48 Amendments of Zbigniew KUŹMIUK related to 2016/0230(COD)
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Regulation sets out Member States' commitments on land use, land use change and forestry ('LULUCF') that ensure meeting the greenhouse gas emission reduction commitment of the Union for the period from 2021 to 2030, as well as the rules for the accounting of emissions and removals from LULUCF and checkoverviewing the compliance of Member States with these commitments.
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. This Regulation applies to emissions and removals of the greenhouse gases listed in Annex I, section A, as reported pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 occurring in any of the following land accounting categories and other categories on the territories of Member States during the period from 2021 to 2030:
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) afforested land: land use reported as cropland, grassland, wetlands, settlements, and other land converted to forest land;
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) deforested land: land use reported as forest land converted to cropland, grassland, wetlands, settlements, and other land;
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) managed cropland: land use reported as managed cropland remaining cropland and grassland, wetland, settlement, other land converted to cropland and cropland converted to wetland, settlement and other land;
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) managed grassland: land use reported as managed grassland remaining managed grassland and cropland, wetland, settlement, other land converted to managed grassland and managed grassland converted to wetland, settlement and other land;
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) managed forest land: land use reported as managed forest land remaining managed forest land.
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) harvested wood products.
Amendment 120 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) A forest reference level is an estimate of the average annual net emissions or removals resulting from managed forest land within the territory of the Member State in the periods from 2021 to 2025 and from 2026 to 2030.
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 14 to adapt the definitions in paragraph 1 to scientific developments or technical progress and to ensure consistency between those definitions and any changes to relevant definitions in the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories ('IPCC Guidelines'), as adopted by bodies of the UNFCCC or of the Paris Agreement.
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
For the period from 2021 to 2025 and from 2026 to 2030, taking into account the flexibilities provided for in Article 11, each Member State shall ensure that emissions do not exceed removals, calculated as the sum of total emissions and removals on their territory in the land accounting categories and other categories referred to in Article 2 combined, as accounted in accordance with this Regulation. During the first review, as stipulated in Article 15, the Commission shall review the above rule in accordance with relevant decisions adopted by bodies of the UNFCCC or of the Paris Agreement.
Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall prepare and maintain accounts that accurately reflect the emissions and removals resulting from the land accounting categories and other categories referred to in Article 2 in accordance with the reporting guidance adopted by bodies of the UNFCCC or of the Paris Agreement for the period 2021-2030. Member States shall ensure the accuracy, completeness, consistency, comparability and transparency of their accounts and of other data provided under this Regulation. Member States shall denote emissions by a positive sign (+) and removals by a negative sign (-).
Amendment 142 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall prevent any double counting of emissions or removals, in particular by accounting for emissions or removals resulting from more than one land accounting category under one category only.
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall include in their accounts for each land accounting category any change in the carbon stock of the carbon pools listed in Annex I, section B. Member States may choose not to include in their accounts changes in carbon stocks for carbon pools where the carbon pool is not a source, except for above-ground biomass and harvested wood products on managed forest land.
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6
Article 5 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 14 to amend Annex I in order to reflect changes in the IPCC Guidelines, as adopted by bodies of the UNFCCC or of the Paris Agreement.
Amendment 164 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall account for emissions and removals resulting from managed cropland calculated as emissions and removals in the periods from 2021 to 2025 and from 2026 to 2030 minus the value obtained by multiplying by five the Member State’s average annual emissions and removals resulting from managed cropland in its base period 2005-2007. or its base year elected under the UNFCCC. The choice of accounting reference shall be communicated to the European Commission before 31 December 2018.
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall account for emissions and removals resulting from managed grassland calculated as emissions and removals in the periods from 2021 to 2025 and from 2026 to 2030 minus the value obtained by multiplying by five the Member State’s average annual emissions and removals resulting from managed grassland in its base period 2005-2007 or its base year elected under the UNFCCC. The choice of accounting reference shall be communicated to the European Commission before 31 December 2018.
Amendment 184 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall account for emissions and removals resulting from managed forest land, calculated as emissions and removals in the periods from 2021 to 2025 and from 2026 to 2030 minus the value obtained by multiplying by five its forest reference level. A forest reference level is an estimate of the average annual net emissions or removals resulting from managed forest land within the territory of the Member State in the periods from 2021 to 2025 and from 2026 to 2030.
Amendment 191 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Amendment 205 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall determine the new forest reference level based on the criteria set out in Annex IV, section A. They shall submit to the Commission a national forestry accounting plan including a new forest reference level, by 31 December 2018 for the period from 2021 to 2025 and by 30 June 2023 for the period 2026-2030.
Amendment 206 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
The national forestry accounting planframework shall contain all the elements listed in Annex IV, section B and include a proposed new forest reference level based on the continuation of currenttrends of sustainable forest management practice and intensity, as documented between 1990-2009 per forest type and per age class in national forestss in accordance with the best available data and adopted policies and programs, taking into account the protection of biodiversity, expressed in tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year.
Amendment 220 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 226 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall demonstrate consistency between the methods and data used to establish the forest reference level in the national forestry accounting planframework and those used in the reporting for managed forest land. At the latest at the end of the period from 2021 to 2025 or from 2026 to 2030, a Member State shall submit to the Commission a technical correction of its reference level if necessary to ensure consistency.
Amendment 230 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5
Article 8 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall shall carry out review the national forestry accounting planframeworks and technical corrections and assessconduct a technical analysis of the extent to which the proposed new or corrected forest reference levels have been determined in accordance with the principles and requirements set out in paragraphs (3) and (4) as well as Article 5(1) until corresponding modalities, procedures and guidelines are developed by bodies of the UNFCCC. To the extent that this is required in order to ensure compliance with the principles and requirements set out in paragraphs (3) and (4) as well as Article 5(1), the Commission may recalculateprovide technical recommendations to Member States in order to facilitate a technical revision of the proposed new or corrected forest reference levels.
Amendment 237 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 6
Article 8 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission shall adopt delegatedimplementing acts in accordance with Article 14 to amend Annex IIbis in the light of the review carried out pursuant to paragraph (5) to updateestablish Member State forest reference levels based on assumption provided in the national forestry accounting planframeworks or the technical corrections submitted, and any recalculations made in the context of the review. Until the entry into force of the delegated act, Member State forest reference levels as specified in Annex II shall continue to apply for the period 2021-2025 and/or 2026-20, by 31 December 2019 for the period 2021-25 and by 30 June 2024 for the period 2026-30.
Amendment 244 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 255 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Article 10 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 14 to revise the methodology and information requirements in Annex VI in order to reflect changes in the IPCC Guidelines, as adopted by bodies of the UNFCCC or of the Paris Agreement.
Amendment 256 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Where total emissions exceed removals in a Member State and that Member State has chosen to deleted annual emission allocations under Regulation [ ] on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030, as one of the flexibility options this quantity shall be taken into account for the Member State's compliance with its commitment pursuant to Article 4.
Amendment 261 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. To the extent that total removals exceed emissions in a Member State and after the potential subtraction of any quantity taken into account under Article 7 of Regulation [ ] on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030, that Member State may transfer the remaining quantity to another Member State. The transferred quantity shall be taken into account when assessing the receiving Member State's compliance with its commitment pursuant to Article 4.
Amendment 271 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – title
Article 12 – title
Compliance check
Amendment 273 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt a delegatedn implementing act to implement paragraph 1 in accordance with Article 14 of this Regulation.
Amendment 278 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 a (new)
Article 14 a (new)
Article 14 bis (new)
Article 14a 14 bis Committee procedure 1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Climate Change Committee established by Regulation (EU) No 525/2013. That Committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011. 2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.
Amendment 280 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall report to the European Parliament and to the Council by 28 February 2024 and every five years thereafter on the operation of this Regulation, its contribution to the EU's overall 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction target and its contribution to the goals of the Paris Agreement, with a view of keeping this Regulation in line with relevant decisions adopted by bodies of the UNFCCC or of the Paris Agreement, and may make proposals if appropriate.
Amendment 289 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) No. 525/2013/EU
Annex III a (new)
Annex III a (new)
Amendment 290 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) No. 525/2013/EU
Annex III a (new)
Annex III a (new)
Member States are encouraged to apply Tier 3 methodology using non-parametric modelling calibrated to national circumstances, describing the physical interaction of the bio-physical system, in accordance with the 2006 IPCC guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories.
Amendment 291 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point B – point a
Annex I – point B – point a
(a) 1. for land accounting categories (a) above-ground biomass;
Amendment 292 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point B – point f
Annex I – point B – point f
(f) for afforested land and managed forest land: harvested wood products.2. harvested wood products: (a) annual change in carbon stock
Amendment 296 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – title
Annex III – title
Annex III: Base years for the purposes of calculating the cap pursuant toused under the UNFCCC for the optional use under Article 8(2)7
Amendment 297 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – title
Annex IV – title
Annex IV: National forestry accounting planframework containing a Member State's updated forest reference level.
Amendment 303 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – part A – paragraph 1 – point d
Annex IV – part A – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 307 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – part A – paragraph 1 – point g
Annex IV – part A – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) Reference levels shall be consistent with greenhouse gas inventories and relevant historical data and shall be based on transparent, complete, consistent, comparable and accurate information. Greenhouse gas inventories shall be aligned with relevant decisions adopted by bodies of the UNFCCC or of the Paris Agreement. In particular, the model used to construct the reference level shall be able to reproduce historical data from the national greenhouse gas inventory.
Amendment 309 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – part B – title
Annex IV – part B – title
B. Elements of the national forestry accounting planframework
Amendment 312 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – part B – paragraph 1 – point d
Annex IV – part B – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 313 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – part B – paragraph 1 – point e
Annex IV – part B – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) Information on how expected harvesting rates are expected to develop under different policy scenarioswill develop;
Amendment 314 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – part B – paragraph 1 – point f – point 2
Annex IV – part B – paragraph 1 – point f – point 2
(2) Emissions and removals from forests and harvested wood products as shown in greenhouse gas inventories and relevant historical data,
Amendment 317 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – part B – paragraph 1 – point f – point 3
Annex IV – part B – paragraph 1 – point f – point 3
(3) Forest characteristics, including age-class structure, increments, rotation length and other relevant information on forest management activities under ‘business as usual’;
Amendment 318 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – part B – paragraph 1 – point f – point 4
Annex IV – part B – paragraph 1 – point f – point 4
Amendment 319 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – indent 6
Annex V – indent 6