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Activities of Herbert REUL related to 2015/0148(COD)

Plenary speeches (1)

Cost-effective emission reductions and low-carbon investments (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/0148(COD)

Amendments (30)

Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
(1) Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council15 established a system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union in order to promote reductions of greenhouse gas emissions in a cost- effective and economically efficient manner in order to safeguard the international competitiveness of EU industry that does not lead to carbon and investment leakage. __________________ 15 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 Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32).
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
(5) Article 191(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union requires that Union policy is based on the principle that the polluter should pay and, on this basis, Directive 2003/87/EC provides for a transition to full auctioning over time. Avoiding carbon and investment leakage is a justification to postpone full transition, and targeted free allocation of allowances to industry is justified in order to address genuine risks of increases in global greenhouse gas emissions inand diversion of investments to third countries where industry is not subject to comparable carbon constraints as long as comparable climate policy measures are not undertaken by other major economies. Additional achievements in sectors not falling under the scope of the ETS and not subject to a risk of carbon leakage, such as is the case in the building sector, would lessen the efforts needed from Union industry.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
(6) The auctioning of allowances remains the general rule, with free allocation as the exception. Consequently, and as confirmed by the European Council, the share of allowances to be auctioned, which was 572% over the period 2013-2020, should not be reduced. The Commission's Impact Assessment18 provides details on the auction share and specifies that this 57% share is made up of allowances auctioned on behalf of Member States, . Allowances originally covered by the transitional Community- wide rules for harmonized free allocation (including allowances set aside for new entrants but not allocated, allowances for modernising electricity generation in some Member States and allowances which are to be auctioned at a later point in time because of their placement in the Market Stability Reserve established by Decision (EU) 2015/… of the European Parliament and of the Council19 nd unallocated allowances due to closures and partial cessations) should not be considered to be auctioned allowances for the purposes of the calculation of the auction share. __________________ 19 Decision (EU) 2015/… of the European Parliament and of the Council of … concerning the establishment and operation of a market stability reserve for the Union greenhouse gas emission trading scheme and amending Directive 2003/87/EC (OJ L […], […], p. […]). 18 SEC(2015)XX
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
(8) In order to reflect technological progress in the sectors concerned and adjust them to the relevant period of allocation, provisbenchmarks for free allocations to installations, should be made updated before the valuesstart of the benchmarks for free allocations to installations, determined on the basis of data from the years 2007-8, to be updated in line with observed average improvementfourth trading period in order to base free allocations on actual technological progress. That update should be carried out on the basis of robust, objective and verified data from installations. For reasons of predictability, thifurther updates should be done through applying a factor that represents the best assessment of progress across sectors, which should then take into accountalso be based on robust, objective and verified data from installations so that sectors whose rate of improvement differs considerably from this factor have a benchmark value closer to their actual rate of improvement. Where the data shows a substantial difference from that factor reduction of more than 0.5% of the 2007-8 value higher or lower per year over the relevant period, the related benchmark value shall be adjusted by that percentage. To ensure a level playing field for the production of aromatics, hydrogen and syngas in refineries and chemical plants, the benchmark values for aromatics, hydrogen and syngas should continue to be aligned to the refineries benchmarks.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
(10) The main long-term incentive from this Directive for thecarbon capture and storage of CO2(CCS) and carbon capture and use (CCSU), new renewable energy technologies and breakthrough innovation in low-carbon technologies and processes is the carbon price signal it creates and that allowances will not need to be surrendered for CO2 emissions which are permanently stored or avoided. In addition, to supplement the resources already being used to accelerate demonstration of commercial CCS and CCU facilities and innovative renewable energy technologies, EU ETS allowances should be used to provide guaranteed rewards for deployment of CCS and CCU facilities, new renewable energy technologies and industrial innovation in low-carbon technologies and processes in the Union for CO2 stored or avoided on a sufficient scale, provided an agreement on knowledge sharing is in place. The majority of this support should be dependent on verified avoidance of greenhouse gas emissions, while some support may be given when pre-determined milestones are reached taking into account the technology deployed. The maximum percentage of project costs to be supported may vary by category of project.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 178 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
(-1) In Article 3, the following point is added: (w) 'small emitter' means an installation with low emissions which meets at least one of the following criteria: – the average annual emissions of that installation reported in the verified emission reports during the trading period immediately preceding the current trading period, with the exclusion of CO2 stemming from biomass and before subtraction of transferred CO2, were less than 50 000 tonnes of CO2(e) per year; – the average annual emissions referred to in the first indent are not available to that installation or are no longer applicable to that installation because of changes in the installation's boundaries or changes to the operating conditions of the installation, but the annual emissions of that installation for the next five years, with the exclusion of CO2 stemming from biomass and before subtraction of transferred CO2, is expected to be, based on a conservative estimation method, less than 50 000 tonnes of CO2(e) per year.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 205 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 paragraph 1
From 2021 onwards, the share of allowances to be auctioned by Member States shall be 572%.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 209 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a
From 2021 onwards, the share of allowances to be auctioned by Member States shall be 572%.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 225 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b – point ii a (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
"(iia) In Article 10, the introductory part of paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: " 3. Member States shall determine the use of revenues generated from the auctioning of allowances. At least 750 % of the total revenues generated from the auctioning of allowances referred to in paragraph 2 , including all revenues from the auctioning referred to in paragraph 2, points (b) and (c), or the equivalent in financial value of theose revenues, shouldall be used for one or more of the following:" (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:02003L0087-Or. en 20151029&qid=1465897102227&from=EN)
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 253 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point d a (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 5
"(da) In Article 10, paragraph 5 is replaced by the following: " 5. The Commission shall monitor the functioning of the European carbon market. Each year, it shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the functioning of the carbon market including the implementation of the auctions, liquidity and the volumes traded. In its monitoring, the Commission shall give particular attention to the risk of carbon and investment leakage. The report shall also address the interaction between the EU ETS, non- ETS and other climate and energy measures at European and national level, and shall analyse the implication of various policy instruments on the level of demand for Union allowances and its consequences on the supply-demand balance in the carbon market. If necessary, Member States shall ensure that any relevant information is submitted to the Commission at least two months before the Commission adopts the report." ." Or. en (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:02003L0087- 20151029&qid=1465897102227&from=EN)
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 269 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a paragraph 1
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 23. This act shall also provide for additional allocation from the new entrants reserve for significant production increases by applying the same thresholds and allocation adjustments as apply in respect of partial cessations of operation. To introduce more flexibility in the supply of free allowances, the threshold shall be lowered to reflect variation in real production levels. This threshold shall not exceed 10% of the yearly production level.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 292 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 a – paragraph 2
The benchmark values for free allocation shall be adjusted in order to avoid windfall profits and reflect technological progrtaking into consideration the real economic and technical development of industrial plants and processes in the period between 2007-8 and each later period for which free allocations are determineindividual sectors and subsectors in order to avoid win accordance with Article 11(1). This adjustment shall reduce the benchmark values set by the act adopted pursuant to Article 10a by 1% of the value that was set based on 2007-8 data in respect of each year between 2008 and the middle of the relevant period of free allocation, unless:dfall profits. This update shall be based on the average performance of the 10% most efficient installations in a sector or subsector in the Community in the years 2013-2017. The Commission shall consult the relevant stakeholders in this regard.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 297 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 a – paragraph 2 – third subparagraph – introductory sentence
The benchmark values for free allocation shall be adjusted in order to avoid windfall profits and reflect technological progress in the period between 2007-8 and each later period for which free allocations are determined in accordance with Article 11(1). This adjustment shall reduce the benchmark values set by the act adopted pursuant to Article 10a by 1% of the value that was set based on 2007-8 data in respect of each year between 2008 and the middle of the relevant period of free allocation, unless:
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 313 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 a – paragraph 2 – third subparagraph – point (i)
(i) On the basis of information submitted pursuant to Article 11, the Commission shall identify whether the values for each benchmark calculated using the principles in Article 10a differ from the annual reduction referred to above by more than 0.5% of the 2007-8 value higher or lower annually. If so, that bBefore the start of the trading period benchmarks in individual sectors and subsectors, shall be updated based on the average of the verified emissions of the 10% most efficient installations in a sector or subsector in the Union in the years 2017 and 2018. Benchmark values shall be adjusted either 0.5% or 1.5% in respect of each year between 2008 set on the basis of information submitted pursuandt the middle of the period for which free allocation is to be made;o Article 11. The Commission shall consult the relevant stakeholders, including the sectors and subsectors concerned.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 316 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 a – paragraph 2
(i) On the basis of information submitted pursuant to Article 11, the Commission shall identify whether the values for each benchmark calculated using the principles in Article 10a differ from the annual reduction referred to above by more than 0.5% of the 2007-8 value higher or lower annually. If so, that benchmark value shall be adjusted either 0.5% or 1.5% in respect of each year between 2008 and the middle of the period for which free allocation is to be made;The benchmarks shall be reviewed once at the beginning of the 4th trading period., based on bottom-up real installation data and taking into account sector specific characteristics.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 347 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 5
In order to respect the auctioning share set out in Article 10, the sum of free allocations in every year where the sum of free allocations does not reach the maximum level that respects the Member State auctioning share, the remaining allowances up to that level shall be used to prevent or limit reduction of free allocations to respect the Member State auctioning share in later years. Where, nonetheless, the maximum level is reached, free allocations shall be adjusted accordingly. Any such adjustment shall be done in a uniform mantargeted in accordance with the carbon leakage risk and shall in any case guarantee that 100% free allocation up to the level of the benchmarks is maintainerd.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 408 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point f
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 8 – first subparagraph
400 million allowances shall be available to support, taken from the share of allowances to be auctioned, shall be available to support and leverage investments, using different instruments managed by the European Investment Bank, in innovation in low-carbon technologies and processes in industrial sectors listed in Annex I, and to help stimulate the construction and operation of commercial demonstration projects that aim at the environmentally safe capture and geological storage (CCS) of CO2CCS and CCU as well as demonstration projects of innovative renewable energy technologies, energy conversion and storage, as well as electric battery development in the territory of the Union.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 424 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point f
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 8
400 million allowances shall be available to support innovation in the whole range of low-carbon technologies and processes in industrial sectors listed in Annex I, and to help stimulate the construction and operation of commercial demonstration projects that aim at the environmentally safe capture and geological storage (CCS) of CO2 as well as demonstration projects of innovative renewable energy technologies, in the territory of the Union.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 435 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point f
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 8 – second subparagraph
The allowances shall be made available for innovation in low-carbon industrial technologies and processes and support for demonstration projects for the development of a wide range of CCS, CCU and innovative renewable energy technologies that are not yet commercially viable in geographically balanced locations. In order to promote innovative projects, up to 6075% of the relevant costs of projects may be supported, out of which up to 450% may not be dependent on verified avoidance of greenhouse gas emissions provided that pre-determined milestones are attained taking into account the technology deployed.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 446 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point f
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 8 – fourth subparagraph (new)
In Article 10a, the following subparagraph is added to paragraph 8: 'The timetable for monetisation of allowances shall be published no later than 18 months before the start of Phase IV and shall ensure the gradual monetisation of the allowances spread out throughout the Phase.'
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 453 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point i a (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a
(ia) the following paragraph is added: 'The Commission shall, as part of the measures adopted under paragraph 1, include measures for defining installations that partially cease to operate or significantly reduce or increase their capacity or their production by more than 10%, and measures for adapting, as appropriate, the level of free allocations.'.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 465 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10b – paragraph 1
1. Sectors and sub-sectors where the product exceeds 0.2 from multiplying their intensity of trade with third countries, defined as the ratio between the total value of exports to third countries plus the value of imports from third countries and the total market size for the European Economic Area (annual turnover plus total imports from third countries), by their emission intensity, measured in kgCO2 divided by their gross value added (in €), shall be deemed to be at high risk of carbon leakage. Such sectors and sub- sectors shall be allocated allowances free of charge for the period up to 2030 at 100% of the quantity determined in accordance with the measures adopted pursuant to Article 10a. To ensure a level playing field for the production of hydrogen and syngas in refineries and chemical plants, hydrogen and syngas shall continue to be deemed to be at the same risk of carbon leakage as the refinery sector.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 483 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10b – paragraph 2
2. Sectors and sub-sectors where the product from multiplying their intensity of trade with third countries by their emission intensity is above 0.18 may be included in the group referred to in paragraph 1, on the basis of a qualitative assessment using the following criteria:
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 488 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10b – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Sectors and sub-sectors where the product from multiplying their intensity of trade with third countries by their emission intensity is above 0.18,12, as well as sectors that were deemed at risk of carbon leakage between 2013 and 2020 and that have a trade intensity of at least 40 %, may be included in the group referred to in paragraph 1, on the basis of a qualitative assessment using the following criteria:
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 499 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10b – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) profit margins or the inability to pass on carbon costs as a potential indicator of long-run investment or relocation decisions.
2016/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 719 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – second subparagraph
A list of installations covered by this Directive for the fivthree years beginning on 1 January 2021 shall be submitted by 30 September 2018, and. The lists for the subsequent fivthree years shall be submitted every five years thereafterby 30 September 2021 and the list for the four last years by 30 September 2024. Each list shall include information on production activity, transfers of heat and gases, electricity production and emissions at sub- installation level over the five calendar years preceding its submission. Free allocations shall only be given to installations where such information is provided.
2016/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 740 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – third subparagraph (new)
(12a) In Article 14, paragraph 1, a new subparagraph is added: 'By 31 December 2018 the Commission shall adjust existing rules on monitoring and reporting of emissions as defined in Commission Regulation (EU) 601/20121a in order to remove regulatory barriers to investment in more recent low carbon technologies such as carbon capture and usage (CCU). Those new rules shall be effective for all CCU technologies as of 1 January 2019.'. __________________ 1aCommission Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 of 21 June 2012 on the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. (OJ L 181, 12.7.2012, p. 30).
2016/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 743 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 b (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 14 – paragraph 2
(12b) in Article 14, paragraph 1, a new subparagraph is added: ' That regulation shall also determine simplified monitoring, reporting and verification procedures for small emitters.'
2016/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 762 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22 a (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 27 – paragraph 1
"(22a) In Article 27 Exclusion of small installations subject to equivalent measures 1. , paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: " 1 'Following consultation with the operator and subject to its agreement, Member States may exclude from the Community schemeEU ETS installations which have reported to the competent authority emissions of less than 250 000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent and, where they carry out combustion activities, have a rated thermal input below 35 MW, excluding emissions from biomass, in each of the three years preceding the notification under point (a), and which are subject to measures that will achieve an equivalent contribution to emission reductions, if the Member State concerned complies with the following conditions: (a) it notifies the Commission of each such installation, specifying the equivalent measures that are in place applying to that installation and that will achieveare aimed at making an equivalent contribution to emission reductions that are in place, before the list of installations pursuant to Article 11(1) has to be submitted and at the latest when this list is submitted to the Commission; (b) it confirms that monitoring arrangements are in place to assess whether any installation emits 250 000 tonnes or more of carbon dioxide equivalent, excluding emissions from biomass, in any one calendar year. Member States may allow simplified monitoring, reporting and verification measures for installations with average annual verified emissions between 2008 and 2010 which are below 5 000 tonnes a year, in accordance with Article 14; (c) it confirms that if any installation emits 250 000 tonnes or more of carbon dioxide equivalent, excluding emissions from biomass, in any one calendar year or the measures applying to that installation that will achieveare aimed at making an equivalent contribution to emission reductions are no longer in place, the installation will be reintroduced into the Community schemeEU ETS; (d) it publishes the information referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) for public comment. Hospitals may also be excluded if they undertake equivalent measures.'" (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:02003L0087-Or. en 20151029&qid=1465897102227&from=EN)
2016/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 768 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 23 a (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point (a)
"(23a) In Article 27, paragraph 1, point (a) is replaced by the following: " (a) it notifies the Commission of each such installation, specifying the equivalent measures applying to that installation that will achieve an equivalent contribution to emission reductions that are in place, and specifying how these measures would not result in higher compliance costs for such installations, before the list of installations pursuant to Article 11(1) has to be submitted and at the latest when this list is submitted to the Commission;" (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02003L0087-Or. en 20151029&from=EN)
2016/06/29
Committee: ITRE