant minima as set out in Tables B, C and D of Annex I on the consumption of energy products used for heating purposes or for the purposes of Article 8(2) , points (b) and (c), and on electricity in the following cases:
Amendment 355 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Annex 1 – table A
Annex 1 – table A
Amendment 361 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Annex 1 – table B
Annex 1 – table B
Start of transitional Final rate Start of transitional Final rate period (01.01.2023) after period (01.01.2023) after completion completion of of transitional transitional period period (01.01.2033) (01.01. 2033) before indexation Natural 0,63 0,93 gas Low 0,15 0,415 carbon fuels
Amendment 367 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Annex 1 – table C
Annex 1 – table C
Start of transitional Final rate Start of transitional Final rate period (01.01.2023) after period (01.01.2023) after completion completion of of transitional transitional period period (01.01.2033) (01.01.2035) before indexation Coal and 0,915 0,9 coke Natural 0,615 0,9 gas Low 0,15 0,415 carbon fuels
Amendment 371 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Final rate after completion of transitional period (01.01. 2033) before indexation
Amendment 25 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Citation 1
Citation 1
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 192(12) thereof,
Amendment 79 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), established under Regulation (EU) […./..] of the European Parliament and of the Council51 , is an alternative to free allocation to address the risk of carbon leakage. To the extent that sectors and subsectors are covered by that measure, they should not receive free allocation. However, a transitional phasing-out of free allowances is needed to allow producers, importers and traders to adjust to the new regime. The reduction of free allocation should be implemented by applying a factor to free allocation for CBAM sectors, while the CBAM is phased in. This percentage (CBAM factor) should be equal to 100 % during the transitional period between the entry into force of [CBAM Regulation] and 2025, 90 % in 2026 and should be reduced by 10 percentage points each year to reach 0 % and thereby eliminate free allocation by the tenth year. The relevant delegated acts on free allocation should be adjusted accordingly for the sectors and subsectors covered by the CBAM. The free allocation no longer provided to the CBAM sectors based on this calculation (CBAM demand) must be auctioned and the revenues will accrue to the Innovation Fund, so as to support innovation in low carbon technologies, carbon capture and utilisation (‘CCU’), carbon capture and geological storage (‘CCS’), renewable energy and energy storage, in a way that contributes to mitigating climate change. Special attention should be given to projects in CBAM sectors. To respect the proportion of the free allocation available for the non-CBAM sectors, the final amount to deduct from the free allocation and to be auctioned should be calculated based on the proportion that the CBAM demand represents in respect of the free allocation needs of all sectors receiving free allocatcomplements free allocation and is intended to protect against the increased risk of carbon leakage stemming from the enhanced climate mitigation ambitions of the Union. _________________ 51 [please insert full OJ reference]
Amendment 117 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Citation 1
Citation 1
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 192(12) thereof,
Amendment 128 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The European Green Deal combines a comprehensive set of mutually reinforcing measures and initiatives aimed at achieving climate neutrality in the EU by 2050, and sets out a new growth strategy that aims to transform the Union into a fair and prosperous society, with a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy, where economic growth is decoupled frompendent on sustainable and responsible resource use. It also aims to protect, conserve and enhance the Union's natural capital, and protect the health and well- being of citizens from environment-related risks and impacts. Simultaneously, the intent is to create conditions for a dignified life for Europeans with access to affordable sustainable energy to meet their necessities for life. At the same time, this transition affects women and men differently and has a particular impact on some disadvantaged groups, such as older people, persons with disabilities and persons with a minority racial or ethnic background. It must therefore be ensured that the transition is just and inclusive, leaving no one behind.
Amendment 143 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) All sectors of the economy need to contribute to achieving those emission reductions. Therefore, the ambition of the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), established by Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council41 to promote reductions of greenhouse gas emissions in a cost-effective and economically efficient manner, should be increased in a manner commensurate with this economy-wide net greenhouse gas emissions reduction target for 2030 and at the same time, constantly to assess the impacts of the EU ETS on the development of production and energy sectors in order to provide a tool to support the transition, not to attenuate the economic activity. _________________ 41 Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32).
Amendment 175 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Greenhouse gases that are not directly released into the atmosphere should be considered emissions under the EU ETS and allowances should be surrendered for those emissions unless they are stored in a storage site in accordance with Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council46 , or they are permanently chemically bound in a product so that they do not enter the atmosphere under normal use, or they are captured and used to produce recycled carbon fuels and renewable liquid and gaseous fuels of non-biological origin. The Commission should be empowered to adopt implementing acts specifying the conditions where greenhouse gases are to be considered as permanently chemically bound in a product so that they do not enter the atmosphere under normal use, including obtaining a carbon removal certificate, where appropriate, in view of regulatory developments with regard to the certification of carbon removals. _________________ 46Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the geological storage of carbon dioxide and amending Council Directive 85/337/EEC, European Parliament and Council Directives 2000/60/EC, 2001/80/EC, 2004/35/EC, 2006/12/EC, 2008/1/EC and Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 (OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 114).
Amendment 179 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 2003/87/CE
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. This Directive shall apply to the activities listed in Annexes I and III, and to the of greenhouse gases listed in Annex II. Where an installation that is included in the scope of the EU ETS due to the operation of combustion units with a total rated thermal input exceeding 20 MW changes its production processes to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and no longer meets that threshold, it shall remain in the scope of the EU ETS until the end of the relevant five year period referred to in Article 11(1), second subparagraph, following the change to its production process.
Amendment 210 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Directive 2003/87/CE
Article 9 – paragraph 1a
Article 9 – paragraph 1a
Amendment 222 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – third subparagraph
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – third subparagraph
In addition, 2,58 % of the total quantity of allowances between [year following the entry into force of the Directive]2021 and 2030 shall be auctioned for the Modernisation Fund. The beneficiary Member States for this amount of allowances shall be the Member States with a GDP per capita at market prices below 65 % of the Union average during the period 2016 to 2018. The funds corresponding to this quantity of allowances shall be distributed in accordance with Part B of Annex IIb.
Amendment 225 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a a (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 – paragraphs 1 b, 1 c, 1 d (new)
Article 10 – paragraphs 1 b, 1 c, 1 d (new)
(aa) In Article 10, the following paragraphs are inserted after paragraph 1a: ‘1b. Starting from 2024 Member State with a deficit of allowances in any year in the period after 2023 shall have their allowances exempted from the operation of market stability reserve in the following year up to the amount of their deficit in the previous year. 1c. For Member States with structural imbalance of allowances that persists even after the exemption from the operation of market stability reserve in the following year, the allowances in the Market Stability Reserve shall be used to cover this imbalance. This shall be done by comparing the total number of allowances for the beneficiary Member State against the emissions generated in the sectors covered by the EU ETS in the same year. For the purpose of this calculation the total number of allowances shall take into account all allowances: (a) to be auctioned by particular Member States in accordance with Article 10 together with (b) the total number of allowances received for free by installations in this Member State in accordance with Article 10a, and (c) the national allocation from the Modernisation Fund for that Member State in accordance with Article 10d. 1d. After establishing the level of deficit the national share of the Modernisation Fund shall be increased by the same amount or the Member State shall receive this amount of allowances from the Market Stability Reserve allowances that would otherwise be cancelled in that year. Should this be insufficient to fully compensate the deficit in year n then the rest of it shall be covered by using allowances already placed in the MSR to ensure a respective increase of the Modernisation Fund allocation for this Member State in year n+1.’.
Amendment 230 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point b
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall determine the use of revenues generated from the auctioning of allowances, except for the revenues established as own resources in accordance with Article 311(3) TFEU and entered in the Union budget. Member States shall use at least 50 % of their revenues generated from the auctioning of allowances referred to in paragraph 2, or the equivalent in financial value of these revenues, with the exception of the revenues used for the compensation of indirect carbon costs referred to in Article 10a(6), for one or more of the following:
Amendment 237 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point d a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point d a (new)
(da) In Article 10, a new paragraph is added: By 2025, the Commission shall issue a legislative proposal to enhance the supervision of the European carbon market, as well as related derivative markets. In particular, the Commission shall consider the need to establish a supervisory body with competences related to market intervention and sanctioning powers.
Amendment 241 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Achieving the Union’s emissions reduction target for 2030 will require a reduction in the emissions of the sectors covered by the EU ETS of 61 % compared to 2005. The Union-wide quantity of allowances of the EU ETS needs to be reduced to create the necessary long-term carbon price signal and drive for this degree of decarbonisation. To this end, the linear reduction factor should be increased, also taking into account the inclusion of emissions from maritime transport. The latter should be derived from the emissions from maritime transport activities reported in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2015/757 for 2018 and 2019 in the Union, adjusted, from year 2021, by the linear reduction factor.
Amendment 243 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point a – point i
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point a – point i
Directive 2003/87/CE
Article 10 a – paragraph 1 – second subparagraph – new
Article 10 a – paragraph 1 – second subparagraph – new
Amendment 247 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 27
Recital 27
Amendment 252 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point a – point i
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point a – point i
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 264 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point a – point ii a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point a – point ii a (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Article 10 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
(iia) In paragraph 1, the following subparagraph is inserted after the third subparagraph: To provide additional incentives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve energy efficiency, the agreed EU ex ante benchmarks shall be reviewed before the 2026-2030 period with a view to possibly revising the definition and boundaries of the system of existing product benchmarks and district heating benchmark. By way of derogation from subparagraph 1, the ratios for district heating to be determined shall ensure the allocation of allowances in a way that provides an incentive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. These indicators for the entire period referred to in Art. 11, second paragraph, takes the value specified in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/447 for the heat benchmark.
Amendment 264 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) Achieving the increased climate ambition will require substantial public resources in the EU as well as national budgets to be dedicated to the climate transition. To complement and reinforce the substantial climate-related spending in the EU budget, all auction revenues that are not attributed to the Union budget should be used for climate-related purposes and for mitigation transformation risks. This includes the use for financial support to address social aspects in lower- and middle-income households by reducing distortive taxes. Further, to address distributional and social effects of the transition in low-income Member States, an additional amount of 23,5 % of the Union-wide quantity of allowances from [year of entry into force of the Directive]2021 to 2030 should be used to fund the energy transition of the Member States with a gross domestic product (GDP) per capita below 65 % of the Union average in 2016-2018, through the Modernisation Fund referred to in Article 10d of Directive 2003/87/EC.
Amendment 275 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 29
Recital 29
Amendment 287 #
2021/0211(COD)
Amendment 296 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point c – point ii
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point c – point ii
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 a – paragraph 2 – third paragraph – point d
Article 10 a – paragraph 2 – third paragraph – point d
(d) Where the annual reduction rate exceeds 2,5 % or is below 0,2 %, the benchmark values for the period from 2026 to 2030 shall be the benchmark values applicable in the period from 2013 to 2020 reduced by whichever of those two percentage rates is relevant, in respect of each year between 2008 and 2028, except in case of heat benchmark for district heating, whose maximum annual reduction rate should be defined in line with the district heating sector decarbonisation commitments until 2030 and should not exceed 1.6%.
Amendment 326 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point g
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point g
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 a – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 3
Article 10 a – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 3
The Innovation Fund shall cover the sectors listed in Annex I and Annex III, including environmentally safe carbon capture and utilisation (“CCU”) that contributes substantially to mitigating climate change, as well as products substituting carbon intensive ones produced in sectors listed in Annex I, and to help stimulate the construction and operation of projects aimed at the environmentally safe capture and geological storage (“CCS”) of CO2, as well as of innovative renewable energy and energy storage technologies; in geographically balanced locations. The Innovation Fund may also support break- through innovative technologies and infrastructure to decarbonise the maritime and aviation sectors and for the production of low- and zero-carbon fuels in aviation, rail and road transport. Special attention shall be given to projects in sectors covered by the [CBAM regulation] to support innovation in low carbon technologies, CCU, CCS, renewable energy and energy storage, in a way that contributes to mitigating climate change.
Amendment 327 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) In order to better reflect technological progress and adjust the corresponding benchmark values to the relevant period of allocation while ensuring emission reduction incentives and properly rewarding innovation, the maximum adjustment of the benchmark values should be increased from 1,6 % to 2,51,9 % per year. For the period from 2026 to 2030, the benchmark values should thus be adjusted within a range of 4 % to 5038 % compared to the value applicable in the period from 2013 to 2020.
Amendment 336 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point g
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point g
Directive 2003/87/CE
Article 10 a – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 6
Article 10 a – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 6
Projects shall be selected on the basis of objective and transparent criteria, taking into account the need to ensure the fair geographical distribution of the projects, the level of emissions in a given Member State to define relevant emissions savings achieved by a given project and, where relevant, the extent to which projects contribute to achieving emission reductions well below the benchmarks referred to in paragraph 2. Projects shall have the potential for widespread application or to significantly lower the costs of transitioning towards a low-carbon economy in the sectors concerned. Projects involving CCU shall deliver a net reduction in emissions and ensure avoidance or permanent storage of CO2. In the case of grants provided through calls for proposals, up to 60 % of the relevant costs of projects may be supported, out of which up to 40 % need not be dependent on verified avoidance of greenhouse gas emissions, provided that pre-determined milestones, taking into account the technology deployed, are attained. In the case of support provided through competitive bidding and in the case of technical assistance support, up to 100 % of the relevant costs of projects may be supported.
Amendment 345 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 b – paragraph 4
Article 10 b – paragraph 4
(12a) In Article 10b, paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: Other sectors and subsectors are considered to be able to pass on more of the costs of allowances in product prices, and shall be allocated allowances free of charge at 30 % of the quantity determined pursuant to Article 10a. Unless otherwise decided in the review pursuant to Article 30, free allocations to other sectors and subsectors shall decrease by equal amounts after 2026 so as to reach a level of no free allocation in 2030. Allowances for district heating shall be allocated free of charge at 70% of the quantity determined pursuant to Article 10a. The free allocation for district heating shall decrease by a linear reduction factor referred to in Article 30c(2) of this Directive.
Amendment 356 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point a
Directive 2003/87/CE
Article 10 d – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 d – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The investments supported shall be consistent with the aims of this Directive, as well as the objectives of the Communication from the Commission of 11 December 2019 on The European Green Deal (*) and Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council (**) and the long-term objectives as expressed in the Paris Agreement. No support from the Modernisation Fund shall be provided to energy generation facilities that use fossil fuels and the long-term objectives as expressed in the Paris Agreement. No support from the Modernisation Fund shall be provided to energy generation facilities that use fossil fuels, except from district heating facilities for which the use of natural gas is allowed. The administrative and operationalisation costs of Member States shall be ensured from the Modernisation Fund.”
Amendment 380 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) The scope of the Modernisation Fund should be akept in ligned with the most recent climate objectives of the Union by requiring that investments are consistent with the objectives of the European Green Deal and Regulation (EU) 2021/1119, and eliminating the support to any investments related to solid fossil fuels. In addition, the percentage of the Modernisation Fund that needs to be devoted to priority investments should be increased to 870 %; energy efficiency should be targeted as a priority area at the demand side; and support of households to address energy poverty, including in rural and remote areas, should be included within the scope of the priority investments.
Amendment 391 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 40
Recital 40
(40) Renewable liquid and gaseous fuels of non-biological origin and recycled carbon fuels can be important to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in sectors that are hard to decarbonise. Where recycled carbon fuels and renewable liquid and gaseous fuels of non-biological origin are produced from captured carbon dioxide under an activity covered by this Directive, the emissions should be accounted under that activity where the CO2 is emitted into the atmosphere. To ensure that renewable fuels of non-biological origin and recycled carbon fuels contribute to greenhouse gas emission reductions and to avoid double counting for fuels that do so, it is appropriate to explicitly extend the empowerment in Article 14(1) to the adoption by the Commission of implementing acts laying down the necessary adjustments for how and where to account for the eventual release of carbon dioxide and how to avoid double counting to ensure appropriate incentives are in place for capturing the CO2, taking also into account the treatment of these fuels under Directive (EU) 2018/2001.
Amendment 403 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19 a (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 29 a
Article 29 a
(19a) Article 29a is replaced by the following: "Article 29a Measures in the event of excessive price fluctuations 1. If, for more than three consecutive months, the monthly average allowance price is more than two times the average price of allowances during the two preceding years period on the European carbon market, the Commission shall convene a meeting of the Committee established by Article 9 of Decision No 280/2004/EC not later than within 7 working days. 2. For the purposes of paragraph 1: (a) the “monthly average carbon price” for any month is calculated by dividing the sum of the settlement prices of the relevant December futures contract as traded on the relevant carbon market exchange for each relevant day in the month by the number of relevant days in the month. (b) the “average price of allowances during the two preceding years period” is calculated by dividing the sum of the settlement prices of the relevant December futures contract as traded on the relevant carbon market exchange for each relevant day in the two year period ending with the last month before the first month of the period of three consecutive months by the number of relevant days in the two year period. 3. If the price evolution referred to in paragraph 1 is triggered, one of the following measures shall be implemented, taking into account the degree of price evolution: (a) by bringing forward the auctioning of a part of the quantity to be auctioned in a subsequent calendar year ; (b) by the release for auction up to 25 % of the remaining allowances in the new entrants reserve ; (c) by the release of an appropriate quantity of allowances from the Market Stability Reserve. The Committee may also consider additional interventions if the circumstances justify further or earlier action.
Amendment 406 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19 b (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 29 b (new)
Article 29 b (new)
(19b) The following Article is inserted after Article 29a: Article 29b (new) 1. The access to the EU ETS market should be limited to entities that are installations, aviation and maritime operators with compliance obligations under the EU ETS. 2. Financial intermediaries purchasing allowances on account of the entities mentioned in paragraph 1 and not their own can be an exception. 3. The quantity of EU ETS allowances purchased during auctions by financial intermediaries cannot exceed what is reasonably needed to fulfil their contractual obligations towards entities mentioned in paragraph 1. 4. Article 6 paragraph 5 of the Auctioning Regulation (no 1031/2010) should be adjusted in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2.
Amendment 417 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 43
Recital 43
Amendment 425 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Decision (EU) 2015/1814
Article 1 – paragraph 4 a
Article 1 – paragraph 4 a
4a. As from [the year following the entry into force of this Directive]2026, the calculation of the total number of allowances in circulation shall include the number of allowances issued in respect of aviation and maritime transport since the beginning of that year, and the number of allowances surrendered by aircraft operators and ship operators in respect of emissions for which allowances are the units which can be used in respect of EU ETS obligations.
Amendment 427 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Decision (EU) 2015/1814
Article 1 – paragraph 5
Article 1 – paragraph 5
5. In any given year, if the total number of allowances in circulation is between 833 million and 1 096 million, a number of allowances equal to the difference between the total number of allowances in circulation, as set out in the most recent publication as referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article, and 833 million, shall be deducted from the volume of allowances to be auctioned by the Member States under Article 10(2) of Directive 2003/87/EC and shall be placed in the reserve over a period of 12 months beginning on 1 September of that year. If the total number of allowances in circulation is above 1 096 million allowances, the number of allowances to be deducted from the volume of allowances to be auctioned by the Member States under Article 10(2) of Directive 2003/87/EC and to be placed in the reserve over a period of 12 months beginning on 1 September of that year shall be equal to 12 % of the total number of allowances in circulation. By way of derogation from the last sentence, until 31 December 2030, the percentage shall be doubled.
Amendment 429 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Decision (EU) 2015/1814
Article 1 – paragraph 5
Article 1 – paragraph 5
Amendment 434 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Decision (EU) 2015/1814
Article 1 a – new
Article 1 a – new
Amendment 439 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 44
Recital 44
Amendment 453 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 45
Recital 45
Amendment 463 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 46
Recital 46
Amendment 468 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 47
Recital 47
Amendment 482 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 48
Recital 48
Amendment 489 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 49
Recital 49
Amendment 502 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 50
Recital 50
Amendment 508 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 51
Recital 51
Amendment 521 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 52
Recital 52
Amendment 540 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 53
Recital 53
Amendment 544 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 54
Recital 54
Amendment 552 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 55
Recital 55
Amendment 561 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 56
Recital 56
Amendment 569 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 57
Recital 57
Amendment 581 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 58
Recital 58
Amendment 596 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 59
Recital 59
(59) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of Articles 3gd(3), 12(3b) and 14(1) of Directive 2003/87/EC, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission. To ensure synergies with the existing regulatory framework, the conferral of implementing powers in Articles 14 and 15 of that Directive should be extended to cover the sectors of road transport and buildings. Those implementing powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council65 . _________________ 65Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by the Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.02.2011, p. 13).
Amendment 608 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 61
Recital 61
(61) A well-functioning, reformed EU ETS comprising an instrument to stabilise the market is a key means for the Union to reach its agreed target for 2030 and the commitments under the Paris Agreement. The Market Stability Reserve seeks to address the imbalance between supply and demand of allowances in the market. Article 3 of Decision (EU) 2015/1814 provides that the reserve is to be reviewed three years after it becomes operational, paying particular attention to the percentage figure for the determination of the number of allowances to be placed in the Market Stability Reserve, the threshold for the total number of allowances in circulation (TNAC) that determines the intake of allowances, and the number of allowances to be released from the reserve. The amount of allowances held by entities that is not used to cover obligations under the EU ETS should not be included in the TNAC calculations to trigger market stability reserve thresholds.
Amendment 611 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 62
Recital 62
(62) Considering the need to deliver a stronger investment signal to reduce emissions in a cost-efficient manner and with a view to strengthening the EU ETS, Decision (EU) 2015/1814 should be amended so as to increase the percentage rate for determining the number of allowances to be placed each year in the Market Stability Reserve. In addition, for lower levels of the TNAC, the intake should be equal to the difference between the TNAC and the threshold that determines the intake of allowances. This would prevent the considerable uncertainty in the auction volumes that results when the TNAC is close to the threshold, and at the same time ensure that the surplus reaches the volume bandwidth within which the carbon market is deemed to operate in a balanced manner.
Amendment 616 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 63
Recital 63
Amendment 643 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. This Directive shall apply to the activities listed in Annexes I and III, and to the of greenhouse gases listed in Annex II. Where an installation that is included in the scope of the EU ETS due to the operation of combustion units with a total rated thermal input exceeding 20 MW changes its production processes to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and no longer meets that threshold, it shall remain in the scope of the EU ETS until the end of the relevant five year period referred to in Article 11(1), second subparagraph, following the change to its production process.
Amendment 654 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) ‘emissions’ means the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere from sources in an installation or the release from an aircraft performing an aviation activity listed in Annex I or from ships performing a maritime transport activity listed in Annex I of the gases specified in respect of that activity, or the release of greenhouse gases corresponding to the activity referred to in Annex III;;
Amendment 806 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
In [the year following entry into force of this amendment], the Union-wide quantity of allowances shall be decreased by [-- million allowances (to be determined depending on year of entry into force)]. In the same year, the Union-wide quantity of allowances shall be increased by 79 million allowances for maritime transport. Starting in [the year following entry into force of this amendment], the linear factor shall be 4,2 % until 2030. The Commission shall publish the Union-wide quantity of allowances within 3 months of [date of entry into force of the amendment to be inserted].;
Amendment 834 #
2021/0211(COD)
In addition, 23,5 % of the total quantity of allowances between [year following the entry into force of the Directive]2021 and 2030 shall be auctioned for the Modernisation Fund. The beneficiary Member States for this amount of allowances shall be the Member States with a GDP per capita at market prices below 65 % of the Union average during the period 2016 to 2018. The funds corresponding to this quantity of allowances shall be distributed in accordance with Part B of Annex IIb.
Amendment 842 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a a (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 – paragraphs 1a a to 1a c (new)
Article 10 – paragraphs 1a a to 1a c (new)
Amendment 850 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point b
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Member States shall determine the use of revenues generated from the auctioning of allowances, except for the revenues established as own resources in accordance with Article 311(3) TFEU and entered in the Union budget. Member States shall use 50 % of their revenues generated from the auctioning of allowances referred to in paragraph 2, with the exception of the revenues used for the compensation of indirect carbon costs referred to in Article 10a(6), for one or more of the following:;
Amendment 903 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point d
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 924 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point a – point i
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point a – point i
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 1 – subparagraphs 2a and 2b
Article 10a – paragraph 1 – subparagraphs 2a and 2b
Amendment 979 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point a – point ii
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point a – point ii
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 10a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
In order to provide further incentives for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving energy efficiency, the determined Union-wide ex-ante benchmarks shall be reviewed before the period from 2026 to 2030 in view of potentially modifying the definitions and system boundaries of existing product benchmarks and district heating benchmark. By way of derogation from subparagraph 1, the ratios for district heating to be determined ensure the allocation of allowances in a way that provides an incentive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. These indicators for the entire period referred to in Article 11, second paragraph, takes the value specified in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/447 for the heat benchmark.;
Amendment 996 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point b
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 1a
Article 10a – paragraph 1a
Amendment 1080 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point c – point i
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point c – point i
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 2 - subparagraph 3 – point c
Article 10a – paragraph 2 - subparagraph 3 – point c
(c) For the period from 2026 to 2030, the benchmark values shall be determined in the same manner as set out in points (a) and (db) on the basis of information submitted pursuant to Article 11 for the years 2021 and 2022 and on the basis of applying the annual reduction rate in respect of each year between 2008 and 2028.; Installations where emissions from combustion of biomass that complies with the criteria set out pursuant to Article 14 contribute to more than 95 % of the total greenhouse gas emissions in years 2021 and 2022 shall not be taken into account in determination of benchmark values. The calculation of the annual reduction rate of each product benchmark shall only consider installations that were included in the initial determination of the respective product benchmark even though more installations may receive free allocation from such product benchmarks as a result of the modification of benchmark definitions and system boundaries pursuant to Article 10a(1), fifth subparagraph.;
Amendment 1098 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point c – point ii
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point c – point ii
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 2 - subparagraph 3 - point d
Article 10a – paragraph 2 - subparagraph 3 - point d
(d) Where the annual reduction rate exceeds 2,51,9 % or is below 0,2 %, the benchmark values for the period from 2026 to 2030 shall be the benchmark values applicable in the period from 2013 to 2020 reduced by whichever of those two percentage rates is relevant, in respect of each year between 2008 and 2028. By way of derogation from the previous point, the maximum annual reduction rate of the fuel and heat fall back benchmarks shall remain at 1,6 %.;
Amendment 1128 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point d a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point d a (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraphs 5a and 5b
Article 10a – paragraphs 5a and 5b
(da) paragraphs 5a and 5b are replaced by the following: “5a. By way of derogation from paragraph 5, an additional amount of up to 35 % of the total quantity of allowances shall, to the extent necessary, be used to increase the maximum amount of free allocation available under paragraph 5. 5b. Where less than 35 % of the total quantity of allowances is needed to increase the maximum amount available under paragraph 5: —- a maximum of 50 million allowances shall be used to increase the amount of allowances available to support innovation in accordance with Article 10a(8); and —- a maximum of 0,5 % of the total quantity of allowances shall be used to increase the amount of allowances available to modernise the energy systems of certain Member States in accordance with Article 10d.”
Amendment 1151 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point e
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point e
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 10a – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The list of sectors or subsectors considered as exposed to a genuine risk of carbon leakage due to significant indirect costs shall be determined following the methodology foreseen under Article 10b(1). Accordingly, sectors and subsectors in relation to which the product resulting from multiplying their intensity of trade by their indirect emission intensity, divided by their gross value added, exceeds 0,2, shall be deemed to be at risk of indirect carbon leakage. Furthermore the determination of eligibility shall include qualitative assessments, taking into account the criteria mentioned in Articles 10b(2), points (a), (b) and (c), and assessments at a 6-digit or an 8-digit level (Prodcom) for sectors for which the above mentioned product does not exceed 0,2 but exceeds 0,15 and for sectors that have previously been assessed at Prodcom level in the context of Article 10b. ;
Amendment 1171 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point g
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point g
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
Article 10a – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
365 million allowances from the quantity which could otherwise be allocated for free pursuant to this Article, and 85 million allowances from the quantity which could otherwise be auctioned pursuant to Article 10, as well as the allowances resulting from the reduction of free allocation referred to in Article 10a(1a), shall be made available to a Fund with the objective of supporting innovation in low-carbon technologies and processes, and contribute to zero pollution objectives (the ‘Innovation Fund’). Allowances that are not issued to aircraft operators due to the closure of aircraft operators and which are not necessary to cover any shortfall in surrenders by those operators, shall also be used for innovation support as referred to in the first subparagraph.
Amendment 1190 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point g
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point g
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 3
Article 10a – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 3
The Innovation Fund shall cover the sectors listed in Annex I and Annex III, including environmentally safe carbon capture and utilisation (“CCU”) that contributes substantially to mitigating climate change, as well as products substituting carbon intensive ones produced in sectors listed in Annex I, and to help stimulate the construction and operation of projects aimed at the environmentally safe capture and geological storage (“CCS”) of CO2, as well as of innovative renewable energy and energy storage technologies; in geographically balanced locations. Likewise, the investments in hydrogen technologies shall be encouraged. The Innovation Fund may also support break- through innovative technologies and infrastructure to decarbonise the maritime sector and for the production of low- and zero-carbon fuels in aviation, rail and road transport. Special attention shall be given to projects in sectors covered by the [CBAM regulation] to support innovation in low carbon technologies, CCU, CCS, renewable energy and energy storage, in a way that contributes to mitigating climate change.
Amendment 1213 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point g
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point g
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 6
Article 10a – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 6
Projects shall be selected on the basis of objective and transparent criteria, taking into account the need to ensure the fair geographical distribution of the projects, the level of emissions in a given Member State to define relevant emissions savings achieved by a given project and, where relevant, the extent to which projects contribute to achieving emission reductions well below the benchmarks referred to in paragraph 2. Projects shall have the potential for widespread application or to significantly lower the costs of transitioning towards a low-carbon economy in the sectors concerned. Projects involving CCU shall deliver a net reduction in emissions and ensure avoidance or permanent storage of CO2. In the case of grants provided through calls for proposals, up to 60 % of the relevant costs of projects may be supported, out of which up to 40 % need not be dependent on verified avoidance of greenhouse gas emissions, provided that pre-determined milestones, taking into account the technology deployed, are attained. In the case of support provided through competitive bidding and in the case of technical assistance support, up to 100 % of the relevant costs of projects may be supported.
Amendment 1243 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point a
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10d – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 10d – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The investments supported shall be consistent with the aims of this Directive, as well as the objectives of the Communication from the Commission of 11 December 2019 on The European Green Deal (*) and Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council (**) and the long-term objectives as expressed in the Paris Agreement. No support from the Modernisation Fund shall be provided to energy generation facilities that use solid fossil fuels.”;
Amendment 1255 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point b
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10d – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 10d – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. At least 870 % of the financial resources from the Modernisation Fund shall be used to support investments in the following:
Amendment 1265 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point b
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10d – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 10d – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) the generation of energy by hydrogen generators;
Amendment 1302 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point -a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point -a (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 1338 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point e
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point e
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 12 – paragraph 3 b – subparagraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 3 b – subparagraph 1
An obligation to surrender allowances shall not arise in respect of emissions of greenhouse gases which are considered to have been captured and utilised to become permanently chemically bound in a product so that they do not enter the atmosphere under normal use and in respect of greenhouse gases that are captured and used to produce recycled carbon fuels and renewable liquid and gaseous fuels of non-biological origin.
Amendment 1380 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19 c (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19 c (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 27 – paragraph 1
Article 27 – paragraph 1
(19c) In Article 27, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. Following consultation with the operator, Member States may exclude from the installations which have reported to the competent authority emissions of less than 250 000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent and, where they carry out combustion activities, have a rated thermal input below 35 MW, excluding emissions from biomass, in each of the three years preceding the notification under point (a), and which are subject to measures that will achieve an equivalent contribution to emission reductions, if the Member State concerned complies with the following conditions: (a) it notifies the Commission of each such installation, specifying the equivalent measures applying to that installation that will achieve an equivalent contribution to emission reductions that are in place, before the list of installations pursuant to Article 11(1) has to be submitted and at the latest when this list is submitted to the Commission; (b) it confirms that monitoring arrangements are in place to assess whether any installation emits 250 000 tonnes or more of carbon dioxide equivalent, excluding emissions from biomass, in any one calendar year. Member States may allow simplified monitoring, reporting and verification measures for installations with average annual verified emissions between 2008 and 2010 which are below 5 000 tonnes a year, in accordance with Article 14; (c) it confirms that if any installation emits 250 000 tonnes or more of carbon dioxide equivalent, excluding emissions from biomass, in any one calendar year or the measures applying to that installation that will achieve an equivalent contribution to emission reductions are no longer in place, the installation will be reintroduced into the; (d) it publishes the information referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) for public comment. Hospitals may also be excluded if they undertake equivalent measures. " Or. en (Directive 2003/87/EC)
Amendment 1387 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19 b (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 29 a
Article 29 a
(19b) Article 29a is replaced by the following: Article 29a “Article 29a Measures in the event of excessive price fluctuations 1. IfWhere, for more than sixthree consecutive months, the allowance prverage price of allowance in the auctions carried out in accordance with the act adopted under Article 10(4) is more than three1,4 times the average price of allowances during the twosix preceding yearconsecutive months oin the European carbon market, the Commission shall immediately convene a meeting of the Committee esauctions for the allowances covered by this Chapter, the Commission shall, as a matter of urgency, adopt a decision to release 50 million allowances covered by this Chapter from the Market Stabilished byty Reserve in accordance with Article 91(7) of Decision No 280/2004/EC. 2. If the price evolution referred to in paragraph 1 does not correspond to changing market fundamentals, one of the following measures may be adopted, taking into account the degree of price evolution: (a) States to bring forward the auctioning of a part of the quantity to be auctioned; (b) States to auction up to 25 % of the remaining(EU) 2015/1814. 2. Where, for more than three consecutive months, the average price of allowance in the auctions carried out in accordance with the act adopted under Article 10(4) is more than 2,1 times the average price of allowances during the new entrants reserve. Those measures shall be adopted in accordance with the management procedure referred to in Article 23(4). 3. account of the reports submitted by the Commission to the European Parliament and to the Council pursuant to Article 29, as well as any other relevant information provided by Member States. 4. The arrangements for the application of these provisions shall be laid down in the acts referred to in Article 10(4). six preceding consecutive months in the auctions for the allowances covered by this Chapter, the Commission shall, as a matter of urgency, adopt a decision to release 150 million allowances covered by this Chapter from the Market Stability Reserve in accordance with Article 1(7) of Decision (EU) 2015/1814." a measure which allows Member a measure which allows Member Any measure shall take utmost Or. en (Directive 2003/87/EC)
Amendment 1396 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19 c (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19 c (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 29 a a (new)
Article 29 a a (new)
(19c) The following Article is inserted: “Article 29aa 1. The access to the EU ETS market shall be limited to entities that are installations, aviation and maritime operators with compliance obligations under the EU ETS. 2. Financial intermediaries may only purchase allowances on account of the entities mentioned in paragraph 1 and not their own. 3. The quantity of EU ETS allowances purchased during auctions by financial intermediaries shall not exceed what is needed to fulfil their contractual obligations towards entities mentioned in paragraph 1. 4. Article 6(5) of Commission Regulation (EU) No 1031/2010 shall be adjusted in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2. 5. By 2025, the Commission shall issue a legislative proposal to enhance the supervision of the European carbon market, as well as related derivative markets. In particular, the Commission shall consider the need to establish a supervisory body with competences related to market intervention and sanctioning powers.”
Amendment 1414 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 21
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 21
Directive 2003/87/EC
Chapter IV a
Chapter IV a
Amendment 1536 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Decision (EU) 2015/2814
Article 1 – paragraph 4
Article 1 – paragraph 4
The total number of allowances in circulation in a given year shall be the cumulative number of allowances issued and not put in reserve in the period since 1 January 2008, including the number that were issued pursuant to Article 13(2) of Directive 2003/87/EC as in force until 18 March 2018 in that period and entitlements to use international credits exercised by installations under the EU ETS in respect of emissions up to 31 December of that given year, minus the cumulative tonnes of verified emissions from installations under the EU ETS between 1 January 2008 and 31 December of that same given year, any allowances cancelled in accordance with Article 12(4) of Directive 2003/87/EC.; The total number of allowances in circulation in a given year shall not take into account the amount of allowances held by entities that is not used to cover obligations under the EU ETS. The Commission is empowered to adopt implementing act to determine the number of allowances according to the previous sentence in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 22a(2).
Amendment 1542 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Decision (EU) 2015/1814
Article 1 – paragraph 4 a – subparagraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 4 a – subparagraph 1
As from [the year following the entry into force of this Directive]2026, the calculation of the total number of allowances in circulation shall include the number of allowances issued in respect of aviation and maritime transport since the beginning of that year, and the number of allowances surrendered by aircraft operators and ship operators in respect of emissions for which allowances are the units which can be used in respect of EU ETS obligations.
Amendment 1551 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Decision (EU) 2015/1814
Article 1 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
In any given year, if the total number of allowances in circulation is between 833 million and 1 096 million, a number of allowances equal to the difference between the total number of allowances in circulation, as set out in the most recent publication as referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article, and 833 million, shall be deducted from the volume of allowances to be auctioned by the Member States under Article 10(2) of Directive 2003/87/EC and shall be placed in the reserve over a period of 12 months beginning on 1 September of that year. If the total number of allowances in circulation is above 1 096 million allowances, the number of allowances to be deducted from the volume of allowances to be auctioned by the Member States under Article 10(2) of Directive 2003/87/EC and to be placed in the reserve over a period of 12 months beginning on 1 September of that year shall be equal to 12 % of the total number of allowances in circulation. By way of derogation from the last sentence, until 31 December 20230, the percentage shall be doubled.
Amendment 1556 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Decision (EU) 2015/1814
Article 1 – paragraph 5 a
Article 1 – paragraph 5 a
Amendment 1571 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c a (new)
Decision (EU) 2015/1814
Article 1 – paragraph 7
Article 1 – paragraph 7
(ca) paragraph 7 is replaced by the following: "7. In any year, if paragraph 6 of this Article is not applicable and measures are adopted under Article 29a of Directive 2003/87/EC, 100 millionthe corresponding number of allowances shall be released from the reserve and added to the volume of allowances to be auctioned by the Member States under Article 10(2) of Directive 2003/87/EC. Where Article 29a paragraph 2 of Directive 2003/87/EC is applicable and fewer than 100 million allowances are in the reserve, all allowances in the reserve shall be released under this paragraph. ”; Or. en (Decision 2015/1814)
Amendment 1578 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Decision (EU) 2015/1814
Article 1 a
Article 1 a
Amendment 1637 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Articles 1 and 2 of this Directive by 31 December 2023[12 months after the date of entry into force of this Directive], at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.
Amendment 102 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Those amendments have differing economic and social impacts on the different sectors of the economy, on the citizens, and the Member States. In particular, the projected inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and the Council31 will on one hand impose an additional burden on Member States which, for historical and geological reasons, base their energy mix on fossil fuels, but on the other hand it should provide an additional economic incentive to invest into the reduction of fossil fuel consumption and thereby accelerate the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Combined with other measures, this should, in the medium to long term, reduce the costs for buildings and road transport, and provide new opportunities for job creation and investment. _________________ 31 Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union (OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32).
Amendment 140 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Therefore, a part of the revenues generated by the inclusion of building and road transport intoEU ETS within the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC should be used to address the social impacts arising from that inclusioncosts generated by the EU climate policy, for the transition to be just and inclusive, leaving no one behind.
Amendment 171 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) A Social Climate (‘the Fund’) should therefore be established to provide funds to the Member States to support their policies to address the social impacts of the emissions trading for buildings and road transportcosts generated by the EU climate change policies on vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises and vulnerable transport users. This should be achieved notably through temporary income support and measures and investments intended to reduce reliance on fossil fuels through increased energy efficiency of buildings, decarbonisation of heating and cooling of buildings, including the integration of energy from renewable sources, and granting improved access to zero- and low-emission mobility and transport to the benefit of vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises and vulnerable transport users.
Amendment 242 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Ensuring that the measures and investments are particularly targeted towards energy poor or vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises and vulnerable transport users is key for a just transition towards climate neutrality. Support measures to promote reductions in greenhouse gas emissions should help Member States to address the social impacts arising from the emissions trading for the sectors of buildings and road transportcosts generated by the EU climate policy.
Amendment 254 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Pending the impact of those investments on reducing costs and emissions, well targeted direct income support for the most vulnerable would help the just transition. Such support should be understood to be a temporary measure accompanying the decarbonisation of the housing and transport sectors. It would not be permanent as it does not address the root causes of energy and transport poverty. Such support should only concern direct impacts of the inclusion of building and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC, not electricity or heating costs related to the inclusion of power and heat production in the scope of that Directive. Eligibility for such direct income support should be limited in time.
Amendment 273 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Taking into account the importance of tackling climate change in line with Paris Agreement commitments, and the commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the actions under this Regulation should contribute to the achievement of the target that 30% of all expenditure under the 2021- 2027 multiannual financial framework should be spent on mainstreaming climate objectives and should contribute to the ambition of providing 10% of annual spending to biodiversity objectives in 2026 and 2027, while considering the existing overlaps between climate and biodiversity goals. For this purpose, the methodology set out in Annex II of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council33 should be used to tag the expenditures of the Fund. The Fund should support activities that fully respect the climate and environmental standards and priorities of the Union and comply with the principle of ‘do no significant harm’ within the meaning of Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council34 . Only such measures and investments should be included in the Plans. Direct income support measures should as a rule be considered as having an insignificant foreseeable impact on environmental objectives, and as such be considered compliant with the principle of ‘do no significant harm’. The Commission intends to issue technical guidance to the Member States well ahead of the preparation of the Plans. The guidance will explain how the measures and investments must comply with the principle of ‘do no significant harm’ within the meaning of Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852. The Commission intends to present in 2021 a proposal for a Council Recommendation on how to address the social aspects ofReplacing coal- fired boilers with less emitting gas-boilers or hybrid heat pumps as the most cost- effective method of reducing emissions in the group of poorest households in certain Member States should also be considered as not having a significant impact on these objectives and deemed compliant with the gaforemen transitiontioned principle. _________________ 33 Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2021 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the Cohesion Fund, the Just Transition Fund and the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund and financial rules for those and for the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, the Internal Security Fund and the Instrument for Financial Support for Border Management and Visa Policy (OJ L 231, 30.6.2021, p. 159). 34 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 289 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Women are particularly affected by carbon pricing as they represent 85% of single parent families and large families. Single parent families have a particularly high risk of child poverty. Gender equality and equal opportunities for all, and the mainstreaming of those objectives, as well as questions of accessibility for persons with disabilities should be taken into account and promoted throughout the preparation and implementation of Plans to ensure no one is left behind.
Amendment 317 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) The Union should support Member States with financial means to implement their Plans through the Social Climate Fund. Payments from the Social Climate Fund should be made conditional onlead to the achievement of the milestones and targets included in the Plans. This would allow efficiently taking into account national circumstances and priorities while simplifying financing and facilitating its integration with other national spending programmes while guaranteeing the impact and the integrity of EU spending.
Amendment 325 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) The financial envelope of the Fund should, in principle, be commensurate to amounts corresponding to 25% of the expected revenues from the inclusion of buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC in the period 2026-2032. Pursuant to Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/205341 , Member States should make those revenues available to the Union budget as own resources. Member States are to finance 50% of the total costs of their Plan themselves. For this purpose, as well as for investment and measures to accelerate and alleviate the required transition for citizens negatively affected, Member States should inter alia use their expected revenues from emissions trading for buildings and road transport under Directive 2003/87/EC for that purpose. _________________ 41 Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/2053 of 14 December 2020 on the system of own resources of the European Union and repealing Decision 2014/335/EU, Euratom (OJ L 424, 15.12.2020, p. 1 be established from x% of the total quantity of allowances, and auctioned in accordance with the rules and modalities for auctions taking place on the Common Auction Platform set out in Commission Regulation (EU) No1031/2010 (8).
Amendment 359 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25 a (new)
Recital 25 a (new)
(25a) To ensure that support under the Plan can be effectively implemented from the initial years of the entry into force of the Social Climate Fund, it should be possible for a part of the financial contribution of Member States to be paid in the form of pre-finance.
Amendment 394 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
The measures and investments supported by the Fund shall benefit households, micro-enterprises and transport users, which are vulnerable and particularly affected by the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/ECcosts generated by the EU climate policy, especially households in energy poverty and citizens without public transport alternative to individual cars (in remote and rural areas).
Amendment 408 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4
Article 1 – paragraph 4
The general objective of the Fund is to contribute to the transition towards climate neutrality by addressing the social impacts of the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/ECconsequences of the challenges of the green transition. The specific objective of the Fund is to support vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises and vulnerable transport users through temporary direct income support and through measures and investments intended to increase energy efficiency of buildings, decarbonisation of heating and cooling of buildings, including the integration and storage of energy from renewable sources, and granting improved access to zero- and low-emission mobility and transport.
Amendment 432 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) ‘building renovation’ means all kinds of energy-related building renovation, including the insulation of the building envelope, that is to say walls, roof, floor, the replacement of windows, the replacement of heating, cooling and cooking appliances, and the installation of on-site production of energy from renewable sources as well as its storage;
Amendment 462 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11
(11) ‘vulnerable households’ means households in energy poverty or households, including lower middle- income ones, that are significantly affected by the price impacts of the inclusion of buildings into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC and lack the means to renovate the building they occupy;
Amendment 478 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12
(12) ‘vulnerable micro-enterprises’ means micro-enterprises that are significantly affected by the price impacts of the inclusion of buildings into the scope of Directive 2003/87/ECcosts generated by the EU climate policy and lack the means to renovate the building they occupy;
Amendment 491 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
(13) ‘vulnerable transport users’ means transport users, including from lower middle-income households, that are significantly affected by the price impacts of the inclusion of road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC and lack the means to purchase zero- and low- emission vehicles or to switch to alternative sustainable modes of transport, including public transport and large families, particularly in rural and remote areas.
Amendment 513 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall submit to the Commission a Social Climate Plan (‘the Plan’) together with the update to the integrated national energy and climate plan referred to in Article 14(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in accordance with the procedure and timeline laid down in that Article. The Plan shall contain a coherent set of measures and investments to address the impact of carbon pricingEU climate policy on vulnerable households, vulnerable micro- enterprises and vulnerable transport users in order to ensure affordable heating, cooling and mobility while accompanying and accelerating necessary measures to meet the climate targets of the Union.
Amendment 529 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The Plan may include national measures providing temporary direct income support to vulnerable households and households that are vulnerable transport users to reduce the impact of the increase in the price of fossil fuels resulting from the inclusion of buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/ECEU climate policy.
Amendment 552 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) finance measures and investments to increase energy efficiency of buildings, to implement energy efficiency improvement measures, to carry out building renovation, and to decarbonise heating and cooling of buildings, including the integration of energy production, as well as its storage, from renewable energy sources;
Amendment 626 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) an explanation of how the Plan ensures that no investment or measure, included in the Plan does significant harm to environmental objectives within the meaning of Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852; the Commission shall provide technical guidance to the Member States targeted to the scope of the Fund to that effect; no explanation is required for the measures referred to in Article 3(2);
Amendment 709 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may include the costs of measures providing temporary direct income support to vulnerable households and vulnerable households that are transport users to absorb the increase in road transport and heating fuel prices. Such support shall decrease over time and be limited to the direct impact of the emission trading for buildings and road transport. Eligibility for such direct income support shall cease within the time limits identified under Article 4(1) point (d).
Amendment 789 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
(fa) support, in particular, the vulnerable households and vulnerable micro-enterprises by introducing measures related to natural gas-based boilers and heating systems, and related to distribution infrastructure.
Amendment 808 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Amendment 828 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The financial envelope for the implementation of the Fund for the period 2025-2027 shall be EUR 23 700 000 000 in current pricesshould correspond to the x% of the total quantity of allowances, and auctioned in accordance with the rules and modalities for auctions taking place on the Common Auction Platform set out in Commission Regulation (EU) No 1031/2010 (8).
Amendment 840 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Amendment 867 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 872 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. Member States may include in their Plan, as part of the estimated total costs, the payments for additional technical support pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 2021/240 and the amount of the cash contribution for the purpose of the Member State compartment pursuant to the relevant provisions of Regulation (EU) 2021/523. Those costs shall not exceed 4 % of the financial total allocation for the Plan, and the relevant measures, as set out in the Plan, shall comply with this Regulation. In addition, where necessary, the Member State may propose additional technical assistance measures to strengthen the capacity and effectiveness of public authorities and bodies, beneficiaries and relevant partners necessary for the effective management and use of the Funds.
Amendment 893 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Pre-financing 1. Subject to the adoption by the Commission of the implementing act referred to in Article 16(1), when a Member State requests pre-financing together with the submission of the Plan, the Commission shall make a pre- financing payment of an amount of up to15 % of the financial contribution. By derogation from Article 116(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046, the Commission shall make the corresponding payment within, to the extent possible, two months after the adoption by the Commission of the legal commitment referred to in Article18. 2. In cases of pre-financing under paragraph 1, the financial contributions shall be adjusted proportionally.
Amendment 928 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
(i) whether the Plan represents a response to the social impact on and challenges faced by vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises and vulnerable transport users in the Member State concerned from establishing the emission trading system for buildings and road transport established pursuant to Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/ECdue to an ambitious EU climate policy, especially households in energy poverty, duly taking into account the challenges identified in the assessments of the Commission of the update of the concerned Member State’s integrated national energy and climate plan and of its progress pursuant to Article 9(3), and Articles 13 and 29 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, as well as in the Commission recommendations to Member States issued pursuant to Article 34 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in view of the long-term objective of climate neutrality in the Union by 2050. This shall take into account the specific challenges and the financial allocation of the Member State concerned;
Amendment 941 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii
(iii) whether the Plan contains measures and investments addressing the social impacts that contribute to the green transition, including to addressing the challenges resulting therefrom and in particular to the achievement of the 2030 climate and energy objectives of the Union and the 2030 milestones of the Mobility Strategy.
Amendment 942 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii
(iii) whether the Plan contains measures and investments addressing the social impacts that contribute to the green transition, including to addressing the challenges resulting therefrom and in particular to the achievement of the 2030 climate and energy objectives of the Union and the 2030 milestones of the Mobility Strategy.
Amendment 995 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 5
Article 17 – paragraph 5
Amendment 288 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 66
Recital 66
(66) The information and communications technology (ICT) sector another important sector which receives increasing attention. In 2018 the energy consumption of data centres in the EU was 76,8 TWh. This is expected to rise to 98.5 TWh by 2030, a 28% increase. This increase in absolute terms can as well be seen in relative terms: within the EU, data centres accounted for 2,7% of electricity demand in 2018 and will reach 3,21% by 2030 if development continues on the current trajectory75 . Europe’s Digital Strategy already highlighted the need for highly energy-efficient and sustainable data centres and calls for transparency measures for telecommunication operators on their environmental footprint. To promote sustainable development in the ICT sector, particularly of data centres, Member States should collect and publish data, which is relevant for the energy performance and water footprint of data centres. Member States should collect and publish data only about data centres with a significant footprintn installed IT power demand equal to or greater than 1 MW, for which appropriate design or efficiency interventions, for new or existing installations respectively, can result in a considerable reduction of the energy and water consumption or in the reuse of waste heat in nearby facilities and heat networks. A data centre sustainability indicator canshould be established on the basis of that data collected _________________ 75 https://digital- strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/energy- efficient-cloud-computing-technologies- and-policies-eco-friendly-cloud-market
Amendment 442 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Each Member State shall set national energy efficiency contributions for final andor primary energy consumption to meet, collectively, the binding Union target set in paragraph 1 . Member States shall notify those contributions together with an indicative trajectory for those contributions to the Commission as part of the updates of their integrated national energy and climate plans in accordance with Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, and as part of their integrated national energy and climate plans as referred to in, and in accordance with, the procedure set out in Article 3 and Articles 7 to 12 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 . When doing so, Member States shallmay use the indicative formula defined in Annex I of this Directive and explain how, and on the basis of which data, the contributions have been calculated.
Amendment 446 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall also provide the indicative shares of energy consumption of energy end-use sectors, as defined in Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 on energy statistics, including industry, residential, services and transport, in their national energy efficiency contributions. Projections for energy consumption in information and communications technology (ICT) shallmay also be indicated.
Amendment 466 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point e – point iv a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point e – point iv a (new)
(iva) share of people affected by energy poverty, vulnerable customers and, where applicable, people living in social housing;
Amendment 478 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point b
Amendment 629 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) new savings each year from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2030 of 1,52 % of annual final energy consumption, averaged over the three-year period prior to 1 January 202019.
Amendment 635 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 687 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Article 9 – paragraph 4
4. Member States may require obligated parties to achieve a share of their energy savings obligation among people affected by energy poverty, vulnerable customers and, where applicable, people living in social housing. Member States may also require obligated parties to achieve energy cost reduction targets and to achieve energy savings by promoting energy efficiency improvement measures, including financial support measures mitigating carbon price effects on SMEs and micro-SMEs. If doing so, for the purposes of calculating the amount of energy savings required of each obligated party set in Article 9(7), energy savings obtained among these consumers shall be considered twice.
Amendment 711 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Amendment 725 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States shall ensure that enterprises with an average annual consumption higher than 10TJ of energy over the previous three years and taking all energy carriers together that do not implement an energy management system are subject to an energy audit. Energy audits shall be carried out in an independent and cost-effective manner by qualified or accredited experts in accordance with requirements provided in Article 26 or implemented and supervised by independent authorities under national legislation. Energy audits shall be carried out at least every four years from the date of the previous energy audit.
Amendment 733 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The results of the energy audits including the recommendations from these audits shall be transmitted to the management of the enterprise. Member States shall ensure that the results and the implemented recommendations are published in the enterprise’s annual report, where applicable.
Amendment 747 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 5
Article 11 – paragraph 5
Amendment 753 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 8
Article 11 – paragraph 8
8. Enterprises that implement an energy or environmental management system - certified by an independent body according to the relevant European or international standards - shall be exempted from the requirements of paragraphs 1 and 2 , provided that the energy or environmental management system concerned includes an energy audit on the basis of the minimum criteria based on Annex VI.
Amendment 830 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Amendment 835 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 2
Article 23 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that the public, including relevant heat and electricity stakeholders, is given the opportunity to participate in the preparation of heating and cooling plans, the comprehensive assessment and the policies and measures.
Amendment 844 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 5
Article 23 – paragraph 5
Amendment 852 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 6 – point a
Article 23 – paragraph 6 – point a
(a) be based on the information and data provided in the comprehensive assessments carried out pursuant to paragraph 1 and provide an estimate and mapping of the potential for increasing energy efficiency, including via high efficiency cogeneration. waste heat recovery, and renewable energy in heating and cooling in that particular area;
Amendment 867 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that the public, including relevant heat and electricity stakeholders, is given the opportunity to participate the preparation of heating and cooling plans, the comprehensive assessment and the policies and measures.
Amendment 881 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point a
a. until 31 December 2025, a system using at least 50% renewable energy, 50% waste heat, 75% cogenerated heat or 50% of a combination of such energy and heat, going into the network;
Amendment 897 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point b
b. from 1 January 2026, a system using at least 50% renewable energy, 50% waste heat, 8075% of high-efficiency cogenerated heat or at least a combination of such thermal energy going into the network where the share of renewable energy is at least 5% and the total share of renewable energy, waste heat or high- efficiency cogenerated heat is at least 50%;
Amendment 907 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point c
c. from 1 January 2035, a system using at least 50% renewable energy and waste heat, where the share of renewable energy is at least 20% or a system using at least 75% of high efficiency cogenerated heat and renewable energy, where the share of renewable energy is at least 10%;
Amendment 917 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point d
d. from 1 January 2045, a system using at least 75 % renewable energy and waste heat, where the share of renewable energy is at least 40%;eleted
Amendment 926 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point e
Amendment 940 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 2
Article 24 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that where a district heating and cooling system is built or substantially refurbished it meets the criteria set out in paragraph 1 applicable at such time when it starts or continues its operation after the refurbishment. In addition, Member States shall ensure that when a district heating and cooling system is built or substantially refurbished, there is no increase in the use of fossil fuels other than natural gas in existing heat sources compared to the annual consumption averaged over the previous three calendar years of full operation before refurbishment, and that any new heat sources in that system do not use fossil fuels other than natural gas.
Amendment 947 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 3
Article 24 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that as from 1 January 2025, and every five years thereafter, operators of all existing district heating and cooling systems with a total energy output exceeding 5 MW and which do not meet the criteria set out in paragraph 1(b) to (e), prepare a plan to increase primary energy efficiency and renewable energy. The plan shall include measures to meet the criteria set out in paragraph 1(b) to (e) and shall be approved by the competent authority. Investments listed in the plans are eligible for funding on the same basis as investments in energy efficient systems.
Amendment 973 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1
1. National energy regulatory authorities shall apply the energy efficiency first principle in accordance with Article 3 of this Directive in carrying out the regulatory tasks specified in Directives (EU) 2019/944 and 2009/73/EC regarding their decisions on the operation of the gas and electricity infrastructure , including their decisions on network tariffs .;
Amendment 1048 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 1 – paragraph 3
Annex I – point 1 – paragraph 3
Where CEU is a correction factor, Target is the level of national-specific ambition and FECB2030 PECB2030 is the 2020 Reference Scenario or other national scenario used as a baseline for 2030.
Amendment 1056 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 6
Annex I – point 6
6. Fpotential shall be calculated for each Member State based on the final or primary energy savings under the PRIMES MIX 55% scenario for 2030. The savings are expressed in relation to 2020 Reference Scenario projections for 2030. or to other national scenario projections for 2030;
Amendment 1065 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex III – point a – paragraph 1 – indent 3
Annex III – point a – paragraph 1 – indent 3
— direct emissions of the carbon dioxide from cogeneration production that is fuelled with fossil fuels, are less than 270 gCO2 per 1 kWh of energy output from the combined generation (includingcombining electrical, heating/ and cooling, power and mechanical energy). as of 1 January 2030. When calculating the abovementioned threshold, the operating conditions of cogeneration units, including seasonal changes of heat curve and ancillary services provided to electricity grid, shall be taken into account.
Amendment 1123 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex V – point 2 – point h
Annex V – point 2 – point h
Amendment 1141 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex V – point 2 – point k
Annex V – point 2 – point k
(k) for policies that accelerate the uptake of more efficient products and vehicles, except those regarding the use of direct fossil fuel combustion, full credit may be claimed, provided that it is shown that such uptake takes place before expiry of the average expected lifetime of the product or vehicle, or before the product or vehicle would usually be replaced, and the savings are claimed only for the period until end of the average expected lifetime of the product or vehicle to be replaced;
Amendment 19 #
2021/0202(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Tackling climate and environmental-related challenges and reaching the objectives of the Paris Agreement are at the core of the Communication on “The European Green Deal”, adopted by the Commission on 11 December 201926 . However, the legislative proposals foreseen in "The European Green Deal" should take into account evolving circumstances, and in particular the economic and energy crisis the Union is facing at the moment putting many businesses at competitive disadvantage and many household at risk of energy poverty. __________________ 26 COM(2019)640 final.
Amendment 22 #
2021/0202(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The European Green Deal combines a comprehensive set of mutually reinforcing measures and initiatives aimed at achieving climate neutrality in the EU by 2050, and sets out a new growth strategy that aims to transform the Union into a fair and prosperous society, with a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy, where economic growth is decoupled from resource use. It also aims to protect, conserve and enhance the Union's natural capital, and protect the health and well-being of citizens from environment-related risks and impacts. At the same time, this transition affects women and men differently and has a particular impact on some disadvantaged groups, such as older people, persons with disabilities and persons with a minority racial or ethnic background. It must therefore be ensured that the transition is just and inclusive, leaving no one behind.
Amendment 51 #
2021/0202(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The analysis carried out in the context of the reserve’s review and the expected developments relevant to the carbon market demonstrate that a rate of 12 % of the total number of allowances in circulation to be placed in the reserve each year after 2023 is insufficient to prevent a significant increase of the surplus of allowances in the EU ETS. Therefore, after 2023 the percentage figure should continue to be 24 %, and the minimum number of allowances to be placed in the reserve should also continue to be 200 millioHowever, that analysis did not take into account the current energy crisis, which have led to sudden increases in energy prices for businesses and households in the Union. Therefore, any proposal to continue the doubled uptake rates beyond 2023 should not be pursued until the energy prices become stable and affordable again.
Amendment 59 #
2021/0202(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) IfOn the rate of the total number of allowances in circulation to be placed in the reserve each year reverts to 12 % after 2023, a potentially harmful surplus of allowcontrary, for the moment it is better to use the allowances in the reserve to counteract high prices and also address existing structural imbalances ion the EU ETS may disturb market stability. In addition, the rate of 24 % after 2023 should be established separately from the general review of Directive 2003/87/EC and Decision (EU) 2015/1814 to strengthen the EU Emissions Trading System in line with the Union’s incsupply side of allowances faced by some Member States. Consequently, the allowances in the reased climate ambition for 2030 to ensure market predictabilityrve should not be cancelled.
Amendment 76 #
2021/0202(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1
Article 1
Decision (EU) 2015/1814
Article 1 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Amendments to Decision (EU) 2015/1814 In Article 1(5), first subparagraph, of Decision (EU) 2015/1814, the last sentence is replaced by the following: By way of derogation from the first and second sentences, until 31 December 2030, the percentages and the 100 million allowances referred to in those sentences shall be doubled.rticle 1 deleted
Amendment 81 #
2021/0202(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Decision (EU) 2015/1814
Article 1 – paragraph 5 a
Article 1 – paragraph 5 a
In Article 1, paragraph 5a is deleted.
Amendment 85 #
2021/0202(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 b (new)
In Article 1, paragraph 6 is replaced by the following: 6. In any year, if the total number of allowances in circulation is less than 400 million or the clearing price of allowances in the auctions carried out in accordance with the delegated acts adopted under Article 10(4) of Directive 2003/87/EC surpass 80 EUR, 100 million allowances shall be released from the reserve and added to the volume of allowances to be auctioned by the Member States under Article 10(2) of Directive 2003/87/EC. Where fewer than 100 million allowances are in the reserve, all allowances in the reserve shall be released under this paragraph. (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02015D1814-Or. en 20180408&qid=1642503924151)
Amendment 73 #
2021/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The strengthened CO2 emission reduction requirements should incentivise an increasing share of zero- and low- emission vehicles being deployed on the Union market whilst providing benefits to consumers and citizens in terms of air quality and energy savings, as well as ensuring that innovation in the automotive value chain can be maintained. Within the global context, also the EU automotive chain must be a leading actor in the on- going transition towards zero-emission mobility. The strengthened CO2 emission reduction standards are technology neutral in reaching the fleet-wide targets that they set. Different technologies are and remain available to reach the zero-emission fleet wide target. Zero-emission vehicles currently include battery electric vehicles, fuel-cell and other hydrogen powered vehicles, and technological innovations are continuing. Zero and low-emission vehicles, which also include well performing plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, can continue to play a role in the transition pathway.
Amendment 78 #
2021/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) At the same time, the risk of a possible massive import of undesirable, high-emission vehicles decommissioned from the fleet in Member States with a GDP above the Union average to Member States with a GDP below the Union average, contributing to the carry-over of harmful emissions from road transport from one Member States to the others, should be taken into account inasmuch as it hinders the renewal of their own national car fleet. Moreover, this internal Union carbon leakage phenomenon creates an additional problem for some Member States, related not only to air quality and road safety, but also to meeting the Effort Sharing Regulation targets.
Amendment 91 #
2021/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Against that background, new strengthened CO2 emission reduction targets should be set for both new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles for the period 2030 onwards. Those targets should be set at a level that will deliver a strong signal to accelerate the uptake of zero- and low-emission vehicles on the Union market and to stimulate innovation in zero- and low-emission technologies in a cost- efficient way.
Amendment 104 #
2021/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The targets in the revised CO2 performance standards should be accompanied by a European strategy to address the challenges posed by the scale- up of the manufacturing of zero- and low- emission vehicles and associated technologies, as well as the need for up- and re-skilling of workers in the sector and the economic diversification and reconversion of activities. Where appropriate, financial support should be considered at the level of the EU and Member States to crowd in private investment, including via the European Social Fund Plus, the Just Transition Fund, the Innovation Fund, the Recovery and Resilience Facility and other instruments of the Multiannual Financial Framework and the Next Generation EU, in line with State aid rules. The revised environmental and energy state aid rules will enable Member States to support business to decarbonize their production processes and adopt greener technologies in the context of the New Industrial Strategy.
Amendment 109 #
2021/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The updated New Industrial Strategy26 foresees the co-creation of green and digital transition pathways in partnership with industry, public authorities, social partners and other stakeholders. In this context, a transition pathway should be developed for the mobility ecosystem to accompany the transition of the automotive value chain. The pathway should take particular heed of SMEs in the automotive supply chain, of the consultation of social partners including by Member States, and also build on the European Skills Agenda with initiatives like the Pact for Skills to mobilise the private sector and other stakeholders to up-skill and re-skill Europe’s workforce in view of the green and digital transitions. The appropriate actions and incentives at European and national level to boost the affordability of zero - and low-emission vehicles should also be addressed in the pathway. The progress made on this comprehensive transition pathway for the mobility ecosystem should be monitored every two years as part of a progress report to be submitted by the Commission, looking inter alia at the progress in the deployment of zero- and low-emission vehicles, their price developments, deployment of alternative fuels development and infrastructure roll- out as required under the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation, the potential of innovative technologies to reach climate neutral mobility, international competitiveness, investments in the automotive value chain, up-skilling and re- skilling of workers and reconversion of activities. The progress report will also build on the two-year progress reports that Member States submit under the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation. The Commission should consult social partners in the preparation of the progress report, including the results in the social dialogue. Innovations in the automotive supply chain are continuing. Innovative technologies such as the production of electro-fuels with air capture, if further developed, could offer prospects for affordable climate neutral mobility. The Commission should therefore keep track of progress in the state of innovation in the sector as part of its progress report. The Commission should also recognise that, with the technical progress in construction of ever more advanced zero- and low-emission car engines, the methodology used for calculating the greenhouse gas emissions of new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles is no longer relevant inasmuch as it does not take into account all the emissions occurring during the whole life- cycle of a vehicle. The methodology should be therefore reassessed in the progress report. __________________ 26 Commission Communication - Updating the 2020 New Industrial Strategy: Building a stronger Single Market for Europe’s recovery, COM(2021) 350 final of 5 May 2021
Amendment 118 #
2021/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) In the review of this Regulation, the Commission should include a new methodology for calculating the greenhouse gas emissions of new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles focusing not only on vehicle exhaust emissions, but on the vehicle’s life-cycle as a whole, i.e. manufacture, use, scrapping, as well as on the fuel and/or energy used for propulsion of the vehicle.
Amendment 123 #
2021/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Those EU fleet-wide targets are to be complemented by the necessary roll-out of recharging and refuelling infrastructure as set out in Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council27 , which still remains too sparse throughout the Union to allow to achieve the objective of the European Green Deal, i. e. one million charging points by 2025. Without the necessary recharging and refuelling infrastructure the green transition of the road transport would not be possible, nor would Regulation (EU) 2019/631 be successful in producing the desired results. __________________ 27Directive 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).
Amendment 131 #
2021/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Manufacturers should be provided with sufficient flexibility in adapting their fleets over time in order to manage the transition towards zero- and low-emission vehicles in a cost-efficient manner, and it is therefore appropriate to maintain the approach of decreasing target levels in five-year step. The approach of decreasing target levels in five-year steps should be therefore perceived as an expression of high political ambitions but not without risk, knowing that passenger cars are produced and designed in at least five-year cycles, and light commercial vehicles even longer. Frequent changes of key requirements may have a significant negative impact on employment and vehicle production costs, in particular for SMEs in the automotive supply chain as they have lower technical potential and a smaller budget for changing their production model, and thus reduce the availability of new vehicles for final consumers.
Amendment 140 #
2021/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) With the stricter EU fleet-wide targets from 2030 onwards, manufacturers will have to deploy significantly more zero-emission vehicles on the Union market. In that context, the incentive mechanism for zero- and low-emission vehicles (‘ZLEV’) would, in most cases, no longer serve its original purpose and would risk undermining the effectiveness of Regulation (EU) 2019/631. The ZLEV incentive mechanism should therefore be removed as of 2030. Before that date and therefore throughout this decade. The ZLEV incentive mechanism should therefore be removed as of 2030, except for the Member States with a share of ZLEV in their fleet lower than the Union average in 2029, where the incentive mechanism for ZLEV will continue to support those Member States in their gradual transition towards zero emission road mobility. Phasing out of the incentives should closely correlate with the level of development of the ZLEV market. Full termination of public support to this kind of technologies should be allowed only when perfect substitutability between electric cars and conventional fuel vehicles is achieved, in particular as the cost parity of both modes of transport is concerned. Before 2030, and, in the aforementioned exceptional case, beyond it, the incentive mechanism for ZLEV will therefore continue to support the deployment of vehicles with emissions from zero up to 50 g CO2/km, including battery electric vehicles, fuel-cell electric vehicles using hydrogen and well performing plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. After that date, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles continue to count against the fleet- wide targets that vehicle manufacturers must meet.
Amendment 156 #
2021/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) In view of the increased overall greenhouse gas emissions reduction objectives and to avoid potential market distorting effects, the reduction requirements for all manufacturers present in the Union market should be aligned, except for those responsible for less than 1 000 new vehicles registered in a calendar year. Consequently, the possibility for manufacturers responsible for between 1 000 fewer thand 10 000 passenger cars or between 1 000 fewer thand 22 000 light commercial vehicles newly registered in a calendar year to apply for a derogation from their specific emission targets should cease from 2030 onwards.
Amendment 186 #
2021/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point -a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point -a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2019/631
Article 1 – paragraph -5 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph -5 a (new)
(-a) the following paragraph is inserted: ‘-5a. This Regulation shall be reviewed no later than five years after its entry into force and supplemented by new measures for calculating the greenhouse gas emissions of new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles that will take into account the emissions during the whole life-cycle of a vehicle, as well as on the fuel and/or energy used for propulsion of the vehicle, based on the methodologies set out in Article7(10).’
Amendment 215 #
2021/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Regulation (EU) 2019/631
Article 1 – paragraph 5a – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 5a – point a
(a) for the average emissions of the new passenger car fleet, an EU fleet-wide target equal to a 1090 % reduction of the target in 2021 determined in accordance with Part A, point 6.1.3, of Annex I;
Amendment 219 #
2021/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Regulation (EU) 2019/631
Article 1 – paragraph 5a – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 5a – point b
(b) for the average emissions of the new light commercial vehicles fleet, an EU fleet-wide target equal to a 1090 % reduction of the target in 2021 determined in accordance with Part B, point 6.1.3, of Annex I.
Amendment 229 #
2021/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point d
Regulation (EU) 2019/631
Article 1 – paragraph 7
Article 1 – paragraph 7
(d) paragraph 7 is deleted;amended as follows: ‘7. From 1 January 2030 in Member States with a share of zero- and low- emission vehicles in their fleet below the Union average in 2029, the following zero- and low-emission vehicles' benchmarks shall apply in accordance with points 6.3 of Parts A and B of Annex I, respectively: (a) a benchmark equal to a 50 % share of the fleet of new passenger cars; and (b) a benchmark equal to a 45 % share of the fleet of new light commercial vehicles.’
Amendment 231 #
2021/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2019/631
Article 2 – paragraph 4
Article 2 – paragraph 4
(ba) in paragraph 4, the following words are added at the beginning of to the first sentence: 'From 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2029,'
Amendment 286 #
2021/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Regulation (EU) 2019/631
Article 14 a – paragraph 1
Article 14 a – paragraph 1
By 31 December 2025, and every two years thereafter, the Commission shall report on the progress towards zero emission road mobility. The report shall in particular monitor and assess the need for possible additional measures to facilitate the transition, including through financial means. It shall also reassess the methodology used for calculating the greenhouse gas emissions of new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles.
Amendment 292 #
2021/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Regulation (EU) 2019/631
Article 14 a – paragraph 2
Article 14 a – paragraph 2
In the reporting, the Commission shall consider all factors that contribute to a cost-efficient progress towards climate neutrality by 2050. This includes the deployment of zero- and low-emission vehicles, progress in achieving the targets for the roll-out of recharging and refuelling infrastructure as required under the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation, the potential contribution of innovation technologies and sustainable alternative fuels to reach climate neutral mobility, impact of possible extension of ETS to road transport sector, impact on Member States GHG and air quality targets, annual purchases of new zero- and low-emission vehicles as well as second-hand vehicles for different European emission standards (EURO) per Member State, impact on consumers, progress in social dialogue as well as aspects to further facilitate an economically viable and socially fair transition towards zero emission road mobility.
Amendment 354 #
2021/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point f
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point f
Regulation (EU) 2019/631
Annex 1– part A – point 6.3.1
Annex 1– part A – point 6.3.1
For new passenger cars registered in Member States with a share of zero- and low-emission vehicles in their fleet below 60% of the Union average in the year 2017 and with less than 1 000 new zero- and low-emission vehicles registered in the year 2017*, ZLEVspecific shall, until and including 2029, be calculated in accordance with the following formula:
Amendment 45 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12
Citation 12
Amendment 58 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
Amendment 148 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the new EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and its level of ambition; stresses that is has to based on facts and underpinned by sound science and its goals need to be realistic;
Amendment 343 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the upcoming legislative proposal on the EU Nature Restoration Plan and reiteranotes its call for a restoration target of at least 30 % of the EU’s land and seas, which should be implemented by each Member State consistently throughout their territory taking into account different ownership and land-uses systems; considers that in addition to an overall restoration target, ecosystem- specific targets shcould be setconsidered, with a particular emphasis on ecosystems for the dual purposes of biodiversity restoration and climate change mitigation and adaptation; stresses that after restoration, no ecosystem degradation should be allowed;
Amendment 639 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines that the new EU Forest Strategy must be fully aligned with the Climate Law and the Biodiversity Strategybased on the Biodiversity Strategy; firmly states that along with strict protection, sustainable management practices should also be acknowledged as an appropriate solution for the management of areas with a very high value or potential for biodiversity and, particularly, those most vulnerable to climate change; calls for the inclusion in the Nature Restoration Plan of specific binding targetprovisions for the protection and restoration of forest ecosystems as well as sustainable management, which should also be incorporated into the Forest Strategy;
Amendment 670 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that the Union’s tree planting initiatives should be based onupports sustainable development of EU forests, including through thoroughly planned afforestation; stresses, however, that other approaches, such as proforestation, sustainable reforestation and the greening of urban areas, may also play an important role; calls on the Commission to ensure that these initiatives are carried out only in a manner compatible with and conducive to the biodiversity objectives;
Amendment 699 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to urgently presentconsider a proposal for an EU legal framework based on mandatory due diligence that ensures sustainable and deforestation-free value chains based on a thorough impact assessments taking into account different options;
Amendment 723 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Expresses its concern that the majority of the ranges of terrestrial species will decrease significantly in a 1.5 to 2°C scenario; highlights, therefore, the need to prioritise nature-based solutions in meeting climate mitigation goals and in adaptation strategies and to increase the protection of natural carbon sinks in the EU, including by taking them into account in setting the 2030 emissions reduction target;
Amendment 68 #
2020/2241(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 70 #
2020/2241(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Notes that implementation of energy system integration while intended to reduce costs of the energy transformation in Europe in a long run would involves immediate significant costs passed on the end-users; asks therefore the Commission to present costs analysis of the proposed changes per sector involved and per Member State
Amendment 162 #
2020/2241(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Stresses that biogas, as a flexible and renewable enabler of decarbonization with a number of environmental and socio-economic benefits, should not be overshadowed by prioritisation of other RES technologies; emphasizes that potential of production of biogas from wastes from different sources (agricultural, forestry, industrial and municipal) and its contribution to circular economy and to distributed power and heat generation; emphasizes the advantages of biogas-sourced hydrogen which development should be further supported; points out to the industry’s estimations that by 2030 European biogas production could reach50Bcm/year, or around 10 per cent of the EU’s current natural gas consumption, and draws attention to the need of legislative changes in order to facilitate the biogas access to grids;
Amendment 72 #
2020/2077(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that it is imperative to incorporate efforts focusing on the development of technology allowing for the disposal and reuse of materials used in wind farm as well as photovoltaic farm constructions in the Circular Economy Action Plan;
Amendment 89 #
2020/2077(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Emphasises the role of education and the change of behaviour among producers as well as consumers in the Circular Economy Action Plan; particularly draws attention to the importance of promoting consumption patterns consistent with Circular Economy, and the importance of supporting new, innovative business models;
Amendment 100 #
2020/2077(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to step up its efforts to make more small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) fit for the circular economy, by supporting them through adequate incentive schemes and financing tools, capacity building and technical assistance, as well as by reducing their administrative and legal burdens; highlights the need for a dedicated SME impact assessment whilst introducing regulations and directives associated with the Circular Economy;
Amendment 122 #
2020/2077(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Supports the creation of symbiotic economic relationships, which allow for the cooperation between enterprises and other institutions aiming to improve the rationalisation of resources and waste management;
Amendment 127 #
2020/2077(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that the positive role played by social economy enterprises, which are paving the way to circular economy models, should serve as an inspiration to other companies, and that such best practices should be made more visible; stresses that social economy enterprises are just an element, not a foundation, of the efforts for a financially sustainable Circular Economy;
Amendment 130 #
2020/2077(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights that, when establishing the Circular Economy Action Plan, it is imperative that the European Commission creates incentives for producers and consumers that include, among others, tax breaks as well as financial support schemes covering the costs of changes in manufacturing processes and technological developments; stresses the importance of wide access to competence centres, where entrepreneurs will be able to learn the basic and more advanced forms of the broadly understood ecodesign;
Amendment 19 #
2020/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 35 a (new)
Citation 35 a (new)
- having regard to the “EU Energy Intensive Industries’ Masterplan 2050. Report from the High Level Group on Energy-intensive Industries, 2019”,
Amendment 40 #
2020/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Union requires a new industrial strategy that makes its industries more globally competitive, resilient and environmentally sustainable; whereas such a strategy should cover the transition of European industries to digitalisation and climate-neutrality, prioritising the reactivation of production and employment, the ‘energy efficiency first’ principles, energy savings andand deployment of renewable energy and low-carbon technologies;
Amendment 52 #
2020/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the Union’s industrial strategy should ensure the correct functioning of the single market, create a level playing field inside and outside EU and ensure easier access to finance, technologies, affordable and secure energy supply, raw materials and markets, in addition to ensuring appropriate levels of investment, research and innovation, education and skills to boost competitiveness, employment, and sustainability;
Amendment 103 #
2020/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is of the opinion that digital and environmental transitions should be at the very core of all Unions strategies until 2050; in this context, calls on the Commission to define a comprehensive industrial strategy which manages these transitions, fosters transformation and guarantees the Union’s strategic autonomyprovides a clear path to conduct it, including through mobilising appropriate financial resources to enable the necessary investments, and guarantees the Union’s strategic autonomy for the key value chains and their raw materials required in the energy transition;
Amendment 128 #
2020/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is aware that market dynamics alone do not bridge the fractures created during the transformation process if there is no proper management of the transitions and no strong industrial policies; is, furthermore, aware that while markets, competition and innovation push fast towards transformation, it is society and the environment that face the impact of these transformations; considers that balancing out the number of jobs lost in traditional industries with new jobs created in the digital and environmental sectors is not enough in itself as these new jobs are neither created in the same regions nor taken up by the same workers; calls on the Commission, therefore, to ensure that these transitions are fair and socially just, in the spirit of ‘no one left behind’ principle, and that every action aimed at accelerating a transformation process (digital, environmental, etc.) is accompanied by a corresponding initiative to up-skill and reskill workers, with the aim of managing in alignment with the needs of the labour market of the eaffects produced by that accelerated process on bothed region, with the aim of its economic revitalisation, rather than counting on worker mobility and risking depopulation and impoverishment of regions and people;
Amendment 154 #
2020/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers, in the current context, that the Union requires a new, tailor-made industrial strategy that focuses on two distinct phases; the first aimed at recovery and the second aimed at reconstruction and transformation; calls on the Commission, therefore, to prepare a comprehensive report assessing the state of the EU economy and a feasibility to carry out a twin transition and, based on its findings, to adapt the strategy published in March 2020 to the current situation and address both phases, while keeping the digital and environmental objectives as priorities throughout;
Amendment 180 #
2020/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the Temporary State Aid framework as a way to promptly transfer liquidity where urgently needed; calls on the Commission nonetheless to ensure that the aid provided in the emergency phase does not lead to permanent distortions in the single market, and that loosening of state aid rules is time-limited and is gradually phased-out;
Amendment 257 #
2020/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Is of the opinion that the industrial recovery plan should help to create new ambitious and innovative European industrial projects which go hand in hand with the current revision of the guidelines for ‘Important Projects of Common European Interest’ (IPCEI), in order to encourage the emergence of European leaders in strategic industrial sectors that are capable of competing on a global scale; stresses the need to create transparent conditions of application for joint projects of IPCEI that would be uniform in all Members States in order to ensure that they serve the benefit of the EU as a whole;
Amendment 267 #
2020/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Expresses concern with the delays in the implementation of energy projects caused by disruption of supply chains and shifting investment funds to achieve immediate goals related to fighting the pandemic and alleviating its most acute socio-economic impacts, that could negatively impact targets enshrined in the EU’s climate and energy policy; expresses opinion that current situation is proving that while planning the recovery from the crisis Europe needs to strengthen the resilience of its economy and supply chains to external shocks and to increase technological sovereignty in strategic sectors; calls therefore to recognise wind , solar and energy storage technologies as strategic value chains and to prepare measures and stimuli for their development in Europe, including through reshoring, in particular, to include them in the work of the High- Level Forum on IPCEI, to support the role of local content in the RES supply chain and legislation, to study feasibility to launch relevant IPCEIs in these sectors, to adapt State Aid regulatory framework to encourage public support for them, and to ensure a level-playing field for EU and non-EU manufactures;
Amendment 273 #
2020/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Recalls that the European climate and energy policy will require high volumes of metals and minerals for its strategic technologies, including wind, solar, energy storage technologies; expresses concern that Europe is highly reliant on other areas of world for its supply of many of these metals and minerals, and is gradually losing its global share even for the materials where it does have industrial capacity; stresses that Europe’s autonomy in strategic sectors cannot be achieved without competitive and sustainable EU ecosystem for base, precious and critical materials from primary and secondary sources; underlines in this respect the significance of Circular Economy Action Plan and stresses however that Europe needs to boost its capacity for all stages of the raw materials value chain: mining, recycling, and smelting, refining and transformation;
Amendment 275 #
2020/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Welcomes the announcement of Critical Raw Materials Action Plan and Alliance, envisaged by the industrial strategy; expresses opinion that the scope of the Alliance should not be limited to critical raw materials and should be aimed at development of integrated ecosystem for the range of materials, metals, and minerals required for energy transition;
Amendment 277 #
2020/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Draws attention that European raw materials value chain and energy intensive industries meet the highest environmental and social standards and that the politics of decarbonisation is forcing them to undertake an enormous effort of industrial electrification and gasification; points out in this regard to the necessity to ensure a level playing field and fair trade conditions, particularly at a time of pandemic crisis when European companies are at their weakest and recovering non-European economies are having a strong rationale to oversupply global market or engage in strategic stockpiling; expresses particular concerns over European steel industry which already challenging situation was compounded by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic; regrets the failure of Global Forum of Steel Excess Capacity to tackle efficiently the problem of global overcapacity and subsidised export and calls on the Commission to consider application of trade defence instruments where necessary;
Amendment 292 #
2020/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point b
Paragraph 9 – point b
b. will be managed directly, when possible, by the Commission throughcompliant with the subsidiarity principle with the Commission acting through existing and new European programmes in order to avoid further distortion of the single market;
Amendment 308 #
2020/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point e
Paragraph 9 – point e
e. gives preference to companies and SMEs that focus their long-term business plans on digital and environmental transformation, while avoiding discrimination of companies in emergency that are not ready to carry out these innovations at the moment and concentrate their efforts on other type of investments, more urgent in crisis situation;
Amendment 342 #
2020/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to carry out a detailed impact assessment of the potential costs and burdens for European companies and SMEs before presenting new proposals for legislation or adopting new measures; calls on the Commission to postpone new initiatives until the end of a recovery phase and to propose commensurate support to the affected sectors whenever a negative impact cannot be avoided;
Amendment 396 #
2020/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Points out that electrification and gasification of industrial processes aimed at reducing GHG emissions puts a great financial burden on the industries since this requires not only purchase of new machineries, but also large investments into infrastructure (such as electric grids, network capacity, compressor stations), therefore having a considerable impact on their competitiveness; calls therefore on the Commission to prepare a plan detailing measures to be taken at Union's level in order to ensure that the appropriate financial resources are mobilised to enable the necessary investments for energy intensive industries to achieve a climate-neutral EU economy, including a proposal to proportionally increase the compensation mechanisms for Member States with different starting points and GDP per capita below EU average;
Amendment 405 #
2020/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Recalls the 2019 EU Masterplan for a competitive transformation of energy-intensive industries which has at its heart managing the transition while keeping the European industries competitive and calls on the Commission to implement its recommendation to help displace imports from third countries not meeting sufficiently environmental standards and incentivise higher levels of climate ambition from the EU’s global trading partners;
Amendment 419 #
2020/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that there is significant potential in domestic and global markets for low-emission technologies and sustainable products, processes and services throughout the whole value chain from raw materials to energy-intensive industries, manufacturing and the industrial services sector; considers, moreover, that the Climate Law is a first step towards enshrining climate targets into Union legislation; believes that a more holistic and systematic target framework is also required in orderalongside the Climate Law it is more required to ensure policy coherence across all Union policies and a homogenous governance approach in all policy areas, paving the way towards a clear and stable strategy for Europe in order to provide European industries with certainty and predictability to base their decisions and industriesvestments on;
Amendment 427 #
2020/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission to support investments aimed at expanding transport infrastructure, in particular low-carbon one, which would allow, firstly, to achieve a multiplier effect through placing orders addressed to a wide spectrum of entities - contractors, subcontractors, suppliers and their subcontractors - and secondly, to ensure long-term sustainable growth by supplementing and developing linkage between EU regions;
Amendment 435 #
2020/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Maintains that a truly effective European industrial policy needs a dashboard of climate targets as a roadmap to shape the industry of the future; considers that all key sectors of economy, including those ETS and non-ETS covered should contribute towards achieving the Union’s climate objectives and, in this regard,; underlines the importance of gas as a means of energy transition and hydrogen as a potential breakthrough technologynatural gas as means of sustainable and cost-effective energy transition and a technical enabler of deployment of new gases, i.e. biogas, biomethane and hydrogen; stresses that natural gas and other gaseous fuels will be used as a feedstock in the industrial sector, given that there is no other applicable alternative in the foreseeable future; calls for a clear and stable regulatory framework that will support the development and modernization of gas infrastructure and stresses that respective investments cannot be subject to discriminatory treatment neither from the EU funding perspective, nor from the taxonomy perspective; calls also for greater attention to be paid to network security and energy supply; calls on the Council to increase spending from the EU budget on climate change efforts; calls on the Commission to ensure that industries withexposed to the risk of high carbon leakage do notcontinue to benefit from EU subsidies to invest in environmental innovative technologies, and for better use to be made of the EIB, as the Union’s ‘Climate Bank’, to enhance sustainable financing to the public and private sectors and to assist companies in the decarbonisation procesadapting to new environmental standards, and to use the Border Carbon Adjustments mechanism as a way to protect EU manufacturers and jobs from unfair international competition;
Amendment 500 #
2020/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Highlights the need to support a just energy transition, and believes that a well- designed Just Transition Mechanism, including a Just Transition Fund particular a Just Transition Fund, together with the other supporting mechanisms, such as the Modernisation Fund and “the solidarity pool” under the EU ETS Directive, which should be increased proportionately to the new 2030 emission reduction target, would be an important tool to facilitate the transition and reach ambitious climate targets while addressing socialeconomic, social and energy security impacts; stresses that robust financing of this instrument, including additional budgetary resources, and tailored solutions implemented by the Member States reflecting their national and regional differences would be a key element for the successful implementation of the European Green DealU climate and energy policy;
Amendment 524 #
2020/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to tailor its industrial strategy to the scaling-up and commercialisation of breakthrough technologies in the Union, by providing risk financing for early-stage technology and developing early value chains to support first commercial-scale, climate- neutral technologies and products; and supporting the development of research infrastructure, particularly in these Members States which need some improvements in this regard;
Amendment 607 #
2020/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Considers that industrial transformation requires the integration of new knowledge and innovation into existing markets and their use in the creation of new ones; regrets, in this respect, that the Union invests less in R&D as a percentage of GDP than its global competitors and that it suffers from a serious lack of innovative capacity in small and medium-sized enterprises due to a shortfall in the necessary risk capital; calls on the Commission to increase the budget for those programmes that underpin the transformation of the Union’s industry, including Horizon Europe, and to foster synergies between regional, national, European and private financial sources by taking advantage of synergies among all Union programmes;
Amendment 636 #
2020/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Is of the opinion that ecosystems will be key components of the next industrial revolution, providing affordable and cleaner energy, transformative manufacturing and service-provision methods; calls for each ecosystem to be analysed in more detail, including the specific needs of each contained sector and to develop sectorial investment plans for their transition; believes, moreover, that supporting collaboration among industry, academia, SMEs, start-ups, trade unions, civil society, end-user organisations and all other stakeholders will be key to solving market failures and supporting efforts to cross the ‘valley of death’, including in areas not yet covered by industrial interests;
Amendment 281 #
2020/0260(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
(2) The Union financial contribution referred to in Article 5(1) shall cover up to 350% of the acquisition costs plus up to 50% of the operating costs of the mid- range supercomputers. The remaining total cost of ownership of the mid-range supercomputers shall be covered by the Participating State where the hosting entity is established or the Participating States in the hosting consortium, possibly supplemented by the contributions referred to in Article 6.
Amendment 287 #
2020/0260(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Amendment 288 #
2020/0260(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
(3) TBy way of derogation from paragraph 1 of this Article, the share of the Union's access time to each industrial- grade EuroHPC supercomputer shall be directly proportional to the financial contribution of the Union referred to in Article 5(1) to the acquisition cost of the supercomputer and shall not exceed 35% of the total access time of the supercomputer.
Amendment 296 #
2020/0260(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
(2) The fees generated by the commercial use of the Union's access time shall constitute revenue to the Joint Undertaking budget and shall be used to cover operational costs of the Joint Undertaking and the operating costs of the EuroHPC supercomputers.
Amendment 315 #
2020/0260(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
As regards the actions initiated under Articles 10, 11, 13 and 14 of Regulation (EU) No 2018/1488, as well as Articles 6 and 7 of the Statutes annexed to that Regulation shall continue to apply until their completion and to the extent necessary. In order to ensure equal treatment of all supercomputers under Regulation (EC) No 2018/1488 and under this new regulation, the Union financial contribution referred to in Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2018/1488 shall cover up to 50 % of the acquisition costs plus up to 50 % of the operating costs. The rules on allocation of Union's access time referred to in Article 13(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2018/1488 shall be adjusted accordingly.
Amendment 13 #
2020/0141(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) In line with the Paris Agreement, on 11 December 2019 the European Commission published its communication on ‘The European Green Deal’ committing the Commission to ‘tackle climate and environmental- related challenges’ and ‘to transform the EU into a fair and prosperous society, with a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy where there are no net emissions of greenhouse gases in 2050 and where economic growth is decoupled from resource use’29 . The European Green Deal Communication, which sets out a new growth strategy, announces the need to support clean steel breakthrough technologies leading to a zero carbon steelmaking process by 2030 and to explore whether part of the funding liquidated under the European Coal and Steel Community can be used. The European Green Deal Communication also states that ‘all EU actions and policies should pull together to help the EU achieve a successful and just transition towards a sustainable future’. In line with the ‘do no harm principle’, enshrined in the European Green Deal Communication, the research objectives of the RFCS Research Programme are being revised, so as to no longer cover activities that perpetuate the extraction, processing and unabated use of coal. _________________ 29 COM(2019)640, p. 2.
Amendment 23 #
2020/0141(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Decision 2008/376/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
The Research Programme shall provide support for collaborative research in the coal and steel sectors. The Research Programme shall also provide support for clean steel breakthrough and market-ready technologies leading to near zero-carbon steel making projects and research projects for managing the just transition of operating or formerly operating coal mines or coal mines in the process of closure and related infrastructure in line with the Just Transition Mechanism and in compliance with Article 4(2) of Council Decision 2003/76/EC1a. The Research Programme shall be consistent with the political, scientific, and technological objectives of the Union, and shall complement the activities carried out in the Member States and within the existing EU research programmes, in particular the fHorizon Europe – the Framework pProgramme for rResearch, technological development and demonstration activities (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Research Framework Programme’).; and Innovation (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Research Framework Programme’) The Research Programme shall explore forms of coal processing, namely coking coal.; _________________ 1aCouncil Decision 2003/76/EC of 1 February 2003 establishing the measures necessary for the implementation of the Protocol, annexed to the Treaty establishing the European Community, on the financial consequences of the expiry of the ECSC Treaty and on the Research Fund for Coal and Steel (OJ L 29, 5.2.2003).
Amendment 30 #
2020/0141(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Decision 2008/376/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Research projects shall support the coal regions in transition facing the transition towards a climate-neutral Union economy by 2050, with the objective to suppcover the transitional period priort theo phasing out of fossil fuels in industrial processes where it is technologically and commercially viable, to develop alternative activities on former mine sites and avoid or restore environmental damage of coal mines in the process of closure, formerly operating coal mines and their surroundings. Projects shall in particular focus on:
Amendment 41 #
2020/0141(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Decision 2008/376/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point (c)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point (c)
(c) non-energetic uses and on the production of raw materialsand recovery of critical and other raw materials such as coking coal, and their by-products, from coal, lignite and from mining wastes and residues from formerly operating coal mines or those in the closure processfrom mines operating or in the process of closure, duly assessing that their climate, environmental and health impact is minimised and lower than alternative solutions;
Amendment 46 #
2020/0141(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Decision 2008/376/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Special attention shall be given during upcoming transitional period to strengthening European leadership in managing the transition of operating and formerly operating coal mines and coal- related infrastructure through technological and non-technological solutions, also supporting technology and non-technology transfer. Research activities with these objectives shall present tangible climate and environmental benefits in line with the objective of climate neutrality by 2050.;
Amendment 71 #
2020/0141(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Decision 2008/376/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Research and technological development (RTD) shall aim to develop, demonstrate and improve market-ready low-carbon and near zero-carbon steel production processes with a view to raising product quality and increasing productivity. Substantially reducing emissions, energy consumption, the carbon footprint and other environmental impacts as well as conserving resources, shall form an integral part of the activities sought. Research projects shall address one or more of the following areas:
Amendment 74 #
2020/0141(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Decision 2008/376/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point (a)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point (a)
(a) new and improved breakthrough low-carbon and near zero-carbon iron- and steel-making processes and operations, with particular attention to carbon direct avoidance and/or smart carbon usage;
Amendment 76 #
2020/0141(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Decision 2008/376/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point (c)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point (c)
(c) steel process integration and process efficiency in low-carbon and near zero-carbon steel production;
Amendment 4 #
2020/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The Commission adopted a Communication on the European Green Deal on 11 December 20199 , drawing its roadmap towards a new growth policy for Europe and setting ambitious objectives to counter climate change and for environmental protection. In line with the objective to achieve Union climate neutrality in the Union by 2050 in an effective and fair manner, and in the spirit of European solidarity, the European Green Deal announced a Just Transition Mechanism to provide means for facing the climate challenges of the transition while leaving no one behind. The most vulnerable regions and people are the most exposed to the harmful effects of climate change and environmental degradation. At the same time, managing the transition requires significant structural changes. _________________ 9 COM(2019) 640 final.
Amendment 6 #
2020/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1 a) Different communities and citizens, depending on their social, geographic and historic circumstances, will be affected in different ways. Not all Member States, regions and cities start the transition from the same point or have the same capacity to respond. At the same time, it is important to recognize that not all regions and communities will benefit equally from a transition to a climate neutral economy and its socio-economic footprint, including welfare and jobs, will vary owing to a broad range of factors. The increase in employment opportunities in the transition forecast is unevenly distributed across different regions whereas job creation in new sectors is not necessarily neatly aligned, temporally or geographically, with job losses.
Amendment 8 #
2020/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The Commission adopted a Communication on the European Green Deal Investment Plan10 on 14 January 2020, establishing the Just Transition Mechanism which focuses on the regions and sectors that are most affected by the transition given their dependence on fossil fuels, including coal, particular coal, but also peat and oil shale or greenhouse gas-intensive industrial processes but have less capacity to finance the necessary investments required by Union climate policies. The Just Transition Mechanism consists of three pillars: a Just Transition Fund implemented under shared management, a dedicated just transition scheme under InvestEU, and a public sector loan facility to mobilise additional investments to the regions concerned. _________________ 10 COM(2020) 21 final.
Amendment 19 #
2020/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) A public sector loan facility (the ‘Facility’) should be provided. It constitutes the third pillar of the Just Transition Mechanism, supporting public sector entities in their investments. Such investments should meet the development needs resulting from the transition challenges described in the territorial just transition plans as adopted by competent authorities and approved by the Commission. The activities envisaged for support should be consistent with and complement those supported under the other two pillars of the Just Transition Mechanism.
Amendment 28 #
2020/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In order to enhance the economic diversification of territories impacted by the transition, the Facility should cover a wider range of investments as compared to the first pillar, on condition that they contribute to meet the development needs in the transition towards a Union climate neutral economy, as described in the territorial just transition plans. The investments supported may cover energy and transport infrastructure, district heating networks, green mobility, smart waste management, clean energy and energy efficiency measures including renovations and conversions of buildings, support to transition to a circular economy, land restoration and decontamination, as well as up- and re-skilling, training and social infrastructure, including social housing. Infrastructure developments may also include solutions leading to their enhanced resilience to withstand disasters. Investment in natural gas as a bridging technology towards renewable energy sources (RES) and an efficient and affordable way of fuel switching from higher emissive sources should be taken into account. Comprehensive investment approach should be favoured in particular for territories with important transition needs. Investments in other sectors could also be supported if they are consistent with the adopted territorial just transition plans. By supporting investments that do not generate sufficient revenues, the Facility aims at providing public sector entities with additional resources necessary to address the social, economic and environmental challenges resulting from the adjustment to climate transition. In order to help identify investments with a high positive environmental impact eligible under the Facility, the EU taxonomy on environmentally sustainable economic activities may be used.
Amendment 33 #
2020/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Horizontal financial rules adopted by the European Parliament and the Council on the basis of Article 322 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union apply to this Regulation. These rules are laid down in the Financial Regulation and determine in particular the procedure for establishing and implementing the budget through grants, procurement, prizes, indirect implementation, and provide for checks on the responsibility of financial actors. Rules adopted on the basis of Article 322 TFEU also concern the protection of the Union's budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States, as the respect for the rule of law is an essential precondition for sound financial management and effective EU funding.
Amendment 41 #
2020/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16 a) Given the relatively low grant component level, a number of projects could have an insufficient funding stream in order to be supported only by the Facility. This could lead to a lack of expected absorption in less developed regions where a lower-income public sector could experience difficulties in co- financing. Therefore, eligible projects should combine support under other Union programmes.
Amendment 61 #
2020/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The general objective of the Facility is to address serious socio- economic challenges deriving from the transition process towards a climate-neutral economy of the Union for the benefit of the Union territories identified in the territorial just transition plans prepared by the Member States in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation [JTF Regulation].
Amendment 83 #
2020/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the projects achieve measurable impact in addressing serious social, economic or environmental challenges deriving from the transition process towards a Union climate-neutral economy and benefit territories identified in a territorial just transition plan, even if they are not located in those territories;
Amendment 88 #
2020/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 95 #
2020/0100(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. The amount of the grant shall not exceed 15% of the amount of the loan provided by the finance partner under this Facility. For projects located in territories in NUTS level 2 regions with a GDP per capita not exceeding 75% of the average GDP of the EU-27 as referred to in Article [102(2)] of Regulation [new CPR], the amount of the grant shall not exceed 205% of the amount of the loan provided by the finance partner. For projects located in territories in NUTS level 2 regions with a GDP per capita of between 75 % and 100 % of the average GDP of the EU-27 as referred to in Article [102(2)] of [Regulation (EU) 2020/XXX of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the Cohesion Fund, and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and financial rules for those and for the Asylum and Migration Fund, the Internal Security Fund and the Border Management and Visa Instrument ("Common Provisions Regulation")], which in the 2014-2020 programming period were classified as less developed regions, the amount of the grant shall not exceed 25 % of the amount of the loan provided by the finance partner.
Amendment 58 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The transition to a climate-neutral and circular economy constitutes one of the most important policy objectives for the Union., although the COVID-19 pandemic will have a significant impact on this objective On 12 December 2019, the European Council endorsed the objective of achieving a climate-neutral Union by 2050, in line with the objectives of the Paris Agreementwith one Member State indicating that it cannot commit itself to this objective. While fighting climate change and environmental degradation will bring general benefit alls in the long term and provides opportunities and challenges for all in the medium term, not all regions and Member States start their transition from the same point or have the same capacity to respond. Some are more advanced than others, whereas the transition entails a wider social and economic impact for those regions that rely heavily on fossil fuels - especially coal, and lignite, as well as peat and oil shale - or greenhouse gas intensive industries. Such a situation not only creates the risk of a variable speed transition in the Union as regards climate action, but also of growing disparities between regions, detrimental to the objectives of social, economic and territorial cohesion.
Amendment 91 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) This Regulation establishes the Just Transition Fund (‘JTF’) which is one of the pillars of the Just Transition Mechanism implemented under cohesion policy. The aim of the JTF is to support the transition towards a climate- neutral economy and actions to mitigate the adverse effects of the climate transition by supporting the most affected territories and workers concerned. In line with the JTF specific objective, actions supported by the JTF should directly contribute to alleviate the impact of the transition by financing the diversification and modernisation of the local economy and by mitigating the negative repercussions on employment. This is reflected in the JTF specific objective, which is established at the same level and listed together with the policy objectives set out in Article [4] of Regulation EU [new CPR].
Amendment 108 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In view of the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union’s commitments to implement the Paris Agreement, the commitment regarding the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the increased ambition of the Union as proposed in the European Green Deal, the JTF should provide a key contribution to mainstream climate actions. Resources from the JTF own envelope are additional and come on top of the investments needed to achieve the overall target of 25% of the Union budget expenditure contributing to climate objectives. Resources transferred from the ERDF and ESF+ willmay contribute fully to the achievement of this target, provided that the Member States so decide.
Amendment 115 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) On basis of the European Investment Bank’s guidelines, funding should be permitted for up to 75 % of the assumed costs of a project supported by the JTF.
Amendment 130 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Transitioning to a climate-neutral economy is a challenge for all Member States. It will be particularly demanding for those Member States that rely heavily on fossil fuels, as well as orn greenhouse gas intensive industrial activities which need to be phased out or which need to adapt due to the transition towards climate neutrality and that lack the financial means to do so. The JTF should therefore cover all Member States, but ttarget mainly those Member States where the magnitude of the challenges is greatest, mainly due to their dependence on generating energy from coal and lignite. The distribution of its financial means should reflect the magnitude of the challenges and the capacity of Member States to finance the necessary investments to cope with the transition towards climate neutrality.
Amendment 145 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Nuclear energy can play a role in meeting climate objectives because it does not emit greenhouse gases, and can also ensure a significant share of electricity production in the EU. Nevertheless, due to the waste it produces, this energy requires a medium- and long-term strategy that takes into account technological advances (laser, fusion, etc.) aimed at improving the sustainability of the entire sector. The Fund could contribute to implementation of safe nuclear energy and thus help to meet the EU’s climate goals.
Amendment 166 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) This Regulation identifies types of investments for which expenditure may be supported by the JTF. All supported activities should be pursued in full respect of the climate and environmental priorities of the Union. The list of investments should include those that support local economies and are sustainable in the long- term, taking into account all the objectives of the Green Deal. The projects financed should contribute to a transition to a climate-neutral and circular economy. For decliningemission-intensive sectors, such as energy production based on coal, and lignite, as well as peat and oil shale or extraction activities for these solid fossil fuels, support should be linked to the phasing out of the activity and the corresponding reduction in the employment level. As regards transforming sectors with high greenhouse gas emission levelproductive sectors, support should promote new activities through the deployment of new technologies, new processes or products, leading to significant emission reduction, in line with the EU 2030 climate objectives and EUthe EU’s pursuit of climate neutrality, by 205013while maintaining and enhancing employment and avoiding environmental degradation. Particular attention should also be given to activities enhancing innovation and research in advanced and sustainable technologies that are also marketable, as well as in the fields of digitalisation and connectivity, provided that such measures help mitigate the negative side effects of a transition towards, and contribute to, a climate- neutral and circular economy. _________________ 13 As set out in “A Clean Planet for all European strategic long-term vision for a prosperous, modern, competitive and climate neutral economy”, Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and the European Investment Bank - COM(2018) 773 final.
Amendment 192 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In order to enhance the economic diversification of territories impacted by the transition, the JTF should provide support to productive investment in SMEs. Productive investment should be understood as investment in fixed capital or immaterial assets of enterprises in view of producing goods and services thereby contributing to gross-capital formation and employment. For enterprises other than SMEs, productive investments should only be supported ifwhen they are necessary forcontribute to mitigating job losses resulting from the transition, by creating or protecting a significant number of jobs and they do not lead to or result from relocation. Investments in existing industrial facilities, including those covered by the Union Emissions Trading System, should be allowed if they contribute to the transition to a climate-neutral economy by 2050 and go substantially below the relevant benchmarks established for free allocation under Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council14 and if they result in the protection of a significant number of jobs. Any such investment should be justified accordingly in the relevant territorial just transition plan. In order to protect the integrity of the internal market and cohesion policy, support to undertakings should comply with Union State aid rules as set out in Articles 107 and 108 TFEU and, in particular, support to productive investments by enterprises other than SMEs should be limited to enterprises located in areas designated as assisted areas for the purposes of points (a) and (c) of Article 107(3) TFEU. _________________ 14Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32).
Amendment 201 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) In order to provide flexibility for the programming of the JTF resources under the Investment for jobs and growth goal, it should be possible to prepare a self- standing JTF programme or to programme JTF resources in one or more dedicated priorities within a programme supported by the European Regional Development Fund (‘ERDF’), the European Social Fund Plus (‘ESF+’) or the Cohesion Fund. In accordance with Article 21a of Regulation (EU) [new CPR], JTF resources shcould be reinforced with complementary funding from the ERDF and the ESF+. The respective amounts transferred from the ERDF and the ESF+ should be consistent with the type of operations set out in the territorial just transition plans.
Amendment 213 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The JTF support should be conditional on the effective implementation of a transition process in a specific territory in order to achieve a climate-neutral economy. In that regard, Member States should prepare, in cooperation with the relevant stakeholders and supported by the Commission, territorial just transition plans, detailing the transition process, consistently with the basis of their National Energy and Climate Plans. To this end, the Commission should set up a Just Transition Platform, which would build on the existing platform for coal regions in transition to enable bilateral and multilateral exchanges of experience on lessons learnt and best practices across all affected sectors.
Amendment 225 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
Amendment 255 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation establishes the Just Transition Fund (‘JTF’) to provide support to territories facing serious socio-economic challenges deriving from the transition process towards a climate-neutral economy of the Union by 2050.
Amendment 275 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The JTF shall support the Investment for jobs and growth goal in all Member States whose Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2018 was below the European Union average. Member States extracting coal or lignite shall always be entitled to support from the JTF.
Amendment 281 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The resources for the JTF under the Investment for jobs and growth goal available for budgetary commitment for the period 2021-2027 shall be EUR 7.5X1a billion in 2018 prices, which may be increased, as the case may be, by additional resources allocated in the Union budget, and by other resources in accordance with the applicable basic act. _________________ 1aThe resources of the Fund should be significantly higher than the EUR 7.5 billion foreseen, in order to meet the requirements of a just transition.
Amendment 287 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The resources for the JTF under the Investment for jobs and growth goal available for budgetary commitment for the period 2021-2027 shall be EUR 7.5X1a billion in 2018 prices, which may be increased, as the case may be, by additional resources allocated in the Union budget, and by other resources in accordance with the applicable basic act. _________________ 1aThe resources of the Fund should be significantly higher than the EUR 7.5 billion foreseen, in order to meet the requirements of a just transition.
Amendment 318 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) productive investments in SMEs, including in SMEs and start-ups, leading to economic diversification and reconversion;
Amendment 337 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) investments in research and innovation activities and fostering the transfer of advanced technologies that are marketable;
Amendment 365 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) investments relating to the production, processing, distribution, storage and combustion of natural gas;
Amendment 366 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) investments related to construction of nuclear power plants as well as distribution of nuclear energy;
Amendment 374 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d b (new)
(db) investments in energy efficiency and renewables, including investments in district heating;
Amendment 412 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point g a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) investments in energy efficiency and renewables, including investments in district heating;
Amendment 413 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point g a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) investments in sustainable multimodal urban mobility or contributing to reducing emissions in all transport modes;
Amendment 419 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point g b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point g b (new)
(gb) investments that contribute to reducing emissions from transport;
Amendment 441 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 459 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 487 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) investment related to the production, processing, distribution, storage or combustion of solid fossil fuels;
Amendment 532 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The JTF priority or priorities shall comprise the JTF resources consisting of all or part of the JTF allocation for the Member States and the resources transferred in accordance with Article [21a] of Regulation (EU) [new CPR]. The total of the ERDF and ESF+ resources that can be transferred to the JTF priority shall be at least equal to one and a half times the amount of support from the JTF to that priority but shallshould not exceed three times that amount.
Amendment 536 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Projects funded by the JTF that contribute to its specific objective may receive funding of up to 75% of the assumed costs.
Amendment 559 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) a description of the transition process at national level towards a climate- neutral economy, including a timeline for key transition steps which are consistent withdeveloped on the basis of the latest version of the National Energy and Climate Plan (‘NECP’);
Amendment 580 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point e
Amendment 612 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9
Article 9
Amendment 633 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) greenhouse-gas emissions of industrial facilities in NUTS level 2 regions where the carbon intensity, as defined by the ratio of greenhouse gas emissions of industrial facilities as reported by Member States in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 166/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council28 compared to the gross value added of the industry, exceeds by a factor of two the EU-27 average. Where that level is not exceeded in any NUTS level 2 regions in a given Member State, greenhouse-gas emissions of industrial facilities in the NUTS level 2 region with the highest carbon intensity is taken into account (weighting 4925%), _________________ 28Regulation (EC) No 166/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 January 2006 concerning the establishment of a European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register and amending Council Directives 91/689/EEC and 96/61/EC (OJ L 33, 4.2.2006, p. 1).
Amendment 643 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
(ii) employment in the mining of coal and lignite (weighting 2549%),
Amendment 658 #
2020/0006(COD)
Amendment 52 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that all relevant areas of the budget need to contribute to the overall goals of the European Green Deal and the UN Sustainable Development Goals; recalls in this context the importance of the introduction of a Just Transition Fund to address societal, socio-economic and environmental impacts on workers and communities adversely affected by the transition from coal and carbon dependence, and to foster economic diversification in the territories concerned; calls for soliincreased financing of the fund taking into account that a specific allocation of €4.8 bn was made before the announcement of new climate ambitions enshrined in the European Green Deal;
Amendment 64 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the importance of the Connecting Europe Facility as a key instrument to reach the goals of the Energy Union and to facilitate the Union’s commitment under the Paris Agreement and calls for adequate appropriations for the programme, in particular for its energy strand;
Amendment 70 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the need for an ambitious draft budget, in particular for new programmes such as the Digital Europe Programme, which need to become operational as soon as possible in order to help make the EU more competitive; stresses the importance of adequately funding of AI research and innovation in a broad spectrum of programmes in order to capture the full potential of current and future generations of digital tools with a special concern for a challenge of a relatively low AI-readiness in some Member States;
Amendment 75 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines the need for an ambitious draft budget of the European Defence Fund in order to meet the general objective of the Fund, namely fostering the competitiveness, efficiency and innovation capacity of the European defence technological and industrial base throughout the Union; stresses the importance of the EDF as a key instrument to widen cross-border cooperation between legal entities from the defence industry throughout the Union, in particular SMEs and mid-caps; recalls the role of the Fund in answering some NATO allies’ calls on more equal burden-sharing in defence spending on both sides of the Atlantic;
Amendment 97 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to guarantee timely appropriate level of payments in order to ensure efficient implementation of programmes, which are otherwise often adversely affected by delays in providing grants and payments.
Amendment 10 #
2019/2158(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls the EU’s sustainable commitment to achieving its zero-carbon climate targetEU climate neutrality by 2050, as confirmed in the European Green Deal and the recovery plan;
Amendment 17 #
2019/2158(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that renewable energy is aone of the key drivers of decarbonisasustainable environmental protection; recalls that at least 32 % of the EU’s total energy needs should be met by renewable energy by 2030;
Amendment 36 #
2019/2158(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the decision to find space for up to 450 GW of offshore wind energy capacity is of the utmost importance and should be considered a priority;
Amendment 54 #
2019/2158(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Draws attention to the recommendations of Horizon 2020 funded project on The Multi-Use in European Seas (MUSES) exploring the opportunities for multi-use in European seas across five EU sea basins; recalls its guidance that sustainable development of the ocean can no longer rely on a single- sector management, but requires a more holistic, integrated approach and that multi-use is not limited to sharing the ‘same’ maritime space, but could encompass joint use of installations and joint activities;
Amendment 57 #
2019/2158(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points out that that when analysing the cost of offshore wind energy, all relevant costs should be taken into account, including the transmission and distribution costs and the costs of backup systems;
Amendment 61 #
2019/2158(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Considers that multi-use needs should be pro-actively facilitated and incentivised through respective support programmes, going well beyond mere spatial planning solutions;
Amendment 68 #
2019/2158(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that the restrictions to or displacement of fishing activities can be very harmful to fisheries; stresses, therefore, that the multiple use of sea areas must be considered from the outset, and that offshore wind farms must be positioned in a way that takes into account the needs of the fishing sector;
Amendment 74 #
2019/2158(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that long-term options for multiple uses of offshore areas must be explored at an earlier stage in order to enable the expansion of offshore wind farms while addressing their impact on fisheries; considers therefore the need to adopt guidelines and policies that promote co-existence of the offshore wind farms and fishery at the pre-planning stage and to ensure better involvement of the fishing sector in the offshore windfarms planning process to identify the most suitable long and short term options; points out the role of bi-sectoral national coordination body that could help to maintain regular dialogue and facilitate agreements for the industries involved; draws attention to good practices of granting concession to build and operate an offshore wind farm under the condition that the prior agreement with other stakeholders, such as fishing sector, is reached;
Amendment 88 #
2019/2158(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. CRecalls that EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 stipulates that that offshore wind projects will be possible only if in compliance with relevant environmental and nature protection legislation; calls on the Commission to carry out an impact assessment to examine the expected economic, social and environment and social impacts of constructing new offshore wind facilities in areas where they are likely to come into conflict with theinteract with the fishing sector with a view of developing synergies between the energy and fishing sector.s;
Amendment 91 #
2019/2158(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Considers its essential to ensure integrated approach to the life cycle processes of offshore windfarms and that decommissioning strategies envisaging alternative future use or removal of the constrictions must be integrated into design and installation plans from the beginning and long-term sustainable impact must be considered to adhere to the principles of a circular economy;
Amendment 94 #
2019/2158(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Stresses the necessity to establish a collaborated and co-ordinated research and innovation programme to ensure suitable data collection and monitoring, technology innovations (e.g. cable installations, moorings, fishing friendly cable protection measures), and managements strategies and technologies to minimise risks, and testing in the real environment;
Amendment 95 #
2019/2158(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Highlights that in order to ensure significant deployment of new offshore wind energy capacities, further research on the multiple use of sea space as well as on enhancing generation efficiency of offshore wind turbines must be continued;
Amendment 96 #
2019/2158(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 d (new)
Paragraph 9 d (new)
9d. Draws attention to need for capacity, project pipelines and supporting policies for floating offshore wind (FOW) fast-maturing technology, which enables wind turbines to be deployed at much greater depths and therefore opens opportunities for using areas that were not previously accessible and minimise the potential of maritime spatial conflicts.
Amendment 46 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for additional funds to accelerate the development and deployment of cleaner technologies to help meet the commitments undertaken by the Union under the Paris Agreement and the rulebook settled in Katowice;
Amendment 53 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Notes that given a moderate budget proposed for cohesion policies the financial support should be additionally directed to coal and carbon-intensive regions that struggle to implement commitments in the framework of the Union climate policy and mitigate their negative socio-economic effects; calls, therefore, for adequate financing for actions facilitating a just energy transition, including through pilot projects and preparatory actions, ensuring adequate compensation measures to countries and regions that have a worse starting point in energy transition.