Activities of Ivo BELET related to 2012/0288(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Fuel quality directive and renewable energy directive (debate) NL
Amendments (5)
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) In addition, it should not be forgotten that biofuel production from arable crops in the EU helps to reduce the EU shortage of vegetable protein.
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) In order to avoid distortion of the market and creating an incentive for fraud, advanced biofuels must also comply with the same sustainability criteria as other biofuels.
Amendment 167 #
Council position
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 98/70/EC
Article 2 – point 11
Article 2 – point 11
11. 'low indirect land-use change-risk biofuels' means biofuels, the feedstocks of which are not listed in Part A of Annex V, or are listed in Part A of Annex V, but were produced within schemes which offset emissions caused by indirect land- use changes which result from actions which reduce demand for farmland and/or increase the efficiency of agri- forestry production chains or which reduce the displacement of production for purposes other than for making biofuels and which were produced in accordance with the sustainability criteria for biofuels laid down in Article 7b. Only the amount of feedstock which corresponds to the actual reduction in displacement achieved through the scheme may be considered. Such schemes may either operate as individual projects at a local level or as policy measures covering partly or entirely the territory of a Member State or a third country. Displacement of production for purposes other than for making biofuels can be reduced if the scheme achieves productivity increases within the area it covers beyond levels which would have prevailed in the absence of such productivity-promoting schemes;
Amendment 173 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
Directive 98/70/EC
Article 7b – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2
Article 7b – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2
(ba) In paragraph 7, the first sentence of the second subparagraph is amended as follows: ‘The Commission shall report every two years to the European Parliament and the Council on the impact on social sustainability in the Community and in third countries of increased demand for biofuel, on the contribution of biofuel production to reducing the EU shortage of vegetable protein and on the impact of Community biofuel policy on the availability of foodstuffs at affordable prices, in particular for people in developing countries, and wider development issues.’
Amendment 219 #
Council position
Article 2 – point 1
Article 2 – point 1
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point v
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point v
v) 'low indirect land-use change-risk biofuels and bioliquids' means biofuels and bioliquids, the feedstocks of which are not listed in part A of Annex VIII, or are listed in part A of Annex VIII, but were produced within schemes which offset indirect land- use change emissions resulting from acts reducing farmland demand and/or boosting agroforestry production chain efficiency or which reduce the displacement of production for purposes other than for making biofuels and bioliquids and which were produced in accordance with the sustainability criteria for biofuels and bioliquids laid down in Article 17. Only the amount of feedstock which corresponds to the actual reduction in displacement achieved through the scheme may be considered. Such schemes may either operate as individual projects at a local level or as policy measures covering partly or entirely the territory of a Member State or a third country. Displacement of production for purposes other than for making biofuels and bioliquids can be reduced if the scheme achieves productivity increases within the area it covers beyond levels which would have prevailed in the absence of such productivity-promoting schemes.