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26 Amendments of Eluned MORGAN related to 2008/0016(COD)

Amendment 191 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. The greenhouse gas emission saving from the use of biofuels and other bioliquidsenergy taken into account for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1 shall be at least 35%calculated in accordance with Article 17(1) and shall be at least 60%, using a full life cycle analysis approach based on the latest scientific data .
2008/06/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 201 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Biofuels and other bioliquidsenergy taken into account for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be made from raw material obtained from land with recognised high biodiversity value, that is to say land that had one of the following statuses in or after JanuarMay 20083, whether or not the land still has this status:
2008/06/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 210 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Biofuels and other bioliquidsenergy taken into account for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be made from raw material obtained from land with high carbon stock, that is to say land that had one of the following statuses in JanuarMay 20083 and no longer has this status:
2008/06/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 214 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) wetlands, that is to say land that is covered with or saturated by water permanently or for a significant part of the year, including pristineall peatland;s.
2008/06/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 215 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) continuously forested areas, that is to say land spanning more than 1 hectare0.5 ha with trees higher than 5 metres and a canopy cover of more than 310%, or trees able to reach these thresholds in situ; (ba) Savannah and scrubland, that is to say areas of mixed tree, shrub and grassland. (bb) Permanent grassland, i.e. rangelands and pasture land which have been under grassland vegetation and pasture use for at least 20 years and are not forest.
2008/06/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 218 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
The provisions in this paragraph shall not apply if at the time the raw material was obtained, the land had the same status as it had in JanuarMay 20083.
2008/06/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 226 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall not refuse to take into account, for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1, biofuel and other bioliquids obtained in compliance with this Article, on other grounds of sustainability.deleted
2008/06/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 235 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 26 a (new)
(26a) Fuel prices have been rising and energy poverty is affecting a growing number of people in the European Community, costs for consumers should be considered within the context of promoting energy from renewable sources. An integrated approach is needed to eradicate fuel poverty and should include social measures and the protection of vulnerable consumers, alongside energy efficient improvements for housing and long term environmental goals to reduce carbon emissions.
2008/06/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 433 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. In designing and managing support schemes for renewable energy sources, Member States shall aim to provide long- term stable framework conditions.
2008/06/24
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 531 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. The competent body shall not carry out or be affiliated with any energy generation, trade, supply or distribution activities.
2008/06/24
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 700 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that information on support measures is, and special services for vulnerable consumers are made available to consumers, builders, installers, architects, social housing organisations and suppliers of heating, cooling and electricity equipment and systems and of vehicles compatible with the use of high biofuel blends or pure biofuels.
2008/07/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 728 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall develop guidance for planners and, architects and social housing organisations so that they are able properly to consider the use of energy from renewable sources and of district heating and cooling when planning, designing, building and renovating industrial residential areas.
2008/07/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 742 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. Without prejudice to the maintenance of the reliability and safety of the grid, and insofar as the security of the national electricity system permits: (a) Member States shall ensure that transmission system operators and distribution system operators in their territory guarantee the priority connection, transmission and distribution of electricity produced from renewable energy sources. They shall also and ensure that the responsible system operators optimise, reinforce and extend the grid following a reasonable request from a renewable energy producer to ensure priority connection, access, transmission, distribution and dispatch of electricity produced from renewable energy sources; (b) Member States shall provide for priority access to the grid system of electricity produced from renewable energy sources. W(c) when dispatching electricity generating installations, transmission system operators shall give priority to generating installations using renewable energy sources insofar as the security of the national electricity. (d) Members States shall ensure that the responsible system operators take all appropriate grid and market related operational measures to minimise the losses of electricity produced from renewable energy sources; Members States shall ensure that the responsible system opermitsators report publicly and without undue delay on the issues and measures taken.
2008/07/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 813 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
3. Biofuels and other bioliquidsenergy taken into account for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be made from raw material obtained from land with recognised high biodiversity value, that is to say land that had one of the following statuses in or after JanuarMay 20083, whether or not the land still has this status:
2008/07/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 817 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) areas that provide basic ecosystem services in critical situations (such as watershed protection and erosion control) as defined by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, subject to their recognition in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 16(4), second subparagraph;
2008/07/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 829 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) wetlands, that is to say land that is covered with or saturated by water permanently or for a significant part of the year, including pristineall peatlands;
2008/07/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 831 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) continuously forested areas, that is to say land spanning more than 10.5 ha with trees higher 5 metres and a canopy cover of more than 310% or trees able to reach these thresholds in situ.
2008/07/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 832 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) savannah and scrubland, that is to say areas of mixed tree, shrub and grassland.
2008/07/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 833 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b b (new)
(bb) permanent grassland, i.e. rangelands and pasture land which have been under grassland vegetation and pasture use for at least 20 years and are not forest.
2008/07/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 834 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b c (new)
(bc) wetlands, as defined by the RAMSAR Convention, subject to the recognition in accordance with the procedure provided in Article 16(4), second subparagraph;
2008/07/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 835 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
The provisions in this paragraph shall not apply if at the time the raw material was obtained, the land had the same status as it had in JanuarMay 20083.
2008/07/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 851 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Irrespective of whether the raw materials were cultivated inside or outside the territory of the Community, biofuels and other bioliquids shall not be taken into account for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1 unless information has been provided in accordance with Article 16 of this Directive, in relation to the production of biofuels and other bioliquids, and of their raw materials, on: (a) an impact assessment to identify any areas and species referred to under Article 15(3), a management plan aimed at maintaining or enhancing their status [as well as achieving the aims of points (b) to (f) of this paragraph], and compliance with this management plan; (b) application of practices to ensure sustainable use of water, including conservation of underground water, and prevention of water pollution; (c) application of practices to ensure sustainable soil management, erosion prevention and erosion control; (d) use of agrochemicals categorised as World Health Organisation Type 1A or 1B and Class 2 products or listed by the Stockholm and Rotterdam Conventions, and, in the case of such use, the extent to which growers are actively seeking to identify alternatives; (e) burning as part of land clearing or waste disposal, and the extent to which it is in accordance with good practice guidance to be identified by the Commission in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 21(2); (f) the extent of compliance with the following criteria: i) the right to use the land can be demonstrated and is not legitimately contested by local communities with demonstrable legal or customary rights; ii) local people are compensated for any agreed land acquisitions and relinquishment of rights, subject to their free, prior and informed consent and agreements negotiated through their own institutions; iii)use of the land for the cultivation of raw materials for biofuels or other bioliquids does not diminish the legal rights, customary rights or traditional rights of other users without their free, prior and informed consent; iv) no raw material shall be cultivated on land obtained for that purpose through forced eviction; v) the production of raw materials for biofuels, other bioliquids shall not use or support forced labour including bonded labour [as defined by ILO conventions 29 and 105]: (1) the company does not retain any part of workers’ salaries, benefits, property or documents in order that they remain in production (2) the company must also refrain from any form of physical or psychological measure in order to keep workers employed (3) workers are free to leave their employer after reasonable notice (4) spouses and children of contracted workers cannot be required to work in production vi) no children below the age of 15 are employed (unless on family farms and without interference with their educational, moral, social and physical development), and no hazardous or dangerous work is carried out by workers under the age of 18 vii) all workers have legal contracts and should be remunerated fairly according to the terms therein (1) workers must be paid in cash, or in a form that is convenient to them, in a regular and timely manner (2) deductions from wages as a disciplinary measure are not permitted nor shall any deductions from wages not provided for by national law be permitted without the expressed permission of the worker concerned. All disciplinary measures should be recorded. (3) housing and other benefits shall not be automatically deducted from the minimum wage/or relevant industry wage as a payment in kind. (4) in instances of piecework, the pay rate must permit the worker to earn at least the minimum wage or relevant industry standard (whichever is higher) during normal working hours and under normal working conditions.
2008/07/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 917 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) for biofuels, where a default value for greenhouse gas emission savings for the biofuel production pathway is laid down in Part A or B of Annex VII and where the el value for those biofuels calculated in accordance with point 7 of Part C of Annex VII is equal to or less than zero, by using that default value;
2008/07/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 983 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) measures taken to ensure the transmission and distribution of electricity produced from renewable energy sources, particularly, where appropriate, from offshore wind, and to improve the framework or rules for bearing and sharing of costs referred to in Article 14(3);
2008/07/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1024 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. In its reports the Commission shall also analyse the policies implemented by those Member States where there is a potential for offshore wind development, particularly whether those Member States have: (a) established a single administrative body responsible for processing authorisation, certification and licensing applications for offshore wind installations and providing assistance to applicants; (b) identified the need for long-term and strategic grid planning to incorporate large amounts of electricity from offshore wind farms; (c) established marine spatial planning instruments to reach optimal site selection. It shall, if appropriate, propose further legislation to ensure the timely deployment of offshore wind.
2008/07/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1028 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. In its reports the Commission shall also analyse the policies implemented by those Member States where there is a potential for offshore wind development, particularly whether those Member States have: (a) established a single administrative body responsible for processing authorisation, certification and licensing applications for offshore wind installations and providing assistance to applicants; (b) identified the need for long-term and strategic grid planning to incorporate large amounts of electricity from offshore wind farms; (c) established marine spatial planning instruments to reach optimal site selection. It shall, if appropriate, propose further legislation to ensure the timely deployment of offshore wind.
2008/07/02
Committee: ITRE