Activities of Francisco GUERREIRO related to 2021/0213(CNS)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a Council directive restructuring the Union framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity (recast)
Amendments (20)
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a directive
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
having regard to the publication of the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) of 10 November 2021 entitled ‘The 2021 Annual Economic Report on the EU Fishing Fleet’,
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a directive
Citation 1 b (new)
Citation 1 b (new)
having regard to the publication of the European Court of Auditors (ECA) of 31 January 2022 entitled ‘Review 01/2022: Energy taxation, carbon pricing and energy subsidies’,
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a directive
Citation 1 c (new)
Citation 1 c (new)
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a directive
Citation 1 d (new)
Citation 1 d (new)
having regard to the 7th and 8th Environment Action Programme,
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a directive
Citation 1 e (new)
Citation 1 e (new)
having regard to the 2019 UN report entitled “The Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate”,
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8 a) There is an urgent need for ambitious action to tackle climate change and environmental challenges, to limit global warming to 1.5° C, thus limiting the impacts of climate change on the planet, and therefore on fisheries and aquaculture, to the least negative scenario. The EU committed to achieve its net-zero greenhouse gases emission target by 2050 at the latest as confirmed in the European Green Deal.
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 b (new)
Recital 8 b (new)
(8 b) Climate change affects the marine environment on a global scale and acts as a growing stress factor on ecosystems which already face numerous pressure such as pollution, loss of habitat and biodiversity.
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 c (new)
Recital 8 c (new)
(8 c) Rising seawater temperatures is a problem that affects several sea basins in Europe, the effects of which are felt sector-wide by all kinds of fishers.
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22 a (new)
Recital 22 a (new)
(22 a) Fuel subsidies perform poorly in terms of increasing incomes for fishers, and ‘fossil fuel subsidies represent an obstacle in reaching climate goals because they hinder the green energy transition’, according to the conclusion of the ECA review 01/2022.
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 24 a (new)
Recital 24 a (new)
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 28 a (new)
Recital 28 a (new)
(28 a) It is important to provide fishers with income diversification opportunities in other sectors of the Blue Economy in order to increase the segment's resilience making full use of the EMFAF to finance income diversification projects, supporting small-scale fisheries training and promoting synergies with other sectors of the Blue Economy.
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 28 b (new)
Recital 28 b (new)
(28 b) The EMFAF provides financial support for the modernisation and replacement of engines in fishing vessels that use less fuel.
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 28 c (new)
Recital 28 c (new)
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 28 d (new)
Recital 28 d (new)
(28 d) It is essential to align taxation with energy and climate policies, in line with the objectives of the European Green Deal, and taxing fuel for all sectors, including fisheries. Exemptions are not justifiable for only one sector.
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall invest the revenues generated by fuel taxes in the fisheries sector to fund projects aimed at strengthening small-scale fisheries' resilience and position in the value chain and at facilitating the transition of small- scale fisheries to energy-efficient vessels using sustainable renewable energy.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 4
Article 15 – paragraph 4
4. ERenewable electricity produced on board a vessel shall be exempted from taxation.
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 5
Article 15 – paragraph 5
5. Member States mayshall apply under fiscal control total or partial exemptions to electricity directly supplied to vessels, or vessels' mobile batteries, berthed in ports.
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point b – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point b – paragraph 1
Member States may also refund to the producer, including active customers, renewable energy self-consumers, renewable energy communities and local energy communities, some or all of the amount of tax paid by the consumer on electricity produced from products specified in this paragraph.
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point d