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REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Social Climate Fund
2022/05/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Dossiers: 2021/0206(COD)
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Authors: [{'name': 'David CASA', 'mepid': 28122}, {'name': 'Esther de LANGE', 'mepid': 38398}]

Amendments (108)

Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) In order to implement the commitments towards climate neutrality, the Union’s climate and energy legislation has been reviewed and amended in order to accelerate the greenhouse gas emissions reductions. Those amendments should be in line with the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights, ensuring that everyone can fully benefit from the just transition and that no one is left behind. A new Social Climate Fund would contribute to protect and empower the most vulnerable households with a view to eradicating energy and mobility poverty across Europe.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) Those amendments have differing economic and social impacts on the different sectors of the economy, on the citizens, and the Member States. In particular, the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and the Council31 should provide an additional economic incentive to invest into the reduction of fossil fuel consumption and thereby accelerate the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Combined with other measures, this should, in the medium to long term, reduce the costs for buildings and road transport, and provide new opportunities for job creation and investment. _________________ 31 Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union (OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32).deleted
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Eradicating energy and mobility poverty across the Union is an essential part of the EU Green Deal’s objective of ensuring a just transition where no one is left behind. A wide range of EU funding instruments, including the Cohesion Funds, the Recovery and Resilience Facility, and revenues currently generated by the EU ETS, are available for Member States to invest in the deep renovation of buildings, the creation of quality green jobs as well as the development of the necessary skills for the green and digital transition, the decarbonisation of the transport sector and in greater access to public, shared soft mobility. A particular attention is required for the most disadvantaged groups as well as the households in situation of mobility and energy poverty to ensure that they actually benefit from the implementation of those funding instruments.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) However, resources are needed to finance those investments. In addition, before they have taken place, the cost supported by households and transport users for heating, cooling and cooking, as well as for road transport, is likely to increase as fuel suppliers subject to the obligations under the emission trading for buildings and road transport pass on costs on carbon to the consumers.deleted
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) High fossil gas prices causing extreme price spikes in certain Member States in the 2021/2022 heating season, aggravated by import dependencies and geopolitical tensions, have exposed once more the EU dependence on imported fossil gas for its industries and households, especially felt by the poorest of society. Investments in energy efficiency measures, as well as renewable energy based heating systems, including with electric heat pumps, heating and cooling at district level and participation in renewable energy communities, are hence the most cost-effective method of reducing import dependency and emissions while increasing EU resilience. Notably in the group of poorest households third party funding schemes are necessary to ensure compliances with the afore mentioned principles
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) The increase in the price for fossil fuels may disproportionally affect vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-EU Toolbox on Energy Prices 1a already provides the EU and its Member States with immediate emergency measures to support and protect households against the current increase of enterprises and vulnerable transport users who spend a larger part of their incomes on energy and transport, who, in certain regions, do not have accgy prices which is primarily due to a spike in fossil gas prices, including emergency income support, state aid for companies and targeted tax reductions. Ambitious climate action would allow the Union to cut its dependence on fossil fuels and to protect Union citizens from dependence on imported fossil fuels and the impact of fluctuating energy prices. The Social Climate Fund should come as a complement to those measuress to alternative, affordable mobility and transport solutions and who masupport Member States and aim at providing structural long-lasting solutions to eradicate energy and mobility poverty lackross the financial capacity to invest into the reduction of fossil fuel consumption. Union. _________________ 1a COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THER EGIONS Tackling rising energy prices: a toolbox for action and support, COM(2021)660 final)
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) Therefore, a part of the revenues generated by the inclusion of building and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC should be used to address the social impacts arising from that inclusion, for the transition to be just and inclusive, leaving no one behind.deleted
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 151 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) This is even more relevant in view of the existing levels of energy poverty. Energy poverty is a situation in which households are unable to access essential energy services such as cooling, as temperatures rise, and heating. About 34 million Europeans reported an inability to keep their homes adequately warm in 2018, and 6.9% of the Union population have said that they cannot afford to heat their home sufficiently in a 2019 EU-wide survey32 . Overall, the Energy Poverty Observatory estimates that more than 50 million households in the European Union experience energy poverty. Energy poverty is therefore a major challenge for the Union. Energy poverty is often caused by a combination of factors, including low household income, unequal access to quality and affordable services, poor energy efficiency of buildings and high energy prices. While social tariffs or direct income supportsubsidies for energy bills can provide immediate relief to households facing energy poverty, only targeted structural measures, in particular energy renovations, can provide lasting solutions. they are not an efficient, long-term solution to lift households out of energy poverty. On the contrary, they risk locking people further into energy poverty. Only targeted structural measures and investments aimed at ending the reliance on fossil fuels, in particular deep and staged deep building renovations, the application of the energy efficiency first principle, the installation of additional renewable energy sources, including through community-lead projects, as well as information and awareness-raising measures targeted at the households, can provide lasting solutions and effectively help combating energy poverty. _________________ 32 Data from 2018. Eurostat, SILC [ilc_mdes01]).
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 166 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) A Social Climate (‘the Fund’) should therefore be established to provide funds to the Member States to support their policies to address the social impacts of the emissions trading for buildings and road transport on vulnerable houseThe Union and its Member States will not be able to meet their climate and environmental objectives without properly addressing energy and mobility poverty. Yet there is currently no standard Union- level definitions of energy and mobility poverty across the Union, and only one third of Member States have adopted a national definition of energy poverty. As a result, no transparent and comparable data on energy and mobility poverty in the Union is currently available, hindering the possibility to effectively monitor progress at national level to eradicate energy and mobility poverty. A Social Climate Fund (‘the Fund’) shoulds, vulnerable micro-enterprises and vulnerable transport users therefore be established to support Member States in their efforts to eradicate energy and mobility poverty. This should be achieved notably through temporary income support andadaptive measures and investments with lasting impact intended to reduce reliance on fossil fuels through increased energy efficiency of buildings, decarbonisation of heating and coolfocusing particularly on those living in the worst performing of buildings, including the integration of energy from renewable so and in social housing, increased access to renewable energy for heating and cooling, as well as measurces, and granting improved access to zero- and low-emissionemission sustainable mobility and public transport to the benefit of vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterpin particular for those living in rural, insular and less accessible areas for the less developed regions and territorises and vulnerable transport user, including less developed peri- urban areas.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 196 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) For that purpose, each Member State should submit to the Commission a Social Climate Plan (‘the Plan’). Those Plans should pursue two objectives. Firstly, they should provide vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises and vulnerable transport users the necessary resources to finance and carry out investments in energy efficiency, decarbonisation of heating and cooling, in zero- and low-emission vehiclesidentify and map households in situation of energy and mobility poverty, and provide a detailed analysis, conducted together with the local and regional authorities, social partners and civil society, on the main causes of energy and mobility poverty in their respective territories. The Plans should also set targets for the progressive and effective eradication of energy and mobility poverty. Secondly, they should mitigate the impact of the increase in the cost of fossil fuels on the most vulnerable and thereby prevent energy and transpprovide households in energy poverty and people facing mobility poverty the necessary resources to finance and carry out investments in the deep renovation of buildings, in particular worst poverty during the transitioerforming buildings and social housing, in poweriod until such investments have been implementedng any residual demand for heating and cooling with renewable energy, and in zero-emission mobility. The Plans should mainly have an investment component promoting the long-term solutions of reducephasing out fossil fuels reliance and could envisage other measures, including temporary. Other measures such as direct income support to mitigate adverse income effects in the shorter termcould be envisaged but should be limited in time and conditioned to long-term investments with long lasting impacts.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 220 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) Particular attention needs to be paid to vulnerable tenants who are significantly affected by the price impacts of heating costs or by higher rental prices following renovation, but are not in a position to renovate the building they occupy.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 227 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) Member States, in consultation with regional, level authoritieocal, urban and other public authorities, civil society, economic and social partners, are best placed to design and to implement Plans that are adapted and targeted to their local, regional and national circumstances as their existing policies in the relevant areas and planned use of other relevant EU funds. In that manner, the broad diversity of situations, the specific knowledge of local and regional governments, of social and economic partners and the civil society, research and innovation and industrial relations and social dialogue structures, as well as national traditions, can best be respected and contribute to the effectiveness and efficiency of the overall support to the vulnerable.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 238 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) Ensuring that the measures and investments are particularly targeted towards energy poor or vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises and vulnerable transport users is key for a just transition towards climate neutrality. Support measures to promote reductions in greenhouse gas emissions should help Member States to address the social impacts arising from the emissions trading for the sectors of buildings and road transport.deleted
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 257 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) Pending the impact of those investments on reducing costs and emissions, well targeted direct income support for the most vulnerable would help the just transition. Such support should beAs an immediate relief, well targeted, temporary direct support for those in energy poverty and mobility poverty may contribute to reduce energy and mobility costs while waiting for more structural investments to take place. Such support should nevertheless be limited in time and understood to be a temporaryn adaptive measure accompanying the decarbonisstructural investments, such as the deep and staged deep renovation of the housbuildings and transport sectors. It would not be permanent as it does not address the root causes of energy and transport poverty. Such support should only concern direct impacts of the inclusion of building and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC, not electricity or heating costs related to the inclusion of power and heat productios well affordable access to zero-emission mobility solutions, as part of a holistic and long-term strategy to effectively eradicate energy and mobility poverty to be demonstrated by the Member States. Eligibility for such direct support should be targeted to people facing energy poverty and mobility poverty, with special attention to vulnerable women, such as single-mothers, women with disabilities and elderly women with low income, who are disproportionately affected by energy poverty and mobility poverty, due to different energy needs and mobility patterns. Such support should be in lin the scope of that Directive. Eligibility for such direct income support should be limited in time with the principle of additionality and should not replace national schemes already in place.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 264 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) Respect for fundamental rights and compliance with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, should be ensured throughout the preparation, evaluation, implementation and monitoring of eligible projects under the Fund. The Fund should contribute to eliminating inequalities, promoting gender equality and integrating the gender perspective, as well as combating discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation as set out in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), Article 10 TFEU and Article 21of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. All stakeholders involved at all stages of implementation of the Facility should commit to promote equality, and in particular, ensure that the impact on women is taken into account, given that women are disproportionately impacted by the transition process.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 267 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 b (new)
(17b) The Fund should be consistent with the Union's obligation under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and should not support any measure or investment that contributes to segregation or to social exclusion.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 268 #
(17c) The aim of the Fund should be aligned with the UN 2030 Agenda as well as the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights in order to ensure a just transition, towards a greener, fairer and more inclusive Europe.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 270 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) Taking into account the importance of tackling climate changeclimate and environmental emergency in line with Paris Agreement commitments, and the commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the actions under this Regulation should contribute to the achievement of the target that at least 30% of all expenditure under the 2021- 2027 multiannual financial framework should be spent on mainstreaming climate objectives and should contribute to the ambition of providing 10% of annual spending to biodiversity objectives in 2026 and 2027, while considering the existing overlaps between climate and biodiversity goals. For this purpose, the methodology set out in Annex II of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council33 should be used to tag the expenditures of the Fund. The Fund should support activities that fully respect the climate and environmental standards and priorities of the Union and comply with the principle of ‘do no significant harm’ within the meaning ofechnical screening criteria established by the Commission in accordance with Article 170(3) of Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council34 . Only such measures for the relevandt investments should be included in the Plans. Direct income support measures should as a rule be considered as having an insignificant foreseeable impact on environmental objectives, and as such be considered compliant with the principle of ‘do no significant harm’. The Commission intends to issue technical guidance to the Member States well ahead of the preparation of the Plans. The guidance will explain how the measures and investments must comply with the principle of ‘do no significant harm’ within the meaning of Article 17 ofeligible under the Fund. Only such measures and investments should be included in the Plans. The Commission shall adopt a delegated act to specify eligibility criteria for those activities for which technical screening criteria have not yet been developed under Regulation (EU) 2020/852. The Commission intends to present in 2021 a proposal for a Council Recommendation on how to address the social aspects of the green transition. _________________ 33 Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2021 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the Cohesion Fund, the Just Transition Fund and the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund and financial rules for those and for the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, the Internal Security Fund and the Instrument for Financial Support for Border Management and Visa Policy (OJ L 231, 30.6.2021, p. 159). 34 Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2020 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 (OJ L 198, 22.6.2020, p. 13).
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 281 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) Women are particularly affected by carbon pricing as they represent 85% of single parent familiesdisproportionately affected by energy poverty and mobility poverty, in particular single mothers, who represent 85% of single parent families, as well as single women, women with disabilities, or elderly women living alone. Single parent families with dependent child have a particularly high risk of childenergy poverty. Gender equality and equal opportunities for all, and the mainstreaming of those objectives, as well as questions of accessibility for persons with disabilities should be taken into accountensured and promoted throughout the design, preparation and implementation of Plans to ensure no one is left behind.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 294 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) Member States should submit theirprepare their Plans in close cooperation with the regional and local actors, economic and social partners and all the relevant stakeholders, in particular representatives from the civil society, while respecting the European Code of Conduct on Partnership, and submit these Plans together with the update of their integrated national energy and climate plans in accordance with Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council35 . The Plans should include the measures to be financed, their estimated costs and the national contribution. They should also include key milestones and targets to assess the effective implementation of the measures. _________________ 35 Regulation (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).
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 313 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) The Union should support Member States with financial means to implement their Plans through the Social Climate Fund. PIn order to ensure the most efficient use of EU funds, payments from the Social Climate Fund should be made conditional on the achievement of the milestones and targets included in the Plans. This would allow efficiently taking into account national circumstances and priorities while simplifying financing and facilitating its integration as well as on the adoption by Member States of legally binding targets and measures for the phase out of all fossil fuels in a timeframe consistent with other national spending programmes while guaranteeing the impact and the integrity of EU spending. objective of limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre- industrial levels, including the phase out of solid fossil fuels by 2030 at the latest and of fossil gas by 2040.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 326 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) The financial envelope of the Fund should, in principle, be commensurate to amounts corresponding to 25% of the expectedannual revenues from the inclusion of buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC in the period 2026-2032. Pursuant to Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/205341 , Member States should make those revenues available to the Union budget as own resources. Member States are to finance 50% of the total costs of their Plan themselves. For this purpose, as well as for investment and measures to accelerate and alleviate the required transition for citizens negatively affected, Member States should inter alia useauctioning of allowances from Chapter II and III of Directive 2003/87/EC as of the entry into force of this Regulation. Member States are to finance 50% of the total costs of their Plan themselves. The financing of the Fund should not come at their expected revenues from emissions trading for buildings and road transport under Directive 2003/87/EC for that purpose. _________________ 41 Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/2053 of 14 December 2020 on the system of own resources of the European Union and repealing Decision 2014/335/EU, Euratom (OJ L 424, 15.12.2020, p. 1)nse of other Union programmes and policies.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 349 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
(24) The Fund should support measures that respect the principle of additionality of Union funding. The Fund should not be a substitute for recurring national expenditures, except in duly justified cases.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 355 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
(25) In order to ensure an efficient and coherent allocation of funds and to respect the principle of sound financial management, actions under this Regulation should be consistent with, come in addition to and be complementary to ongoing Union programme, national and, where appropriate, regional programmes, instruments and funds, whilst avoiding double funding fromand that the Fund andsubstitutes other Union programmes, instruments and funds, for the same expenditure. In particular, the Commission and the Member State should ensure, in all stages of the process, effective coordination in order to safeguard the consistency, coherence, complementarity and synergy among sources of funding. To that effect, Member States should be required to present the relevant information on existing or planned Union financing when submitting their plans to the Commission. Financial support under the Fund should be additional to the support provided under other Union programmes and instruments. Measures and investment financed under the Fund should be able to receive funding from other Union programmes and instruments provided that such support does not cover the same costs.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 358 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25 a (new)
(25a) To ensure that support under the Plans can be effectively implemented from the initial years starting from the entry into force of the Social Climate Fund, it should be possible for an amount of up to 13 % of the financial contribution of Member States to be paid in the form of pre-financing by the Commission.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 374 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29 a (new)
(29a) All Member States which benefit from the Social Climate Fund have an obligation to respect the fundamental values enshrined in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union. Respect for the rule of law is an essential precondition for compliance with the principles of sound financial management enshrined in Article 317 TFEU. The Commission should ensure the effective implementation of the horizontal rules for the protection of the Union budget in the case of breaches of the principles of the rule of law in the Member States in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2092 of the European Parliament and of the Council1a. Where it is established that breaches of the principles of the rule of law in a Member State affect or seriously risk affecting the sound financial management of the Social Climate Fund or the protection of the financial interests of the Union in a sufficiently direct way, the Commission should take the necessary measures, which may include, among others, a suspension of payments, termination of the legal commitment within the meaning of the Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council1b, a prohibition on entering into such legal commitments, or a suspension of the disbursement of instalments. When the Commission decides, in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2092, on a repayment, reduction or termination of the legal commitment or financial allocation, these amounts should be proportionally allocated to all other Member States. _________________ 1a Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2092 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2020 on a general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget (OJ L 433I, 22.12.2020, p. 1). 1b Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, amending Regulations (EU) No 1296/2013, (EU) No 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1304/2013, (EU) No 1309/2013, (EU) No 1316/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, (EU) No 283/2014, and Decision No 541/2014/EU and repealing Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 (OJ L 193, 30.7.2018, p. 1).
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 390 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3
The measures and investments supported by the Fund shall directly benefit households, micro- in enterprises and transport users, which are vulnerable and particularly affected by the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC, especially households in energy poverty and citizens without public transport alternative to individual cars (in remote and rural areas)gy poverty and people facing mobility poverty, in particular households in energy poverty living in worst performing buildings or in social housing, as well as people living in rural, insular, mountainous, and remote areas, including peri-urban areas, with low or no access to basic services or public transport.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 404 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4
The general objective of the Fund is to contribute to theaccelerate the green transition towards a climate -neutrality by add, sustainable, non-toxic, resource-efficient, renewable energy- based, ressing the social impacts of the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and road transpolient and competitive circular economy in a just, equitable and inclusive way by 2050 at the latest , in line with the Union’s commitments under the Paris Agreement, the European Pillar of Social Rights and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, while leaving no one behind, and to contribute to eradicating energy and mobility poverty into the scope of Directive 2003/87/ECUnion and its Member States. The specific objective of the Fund is to support vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-contribute to eradicate enterprises and vulnerable transport users through temporary direct income support and through measures and investments intended to increase energy efficiency of buildings, decarbonisation of heating and cooling of buildings, including the integration of energy from renewable sourcegy and mobility poverty across the Union, through targeted measures and investments intended to phase out the reliance on fossil fuels, increase energy efficiency of buildings, combined with access to renewable energy sources for heating and cooling of buildings, and granting improved access to zero- and low-emission mobility and transportsustainable mobility solution and integrated mobility services.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 424 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4 a (new)
In line with these objectives, the Fund shall not provide any support to measures and investments which could prolong the reliance on fossil fuels or lead to carbon lock-in, while hampering or delaying the deployment of renewable energy sources.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 427 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) ‘deep building renovation’ means all kinds of energy-related building renovation, including the insulation of the building envelope, that is to say walls, roof, floor, the replacement of windows, the replacement of heating, cooling and cooking appliances, and the installation of on-site production of energy from renewable sources;deep building renovation, as defined in [Article 2(19) of recast EPBD]
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 440 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) ‘energy poverty’ means energy poverty as defined in point [(49)] of Article 2 of Directive (EU) [yyyy/nnn] of the of the European Parliament and of the Council50 ; _________________ 50 [Directive (EU) [yyyy/nnn] of the of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ C […], […], p. […]).] [Proposal for recast of Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency]a household’s lack of access to adequate, affordable, reliable, quality, safe and environmentally sound energy services that underpin a decent standard of living and health, including adequate warmth, cooling, lighting, and energy to power appliances, due to, inter alia, low quality housing, as well as low-levels incomes;
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 461 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11
(11) ‘vulnerable households’ means households in energy poverty or households, including lower middle- income ones, that are significantly affected by the price impacts of the inclusion of buildings into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC and lack the means to renovate the building they occupy;deleted
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 473 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12
(12) ‘vulnerable micro-enterprises’ means micro-enterprises that are significantly affected by the price impacts of the inclusion of buildings into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC and lack the means to renovate the building they occupy;deleted
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 492 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
(13) ‘vulnerable transport users’ means transport users, including from lower middle-income households, that are significantly affected by the price impacts of the inclusion of road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC and lack the means to purchase zero- and low- emission vehicles or to switch to alternative sustainable modes of transport, including public transport, particularly in rural and remotemobility poverty' means a household unable to afford the necessary transport required to meet essential services as well as essential cultural and socio-economic needs, in particular quality employment and education and training, in a given context and which can be caused by one or the combination of the following factors: low-level incomes, high fuel expenditures and/or high costs of public transport, availability of mobility alternatives and their accessibility and location, travelled distances and transport practices, particularly in rural, insular, mountainous and remote areas, including peri-urban areas.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 505 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13 a (new)
(13a) ‘worst performing buildings’ mean buildings below E energy performance rating, as defined in [Article 2(17) of Recast EPBD].
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 508 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. EWithin 6 months upon the entry into force of this Regulation, each Member State shall submit to the Commission a Social Climate Plan (‘the Plan’) together with the update to.The Plan shall be coherent and maximise synergies with the integrated national energy and climate plan of that Member State referred to in Article 14(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in accordance with the procedure and timeline laid down in that Articl. The Plan shall contain detailed mapping of households and individuals in situation of energy or mobility poverty, and an gender-sensitive analysis of the main causes of energy and mobility poverty in that Member State. The Plan shall also contain a coherent set of measures and investments to address the impact of carbon pricing on vulnerable households, vulnerable micro- enterprises and vulnerable transport users in order to ensure affordable heating, cooling and mobility while accompanying and accelerating necessary measures to meet the cshort- and medium-term targets to eradicate energy and mobility poverty, and a coherent set of measures and investments at national, regional or local level to meet those targets, as a way to accelerate both the delivery of the Union energy and climate targets and of the objectives of the European Pillar of Social Rights. The Plan shall also indicate how additional revenues from the auctioning of allowances in respect of activities listed under Chapters II and III of Directive 2003/87/EC contribute to achieving the targets set out in the Plan. Member States shall apply the Partnership principle laid down in Article 8 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 at each stage of the preparation and implementation of the Plan. In order to facilimtate targets of the Union. he preparation of the Plan, the Commission shall publish guidance, including a template.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 525 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. TIn case Member States provide sufficient evidence that households in energy poverty and people facing mobility poverty may not enjoy the benefits of the measures and investments referred to in paragraph 3 within a maximum of three years after the adoption of the Plan, they may include national or subnational measures providing temporary direct income support to vulnerable households and households that are vulnerable transport users to reduce the imdirect support to households and people, provided that they demonstrate that such support is proportional and limited to three years, and is pacrt of the increase in the price of fossil fuels resulting from the inclusion of buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/ECa holistic strategy to lift those households and people out of energy and mobility poverty, with special attention to women and people living in remote and less accessible areas, including peri-urban areas, to help reducing immediate energy and mobility costs, by providing facilitated access to green energy efficient solutions and shared and integrated mobility services.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 541 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. The Plan shall include national project, regional or local projects or programmes to:
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Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 545 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) finance measures and investments to increase energy efficiency of buildings, to implement energy efficiency improvement measures, to carry out building renovation, and to decarbonise heating and coolingwith a lasting impact to decarbonise the identified building stock, prioritising demand-side measures and applying the energy efficiency first principle, starting with the deep or staged deep renovation of buildings, includingand the integrstallation of on-site and nearby facilities for energy production from renewable energy sources; to cater for residual energy needs, including for heating and cooling.
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Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 556 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
(aa) provide financial and technical support to renewable energy communities and community-led local development projects in urban, peri-urban and rural areas, including locally owned energy systems, as well as the arrangements for engaging and building capacity at the local level;
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Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 557 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a b (new)
(ab) finance measures and investments to ensure access to decent, affordable and sustainable housing, including through the rehabilitation of abandoned buildings;
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 558 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a c (new)
(ac) finance measures addressing non- monetary barriers to improvements in the energy efficiency in buildings and uptake of renewable energy as well as barriers to accessing sustainable mobility and public transport services, in order to combat energy poverty and mobility poverty, these may include measures addressing administrative barriers and information deficit such as energy consultations and advice services, including at community level;
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 560 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) finance measures and investments to increase the uptake of zero- and low- emission mobility and transportwith a lasting impact to accelerate the shift towards zero-emission mobility, prioritising demand-side measures and applying the energy efficiency first principle, starting with measures and investments leading to a modal shift from private to public, shared and active mobility.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 575 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a Access to justice 1. Member States shall ensure that, in accordance with their national legal system, members of the public concerned have access to a review procedure before a court of law or other independent and impartial body established by law with a view to challenging the substantive or procedural legality of decisions, acts or omissions subject to Articles 3-6, 8,10,14, 17 and 22 of this Regulation; or to Article 10 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 when one of the following conditions is met: (i) they have a sufficient interest; (ii) they claim the impairment of a right where administrative procedural law of a Member State requires such a right to be a precondition. 2. Member States shall determine the stage at which decisions, acts or omissions may be challenged. 3. Member States shall determine what constitutes a sufficient interest and impairment of a right, consistent with the objective of giving the public concerned wide access to justice. To that end, non governmental organisation promoting environmental protection and meeting any requirements under national law shall be deemed as having a sufficient interest or having rights capable of being impaired for the purpose of paragraph 1 of this Article. 4. This Article shall not exclude the possibility of a preliminary review procedure before an administrative authority and shall not affect the requirement of exhaustion of administrative review procedures prior to recourse to judicial review procedures, where such a requirement exists under national law. Any such procedure shall be fair, equitable, timely and not prohibitively expensive. 5. Member States shall ensure that practical information is made easily available to the public on access to administrative and judicial review procedures.
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Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 577 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) concrete measures and investments in accordance with Article 3 to reduce the effects referred to in point (c) of this paragraphand 6 to combat energy poverty and mobility poverty together with an explanation of how they would contribute effectively to the achievement of the objectives set out in Article 1 within the overall setting of a Member State’s relevant policies in particular; (i) community led local development projects, planned use and arrangement to encourage and deliver integrated territorial development and community led local developments as well as the arrangements for engaging and building capacity at the local and territorial levels to engage in the transition; (ii) an overview of the non- financial barriers in the national context and a detailed description of measures to address the relevant non-financial barriers and estimated impact of the measures on the implementation of energy efficiency and transport measures;(iii) specific measures to enhance access to basic energy services, where relevant, based on the analysis provided in point (a a) new;
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 579 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) a robust and detailed description on households in energy poverty to identify potential beneficiaries of measures outlined in Article 3 (3) a as well as those living in mobility poverty in the national context. The description for households in energy poverty shall include inter alia (i) people at risk of poverty or social exclusion, households living in energy poverty, (ii) households that lack access to basic energy services, and in particular households that are not physically connected to the grids and who face disconnections due to inability to pay (iii) households living in worst performing buildings or if such data is not or only partially available, household living in buildings constructed before 1960;
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 582 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
(ab) national targets broken down into biannual sub-targets to reduce the number of households in energy and mobility poverty and emission reduction targets over the duration of the plan based on the analysis provided in point (a a) new;
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 584 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) concrete accompanying measures and reforms that are needed to accomplish the measures and investments of the Plan and reduce the effects referred to in point (c) as well as information on existing or planned financing of measures and investments from other Union, international, public or private sources; including: i) measures aimed at ensuring that building renovations do not result in evictions or indirect evictions through rent increases of vulnerable people, including conditioning any financial support or fiscal incentives on the obligation for the landlord to maintain the rental agreement for a period of at least 10 years and keep the costs of the rent at the same level as prior to the renovation, except in case of any exemptions and indexations foreseen in national rental law; ii) measures aimed at addressing the problem of split-incentives between home- owners and tenants, while strengthening the protection and safeguards of tenants and promoting the right to decent, affordable and sustainable housing;
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 592 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) an estimate of the likely effects of that increase in prices on households, and in particular on inThese impacts are to be analysed with a sufficidence of energy poverty, on micro-enterprises and on transport users, comprising in particular an estimate and the identification of vulnerable households, vulnerable micro- enterprises and vulnerable transport users; these impacts are to be analysed with a sufficient level of regional disaggregation, taking into account elements such as access to public transport and basic servicet gender disaggregated data and gender-sensitive information, a sufficient level of regional disaggregation, taking into account elements such as access to decent, adequate, safe, accessible, affordable and healthy housing, to public transport and essential services as well as cultural and socio-economic needs and identifying the areas mostly affected, particularly territories which are remote, insular and rural or less accessible, including peri-urban areas;
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 601 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) a gender impact assessment and an explanation of how the measures and investments contained in the Plan take into account the objectives to contribute to gender equality and equal opportunities for all and the mainstreaming of those objectives, in line with principles 2 and 3 of the European Pillar of Social Rights, with the UN Sustainable Development Goal 5 and, where relevant, with the national gender equality strategy;
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 604 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) where the Plan provides for measures referred to in Article 3(2), the criteria for the identification of eligible final recipients, the indication of the envisaged time limit for the measures in question with a maximum of three years, and their justification on the basis of a quantitative estimate and a qualitative explanation of how the measures in the Plan are expected to reduce energy and transport poverty and the vulnerability of households, micro-enterprises and transport users to an increase of road transport and heating fuel prprovide a necessary and proportionate immediate relief for households in energy poverty and people facing mobility poverty as part of a holistic strategy to effectively lift those households and people out of energy and mobility poverty through more structural investments on the short to medium term, in particular deep and staged deep renovation of buildings, the phase out the reliance on fossil fuel energy for heating and cooling, as well as access to zero-emission mobility services;
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Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 615 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) envisaged milestones, and targets to eradicate energy and mobility poverty, and an indicative timetable for the implementation of the measures and investments to be completed by 31 July 2032each biennial integrated national energy and climate progress report pursuant to Article 23, and at the end of each multiannual financial framework, that is, by 31 December 2027 and by 31 July 2035 respectively;
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 634 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) the arrangements for the effective monitoring and implementation of the Plan by the Member State concernedand regional and local authorities concerned, including the involvement of economic and social partners and civil society in the process, in particular of the proposed milestones and targets, including indicators for the implementation of measures and investments, which, where relevant, shall be those available with the Statistical office of the European Union European Statistical Office and the European Energy Poverty Observatory as identified by Commission Recommendation 2020/156354 on energy poverty; _________________ 54 OJ L 357, 27.10.2020, p. 35.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 637 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point j
(j) for the preparation and, where available, for the implementation of the Plan, a detailed description summary of the consultation process, conducted in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and Article 8 of Regulation(EU) 2021/1060 and with the national legal framework, of local and regional authorities, social partners, civil society organisations, youth organisations and other relevant stakeholders, and how the input of the stakeholders is reflected in the Plan as well at their specific roles for the design, implementation and monitoring;
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 646 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. WThen preparing their Plans, Member States may request the Commission to organis Commission shall set up a platform to actively promote the exchange of good practices among all stakeholders and communities concerned by the implementation of the Fund as well as to provide guidance to enable and exchancourage the capacity buildinge of good practices. Member Statestakeholders to participate in the development and implementation of the Fund. Member States and the stakeholders involved in the preparation of the Plans may also request technical support under the ELENA facility, established by an Agreement of the Commission with the European Investment Bank in 2009, or under the Technical Support Instrument established by Regulation (EU) 2021/240 of the European Parliament and of the Council58 . _________________ 58 Regulation (EU) 2021/240 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 February 2021 establishing a Technical Support Instrument (OJ L 57, 18.2.2021, p. 1).
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 647 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4a Biennial progress reports 1. In the context of the biennial integrated national energy and climate progress reports referred to in Article17 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, Member States shall report on the number of households in situation of energy and transport poverty, and on progress towards the milestones and targets referred to in point (e) of Article 4(2). 2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 25 to supplement this Regulation in order to set out the structure, format and technical details of this reporting.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 651 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Respect for fundamental and human rights and compliance with the European Convention on Human Rights, the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU, the ILO Conventions and the International Bill of Human Rights shall be ensured throughout the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the Fund. The measures and investments financed by the Fund shall respect the principle of non-discrimination on the grounds of gender, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation throughout their preparation and implementation and ensure, where relevant, the accessibility for persons with disabilities. The measures and investments supported by the Fund shall respect the principle of gender equality and address energy poverty and mobility poverty from a gender-sensitive perspective. All beneficiaries of the Fund shall comply with the conditions outlined in this paragraph prior to receiving any form of financial support.
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Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 657 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) deep and staged deep building renovation;
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Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 658 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) development and use of renewable energy sources including through renewable energy communities;
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Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 660 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) zero- and low-emission mobility and transportintegrated mobility services;
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 671 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) reductions in the number of vulnerable households, especially households in energy poverty, of vulnerable micro-enterprises and of vulnerable transport usershouseholds in energy poverty and people facing mobility poverty, including in rural and remote areas., disaggregated per gender;
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 680 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
(ea) creation of sustainable, safe, quality jobs.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 697 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Social Climate Fund shall not support measures and investments excluded under Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1056.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 699 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. The activities financed by the Social Climate Fund should be conditional to decent wages and decent working conditions - including for health and Safety aspects and direct employment contracts, adequate trade union representation, social dialogue and collective bargaining rights. Any activity financed by the fund shall therefore respect applicable collective agreements as well as social labour law at national and EU levels and ILO conventions.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 703 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. In case Member States may include the costs of measures providing temporary direct income support to vulnerable households and vulnerable households that are transport users to absorb the increase in road transport and heating fuel prices. Such support shall decrease over time and be limited to the direct impact of the emission trading for buildings and road transport. Eligibility for such direct income support shall cease within the time limits identified under Article 4(1) point (d). provide sufficient evidence that households in energy poverty and people facing mobility poverty may not enjoy the benefits of the measures and investments referred to in paragraph 2 within a maximum of three years after the adoption of the Plan, they may include the costs of measures providing temporary and proportionate direct support, strictly limited to households affected by energy poverty and people facing mobility poverty by improving access to affordable clean energy efficiency solutions and to sustainable mobility and public transport. Such support shall be limited to three years and conditioned to additional structural investments with long lasting impacts provided in the Plan to effectively lift those households and people out of energy and mobility poverty. Direct support should not exceed 20% of the total estimated costs of the plan.
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Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 715 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States may include the costs of the following measures and investmenstructural investments with lasting impacts in the estimated total costs of the Plans, provided they principally benefit vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-households in enterprises or vulnerable transport usersgy poverty and people facing mobility poverty and intend to:
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 730 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) support deep and staged deep building renovations, especially for those occupying worst- performing buildings, in privately-owned homes or in social housing, including in the form of financial support or fiscal incentives such as deductibility of renovation costs from the rent, independently of the ownership of the buildings concerned;
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 735 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) contribute to the decarbonisation, including the electrification, of heating and cooling of, and cooking in, buildingsachieving a climate- neutral building stock, including energy- efficient electrification, from additional renewable energy sources of heating and cooling of, and cooking in, buildings and support the installations of on-site and nearby production and distribution and the integration of energy from additional renewable sources including through citizen energy communities and peer-to- peer energy sharing, to power any residual demand and that contribute to the achievements of energy savings;
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 746 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) provide households with tailored advice and information about energy savings and consumer rights, renewable energy technologies and participation and consumer rights, as well as about sustainable and affordable mobility and transport alternatives, including via tailored mobility management services, tailored energy consultations or other type of personalised support aimed at addressing energy and mobility poverty;
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 749 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b b (new)
(bb) support the rehabilitation of abandoned buildings and spaces to increase access to affordable and sustainable housing, while increasing the energy efficiency of the buildings;
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 754 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) support public and private entities, in particular social housing providers, in developing and providing affordable energy efficiency renovation solutions and appropriate funding instruments in line with the social goals of the Fund;
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 758 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) provide access to zero- and low- emission vehicles and bikesinvestments aimed at accelerating the modal shift from private individual vehicles towards fostering a zero-emission sustainable mobility, including financial support for fiscal incentives for their purchase as well as for appropriate public and private infrastructure, including for recharging and refuelling; for support concerning low-emission vehicles, a timetable for gradually reducing the support shall be providedthe creation and development of cycling routes and of integrated mobility services, and for the purchase of bikes; in case Member States include measures to support access to zero-emission vehicles, they shall demonstrate that the beneficiaries of such support cannot have access to other means of transport or mobility services;
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 774 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) grant free access to public transport or adapted tariffs for access to public transport, as well as fostering sustainablezero- emission mobility on demand and shared mobility services, especially in rural, insular, mountainous, remote and less accessible areas or for less developed regions or territories, including less developed peri-urban areas;
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 787 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
(fa) support capacity building and training of people affected by energy poverty or mobility poverty in order to engage in peer-to-peer and community work initiatives aimed at combatting energy poverty and mobility poverty;
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 792 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point f b (new)
(fb) support initiatives by renewable energy communities and citizen energy communities towards energy poverty alleviation, and promoting and facilitating the participation of households in energy poverty and people facing mobility poverty in energy communities.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 802 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Fund shall not support, and the estimated total costs of Plans shall not include measures in the form of direct income support pursuant to Article 3(2) of this Regulation for households already benefiting:
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 809 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Where it is proven by the Member State concerned in its Plan that the public interventions referred to in paragraph 1 do not fully off-set the price increase resulting from the inclusion of the sectors of buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC, direct income support may be included in the estimated total costs in the limits of the price increase not fully off-set.deleted
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 816 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – title
Pass-on of benefits to households, micro- enterprises and transport users
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 817 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Member States may include into the estimated total costs financial support provided to public or private entities other than vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-households in enterprises and vulnerable transport usesgy poverty and people facing mobility poverty, if those entities carry out measures and investments ultimately benefitting vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises and vulnerable transport userson their behalf and which ultimately directly benefit those households and people.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 824 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Member States shall provide for the necessary statutory and contractual safeguards to ensure that the entire benefit is passed on to the households, micro- enterprises and transport users. The Commission shall issue guidance on minimum principles and safeguards and promote best practices.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 830 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The financial envelope for the implementation of the Fund for the period 20254-2027 shall be EUR 23 7at least EUR 48 500 000 000 in current prices.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 844 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The financial envelope for the implementation of the Fund for the period 2028-2032 shall be EUR 48 500 000 000 in current prices, subject to the availability of the amounts under the annual ceilings of the applicable multiannual financial framework referred to in Article 312 TFEUas of 2028 shall be determined during the negotiations of the next multiannual financial framework, but shall not be set at a level lower than EUR 48 500 000 000.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 857 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. The amounts referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 may also cover expenses pertaining to preparatory, monitoring, control, audit and evaluation activities which are required for the management of the Fund and the achievement of its objectives, in particular studies, meetings of experts, consultation of stakeholders, information and communication actions, including inclusive outreach actions, and corporate communication of the political priorities of the Union, insoin so far as they are related to the objectives of this Regulation, expenses linked to IT networks focusing on information processing and exchange, corporate information technology tools, and all other technical and administrative assistance expenses incurred by the Commission for the management of the Fund. Expenses may also cover the costs of other supporting activities such as quality control and monitoring of projects on the ground and the costs of peer counselling and experts for the assessment and implementation of the eligible actions.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 864 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Resources allocated to Member States under shared management may, at their request, be transferred to the Fund subject to the conditions set out in the relevant provisions of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060. The Commission shall implement those resources directly in accordance with Article 62(1), first subparagraph, point (a) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046. Those resources shall be used exclusively for the benefit of the Member State concerned.deleted
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 897 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13 a Pre-financing 1. Subject to the adoption by the Commission of the implementing act referred to in Article 16(1), when a Member State requests pre-financing together with the submission of the Plan, the Commission shall make a pre- financing payment of an amount of up to 13 % of the financial contribution. By derogation from Article 116(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046, the Commission shall make the corresponding payment within, to the extent possible, two months after the adoption by the Commission of the legal commitment referred to in Article 18. 2. In cases of pre-financing under paragraph 1, the financial contributions shall be adjusted proportionally.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 924 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
(i) whether the Plan represents an adequate and effective response to the social impact on and challenges faced by vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-households in enterprises and vulnerable transport users in the Member State concerned from establishing the emission trading system for buildings and road transport established pursuant to Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/ECgy and mobility poverty in the Member State, especially households in energy poverty, duly taking into account the challenges identified in the assessments of the Commission of the update of the concerned Member State’s integrated national energy and climate plan and of its progress pursuant to Article 9(3), and Articles 13 and 29 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, as well as in the Commission recommendations to Member States issued pursuant to Article 34 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in view of the Union’s 2030 climate and energy targets and the long- term objective of climate neutrality in the Union by 2050. This shall take into account the specific challenges and the financial allocation of the Member State concerned;
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 946 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii
(iii) whether the Plan contains measures and investments that contribute to the green transition, including to addressing the challenges resulting therefrom and in particular to the achievement of the 2030 and 2050 climate and energy objectives of the Union and the 2030 milestones of the Mobility Strategy.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 948 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii a (new)
(iiia) whether the Plan has been prepared and developed through the meaningful and inclusive participation of all relevant stakeholders in compliance with Article 10 of Regulation (EU)2018/1999 and Article 8 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060;
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 949 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii b (new)
(iiib) whether the Plan contains a gender impact analysis and an explanation of how the measures and investments contained in the Plan are expected to address the gender dimension of energy poverty and mobility poverty and ensure a gender-balanced impact, while contributing to the mainstreaming of gender equality, in line with the national gender equality strategy, the European Pillar of Social Rights and the UN Sustainable Development Goals;
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 969 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) For the purpose of assessing coherence, the Commission shall take into account whether the Plan contains measures and investments that represent coherent actions.the following criteria:
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 972 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point d – point i (new)
i) whether the Plan contains measures and investments that represent coherent actions.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 973 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point d – point ii (new)
ii) how the measures and investments contained in the Plan interact with existing policies and financing programmes;
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 974 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point d – point iii (new)
iii) whether the measures and investments included in the Plan deliver adequately on the potential synergies between climate, environment and social targets to meet the EU's 2030 and 2050 targets and commitments to achieve the UN sustainable development goals as well as the objectives of the European Pillar of Social Rights;
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 975 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point d – point iv (new)
iv) whether the measures and investments are accompanied by complementary measures required to effectively address energy poverty and mobility poverty.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 988 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. Where a Social Climate Plan, including relevant milestones and targets, is no longer achievable, either in whole or in part, by the Member State concerned because of objective circumstances, in particular because of the actual direct effects of the emission trading system for buildings and road transport established pursuant to Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/EC, the Member State concerned may submit to the Commission an amendment of its Plan to include the necessary and duly justified changes. Member States may request technical support for the preparation of such request.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 996 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 5
5. By 15 March 2027 each Member State concerned shall assess the appropriateness of its Plans in view of the actual direct effects of the emission trading system for buildings and road transport established pursuant to Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/087/ECobjective to eradicate energy poverty and mobility poverty, while meeting the Union energy and climate targets. Those assessments shall be submitted to the Commission as part of the biennial progress reporting pursuant to Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 1004 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. After the Commission has adopted a decision as referred to in Article 16, it shall in due time conclude an agreement with the Member State concerned constituting an individual legal commitment within the meaning of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 covering the period 2025-2027. That agreement may be concluded at the earliest one year befrom the entry into force the year of the start of the aucof this Regulations under Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/ECtil 2027.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 1040 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ensure complementarity, synergy, coherence and consistency among different instruments at Union, national and, where appropriate, region, regional and local levels, both in the planning phase and during implementation;
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 1043 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) ensure close cooperation between those responsible for implementation and control at Union, national and, where appropriate, region, regional and local levels to achieve the objectives of the Fund.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 1049 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 a (new)
Article 22 a Visibility of Union funding 1. Each Member State shall ensure: (a) the visibility for intermediary entities and final beneficiaries of Union support in all activities relating to operations supported by the Fund; (b) communication to Union citizens of the role and achievements of the Fund through a single website portal providing access to all programmes involving that Member State. 2. Member States shall acknowledge, and where applicable shall ensure that intermediary entities acknowledge, support from the Fund and the origin of those funds by: (a) ensuring the visibility of the Union funding to the final beneficiaries and the public, including by displaying the emblem of the Union and an appropriate funding statement that reads ‘funded by the European Union – Social Climate Fund’ on documents and communication material relating to the implementation of the operation intended for the final beneficiaries or for the public; (b) providing on their official website, where such a site exists, and social media sites, a short description of the operation, proportionate to the level of support, including its aims and results, and highlighting the financial support from the Union; (c) displaying for operations involving physical investment or equipment durable plaques or billboards clearly visible to the final beneficiaries and the public, that present the emblem of the Union, as soon as the physical implementation of operations involving physical investment starts or purchased equipment is installed; (d) communicating for operations involving financial instruments, including for temporary direct support in accordance with Article 6(1[CD1] ), the amount of support from the Fund to the final recipients. 3. Where a Member State does not comply with the obligations under paragraphs 1 and 2, and where remedial actions have not been put into place, the Commission shall apply measures, taking into account the principle of proportionality, that cancel up to 5 % per year of the support from the Fund to the Member State concerned.
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Amendment 1056 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) detailed quantitative information as well as disaggregated data on the number of households in energy poverty and users effected by mobility poverty and changes compared to the last report using the definition proposed in their plan;
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Amendment 1064 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) detailed information on the results of the measures and investments, included in its Plan, in particular as regards the emission reduction achieved and the number of people benefitting from the measures by gender and age group;
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Amendment 1068 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) in 2027, an assessment of the Plan referred to in Article 17(5) in view of the actual direct effects of the emission trading system for buildings and road transport established pursuant to Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/087/EC;
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Amendment 1084 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. By 31 July 20286, the Commission shall provide the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions with an evaluation report on the implementation and functioning of the Fund until that date, taking into account in particular the results of the first reports submitted by the Member States according to Article 23.
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Amendment 1094 #
3. The evaluation report shall, in particular, assess to which extent the objectives of the Fund laid down in Article 1 have been achieved, the efficiency of the use of the resources and the Union added value. It shall consider the continued relevance of all objectives and actions set out in Article 6 in light of the impact on greenhouse gas emissions from the emission trading system for buildings and road transport pursuant to Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/EC and from the national measures taken to meet the binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council63 . It shall also consider the continued relevance of the financial envelope of the Fund in relation to possible developments concerning the auctioning of allowances under the emission trading system for buildings and road transport pursuant to Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/EC and other relevant considerations. _________________ 63 Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 contributing to climate action to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement and ameevolution of the situation of energy and mobility poverty across the Union as reported by Member States pursuant to Article 4a, the updated integrated national energy and climate plans submitted in accordance with Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and progress towards the implementation of the objectives of the EU Pillar of Social Rights. It shall also consider the continued relevance of the financial envelope of the Fund ing Regu relation (EU) No 525/2013 (OJ L 156, 19.6.2018, p. 26-42)to those developments.
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Amendment 1104 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
It shall apply from the date by which the Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive (EU) [yyyy/nnn] of the European Parliament and the Council64 amending Directive 2003/87/EC as regards Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/EC. _________________ 64 [Directive (EU) yyyy/nnn of the European Parliament and of the Council…. (OJ …..).] [Directive amending Directive 2003/87/EC]deleted
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Amendment 1111 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 2 – indent 6
— the share of reference emissions under Article 4(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/842 for the sectors covered by [Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/EC] (2016-2018 average).deleted
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Amendment 1112 #
For the Member States with a GNI per capita below 90% of the EU-27 value, cannot be lower than the share of reference emissions under Article 4(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/842 for the sectors covered by [Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/EC] for the average of the period 2016-2018. The of the Member States with a GNI per capita above the EU-27 value are proportionally adjusted to ensure that the sum of all equals 100%.deleted
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