Activities of Elisabetta GUALMINI related to 2021/0211(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal of the European Parliament and of the Council for an Amending Directive 2003/87/EC establishing a system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union, Decision (EU) 2015/1814 concerning the establishment and operation of a market stability reserve for the Union greenhouse gas emission trading scheme and Regulation (EU) 2015/757
Amendments (6)
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 28 a (new)
Recital 28 a (new)
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 28 b (new)
Recital 28 b (new)
(28 b) In accordance with Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/2053, the Union is legally bound to repay all liabilities incurred by the exceptional and temporary empowerment to borrow funds under Next Generation EU by 31 December 2058 at the latest. Therefore, in order to respect the legally binding Interinstitutional Agreement and its roadmap for the introduction of a basket of new own resources intended to repay the Union’s debt and to align the EU revenue side with the EU political priorities, a share of ETS revenues should accrue to the Union budget to help cover the borrowing costs as enshrined in the [Council Decision 2022/XXXX amending Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/2053 on the system of own resources of the European Union] and prevent substantial decreases in the EU budget that would jeopardize Union programmes in future MFFs.
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 44 a (new)
Recital 44 a (new)
(44 a) Underlines the importance of a uniform application of the own resources decision and therefore the ETS Directive should not contain any temporary opt-out clauses, giving Member States the possibility to delay the application of emissions trading, which would fragment and undermine the basis for the ETS- based own resource.
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 52 a (new)
Recital 52 a (new)
(52 a) In the event of a higher level of carbon price than the initial assumption (EC reference price/assumption of EUR45/ton in 2020 prices), additional allocations should be made available for the Social Climate Fund and be subject to a specific technical adjustment based on carbon-price fluctuation to ensure that the impact of carbon price increases on the most vulnerable is adequately and fairly mitigated;
Amendment 401 #
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 72 – paragraph 1
Article 72 – paragraph 1
(19a) Article 27 is amended as follows: (a) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: 1. Following consultation with the operator, Member States may exclude from the EU ETS installations which have reported to the competent authority emissions of less than 50 000 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 50 000 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 50 000 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 EU ETS; (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.
Amendment 408 #
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 27 – paragraph 1
Article 27 – paragraph 1
(19b) Article 27 is amended as follows: (a) a new paragraph 1, subparagraph 1 is added: Member States may also exclude from the EU ETS installations which have reported to the competent authority emissions of above 25 000 tonnes but below 50 000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent, complying all other conditions, on the basis of a qualitative assessment of competitiveness, in case other installations in that same sector in a given Member State are already within the scope of the "opt out" measures. (This amendment is intended as alternative or compromise solution to the one tabled by the same MEPs to article 27, paragraph 1.)