17 Amendments of Hermann TERTSCH related to 2020/0036(COD)
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a regulation
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The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) In the light of the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, some objectives and tools included in the European Green Deal may be significantly affected. To that end, the Commission will periodically prepare a report on and detailed assessment of the impact of the economic crisis caused by the pandemic on the objectives of all the legislative initiatives resulting from the Green Deal.
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) EU climate action will always be taken with particular care given to maintaining the economic viability of strategic sectors. Ensuring food production and security in cooperation with the Member States continues to be one of its priorities. The Commission will present, by 1 January 2021, a detailed assessment of the impact of the European Climate Law on the resilience and competitiveness of the EU’s farming sector.
Amendment 195 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The Union should aim to achieve a balance between anthropogenic economy- wide emissions and removals, through natural and technological solutions, of greenhouse gases domestically within the Union by 2050. Farming and forestry are natural carbon sinks that can make a particularly significant contribution to achieving the objectives set. The Union- wide 2050 climate-neutrality objective should be pursued by all Member States collectively, and the Member States, the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission should take the necessary measures to enable its achievement. Measures at Union level will constitute an important part of the measures needed to achieve the objective.
Amendment 244 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In taking the relevant measures at Union and national level to achieve the climate-neutrality objective, Member States and the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission should take into account the contribution of the transition to climate neutrality to the well- being of citizens, the prosperity of society and the competitiveness of the economy; energy and food security and affordability; fairness and solidarity across and within Member States considering their economic capability, national circumstances and the need for convergence over time; the need to make the transition just and socially fair; best available scientific evidence, in particular the findings reported by the IPCC; the need to integrate climate change related risks into investment and planning decisions; cost-effectiveness and technological neutrality in achieving greenhouse gas emissions reductions and removals and increasing resilience; progression over time in environmental integrity and level of ambition. Up to 2030 and beyond, measures at European level, such as the scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading, will ensure overall progress throughout the Union in a profitable and effective manner, providing the requisite flexibility to combine achieving climate objectives and economic sustainability,
Amendment 257 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In taking the relevant measures at Union and national level to achieve the climate-neutrality objective, Member States and the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission should take into account the contribution of the transition to climate neutrality to the well- being of citizens, the prosperity of society, legal certainty for operators and the competitiveness of the economy; energy and food security and affordability; fairness and solidarity across and within Member States considering their economic capability, national circumstances and the need for convergence over time; the need to make the transition just and socially fair; best available scientific evidence, in particular the findings reported by the IPCC; the need to integrate climate change related risks into investment and planning decisions; cost-effectiveness and technological neutrality in achieving greenhouse gas emissions reductions and removals and increasing resilience; progression over time in environmental integrity and level of ambition.
Amendment 321 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The Commission should ensure a robust and objective assessment based on the most up to date scientific, technical and socio-economic findings, and representative of a broad range of independent expertise, and base its assessment on relevant information including information submitted and reported by Member States, reports of the European Environment Agency, best available scientific evidence, including the reports of the IPCC. Given that the Commission has committed to exploring how the EU taxonomy can be used in the context of the European Green Deal by the public sector, this should include information on environmentally sustainable investment, by the Union and Member States, consistent with Regulation (EU) 2020/… [Taxonomy Regulation] when such information becomes available. The Commission should use European statistics and data where available and seek expert scrutiny. The European Environment Agency, the Joint Research Centre and the Scientific Advice Mechanism’s High Level Group should assist the Commission, as appropriate and in accordance with its annual work programme.
Amendment 359 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
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 carryies out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at independent 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 OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1. 37
Amendment 370 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) Climate change is by definition a trans-boundary challenge and a coordinated action at Union level is needed to effectively supplement and reinforce national policies. Since the objectives of this Regulation, namely to achieve climate neutrality in the Union by 2050, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States alone, but can rather, by reason of the scale and effects, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 ofcompetences granted to it in the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary to achieve those objectives,
Amendment 373 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)
Recital 23 a (new)
(23a) The EU is currently responsible for 10% of the world’s emission of greenhouse gases. The climate-neutrality objective is limited to emissions from European production. A coherent climate policy also involves controlling emissions from consumption and energy and resource imports.
Amendment 505 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 4
Article 2 – paragraph 4
4. By 30 June 2021, the Commission shall assess how the Union legislation implementing the Union’s 2030 target would need to be amended in order to enable the achievement of 50 to 55 % emission reductions compared to 1990 and to achieve the climate-neutrality-objective set out in Article 2(1), and consider takadopting the necessary measures, including the adoption ofrequisite legislative proposals, in accordance with the Treaties.
Amendment 557 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 9islative proposals 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 2050. At the latest within six months after each global stocktake referred to in Article 14 of the Paris Agreement, the Commission shall review the trajectory.
Amendment 592 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
(aa) The needs of the European economy to overcome the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
Amendment 743 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The trajectory, in accordance with paragraph 1, will be backed up with a detailed assessment of the potential to cut greenhouse gases in each economic sector, showing their expected contributions to the overall climate- neutrality objective.
Amendment 953 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
b) reports of the European Environment Agency (EEA), the Joint Research Centre and the Scientific Advice Mechanism’s High Level Group;
Amendment 975 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. The EEA, the Joint Research Centre and the Scientific Advice Mechanism’s High Level Group shall assist the Commission in the preparation of the assessment referred to in Articles 5 and 6, in accordance with its annual work programme.
Amendment 1027 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9
Article 9