20 Amendments of Emmanuel MAUREL related to 2023/0081(COD)
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The Union has committed to the accelerated decarbonisation of its economy and ambitious deployment of renewable energy sources to achieve climate neutrality or net zero emissions (emissions after deduction of removals) by 2050. That objective is at the heart of the European Green Deal, green taxonomy and the updated EU Industrial Strategy, and in line with the Union’s commitment to global climate action under the Paris Agreement31. To reach the climate neutrality goal, Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council32 sets a binding Union climate target to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030 compared to 1990. The proposed “Fit for 55”33 package aims to deliver on the Union’s 2030 climate target and revises and updates Union legislation in this respect. _________________ 31 Council Decision (EU) 2016/1841 of 5 October 2016 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Paris Agreement adopted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (OJ L 282, 19.10.2016, p. 4. 32 Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 June 2021 establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulations (EC) No 401/2009 and (EU) 2018/1999 (‘European Climate Law’) (OJ L 243, 9.7.2021, p. 1). 33 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. 'Fit for 55': delivering the EU's 2030 Climate Target on the way to climate neutrality. COM(2021) 550, 14.7.2021.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Regarding external aspects, in particular regarding emerging markets and developing economies, the EU will seek win-win partnerships in the framework of its Global Gateway strategy, which could contribute, under transparency and public scrutiny, to the diversification of its raw materials supply chain as well as to partner countries’ efforts to pursue twin transition and develop local value addition.
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) Batteries can be certified "net zero" on condition that their environmental impact and their entire industrial process are taken into account, in particular the limits of their recycling and the waste generated.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The net-zero transformation is already causing huge industrial, economic, and geopolitical shifts across the globe, which will become ever more pronounced as the world advances in its decarbonisation efforts. The road to net zero translates into strong opportunities for the expansion of Union’s net-zero industry, making use of the strength of the Single Market, by promoting skills and training for european workers, investment in technologies in the field of renewable energy technologies , electricity and heat storage technologies, heat pumps, grid technologies, renewable fuels of non- biological origin technologies, electrolysers and fuel cells, fusion, small modular reactors and related best-in-class fuels, carbon capture, utilisation, and storage technologies, and energy-system related energy efficiency technologies and their supply chains, allowing for the decarbonisation of our economic sectors, from energy supply to transport, buildings, and industry. A strong net zero industry within the European Union can help significantly in reaching the Union’s climate and energy targets effectively, as well as in supporting other Green Deal objectives, while creating jobs and growth.
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) The commitment to accelerate the capture and storage of CO2 cannot be achieved without realistic, transparent, long-term impact studies on the costs and potentially exorbitant risks to nature and to local populations.
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The Union has helped buildmust contribute to a global economic system based on open andfair, rules-based trade, pushed forand benefit-sharing trade, and advocate the respecting and advancing social and environmental sustainability standards, and is fully committed to those valuespromotion of legally binding standards of social and environmental sustainability.
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) The EU must radically reform its competition regulation to enable the creation of European industrial critical size consortium capable of competing on a global scale.
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 b (new)
Recital 16 b (new)
(16b) Net-Zero industrial partnerships must not be part of a blinkered strategy to increase free trade agreements which is in contradiction with a policy of relocating strategic production to Europe, as Covid crisis and the shortage of medicines have clearly highlighted that excessive free trade leads to an increase in the concentration and specialisation of production in individual countries, thereby undermining supplies on a systemic level.
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
Recital 40
(40) Access to finance is key for ensuringand coherence with a determined reform of the state aid regime is essential to guarantee the Union’s open's strategic autonomy and for establishing a solid manufacturing base for net-zero technologies and their supply chains across the Union. The majority of investments necessary to reach the Green Deal objectives will come from private capital53 attracted by the growth potential of the net-zero ecosystem. Well-functioning, deep and integrated capital markets will therefore be essential to raise and channel the funds needed for the green transition and net-zero manufacturing projects. Swift progress towards the Capital Markets Union is thus necessary for the EU to deliver on its net-zero objectives. The sustainable finance agenda (and blended finance) also plays a crucial role in scaling up investments into the net-zero technologies, while guaranteeing the competitiveness of the sector. _________________ 53 Commission Staff Working Document Identifying Europe's recovery needs Accompanying the document Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - Europe's moment: Repair and Prepare for the Next Generation, SWD(2020) 98 final, Identifying Europe's recovery needs, 27.05.2020ublic investment, with strong conditionalities in terms of quality local jobs, respect for ambitious social protections, due payment of taxes, employee profit-sharing.
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) Where private investment alone is not sufficient, the effective roll-out of net- zero manufacturing projects may require public support in the form of State aid. Such aid must have an incentive effect and be necessary, appropriate and proportionate, with social conditionalities in terms of local employement and benefit sharing. The existing State aid guidelines that have recently undergone an in-depth revision in line with the twin transition objectives provide ample possibilities to support investments for projects in the scope of this Regulation subject to certain conditions. Member States can have an important role in easing access to finance for net-zero technologies manufacturing projects by addressing market failures through targeted State aid support. The Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework (TCTF) adopted on 9 March 2023 aims at ensuring a level playing field within the internal market, targeted to those sectors where a third- country delocalisation risk has been identified, and proportionate in terms of aid amounts. It would enable Member States to put in place measures to support new investments in production facilities in defined, strategic net-zero sectors, including via tax benefits. The permitted aid amount can be modulated with higher aid intensities and aid amount ceilings if the investment is located in assisted areas, in order to contribute to the goal of convergence between Member States and regions. Appropriate conditions are required to verify the concrete risks of diversion of the investment outside the European Economic Area (EEA) and that there is no risk of relocation within the EEA. To mobilise national resources for that purpose, Member States may use a share of the ETS revenues that Member States have to allocate for climate-related purposes.
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41 a (new)
Recital 41 a (new)
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42 a (new)
Recital 42 a (new)
(42a) Regrets the absence of clearly dedicated and financed funds which would bring the necessary ambition to the proposed legislation, and avoid the relocation of private investment to the United States following the Inflation Reduction Act.
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47
Recital 47
(47) A financed and ambitious European Ssovereignty Ffund would provide a structural answer to the investment needs. It will help preserving a European edge on critical and emerging technologies relevant to the green and digital transitions, including net-zero technologies. This structural instrument will build on experience of coordinated multi-country projects under the IPCEIs and seek to enhance all Member States’ access to such projects, thereby safeguarding cohesion and the Single Market against risks caused by unequal availability of State Aids.
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 58 a (new)
Recital 58 a (new)
(58a) Concerning the critical raw materials needed for the technological breakthrough planned, EU must diversify its sources of supply with a much stronger focus on recycling and the need to rethink its valuation model, which is still based on endless growth. Otherwise, Europe will soon be faced with an ecological dilemma: ensuring the extraction of minerals essential for decarbonation, while at the same time denaturing some ecosystems.
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ‘net-zero technologies’ means renewable energy technologies66; electricity and heat storage technologies; heat pumps; grid technologies; renewable fuels of non-biological origin technologies; sustainable alternative fuels technologies67; electrolysers and fuel cells; advanced technologies to produce energy from nuclear processes with minimal waste from the fuel cycle, small modular reactors, and related best-in-class fuelthe production of energy from nuclear processes; carbon capture, utilisation, and storage technologies; and energy-system related energy efficiency technologies. They refer to the final products, specific components and specific machinery primarily used for the production of those products. They shall have reached a technology readiness level of at least 8. _________________ 66 ‘renewable energy' means ‘renewable energy’ as defined in Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources 67 ‘sustainable alternative fuels’ means fuels covered by the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on ensuring a level playing field for sustainable air transport, COM/2021/561 final and by the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and Council on the use of renewable and low-carbon fuels in maritime transport COM/2021/562 final.
Amendment 140 #
(a) ‘net-zero technologies’ means renewable energy technologies66 ; electricity and heat storage technologies; heat pumps; hydroelectricity; grid technologies; renewable fuels of non- biological origin technologies; sustainable alternative fuels technologies67 ; electrolysers and fuel cells; advanced technologies to produce energy from nuclear processes with minimal waste from the fuel cycle, small modular reactors, and related best-in-class fuels; carbon capture, utilisation, and storage technologies; and energy-system related energy efficiency technologies. They refer to the final products, specific components and specific machinery primarily used for the production of those products. They shall have reached a technology readiness level of at least 8. _________________ 66 ‘renewable energy' means ‘renewable energy’ as defined in Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources 67 ‘sustainable alternative fuels’ means fuels covered by the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on ensuring a level playing field for sustainable air transport, COM/2021/561 final and by the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and Council on the use of renewable and low-carbon fuels in maritime transport COM/2021/562 final.
Amendment 182 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Where competent authorities consider that the proposed project raises exceptional risks for the health and safety of workers or of the general population, and where additional time is necessary to establish that adequate safeguards are put in place, they may extend those time limits by a further 6 monthsyear, before their expiry and on a case-by-case basis.
Amendment 211 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. Net-zero strategic projects shall be considered to contribute to the security of supply of strategic net-zero technologies in the Union and therefore to be in the public interest. With regard to the environmental impacts addressed in Articles 6(4) and 16(1)I of Directive 92/43/EEC, Article 4(7) of Directive 2000/60/EC and Article 9(1)(a) of Directive 2009/147/EC, net-zero strategic projects in the Union shall be considered as being of public interest and may be considered as having an overriding public interest provided that all the conditions set out in those Directives are fulfilled, ensuring in particular that the project complies with the Habitats Directive and the protection of Natura 2000 sites, as well as commitments made under the Paris Agreement.
Amendment 251 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2
Article 21 – paragraph 2
2. The additional financial compensation granted by authorities in accordance with paragraph 1, due to the application of the criteria referred to in Article 19(2) (b) (c) and (d) shall not exceed 520 % of the cost of the net-zero technology final product for the consumer.
Amendment 309 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1
Article 29 – paragraph 1
1. The Platform shall be composed Member States and of the Commission. It shall be chaired by a representative of the Commission including the participation and control of the European Parliament.