8 Amendments of Riitta MYLLER related to 2008/0016(COD)
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The main purpose of binding targets is to provide certainty for investors. Deferring a decision about whether a target is binding until a future event takes place is thus not appropriate. In a statement to the minutes of the Council of 15 February 2007, the Commission therefore stated that it did not consider that the binding nature of the target should be deferred until second generation biofuels became commerciHowever, the binding 10% target for energy from renewable sources used in transport should be constantly assessed on the basis of criteria which are scientifically verifiable and ecologically, socially and economically avsustailnable.
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In the light of the positions taken by the Commission, the Council and the European Parliament, it is appropriate to establish mandatory targets for an overall 20% share of renewable energy and a 10% share of renewable energy in transport in the European Union's consumption in 2020. The targets and general political frameworks, particularly the method of calculating greenhouse gas emissions, should be reviewed regularly.
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) By contrast, it is appropriate for the 10% target for renewable energy in transport to be set at the same level for each Member State in order to ensure consistency in transport fuel specifications and availability. Because transport fuels are traded easily, Member States with low endowments of the relevant resources will easily be able to obtain renewable transport fuels from elsewhere. While it would technically be possible for the Community to meet its biofuel targetargets for the use of renewable energy in transport solely from domestic production, it is both likely and desirable that the target will in fact be met through a combination of domestic production and imports. To this end, the Commission should monitor the supply of the Community market for biofuels, and should, as appropriate, propose relevant measures to achieve a balanced approach between domestic production and imports, taking into account the development of multilateral and bilateral trade negotiations as well as environmental, cost, energy security and other considerations.
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 57
Recital 57
(57) Since the general objectives of achieving a 20% share of renewable energies in the Community's overall energy consumption and a 10% share of biofuels in each Member State's transport petrol and diesel consumptionfor the use of renewable energy in transport in each Member State by 2020 cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore, by reason of the scale of the action, be better achieved at Community level, the Community may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.
Amendment 144 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. Each Member State shall ensure that the share of energy from renewable sources in transport in 2020 is at least 10% of final consumption of energy in transport in that Member State. In calculating total energy consumed in transport for the purposes of the first subparagraph, petroleum products ot, but only if energy for transport from renewable sources fulfils the environmental sustainability and social criteria laid down in Article 15. Ther than petrol and diesel shall not be taken intoarget shall be reviewed regularly at three- yearly intervals as from 2012 on the basis of reporting by ac countmmittee pursuant to Article 20.
Amendment 175 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. The European Union and the Member States shall ensure by all possible means that the total consumption of energy in transport falls substantially. The principal means of reducing the total consumption of energy in transport include transport planning, support for public transport, increasing the share of electric cars in production and producing cars which are smaller both in size and in engine capacity.
Amendment 188 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. The greenhouse gas emission saving from the use of biofuels and other bioliquidenergy from biomass taken into account for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1 shall be calculated on the basis of Article 17(1) and shall be at least 35%.
Amendment 193 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2