10 Amendments of Matthias GROOTE related to 2008/0016(COD)
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) In particular, increased use of biofuelrenewable energies for transport is one of the most effective tools by which the Community can reduce its dependence on imported oil in the transport sector – where the security of supply problem is most acute – and influence the fuel market for transport.
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The European Parliament, in its Resolution on the Roadmap for Renewable Energy in Europe, has called on the Commission to present by the end of 2007 a proposal for a renewable energy legislative framework, referring to the importance of setting binding targets for the shares of energy from renewable sources in electricity, transport and heating and cooling as well as binding targets at Community and Member State level.
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) By contrast, it is appropriate for the 10% target for renewable energy in transport to be set at the same level for each Member State in order to ensure consistency in transport fuel specifications and availability. Because transport fuels are traded easily, Member States with low endowments of the relevant resources will easily be able to obtain renewable transport fuels from elsewhere. While it would technically be possible for the Community to meet its biofuel targetarget for renewable energy in transport solely from domestic production, it is both likely and desirable that the target will in fact be met through a combination of domestic production and imports. To this end, the Commission should monitor the supply of the Community market for biofuels, and should, as appropriate, propose relevant measures to achieve a balanced approach between domestic production and imports, taking into account the development of multilateral and bilateral trade negotiations as well as environmental, cost, energy security, greenhouse gas savings and other considerations.
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 48
Recital 48
(48) In order to permit the achievement of a 10% share of biofuelsenergy from renewable sources in transport by 2020, it is necessary to ensure the placing on the market of higher blends of biodiesel in diesel than those envisaged by standard EN590/2004.
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 57
Recital 57
(57) Since the general objectives of achieving a binding 20% share of renewable energies in the Community's overall final energy consumption and a binding 10% share of biofuelenergy from renewable sources in each Member State's transport petrol and diesel consumptionsector by 2020 cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore, by reason of the scale of the action, be better achieved at Community level, the Community may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 146 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
3. Each Member State shall ensure that the share of energy from renewable sources in transport in 2020 is at least 10% of final consumption of energy in transport in that Member State, whereby biofuels and other bioliquids counting towards the target shall fulfil the sustainability criteria set out in Article 15. By the end of 2015 Member States may set a target of at least 1% of final consumption of energy in transport from cellulosic biofuel. Each Member State shall ensure that the share of cellulosic biofuel in transport in 2020 is at least 2% of final consumption of energy in transport in that Member State.
Amendment 159 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 9
Article 5 – paragraph 9
9. Electricity and energy in the transport sector produced from renewable energy sources in third countries shall only be taken into account for the purposes of measuring compliance with the requirements of this Directive concerning national targets if: (a) it isthey are physically imported and consumed in the Community; (b) the electricity isy are produced by an installation that became operational after the date of entry into force of this Directive; and (c) the electricity isy are issued with a guarantee of origin that forms part of a system of guarantee of origin equivalent to that laid down by this Directive.
Amendment 196 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraphs 1 a and 1 b (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraphs 1 a and 1 b (new)
With effect from 1 January 2016, the greenhouse gas emission saving from the use of biofuels and other bioliquids taken into account for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1 shall be at least 50%. The greenhouse gas emission saving from the use of biofuels and other bioliquids shall be calculated as provided for in Article 17(1).
Amendment 273 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 5 – point d a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 5 – point d a (new)
(da) the availability of biofuels derived from any cellulose, hemi-cellulose, or lignin, originating from renewable biomass.