Activities of Barbara THALER related to 2021/0218(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Renewable Energy Directive (debate)
Opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the promotion of energy from renewable sources, and repealing Council Directive (EU) 2015/652
Amendments (18)
Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 41 a (new)
Recital 41 a (new)
(41a) Low-carbon liquid fuels have a significant potential to enable the reduction of pollutant and CO2 emissions from new vehicles and the existing fleet. Directive 98/70/EC has not been updated since 2009 and in light of the introduction of new Euro 7/VII emission standards, Directive 98/70/EC needs to be revised as well.
Amendment 145 #
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 – point 36a (new)
Article 2 – point 36a (new)
(36a) ‘renewable hydrogen’ means hydrogen produced from bio feedstock compatible with the sustainability criteria of Art. 29;
Amendment 235 #
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 36 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 36 a (new)
“(36a) ‘Low carbon fuels’ means liquid and gaseous fuels which produce at least 70% less greenhouse gas emissions in comparison to conventional liquid or gaseous fossil fuels;”
Amendment 260 #
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 285 #
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 i
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point a – point i
(i) the use of saw logs, and veneer logs, stumps and roots to produce energy.
Amendment 298 #
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 299 #
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 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) the greenhouse gas intensity reduction from the use of renewable energy is determined by dividing the greenhouse gas emissions saving from the use of biofuels, biogas. renewable fuels of non- biological origin and renewable electricity supplied to all transport modes by the baseline.
Amendment 357 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 29a – paragraph 3
Article 29a – paragraph 3
3. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 35 to supplement this Directive by specifying the methodology for assessing greenhouse gas emissions savings from renewable fuels of non-biological origin and from recycled carbon fuels. The delegated act based on this article shall be published by December 31, 2022. The methodology shall ensure that credit for avoided emissions is not given for CO2 the capture of which has already received an emission credit under other provisions of law.;
Amendment 383 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
(1a) At the latest in 2024, the European Commission shall adopt a proposal to amend Directive 98/70/EC with the aim to improve the quality of motor fuels specified in Annexes I and II of this Directive.
Amendment 389 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Annex V – part c – point 18
Annex V – part c – point 18
18. For the purposes of the calculations referred to in point 17, the emissions to be divided shall be eec + el + esca + those fractions of ep, etd, eccs and eccr that take place up to and including the process step at which a co-product is produced. If any allocation to co-products has taken place at an earlier process step in the life-cycle, the fraction of those emissions assigned in the last such process step to the intermediate fuel product shall be used for those purposes instead of the total of those emissions. In the case of biogas and biomethane, all co-products that do not fall under the scope of point 7 shall be taken into account for the purposes of that calculation. No emissions shall be allocated to wastes and residues. Co- products that have a negative energy content shall be considered to have an energy content of zero for the purposes of the calculation. Wastes and residues including all wastes and residues included in Annex IX shall be considered to have zero life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions up to the process of collection of those materials irrespectively of whether they are processed to interim products before being transformed into the final product. Residues that are not included in Annex IX and fit for use in the food or feed market shall be considered to have the same amount of emissions from the extraction, harvesting or cultivation of raw materials, eec as their closest substitute in the food and feed market that is included in the table in part D. In the case of biomass fuels produced in refineries, other than the combination of processing plants with boilers or cogeneration units providing heat and/or electricity to the processing plant, the unit of analysis for the purposes of the calculation referred to in point 17 shall be the refinery;
Amendment 624 #
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 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point iv
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point iv
Amendment 627 #
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 – pargraph 1a
Article 27 – pargraph 1a
Amendment 632 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point d - point iiia (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point d - point iiia (new)
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 5 – points a and b
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 5 – points a and b
(a) comes into operation after, or at the same time as, the installation producing the renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin; and (b) is not connected to the grid or is connected to the grid but evidence ciiia) in the fifth subparagraph, points a and be provided that the electricity concerned has been supplied without taking electricity from the grid. are deleted; Or. en (2018/2001)
Amendment 641 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point d – point iii a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point d – point iii a (new)
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 7
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 7
Amendment 731 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point d
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 29 – paragraph 5
Article 29 – paragraph 5
5. Biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from agricultural or forest biomass taken into account for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1, first subparagraph, points (a), (b) and (c), shall not be made from raw material obtained from land that was peatland in January 2008, unless evidence is provided that the cultivation and harvesting of that raw material does not involve drainage of previously undrained soil.;
Amendment 744 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point e
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point e
(iv) that harvesting is carried out considering maintenance of soil quality and biodiversity with the aim of minimising negative impacts, in a way that avoids harvesting of stumps and roots, degradation of primary forests or their conversion into plantation forests, and harvesting on vulnerable soils; minimises large clear-cuts and ensures locally appropriate thresholds for deadwood extraction and requirements to use logging systems that minimise impacts on soil quality, including soil compaction, and on biodiversity features and habitats:;.
Amendment 810 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 29a – title
Article 29a – title
Greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria for renewable fuels of non-biological origin, low carbon fuels and recycled carbon fuels
Amendment 865 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 21
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 21
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 31 – paragraph 2, 3 and 4
Article 31 – paragraph 2, 3 and 4