3 Amendments of Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ related to 2021/0218(COD)
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3 a) A hierarchy of uses for food and feed crops should be reflected in the national policies and support schemes for bioenergy developed by each Member State. In the event of severe tensions on agricultural markets, food security must be prioritised. For each food and feed product mobilised in bioenergy production, Member States must define a maximum price above which the support scheme for bioenergy mobilising agricultural biomass in competition with food use is suspended. Similar to the mechanisms of demand response on the wholesale electricity markets, Member States have the possibility to set up a compensation scheme to cover the losses incurred by bioenergy producers. This provision is complementary to the measures taken in this Directive concerning indirect changes in land use, but allows to go further in considering the development of biofuels, bioliquids and fuels derived from agricultural biomass as alternative outlets which do not increase the inelasticity of demand for agricultural products, but on the contrary offer a stabilising effect to agricultural and food markets which are structurally unstable due in particular to climatic variations.
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
(b a) the following paragraph is inserted: 3a. Member States shall ensure that their national policies, including the deriving obligations under Articles 25 to 28 of this Directive, and their support schemes are designed with due regard to the primacy of food and feed use of crops. For each food and feed product used in the production of bioenergy, Member States must define a maximum price above which the support scheme for bioenergy using agricultural biomass which competes with food use is suspended. Member States may introduce a compensation scheme for economic operators involved in bioenergy production up to the amount of fixed costs not covered during the suspension period. (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)
Amendment 32 #
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 3
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
When setting the obligation on fuel suppliers, Member States may exempt fuel suppliers supplying electricity or renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin from the requirement to comply with the minimum share of advanced biofuels and biogas produced from the feedstock listed in Part A of Annex IX with respect to those fuels. In the event of suspension of the national policy and support scheme as provided for in Article 3(3a), the obligation on fuel suppliers to reduce the greenhouse gas emission intensity as defined in paragraph 1(a) shall be calculated pro rata to the period of suspension and on the basis of the various renewable sources used in the previous year. (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)