Activities of Patrick LOUIS related to 2008/0013(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Greenhouse gas emission allowance trading system (debate)
Amendments (54)
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 7 b (new)
Recital 7 b (new)
(7b) Given also that forests could be of great use in mitigating global warming, incentives should be provided with a view to exploiting and developing the sector, without interfering with the other functions that forests perform.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Directive 2003/87/EC and Directive 2004/101/EC amending Directive 2003/87/EC should be brought into line with the provisions laid down in the Kyoto Protocol on land use, land use change, and forestry activities (LULUCF) .
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 8 b (new)
Recital 8 b (new)
(8b) The EU ETS and the Kyoto Protocol ‘project-based mechanisms’ should be fully interlinked by including LULUCF activities within the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC and Directive 2004/101/EC amending Directive 2003/87/EC.
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 8 c (new)
Recital 8 c (new)
(8c) The Commission should consider how, in the light both of the proposals put forward at the Bali Conference and of technical progress, LULUCF activities might be brought within the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC and Directive 2004/101/EC amending Directive 2003/87/EC. It should submit an appropriate legislative proposal to the European Parliament and the Council by the end of 2008 at the latest.
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) Not only growing trees but also wood and its derivatives are a major source of carbon capture and storage. In addition, timber – by substituting fossile energy – combats the greenhouse effect. In conclusion, forests are veritable natural reserves of carbon which is, however, released into the atmosphere when forests are pulled up and burned; hence the importance of introducing forest protection mechanisms in order to attenuate climate change.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 7 b (new)
Recital 7 b (new)
(7b) Having regard also to the major potential of the forest sector for attenuating global warming, incentives should be provided to improve and develop the sector while respecting the other purposes it fulfils.
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community1 should be brought into line with the Kyoto land use protocol (LULUCF), concerning land use change and forestry activities. ______________ 1 OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32. Directive modified by Directive 2004/101/EC (OJ L 338, 13.11.2004, p. 18).
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 8 b (new)
Recital 8 b (new)
(8b) The EU ETS and the Kyoto Protocol ‘project mechanisms’ should be comprehensively linked by including LULUCF activities under the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC.
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 8 c (new)
Recital 8 c (new)
(8c) The Commission should consider ways in which LULUCF activities could be included within the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC, in the light of recommendations formulated at the Bali Conference and of technical progress achived. It should submit a legislative proposal on this matter to the European Parliament and Council by the end of 2008 at the latest.
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) Standing trees, as well as wood and its derivatives, represent a very important source of carbon sequestration and storage. In addition, timber makes it possible to combat the greenhouse effect by replacing fossil energy. In conclusion, forests represent genuine natural carbon reservoirs, but this carbon is released into the atmosphere when forests are uprooted and burned, hence the importance of introducing forestry protection mechanisms in order to mitigate global warming.
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 7 b (new)
Recital 7 b (new)
(7b) Given the forestry sector’s outstanding potential for mitigating global warming, incentives should be introduced to upgrade and develop it, with due regard for the other functions forests fulfil.
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - point 2
Article 1 - point 2
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 3 – paragraph c – point u a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph c – point u a (new)
(ua) a ‘Temporary Certified Emission Reduction’ or ‘tCER’ means a unit resulting from a reafforestation or afforestation project activity that expires at the end of the commitment period in which it was issued, pursuant to Article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol and the decisions concerning the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol.
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Directive 2003/87/EC and Directive 2004/101/EC amending Directive 2003/87/EC should be brought into line with the measures provided for by the Kyoto Protocol concerning activities related to land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF).
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 8 b (new)
Recital 8 b (new)
(8b) The EU ETS should be fully linked with the Kyoto Protocol project-based mechanisms by including LULUCF activities within the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC and Directive 2004/101/EC amending Directive 2003/87/EC.
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - point 7
Article 1 - point 7
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. At least 250% of the revenues generated from the auctioning of allowances referred to in paragraph 2, including all revenues from the auctioning referred to in point (b) thereof, should be used for the following:
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 8 c (new)
Recital 8 c (new)
(8c) The Commission should consider arrangements for including LULUCF activities within the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC and Directive 2004/101/EC amending Directive 2003/87/EC in the light of the proposals put forward at the Bali Conference and technical progress. It should submit a legislative proposal on the subject to the European Parliament and the Council by the end of 2008 at the latest.
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 – point c
Article 1 – point 2 – point c
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 3 – point u a (new)
Article 3 – point u a (new)
[(u a)] a temporary certified emission reduction or ‘tCER’ means a unit issued as a result of a forestation or reforestation project and expiring at the end of the commitment period following the one in which it was issued under Article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol and the decisions relating to the UNFCC and the Kyoto Protocol.
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - point 7
Article 1 - point 7
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – point d
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – point d
(d) for measures to avoid deforestation, in particular in Lleast Ddeveloped Countriescountries, especially by making greater use of certification, and for additional measures by Member States or their regions enabling forests and wood to be employed to more useful effect to mitigate global warming, without encroaching on the other functions which forests perform ;
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) Growing trees, and, moreover, timber and products derived from it, are a very important means of carbon capture and storage. In addition, timber helps – by replacing fossil energy – to combat the greenhouse effect. Forests, in short, are true natural carbon sinks, but the carbon stored is released into the atmosphere when forests are grubbed up and burned. Forest conservation arrangements therefore need to be put in place in order to mitigate the effects of climate change.
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 7 b (new)
Recital 7 b (new)
(7b) Given also that forests could be of great use in mitigating global warming, incentives should be provided with a view to exploiting and developing the sector, without interfering with the other functions that forests perform.
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Directive 2003/87/EC should be brought into line with the provisions laid down in the Kyoto Protocol on land use, land use change, and forestry activities (LULUCF).
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 8 b (new)
Recital 8 b (new)
(8b) The EU ETS and the Kyoto Protocol ‘project-based mechanisms’ should be fully interlinked by including LULUCF activities within the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC.
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 8 c (new)
Recital 8 c (new)
(8c) The Commission should consider how, in the light both of the proposals put forward at the Bali Conference and of technical progress, LULUCF activities might be brought within the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC. It should submit an appropriate legislative proposal to the European Parliament and the Council by the end of 2008 at the latest.
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 7
Article 1 – point 7
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. At least 250% of the revenues generated from the auctioning of allowances referred to in paragraph 2, including all revenues from the auctioning referred to in point (b) thereof, should be used for the following:
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 7
Article 1 – point 7
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – point d
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – point d
(d) for measures to avoid deforestation, in particular in Least Developed Countries;, particularly through the development of certification procedures and additional measures in the Member States or their regions in order to enhance the contribution of forests and the timber industry to combating global warming and climate change, while ensuring that forests can continue to fulfil their other functions.
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - point 9
Article 1 - point 9
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 11a – paragraph 2
Article 11a – paragraph 2
2. Operators may request the competent authority, to the extent that the levels of CER/ERU use allowed to them by Member States for the period 2008 to 2012 have not been used up, to issue allowances to them valid from 2013 onwards in exchange for CERs and ERUs issued in respect of emission reductions up until 2012 from project types which were accepted by all Member States in the Community scheme during the period 2008 to 2012 or from LULUCF activities. Until 31 December 2014, the competent authority shall make such an exchange on request.
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - point 9
Article 1 - point 9
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 11a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 11a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
The first subparagraph shall apply forto all project types which were accepted by all Member States in the Community scheme during the period 2008 to 2012 and to LULUCF activities.
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - point 9
Article 1 - point 9
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 11a – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 11a – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
The first subparagraph shall apply to CERs for all project types which were accepted by all Member States in the Community scheme during the period 2008 to 2012, and to CERs for LULUCF activities, until those countries have ratified an agreement with the Community or until 2020, whichever is the earlier.
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - point 9
Article 1 - point 9
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 11a – paragraph 4a (new)
Article 11a – paragraph 4a (new)
4a. An operator which has used a tCER shall return a CER, tCER, ERU, or allowance at least 30 days before the tCER expires, so as to cover the emissions that have been covered by the expired credit. If the operator has not replaced the tCERs used for the emissions covered before the credits expired, it shall be held liable and required to pay an excess emissions penalty in accordance with the provisions set out in Article 16.
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - point 9
Article 1 - point 9
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 11a – paragraph 4b (new)
Article 11a – paragraph 4b (new)
4b. Member States may receive absorption units corresponding to additional storage of carbon in timber-based products, depending on the counting rules laid down in international agreements on climate change. This opportunity shall give rise to incentive arrangements linked to the ETS.
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 11 a – paragraph 2
Article 11 a – paragraph 2
2. .Operators may request the competent authority, to the extent that the levels of CER/ERU use allowed to them by Member States for the period 2008 to 2012 have not been used up, to issue allowances to them valid from 2013 onwards in exchange for CERs and ERUs issued in respect of emission reductions up until 2012 from project types which were accepted by all Member States in the Community scheme during the period 2008 to 2012 and for activities resulting from land use, changed land use and forestry. Until 31 December 2014, the competent authority shall make such an exchange on request.
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 11 a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 11 a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
The first subparagraph shall apply for all project types which were accepted by all Member States in the Community scheme during the period 2008 to 2012 and to activities resulting from land use, changed land use and forestry.
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 11 a – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 11 a – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
The first subparagraph shall apply to CERs for all project types which were accepted by all Member States in the Community scheme during the period 2008 to 2012, and those emerging from activities resulting from land use, changed land use and forestry, until those countries have ratified an agreement with the Community or until 2020, whichever is the earlier.
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 11 a – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 11 a – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. An operator having used a tCER must restitute a CER, tCER, ERU or allowance at least 30 days before expiry of the tCER so as to cover emissions included by the allowance which has expired. If the operator has not replaced the tCERs used to cover the emissions authorised before expiry of the allowances, the operator will be held responsible for payment of a penalty in excess of the emission under the provisions of article 16.
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 11 a – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 11 a – paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Member States may receive absorption units corresponding to additional carbon storage in wood products under the accounting rules established by international agreements on climate change. This may lead to ETS- linked incentives being provided.
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1 a The Commission shall examine arrangements for the inclusion of LULUCF activities in the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC in the light of the recommendations made at the Bali Conference and the technical progress achieved. It shall submit a legislative proposal to the European Parliament and Council by the end of 2008 at the latest. This proposal shall concern in particular the full inclusion of LULUCF projects in the (JI and CDM) 'project mechanisms' provided for by the Kyoto Protocol, including the use of CERs and ERUs resulting from project activities under the Community system prior to the entry into force of a new International Agreement on Climate Change.
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1 a (new)
Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 1 – point 1 a (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1 a (new)
(1a) The following article shall be inserted: "Article 1a 1. The Commission shall examine ways of including LULUCF activities in the field of application of this Directive, in the light of the proposals put forward at the Bali Conference and technical progress. It shall submit a legislative proposal on this subject to the European Parliament and the Council by the end of 2008. 2. This proposal shall cover the full inclusion of LULUCF projects in the Kyoto Protocol mechanisms (JI and CDM), including the use of CERs and ERUs resulting from project activities under the Community system before entry into force of a future international agreement on climate change."
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 – point c
Article 1 – point 2 – point c
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 3 – point u a (new)
Article 3 – point u a (new)
(ua) "Temporary certified emission reduction, or "tCER" means a unit issued as a result of a forestation or reforestation project and expiring at the end of the commitment period after which it was issued, in application of Article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol and the decisions relating to the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol.
Amendment 175 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 7
Article 1 – point 7
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. At least 250% of the revenues generated from the auctioning of allowances referred to in paragraph 2, including all revenues from the auctioning referred to in point (b) thereof, should be used for the following::
Amendment 184 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 7
Article 1 – point 7
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – point d
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – point d
(d) for measures to avoid deforestation, in particular in Least Developed Countries, especially through developing certification, and for additional measures by the Member States or their regions to improve the contribution of forests and wood use to combating climate warming, while preserving the other functions of forests;
Amendment 224 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 1 – point 1 a (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Commission shall consider how, in the light both of the proposals put forward at the Bali Conference and of technical progress, LULUCF activities might be brought within the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC and Directive 2004/101/EC amending Directive 2003/87/EC. It shall submit an appropriate legislative proposal to the European Parliament and the Council by the end of 2008 at the latest. That proposal shall concern, in particular, the full inclusion of LULUCF projects in the project mechanisms (JI and CDM) provided for by the Kyoto Protocol, including the use of CERs and ERUs resulting from project activities carried out under the Community system prior to the entry into force of a future international climate change agreement.
Amendment 258 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 – point (c)
Article 1 – point 2 – point (c)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 3 – point [(v)] (new)
Article 3 – point [(v)] (new)
[(v)] a ‘temporary Certified Emission Reduction’ or ‘tCER’ means a unit resulting from a reafforestation or afforestation project activity that expires at the end of the commitment period in which it was issued, pursuant to Article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol and the decisions concerning the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol.
Amendment 324 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - Point 7
Article 1 - Point 7
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 - paragraph 3 - introduction
Article 10 - paragraph 3 - introduction
3. At least 250% of the revenues generated from the auctioning of allowances referred to in paragraph 2, including all revenues from the auctioning referred to in point (b) thereof, should be used for the following:
Amendment 338 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - Point 7
Article 1 - Point 7
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 - paragraph 3 - point d
Article 10 - paragraph 3 - point d
(d) for measures to avoid deforestation, in particular in Lleast Ddeveloped Countries; countries, especially by making greater use of certification, and for additional measures by Member States or their regions enabling forests and wood to be employed to more useful effect to mitigate global warming, without encroaching on the other functions which forests perform;
Amendment 341 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 11a – paragraphs 2 to 4
Article 11a – paragraphs 2 to 4
2. Operators may request the competent authority, to the extent that the levels of CER/ERU use allowed to them by Member States for the period 2008 to 2012 have not been used up, to issue allowances to them valid from 2013 onwards in exchange for CERs and ERUs issued in respect of emission reductions up until 2012 from project types which were accepted by all Member States in the Community scheme during the period 2008 to 2012, and for activities resulting from land use, land use change and forestry. Until 31 December 2014, the competent authority shall make such an exchange on request. 3. To the extent that the levels of CER/ERU use allowed to operators by Member States for the period 2008 to 2012 have not been used up, competent authorities shall allow operators to exchange CERs from projects that were established before 2013 issued in respect of emission reductions from 2013 onwards for allowances valid from 2013 onwards. The first subparagraph shall apply for all project types which were accepted by all Member States in the Community scheme during the period 2008 to 2012 and for activities resulting from land use, land use change and forestry. 4. To the extent that the levels of CER/ERU use allowed to operators by Member States for the period 2008 to 2012 have not been used up, competent authorities shall allow operators to exchange CERs issued in respect of emission reductions from 2013 onwards for allowances from new projects started from 2013 onwards in Least Developed Countries. The first subparagraph shall apply to CERs for all project types which were accepted by all Member States in the Community scheme during the period 2008 to 2012-2012, and for activities resulting from land use, land use change and forestry, until those countries have ratified an agreement with the Community or until 2020, whichever is the earlier.
Amendment 346 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 11a – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 11a – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. An operator who has used a tCER shall surrender a CER, a tCER, an ERU or an allowance at least 30 days before the tCER expires to cover the emissions which were covered by the expired credit. If the operator has not replaced the tCERs used to cover the emissions covered before the credits expired, he shall be held accountable and shall be liable to pay an excess emissions penalty in accordance with the provisions laid down in Article 16.
Amendment 347 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 11a – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 11a – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Member States may receive removal units corresponding to an additional carbon storage in wood products, depending on the accounting rules to be adopted in the context of the international agreements on climate change. This policy shall generate incentive mechanisms associated with the ETS.
Amendment 636 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - point 9
Article 1 - point 9
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 11a - paragraph 2
Article 11a - paragraph 2
2. Operators may request the competent authority, to the extent that the levels of CER/ERU use allowed to them by Member States for the period 2008 to 2012 have not been used up, to issue allowances to them valid from 2013 onwards in exchange for CERs and ERUs issued in respect of emission reductions up until 2012 from project types which were accepted by all Member States in the Community scheme during the period 2008 to 2012, and from activities resulting from land use, land use change and forestry. Until 31 December 2014, the competent authority shall make such an exchange on request.
Amendment 641 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - point 9
Article 1 - point 9
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 11a - paragraph 3 - subparagraph 2
Article 11a - paragraph 3 - subparagraph 2
The first subparagraph shall apply for all project types which were accepted by all Member States in the Community scheme during the period 2008 to 2012 and for activities resulting from land use, land use change and forestry.
Amendment 651 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - point 9
Article 1 - point 9
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 11a - paragraph 4 - subparagraph 2
Article 11a - paragraph 4 - subparagraph 2
The first subparagraph shall apply to CERs for all project types which were accepted by all Member States in the Community scheme during the period 2008 to 2012-2012, and for activities resulting from land use, land use change and forestry, until those countries have ratified an agreement with the Community or until 2020, whichever is the earlier.
Amendment 658 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - point 9
Article 1 - point 9
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 11a - paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 11a - paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. An operator who has used a tCER shall surrender a CER, a tCER, an ERU or an allowance at least 30 days before the tCER expires in order to cover the emissions which were covered by the expired credit. If the operator has not replaced the tCERs used to cover the emissions covered before the credits expired, he shall be liable to pay an excess emissions penalty in accordance with the provisions laid down in Article 16.
Amendment 659 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - point 9
Article 1 - point 9
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 11a - paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 11a - paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Member States may receive removal units corresponding to an additional carbon storage in wood products, depending on the accounting rules to be adopted in the context of the international agreements on climate change. This policy shall generate incentive mechanisms associated with the ETS.