7 Amendments of Teresa RIERA MADURELL related to 2011/2012(INI)
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Agrees with the Commission's and the International Energy Agency's (IEA) assumption that delaying investments in low-carbon energy technologies would lead to higher costs at a later stage; considers that, if it is to meet the 2050 long-term target as confirmed once again by the European Council on 4 February 2011, the EU would have to speed up its efforts after having achieved 20% emissions reductions in 2020; welcomes, therefore, the Commission's intention to draw trajectories designed to achieve long- term targets in the most cost-efficient way;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is deeply concerned that the EU is not on track to meet targets to reduce energy consumption by 20% as compared with the projections for 2020, owing to a lack of commitment and ambition on the part of the European Commission and the Member States;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to take the necessary action to ensure that Member States fully implement their energy savings commitments, either by introducing a requirement that National Energy Efficiency Action Plans must be approved by the Commission or by means of further measure; in this context recalls European Parliament resolution of 15 December 2010 on the Revision of Energy Efficiency Action Plan (2010/2107(INI)), which called for binding energy efficiency targets;
Amendment 134 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Notes that while serving as incentives in developing low carbon technologies, tightening the ETS reduction target would lead to a further increase in electricity prices, which would be a major concern for EU industries and for consumers; stresses in this regard the urgency to adopt a truly ambitious EU energy saving policy, which would simultaneously tackle the high energy prices, volatility of the prices and overdependence from imported fuels;
Amendment 154 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. States that in accordance with the ETS provisions industry would have to reduce its CO2 emissions by 168 million tonnes by 2020; points out that under the proposed benchmarking provisions a considerable share of the emissions certificates will still have to be purchased by industry, generating substantial costs for EU companies that their global competitors do not while pointing out that the economic crises brought a reduction in carbon emissions and carbon prices, furthermore noting that due to the flexible architecture of ETS companies will be able to carry over unused allowances from the second phavse into contend withthe third phase;
Amendment 161 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Notes that forecasts for the 2020 carbon market vary substantially, from €55/tCO2 as assumed in the Commission's calculations, up to €67/tCO2 on the basis of a 30% domestic reductions scenario; therefore regards the projections drawn up by the Commission as part of the carbon leakage risk assessment as relatively optimistic and unreliable; therefore redoubling EU´s efforts to save energy is necessary;