11 Amendments of Gabriele ALBERTINI related to 2008/0013(COD)
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The additional effort to be made by the European economy requires inter alia that the revised Community scheme operate with the highest possible degree of economic efficiency and on the basis of fully harmonised conditions of allocation within the Community. Auctioning should therefore be the basic principle for allocation, as it is the simplest and generally considered to be the mostWhereas the reduction of emissions is guaranteed through the total volume of allowances in the system, the cost to the economy with free allocation of allowances is equal to the cost to reduce emissions while the cost to the economy of auctioning the allowances is equal to the cost to reduce emissions plus the cost of the remaining emissions. While auctioning and free allocation are equally effective in reducing the emissions, auctioning the allowances leads to a higher total cost and is thus less efficient than free allocation. Auctioning allowances is, however, more effective to reduce emission from the electric power sector, because CO2 free power generation – which is not included in the scope of the Directive – will have a significant cost advantage in respect of combustion installations. Free allocation should therefore be the basic principle for allocation to the industry, as it is equally effective and less costly, thus economically most efficient system. This. Auctioning, however, should be the basic principle for allocation to electric power generation which is more effective in this sector. Auctioning should also eliminate windfall profits and put new entrants and higher than average growing economies on the same competitive footing as existing installations.
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) For other sectors covered by the Community scheme, a transitional system should be foreseen for which free allocation in 2013 would be 80% of the amount that corresponded to the percentage of the overall Community- wide emissions throughout the period 2005 to 2007 that those installations emitted as a proportion of the annual Community-wide total quantity of allowances. Thereafter, the free allocation should decrease each year by equal amounts resulting in no free allocation in 2020100 % of the allowances should be allocated free of charge.
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 – subpoint b
Article 1 – point 2 – subpoint b
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 3 – point h
Article 3 – point h
"(h) 'new entrant' means any installation carrying out one or more of the activities indicated in Annex I, which has obtained a greenhouse gas emission permit or an update of its greenhouse gas emissions permit because of a change in the nature or functioning or an extension of the installation or a physical modification resulting in significant increase of the capacity of the existing installation, subsequent to the submission to the Commission of the list referred to in Article 11(1);"
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 1
Article 10a – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall, by 30 June 20110, adopt Community wide and fully harmonised implementing measures for allocating the allowances referred to in paragraphs 2 to 6 and 8 in a harmonised manner. Those measures, designed to amend non- essential elements of this Directive by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article [23(3)]. The measures referred to in the first subparagraph shall, to the extent feasible given inter alia process emissions, ensure that allocation takes place in a manner that gives incentives for greenhouse gas and energy efficient techniques and for reductions in emissions, by taking account of the most efficient techniques, substitutes, alternative production processes, use of biomass and greenhouse gas capture and storage in each sector, and shall not give incentives to increase emissions. No free allocation shall be made in respect of any electricity production. Until an international agreement is effective, energy intensive industries operating in the EU to a specific emission factor (‘benchmark’) based on technically feasible best available technique (EU BAT) criteria, will be allocated with free allowances consistent with the EU cap. The Commission shall, upon the conclusion by the Community of an international agreement on climate change leading to mandatory reductions of greenhouse gas emissions comparable to those of the Community, review those measures to provide that free allocation only takes place where this is fully justified in the light of that agreement.
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 7
Article 10a – paragraph 7
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 8
Article 10a – paragraph 8
8. ISubject to Article 10b, in 2013 and in each subsequent year up to 2020,, for installations in sectors which are exposed to a significant risk of carbon leakage shall be allocatedas listed in Annex I (4a) the amount of allowances allocated free of charge shall be 100% of the quantity determined in accordance with the measures referred to in paragraph 1 without changing the total quantity of allowances according to Article 9. For sectors not included in Annex I (4a) , the amount of allowances allocated free of charge up to 100 percentnder this Article in 2013 shall be 100% of the quantity determined in accordance with paragraphs 2 to 6the measures referred to in paragraph 1 and thereafter the free allocation shall decrease each year by equal amounts resulting in 80% free allocation in 2020. The Commission shall review this percentage in 2020 and then periodically every 5 years. Relevant stakeholders shall be consulted. At the latest by 30 June 2016 and every 5 years thereafter the Commission shall reconsider Annex I (4a), and, if necessary, after consulting with all relevant social partners, submit to the European Parliament and to the Council any appropriate proposal.
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 9
Article 10a – paragraph 9
9. At the latest by 30 June 20109 and every 35 years thereafter the Commission shall determine the sectors referred to in paragraph 8. That measure, designed to amend non- essential elements of this Directive by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article [23(3)]. In the determination referred to in the first subEach year, on the basis of new market information, any sector not included in Annex I (4a) shall be able to request the Commission to consider afresh the case for the sector to be considered as vulnerable to carbon leakage. In the determination of the sectors referred to in Article 10a, paragraph 8 the Commission shall take into account the extent to which it is possible for the sector or sub-sector concerned to pass on the cost of the required allowances inthrough product prices without significant loss of market share to less carbon efficient installations outside the Community, taking into accountloss of either market share or profitability or investment opportunities to the same sector or sub- sector in countries outside the EU that do not impose comparable constraints on emissions. Relevant criteria are – inter alia – the following: (a) the extent to which auctioning would lead to a substantial increase in production cost in industries with a high CO2 emission per unit of sales; (b) the extent to which it is technically and economically possible for individual installations in the sector concerned to reduce emission levels for instance on the basis of the most efficient techniques; (c) the present and projected market structure, relevant geographic and product market, the exposure of the sectors to international competition taking into account inter alia transport and CO2 costs; (d) the effect of climate change and energy policies implemented, or expected to be implemented outside the EU in the sectors concerned. (da) the effect of pass through cost of CO2 in the electricity prices on the sector or sub-sector concerned. For the purposes of evaluating whether the cost increase resulting from the Community scheme can be passed on, estimates of lost sales resulting from the increased carbon price or the impact on the profitability of the installationsectors concerned may inter alia be used.
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Annex I – point 4 a (new)
Annex I – point 4 a (new)
Amendment 389 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 10a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
The measures referred to in the first subparagraph shall, to the extent feasible, establish harmonised sector specific benchmarks to ensure that allocation takes place in a manner that gives incentives for greenhouse gas and energy efficient techniques and for reductions in emissions, by taking. They shall be based on the most efficient techniques and technologies, and take into account of the most efficient techniquepotential, including the technical potential, to reduce emissions, substitutes, alternative production processes, and the use of biomass and greenhouse gas capture and storage, and. The measures shall not give incentives to increase emissions per unit of production. No free allocation shall be made in respect of any electricity production. In defining the principles for setting benchmarks in individual sectors, the Commission shall consult with the sectors concerned.
Amendment 509 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 7
Article 10a – paragraph 7
7. SUntil an international agreement enters into force and subject to Articles 10b and 28, the amount of allowances allocated free of charge under paragraphs 3 to 6 of this Article [and paragraph 2 of Article 3c] in 2013to installations not covered by paragraph 2 in 2013 and each subsequent year shall be 8100% of the quantity determined in accordance with the measures referred to in paragraph 1 and thereafter the free allocation shall decrease each year by equal amounts resulting in no free allocation in 2020without changing the total quantity of allowances according to Article 9.
Amendment 524 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 8
Article 10a – paragraph 8