10 Amendments of Albert DESS related to 2013/0443(COD)
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 b (new)
Recital 8 b (new)
(8b) European farmers and farmlands contribute to the achievement of environmental and air quality objectives to a large extent. Farmers should be remunerated accordingly within the CAP for both their current as well as their future efforts in this regard.
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) NH3 emissions in the Union were reduced by 27.9 % between 1990 and 2010.1a Hence the determination of emission ceilings for NH3 must entail the acknowledgement of previous efforts made by both individual Member States as well by the agricultural sector in the Union in general, whilst taking into account trade-offs with animal welfare. __________________ 1a Cf. Eurostat (2013). Agriculture, forestry and fishery statistics. 2013 edition. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 119.
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) In order to reduce atmospheric NH3 and PM2,5 emissions from the main contributors, national air pollution control programmes should include measures applicable to the agricultural sector. These measures should be cost-effective and should be based on scientifically obtained data and scientific conclusions whilst taking into account previous measures already implemented by Member States. Member States should be entitled to implement measures other than those set out in this Directive with an equivalent level of environmental performance owning to specific national circumstances.
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Member States should establish and report emission inventories, projections and informative inventory reports for all air pollutants covered by this Directive, which should thenmust subsequently enable the Union to meet its reporting duties under the LRTAP Convention and its Protocols.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1
Article 1
This Directive establishes the limits for the Member States' atmospheric emissions of acidifying and eutrophying pollutants, certain ozone precursors, primary particulate matter and precursors of secondary particulate matter and other air pollutants and requires that national air pollution control programmes be drawn up, adopted and implemented and pollutant emissions and their impacts be monitored and reported.
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – point 2
Article 3 – point 2
2. ‘ozone precursors’ mean nitrogen oxides, and non-methane volatile organic compounds, methane, and carbon monoxide;
Amendment 157 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. The reports referred to in paragraph 1 may include an evaluation of the environmental andimpact and shall include an exhaustive evaluation of the socioeconomic impacts of this Directive.
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12
Article 12
The Union and the Member States, as appropriate, shall pursue bilateral and multilateral cooperation with third countries and coordination within relevant international organisations such as the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), including through the exchange of information, concerning technical and scientific research and development, with the aim of improving the basis for emission reductions.
Amendment 186 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex III – part 1 – paragraph 1
Annex III – part 1 – paragraph 1
Where relevant, Member States shallould make use of the UNECE Guidance Document for Preventing and Abating Ammonia Emissions (Ammonia Guidance Document),1 and best available techniques set out in Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council2 as far as possible when implementing the measures set out in Part 1. __________________ 1 Decision 2012/11, ECE/EB/AIR/113/Add. 1 2 Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) (OJ L 334, 17.12.2010, p. 17).
Amendment 231 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex III – part 2 – point 1 – point a – point i
Annex III – part 2 – point 1 – point a – point i
(i) the policy priorities and their relationship to priorities set in other relevant policy areas, including agriculture, rural economic, industrial, mobility & transport, natural conservation and climate change;