6 Amendments of Jean-Pierre AUDY related to 2012/0202(COD)
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Article 10(4) of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC, as amended several times and most recently by Directive 2009/29/EC of 23 April 20091, does not specify how volumes of greenhouse gas emission allowances to be auctioned are to be distributed over the trading period. ____________ 1 OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 63.
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 1
Article 1
2003/87/CE
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
"The Commission shall, where appropriate, submit to the European Parliament and the Council a proposal to adapt the timetable for each period so as to ensure an orderly functioning of the market."
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) For the purposes of legal certainty and market predictability, it should be clarified that, in order to ensure an orderly functioning of the market, the Commission is able in exceptional circumstances to adapt the auction timetable pursuant to Article 10(4) of Directive 2003/87/EC. In order to ensure an orderly functioning of the market, the Commission shall consider the possibility of setting up an independent authority responsible for overseeing the greenhouse gas emission allowance trading system in the European Union.
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) In the interests of transparency, the Commission should be required to demonstrate to Parliament and the Council that exceptional circumstances obtain and that the criteria governing a possible further adaptation of the timetable for each period subsequent to that referred to in Article 13(1) of Directive 2003/87/EC have been met.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2 b (new)
Recital 2 b (new)
(2b) The adaptation of the auction timetable should be regarded as a short- term rather than a structural measure intended to address market imbalances affecting the EU ETS.
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
The Commission shall, where appropriatemay, in exceptional circumstances, adapt the timetable for eachthe period so as to ensure an orderly functioning of the marketreferred to in Article 13(1), beginning on 1 January 2013, so as to ensure an orderly functioning of the market. The Commission shall make no more than one such adaptation.