11 Amendments of Jerzy BUZEK related to 2023/0081(COD)
Amendment 254 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24 a (new)
Recital 24 a (new)
(24a) Leading globally on product sustainability is central to the Union’s industrial strategy and a decisive element of the Union’s competitiveness. To ensure a level-playing field for all suppliers of net-zero technologies, products placed on the internal market shall be subject to sustainability requirements, including but not limited to carbon footprint requirements, traceability, recyclability and recycled content requirements.
Amendment 446 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
ba) net zero technologies placed on the internal market are subject to mandatory sustainability requirements.
Amendment 585 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point q
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point q
(q) ‘CO2 injectionstorage capacity’ means the annual amount of CO2 that can be injected stored in an operational geological storage site, permitted under Directive 2009/31/EC, with the purpose to reduce emissions or increase carbon removals, in particular from large scale industrial installations and which is measured in tonnes per annum;
Amendment 658 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4 a (new)
Article4a Net-Zero Europe Permitting Task Force 1. By [3 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], the Commission shall establish a Net-Zero Permitting Task Force. 2. The task force shall deliver technical assistance to the national competent authorities referred to in Article 4(1) with the objective to accelerate permit-granting process for net-zero technology manufacturing projects, including for net- zero strategic projects. 3. The European Commission shall manage the task force and may rely on experts and other third parties, as appropriate, to deliver support at the request of the national competent authorities on a specific permit granting process. 4. The task force shall identify and promote the adoption of best practices.
Amendment 854 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Article 10 – paragraph 4
4. A net-zero technology manufacturing project located in the Union that contributes to the realisation of the objectives set out in Article 1(1) and that either benefits from the ETS Innovation Fund, or is part of Important Projects of Common European Interest, European Hydrogen Valleys, or of the Hydrogen Bank, when the funds support investment in manufacturing capacities corresponding to a technology listed in the Annex, or identified as key project in manufacturing capacities corresponding to a technology listed in the Annex by the industrial alliances, shall be recognised by Member States as net- zero strategic project under Article 11(3) upon request of the project promoter without the project promoter having to submit a formal application under Article 11(2).
Amendment 1011 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
An annual injection technical capacity of at least 50 million tonnes of CO2 shall be achievimed by 2030, in storage sitesdepending on the interest expressed by market participants, in storage sites such as depleted oil and gas fields and saline aquifers, located in the territory of the European Union or EEA, its exclusive economic zones or on its continental shelf within the meaning of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and which are not combined with Enhanced Hydrocarbon Recovery (EHR).
Amendment 1161 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 a (new)
Article 18 a (new)
Article18a Mandatory sustainability requirements By [1 year after the entry into force of this Regulation] the Commission shall ensure that mandatory sustainability requirements for the placing on the internal market of the net-zero technologies listed in the Annex are in place, including carbon footprint requirements.
Amendment 1325 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) Member States shall ensure that sufficient funding is available to support education and training in the value- chains of net-zero technologies. For this purpose, Member States shall earmark a portion of European Union funds available for training, upskilling, and reskilling, such as the European Social Fund Plus, to programmes dedicated to net-zero technologies.
Amendment 1473 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 11
Article 29 – paragraph 11
11. The Platform shall coordinate and cooperate with invite existing industrial alliances to attend its meetings, including of the standing or temporary sub-groups referred to in Paragraph 6, in order to report on the status of and to make recommendations on the targets set out in Article 1.
Amendment 1521 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – subheading 1
Annex I – subheading 1
Strategic net-zero technologies 1. Solar photovoltaic and solar thermal technologies 2. Onshore wind and offshore renewable technologies 3. Battery/storage technologies 4. Heat pumps and geothermal energy technologies 5. Electrolysers and fuel cells 6. Sustainable biogas/ biomethane technologies 7. Carbon Capture Utilisation (CCU) and storage (CCS) technologies 8. Grid technologies 9. Low-carbon H2 and Ammonia production 10. Nuclear technologies (including: advanced technologies to produce energy from nuclear processes with minimal waste from the fuel cycle, small modular reactors, and related best-in-class fuels)
Amendment 1543 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – table 1
Annex I – table 1
1. Solar photovoltaic and solar thermal technologies 2. Onshore wind and offshore renewable technologies 3. Battery/storage technologies 4. Heat pumps and geothermal energy technologies 5. Electrolysers and fuel cells 6. Sustainable biogas/biomethane technologies 7. Carbon Capture Utilisation (CCU) and storage (CCS) technologies 8. Grid technologies 8a. Low-carbon H2 and Ammonia production 8b. Nuclear technologies (including: advanced technologies to produce energy from nuclear processes with minimal waste from the fuel cycle, small modular reactors, and related best-in-class fuels)