7 Amendments of Antoni COMÍN I OLIVERES related to 2019/0017(COD)
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) The Union should guarantee that new measures are taken in order to integrate the objectives established in the Paris Agreement and the provisions presented in the Communication of the Commission of 11 December 2019 on the European Green Deal. Therefore, the Union should also integrate maritime emissions into the overall Union objectives to decrease greenhouse gas emissions in order not to pose a threat to the efforts made by other economic sectors that will have to achieve climate neutrality by, maximum, 2050, as foreseen in the European Green Deal.
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The European Parliament's Resolution of Februaryresolutions of the European Parliament of 14 March 2019 on climate change and of 28 November 20149 on a 2030 framework for climate and energy policiesthe climate and environmental emergency urged to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. The European Parliament also called on the Commission and the Member States to set a binding Union 2030 target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% compared to 1990 levels. The European Parliament also noted that all sectors of the economy would need to contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions if the Union is to deliver its fair share of global efforts.
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Building on the 2011 Union White paper on transport18 , in 2013 the Commission adopted a strategy for progressively integrating maritime emissions into the Union's policy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions19 . Furthermore, the Commission set up an ambitious road towards the achievement of climate neutrality by, maximum, 2050, in its Communication on the European Green Deal of 11 December 2019. __________________ 18 https://ec.europa.eu/transport/sites/transpor t/files/themes/strategies/doc/2011_white_p aper/white-paper-illustrated- brochure_en.pdf. 19 COM (2013) 479.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Under the Paris Agreement that was adopted in December 2015 at the 21st Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)23 , the Union and its Member States have undertaken an economy-wide reduction target. Efforts to limit international maritime emissions through the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) are under way and should be encouraged. The IMO adopted24 in October 2016 a data collection system for fuel oil consumption of ships ("the global IMO DCS"). Furthermore, the Commission’s Communication on a European Green Deal of 11 December 2019 seeks to reach climate neutrality by 2050 as well as cutting greenhouse gas emissions at 55%. __________________ 23 Paris Agreement (OJ L 282, 19.10.2016, p. 4–18). 24IMO Resolution MEPC.278(70) amending MARPOL Annex VI.
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Content of monitoring plans should be streamlined so as to take into consideration the global IMO DCS except for the parts of the plan which are necessary to ensure that only Union-related data are monitored and reported under the EU MRV Regulation. Therefore, any "per voyage" provisions should remain as part of the monitoring plan. The Commission should also assist the Member States by sharing expertise and good practices, as well as the implementation of new technologies, with the objective to decrease administrative barriers and to retrieve data efficiently and securely.
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) The objective of Regulation (EU) 2015/757 is to monitor, report and verify CO2 emissions from ships calling at EEA ports as the first step of a staged approach to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States but can rather, by reason of its scale and effects, be better achieved at Union level. The Commission should assist the competent authorities of the Member States, also those which may have devolved these competences to regional or local entities, by sharing good practices, information and training about new technologies, and duly implementing the provisions set up in this Regulation. The global IMO DCS should be taken into account and this Regulation ensures the continued comparability and reliability of collected data based on a single set of requirements. The Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of 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 in order to achieve that objective.
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 - paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 1 - paragraph 6 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2015/757
Article 21 a (new)
Article 21 a (new)
(6a) The following Article 21a is inserted: “Article 21a Overall Assessment 1. By 31 December 2024, the Commission shall assess the correct overall implementation of this Regulation, taking into account developments to decrease greenhouse gas emissions from maritime transport and at fulfilling the Union’s commitments under the Paris Agreement and the objectives under the European Green Deal. 2. The Commission shall propose additional measures to reduce air pollutants from ships with the introduction of new technologies, laid down in the assessment, after a consultation undertaken with the competent authorities. 3. The assessment shall be accompanied by a proposal to amend this Regulation. The Commission shall take into account the report or reports that the European Parliament might produce on this matter during the years prior to the assessment.