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35 Amendments of Simona BALDASSARRE related to 2020/0036(COD)

Amendment 133 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) Achieving climate neutrality should require a reasonable contribution from all economic sectors. In light, and be based ofn the importance of energy production and consumption on greenhouse gas emissions, the transition to a sustainable, affordable and secure energy system relying on a well- functioning internal energy market is essential‘polluter pays’ principle without undermining the security and affordability of the energy system. The digital transformation, technological innovation, and research and development are also important drivers for achieving the climate-neutrality objective.
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 288 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) The Commission, in its Communication ‘The European Green Deal’, announced its intention to assess and make proposals for increasing the Union’s greenhouse gas emission reduction target for 2030 to ensureAnthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions are inextricably linked to economic activity, as demonstrated by the fact that from the post-war period to the present there has been an almost continuous growth in global CO2 emissions, which was temporarily halted only by the onset of the 2007-2008 economic crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic its consistency with theexpected to trigger the sharpest economic downturn since the Great Depression. Achieving climate- neutrality objecwithin the tivme for 2050. In that Communicationrame set by the European Council will have a pro-cyclical effect, twhe Commission underlined that all Union policies should contribute to thereas it is of paramount importance to implement robust anti-cyclical policies. Therefore, the deadline for achieving climate- neutrality objective and that all sectors should play their part. By Septshould be put back until a date to be determined, but not before 2070. Moreover, by December 20201, the Commission should, based on a comprehensive impact assessment and taking into accountthat takes into account the medium- to long- term socio-economic consequences of the pandemic, as well as its analysis of the integrated national energy and climate plans submitted to the Commission in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council36, review the Union’s 2030 target for climate and explore options for a new 2030 target of 50 to 55 % emission reductions compared with 1990 levelsthat is lower than the current one. Where it considers necessary to amend the Union’s 2030 target, it should make proposals to the European Parliament and to the Council to amend this Regulation as appropriate. In addition, the Commission should, by 30 June 2021, assess how the Union legislation implementing that target would need to be amended in order to achieve emission reductions of 50 to 55 % compared to 1990e relevant Union legislation as appropriate. _________________ 36Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action, amending Regulations (EC) No 663/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives 94/22/EC, 98/70/EC, 2009/31/EC, 2009/73/EC, 2010/31/EU, 2012/27/EU and 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 2009/119/EC and (EU) 2015/652 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 1).
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 338 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) As cCitizens and communities have a powerful role to play in drivingare suffering the socio-economic effects of the transformation towards climate neutrality forward, strong public and social engagement on climate action should be facilitated. The Commission should therefore engage with all parts of society to enable and empower them to take action towards a climate-neutral and climate- resilient society, including through launching a European Climate Pact. The Commission should therefore engage with all parts of society by drawing on the multilevel climate and energy dialogues as set up by the Member States in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, including for the purposes of this Regulation.
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 347 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) In order to provide predictability and confidence for all economic actors, including businesses, workers, investors and consumers, to ensure that the transition towards climate neutrality is irreversible, to ensure gradual reduction over time and to assist in the assessment of the consistency of measures and progress with the climate-neutrality objective, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission to set out a trajectory for achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions in the Union by 2050. It is of particular importance that the Commission carries 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-Making37 . 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. _________________ 37 37 OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1to assist in the assessment of the consistency of measures and progress with the climate-neutrality objective, each Member State should, as part of its long- term strategy under Article 15 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, set out an indicative trajectory for achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions in the Union no earlier than 2070.
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 379 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Regulation establishes a framework for the irreversible and gradual reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and enhancement of removals by natural or other sinks in the Union.deleted
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 403 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
This Regulation sets out an bindingcative objective of climate neutrality in the Union byno earlier than 20570 in pursuit of the long- term temperature goal set out in Article 2 of the Paris Agreement, and provides a framework for achieving progress in pursuit of the global adaptation goal established in Article 7 of the Paris Agreement.
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 436 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. Union-wide emissions and removals of greenhouse gases regulated in Union law shall be balanced at the latest by 2050, thus reducing emissions to net zero by that date, no earlier than 2070.
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 479 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. By Sept31 December 20201, the Commission shall review the Union’s 2030 target for climate referred to in Article 2(11) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in light of the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1), and explore options for a new 2030 target of 50 to 55%socio-economic impact in the Union of the COVID-19 pandemic and assess the appropriateness of a new 2030 emissions reductions compared to 1990 target that is lower than the current one. Where the Commission considers that it is necessary to amend that target, it shall make legislative proposals to the European Parliament and to the Council as appropriate, in accordance with the Treaties.
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 544 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 9 to supplement this Regulation by setting out a trajectory at Union level to achieve the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1) until 2040. At the latest within six months after each global stocktake referred to in Article 14 of the Paris Agreement, the Commission shall review the trajectoryEach Member State shall, as part of its long-term strategy under Article 15 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, set an indicative trajectory to achieve the objective set out in Article 2(1).
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 565 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The trajectory shall start from the Union’s 2030 target for climate referred to in Article 2(3)11) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, as possibly amended pursuant to Article 2(3) of this Regulation.
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 607 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b
b) competiveness of the Union’s economy, with a focus on micro- enterprises and SMEs;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 625 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point c
c) best available technology and their availability on the market, with a view to increasing sales;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 680 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point g
g) all investment needs and opportunities;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 688 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point h
h) the need to ensure a just and socisocio- economically fair transition in each Member State, with a focus on unemployment rates, economic growth and real wage trends;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 693 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point i
i) international developments and efforts undertaken to achieve the long- term objectives of the Paris Agreement and the ultimate objective of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change;deleted
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 705 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point j
j) the best available and most recent scientific evidence, includingand the latest reports of the IPCC, with the exception of the models based on the RCP8.5, or worst-case, scenario.
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 714 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point j a (new)
(ja) the prevention of carbon and investment leakage, in particular in energy intensive industries most exposed to unfair global competition due to the offshoring of manufacturing activities to third countries with lower climate ambitions;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 731 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point j b (new)
(jb) unlocking of investments in low- carbon solutions, in infrastructure improvement and R&I projects to safeguard competitiveness of EU economic activities and EU economy;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 737 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point j c (new)
(jc) an assessment of the timely and adequate delivery of the necessary framework conditions to ensure long term investments and long term stability;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 787 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
By 30 Septem1 October 20231, and every 5 years thereafter, the Commission shall assess, together with the assessment foreseen under Article 29(5) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999:
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 799 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
a) the collective progress made by all Member States towards the achievement of the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1) as expressed by the trajectory referred to in Article 3(1);
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 826 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. By 30 Septem1 October 20231, and every 5 years thereafter, the Commission shall review:
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 832 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a
a) the consistency of Union measures with the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1) as expressed by the trajectory referred to in Article 3(1);
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 847 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. Where, based on the assessment referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, the Commission finds that: a) Union measures are inconsistent with the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1); or b) Union measures are inadequate to ensure progress on adaptation as referred to in Article 4,; or thatc) the costs of Union measures outweigh the benefits; or d) the progress towards either the climate- neutrality objective or on adaptation as referred to in Article 4 is insufficient, it shall take the necessary measures in accordance with the Treaties, at the same time as the review of the trajectory referred to in Article 3(1). .
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 858 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall assess any draft measure or legislative proposal in light of the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1) as expressed by the trajectory referred to in Article 3(1) before adoption, and include this analysis in any impact assessment accompanying these measures or proposals, and make the result of that assessment public at the time of adoption.deleted
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 882 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
By 30 Septem1 October 20231, and every 5 years, thereafter the Commission shall assess:
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 896 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
a) the consistency of national measures identified, on the basis of the National Energy and Climate Plans or the Biennial Progress Reports submitted in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, as relevant for the achievement of the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1) with that objective as expressed by the corresponding trajectory referred to in Article 3(1);
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 920 #
2. Where the Commission finds, under due consideration of the collective progress assessed in accordance with Article 5(1), that a Member State’s measures are inconsistent with that objective as expressed by the corresponding trajectory referred to in Article 3(1) or inadequate to ensure progress on adaptation as referred to in Article 4, it may issue recommendations to that Member State in the context of the European Semester. The Commission shall make such recommendations publicly available.
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 929 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. Where a recommendation is issued in accordance with paragraph 2, the following principles shall apply: a) the Member State concerned shall take due account of the recommendation in a spirit of solidarity between Member States and the Union and between Member States; b) the Member State concerned shall set out, in its first progress report submitted in accordance with Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, in the year following the year in which the recommendation was issued, how it has taken due account of the recommendation. If the Member State concerned decides not to address a recommendation or a substantial part thereof, that Member State shall provide the Commission its reasoning; c) the recommendations should be complementary to the latest country- specific recommendations issued in the context of the European Semester.deleted
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 959 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
d) best availablend most recent scientific evidence, including available, and the latest reports of the IPCC, with the exception of the models based on the RCP8.5, or worst-case, scenario; e
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 970 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point e
e) any supplementary information on environmentally sustainable investment, by the Union and Member States, including, when available, investment consistent with Regulation (EU) 2020/… [Taxonomy Regulation].deleted
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 995 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
The Commission shall also encourage Member States to first consult the public, by means of a referendum or similar legal instruments, in accordance with the provisions of their respective constitutions, on the proposed measures and time frames for achieving the climate-neutrality objective, in order to ensure maximum democratic scrutiny.
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1028 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9
1. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 3(1) is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article. 2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 3(1) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from …[OP: date of entry into force of this Regulation]. 3. The delegation of power referred to in Article 3(1) may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force. 4. Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making. 5. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council. 6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 3 shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of [two months] of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.Article 9 deleted Exercise of the delegation
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1067 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation (EU) 2018/1999
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Each Member State shall establish a multilevel climate and energy dialogue pursuant to national rules, in which local authorities, civil society organisation, business communitysocial partners, investors and other relevant stakeholders and the general public are able actively to engage and discuss the achievement of the Union’s climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2 of Regulation …/… [Climate Law] and the different scenarios envisaged for energy and climate policies, including for the long term, and review progress, unless it already has a structure which serves the same purpose. Integrated national energy and climate plans may be discussed within the framework of such a dialogue.;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1093 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
This Regulation, with the exception of the provisions in Article 2(3) and (4), shall apply from 1 January 2031.
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI