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991 Amendments of Vladimir URUTCHEV

Amendment 2 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
– having regard to Articles 40 and 42 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) establishing a Common Market Organisation in agricultural products and the extent to which rules on competition apply to production of and trade in agricultural products,
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 86 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas over the years the CAP has undergone regular re-programming in line with new challenges, but another step in this continuous process of modernisation and simplification, building on previous reforms, is now necessary to tackle the challenges of food security, environmental protection and climate change and to increase EU added value;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 90 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas EU agriculture is at a turning point from an economic, technological and environmental perspective and that a strong and renewed ambition at EU level needs to provide the EU agricultural sector visibility and certainty with regards to the challenges arising from the impacts of Brexit and of the multilateral and bilateral trade agenda;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 145 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas it is essential to provide flexible and responsive tools to help sensitive and strategic sectors cope with structural changes, such as the potential impacts of Brexit or of approved bilateral trade agreements with the EU’s main partners;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 244 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas the CAP has progressively integrated environmental objectives by ensuring that its rules are compatible with and farmers comply to the environmental requirements laid down in Union legislation and promote sustainable farming practices that preserve the environment and biodiversity;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 257 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas the agriculture and food sector must be incentivised toshould continue to contribute to the environmental care and climate action objectives of the EU set out in international agreements such as the Paris Agreement and the UN SDGs;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 268 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas the CAP must develop a real ambition to reconcile environmental and climate objectives and the economic sustainability of the farming sector as only economically healthy farms will be capable to deliver on EU environmental and climate objectives;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 282 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas the European Court of Auditors has identified significant shortcomings in the implementation of Pillar II, especially the long approval process as well as the complex and bureaucratic nature of the Rural Development Programmes;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 299 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas less-favoured areas, such as mountainous and outermost regions, should continue to be compensated by the CAP for the extra costs associated with their specific constraints in order to maintain farming activity in such areas;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 316 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital N
N. whereas it is essential to ensure fair competition within the single market, within the sector and with other players in the food supply chain, both up and downstream, and to further strengthen incentives to prevent risks and crises with active management tools to be deployed at sectorial level and by public authorities;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 370 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Suggests that a notification of strategic plans by the Member States should not entail a formal approval by the Commission, rather a compliance check against the pre-defined objectives should be performed;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 377 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that even the flexibility that Member States currently enjoy in defining basic rules may risk distorting competition within the single market and granting unequal access to support for famers in different Member States or even in different regions;deleted
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 402 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that subsidiarity for Member States should only be granted within a common set of rules and tools agreed at EU level as part of a uniform approach to all programming efforts and eligibility criteria, should cover both of the CAP’s pillars and ensure, in particular, a European approach in Pillar I and thus a level playing field;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 406 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that subsidiarity for Member States should only be granted within a common set of rules and tools agreed at EU level, understood as a coherent room for manoeuvre and reasonable level of flexibility, should only be granted within a common set of rules, basic standards, tools and financial allocations agreed at EU level by the co-legislator as part of a uniform approach to all programming efforts and eligibility criteria, should cover both of the CAP’s pillars and ensure, in particular, a European approach in Pillar I and thus a level playing field;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 423 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers that in a view of streamlining national choices taken within the framework of the EU-defined tool box available under Pillar I and II, Member States should design their own coherent and performance-based national strategy aiming at delivering on EU objectives in due respect of the rules and principles of the EU single market;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 429 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. In CAP Pillar II the strict rules for irrigation should be mitigated in order to extend the irrigation especially in those Member States, where the irrigated area is less than the EU average;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 439 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that the European Commission in the process of assessing, approving and/or monitoring the implementation of the CAP by Member States, shall commit itself to strictly respect the political agreement and the objectives set by the co-legislators without adding extra layers of rules and policy objectives;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 447 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. WelcomeUnderstands the efforts of the Commission to establish programme design, implementation and control of an output-based approach in order to foster performance rather than compliance, while ensuring adequate monitoring via clearly defined, solid and measurable indicators at EU level, including an appropriate system of quality control and penalties;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 461 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Emphasizes that the new system should bring substantial simplification and reduction of administrative burden for both beneficiaries and national / regional administrations;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 465 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes, however, that a potential delay in adoption of CAP Strategic Plans may lead to late payments which has to be avoided;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 467 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Highlights that the CAP indicators should be simple, realistic, easily quantifiable and controllable;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 470 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls for simple framework-type CAP Strategic Plans, allowing appropriate flexibility;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 471 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Considers that the collection of information should rely on satellite images and Integrated Administration and Control System databases rather than individual farmers’ data submission;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 472 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. Stresses that missing out on output targets should not lead to a financial correction;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 473 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 f (new)
5f. Proposes for due consideration to introduce the following two simple indicators: - a 2 % premium to animal breeders after each 0,1 animal unit / hectare registered in the Integrated Identification and Registration System for Animals which would be called "environmental economic animal breeder premium"; This would incentivise farmers to breed animals on their land which would re-balance European agriculture; - a 20 % premium per farm to those farmers producing on small watershed basins having a nitrate output result - in groundwater and surface-water - measured by the relevant authorities on pre-defined points on the given basin below the threshold limit which would be called "environmental economic nitrate premium"; This latter would incentivise farmers pursuing a reasonable nutrient management determined by the results of soil analysis in order to use the optimal quantity of nitrogen;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 474 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 g (new)
5g. Requests preserving the simplified Small Farmers Scheme; Believes that farmers having a land less than 5 hectares should have the opportunity to voluntarily step into this system;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 475 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 h (new)
5h. Believes that farmers having a land less than 5 hectares should have the opportunity to voluntarily step into this system;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 476 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 i (new)
5i. Proposes to grant direct payments only to those animal (equino, sheep, goat, beef cattle) breeders farming on permanent pastures who keep ruminants at least 0,2 animal unit per hectare on that pasture where they apply for direct payments;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 481 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for guarantees that implementing and delegated acts and guidelines as well (serving as “soft laws”) are kept to the absolute minimum;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 490 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Believes that these acts must not cover any important legal provision which has to be in the basic acts;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 491 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Considers that these shall not reverse the spirit of subsidiarity and simplification of the basic acts to be;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 493 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls onWelcomes the proposal of the Commission to grant more flexibility to Member States and regions within the framework of the agricultural de minimis rules;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 505 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls also on the Commission to provide Member States with more flexibility in the framework of the agricultural State aid rules to encourage farmers to setup voluntary precautionary savings in a view to better cope with the upsurge in climate-driven and health risks as well as economic crises;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 521 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Considers it necessary to maintain the current two-pillared architecture, particularly Pillar I, which is ; underlines that Pillar I must remain dedicated to income support for farmers; considers it necessary and, at the same time, to compensate forincentivise the provision of enhanced public goods on the basis of uniform criteria, whilevia a new European scheme focused on the economic and environmental performance of farmers’ practices and production model, while, as a complement, Pillar II should allowing Member States to takeadopt specific approaches to reflect local conditions, including the compensation of the extra- costs related to natural constraints, and be better targeted to support the development of agriculture activities;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 534 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Considers it necessary to maintain the current two-pillared architecture, particularly Pillar I, which is dedicated to income support for farmers; considers it necessary, at the same time, to compensate for the provision of public goods on the basis of uniform criteria, while allowing Member States to take specific approaches to reflect local and sectoral conditions;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 578 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses that the CAP budget should be adapted to future needs and challenges, like those derived from the impacts of Brexit and of free-trade agreements adopted by the EU with its main trading partners;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 591 #
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 629 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Believes that more targeted support for family farms is necessary and can be achieved by introducing a compulsovoluntary higher support rate for small farms; considers, moreover, that support for larger farms should be digressive, reflecting economies of scale, with the possibility for capping to be decided by the Member States;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 671 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls forBelieves that the existing systbasic payment scheme for calculating direct payments in Pillar I, which is often based on historic entitlements, to be replaced by an EU- wide uniform method of calculating payments, in order to make the system simpler and more transparent is too complicated;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 688 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Welcomes the simple, justified, transparent and easily executable Single Area Payment Scheme (SAPS) successfully applied in many Member States and, therefore, asks for the preservation of the SAPS after 2020 and suggests to let it used in any Member State or by any farmer in the EU;
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 724 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need for a fair distribution of direct payments between Member States, which must take into account socio-economic differences, different production costs and the amounts received by Member States under Pillar II;deleted
2018/03/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 769 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that, provided that a level playing field in the single market can be guaranteed, voluntary coupled support (VCS) payments should be maintained, as a principal tool to counteract specific difficulties, particularly those arising from the structural competitive disadvantage of less-favoured and mountainous regions, as well as those which are more temporary in nature and arise from a shift away from the old entitlement scheme, for example;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 792 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Believes that the Single Common Market Organisation’s sectorial schemes, especially the operational programmes in the Fruits and Vegetable sector, have proven their effectiveness in enhancing the competitiveness and the structuration of the targeted sectors as well as improving their sustainability;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 800 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Confirms that these payments are contributing to the fulfilment of CAP objectives and those of the European Commission related to job preservation;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 804 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls on the Commission to allow Member States to design similar sectorial and/or territorial schemes to support sectors facing difficulties arising from structural changes in international trade or in the socioeconomic conditions within the Member State (Brexit for example);
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 807 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Asks for lifting sectorial limitations because the concept of “sectors being in difficulty” dropped and Member States should be able to dedicate a sufficient share of the national envelope to these payments, while respecting World Trade Organisation rules;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 820 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls that generational renewal is a challenge faced by famers in many Member States and that each national strategy must therefore address this issue through a comprehensive approach, including top-ups in Pillar I and targeted measures in Pillar II, as well as by means of new financial instruments and national measures, in order to incentivise famers to pass on their farming operation promoting succession planning, facilitating and encouraging collaborative arrangements —such as partnerships, shared farming, contract rearing and leasing between old and young farmers;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 841 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Besides the generational renewal the vitality of the rural areas should be maintained by supporting the development of rural areas in an integrated manner, through a wide range of actions (investments, connectivity and broadband, basic services, preservation of life and nature, renewal of villages, digitalisation etc.) mostly in the form of non-refundable supports;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 849 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Considers that in order to effectively reach the objective of generational renewal, the European Commission should reintroduce an exit scheme, allowing old farmers to retire and young farmers to enter the sector;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 918 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Highlights, moreover, that the implementation of financial instruments in rural development should be done on voluntary basis, while investments in rural areas should be strengthened;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 928 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to introduce a new and comprehensivsimplified cross- compliance lregal framework which allows the integration ofime encompassing the various types of environmental actions at present, such as the current cross compliance, greening and the good agricultural and environmental conditions (GAEC) standards, as well a; stresses that this regime should be designed at EU level and clearly lay out what the measures and results are expected from farmers; considers that Pillar II’s agri- environment measures (AEMs) for rural developmshould be simplified, more targeted and efficient, so that farmers can deliver effectively and with less bureaucracy on environmental care, biodiversity and climate action, while ensuring that Member States have adequate control and taking into account local conditions;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 947 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to introduce a new and comprehensive legal framework which allows the integration of the various types of environmental actions at present, such as cross compliance, greening and the good agricultural and environmental conditions (GAEC) standards, as well as agri-environment measures (AEMs) for rural development, so that farmers can deliver effectively and with less bureaucracy on environmental care, biodiversity and climate action, while ensuring that Member States have adequate control and taking into account local conditions;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 954 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Considers that the CAP needs to reconcile environmental ambition and competitiveness of farming;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 968 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Calls therefore on the Commission to introduce a new European incentive scheme instead of the first pillar’s green payments to support farmers who already adopted or wish to move towards environmentally sustainable and economically rewarding practices and production models (e.g. organic farming, conservation agriculture, integrated farming, precision farming and digitalised agriculture...);
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 980 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17c. Stresses that such an eco-scheme should be simple and inclusive while defining under which conditions relevant practices and production models are eligible and how certification schemes controlled by public authorities could be used;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 982 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 d (new)
17d. Adds that Member States in cooperation with the European Commission should also be able to design equivalence measures in their national strategies;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 991 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Believes that this new framework should be underpinned by the possible allocation of a minimum amount of the total available budget in Pillar II to AEMs, including organic agriculture, support for biodiversity and genetic diversity in animals and plants;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1034 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to foster innovation and modernisation in agriculture by supporting training and agricultural extension as a pre-condition in programme design andto help an effective implementation in all Member States, while fostering the transfer of know-how and the exchange of best practice models between Member States;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1040 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Considers that support to direct investment, training and innovation should be better targeted to the dual demands of economic and environmental performance, and increased via national top-ups if farmers engage in this approach;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1069 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Stresses that the CAP should promote the use of financial instruments and the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) to all farms and used to provide access to finance for bigger investments and projects;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1096 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission to maintain the current single common market organisation (SCMO) framework, includingespecially the marketing standards, the production management systems, the individual sector plans (wine, andpiculture, fruit and vegetables and other relevant sectors) and the EU school fruit, vegetables and milk scheme, with the ultimate aim of strengthening the sustainability and competiveness of each sector while enabling access for all farmers;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1105 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Stresses that such specific tools should remain in the first pillar and that sectorial strategies for fruits and vegetables, wine and apiculture should remain compulsory for the producing countries and their specificities should be kept;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1115 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Stresses that the attractiveness of the European Risk Management Toolbox (insurance, income stabilisation tools and mutual funds) included in the CAP has been strengthened by the Omnibus regulation;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1123 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Insists on the critical need for the future CAP to support farmers more efficiently in order to cope with price and income volatility due to climate, health and market risks, by creating additional incentives for flexiblethe development and the use of such risk management and stabiliszation tools while ensuring broad access and compatibility with existing national schemes;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1139 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Insists on the critical need for the future CAP to support farmers more efficiently in order to cope with price and income volatility due to climate, health and market risks, by creating additional incentives for flexible risk management and stabilisation tools while ensuring broad access;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1163 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Insists on the necessity of strengthening the position of producers within the food supply chain, in particular by guaranteeing them a fair share of the added value, by fostering inter-sectoral cooperation, and strengthening transparency in the markets and crisis prevention;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1181 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Insists on the necessity of strengthening the position of producers within the food supply chain, in particular by guaranteeing them a fair share of the added value, by fostering inter-sectoral cooperation, and strengthening transparency in the markets and crisis prevention, as well as further clarify the legal relationship between the provisions on the Common Market Organisations (CMO) and EU competition rules;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1183 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Considers that supply management measures for cheeses and ham with a protected designation of origin or a protected geographical indication or for wine have proven their efficiency in improving the sustainability, the competitiveness and the quality of the targeted products and should therefore be maintained and, if appropriate extended to cover all quality-labelled products in line with the CAP objectives;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1193 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Stresses that, based on the provisions obtained in the Omnibus regulation to rebalance the bargaining power within the food supply chain, farmers should be further incentivised to organise and use such new collective possibilities provided by farmers’ organisations;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1194 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 c (new)
22c. Stresses that the future CAP should also foster the development of economic organisations of the agricultural sector, both vertical and horizontal cooperation,, and continue to strengthen transparency in the markets and crisis prevention tools;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1195 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 d (new)
22d. Considers that, based on the lessons drawn on the functioning of the diverse EU Market observatories (Milk, Meat, Sugar & Crops), such tools should be extended to the sectors that are not already covered and further developed to offer reliable data and forecasts to the market operators in order to deliver early warning in case of market disturbances;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1196 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 e (new)
22e. Stresses that the historical market management tools of the CAP (public intervention and private storage) no longer have sufficient efficiency in a global economy context;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1198 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission to allow and indeed encourage – drawing on the lessons learnt during the last market crises particularly in the dairy sector – activethe complementary use of innovative market and crisis management instruments, such as voluntary sector agreements to manage, and if appropriate reduce, supply in quantitative terms among producers, producers organisations, farmers’ associations and processors, and to examine the possibility of extending such instruments to other sectors;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1221 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Calls for an in-depth review of the current crisis reserve mechanism in order to create an independent financial instrumentworkable and independent EU fund for agricultural crisis exempt from the budgetary principle of annuality, so as to permit budgetary transfers from one year to the next, thereby enabling quick and effective prevention actions and responses to crisis situations, including those involving animal and plant health, disease- related issues and food safety; Insists that this renewed EU fund for agricultural crisis should be used to complement the post-Omnibus European Risk Management Toolbox in case of severe crisis;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1227 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls for establishing a new mechanism totally independent from direct payments and financed primarily from unspent margins of Heading 2 in the EU budget;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1245 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Believes that while trade agreements are beneficial to the EU agricultural sector overalleconomy as a whole, and necessary for strengthening the EU’s position on the global agricultural market,market, in relation to EU agriculture they also pose a number of challengethreats that require reinforced safeguard mechanisms to ensure a level playing field between farmers in the EU and in the rest of the world;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1248 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Believes that while trade agreements are beneficial to the EU agricultural sector overall, and necessary for strengthening the EU’s position on the global agricultural market, they also pose a number of challenges that require reinforcneed to be tackled, safeguard mechanismsuch as respect of EU sanitary and phyto-sanitary standards, to ensure a level playing field between farmers in the EU and in the rest of the world;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1254 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls on the Commission to review the current safeguard mechanisms available within the SCMO, which should play a preventive role for sensitive sectors based on reference volume and prices thresholds allowing the safeguard mechanisms to be triggered automatically when such thresholds are reached;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1279 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for initiatives to promotereinforce the promotion of EU production, safety and environmental standards and quality production schemes, through both labelling and marketing activities on internal and third-country markets;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1315 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Stresses that Parliament and the Council should, via the co-decision procedure, set the general objectives, basic standards, measures and financial allocations, and determine the level of flexibility needed to enable the Member States to cope with their specificities and needs in line with the single market;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1332 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Commission to propose, before the applicany substantial change in the design and/or the implementation of the NDMCAP, a transitional period long enough to ensure a soft landing and to avoid any delay in farmers’ annual payments and in the implementation of rural development programmes;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1333 #

2018/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Commission to propose, before the application of the NDMintroduction of a totally new system, a transitional period long enough to ensure a soft landing and to avoid any delay in farmers’ annual payments and in the implementation of rural development programmes;
2018/03/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 5 #

2018/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas consumers make an associative link between brand, product and quality and expect products of the same brand and/or identical in appearance to be identical also in quality whether they are sold in their own country or in another Member State;
2018/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 18 #

2018/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas comparative organoleptic tests and analyses of product content and labelling have been carried out in approved laboratories in a number of EU countries, including Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary and Slovakia;
2018/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 23 #

2018/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C
C. whereas the analyses show that certain products contain less meat, or less ofers have sold products with different quality but under the same brand and those with a deceptively identical appearance and certain products contain less in some important ingredients (etc. meat) or other ingredients, in certain countries, in most cases those countries which joined the EU in 2004, 2007 and 2013; whereas the analyses found instances of the same products or those with deceptive identical appearance and having a lower quality being sold at considerably higher prices in those countries than in the so- called ‘old Member States’;
2018/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 63 #

2018/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Firmly believes that, in response to European citizens’ concerns about different products having deceptively identical appearance but different quality and/or ingredients being sold under the same brand in different Member States, the practice of ‘one brand, one product, different contentquality and proportional composition’ needs to be stopped by means of an amendment to Directive 2005/29/EC of 11 May 2005 concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices;
2018/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 75 #

2018/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that, until that practice is stopped, and in order to raise the profile of manufacturers’ initiatives on the use of local recipes, a system should be introduced for indicating, in a way that respects the consumer’s right of informed choice and consumer preferences, the local recipes used in the preparation of specific products; it is desirable for consumer information purposes to publish a public database that a product with "different recipe" that a producer have made in a given Member State is based exactly on what kind of criteria;
2018/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 103 #

2018/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the establishment of an agency or other specialised unit to monitor consistency of composition and proportional use of added ingredients in identically branded and packaged food products.
2018/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 107 #

2018/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls on the common development of a food control system targeted to filter products under the same brand or those of deceptively identical appearance but with different quality. This system would be based on three level control: - it is advisable to complete the tasks by ensuring the standard quality of products under the same brand or those of deceptively identical appearance but produced by the same food operator of those persons who are responsible for the quality at a given food operator. Furthermore, the internal control procedure of food operators may be completed recovery plan in case of products in dual quality. - food safety authorities in Member States or regions should carry comparative laboratory analyses including organoleptic and other necessary tests every year concerning products sold in different Member States under the same brand or those of deceptively identical appearance. They should send their results to the European Food Safety Authority. In case of fraud in food quality they should notify the other Member States and the European Commission via the Rapid Alert System on Food and Feed. - it is necessary to create a new unit in the European Food Safety Authority which would collect and analyse the results of the comparative laboratory analyses by Member States, as well as store these in a publicly accessible EU database. It would immediately launch a common food safety action in this field if needed.
2018/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 30 #

2018/2005(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that harnessing globalisation should involve both strengthening global discipline to prevent unfair competition and distortions of trade in agriculture, and avoiding undue exposure of sensitive EU agricultural sectors to competition from imports of products that are not subject to similar standards, costs and constraints as regards, for example, environmental, human, plant and animal health or consumer protection;
2018/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 89 #

2018/2005(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls its two resolutions of 26 October 2017 on the negotiating mandates for trade agreements with Australia and New Zealand2 and draws attention to the resolution of the Parliament on the current situation and future prospects for the sheep and goat sectors in the EU adopted on 2 May 2018 and especially its paragraph 62 which urges the Commission to exercise caution in negotiating the new FTAs with New Zealand and Australia pending its analysis of the impact of Brexit on sheep and goat farming, especially as regards the future of the 287 000 tonnes carcass weight equivalent quota for sheep meat granted by the EU to New Zealand; _________________ 2 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2017)0419 and P8_TA(2017)0420 respectively.
2018/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 118 #

2018/2005(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the Commission’s initiative to create an advisory group on EU trade negotiations composed of representatives of stakeholders and waits for the establishment of this group as soon as possible; insists on the need for the strong representation of EU farming organisations in such a group.
2018/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 55 #

2018/0256M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Points out that Article 7 of Protocol 1 to the 2012 Agreement contains a safeguard clause making it possible for appropriate steps to be taken where imports of large quantities of agricultural products classed as sensitive under the agreement cause serious market distortion and/or serious harm to the industry concerned; hopes that preferential imports into the EU of sensitive agricultural products from Morocco and Western Sahara will continue to be subject to appropriate and broad monitoring by the Commission, and that the Commission will still be ready to immediately activate the aforementioned clause where an established need arises;
2018/10/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 58 #

2018/0256M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
10. Points out that the EU and Morocco have negotiated, as set out in the initial agreement concluded in 2012, an ambitious and comprehensive agreement on protecting the geographical indications and designations of origin of agricultural products, processed agricultural products, fish and fishery products that provides for the protection by Morocco of the full list of the EU’s geographical indications; points out, furthermore, that the procedure for concluding the agreement, which began in 2015, was suspended following the Court’s judgment of 21 December 2016; calls for that procedure to be immediately resumed and finalised as soon as possible in conjunction with the conclusion of the agreement considered in this opinion. Calls on the Commission to intervene in front of EP Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, as soon as possible, with a presentation on the current state of play of agricultural trade between the EU and Morocco and on the ongoing negotiations of the agreement on geographical indications.
2018/10/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 7 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) The Programme should maintain a balanced approach between bottom-up (investigator or innovator driven) and, top- down (determined by strategically defined priorities) and territorially balanced funding, according to the nature of the research and innovation communities that are engaged, the types and purpose of the activities carried out and the impacts that are sought. The mix of these factors should determine the choice of approach for the respective parts of the Programme, all of which contribute to all of the Programme’s general and specific objectives.
2018/09/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 28 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(a a) to achieve a territorially balanced approach all over the EU concerning tenders;
2018/09/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 38 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point e a (new)
(e a) cluster "Freshwater and Seawater Aquaculture";
2018/09/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 45 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – point 5
(5) EUR 10 000 000 000 for cluster 'Agriculture, Rural development, Food and Natural Resources';
2018/09/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 48 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – point 5 a (new)
(5 a) EUR 3 000 000 000 for cluster 'Freshwater and Seawater Aquaculture'
2018/09/07
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 815 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) be bold and inspirational, and hence have wide scientific, technological, societal or economic relevance;
2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 822 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(ba) be built on different pillars, including at least a scientific and technological pillar, and where relevant, a societal pillar, and market oriented pillar with earmarked budgets, which allow a meaningful planning of activities;
2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1072 #

2018/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. In order to ensure that Europe remains at the forefront of global research and innovation in the digital field and to take account of the necessity to step up investments to benefit from the growing opportunities of digital technologies, 16 000 000 000 euro of the total budget of the Framework Programme will be allocated to core digital priorities.
2018/09/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 8 #

2018/0166R(APP)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that the common agricultural policy (CAP) plays a crucial role in delivering key EU objectives such as food security and preservation of landscapes and the natural environment; points out that the rules with which farmers must comply governing food, health and environmental protection have increased, while the relative share of agriculture in the EU budget keeps declining;
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 30 #

2018/0166R(APP)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates its call for the CAP budget to be maintained in the 2021-2027 MFF at least at the level of the 2014-2020 budget for the EU-27 in real terms, given the fundamental role of this policy; reaffirms its firm view that agriculture must not suffer any financial disadvantage as a result of political decisions such as the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU or the funding of new European policies;
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 43 #

2018/0166R(APP)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Disagrees withOpposes the Commission’s proposal for the next MFF, which would entail substantial cuts to the CAP; highlights the fact that the extent of the cuts varies according to the parameters used for the comparison; disagrees with the Commission’s approach of providing two calculation methods for the MFF (current vs constant);
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 50 #

2018/0166R(APP)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the importance of direct payments as well as second-pillar funds for farmers; deplores in particular the severe cuts envisaged for the second pillar of the CAP, which makes a significant contribution to investment and employment in rural areas; recalls, that the main objective of this European Commission is to maintain and create jobs in the EU; therefore, does not understand why the Commission plans serious cuts in the EU budget for rural development; stresses that it cannot be taken for granted that national co-funding will fill the budget gap;
2018/09/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 91 #

2018/0088(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34 a (new)
(34 a) whereas the second paragraph of point (a) of Article 2(4) of the Directive 2001/110/EC on honey provides that, where honey originates from more than one Member State or third country, the mandatory indication of the countries of origin may be replaced by one of the following, as appropriate: ‘blend of EU honeys’, ‘blend of non-EU honeys’ or ‘blend of EU and non-EU honeys’; whereas the indication ‘blend of EU and non-EU honeys’ is not informative enough for the consumer;
2018/09/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 92 #

2018/0088(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34 b (new)
(34 b) whereas many honey packagers and traders now abuse this way of indicating origin in order to conceal the real country of origin, as well as the proportion of honey from the different countries concerned, as purchasers are becoming more knowledgeable and are distrustful of foodstuffs from certain countries;
2018/09/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 93 #

2018/0088(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34 c (new)
(34 c) whereas the resolution of the European Parliament at 1 March 2018 on prospects and challenges for the EU apiculture sector “considers … that labelling such as ‘blend of EU honeys’, ‘blend of non-EU honeys’, and especially ‘blend of EU and non-EU honeys’, completely conceals the origin of the honey from the consumer and consequently fails to fulfil the principles of EU consumer protection law (paragraph 58)” and, therefore, “Asks for the ‘blend of EU and non-EU honeys’ descriptor on labels to be replaced by an indication of exactly which country or countries the honey used in the final product come from, and that these be listed in the order which corresponds to the percentage proportions used in the final product … (paragraph 59)
2018/09/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 94 #

2018/0088(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34 d (new)
(34 d) whereas the situation on the EU internal honey market has been worsened due to the continuous import of adultered honey according to representatives of European and national beekeeper organisations; whereas the EU is not supposed to tolerate this situation anymore and it should take the right step forward which is the correction of the labelling section of the Directive 2001/110/EC on honey;
2018/09/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 95 #

2018/0088(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34 e (new)
(34 e) whereas current rules do not take account of fraudulent practices affecting processed products such as biscuits, breakfast cereals, confectionery, etc.; whereas the label ‘honey’ can mislead consumers in regard to the real content of the given product, as it is often used when much less than 50 % of the sugar content of the product originates from honey; whereas the food labelling rules has to be corrected also in this field;
2018/09/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 212 #

2018/0088(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 a (new)
Directive No 2001/110/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 4 a Amendments to Directive (EC) No 2001/110 on honey Directive (EC) No 2001/110 is amended as follows: (1) Article 2 is amended as follows: (a) Article 2, paragraph (4) point a) is replaced by the following text: “The country or countries of origin where the honey has been harvested shall be indicated on the label by which country or countries the honey used in the final product come from, and that these shall be listed in the order which corresponds to the percentage proportions used in the final product additionally stating the percentage by country in a given product.” (b) Article 2 is completed by the following paragraph (6): “The use of the word ‘honey’ or the terms ‘containing honey’ or ‘made with honey’ in the designation of processed food products, or in any graphic or non- graphic element indicating that the product contains honey may only be used if at least 50 % of the sugar- content of the product originates from honey.”
2018/09/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 196 #

2017/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. takes into account the development of subsidies in the sector, which is of the utmost importance to increase efficiency and competitiveness in production, improve product quality and hoist self- sufficiency of EU sheep meat supply - all of which are consistent with EU’s efficiency development and quality improvement objectives;
2017/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 204 #

2017/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. suggests, however, to separate the coupled aid between hobby animal breeders having less than 15 animal units (irrespective of whether they have sheep or goats or both) who could be granted lump sum payment and larger livestock keepers who need to receive increased aid to enable them to better target the market and to improve the quality of product;
2017/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 225 #

2017/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the agreement reached in negotiations for the Omnibus regulation recognising the specific nature of Mediterranean grasslands, such as dehesa pasturelands, with a view to finding fairer arrangements governing the land eligible for direct payments; advocates authorising grazing in areas of ecological interest and completing EFA types by dry, poor quality grasslands found in less favoured areas or other disadvantaged areas in Central and Eastern-European Member States;
2017/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 269 #

2017/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on Member States to extend agri-environmental payments to pastures used for sheep and goat grazing and to provide animal welfare national aid also for sheep and goats in addition to other ruminants;
2017/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 276 #

2017/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on Member States to extend Milk Package financial support to sheep and goat milk;
2017/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 289 #

2017/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Urges the Commission to exercise caution in negotiating the new free-trade agreement with New Zealand, pending its analysis of impact of Brexit on the EU sheep-farming sector; takes the view that this new agreement should split New Zealand’s quota for lamb meat exports into the EU so as to separate fresh or chilled and frozen meat; recalls that in the European Union lambs may be marketed only at the age of 6 or 9 months, but in New Zealand a higher age – 12 months – is permitted; reminds the European Commission that the future agreement between New-Zealand and the EU has to set a 6 or 9 month age limit for the legal sale in the EU internal market of any lamb from outside the EU;
2017/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 356 #

2017/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. calls on the European Commission and the Member States to develop specific programmes enabling women to find their place in addition to men in this particular sector, which could deeply contribute to the necessary generational renewal in the sector and to assisting sheep and goats keepers in establishing their families;
2017/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 374 #

2017/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. In order to improve the employment situation in the sector, calls on the European Commission and the Member States to develop programmes which assist better the training of guard and shepherd dogs and their proper application in livestock farms;
2017/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 378 #

2017/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Reminds that the proliferation of predators is due to the current EU legislation aiming at preserving indigenous wild animal species, therefore, damages caused by wild animals should be compensated by the community and not at the expense of the shepherd’s insurance;
2017/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 16 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the importance of pollination in the EU is not sufficiently recognized because this service is taken for granted, while for example in the United States 2 billion euros are spent per year for artificial pollination;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 22 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas on 11 May 2015, Slovenia initiated at the meeting of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council the official recognition of 20 May as the World Bee Day to be declared by the UN, which idea was widely supported by all Member States; whereas it was agreed there that particular attention should be paid to the apiculture sector in terms of agriculture, plant protection and sustainable farming, because bees have a large impact on ecological balance in the World;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 31 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the National Apiculture Programmes provides participants with the opportunity to undertake research and development projects; whereas successful projects can contribute a lot to strengthen the apiculture sector and its capability to resist better to natural and market crises; whereas there is a need to support beekeepers' request on sharing know-how on projects between Member States;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 41 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas there is a need for beekeepers to operate in harmony with the services which they carry out and to do so responsibly and professionally; also in order to be able to cope with challenges such as climate change, natural disasters, reduction of bee pastures and the high administrative burden in some Member States;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 64 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas British researchers have recently come to the scientific conclusion that local and regional breeds of bees better survive in a given area than breeds of bees settled from elsewhere;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 70 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H c (new)
Hc. whereas wild bees, which also play an important role in pollination and in the preservation of the ecological balance, are in serious danger, so EU legislators need to act to protect wild bees;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 83 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas in many cases the competent EU agencies, such as the European Food Safety Authority, do not have the results of the expected number of field tests related to certain challenged pesticide active substances;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 88 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Ib. whereas, in order to stop and then reduce the mortality of bees, it is necessary to obtain clear results as soon as possible, in particular by field tests, of all pesticide active substances which endanger the health of bees;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 135 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q a (new)
Qa. whereas China produces 450 thousand tons of honey per year according to the statistics, which is more than the combined honey production of the EU, Argentina, Mexico, the United States of America and Canada;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 140 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital R a (new)
Ra. Whereas, according to professionals in the EU and in other honey-producing countries in the World it is impossible for any region, including China, to double honey production in 10 years, as neither this area can be free from all negative effects impacting the World such as climate change, the effects of intensive agriculture on pollinators, the impacts of globally widespread bee parasites on bee-health or the adverse changes on bee pastures;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 145 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital U
U. whereas in December 2015the Agriculture and Fisheries Council in its meeting in December 2015 discussed quality concerns about honey imported into the EU and the competitiveness of the European apiculture sector; whereas in conclusion the Commission ordered the centralised testing of honey;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 155 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital Z a (new)
Za. whereas many large honey producer countries such as the USA, Canada, Argentina or Mexico have much stricter requirements on honey labelling than the EU's simplified rules, so they guarantee much better the necessary information of consumers than the EU;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 157 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital Z b (new)
Zb. whereas current rules do not deal with fraudulent practices on processed products such as biscuits, corn flakes, confectionary etc. if the word „honey” is misleading consumers on the real content of the given product; whereas the use of the word „honey” on their label should be permitted only if at least 50 % of the sugar-content of the product originates from honey;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 158 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital AA a (new)
AAa. whereas this excellent initiative is open to all EU Member States to contribute to the education of children to eat healthy food such as honey and to promote the apiculture sector;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 160 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital AA b (new)
AAb. whereas the EU school programmes represent a critical tool to reconnect children with agriculture and the variety of EU agricultural products, particularly those produced in their region; whereas in addition to fresh fruits and vegetables and drinking milk, these programmes allow Member States to include other local, regional or national specialties such as honey;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 162 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital AB
AB. whereas, although getting local producers involved in ‘honey school’ programmes imposes an additional financial burden, the impact on the children’s outlook means the costs will be amply repaid in the future; whereas, the local producers experience difficulties to participate in the ‘honey school’ programmes due to restrictive application of the legislation on the direct supply of small quantities of honey in some Member States;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 175 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital AF a (new)
AFa. whereas large quantities of honey are imported into the EU and it cause serious disturbances and even crisis in the EU honey market in many times; whereas the apiculture sector deserves to be treated as a priority in the EU during the negotiations of free trade agreements and honey and other bee products should be declared as “sensitive products”;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 204 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. calls on the European Commission to do its utmost to ensure that the United Nations, by the end of this year, declares the 20th of May as World Bee Day;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 208 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Understands that financing of beekeeping must be increased in future agricultural policy preferably from 2021;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 214 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Pcalls on the Commission and the Member States that the EU apiculture sector needs for an appropriate EU subsidy corresponding to the current bee stock; therefore, proposes a 47.8% increase in the EU budget for national beekeeping programmes – in line with the actual increase in the bee population – as compared with the 2004 level, which translates as EUR 47 million annually;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 236 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to include a new direct support scheme for beekeepers based on colony numbersobjective criteria in its proposals for the common agricultural policy post-2020;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 248 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. calls on the Member States to adequately ensure the basic and vocational training of beekeepers; feels that beyond the agricultural and other economic aspects of apiculture the teaching material should contain a knowledge related to pollination and other environmental services such as maintaining the ecological balance and preserving biodiversity;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 316 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. In view of the risk that some invasive alien species such as the Varroa destructor are able to develop resistance to some VMPs, encourages the Member States to perform annual test of the level of mite’s resistance to the different active substances used in the VMP’s;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 329 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Member States and the regions to use all means possible to protect local and regional bee varieties from the undesirable spread of naturalised or invasive alien varieties in the EU; In this regard, encourages professional education in veterinary medicine universities in order to strengthen the veterinary control;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 336 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on all municipal authorities in the EU to make every effort to increase green areas around their settlement in order to stop the decline of bee pastures;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 339 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. calls on the Commission and the Council to take the necessary steps as soon as possible in order to preserve the currently declining wild bee stock in the EU;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 349 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission to immediately initiate the ban on those pesticide active substances, including neonicotinoids, which have been scientifically proved - based on the findings of laboratory analyses and mainly field tests - by the European Food Safety Authority to be dangerous on bee health;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 369 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls on the Member States to clearly stand by (in the appropriate process) the prohibition of the use of those pesticide active substances which have been proved being dangerous on bee health;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 379 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. In accordance with the EU precautionary principle asks the Commission to suspend the authorization of those pesticide active substances which, according to suspicion based on field tests, endangers bee health, until the publication of the EFSA's detailed impact assessment;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 438 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27 a. asks for the Commission to initiate the supplement to the Honey Directive, according to the use of the word "honey" or the terms "containing honey" or "made with honey" in the designation of processed products, or in anygraphic or non-graphic element indicating that the product contains honey, may be used only if at least 50 % of the sugar-content of the product originates from honey;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 457 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30 a. Encourages Member States to adapt the rules for direct supply of small quantities of honey in order to enhance the participation of local honey producers in the school schemes;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 473 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32 a. encourages the Member States to boost local and regional sales of honey, in particular bio-honey, with all the means at their disposal, in particular by providing intensive support for short supply chains through their rural development programmes;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 476 #

2017/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 b (new)
32 b. proposes to the Member States to encourage, by all means at their disposal, the involvement of beekeeping products such as pollen, propolis or royal jelly in the pharmaceutical industry;
2017/09/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 74 #

2017/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Recommends that the support to the ‘Young Farmer Scheme’ should continue and the maximum level of national funding allocation be increased beyond 2 %implement the recent decisions taken in the Omnibus Regulation in order to encourage generational renewal;
2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 86 #

2017/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Recommends that the limit placed on access to supports (currently five years from the establishment of the business) should be reviewed in order to encourage generational turnover;deleted
2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 129 #

2017/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the fact that Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform 2014- 2020 introduced new measures to support young farmers in setting up farms; expresses concern however thatthat the level of administrative burdens may be inhibitings the take-up of these measures; notes that the overall administration of the direct payments and Rural Development Programme measures is perceived as very complex and difficult, especially for new entrants who are not familiar with the payment system;
2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 137 #

2017/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the importance of ensuring free access to advisory services for young farmers;
2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 157 #

2017/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4
Access to land and countering ‘land- grabbing’
2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 195 #

2017/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Believes that a proper definition of an active farmer will help generational renewal, drive structural change and aid land mobility;deleted
2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 216 #

2017/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that in many Member States the generational renewal and the access of young people to agricultural land is hindered by late succession; considers that the current CAP lacks any incentives for older farmers to pass their businesses to younger generations; recommends reconsidering the implementation of measures that would motivate older holders to pass their farms to young farmers, such as the ‘farm-exit scheme’ and other incentives for retirement;
2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 232 #

2017/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that the Member States and the regions should be given more power to regulate farmland and set restrictions to that end, particularly with a view to tackling Europe’s land-grabbing and concentration phenomenon, which is limiting young farmers’ options when starting out;
2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 252 #

2017/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. The same conditions and standard of living should be ensured for young people living in rural areas as well as for those living in urban areas. In order to avoid discrimination and to prevent the abandonment of rural areas, it should be provided: Wi-Fi connection, access to health, education, training and innovation, better roads;
2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 255 #

2017/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that there is a need to modernise the vocational training provided in rural regions with the active involvement of national advisory services; believes that access to the European Social Fund (ESF) should be facilitated and an increased budget given to vocational training in rural areas;
2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 261 #

2017/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Encourages the setting-up of an "Erasmus" type scheme associated with vocational training to improve young farmers' skills and experience;
2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 267 #

2017/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to offer more training opportunities and access to advisory services for potential and confirmed young farmers, including farming, technological and entrepreneurial skills such as marketing, networking, communication and financial expertise; exchange of best practices and innovative solutions at the farm level;
2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 76 #

2017/0312(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) Nuclear research can contribute to social and economic prosperitenergy security, energy independency and environmental sustainability by improving nuclear safety, security and radiation protection. Equally important is the potential contribution of nuclear research to the long -term decarbonisation of the energy system in a safe, efficient and secure way.
2018/05/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 88 #

2017/0312(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) Notwithstanding the potentialsitive impact of nuclear energy on energy supply and economic development, severe nuclear accidents may endanger human health and the environment. Therefore, nuclear safety and, where appropriate, security aspects dealt with by the Joint Research Centre (the 'JRC') should be given the greatest possiblappropriate attention in the Euratom Programme.
2018/05/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 92 #

2017/0312(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) The European Strategic Energy Technology Plan (the 'SET Plan'), set out in the conclusions of the Council meeting of 28 February 2008 in Brussels, is accelerating the development of a portfolio of low carbon technologies. The European Council agreed, at its meeting on 4 February 2011, that the Union and its Member States would promote investment in renewables, and safe and sustainable low carbon technologies including nuclear power and would focus on implementing the technology priorities established in the SET Plan. Action 10 (nuclear) of the SET- Plan has as its goal: Maintaining a high level of safety of nuclear reactors and associated fuel cycles during operation and decommissioning, while improving their efficiency. Each Member State remains free to choose the type of technologies that it would support.
2018/05/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 98 #

2017/0312(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) While it is for each Member State to choose whether or not to make use of nuclear power, it is also acknowledged that nuclear energy plays differeand use of radioactive materials plays an important roles in differentall Member States, not least in the field of human health.
2018/05/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 104 #

2017/0312(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) For fusion to become a crediblen option for commercial energy productionarbon-free energy source, it is, firstly, necessary to successfully complete, in a timely manner, the construction of ITER and start its operation. Secondly it is necessary to establish an ambitious, yet realistic roadmap towards the production of electricity by 2050. Reaching those goals requires the European fusion programme to be directed towards a joint programme of activities implementing this roadmap. In order to secure the achievements of on- going fusion research activities, as well as the long-term commitment of, and collaboration between, the fusion stakeholders, continuity of the Community's support should be ensured. A stronger focus should be placed primarily on the activities in support of ITER but also on the developments towards the demonstration reactor, including the stronger involvement, as appropriate, of the private sector. Such rationalisation and refocusing should be achieved without jeopardising the European leadership of the fusion scientific community.
2018/05/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 114 #

2017/0312(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) The outcomes of the debates that took place at the Symposium on 'Benefits and Limitations of Nuclear Fission Research for a Low Carbon Economy' prepared by an interdisciplinary study involving, among others, experts from the fields of energy, economics and social sciences, co-organised by the Commission and the European Economic and Social Committee in Brussels on 26 and 27 February 2013, recognised the need to continue nuclear fission research at the European level.
2018/05/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 120 #

2017/0312(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) Research and innovation activities supported by the Euratom Programme should respect fundamental ethical principles. The opinions on energy matters of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies should be taken into account as appropriate. Research activities should also take into account Article 13 of the TFEU and reduplace the use of animals in research and testing, with a view to ultimately replacingprohibit animal use. All activities should be carried out ensuring athe highest level of human health protection.
2018/05/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 121 #

2017/0312(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) A greater impact should also be achieved by combining the Euratom Programme and private sector funds within public-private partnerships in key areas where research and innovation could contribute to the Union's wider competitiveness goals. Particular attention should be given to the involvement of small and medium-sized enterprises, including emerging new innovative actors within the relevant research area.
2018/05/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 128 #

2017/0312(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
(33) Achieving the objectives of the Euratom Programme in relevant areas requires support for cross-cutting activities, both within the Euratom Programme and jointly with the activities of the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme, thus creating synergy between nuclear and non-nuclear research and knowledge transfer in areas like radiation protection and medical research programmes or actions supporting researcher mobility like in the case of Marie Skłodowska Curie scheme.
2018/05/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 133 #

2017/0312(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The general objective of the Euratom Programme is to pursue nuclear research and training activities with an emphasis on continuous improvement of nuclear safety, security and radiation protection, notably to potentially contribute to the long-term decarbonisation of the energy system in a safe, efficient and secure way. The general objective shall be implemented through the activities specified in Annex I in the form of direct and indirect actions which pursue the specific objectives set out in paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article.
2018/05/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 135 #

2017/0312(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) supporting safety of current and future nuclear systems;
2018/05/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 145 #

2017/0312(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point h – point i (new)
(i) preserving EU leadership in nuclear technologies in accordance with the goals of the Energy Union.
2018/05/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 155 #

2017/0312(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
The financial envelope for the implementation of the Euratom Programme shall be EUR 77820 220 000. That amount shall be distributed as follows:
2018/05/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 161 #

2017/0312(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) indirect actions for nuclear fission, safety and radiation protection, EUR 15201 579 000;
2018/05/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 168 #

2017/0312(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3
3. The work programmes referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall take account of the state of science, technology and innovation at national, Union and international level and of relevant policy, market and societal developments. They shall be updated as and where appropriate, taking due account of the relevant recommendations made by the independent Commission Expert Groups set up to evaluate the EURATOM Programme.
2018/05/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 170 #

2017/0312(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Particular attention shall be paid to ensuring the adequate participation of, and innovation impact on, small and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs), including emerging new innovative actors in the relevant research area and the private sector in general in the Euratom Programme. Quantitative and qualitative assessments of SME participation shall be undertaken as part of the evaluation and monitoring arrangements.
2018/05/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 182 #

2017/0312(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 2
Nuclear power constitutes an element in the debate onmakes an important contribution to combating climate change and reducing Europe's dependence on imported energy. In the broader context of finding a sustainable energy-mix for the future, the Euratom Programme will also contribute through its research activities to the debate on the benefits and the limitationmaintaining the technological advantages of nuclear fission energy for a low-carbon economy. Through ensuring continuous improvement of nuclear safety, more advanced nuclear technologies could also offer the prospect of significant improvements in efficiency and use of resources and producing less waste than current designs. Nuclear safety aspects will receive the greatest possible attention.
2018/05/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 185 #

2017/0312(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 4
The strategy to develop fusion as a crediblen option for commercial carbon-free energy productionsource will follow a roadmap with milestones towards the goal of electricity production by 2050. To implement that strategy, a restructuring of fusion- related work in the Union, including governance, funding and management, must be carried out to ensure a shift of emphasis from pure research to designing, building and operating future facilities such as ITER, DEMO and beyond. That will require a close cooperation between the entire Union fusion community, the Commission and the national funding agencies.
2018/05/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 191 #

2017/0312(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 6 – point a – paragraph 2
In line with the general objective, support to joint research activities concerning the safe operation and decommissioning of reactor systems (including fuel cycle facilities) in use in the Union or, to the extent necessary in order to maintain broad nuclear safety expertise in the Union, those reactor types which may be used in the future, focusing exclusively on safety aspects, including all aspects of the fuel cycle such as partitioning and transmutation.
2018/05/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 202 #

2017/0312(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 11
In order to achieve the objectives of the Euratom Programme and to create synergy between nuclear and non-nuclear activities and knowledge transfer in relevant areas, appropriate links and interfaces, such as joint calls, will be ensured with the Specific Programme of the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme.
2018/05/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 44 #

2017/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) To ensure a coherent legislation framework ofor the inter-urban carriage of passengers by regular coach and bus services throughout the Union, Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009 should apply to all inter- urban carriage by regular services. The scope of that Regulation should therefore be extendedEuropean Union is paramount in order to prevent legal ambiguity. The scope of that Regulation should therefore be consistent with the provisions of a Regulation (EC) No1370/2007.
2018/10/04
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 49 #

2017/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) An independent and impartial regulatory body should be designated in each Member StateEach Member State shall designate a national competent authority to ensure the proper functioning of the road passenger transport market. That body may also be responsible for other regulated sectors such as rail, energy or telecommunications.
2018/10/04
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 66 #

2017/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) In order to ensure fair competition in the market, operators of regular services should be provided with access rights to terminals in the Union on fair, equitable, non-discriminatory and transparent terms. Appeals against decisions rejecting or limiting access should be lodged with the regulatory body.national competent authority
2018/10/04
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 72 #

2017/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) Authorisation for both national and international regular services should be subject to an authorisation procedure. Authorisation should be granted, unless there are specific grounds for refusal attributable to the applicant, or the service would compromise the economic equilibrium of a public service contract. A distance threshold should be introduced to ensure that commercial regular service operations do not compromise the economic equilibrium of existing public service contracts. In the case of routes already served by more than one public service contract, it should be possible to increase that threshold.
2018/10/04
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 77 #

2017/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) Non-resident carriers should be able to operate national regular services under the same conditions as resident carriers by attending a competitive tendering procedure, in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on public passenger transport services by rail and by road and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) Nos 1191/69 and 1107/70.
2018/10/04
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 80 #

2017/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) Administrative formalities should be reduced as much as possible without abandoning the controls and penalties that guarantee the correct application and effective enforcement of Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009. The journey form constitutes an unnecessary administrative burden and should therefore be abolished.
2018/10/04
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 104 #

2017/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
Article 2 – paragraph 7
7. ‘cabotage operation’ means a national road passenger transport service operated for hire or reward on a temporary basis in a host Member State;;
2018/10/04
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 115 #

2017/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
Article 2 – paragraph 9
9. ‘terminal’ means any staffed facility with a minimumhere according to the specified route a rea of 600m2, which provides a parking place that is used by coaches and buses for the setgular service is scheduled to stop for passengers to board or alight, equipped with facilities such as a check-in counter, waiting downroom or pticking up of passengerset office;
2018/10/04
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 130 #

2017/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
Article 2 – paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. ‘public service contract’ means one or more legally binding acts confirming the agreement between a competent authority and a public service operator to entrust to that public service operator the management and operation of public passenger transport services subject to public service obligations; depending on the law of the Member State, the contract may also consist of a decision adopted by the competent authority: – taking the form of an individual legislative or regulatory act, or – containing conditions under which the competent authority itself provides the services or entrusts the provision of such services to an internal operator;
2018/10/04
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 140 #

2017/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
Article 3 a – paragraph 1
Each Member State shall designate a single national regulatory bodcompetent authority for the road passenger transport sector. That body shall be an impartial authority which is, in organisational, functional, hierarchical and decision making terms, legally distinct and independent from any other public or private entity. It shall be independent from any competent authority involved in the award of a public service contracte national competent authority may be responsible for other regulated sectors.
2018/10/04
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 144 #

2017/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
Article 3 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The regulatory body may be responsible for other regulated sectors.deleted
2018/10/04
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 146 #

2017/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
Article 3 a – paragraph 2
2. The regulatory body for the road passenger transport sector shall have the necessary organisational capacity in terms of human and other resources, which shall be proportionate to the importance of that sector in the Member State concerned.deleted
2018/10/04
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 152 #

2017/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
Article 3 a – paragraph 3
3. The regulatory bodnational competent authority shall perform the following tasks::
2018/10/04
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 164 #

2017/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
Article 3 a – paragraph 4
Information requested shall be supplied within a reasonable period set by the regulatory bodnational competent authority and not exceeding one month. In justified cases, the regulatory bodnational competent authority may extend the time limit for submission of information by a maximum of two weeks. The regulatory bodnational competent authority shall be able to enforce requests for information by means of penalties which are effective, proportionate and dissuasive.
2018/10/04
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 167 #

2017/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
Article 3 a – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall ensure that decisions taken by the regulatory bodnational competent authority are subject to judicial review. That review may have suspensive effect only when the immediate effect of the regulatory bodnational competent authority’s decision may cause irretrievable or manifestly excessive damages for the appellant. This provision is without prejudice to the powers of the court hearing the appeal as conferred by constitutional law of the Member State concerned.
2018/10/04
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 170 #

2017/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
Article 3 a – paragraph 6
6. Decisions taken by the regulatory bodnational competent authority shall be made public.;
2018/10/04
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 172 #

2017/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
Article 3 c (new)
(3b) 3c. Member States shall not apply Article 3b when they apply subsidies for the transportation of passengers on unprofitable lines and routes at the expense of a national and/or local budget.
2018/10/04
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 223 #

2017/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
Article 5 b – paragraph 4
4. Applicants may appeal against decisions by terminal operators. Appeals shall be lodged with the regulatory bodnational competent authority.
2018/10/04
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 225 #

2017/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
Article 5 b – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Where the regulatory bodnational competent authority hears an appeal against a decision by a terminal operator, it shall adopt a reasoned decision within a fixed timeframe and, in any case within three weeks from receipt of all relevant information.
2018/10/04
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 228 #

2017/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
The decision of the regulatory bodnational competent authority on the appeal shall be binding. The regulatory bodnational competent authority shall be able to enforce it by means of penalties which are effective, proportionate and dissuasive
2018/10/04
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 238 #

2017/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
Article 8 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. In the event that an international regular bus and coach service has compromised the economic equilibrium of a public service contract, due to exceptional reasons which could not have been foreseen at the time of granting the authorisation, the Member State concerned may, with the agreement of the Commission, suspend or withdraw the authorisation to provide the service, after having given three months’ notice to the carrier. The carrier shall have the possibility to appeal such decision.
2018/10/04
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 240 #

2017/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
Article 8 – title
Authorisation procedure for the international carriage of passengers over a distance of less than 100 kilometres as the crow flies
2018/10/04
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 246 #

2017/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Authorisations shall be issued in agreement with the competent authorities of all the Member States in whose territories passengers are picked up or set down and are carried over distances of less than 100 kilometres as the crow flies, over distance defined by each Member State. The authorising authority shall send a copy of the application, together with copies of any other relevant documentation, within two weeks of receipt of the application to such competent authorities with a request for their agreement. At the same time, the authorising authority shall forward those documents to the competent authorities of other Member States whose territories are crossed, for information.
2018/10/04
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 264 #

2017/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
Article 8 a – title
Authorisation procedure for the international carriage of passengers over a distance of 100 kilometres or more as the crow fliesdeleted
2018/10/04
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 270 #

2017/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
Article 8 a – paragraph 1
1. The authorising authority shall take a decision on the application within two months of the date of submission of the application by the carrier.deleted
2018/10/04
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 275 #

2017/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
Article 8 a – paragraph 2
2. Authorisation shall be granted unless refusal can be justified on one or more of the grounds listed in points (a) to (c) of Article 8c(2).deleted
2018/10/04
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 282 #

2017/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
Article 8 a – paragraph 3
3. The authorising authority shall forward to the competent authorities of all Member States in whose territories passengers are picked up or set down, as well as to the competent authorities of Member States whose territories are crossed without passengers being picked up or set down, a copy of the application, together with copies of any other relevant documentation, and its assessment, for information.deleted
2018/10/04
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 305 #

2017/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
Article 8 b – paragraph 2
2. Authorisations for national regular services shall be granted unless refusal can be justified on one or more of the grounds listed in points (a) to (cd) of Article 8c(2) and, if the service is carrying passengers over a distance of less than 100 kilometres as the crow flies, Article 8c(2)(d).
2018/10/04
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 312 #

2017/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
Article 8 b – paragraph 3
3. The distance referred to in paragraph 2 may be increased to 120 kilometres if the regular service to be introduced will serve a point of departure and a destination which are already served by more than one public service contract.deleted
2018/10/04
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 342 #

2017/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
Article 8 d – paragraph 1
1. Member States may limit the right of access to the international and national market for regular services if the proposed regular service carries passengers over distances of less than 100 kilometres as the crow flies and if the service would compromise the economic equilibrium of a public service contract.
2018/10/04
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 376 #

2017/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16
Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
Article 15 – point c
(c) regular services, performed in accordance with this Regulation.;by a carrier not resident in the host Member State provided that a stay in that Member State does not exceed 48 hours after the entry into the territory of the Member State, in the course of a regular international service in accordance with this Regulation with the exception of transport services meeting the needs of an urban centre or conurbation, or transport needs between it and the surrounding areas. Cabotage operations shall not be performed independently of such international service.
2018/10/04
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 391 #

2017/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
Article 25 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(19a) In Article 25, the following paragraph 1 a is inserted: "Member States shall not apply the provisions of Chapter III of this Regulation for national regular services on territories covered by services of general economic interest, on the condition that public service contracts are awarded following a competitive tendering procedure, in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007."
2018/10/04
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 398 #

2017/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 21
Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
Article 28
(21) Article 28 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 28 Reporting 1. latest, and for the first time by 31 January […the first January following the entry into force of this Regulation] Member States shall communicate to the Commission the number of authorisations for regular services issued the previous year and the total number of authorisations for regular services valid on 31 December of that year. That information shall be given separately for each Member State of destination of the regular service. Member States shall also communicate to the Commission the data concerning cabotage operations, in the form of special regular services and occasional services, carried out during the previous year by resident carriers. 2. latest and, for the first time by 31 January […the first January following the entry into force of this Regulation], the competent authorities in the host Member State shall provide the Commission with statistics on the number of authorisations issued for cabotage operations in the form of the regular services referred to in Article 15(c) during the previous year. 3. adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 26 to establish the format of the table to be used for the communication of the statistics referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 and the data to be provided. 4. latest and, for the first time by 31 January […the first January following the entry into force of this Regulation], Member States shall inform the Commission of the number of carriers holding a Community licence as of 31 December of the previous year and of the number of certified copies corresponding to the number of vehicles in circulation on that date. 5. calculated 5 years after date of application of this Regulation], the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of this Regulation. The report shall include information on the extent to which this Regulation has contributed to a better functioning road passenger transport market.’deleted Each year, by 31 January at the Each year, by 31 January at the The Commission is empowered to Each year, by 31 January at the By [please insert the date
2018/10/04
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 84 #

2016/2208(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 343
343. Reminds the Commission that the Slovakian Supreme Audit Office had scheduled an audit in JAVYS13 for 2015; asks to be informed about the findings of this audit; in this context, calls on the competent Bulgarian and Lithuanian authorities to audit also the decommissioning processes in Ignalina and Koszloduy; _________________ 13 Jadrové vyrad'ovacia spoločnost' (JAVYS): The owner of the nuclear power plant and responsible for the decommissioning of the Bohunice nuclear power plant
2017/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 88 #

2016/2208(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 344
344. Is worried about delays iStresses on the delays experienced in the construction works on facilities for the storage of low and intermediate-level radioactive waste; calls on the Commission to update Parliament’s competent committee on progress made before the 2015 Commission discharge vote in parliament;
2017/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 90 #

2016/2208(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 348
348. Calls on the Commission to work together with the Member States in order to explore options for identifying geological drepositories ofor high-level nuclear waste, if the waste cannot be recycledradioactive waste.
2017/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 96 #

2016/2208(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 349
349. Insists that dedicated funding programmesCalls on the Commission to evaluate the need for Union funding for nuclear decommissioning programmes in Lithuania, Bulgaria and Slovakia should be discontinued after 2020;beyond 2020. Highlights that any potential new Union funding should include clear rules and the right incentives to pursue decommissioning with regard to both financing and timing.
2017/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 99 #

2016/2208(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 353
353. Calls on the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to audit the functioning of the Decommissioning Support Funds between 2007 and 2013;deleted
2017/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 100 #

2016/2208(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 354
354. Is shocked by the Court’s findings that Commission’s assessment of the respective financing plans and detailed decommissioning plans for the 2014-2020 financing period, i.e. of the second and third ex-ante conditionalities respectively14 , was inadequate; asks who shoulders the financial responsibility for this failure in the Commission; in this context, wants to be informed about the completed action plan which remedied the discovered weaknesses. _________________ 14See COM(2011) 783 final, Council Regulations (Euratom), No 1368/2013 and No 1369/2013 and Commission Implementing Decision C(2014) 5449deleted
2017/03/07
Committee: CONT
Amendment 12 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas access to land is a human rightmpacts directly on the realization of many human rights, and on the Charter of fundamental rights of the European Union;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 17 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
B a. Whereas there is no exclusive or shared competence of the EU on land, various EU policies deploy different political, social, cultural and environmental aspects of land management, creating the need for a more holistic approach to land governance at EU level;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 18 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas the farmland is the main source for the production of food and feed;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 20 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
B b. Whereas Member States have different regulatory systems for land ownership and land tenure which are difficult to compare;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 32 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas the Member States should be exclusively responsible for the land market policy;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 40 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
D a. Whereas existing statistical tools at EU level, such as the Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN), Eurostat Farm Structure Survey and the Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS) gather data on different aspects of land tenure;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 57 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas land ownership is the best way of ensuringes a responsible relationship with the land and sustainable land management, and also fosters identification and a sense of belonging, encouraging people to remain in rural areas; whereas this has an impact on the socio-economic infrastructure of rural areas, and whereas the separation of ownership and possession increases the risk of a division within society, a loss in quality of work and life, and impoverishment;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 79 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas the aim of Europe’s agricultural policy is to preserve the European model of farming, based on a multi-functional agriculture characterised by capital-owning family and cooperative farms, a broad distribution of assets and a diverse, residence-based agricultural structure with traditions, legal certainty and responsibility;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 98 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
J a. Whereas the new generation of farmers and young people who want to get involved in agriculture bring new impetus to the development of innovation and implementation of sustainable farming practices; whereas the uptake of financial instruments with CAP funding, and in particular the EAFRD, could provide favourable support conditions to their agricultural business projects;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 131 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
M a. Whereas a number of Member States in Central and Eastern Europe have adopted regulatory measures to protect their arable land from being purchased by investors considering the land only as capital asset after the end of their transition periods; whereas at the same time, due to the lower land prices in those countries, large amount of land was acquired by such investors;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 160 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to create a legal basis in orderand Member States to ensure the regular collection of data of comparable quality on rent levels and land prices, large-scale land acquisitions, violations of tenure rights and speculative price inflations in connection with all sales and lease of farmland and farm shares by agricultural undertakings in all Member States;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 169 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to create a legal basis in order to ensure the regular collection of data of comparable quality on rent levels and land prices in connection with all sales of farmland and farm shares by agricultural undertakings in all Member States; calls on the Commission to encourage the sharing of best practices on the national legislations in order to identify measures to safeguard the farmland and farm activities;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 173 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Considers it sensible to create a uniform, Europe-wide land inventory in which all ownership rights and rights of use in respect of farm land are recorded in an up-to-date and accurate manner and presented in a comprehensible form in a publicly accessible digital data bank;deleted
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 197 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that land consolidation programmes, with differing types of procedure in the framework of an integrated land management system, is an indispensable instrument for improving agricultural structure and settling land use disputes; recommends, in this regard, where land consolidation is delivered through renting of land, the price of rent to be linked to productive capacity and profitability as most appropriate for the agricultural economy;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 204 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view thatAcknowledges that national authorities are entirely responsible for land policy that must help to ensure a socially desirable broad distribution of land ownership, as it has direct implications for everyone’s living and working conditions and quality of life, and notes the important social function of land ownership given that a loss of farms and jobs will lead to the collapse of European smallholder agriculture and the demise of rural areas, and thus to structural changes that are undesirable for society as a whole;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 224 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Recommends that the Member States give farmers priority in the purchase of farmland, particularly at a time when non-farmers are increasingly interested in purchasing agricultural plots; stresses on respecting the pre-emptive right of legal beneficiaries such as co-owners, lessees, neighbor owners or others involved in agriculture activities in the common areas;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 247 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Encourages the Commission, within the toolbox of the future CAP, to stimulate the set-up and implementation of specific Financial Instruments, administered by the Commission, to facilitate access to land for young farmers and new entrants; suggests, in this regard, in the case of deployment of financial instruments, the 10 % ceiling for the purchase of land, as provided in Article 69 of Regulation 1303/2013, not to be applied;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 248 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Taking into account, on the one hand the limited access to farmland in rural areas and the growing interest in urban and peri-urban agriculture, on the other, calls on the Member States to provide incentives for urban farm development and other forms of participatory farming and land-sharing arrangements;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 249 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7 c. Considering that farmland is the basis of food production, lasting ecosystems and lively rural areas, encourages Member States to engage more efforts in knowledge transfer through research and innovation projects to improve soil quality through the application of agri-environmental practices;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 257 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to shape their land market policy in such a way as to curb the rise inontrol the farmland prices and rents; further calls for these prices to be subject to an authorisation procedure which would also apply to mergers, splits and the establishment of foundations; takes the view that there should be stricter checks on lease contracts, a requirement to report irregularities, and the possibility of penalties, since renting is often the first step to purchasing;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 262 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Recalls the positive measures taken by some Member States in regulating their land markets in order to avoid speculative land sales, including the introduction of a system of pre-emptive rights in favour of farmers and the participatory use and management of farmland in accordance with national practices;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 278 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Suggests in this regard that the Commission adopt Recommendations on EU land governance, in line with the spirit of the Voluntary Guidelines and taking into account the horizontal EU frameworks on agriculture, the environment, the internal market and territorial cohesion;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 310 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Calls on the Commission, in the framework of the debate on the future of CAP, to study new systems to allocate direct payments based on farming income or work units in order to alleviate farmland pressure;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 334 #

2016/2141(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Endorses the Commission’s finding that land is a finite resource which is already under much pressure as a result of climate change, soil erosion and over- exploitation, and calls for farmland to be given special protection with a view to compliance with the four fundamental European freedoms, so that the Member States can regulate the sale and letting of agriculturalletting Member States regulate the sale and lease of agricultural land in the light of social and environmental criteria along with the objectives of the Common Agricultural Policy, the case law by the European Court of Justice on land tenure and access to land inand the light of social and environmental criteriafour fundamental European freedoms; calls on the Commission to finally create a clear and comprehensive set of criteria for national regulations on land tenure and access to land;
2016/12/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 317 #

2016/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the different antitrust investigations, in particular those into against Gazprom and Bulgargaz, aimed at ensuring market integration in the Energy Union; regrets, however, the practice on the part of certain Member States of buying gas through offshore companies, as being a typical example of tax avoidance and an act that is contrary to a properly functioning Energy Union;
2016/10/24
Committee: ECON
Amendment 198 #

2016/0400(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part XII – point 166 – paragraph 1
In order to achieve the objectives of Regulation (EC) No 767/2009, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission to amend the Annexes to that Regulation in order to adapt them to technical progress, update the list of intended uses and set the maximum content of chemical impurities and to supplement that Regulation with a list of categories of feed materials and clarification whether a certain product constitutes feed. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making of 13 April 2016. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts.
2017/06/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 199 #

2016/0400(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part XII – point 166 – paragraph 2
In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 767/2009, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission in order to clarify whether a certain product constitutes feed, updating the list of intended uses and setting the maximum content of chemical impurities. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.deleted
2017/06/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 93 #

2016/0389(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – General characteristics – Legal personality of the holding – Legal person – indent 1 (new)
If yes, is the holding part of a corporate yes/no group made up of units that are legally independent
2017/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 97 #

2016/0389(COD)

- If land is rented, who is the owner Yes/no of the land? - If land is rented, is the owner of Yes/no the land a legal person?
2017/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 180 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 62
(62) The European Strategy for a low- carbon mobility of July 2016 pointed out that food-based biofuels have a limited role in decarbonising the transport sector and should be gradually phased out and replaced by advanced biofuels. To prepare for the transition towards advanced biofuels and minimise the overall indirect land-use change impacts, it is appropriate to reduce. To foster the uptake of advanced biofuels and restore investor confidence in the mid to long term, the amount of biofuels and bioliquids produced from food and feed crops that can be counted towards the Union target set out in this Directive, for the transport sector, set out in this Directive for the period 2021 - 2030 shall be no more than 7%.
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 189 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
(18) Without prejudice to adaptations of support schemes to bring them in line with State aid rules, renewables support policies should be stable and avoid frequent or retroactive changes. Such changes have a direct impact on capital financing costs, the costs of project development and therefore on the overall cost of deploying renewables in the Union. Member States should prevent the revision of any support granted to renewable energy projects from having a negative impact on their economic viability. In this context, Member States should promote cost-effective support policies and ensure their financial sustainability for consumers.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 235 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 45
(45) It is important to provide information on how the supported electricity is allocated to final customers. In order to improve the quality of that information to consumers, Member States should ensure that guarantees of origin are issued for all units of renewable energy produced. In addition, with a view to avoiding double compensation, renewable energy producers already receiving financial support should not receive guarantees of origin. However, those guarantees of origin should be used for disclosure so that final consumers can receive clear, reliable and adequate evidence on the renewable origin of the relevant units of energy. Moreover, for ember States may decide the guarantees of origin issued for renewable electricity that received financial support, the guarantees of origin shouldo be auctioned to the market and the revenues shouldto be used to reduce public subsidies for renewable energy.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 259 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 76 a (new)
(76a) A 'risk-based approach' is carried out starting at country level. If requirements of a single criterion cannot be fulfilled by national and/or subnational legislation or monitoring systems, the information regarding that part should be provided at supply base level in order to reduce the risk of unsustainable forest biomass production.
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 266 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 53
(53) With the growing importance of self-consumption of renewable electricity, there is a need for a definition of renewable self-consumers and a regulatory framework which would empower self-consumers to generate, store, consume and sell electricity without facing disproportionate burdens. Collective self-consumption should be allowed in certain cases so that citizens living in apartments for example canshould be able to benefit from consumer empowerment to the same extent as households in single family homes. Renewable self-consumers should not face disproportionate burden and costs. However, at the same time Member States should ensure that all consumers contribute in a balanced and adequate way to the overall cost-sharing system of producing, distributing and consuming electricity through charges, levies and taxes, including costs related to support granted to renewable electricity.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 279 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 55 a (new)
(55a) It is important that Member States ensure a fair and non-distortionary allocation of networks costs and levies to all users of the electricity system. All network tariffs should be cost reflective.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 292 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 62
(62) The European Strategy for a low- carbon mobility of July 2016 pointed out that food-based biofuels have a limited role in decarbonising the transport sector and should be gradually phased out and replaced by advanced biofuels. To prepare for the transition towards advanced biofuels and minimise the overall indirect land-use change impacts, it is appropriate to reduce the amount of biofuels and bioliquids produced from food and feed crops. In order to foster the uptake of advanced biofuels and ensure investors' confidence in the consistency of Union policies, it is appropriate to maintain at 7 % the share of biofuels and bioliquids produced from food and feed crops in the final consumption of energy in road and rail transport that can be counted towards the Union target set out in this Directive.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 304 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point g
(g) ‘biofuels’ means liquid or gaseous fuel for transport produced from biomass;
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 309 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point q
(q) ‘non-food cellulosic material’ means feedstocks mainly composed of cellulose and hemicellulose, and having a lower lignin content than ligno-cellulosic material; it includes food and feed crop residues (such as straw, stover, husks and shells), grassy energy crops with a low starch content (such as ryegrass, switchgrass, miscanthus, giant cane and cover crops before and after main crops), ley crops (such as grass, clover, alfalfa), industrial residues (including from food and feed crops after vegetal oils, sugars, starches and protein have been extracted), and material from biowaste;
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 311 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 65 a (new)
(65a) The Commission, together with the Member States, should work towards implementing a single cross-checking traceability database for all biofuels. Such a system is necessary to interlink national schemes and to have a verified and transparent traceability system at Union level.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 313 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 66
(66) FHighly sustainable crop-based feedstocks, as well as feedstocks which have low indirect land use change impacts when used for biofuels, should be promoted for their contribution to the decarbonisation of the economy. Especially feedstocks for advanced biofuels, for which technology is more innovative and less mature and therefore needs a higher level of support, should be included in an annex to this Directive. In order to ensure that this annex is up to date with the latest technological developments while avoiding unintended negative effects, an evaluation should take place after the adoption of the Directive in order to assess the possibility to extend the annex to new feedstocks.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 314 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point u a (new)
(ua) ‘highly sustainable crop based biofuels’ should be defined as biofuels that: – are produced from cereals, other starch-rich crops, sugars and oil crops; – save at least 60% GHG emissions compared to fossil fuels according to the methodology in article 28(1); – generate high value protein, other animal feed or cellulosic by-products; – are produced from feedstocks obtained in accordance with the requirements and standards under the provisions referred to in Article 93 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the Common Agricultural Policy; or are certified to comply with an equivalent set of sustainability standards.
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 320 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 78
(78) Biomass fuels should be converted into electricity and heat in an efficient way in order to maximise energy security and greenhouse gas savings, as well as to limit emissions of air pollutants and minimise the pressure on limited biomass resources. For this reason, public support to installations with a fuel capacity equal to or exceeding 20 MW, if needed, should only be given to highly efficient combined power and heat installations as defined Article 2(34) of Directive 2012/27/EU. Existing support schemes for biomass- based electricity should however be allowed until their due end date for all biomass installations. In addition electricity produced from biomass in new installations with a fuel capacity equal to or exceeding 20 MW should only count towards renewable energy targets and obligations in the case of highly efficient combined power and heat installations. In accordance with State aid rules, Member States should however be allowed to grant public support for the production of renewables to installations, and count the electricity they produce towards renewable energy targets and obligations, in order to avoid an increased reliance on fossil fuels with higher climate and environmental impacts where, after exhausting all technical and economic possibilities to install highly efficient combined heat and power biomass installations, Member States would face a substantiated risk to security of supply of electricity.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 330 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e e
(ee) ‘advanced biofuels’ means biofuels that are produced from feedstocks listed in part A of Annex IXbiomass other than food/feed crops while meeting the EU sustainability criteria under the legislation in force;
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 342 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) ‘energy from renewable sources’ means energy from renewable non-fossil sources, namely wind, solar (solar thermal and solar photovoltaic) and, geothermal energy, ambient heat, tide, wave and other ocean energy, hydropower, biomass, landfill gas, sewage treatment plant gas and biogases, biomethane, and hydrogen and synthetic gas produced from renewable electricity;
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 354 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point j j
(jj) ‘harvesting permit’ means an official document giving the right to harvest the forest biomass;deleted
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 359 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point ll a (new)
(lla) ‘supply base’ means the geographic region from which biomass feedstock originates;
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 360 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point m m
(mm) ‘forest holding’ means one or more parcels of forest and other wooded land which constitute a single unit from the point of view of management or utilisation;deleted
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 362 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) 'geothermal energy' means energy stored in the form of heat beneath the surface of solid earth;
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 377 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point g
(g) ‘biofuels’ means liquid or gaseous fuel for transport produced from biomass;
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 378 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point g
(g) 'biofuels' means liquid or gaseous fuel for transport produced from biomass;
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 389 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point y
(y) 'waste heat or cold' means heat or cold which is generated as by-product in industrial, tertiary sector or power generation installations and which would be dissipated unused in air or water without access to a district heating or cooling system;
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 397 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point z
(z) ‘repowering’ means renewing power plants producing renewable energy, including the full or partial replacement of installations or operation systems and equipment, in order to replace or increase capacity or increase efficiency;
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 411 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a a
(aa) ‘renewable self-consumer’ means an active customer as defined in Directive [MDI Directive] who consumes and may store and sell renewable electricity which is generated within his or its premisesbehind the point of his or its connection to the grid, including a multi- apartment block, a commercial or shared services site or a closed distribution system, provided that, for non-household renewable self- consumers, those activities do not constitute their primary commercial or professional activity;
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 424 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c c
(cc) ‘power purchase agreement’ means a contract under which a legal or natural person agrees to purchase renewable electricity directly from an energy generator;
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 427 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point dd a (new)
(dd a) 'highly sustainable crop-based biofuels' means biofuels that: – are produced from cereals, other starch-rich crops, sugars and oil crops, – save the GHG emissions in compliance with the criteria laid down in Article 26(7) when compared to fossil fuel in accordance with the methodology referred to in Article 28(1), – generate high value protein, other animal feed or cellulosic by-products, and – are produced from feedstocks obtained in accordance with the requirements and standards laid down in Article 93 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council1a. __________________ 1aRegulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 352/78, (EC) No 165/94, (EC) No 2799/98, (EC) No 814/2000, (EC) No 1290/2005 and (EC) No 485/2008 (OJ 347, 20.12.2013, p. 549).
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 433 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e e
(ee) ‘advanced biofuels’ means biofuels that are produced from feedstocks listed in part A of Annex IXbiomass other than food/feed crops while meeting the EU sustainability criteria under the legislation in force;
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 434 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
For the calculation of a Member State’s gross final consumption of energy from renewable energy sources, the contribution from biofuels and bioliquids, as well as from biomass fuels consumed in transport, if produced from food or feed crops, shall be no more than 7% of final consumption of energy in road and rail transport in that Member State. This limit shall be reduced to 3,8% in 2030 following the trajectory set out in part A of Annex X. Member States may set a lower limit and may distinguish between different types of biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from food and feed crops, for instance by setting a lower limit for the contribution from food or feed crop based biofuels produced from oil crops, taking into account indirect land use change.
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 450 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point m m
(mm) 'forest holding' means one or more parcels of forest and other wooded land which constitute a single unit from the point of view of management or utilisation;deleted
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 451 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point mm a (new)
(mm a) 'supply base level' means the geographic region from which biomass feedstock originates;
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 452 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point n n
(nn) 'biowaste' means biodegradable garden and park waste, food and kitchen waste from households, restaurants, caterers and retail premises, and comparable waste from the food processing industry-waste as defined in point (4) of Article 3 of Directive 2008/98/EC;
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 453 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point q q
(qq) 'biogas' means gaseous fuels produced from biomass by digestion or thermal gasification, regardless of physical form (gas, liquefied gas, etc.);
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 456 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point qq a (new)
(qq a) 'solid fuels' are fuels other than liquid and gaseous fuels;
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 484 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
The limit set out in the fourth subparagraph of paragraph 1 shall not apply to ‘highly sustainable crop based biofuels’ as well as to feedstocks listed in Annex IX.
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 497 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. From 1 January 2021 onwards, the share of energy from renewable sources in each Member State's gross final consumption of energy shall not be lower than that shown in the third column of the table in part A of Annex I. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure compliance with this baseline, which shall include: (a) support for the use of biofuels that are generated in the course of the processing of high-value protein concentrate, other feed or cellulosic by- products which support food security goals and the transition towards a biobased and circular economy in the Union; and (b) phasing out the use of vegetable oils in biofuels and bioliquids that drive direct and illegal land use changes, deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions from peatland.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 522 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Subject to State aid rules, in order to reach the Union target set in Article 3(1), Member States may apply support schemes. Support schemes for electricity from renewable sources shall be designed so as tomarket- based and market responsive, thereby fostering market integration, avoiding unnecessary distortions of electricity markets, and ensureing that producers take into account the supply and demand of electricity as well as possible grid constraints.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 551 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that support for renewable electricity is granted in an open, transparent, competitive, non- discriminatory and cost-effective manner. Member States may opt for technology- specific support schemes to accommodate less mature technologies, to take into account the potential of local renewable energy resources, or to take account of system impacts of different technologies.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 558 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. With effect from 1 January 2021, Member States shall require fuel suppliers to include a minimum share of energy from advanced biofuels and other biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock listed in Annex IX, from renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non- biological origin, from waste-based fossil fuels and from renewable electricity in the total amount of transport fuels they supply for consumption or use on the market in the course of a calendar year.
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 573 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. When support for Renewable Energy is granted through tendering and in order to ensure a high project realisation rate, Member States shall define and publish: – non-discriminatory and transparent pre-qualification criteria and rules on the delivery period of the project; – a long-term schedule in relation to expected tenders for support for energy from renewable sources;
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 602 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Member States shall review the possible impact on the industrial sector from the financial model chosen for support schemes. This assessment shall include measures to preserve industrial global competitiveness.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 603 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point b – subparagraph 1
(b) for the calculation of the numerator, the energy content of advanced biofuels and other biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock listed in Annex IX, renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin, waste based fossil fuels supplied to all transport sectors, and renewable electricity supplied to road vehicles, shall be taken into account.
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 606 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Six months after the adoption of this Directive, the Commission shall review the Environment and Energy State Aid Guidelines (EEAG) for the period until 2030.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 609 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point b – subparagraph 1
(b) for the calculation of the numerator, the energy content of advanced biofuels and other biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock listed in Annex IX, renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin, waste based fossil fuels supplied to all transport sectors, and renewable electricity supplied to road vehicles,all transport sectors shall be taken into account.
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 615 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point b – subparagraph 2
For the calculation of the numerator, the contribution from biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock included in part B of Annex IX shall be limited to 1.7% of the energy content of transport fuels supplied for consumption or use on the market and the contribution of fuels supplied in the aviation and maritime sector shall be considered to be 2 times and 1.2 times their energy content respectively.
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 632 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that support for at least 105% of the newly- supported capacity in each year between 2021 and 2025 and at least 150% of the newly-supported capacity in each year between 2026 and 2030 is open to installations located in other Member States.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 635 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States may temporarily set lower targets, or be exempt from the provisions of this paragraph on one or more of the following grounds: – insufficient interconnection capacity; – insufficient natural resources; – significant differences between national regulatory frameworks;
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 647 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall assess by 2025 the benefits on the cost-effective deployment of renewable electricity in the Union of provisions set out in this Article. On the basis of this assessment, the Commission may propose to increasemodify the percentages set out in paragraph 2.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 664 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
From 1 January 2021, for the calculation of a Member State's gross final consumption of energy from renewable energy sources, Member States may set a limit for the contribution from biofuels and bioliquids, as well as from biomass fuels consumed in transport, if produced from food or feed crops, shall be no more than 7% of final consumption of energy in road and rail transport in that Member State. This limit shall be reduced to 3,8% in 2030 following the trajectory set out in part A of Annex X produced from food or feed crops, as well as from biomass fuels consumed in transport in that Member State, in accordance with Article 3(1). Member States may set a lower limit and may distinguish between different types of biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from food and feed crops, for instance by setting a lower limit for the contribution from food or feed crop based biofuels produced from oil crops, taking into account indirect land use change.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 666 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 a (new)
The limit set out in Article 3(1), and any limits set by Member States pursuant to the fourth subparagraph shall not apply to highly sustainable crop based biofuels.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 674 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
Ambient heat and geothermal energy captured by heat pumps shall be taken into account for the purposes of paragraph 1(b) provided that the final energy output significantly exceeds the primary energy input required to drive the heat pumps. The quantity of heat to be considered as energy from renewable sources for the purposes of this Directive shall be calculated in accordance with the methodology laid down in Annex VII.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 678 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
(ba) For the purpose of complying with the target set out in Article 3(1), the contribution of fuels supplied in the aviation sector shall be considered to be 2 times the energy content
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 684 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 32 to amend the list of feedstocks in parts A and B of Annex IX in order to add feedstocks, but not to remove them. Each delegated act shall be based on an analysis of the latest scientific and technical progress, taking due account of the principles of the waste hierarchy established in Directive 2008/98/EC, in compliance with the Union sustainability criteria, supporting the conclusion that the feedstock in question does not create an additional demand for land and promoting the use of wastes and residues, while avoiding significant distortive effects on markets for (by-)products, wastes or residues, delivering substantial greenhouse gas emission savings compared to fossil fuels, and not creating risk of negative impacts on the environment and biodiversity.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 685 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Every 2 years, the Commission shall carry out an evaluation of the list of feedstocks in parts A and B of Annex IX in order to add feedstocks, in line with the principles set out in this paragraph. The first evaluation shall be carried out no later than 6 months after [date of entry into force of this Directive]. If appropriate, the Commission shall adopt delegated acts to amend the list of feedstocks in parts A and B of Annex IX in order to add feedstocks, but not to remove them.deleted
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 701 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Biomass fuels shall have to fulfil the sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria set out in paragraphs 2 to 7 only if used in installations producing electricity, heating and cooling or fuels with a fuel capacity equal to or exceeding 20 MW in case of solid biomass fuels and with an electrical capacity equal to or exceeding 0.5 MW in case of gaseous biomass fuels. Member States may apply the sustainability and greenhouse gas emission saving criteria to installations with lower fuel capacity.
2017/07/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 716 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that investors have sufficient predictability of the planned support for energy from renewable sources. To this aim, Member States shall define and publish a long-term schedule in relation to expected allocation for support, covering at least the following threfive years and including for each scheme the indicative timing, the capacity, the budget expected to be allocated, as well as a consultation of stakeholders on the design of the support.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 741 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Member States shall, in their building regulations and codes or by other means with equivalent effect, require the use of minimum levels of energy from renewable sources in new buildings and in existing buildings that are subject to major renovation, reflecting the results of the cost-optimal calculation carried out pursuant to Article 5(2) of Directive 2010/31/EU. Member States shall permit those minimum levels to be fulfilled, inter alia, using a significant proportion of renewable energy sources and/or waste heat and cold.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 746 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a – point i
i) harvesting is carried out in accordance to the conditions of the harvesting permit within legally gazetted boundarieslegally;
2017/07/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 761 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 9
9. Member States shall remove administrative, regulatory and information barriers to corporate long- term power purchase agreements to finance renewables and facilitate their uptake, and ensuring that these are not subject to disproportionate charges that are not cost reflective.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 763 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a – point iii
iii) areas of high conservation value, including areas of high conservation value in wetlands and peatlands, are protected;
2017/07/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 778 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a – point v
v) harvesting does not exceedmaintains or improves the long-term productionvity capacity of the forest at country level;
2017/07/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 780 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 4
4. The permit granting process referred to in paragraph 1 shall not exceed a period of three years, except for the cases set out in Article 16(5) and Article 17, and allowing for potential legal appeals that may arise.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 786 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall facilitate the repowering of existing renewable energy plants by, inter alia, ensuring a simplified and swift permit granting process, which shall not exceed one year from the date on which the request for repowering is submitted to the single administrative contact point. Without prejudice to Article 11(4) of the [Electricity Regulation], Member States shall ensure that access and connection rights to the grid are maintained for repowered projects at least in cases in which there is no change to capacity.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 787 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – introductory part
(b) when evidence referred to in the first subparagraph is not available, the biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from forest biomass shall be taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 if managementappropriate control systems are in place at forest holdingthe supply base level to ensure that:
2017/07/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 799 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point i
i) the forest biomass has been harvested according to a legal permitlegally;
2017/07/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 802 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. Demonstration projects and installations with an electricity capacity of less than 50 kWup to a value to be defined following an impact assessment by the distribution system operator shall be allowed to connect to the grid following a notification to the distribution system operator.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 809 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Repowering shall be allowed following a notification to the single administrative contact point established in accordance with Article 16, where no singnificant negative environmental or social impact is expected, based on a pre-established list of criteria. The single administrative contact point shall decide within six months of the receipt of the notification if this is sufficient.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 810 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point iii
iii) areas of high conservation value, including areas of high conservation value in peatlands and wetlands, are identified and protected;
2017/07/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 823 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point v
v) harvesting does not exceedmaintains or improves the long-term productionvity capacity of the forest.
2017/07/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 841 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
When evidence referred to in the first subparagraph is not available, the biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from forest biomass shall be taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 if managementappropriate control systems are in place at forest holdingthe supply base level to ensure that carbon stocks and sinks levels in the forest are maintained.
2017/07/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 845 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Member States shall ensure that wheno guarantees of origin are issued to a producer that receives financial support from a support scheme for the same production of energy from renewable sources, the market value of the guarantee of origin is taken into account in the relevant support scheme. Member States shall issumay decide such guarantees of origin andto be transfer themred to the market by auctioning them. The revenues raised as a result of the auctioning shall be used to offset the costs of renewables support.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 847 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 4
By 31 December 2023, the Commission shall assess whether the criteria set out in paragraphs 5 and 6 effectively minimise the risk of using unsustainable forest biomass and address LULUCF requirements, on the basis of available data. The Commission shall, if appropriate, present a proposal to modify the requirements laid down in paragraphs 5 and 6.deleted
2017/07/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 877 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 7 – point d
(d) at least 870 % for electricity, heating and cooling production from biomass fuels used in installations starting operation after 1 January 2021 and 85% for installations starting operation after 1 January 2026when compared with the EU-wide fossil fuel comparators of 183 gCO2eq/MJ for electricity, and 80 gCO2eq/MJ for heating or cooling, or 124 gCO2eq/MJ for heat produced by the direct substitution of coal.
2017/07/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 887 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 8
Electricity from biomass fuels produced in installations with a fuel capacity equal to or exceeding 20 MW shall be taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 only if it is produced applying high efficient cogeneration technology as defined under Article 2(34) of Directive 2012/27/EU. For the purposes of points (a) and (b) of paragraph 1, this provision shall only apply to installations starting operation after [3 years from date of adoption of this Directive]. For the purposes of point (c) of paragraph 1, this provision is without prejudice to public support provided under schemes approved by [3 years after date of adoption of this Directive]. The first sub-paragraph shall not apply to electricity from installations which are the object of a specific notification by a Member State to the Commission based on the duly substantiated existence of risks for the security of supply of electricity. Upon assessment of the notification, the Commission shall adopt a decision taking into account the elements included therein.deleted
2017/07/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 906 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 3
3. Subject to their assessment included in the integrated national energy and climate plans in accordance with Annex I of Regulation [Governance], on the necessity to build new infrastructure for district heating and cooling produced from renewable energy sources and waste heat or cold in order to achieve the Union target referred to in Article 3(1) of this Directive, Member States shall, where relevant, take steps with a view to developing a district heating infrastructure to accommodate the development of heating and cooling production from large biomass, solar and geothermal facilities and waste heat or cold.
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 908 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 10
10. For the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1, Member States may place additional sustainability requirements for biomass fuels.deleted
2017/07/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 923 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) are entitled to carry out self- consumption and sell, including through power purchase agreements, their excess production of renewable electricity without being subject to disproportionate procedures and without being subject to or benefitting from charges that are not cost- reflective;
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 933 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
4. The Commission may decide that voluntary national or international schemes setting standards for the production of biomass products contain accurate data for the purposes of Article 26(7), and/or demonstrate that consignments of biofuels, bioliquids or biomass fuels comply with the sustainability criteria set out in Article 26(2), (3), (4), (5) and (6), and/or that no materials have been intentionally modified or discarded so that the consignment or part thereof would fall under Annex IX. When demonstrating that requirements set out in Article 26(5) and (6) for forest biomass are met, the operators may decide to directly provide the required evidence at the forest holdingsupply base level. The Commission may also recognise areas for the protection of rare, threatened or endangered ecosystems or species recognised by international agreements or included in lists drawn up by intergovernmental organisations or the International Union for the Conservation of Nature for the purposes of Article 26(2)(b)(ii).
2017/07/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 936 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) maintain their rights as consumers; , and;
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 939 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) are not considered as energy suppliers according to Union or national legislation in relation to the renewable electricity they feed into the grid not exceeding 10 MWh for households and 500 MWh for legal persons on an annual basis; andeleted
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 954 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Member States may set a higher threshold than the one set out in point (c).deleted
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 960 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that renewable self-consumers living in the same multi-apartment block, or located in the same commercial, or shared services, site or closed distribution system, are allowed to jointly engage in self- consumption as if they were an individual renewable self-consumer. In this case, the threshold set out in paragraph 1(c) shall apply to each renewable self-consumer concerned.
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1007 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – Part B – paragraph 11 – subparagraph 3
In accounting for the consumption of electricity not produced within the solid biomass fuel production plant, the greenhouse gas emission intensity of the production and distribution of that electricity shall be assumed to be equal to the fossil fuel comparator ECF(el) set out in paragraph 19 of this Annexaverage emission intensity of the production and distribution of electricity in a defined region. By derogation from this rule, producers may use an average value for an individual electricity production plant for electricity produced by that plant, if that plant is not connected to the electricity grid.51 __________________ 51 The solid biomass pathways consume and produce the same commodities at different stages of the supply chain. Using different values for electricity supply to solid biomass production plants and the fossil fuel comparator would assign artificial GHG savings to these pathways.
2017/07/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1013 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point e
(e) the community has not installed more than 185 MW of renewable capacity for electricity, heating and cooling and transport as a yearly average in the previous 5 year.
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1018 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 2
2. Without prejudice to State aid rules, when designing support schemes, Member States shall take into account the specificities of renewable energy communities., while ensuring a level playing field between all generators of electricity from renewable energy sources;
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1036 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1
1. In order to facilitate the penetration of renewable energy and/or waste heat and cold in the heating and cooling sector, each Member State shall endeavour to increase the share of renewable energy and/or waste heat and cold supplied for heating and cooling by at least 1 percentage point (pp) every year, expressed in terms of national share of final energy consumption and calculated according to the methodology set out in Article 7.
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1043 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1
1. In order to facilitate the penetration of renewable energy in the heating and cooling sector, each Member State shall endeavour todevelop an incentivizing framework aimed at increaseing the share of renewable energy supplied for heating and cooling by at least 1 percentage point (pp) every year, expressed in terms of national share of final energy consumption and calculated according to the methodology set out in Article 7.
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1055 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) physical incorporation of renewable energy and/or waste heat and cold in the energy and energy fuel supplied for heating and cooling;
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1061 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) direct mitigation measures such as installation of highly efficient renewable heating and cooling systems in buildings or renewable energy and/or waste heat and cold use for industrial heating and cooling processes;
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1070 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
(ca) other policy measures with an equivalent effect to reach the increase set out in paragraph (1).
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1080 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – point b
(b) the total amount of renewable energy and/or waste heat and cold supplied for heating and cooling;
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1085 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex X – Part A
Part A: Maximum contribution from liquid biofuels produced from food or feed crops to the EU renewable energy target as referred to in Article 7 paragraph 1 Calendar year Minimum share 2021 7.0% 2022 6.7% 2023 6.4% 2024 6.1% 2025 5.8% 2026 5.4% 2027 5.0% 2028 4.6% 2029 4.2% 2030 3.8% Deleted
2017/07/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1087 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – point d
(d) the type of renewable energy and/or waste heat and cold source.
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1102 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that district heating and cooling suppliers provide information to end-consumers on their energy performance and the share of renewable energy in their systems. Such information shall be provided on an annual basis in accordance with standards used under Directive 2010/31/EU.
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1103 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that district heating and cooling suppliers provide information to end-consumers on their energy performance and the share of renewable energy and/or waste heat and cold in their systems. Such information shall be in accordance with standards used under Directive 2010/31/EU.
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1115 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall lay down the necessary measures to allow customers of those district heating or cooling systems which are not 'efficient district heating and cooling' within the meaning of Article 2(41) of Directive 2012/27/EU to disconnect from the systemcancel their contracts with the District Heating or Cooling operator in order to produce heating or cooling from renewable energy sources themselves, or to switch to another supplier of heat or cold which has access to the system referred to in paragraph 4.
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1120 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 3
3. Member States may restrict the right to disconnect or switch supplier to customers who can prove that the planned alternative supply solution for heating or cooling results in a significantly better energy performance. The performance assessment of the alternative supply solution may be based on the Energy Performance Certificate as defined in Directive 2010/31/EU.
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1132 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 5
5. An operator of a district heating or cooling system may refuse access to suppliers where the system lacks the necessary capacity due to other supplies of waste heat or cold, of heat or cold from renewable energy sources or of heat or cold produced by high-efficiency cogeneration. Member States shall ensure that where such a refusal takes place the operator of the district heating or cooling system provides relevant information to the competent authority according to paragraph 9 on measures that would be necessary to reinforce the system.deleted
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1140 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 6
6. New district heating or cooling systems may, upon request, be exempted from the application of paragraph 4 for a defined period of time. The competent authority shall decide on such exemption requests on a case-by-case basis. An exemption shall only be granted if the new district heating or cooling system constitutes 'efficient district heating and cooling' within the meaning of Article 2(41) of Directive 2012/27/EU and if it exploits the potential for the use of renewable energy sources and of waste heat or cold identified in the comprehensive assessment made in accordance with Article 14 of Directive 2012/27/EU.deleted
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1145 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 7
7. The right to disconnect or switch supplier may be exercised by individual customers, by joint undertakings formed by customers or by parties acting on the behalf of customers. For multi-apartment blocks, such disconnection may only be exercised at whole building level.
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1148 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 8
8. Member States shall require electricity distribution system operators to assess at least biennially, in cooperation with the operators of district heating or cooling systems in their respective area, the potential of district heating or cooling systems to provide balancing and other system services, including demand response and storing of excess electricity produced from renewable sources and if the use of the identified potential would be more resource- and cost-efficient than alternative solutions.
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1150 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 9
9. Member States shall designate one or more independcompetent authorities to ensure that the rights of consumers and the rules for operating district heating and cooling systems in accordance with this Article are clearly defined and enforced.
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1163 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
With effect from 1 January 2021, Member States shall require fuel suppliers to include a minimum share of energy from advanced biofuels and other biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock listed in Annex IX, from renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non- biological origin, from waste-based fossil fuels and from renewable electricity in the total amount of transport fuels they supply for consumption or use on the market in the course of a calendar year.
2017/07/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1187 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point a
(a) for the calculation of the denominator, that is the energy content of road and rail transport fuels supplied for consumption or use on the market, petrol, diesel, natural gas, biofuels, biogas, renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin, waste-based fossil fuels and electricity, shall be taken into account;
2017/07/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1193 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point b – paragraph 1
for the calculation of the numerator, the energy content of advanced biofuels and other biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock listed in Annex IX, renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non- biological origin, waste based fossil fuels supplied to all transport sectors, and renewable electricity supplied to road vehicles, shall be taken into account.
2017/07/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1199 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point b – paragraph 1
for the calculation of the numerator, the energy content of advanced biofuels and other biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock listed in Annex IX, renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non- biological origin, waste based fossil fuels supplied to all transport sectors, and renewable electricity supplied to road vehicles,all transport sectors shall be taken into account.
2017/07/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1202 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point b – paragraph 1
for the calculation of the numerator, the energy content of advanced biofuels and other biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock listed in Annex IX, renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non- biological origin, waste based fossil fuels supplied to all transport sectors, and renewable electricity supplied to road vehicles, shall be taken into account.
2017/07/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1204 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point b – paragraph 2
For the calculation of the numerator, the contribution from biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock included in part B of Annex IX shall be limited to 1.7% of the energy content of transport fuels supplied for consumption or use on the market and the contribution of fuels supplied in the aviation and maritime sector shall be considered to be 2 times and 1.2 times their energy content respectively.
2017/07/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1234 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
From 1 January 2021, Member States shall put in place a database enabling tracing of transport fuels that are eligible for counting towards the numerator set out in paragraph 1(b), and require the relevant economic operators to enter information on the transactions made and the sustainability characteristics of the eligible fuels, including their life cycle greenhouse gas emissions, starting from their point of production to the fuel supplier that places the fuel on the market.
2017/07/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1237 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
By 31 December 2021, the Commission shall set up a dedicated single cross- checking traceability database scheme at Union level to ensure that national schemes are interlinked.
2017/07/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1250 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 4
4. Biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from agricultural biomass taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 shall not be made from raw material obtained from land that was peatland in January 2008 unless evidence is provided to show that the cultivation and harvesting of that raw material does not involve drainage of previously undrained soil.
2017/07/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1251 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a – point i
(i) harvesting is carried out in accordance to the conditions of the harvesting permit or equivalent proof of the legal right to harvest within the legally gazetted boundaries;
2017/07/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1252 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a – point iii
(iii) areas of highdesignated, by law or by the relevant competent authority, for nature conservation valuepurposes, including wetlands and peatlands, are protected;
2017/07/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1253 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a – point iv
(iv) the impacts of forest harvestingharvesting is carried out considering maintenance onf soil quality and biodiversity are minimised; and
2017/07/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1254 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a – point v
(v) harvesting does not exceedmaintains or improves the long-term production capacity of the forests at country or regional level;
2017/07/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1255 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – introductory part
(b) when evidence referred to in the first subparagraph is not available, the biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from forest biomass shall be taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 if management systems are in place at forest holdingif additional information of legality and forest management practices are provided at the supply base level to ensure that:
2017/07/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1256 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point i
(i) the forest biomass has been harvested according to a legal permiharvesting is carried out in accordance with the conditions of the harvesting permit procedure or equivalent proof of the legal right to harvest;
2017/07/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1257 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point iii
(iii) areas of highdesignated, by law or by the relevant competent authority, for nature conservation valuepurposes, including peawetlands and wepeatlands, are identified and protected;
2017/07/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1258 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point iv
(iv) impacts of forest harvesting onharvesting is carried out considering maintenance of soil quality and biodiversity; are minimised;nd
2017/07/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1259 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point v
(v) harvesting does not exceed themaintains or improves long-term productionvity capacity of the forests at country or regional level.
2017/07/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1260 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
When evidence referred to in the first subparagraph is not available, the biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from forest biomass shall be taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 if management systems are in place at forest holdingsupply base level to ensure that carbon stocks and sinks levels in the forest are maintained.
2017/07/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1261 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
The Commission may decide that voluntary national or international schemes setting standards for the production of biomass products contain accurate data for the purposes of Article 26(7), and/or demonstrate that consignments of biofuels, bioliquids or biomass fuels comply with the sustainability criteria set out in Article 26(2), (3), (4), (5) and (6), and/or that no materials have been intentionally modified or discarded so that the consignment or part thereof would fall under Annex IX. When demonstrating that requirements set out in Article 26(5) and (6) for forest biomass are met, the operators may decide to directly provide the required evidence at the forest holdingsupply base level. The Commission may also recognise areas for the protection of rare, threatened or endangered ecosystems or species recognised by international agreements or included in lists drawn up by intergovernmental organisations or the International Union for the Conservation of Nature for the purposes of Article 26(2)(b)(ii).
2017/07/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1262 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. The Commission may, at any time, verify the reliability of the information relating to the fulfilment of the sustainability criteria or the greenhouse gas emission saving submitted by economic operators operating on the Union market or at the request of a Member State.
2017/07/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1263 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
The Commission shall keep Annex V and Annex VI under review, with a view, where justified, to adding or, but not to revisinge, values for biofuel , bioliquid and biomass fuel production pathways . That review shall also consider the modification of the methodology laid down in part C of Annex V and in part B of Annex VI .
2017/07/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1264 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
In the event that the Commission's review concludes that changes to Annex V or Annex VI should be made, the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts pursuant to Article 32 shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council. The report shall be accompanied, where appropriate, by legislative proposals amending Annex V or VI.
2017/07/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1265 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 28 – paragraph 6
6. Where necessary in order to ensure the uniform application of Part C of Annex V and Part B of Annex VI , the Commission may adopt implementing acts setting out detailed technical specifications including definitions , conversion factors, calculation of annual cultivation emissions and/ or emission savings caused by changes above and below-ground carbon stocks on already cultivated land, calculation of emission savings from carbon capture, carbon replacement and carbon geological storage . Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 31 (2).
2017/07/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1272 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 32 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 7(5) , 7(6); 19(11), 19(14), 25(6) and 28(5) shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years from 1st January 2021 .
2017/07/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1275 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 32 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The delegation of power referred to in Articles 7(5) , 7(6); 19(11), 19(14), 25(6) and 28(5)
2017/07/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1285 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex IX – part Part A – point g
(g) Palm oil mill effluent and empty palm fruit bunches.deleted
2017/07/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1287 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex IX – part Part A – point g a (new)
(g a) residues from olive oil extraction provided that industry standards for the feedstock processing have been respected;
2017/07/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1290 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex IX – part Part A – point q a (new)
(q a) animal fats classified as categories 1 and 2 in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council1a __________________ 1aRegulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 (Animal by-products Regulation) (OJ L 300, 14.11.2009, p. 1).
2017/07/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1291 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex IX – part Part A – point q b (new)
(qb) pulp from sugar and other industries provided that industry standards for the feedstock processing have been respected
2017/07/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1292 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex IX – part Part A – point q c (new)
(qc) sugary liquids from extraction not fit for sugar crystallization after reprocessing and excluding feedstocks listed in Part B of this Annex;
2017/07/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1293 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex IX – part Part A – point q d (new)
(qd) biomass part of residues of the food and feed industry which are unsuitable for use in the food and feed chain or can only be used to noneconomic conditions;
2017/07/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1294 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex IX – part Part A – point q e (new)
(qe) used cooking oil.
2017/07/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1295 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex IX – part Part B – point a
(a) Used cooking oil.deleted
2017/07/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1296 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex IX – part Part B – point b
(b) Animal fats classified as categories 1 and 2 in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council53 __________________ 53 Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 (Animal by-products Regulation) (OJ L 300, 14.11.2009, p. 1).deleted
2017/07/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1297 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex IX – part Part B – point b a (new)
(ba) green juice from sugar beet processing provided that industry standards for the extraction of sugar have been respected;
2017/07/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1298 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex IX – part Part B – point b b (new)
(bb) low grade starch slurry provided that industry standards for the extraction of starch have been respected;
2017/07/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1299 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex IX – part Part B – point c
(c) Molasses that are produced as a byco- product from of refining sugarcane or sugar beets provided that the best industry standards for the extraction of sugar has been respected.
2017/07/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1300 #

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex X – part A
[...]deleted
2017/07/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 108 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
(3) The European Council of October 2014 set a 27 % energy efficiency target for 2030, to be reviewed by 2020 'having in mind an Union level of 30 %'. In December 2015, a small majority of the European Parliament called upon the Commission to also assess the viability of a 40 % energy efficiency target for the same timeframe. It is therefore appropriate to review and consequently amend the Directive to adapt it to the 2030 perspective.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 113 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) The Commission and the Member States should ensure that the reduction in energy consumption results from greater energy efficiency and not from macro- economic circumstances. The main focus of this Directive is to achieve real energy efficiency gains, regardless of the macro- economic circumstances. Therefore flexibility in the calculation of the target should be provided for key influencing para-meters such as economic growth, technological developments, variations of industrial production, structural changes of the economy and significant climate variations, in order to maintain a level of energy efficiency ambition and avoid a cap on in-dustrial growth.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 137 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) In order not to undermine the price signal within the EU ETS due to energy efficiency targets, the intake rates of the market stability reserve should be agreed. Measures adopted pursuant to this Directive should lead to more free allowances being available under the ETS to ensure effective carbon leakage protection.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 143 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
(5) The obligation on Member States to establish long-term strategies for mobilising investment in the renovation of their national building stock and notify them to the Commission should be removed from Directive 2012/27/EU and added to Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council10 where it fits with long term plans for nearly zero energy buildings and the decarbonisation of buildings. __________________ 10 Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 on the energy performance of buildings (OJ L 153, 18.6.2010, p. 13.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 153 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
(7) Member States are required to achieve a cumulative end-use savings requirement for the entire obligation period, equivalent to 'new' savings of 1.5,2 % of annual energy sales. This requirement could be met by new policy measures that are adopted during the new obligation period from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2030 or by new individual actions as a result of policy measures adopted during or before the previous period, but in respect of which the individual actions that trigger energy savings are actually introduced during the new period.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 169 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
(8) Long term energy efficiency measures will continue delivering energy savings after 2020 but i. In order to contribute to the next Union 2030 energy efficiency target, those measures should deliver new savings after 2020. On the other hand, energy savings achieved after 31 December 2020 may not count towards the cumulative savings amount required for the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 172 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
(9) New savings should be additional to business as usual, so that savings that would have occurred in any event may not be claimed. In order to calculate the impact of measures introduced only net savings, measured as the change of energy consumption that is directly attributable to the energy efficiency measure in question, may be counted. To calculate net savings Member States should establish a baseline scenario of how the situation would evolve in the absence of the policy in question. The policy intervention should be evaluated against this defined baseline. Member States should take into account that other policy interventions may be undertaken in the same time frame which may also have an impact on energy savings, so that not all changes observed since the introduction of the policy intervention being evaluated can be attributed to that policy measure only. The actions of the obligated, participating or entrusted party should actually contribute to the achievement of the savings claimed to ensure the fulfilment of the materiality requirement.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 195 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
(12) Improvements to the energy efficiency of buildings should benefit in particular consumers affected by energy povertywith low income compared to national standards. Member States can already require obligated parties to include social aims in energy saving measures, in relation to energy poverty, and this possibility should now be extended to alternative measures and transformed into an obligation while leaving full flexibility to Member States with regard to the size, scope and content of such measures. In line with Article 9 of the Treaty, the Union's energy efficiency policies should be inclusive and therefore also ensure accessibility of energy efficiency measures for energy poor consumers.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 203 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) The costs and benefits of all energy efficiency measures taken, including pay-back periods, should be made fully transparent to consumers.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 219 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
(14) As part of the measures set out in the Commission's Communication New Deal for Energy Consumers, in the context of the Energy Union and the Heating and Cooling strategy, consumers' minimum rights to clear and timely information about their energy consumption need to be strengthened. Articles 9 to 11 and Annex VII of Directive 2012/27/EU should be amended to provide for frequent and enhanced feedback on energy consumption when this is technically feasible and cost- efficient in view of the measurement devices in place. The cost-efficiency of sub-metering depends on whether the related costs are proportionate in relation to the potential energy savings. It should also be clarified that rights relating to billing and billing or consumption information apply for consumers of heating, cooling or hot water supplied from a central source even where they have no direct, individual contractual relationship with an energy supplier. The term 'final customer' should be understood to include only natural or legal persons purchasing energy based on a direct, individual contract with an energy supplier. Therefore, for the purposes of these provisions, the term 'final user', should coverin addition to final customers purchasing heating, cooling or hot water for their own use as well acovers occupants of individual units of multi-apartment or multi-purpose buildings where such units are supplied from a central source and where the occupants have no direct or individual contract with the energy supplier. The term 'sub- metering' should refer to measuring consumption in individual units of such buildings. By 1 January 2020 newly installed heat meters and heat cost allocators should be remotely readable to ensure cost-effective, frequent provision of consumption information. The new Article 9a is intended to apply only to heating, cooling and hot water supplied from a central source.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 227 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the scope of this Directive should mean enterprises which employ fewer than 250 persons and which have an annual turnover not exceeding EUR 50 million, and/or an annual balance sheet total not exceeding EUR 43 million, in accordance with Article 2(1) of the Annex to Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 263 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Directive establishes a common framework of measures to promote energy efficiency within the Union in order to ensure that the Union’s 2020 20 % headline targets and its 2030 30 % bindingcative headline targets on energy efficiency are met and paves the way for further energy efficiency improvements beyond those dates. It lays down rules designed to remove barriers in the energy market and overcome market failures that impede efficiency in the supply and use of energy, and provides for the establishment of indicative national energy efficiency targets and contributions for 2020 and 2030.;
2017/07/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 289 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 3 – paragraph – subparagraph 1
Each Member State shall set an indicative national energy efficiency target for 2020, based on either primary or final energy consumption, primary or final energy savings, or energy intensity. Member States shall notify those targets to the Commission in accordance with Article 24(1) and Annex XIV Part 1. When doing so, they shall also express those targets in terms of an absolute level of primary energy consumption and/or final energy consumption in 2020 and shall explain how, and on the basis of which data, this has been calculated.
2017/07/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 295 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) that the Union’s 2020 energy consumption has to be no more than 1 483 Mtoe of primary energy and/or no more than 1 086 Mtoe of final energy;
2017/07/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 304 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 – point b
(b) GDP evolution and forecast and economic structural change;
2017/07/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 306 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 (new)
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 – point b a (new)
(ba) technological evolution and forecast;
2017/07/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 326 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 4
4. Each Member State shall set indicative national energy efficiency contributions towards the Union's 2030 target referred to in Article 1 paragraph 1 in accordance with(1) in accordance with the second and third subparagraphs of Article 3(1), taking into account Articles [4] and [6] of Regulation (EU) XX/20XX [Governance of the Energy Union]. When setting those contributions, Member States shall take into account that the Union’s 2030 energy consumption has to aim to be no more than [1 321] Mtoe of primary energy andor no more than [987] Mtoe of final energy as reference baseline values and the primary and final energy consumption levels must be adjusted to: (a) economic development or structural adjustment according to the production index on the ground of Eurostat data; (b) changes in demographic developments; (c) climate variations or extreme events such as heat waves or cold spells, according to IPCC assessment reports; (d) energy consumption patterns due to innovation processes and implementation of environmental, energy and climate policy measures, such as decarbonisation measures, recycling processes, sector coupling or demand- side-management; (d) technological developments and increasing economic activity to allow for economic growth. The recalculation of the baseline values shall be done bi-annually based on national energy and climate plans and Eurostat data. Member States shall notify those contributions to the Commission as part of their integrated national energy and climate plans in accordance with the procedure pursuant to Articles [3] and [7] to [11] of Regulation (EU) XX/20XX [Governance of the Energy Union].;
2017/07/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 370 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) new savings each year from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2030 of 1.52 % of annual energy sales to final customers by volume, averaged over the most recent three-year period prior to 1 January 2019.;
2017/07/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 383 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall continue to achieve new annual savings of 1.5% for ten year periods after 2030, unless reviews by the Commission by 2027 and every 10 years thereafter conclude that this is not necessary to achieve the Union's long term energy and climate targets for 2050.deleted
2017/07/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 408 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
For the purposes of point (b), and without prejudice to paragraphs 2 and 3, Member States may count only those energy savings that stem from new policy measures introduced after 31 December 2020 or policy measures introduced during the period from 1 January2014 to 31December 2020before that date provided it can be demonstrated that those measures result in individual actions that are undertakendeliver savings after 31 December 2020 and deliver savings.
2017/07/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 441 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) count energy savings resulting from individual actions newly implemented since 31 December 2008 that continue to have an impact in 2020 and beyond and which can be measured and verified, towards the amount of energy savings referred to in paragraph 1; and
2017/07/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 450 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) exclude from the calculation of the energy savings requirement referred to in paragraph 1 the verifiable amount of energy generated on or in buildings for own use as a result of policy measures promoting new installation of renewable energy technologies.
2017/07/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 460 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. All the options chosen under paragraph 2 taken together must amount to no more than 25 35% of the amount of energy savings referred to in paragraph 1. Member States shall apply and calculate the effect of the options chosen for the periods referred to in points (a) and (b) of paragraph 1 separately:
2017/07/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 506 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7a – paragraph 5 – point a
(a) shallmay include requirements with a social aim in the saving obligations they impose, including by requiring a share of energy efficiency measures to be implemented as a priority in households affected by energy povertylow income according to national standards and in social housing;
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 532 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7b – paragraph 2
2. In designing alternative policy measures to achieve energy savings, Member States shall take into account the effect on households affected by energy povertylow income households compared to national average.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 564 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 9a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
In multi-apartment and multi-purpose buildings with a central heating or cooling source or supplied from district heating and cooling systems, individual meters shall be installed to measure the consumption of heat or cooling or hot water for each building unit, where technical feasible and cost-efficient in relation to the potential energy savings.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 572 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 9a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Where the use of individual meters is not technically feasible or where it is not cost- efficient or not proportionate to measure heating or cooling in each building unit, individual heat cost allocators shall be used to measure heat consumption at each radiator unless it is shown by the Member State in question that the installation of such heat cost allocators would not be cost efficient or proportionate. In those cases, alternative cost-efficient methods of heat consumption measurement may be considered. The conditions of technical non-feasibility and non-cost effectiveness shall be clearly set out and published by each Member State.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 575 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 9a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
In new buildings of the kind referred to in the first sub-paragraph or when such a building undergoes major renovation, as set out in Directive 2010/31/EU, individual meters shall always be provided.deleted
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 587 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 9a – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
For the purposes of this Article, as of 1 January 2020, newly installed meters and cost allocators installed shallshall, where cost efficient, be remotely readable devices.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 652 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex – point 1 – point b
Directive 2012/27/EU
Annex V – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) savings resulting from the implementation of mandatory Union legislation are considered as savings that would have occurred in any event without the activity of the obligated, participating or entrusted parties and/or implementing authorities, and thus may not be claimed under paragraph 1 of Article 7, except for savings related to the renovation of existing buildings provided the materiality criterion referred to in part 3(h) is ensured;deleted
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 658 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex – point 1 – point b
Directive 2012/27/EU
Annex V – paragraph 2 – point c – introductory part
(c) credit may only be given for savings achieving or exceeding the following levels:
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 666 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex – point 1 – point b (new)
Directive 2012/27/EU
Annex V – paragraph 2 – point h
(h) the calculation of energy savings shall take into account the lifetime of measures. This may be done by counting the savings each individual action will achieve between its implementation date and 31 December 2020 or 31 December 2030 as appropriate. Measures implemented before 31 December 2020, which continue to generate cumulative energy savings after that date, shall be proportionally counted towards the target for 31 December 2030. Alternatively, Member States may adopt another method that is estimated to achieve at least the same total quantity of savings. When using other methods, Member States shall ensure that the total amount of energy savings calculated using these other methods does not exceed the amount of energy savings that would have been the result of their calculation when counting the savings each individual action will achieve between its implementation date and 31 December 2020 or 31 December 2030 as appropriate. Member States shall describe in detail in their Integrated National Energy and Climate plans under the Energy Union Governance the other methods they have used and which provisions have been made to ensure they meet this binding calculation requirement.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 694 #

2016/0376(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
(4) There are no binding targets at national level in the 2030 perspective. The need for the Union to achieve its energy efficiency targets at EU level, expressed in primary and/or final energy consumption, in 2020 and 2030 should be clearly set out in the form of an bindingcative 30 % target. This clarification at Union level should not restrict Member States as their freedom is kept to set their national contributions based on either primary or final energy consumption, primary or final energy savings, or energy intensity. Member States should set their national indicative energy efficiency contributions taking into account that the Union’s 2030 energy consumption has to be no more than [1 321] Mtoe of primary energy and no more than [987] Mtoe of final energy, subject to biannual revision of baseline calculations. This means that primary energy consumption shouldis likely to be reduced by 23 % and final energy consumption should be reduced by 17 % in the Union compared to 2005 levels. A regular evaluation of progress towards the achievement of the Union 2030 target is necessary and is provided for in the legislative proposal on Energy Union Governance.
2017/07/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 213 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) This Regulation sets out the necessary legislative foundation for a reliable, cost-efficient and transparent Governance that ensures the achievement of the objectives and targets of the Energy Union through complementary, coherent, market-based and ambitious efforts by the Union and its Member States, while promoting the Union's Better Regulation principles.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 223 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) The European Energy Union should cover five key dimensions: energy security; the internal energy market; energy efficiency; decarbonisation; and research, innovation and competitiveness, and whereas market reforms are key to reaching the Energy Union's full potential.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 232 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) The goal of a resilient Energy Union with an ambitious climate policy at its core is to give Union consumers, both households and businesses, secure, sustainable, competitive and affordable energy, and to foster research and innovation by means of attracting investments, which requires a fundamental transformation of Europe's energy system. That objective can only be achieved through coordinated action, combining both legislative and non-legislative acts at Union and national level.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 240 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) A fully functional and resilient Energy Union would make Europe into a leading region for innovation, investments, growth and social and economic development, in turn providing a good example of how pursuing high ambitions in terms of climate change mitigation is intertwined with measures to foster innovation, investments and growth.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 246 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) The Commission's proposal was developed in parallel to and is adopted together with a series of initiatives in sectorial energy policy, notably with regard to renewable energy, energy efficiency and market design. Those initiatives form a package under the overarching theme of energy efficiency first, the Union’s global leadership in renewables, and a fair deal for energy consumers by promoting fair competition.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 252 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) The European Council agreed on 24 October 2014 on the 2030 Framework for Energy and Climate for the Union based on four key targets: at least 40% cut in economy wide greenhouse gas ("GHG") emissions, at least 27% improvement in energy efficiency with a view to a level of 30%, at least 27% for the share of renewable energy consumed in the Union, and at least 15%noted the proposal of the Commission to report regularly to the European Council with the objective of arriving at a 15% target for electricity interconnection. It specified that the target for renewable energy is binding at Union level and that it will be fulfilled through Member States' contributions guided by the need to deliver collectively the Union target.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 279 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) The European Council also concluded on 24 October 201414 that a reliable and transparent governance system, without any unnecessary administrative burden and with sufficient flexibility for Member States, should be developed to help ensure that the Union meets its energy policy goals, with the necessary flexibility for Member States and fully respecting their freedom to determine their energy mix. It emphasized that such governance system should build on existing building blocks, such as national climate programmes, national plans for renewable energy and energy efficiency as well as the need to streamline and bring together separate planning and reporting strands. It also agreed to step up the role and rights of consumers, transparency and predictability for investors, inter alia by systematic monitoring of key indicators for an affordable, safe, competitive, secure and sustainable energy system and to facilitate coordination of national energy policies and foster regional cooperation between Member States. __________________ 14 Conclusions of the European Council 23 - 24 October 2014 (EUCO 169/14).
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 297 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) The Conclusions of the Council of 26 November 2015 recognised that the governance system should provide sufficient flexibility for Member States to choose measures based on national specificities, choices, circumstances, technological developments and changing external conditions;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 303 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) Therefore, the main objective of the Energy Union Governance should be to enable the achievement of the objectives of the Energy Union and in particular the targets of the 2030 Framework for Climate and Energy, in particular the EU's foremost GHG emissions reduction target. This Regulation is therefore linked to sectorial legislation implementing the 2030 targets for energy and climate. While Member States need flexibility to choose policies that are best-matched to their national energy mix and preferences, that flexibility should be compatible with further market integration, increased competition, the attainment of climate and energy objectives and the gradual shift towards a low-carbon economy.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 319 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) The transition to a low-carbon economy requires changes in investment behaviour and incentives across the entire policy spectrum, as well as regional market reforms. Achieving greenhouse gas emission reductions requires a boost to efficiency and innovation in the European economy and in particular should also lead to improvements of air quality.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 326 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) In line with the Commission's strong commitment to Better Regulation and consistent with a policy for research, innovation and investments, the Energy Union Governance should result in a significant reduction of administrative burden for the Member States, the Commission and other Union Institutions and it should help to ensure coherence and adequacy of policies and measures at Union and national level with regard to the transformation of the energy system towards a low-carbon economy.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 336 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) The achievement of the Energy Union objectives should be ensured through a combination of Union initiatives and coherent national policies set out in integrated national energy and climate plans. Sectorial Union legislation in the energy and climate fields sets out planning requirements, which have been useful tools to drive change at the national level. Their introduction at different moments in time has led to overlaps and insufficient consideration of synergies and interactions between policy areas, to the detriment of cost-efficiency. Current separate planning, reporting and monitoring in the climate and energy fields should therefore as far as possible be streamlined and integrated.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 359 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) The implementation of policies and measures in the areas of the energy and climate has an impact on the environment. Member States should therefore ensure that the public is given early and effective opportunities to participate in and to be consulted on the preparation of the integrated national energy and climate plans in accordance, where applicable, with the provisions of Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council24 and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe ("UNECE") Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters of 25 June 1998 (the "Aarhus convention"). Member States should also ensure involvement of stakeholders and social partners in the preparation of the integrated national energy and climate plans. __________________ 24 Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2001 on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment (OJ L 197, 21.7.2001, p.30).
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 374 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) National plans should be stable to ensure transparency and predictability of national policies and measures in order to ensure investor certainty. Updates of national plans should however be foreseen once during the ten-year period covered to give Member States the opportunity to adapt to significant changing circumstances. For the plans covering the period from 2021 to 2030, Member States should be able to update their plans by 1 January 2024. Targets, objectives and contributions should only be modified to reflect an increased overchanges in globall ambition in particular as regards the 2030 targets for energy and climatend macroeconomic trends, as well as technological advancement and changing international conditions. As part of the updates, Member States should make efforts to mitigate any adverse environmental impacts that become apparent as part of the integrated reporting.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 379 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) National plans should be stable to ensure transparency and, predictability and investment certainty of national policies and measures in order to ensure investor certainty. Updates of national plans should however be foreseen once during the ten- year period covered to give Member States the opportunity to adapt to significant changing circumstances. For the plans covering the period from 2021 to 2030, Member States should be able to update their plans by 1 January 2024. Targets, objectives and contributions should only be modified to reflect an increased overall ambition in particular as regards the 2030 targets for energy and climate. As part of the updates, Member States should make efforts to mitigate any adverse environmental impacts that become apparent as part of the integrated reporting.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 385 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) Stable long-term low emission strategies are crucial to contribute towards economic transformation, jobs, growth and the achievement of broader sustainable development goals, as well as to move in a fair and cost-effective manner towards the long-term goal set by the Paris Agreement. Furthermore, Parties to the Paris Agreement are invited to communicate, by 2020, their mid-century, long-term low greenhouse gas emission development strategies, notably the reduction of the carbon intensity of the power sector.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 392 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)
(23a) Sustainable and active forestry and forest management is a prerequisite for a holistic environmental policy capable of materializing EU's ambitious climate goals, as demonstrated by the fact that the forest area in Europe has increased greatly over the past decades, thus improving its overall carbon absorption capacity.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 393 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 b (new)
(23b) The LULUCF sector is highly exposed and very vulnerable to climate change. At the same time, this sector has huge potential to provide for long-term climate benefits and to contribute significantly to the achievement of European and international long-term climate goals. It can contribute to climate change mitigation in several ways, in particular by reducing emissions, maintaining and enhancing sinks and carbon stocks, and providing bio- materials than can substitute fossil- or carbon-intensive ones. In order for measures aiming in particular at increasing carbon sequestration to be effective, the sustainable resource management and long-term stability and adaptability of carbon pools is essential. Long-term strategies are essential to allow for sustainable investments in the long run.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 411 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
(32) In view of the collective achievement of the objectives of the Energy Union Strategy, notably creating a fully functional and resilient Energy Union, it will be essential for the Commission to assess national plans and, based on progress reports, their implementation. For the first ten-year period, this concerns in particular the achievement of the Union-level 2030 targets for energy and climate and national contributions to those targets, as well as the dimension 'internal energy market'. Such assessment should be undertaken on a biennial basis, and on an annual basis only where necessary, and should be consolidated in the Commission's State of the Energy Union reports.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 417 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33 a (new)
(33a) Given the high global warming potential and relatively short atmospheric lifetime of methane, the Commission may consider policy options for addressing methane emissions, with the exclusion of enteric methane emissions which are naturally produced when rearing ruminants, and in line with the circular economy policy and the use of waste.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 422 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
(34) To help ensure coherence between national and Union policies and objectives of the Energy Union, there should be an on-going dialogue between the Commission and the Member States and, where appropriate, between the Member States. As appropriate, the Commission should issue recommendations to Member States including on the level of ambition of the draft national plans, on the subsequent implementation of policies and measures of the notified national plans, and on other national policies and measures of relevance for the implementation of the Energy Union. Member States should take utmost account of such recommendations and explain in subsequent progress reports how they have been implemented.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 423 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
(34) To help ensure coherence between national and Union policies and objectives of the Energy Union, there should be an on-going dialogue between the Commission and the Member States. As appropriate, the Commission should issue recommendations to Member States including on the level of ambition of the draft national plans, on the subsequent implementation of policies and measures of the notified national plans, and on other national policies and measures of relevance for the implementation of the Energy Union. Member States should take utmost account ofconsider taking such recommendations into account and explain in subsequent progress reports how they have been implemented.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 430 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
(35) Should the ambition of integrated national energy and climate plans or their updates be insufficient for the collective achievement of the Energy Union objectives and, for the first period, in particular the 2030 targets for renewable energy and energy efficiency, the Commission should take measures at Union level in order to ensure the collective achievement of these objectives and targets (thereby closing any 'ambition gap'). Should progress made by the Union towards these objectives and targets be insufficient for their delivery, the Commission should, in addition to issuing recommendations, take measures at Union level or Member States should take additional measures in order to ensure achievement of these objectives and targets (thereby closing any 'delivery gap'). Such measures should take into account early ambitious contributions made by Member States to the 2030 targets for renewable energy and energy efficiency when sharing the effort for collective target achievement. In the area of renewable energy, such measures can also include financial contributions by Member States to a financing platform managed by the Commission, which would be used to contribute to renewable energy projects across the Union. Member States' national renewable energy targets for 2020 should serve as baseline shares of renewable energy from 2021 onwards. In the area of energy efficiency, additional measures can in particular aim at improving the energy efficiency of products, buildings and transport.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 438 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
(35) Should the ambition of integrated national energy and climate plans or their updates be insufficient for the collective achievement of the Energy Union objectives and, for the first period, in particular the 2030 targets for renewable energy and energy efficiency, the Commission should take measures at Union level in order to ensure the collective achievement of these objectives and targets (thereby closing any 'ambition gap'). Should progress made by the Union towards these objectives and targets be insufficient for their delivery, the Commission should, in addition to issuing recommendations, take measures at Union level or Member States should take additional measures in order to ensure achievement of these objectives and targets (thereby closing any 'delivery gap'). Such measures should take into account early ambitious contributions made by Member States to the 2030 targets for renewable energy and energy efficiency when sharing the effort for collective target achievement. I as well as, in the area of renewable energy, such measures can also includeany voluntary financial contributions by Member States to a financing platform managed by the Commission, which would be used to contribute to renewable energy projects across the Union. Member States' national renewable energy targets for 2020 should serve as baseline shares of renewable energy from 2021 onwards. In the area of energy efficiency, additional measures can in particular aim at improving the energy efficiency of products, buildings and transport.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 441 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
(36) The Union and the Member States should strive to provide the most up-to- date information on their greenhouse gas emissions and removals, removals and the carbon intensity of their national power mix. This Regulation should enable such estimates to be prepared in the shortest timeframes possible by using statistical and other information, such as, where appropriate, space-based data provided by the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security programme and other satellite systems.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 461 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44 a (new)
(44a) In preparation of a future review of this regulation and in the context of the EU cyber security strategy, the Commission should assess in close cooperation with the Member States whether it might be necessary to add additional uniform planning and reporting requirements on the Member States' efforts to improve the protection of critical infrastructure of the EU's energy system against any form of cyber threats, in particular in the view of the increasing number of potentially critical cyber- attacks during the last decade, in order to guarantee energy security in any circumstances. However, such an improved coordination within the EU should not affect Member States' national security interest by revealing sensitive information.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 464 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45 – indent 11 a (new)
– 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
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 469 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) implement strategies and measures designed to meet the objectives and targets of the Energy Union, and for the first ten- year period from 2021 to 2030 in particular the EU's 2030 targets for energy and climate, as well of achieving an integrated internal energy market, primarily at regional level;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 473 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) implement long-term low emission strategies to fulfil the commitments under the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement with a 50 years perspective;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 504 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 9
(9) 'the Union's 2030 targets for energy and climate' means the Union-wide binding target of at least 40% domestic reduction in economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions as compared to 1990 to be achieved by 2030, the Union-level binding target of at least 27% for the share of renewable energy consumed in the Union in 2030, the Union-level target of at least 27% for improving energy efficiency in 2030, to be reviewed by 2020 having in mind an EU level of 30%, and thas referred to in Article 3 of [recast of Directive 2009/28/EC as proposed by COM(2016) 767], and the Union target for improving energy efficiency, as referred to in Article 1(1) and Article 3(4) of Directive 2012/27/EU [version as amended in accordance with proposal COM(2016)761], and the indicative 15 % electricity interconnection target for 2030 as proposed by the European Commission or any subsequent targets in this regard agreed by the European Council or Council and Parliament for the year 2030.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 529 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. By 1 January 201920 and every ten years thereafter, each Member State shall notify to the Commission an integrated national energy and climate plan. The plans shall contain the elements set out in paragraph 2 and Annex I. The first plan shall cover the period from 2021 to 2030. The following plans shall cover the ten- year period immediately following the end of the period covered by the previous plan.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 544 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) a description of the national objectives, targets and contributions for each of the five dimensions of the Energy Union, as well as an assessment of their contributions to European competiveness;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 562 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) an assessment of the impacts of the planned policies and measures to meet the objectives referred to in point (b), including impacts on the demand of CO2 allowances within the trading scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 569 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
(ea) an assessment of how the planned policies and measures contribute to the development of a fully functional and integrated European energy market;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 602 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2 – point -i (new)
-i. The Commission shall set up an indicative benchmarks to ensure the fair contribution of each Member State to the target on renewable energy in 2030, as referred to in Article 3 of [recast of Directive 2009/28/EC], based on this indicative benchmark Member States shall communicate their indicative trajectories,
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 621 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2 – point i
i. with a view to achieving the Union's binding target of at least 27%n renewable energy in 2030, as referred to in Article 3 of [recast of Directive 2009/28/EC as proposed by COM(2016) 767], a contribution to this target in terms of the Member State's share of energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption of energy in 2030, with a linearn indicative trajectory for that contribution from 2021 onwards;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 622 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2 – point i
i. with a view to achieving the Union's binding target of at least 27% renewable energy in 2030 as referred to in Article 3 of [recast of Directive 2009/28/EC as proposed by COM(2016) 767], a contribution to this target in terms of the Member State's share of energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption of energy in 2030, with a linearn adequate trajectory for that contribution from 2021 onwards; Or. en (Annex I, part 1.)
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 632 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2 – point ii
ii. indicative trajectories for the sectorial share of renewable energy in final energy consumption from 2021 to 2030 in the heating and cooling, electricity, and transport sectors;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 638 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2 – point iii
iii. indicative trajectories by renewable energy technology that the Member State plans to use to achieve the overall and sectorial trajectories for renewable energy from 2021 to 2030 including total expected gross final energy consumption per technology and sector in Mtoe and total planned installed capacity per technology and sector in MW;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 657 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 1 – paragraph 1
the indicative national energy efficiency contribution to achieving the Union's binding energy efficiency target of 30% in 2030 as referred to in Article 1(1) and Article 3(4) of Directive 2012/27/EU [version as amended in accordance with proposal COM(2016)761], based on either primary or final energy consumption, primary or final energy savings, or energy intensity.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 669 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 1 – paragraph 2
Member States shall express their contribution in terms of absolute level of primary energy consumption and final energy consumption in 2020 and 2030, with a linearn indicative trajectory for that contribution from 2021 onwards. They shall explain their underlying methodology and the conversion factors used;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 686 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – point 1
(1) national indicative objectives with regard to increasing the diversification of energy sources and supply from third countries, for the purpose of increasing the resilience of national and regional energy systems;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 689 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – point 2
(2) national indicative objectives with regard to reducing energy import dependency from third countries, for the purpose of increasing the resilience of national and regional energy systems;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 695 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – point 4
(4) national indicative objectives with regard to deployment of domesticincreasing the flexibility of the national energy system, by means of deploying domestic and regional energy sources (notably renewable energy);
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 698 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – point 4
(4) national objectives with regard to deployment of domestic energy sources (notably renewable energy);, explicitly considering every low carbon source
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 702 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point 1
(1) the level of electricity interconnectivity that the Member State aims for in 2030 in consideration of the indicative electricity interconnection target for 2030 of at least 15 % as proposed by the Commission and, notably, regional market conditions and potential, cost- benefit analyses as well as measures to increase the tradable capacity in existing interconnections; Member States shall explain the underlying methodology used;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 709 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point 2
(2) key national objectives for electricity and gas transmission infrastructure that are necessary for the achievement of objectives and targets under any of the five dimensions of the Energy Union Strategy, including any planned or foreseen major infrastructure project along with a preliminary assessment of its compatibility with and contributions to the five dimensions of the Energy Union, notably with regard to security of supply and competition;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 722 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point 4
(4) national objectives with regard to ensuring electricity system adequacy, considering low carbon baseload generation as well as flexibility of the energy system with regard to renewable energy production, including a timeframe for when the objectives should be met;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 725 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point 4 a (new)
(4a) national objectives with regard to ensuring that obstacles to free price formation are phased out, including a timeframe for when this is to be achieved.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 728 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point 4 b (new)
(4b) national objectives and interim objectives with regard to establishing bidding zones based on long-term, structural congestions in the transmission network, so as to maximise economic efficiency and cross-border trading opportunities while maintaining security of supply, including a timeframe for when this is to be achieved;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 729 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point 4 c (new)
(4c) National objectives with regard to ensuring that no capacity mechanisms are implemented, or where implemented for the purpose of security of supply are limited to the extent possible and do not create unnecessary market distortions and hindrances to cross-border trade;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 730 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point 4 d (new)
(4d) national objectives with regard to phasing out priority dispatch for generating installations using renewable energy sources or high-efficiency cogeneration which have been commissioned prior to [OP: entry into force] and have, when commissioned, been subject to priority dispatch under Article 15(5) of Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council or Article 16(2) of Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and the measures taken to ensure that, including a timeframe for when this is to be achieved;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 733 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – point 1
(1) national objectives and funding targets for public and private research and innovation relating to the Energy Union; if applicable, including a timeframe for when the objectives should be met. Such targets and objectives should be coherent with those set out in the Energy Union Strategy and the SET-Plan;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 740 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – point 2
(2) national 2050 objectives forpolicies and measures to promote the depveloypment of low carbon technologies to 2050;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 782 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the Union’s 2020 energy consumption is no more than 1 483 Mtoe of primary energy andor no more than 1 086 Mtoe of final energy, the Union’s 2030 energy consumption is no more than 1 321 Mtoe of primary energy andor no more than 987 Mtoe of final energy for the first ten- year period;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 823 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) interactions between existing (implemented and adopted) and planned policies and measures within a policy dimension and between existing (implemented and adopted) and planned policies and measures of different dimensions for the first ten- year period at least until the year 2030, including the interactions between these policies and measures with the emission trading scheme as these policies and measures are likely to impact the supply and demand of allowances. Projections concerning security of supply, infrastructure and market integration shall be linked to robust energy efficiency scenarios.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 837 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. By 1 January 20189 and every ten years thereafter Member States shall prepare and submit to the Commission a draft of the integrated national energy and climate plan referred to in Article 3(1).
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 872 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall take utmost account ofinto consideration any recommendations from the Commission when finalising their integrated national energy and climate plan.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 910 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall, well before submitting their draft integrated national energy and climate plan to the Commission pursuant to Article 9(1), identify opportunities for regional cooperation and consult relevant neighbouring Member States and the other Member States expressing an interest. Member States shall set out in their draft integrated national energy and climate plans the results of such regional consultation, including where applicable how comments have been taken into account.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 926 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11 a Enhanced regional cooperation 1. The Commission shall, upon request by two or more Member States, establish a framework for Member States to jointly draft and submit to the Commission parts of the Integrated national energy and climate plan. If two or more Member States pursue such enhanced regional cooperation, the Regional integrated energy and climate plan shall replace the equivalent parts of their respective national plans. 2. The Commission may, with a view to promote cost-efficient policies, identify opportunities for enhanced regional cooperation, with a long-term vision, based on existing market structures, interconnections or other market conditions which could facilitate an enhanced regional cooperation, and based on such opportunities issue non-binding recommendations to the Member States.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 932 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the targets, objectives and contributions are sufficient and coherent for the collective achievement of the Energy Union objectives and for the first ten-years period in particular the targets of the Union's 2030 Climate and Energy Framework;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 965 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall only modify the targets, objectives and contributions set out in the update referred to in paragraph 2 to reflect an increased or maintained ambition as compared to the ones set in the latest notified integrated national energy and climate plan, as well as reflect new factors impacting the achievement of the goals of the Energy Union.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 969 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall onlymake considerable efforts to modify the targets, objectives and contributions set out in the update referred to in paragraph 2 to reflect an increased ambition as compared to the ones set in the latest notified integrated national energy and climate plan.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 993 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall prepare and report to the Commission by 1 January 2020 and every 10 years thereafter their long-term low emission strategies with a 520 years perspective, to contribute to:
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 997 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) achieving long-term greenhouse gas emission reductions and enhancements of removals by sinks in all sectors in line with the Union’s objective, in the context of necessary reductions according to the IPCC by developed countries as a group, to reduce emissions by 80 to 95 % by 2050 compared to 1990 levels in a cost-effective manner.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 999 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) achieving long-term greenhouse gas emission reductions and enhancements of removals by sinks in all sectors in line with the Union's objective, in the context of necessary reductions according to the IPCC by developed countries as a group, to reduce emissions by 80 to 95 % by 2050 compared to 1990 levels in a cost-effective manner, in addition to enhancements of removals by sinks in pursuit of the temperature goals in the Paris Agreement.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1012 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) emissions reductions and enhancement of removals in individual sectors including: with a view to decarbonisation of electricity, industry, transport, the buildings sector (residential and tertiary), agriculture and land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF);
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1016 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) expected progress on transition to a low greenhouse gas emission economy including greenhouse gas intensity, CO2 intensity of gross domestic product and strategies for related long-term investments, research, development and innovation;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1056 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) rate of electrification in Effort Sharing Regulation sectors;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1057 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point g a (new)
(ga) an assessment of the costs supported by the final consumer of electricity based on indicators monitoring actual spending for the five dimension of the Energy Union;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1084 #
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1088 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 3
(3) trajectories by renewable energy technology to use to achieve the overall and sectorial trajectories for renewable energy from 2021 to 2030 including total expected gross final energy consumption per technology and sector in Mtoe and total planned installed capacity per technology and sector in MW;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1094 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 5
(5) if applicable, other national trajectories and objectives including long- term and sectorial ones (such as share of biofuels, share of advanced biofuels, share of biofuel produced from main crops produced on agricultural land, share of electricity produced from biomass without the utilisation of heat, share of renewable energy in district heating, renewable energy use in buildings, renewable energy produced by cities, energy communities and self- consumers);
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1108 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
(a) on the implementation of the following national indicative trajectories, objectives and targets:
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1113 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 1
(1) the trajectory for primary andor final energy consumption from 2020 to 2030 as the national energy savings contribution to achieving the Union-level 2030 target including underlying methodology;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1116 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2
(2) if applicable, objectives for the long-term renovation of the national stock of both public and private residential and commercial buildings;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1136 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) national objectives, notably through market mechanisms, for the development of the ability to cope with constrained or interrupted supply of an energy source, including gas and electricity;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1137 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) national objectives for the deployment of domestic energy sources, notably renewable energy and innovative low-carbon technologies;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1145 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the level of electricity interconnectivity that the Member State aims for in 2030 in relation to the 15% indicative target on electricity interconnection as proposed by the Commission and, notably, regional market conditions and market potential as well as cost-benefit analyses, as well as measures to increase the tradable capacity in existing infrastructure;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1151 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) if applicable, main infrastructure projects envisaged and their costs other than Projects of Common Interest, including an assessment of its compatibility and contributions to the five key dimensions of the Energy Union;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1153 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) national measures to ensure that obstacles to free price formation is progressively phased out, as well as measures to address any other policies and measures applied within the territory which can contribute to indirectly restricting price formation;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1154 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
(db) national measures to establish bidding zones based on long-term, structural congestions in the transmission network, so as to maximise economic efficiency and cross-border trading opportunities while maintaining security of supply;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1155 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point d c (new)
(dc) national objectives and measures to phase out energy subsidies, as well as a timeline for when such objectives are to be achieved;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1156 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point d d (new)
(dd) National policies and measures with regard to ensuring that no capacity mechanisms are implemented, or where implemented for the purpose of security of supply are limited to the extent possible and do not create unnecessary market distortions and hindrances limit cross- border trade.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1157 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point d e (new)
(de) national measures and policies, planned or existing, to facilitate regional market integration and cross-border trade;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1158 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point d f (new)
(df) national policies and measures with regard to encouraging the phasing out of derogation from financial consequences of balance responsibility for installations benefitting from support approved by the Commission under Union State aid rules pursuant to Articles 107 to 109 TFEU, and commissioned prior to [OP: entry into force];
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1159 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point d g (new)
(dg) national measures and policies with regard to phasing out priority dispatch for generating installations using renewable energy sources or high- efficiency cogeneration which have been commissioned prior to [OP: entry into force] and have, when commissioned, been subject to priority dispatch under Article 15(5) of Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council or Article 16(2) of Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and the measures taken to ensure that, including a timeframe for when this is to be achieved.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1166 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) where relevant, national objectives with regards to energy poverty, including the number of households in energy poverty;.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1175 #
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1178 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) if applicable, national objectives for total (public and private) spending in research and innovation relating to clean energy technologies as well as for technology cost and performance development;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1198 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall establish an online reporting platform to facilitate communication between the Commission and Member States and promote cooperation among Member States, as a means of ensuring cost-efficiency and to facilitate information to the public.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1203 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission shall, in line with this platform, facilitate online access to final national plans and national long- term low-emission strategies to the public.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1210 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) The progress made at Union level towards diversifying its energy sources and suppliers, contributing to a fully functioning and resilient Energy Union based on security of supply, solidarity and trust.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1211 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the progress made by each Member State towards meeting its targets, objectives and contributions and implementing the policies and measures set out in its integrated national energy and climate plan, including an assessment of the collective contributions to European competitiveness;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1221 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) the accuracy of Member State estimates of the effect of national level overlapping policies and measures on the supply-demand balance of the EU ETS, or, in absence of such estimates, conduct its own assessment of the same impact;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1223 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
(cb) the overall impact of the policies and measures of integrated national plans on the operation of the EU ETS.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1224 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Commission shall take into account, during its assessment of the integrated national energy and climate plans, legitimate national specific situations, proven through an assessment of competent authorities at national and European level, which could explain any delay in the contributions of Member States for the collective achievement of the Energy Union objectives and, in particular, for meeting its objectives and targets.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1231 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
2. In the area of renewable energy, as part of its assessment referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall assess the progress made in the share of energy from renewable sources in the Union’s gross final consumption on the basis of a linearn adequate trajectory starting from 20% in 2020 and reaching at least 27% in 2030 as referred to in Article 4(a)(2)(i). Or. en (Annex I, part 1.)
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1238 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
2. In the area of renewable energy, as part of its assessment referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall assess the progress made in the share of energy from renewable sources in the Union’s gross final consumption on the basis of a linear trajectory starting from 20% in 2020 and reaching at least 27% inthe target for 2030 as referred to in Article 4(a)(2)(i).
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1247 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
In the area of energy efficiency, as part of its assessment referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall assess progress towards collectively achieving a maximum energy consumption at Union level of 1 321 Mtoe of primary energy consumption andor 987 Mtoe of final energy consumption in 2030 as referred to in Article 6(1)(a).
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1252 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) consider whether the Union's milestone of no more than 1483 Mtoe of primary energy andor no more than 1086 Mtoe of final energy in 2020 is achieved;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1287 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Given the high global warming potential and relatively short atmospheric lifetime of methane, the Commission may consider policy options for addressing methane emissions, with the exclusion of enteric methane emissions which are naturally produced when rearing ruminants, and in line with the circular economy policy and the use of waste.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1319 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3
3. If, on the basis of its aggregate 3. assessment of Member States' integrated national energy and climate progress reports pursuant to Article 25(1)(a), and supported by other information sources, as appropriate, the Commission concludes that the Union is at risk of not meeting the objectives of the Energy Union and, in particular, for the first ten-years period, the targets of the Union's 2030 Framework for Climate and Energy, it may issue recommendations to all Member States pursuant to Article 28 to mitigate such risk. The Commission shall, as appropriate, take measures at Union level in addition to the recommendations in order to ensure, in particular, the achievement of the Union's 2030 targets for renewable energy and energy efficiency. With regard to renewable energy, sSuch measures shall take into consideration ambitious early efforts by Member States to contribute to the Union's 2030 targets, as well as any contribution to the financial platform pursuant to paragraph 4(c).
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1323 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. If, on the basis of its assessment pursuant to Article 25(1)(a), the Commission concludes that any infrastructure project may potentially obstruct the development of a resilient Energy Union, the Commission shall issue a preliminary assessment of the project's compatibility with the long-term objectives of the internal energy market and include recommendations to the Member State concerned pursuant to Article 28. Prior to issuing such an assessment, the Commission may consult other Member States.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1325 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
If, in the area of renewable energy, without prejudice to the measures at Union level set out in paragraph 3, the Commission concludes, based on its assessment pursuant to Article 25(1) and (2) in the year 2023, that the linear Union trajectory referred to in Article 25(2)Union's target for 2030 for energy and climate is not collectively met, Member States shall ensure by the year 2024 that any emerging gap is covered by additional measures, such as:
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1328 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
If, in the area of renewable energy, without prejudice to the measures at Union level set out in paragraph 3, the Commission concludes, based on its assessment pursuant to Article 25(1) and (2) in the year 2023, that the lineardicative Union trajectory referred to in Article 25(2) is not collectively met, Member States shallould ensure by the year 2024 that any emerging gap is covered by additional measures, such as:
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1352 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) adjusting the share of renewable energy in other Effort Sharing Regulation sectors;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1362 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) making a financial contribution to a financing platform set up at Union level, contributing to renewable energy projects and managed directly or indirectly by the Commission;deleted
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1365 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) making ain addition to point (a) and (b), Member States may, in order to compensate for any identified gap, make a voluntary financial contribution to a financing platform set up at Union level, contributing to renewable energy projects and managed directly or indirectly by the Commission;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1367 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) making a financial contribution to a financing platform set up at Union level, contributing to renewable energy projectsinnovative energy projects, notably renewable energy, with technologically paradigm-changing potential, and managed directly or indirectly by the Commission;
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1381 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Such measures shall take into account the level of ambition of early contributions to the Union's 2030 target for renewable energy by the Member State concerned and should be consistent with the preferred by the Member State concerned renewable energy generation.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1387 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
If a Member State does not maintain the baseline share of energy from renewable sources in its gross final consumption of energy set out in Article 3(3) of [recast of Directive 2009/28/EC as proposed by COM(2016) 767] from 2021 onwards, the Member State concerned shall ensure that any gap to the baseline share is covered by making a financial contribution to the financing platform referred to in point (c) of the first subparagraph. For the purposes of this subparagraph and point (c) of the first subparagraph, Member States may use their revenues from annual emission allowances under Directive 2003/87/EC.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1392 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 36 to set out any necessary provisions for the establishment and functioning of the financing platform referred to in point (c).
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1427 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the Member State shall set out, in its integrated national energy and climate progress report made in the year following the year the recommendation was issued, how it has taken utmost account of the recommendation and how it has implemented or intends to implement it. It shall provide justifications where it deviates from it;recommendation into consideration.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1431 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the Member State shall set out, in its integrated national energy and climate progress report made in the year following the year the recommendation was issued, how it has taken utmostinto account of the recommendation and how it has implemented or intends to implement it. It shall provides justifications where it deviates from it on the "comply or explain approach";
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1447 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2 – point k a (new)
(ka) a financial assessment of the costs supported by the final consumer of electricity based on indicators monitoring actual spending for the five dimensions of the Energy Union.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1477 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall be assisted by an Energy Union Committee. That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 and work in the respective sectorial formations relevant for this Regulation. That committee shall associate to its work the committee instituted by Article 8 of Decision 93/389/EEC as stipulated in Article 23 of the Directive 2003/087.
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1481 #

2016/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 2
2. This Committee replaces the committee established by Article 8 of Decision 93/389/EEC, Article 9 of Decision 280/2004/EC and Article 26 of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013. References to the committee set up pursuant to those legal acts shall be construed as references to the committee established by this Regulation.deleted
2017/07/04
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 129 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Dual use products shall comply with this Regulation, when they are used within the concentration limits set forth in Annex I, Part II, PFC 1(C)(II)(a): Straight inorganic micronutrient fertiliser, point 3.
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 138 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
(2a) “dual use” means the use of a fertiliser compound which when applied above the concentration limits set forth in Annex I, Part II, PFC 1(C)(II)(a): Straight inorganic micronutrient fertiliser, point 3, is used as a plant protection product for the purposes of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009;
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 299 #

2016/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(C)(II) – point 2 a (new)
2a. In the case of dual use, the content of copper for the purposes of this Regulation shall not be below 2% and not exceed of 5% by mass of the fertiliser.
2017/03/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 46 #

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 6
(6) During the negotiations of an intergovernmental agreement, the Commission should have the possibility to advicese the Member State(s) concerned on how to avoid incompatibility with Union law. In particular, the Commission could develop, together with Member States, optional model clauses or guidelines. The Commission should have the possibility to draw attention to theof the Member State(s) concerned to the relevant Union’s energy policy objectives and the principle of solidarity between Member States and Union policy positions adopted in Council or European Council conclusions.
2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 59 #

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 10
(10) This Decision should only apply to intergovernmental agreements that have an impact on the internal energy market or the security of energy supply in the Unionconcern the purchase, trade, transit, sale, storage or supply of energy in or to at least one Member State, or the construction or operation of energy infrastructure with a physical connection to at least one Member State. In case of doubt, Member States should consult the Commission. In principle, agreements that are no longer in force or are no longer applied do not have an impact on the internal energy market or on the security of energy supply in the Union and should therefore not be covered by this Decision.
2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 64 #

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) The legally binding force of an instrument, or of parts thereof, not its formal designation, qualifies it as an intergovernmental agreement or, in the absence of legally binding force, as a non- binding instrument for the purposes of this Decision.
2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 65 #

2016/0031(COD)

(11) Member States establish relations to third countries not only by concluding intergovernmental agreements, but also in the form of non-binding instruments. Even if legally non-binding, such instruments can be used to set out a detailed framework for energy infrastructure and energy supply. In this respect non-binding instruments can have similar impacts on the in, which are often formally designated by terms such as memorandum of understanding, joint declaration, ministernial energy market as intergovernmental agreements as their implementation might result in a violation of Union law. In order to ensure greater transparency regarding all measures applied by Member States that can have an impact on the internal energy market and energy security, Member States should therefore submit to the Commission, ex post, also the respective non-binding instruments. The Commission should assess the submitted non-binding instruments and, if appropriate, inform the Member State accordingjoint declaration, joint action or joint code of conduct. Even if not legally binding, such instruments can be used to set out a detailed framework for energy infrastructure and energy supply.
2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 71 #

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) In the interest of greater transparency, Member States should be able to submit to the Commission non- binding instruments or the amendment of such a non-binding instrument that set conditions for energy supply or for the development of energy infrastructures. Furthermore, in the case of doubt as to whether the arrangements of the non- binding instrument comply with the Union law, the Member State concerned should be able to consult the Commission before concluding negotiations.
2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 73 #

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 12
(12) Intergovernmental agreements or non-binding instruments which need to be notified in their entirety to the Commission on the basis of other Union acts or concern matters such as within the purview of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community should not be covered by this Decision.
2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 85 #

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 16
(16) A permanent exchange of information on intergovernmental agreements at Union level should enable best practices to be developed. On the basis of those best practices, the Commission, in cooperation with Member States, and where appropriate in cooperation with the European External Action Service as regards the Union’s external policies, should develop optional model clauses to be used in intergovernmental agreements between Member States and third countries, as well as a list of examples of clauses that do not respect Union law and should therefore not be used. The use of such model clauses should aim to avoid conflicts of intergovernmental agreements with Union law, in particular internal energy market rules and competition law, and conflicts with international agreements concluded by the Union. Their use should be optional, and it should be possible to adapt their content to any particular circumstance.
2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 90 #

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 17
(17) The improved mutual knowledge of existing and new intergovernmental agreements and non-binding instruments should allow for better coordination in energy matters between Member States and between Member States and the Commission. Such improved coordination should enable Member States to benefit fully from the political and economic weight of the Union and enable the Commission to propose solutions for problems identified in the area of intergovernmental agreements.
2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 96 #

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 19
(19) Since the objective of this Decision, namely the exchange of information between Member States and the Commission with regard to intergovernmental agreements and non- binding instruments in the field of energy, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States but can rather, by reason of the effects of this Decision, applicable in all Member States, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality as set out in that Article, this Decision does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve this objective.
2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 102 #

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Decision establishes a mechanism for the exchange of information between Member States and the Commission with regard to intergovernmental agreements and non- binding instruments in the field of energy as defined in Article 2, in order to optimisestrengthen the functioning of the internal energy market.
2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 103 #

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. This Decision shall not apply to intergovernmental agreements and non- binding instruments which are already, in their entirety, subject to other specific notification procedures under Union law.
2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 106 #

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) ‘intergovernmental agreement’ means any legally binding agreement, regardless of its form or designation, between one or more Member States and one or more third countries thaving an impact on the operation or the functioning of the internal energy market or on the security of energy supply in the Union; ht concerns the purchase, trade, sale, transit, storage or supply of energy in or to at least one Member State, or the construction or operation of energy infrastructure with a physical connection to at least one Member State. However, where such a legally binding agreement also covers other issues, only those provisions that related to the above-mentioned energy, includingssues and the general provisions applicable to those energy-related provisions, are deemed to constitute an 'intergovernmental agreement';
2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 124 #

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Where the ratified intergovernmental agreement or amendment to the intergovernmental agreement refers explicitly to other texts, the Member State concerned shall also submit those other texts in so far as they contain elements which may have an impact on the functioning of the internal energy market or on the security of energy supply in the Unionany of the elements listed in point 1 of Article 2(1).
2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 167 #

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
When signBefore agreeing, ratifying or agreeing tosigning an intergovernmental agreement or amendment, the Member State concerned shall take utmost account of the Commission's opinion referred to in paragraph 2.
2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 171 #

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Where the existing intergovernmental agreement refers explicitly to other texts, the Member State concerned shall also submit those other texts in so far as they contain elements which may have an impact on the functioning of the internal energy market or on the security of energy supply in the Unionany of the elements enlisted in point 1 of Article 2(1).
2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 182 #

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 7
Notification obligations and assessment by the Commission with respect to non- 1. Upon adopting a non-binding instrument or an amendment to a non-binding instrument, the Member State concerned shall notify the non-binding instrument or the amendment, including any annexes thereto, to the Commission. Where the non-binding instrument or the amendment to the non-binding instrument refers explicitly to other texts, the Member State concerned shall also submit those other texts in so far as they contain elements which may have an impact on the functioning of the internal energy market or on the security of energy supply in the Union. 2. By [3 months following the entry into force of this Decision] at the latest Member States shall notify to the Commission all existing non-binding instruments, including annexes and amendments thereto. Where the existing non-binding instrument refers explicitly to other texts, the Member State concerned shall also submit those other texts in so far as they contain elements which may have an impact on the functioning of the internal energy market or on the security of energy supply in the Union. 3. The obligation to notify to the Commission according to paragraphs 1 and 2 does not apply in respect of agreements between undertakings. 4. 4. Where, following its first assessment, the Commission considers that the measures implementing the non-binding instrument notified to it under paragraphs 1 and 2 could conflict with Union law, in particular with internal energy market legislation and Union competition law, the Commission may inform the Member State concerned accordingly.Article 7 deleted binding instruments
2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 184 #

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Upon adopting a non-binding instrument or an amendment to a non- binding instrument, the Member State concerned shall notify the non-binding instrument or the amendment, including any annexes thereto, to the Commission. Where the non-binding instrument or the amendment to the non-binding instrument refers explicitly to other texts, the Member State concerned shall also submit those other texts in so far as they contain elements which may have an impact on the functioning of the internal energy market or on the security of energy supply in the Union.deleted
2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 185 #

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Upon adopting a non-binding instrument or an amendment to a non-binding instrument, the Member State concerned shall notify the non-binding instrument or the amendment, including any annexes thereto, to the Commission.deleted
2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 191 #

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
By [3 months following the entry into force of this Decision] at the latest Member States shall notify to the Commission all existing non-binding instruments, including annexes and amendments thereto.deleted
2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 193 #

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Where the existing non-binding instrument refers explicitly to other texts, the Member State concerned shall also submit those other texts in so far as they contain elements which may have an impact on the functioning of the internal energy market or on the security of energy supply in the Union.deleted
2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 197 #

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. Where, following its first assessment, the Commission considers that the measures implementing the non- binding instrument notified to it under paragraphs 1 and 2 could conflict with Union law, in particular with internal energy market legislation and Union competition law, the Commission may inform the Member State concerned accordingly.deleted
2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 205 #

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
When providing information to the Commission in accordance with Article 3(1) to (3), Article 6(1) and Article 76(1) and (2), a Member State may indicate whether any part of the information, be it commercial or other information the disclosure of which could harm the activities of the parties involved, is to be regarded as confidential and whether the information provided can be shared with other Member States.
2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 209 #

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Where a Member State has identified as confidential in accordance with paragraph 1 an existing intergovernmental agreement, an amendment to an existing intergovernmental agreement, a new intergovernmental agreement, an existing non-binding instrument, an amendment to an existing non-binding instrument or a new non-binding instrument, that Member State shall make available a summary of the information submitted.
2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 210 #

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
That summary shall contain at least the following information regarding the intergovernmental agreement, non-binding instrument or amendment in question:
2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 219 #

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) reviewing developments in relation to intergovernmental agreements and non- binding instruments and striving for consistency and coherence in the Union’s external energy relations with producer, transit, and consumer countries;
2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 225 #

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) on the basis of best practices and in consultation with Member States, developing optional model clauses, which, if applied, would significantly improve compliance of future intergovernmental agreements and non-binding instruments with Union law;
2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 227 #

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) supporting, where appropriate, the development of multilateral intergovernmental agreements or non- binding instruments involving several Member States or the Union as a whole.
2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 228 #

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. By 1 January 2020 at the latest... [two years after the date of entry into force of this Decision], the Commission shall submit a report on the application of this Decision to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions.
2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 230 #

2016/0031(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. The report shall, in particular, assess the extent to which this Decision promotes compliance of intergovernmental agreements and non-binding instruments with Union law and a high level of coordination between Member States with regard to intergovernmental agreements and non-binding instruments. It shall also assess the impact that this Decision has on Member States’ negotiations with third countries and whether the scope of this Decision and the procedures it lays down are appropriate.
2016/07/01
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 3 #

2015/2324(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the importance of the Alpine region as a place for people to live, work and relax in, thanks to the vital contributions made by agriculture and forestry, tourism and craft trades; welcomes the EU Alpine Strategy as a way to improve and enhance economic, environmental, infrastructural and social development in the Alpine region;
2016/03/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 17 #

2015/2324(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Laments the increase in abandonment of – and scrub encroachment on – farmland, which adversely affects not just the landscape, but also water management, biodiversity and energy generation; urges the Commission and Member States to ensure that land and forests are managed in an environmentally friendly way that is adapted to local conditions and to encourage such a development so as to preserve both the cultural assets and biodiversitnd the environmental diversity of the region; stresses the importance of implementing the principles of circular economy;
2016/03/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 32 #

2015/2324(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls on the Commission on developing an extensive strategy for the region on how to cope with climate change since it is foreseen to be highly exposed to changes (e.g. rise in temperature higher than average) and is very much vulnerable to natural disasters (e.g. mudflows, wildfires);
2016/03/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 34 #

2015/2324(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Notes that agricultural units are key to maintain the ecological balance of the region; is of the opinion that the strategy should contribute towards the targets set at COP21; recalls the advantages of on- site energy generation;
2016/03/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 40 #

2015/2324(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Considers it important to set up regional programmes to promote decentralised, macro-regional structures for processing and marketing agricultural and forestry products (e.g. cooperatives and producer organisations), in order to strengthen their position in the timber and food value chains and improve employment, food supply and innovation in the regions; points out the advantages of securing a broad variety of market opportunities;
2016/03/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 58 #

2015/2324(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to expand education and consultancy structures for agricultural and forestry workers (e.g. training for alpine farming consultants), B. to provide a macro-regional training network and to intensify cooperation between educational, scientific and industrial institutions (e.g. inter-branch trainee and exchange programmes); takes the view that trainings and information on innovations in farming and forestry must be provided in order to enhance the competitiveness of smallholders and family run farms;
2016/03/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 72 #

2015/2324(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Stresses the importance of improving infrastructure in order to reduce the dwindling of small and family farms which are an important economic and social pillar of the region;
2016/03/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 259 #

2015/2323(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Stresses that developing a new energy culture should be regarded as an additional crucial step in the ongoing energy transition; in this regard calls on the European Commission and Member States to develop suitable education modules for schools in order to build new energy consumer behaviour among younger generation;
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 337 #

2015/2323(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Believes that encouraging technical innovation should go hand in hand with raising local authorities and citizens' awareness about the rational use of energy.
2016/03/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 79 #

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas national duties,lack of interconnectors, as well as fixed prices, subsidies, and feed-in priorities and lack of interconnectors, while being necessary due to market failures, prevent a functioning internal market in electricity and thus delay the full market integration of largely CO2- free energy sources;
2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 138 #

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for the existing regulatory framework of the European markets to be adjusted to allow for a growing share of renewable energy sources (e.g. by providing back-up mechanisms); stresses that a new market design for electricity must promote sustainable and efficient electricity supply;
2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 209 #

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the importance of a common analysis of system management at regional level which is facilitated by ACER and ENTSO-E and calls for the transmission system operators of neighbouring markets to devise a common methodology to that end;
2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 223 #

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the right of Member States to determine the conditions for the use of their energy resources, the national energy mix and the overall structure of their energy supply; Calls on the Commission to take appropriate steps in the market regulatory framework to encourage investments in all available forms of low carbon electricity, both mature and innovative technologies;
2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 244 #

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Underlines that additional market - driven mechanisms are needed in order to reduce the market risks for investors and to encourage low-carbon investments for ensuring the security of energy supply and meeting decarbonisation targets.
2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 253 #

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that network expansion in particular is indispensable with a view to completing the internal market in electricity with a growing share of renewables; regrets that there are still large gaps in the interconnections between Member States, leading to network bottlenecks and significantly impairing cross-border energy trading; calls for the electricity interconnection objectives to be differentiated by region and aligned with the ENTSO-E ten-year network plan. To this effect, it is also of significant importance to counteract the uncoordinated loop flows, especially in the CEE region;
2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 284 #

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Is sceptical of capacity mechanisms on the grounds of high cost and the risk of market distortions, and stresses that national capacity markets are subject to the EU rules on competition and state aid which guarantees the sufficient level of the EU Internal Energy Market protection;
2016/04/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 315 #

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for national capacity mechanisms only to be authorised where a detailed analysis of the production and supply situation at regional level has been carried out in advance and a bottleneck has been identified which cannot be eliminated by less stringent measures such as a strategic reserve;
2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 372 #

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that price volatility has a signal and guidance function in the electricity market and can beis an important factor in the efficiency of theincentivizing the uptake of flexibility solutions (such as flexible generation, demand side response, interconnectors and storage capacity, including LNG terminals) and therefore ensuring a well-functioning electricity market;
2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 396 #

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Notes that the expectation of future price surges can create incentives for producers and investors to invest in production capacity, particularly in high- efficiency modern gas-fired power stations, urges politicians not to intervene in the market even in the event of large price surges and calls, in the medium term, for the complete abolition of regulated final consumer prices;
2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 418 #

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Supports the EU’s goal of increasing the share of renewables to 3027%; notes, however, that the permanent subsidising of renewables is outdated and that renewables too must react to market signals in this new energy system, since otherwise market signals for all electricity producers will be heightened disproportionately; notes furthermore the danger of reduced industrial competitiveness and carbon leakage that arises from incorrectly designed subsidy systems;
2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 441 #

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Notes that the Member States must meet specific quantitative objectives for the share of renewables in energy consumption, irrespective of the market situation, and therefore stresses the importance of promoting renewables in a wayharmonised way through policies such as tradable green certificates that focuses on competition and cost efficiency; therefore regards the promotion of investment as more compatible with the market than feed-in priorities and fixed prices;
2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 460 #

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Warns against mixing energy supply objectives with climate policy objectives; calls for the ETS to be consistently reinforced and the market to be redesigned with a view to greater flexibility, so that in future CO2 and fuel prices can give more support to the expansion of renewablesall forms of safe low carbon power generation;
2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 463 #

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Warns against mixing energy supply objectives with climate policy objectives; calls for the ETS to be consistently reinforced and the market to be redesigned with a view to removing the indirect costs of ETS and achieving greater flexibility, so that in future CO2 and fuel prices can give moreould be the only form of support to the expansion of renewables;
2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 466 #

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls on the Commission to launch a study into new and cost-effective market designs with a view to ensuring that consumers receive reasonably priced electricity and to preventing carbon leakage;
2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 471 #

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Calls for operators of renewable power plants to be held strictly responsible for balancing within their areas and stresses that, in the event of departure from the schedule announced by the operator, an appropriate compensatory energy price should bmarket participants should be charged with a cost reflecting full imbalance charged; .
2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 509 #

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Takes the view that, for a medium- term transitional period, national responsibility for the energy mix cannot be questioned and therefore that both nuclear power, which is largely CO2-neutral, and the use of national energy reserves together with high-efficiency gas-fired power stations and coal-fired electricity generation using the latest technology, can make vital contributions to the integration of renewables;
2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 516 #

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Takes the view that, for a medium-term transitional period, national responsibility for the energy mix cannot be questioned and therefore that both nuclear power, which is largely CO2-neutral, and the use of indigenous national energy reservources together with high-efficiency gas-fired power stations and coal-fired electricity generation using the latest technology, can make vital contributions to the integration of renewables;energy sector decarbonisation.
2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 521 #

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Calls on the Commission to provide a framework that enables the Member States to pursue their chosen low carbon energy mix solutions;
2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 552 #

2015/2322(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Stresses on the importance of the regional approach in building the missing electricity infrastructure crucial for the security of sustainable electricity supply with a view to eliminating the bottleneck in the (power) network and aiming at the completion of the internal energy market;
2016/03/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 65 #

2015/2279(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Reiterates the need for an integrated sustainable governance in the form of EU strategy for Europe's mountainous regions which cover 36% of Europe's geographic space and make up large and increasing part of EU periphery due to a range of socio-economic, political and environmental challenges. This is particularly the case of South-Eastern Europe, where mountain areas are among the poorest in Europe, located along EU's politically most sensitive external borders;
2016/01/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 75 #

2015/2279(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that measures under the second pillar of the CAP must ensure the sustainability and diversification of agricultural production in mountain areas by. Such support could contribute to a "rural renaissance" through encouraging the emergence of projects that create added value, bio-based innovation projects, agricultural investment projects and, farm development projects and projects to maintain processing enterprises, as well as bio-energy projects with positive environmental impact; stresses that these funds should be used as tools to boost the competitiveness of the regional agricultural and forestry sector and / or as a means of allowing the economic diversification of farms and forest businesses;
2016/01/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 88 #

2015/2279(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Given the significant role of dairy farming in mountain areas, the related serious cost disadvantages to milk production and the negative effects on mountain dairy farmers caused by the expiry of the milk quotas, underlines the need for a sector-specific approach in order to ensure sustainable milk production in these areas;
2016/01/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 94 #

2015/2279(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls the essential character of measures to support generational renewal and the establishment of active young farmers, in particular by organising access to multidisciplinary training enabling them to carry out various activities simultaneously and successively over the year; Encourages in this regard the participation of young farmers in exchange schemes and e-learning platforms; Underlines the need to develop adequate ICT infrastructure and high- speed Internet in mountain regions as an essential precondition for young farmers' agri-business activities;
2016/01/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 131 #

2015/2279(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Believes that such approaches help maintain and create local markets and resource-efficient short supply chains and initiate approaches geared to quality and promoting and protecting products (‘mountain products’, Protected Designations of Origin (PDO), Protected Geographical Indications (PGI) and Traditional Specialty Guaranteed (TSG)); Underlines the added value of high- quality food production to development of sustainable tourism and preservation of the cultural heritage in mountainous regions;
2016/01/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 61 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas measures for developing the Energy Union and achieving the 2030 climate targets must take full account of the impacts on energy prices, costs and the competitiveness of the EU economy plus the needed reduction in external energy dependency in order to get the necessary support from citizens and industry;
2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 83 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas the Energy Union reflects multiple calls of the European Parliament to establish a true pan-European Energy Community, based on a strong common energy market, coordination of energy purchasing outside of the EU and common European funding of research and innovation in the area of new sustainable energy technologies;
2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 92 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the Energy Community is an instrument to expand internal energy market to EU's neighbourhood countries, thus contributing to the creation of a pan- European energy space based on common principles and the rule of law;
2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 116 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
UGa. whereas better interconnection levels for electricity and gas will increase energy security while balancing supply and demand between the Member States; whereas the reduction of energy cost in residential buildings is a fast and cost- efficient way to reduce gas consumption and to gain energy security benefits;
2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 119 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas many countries are heavily reliant on a single supplier, including some that rely entirely on Russia for their natural gas and others that heavily rely on Northern Africa, which leaves them vulnerable to supply disruptions, whether these are caused by political or commercial disputes, or infrastructure failure; whereas additional LNG capacities in Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea, as well as connecting central European gas hubs with South East Europe, will facilitate diversifying the gas supply to Member States and Energy Community Countries in South East Europe;
2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 166 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital P
P. whereas 30 million European jobs are at risk owing to the US shale gas boom, as energy-intensive industries move operations to the US, where energy costs are far lower and where regulation of greenhouse gas emissions is less restrictive;
2015/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 297 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines that well-developed and fully integrated infrastructure allowing for enhanced diversification of supplies and cross-border flows is vital for ensuring security of supply both in normal and emergency conditions and for delivering energy from competitive sources to consumers across the European Union and Energy Community;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 310 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that it is of upmost importance to the EU to end the isolation of some Member States from the internal energy market, as demonstrated by the gas stress tests carried out by the Commission; calls on the Commission, in this regard, to carry out such tests every two years; calls on the Member States and the Commission, in this relation, to implement without delays the recommendations of the gas system stress tests;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 349 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to support those EU Member States and on the Energy Community Secretariat to support those Energy Community Contracting Parties that wish to negotiate energy contracts on a voluntary basis by introducing a common negotiating mechanism, and stresses that the functioning of such a mechanism must be subject to compliance with the EU internal market acquis and with EU competition and World Trade Organisation rules;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 360 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that greater transparency of intergovernmental agreements could be achieved by strengthening the role of the Commission in energy-related negotiations involving one or more Member States and third countries, including by having the Commission participate in those negotiations if there is a risk of abuse of a dominant position by one supplier; notes that furthermore the Commission should carry out ex-ante and ex-post assessments and draw up both a positive and a negative list of agreement clauses, such as export ban and, destination clauses, take-or-pay clauses and oil indexation of gas pricing;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 388 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to prepare draft contract templates and guidelines including an indicative list of abusive clauses in order to create a reference for competent authorities and companies in their contracting activities; furthermore calls on the Commission to publish quarterly assessments of the average import prices;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 469 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to facilitate the effective use of existing EU funding schemes, including the European Fund for Strategic Investments, so as to support investment in key interconnectors building projects and the development of Europe's indigenous energy resources, based on a technology-neutral approach;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 493 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission, and in particular DG TRADE, to comaintainue to press for a dedicated the goal of dedicating a separate energy chapter within the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), with a view to removing US export restrictions on both crude oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) and eliminating protectionist measures;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 497 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Stresses that a strengthened Energy Community should be the pivotal arm of the EU's external energy policy and invites the Commission to come forward with concrete proposals based on the report of the High-Level Reflection Group for the reform of the Energy Community;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 500 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen the Energy Community through, inter alia, better implementation and enforcement of EU law, enhancing its institutions including the establishment of an Energy Community Parliamentary Assembly and implementing key infrastructure projects in order to ensure better integration with the EU energy market and security of supply mechanisms;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 516 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Believes that the future Energy Union must establish a free flow of energy across EU and Energy Community countries as the fifth European freedom alongside free movement of people, goods, capital and services;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 585 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses the need for full implementation and enforcement of existing EU energy legislation and for a swift adoption of ambitious European network codes and guidelines, which must go hand in hand with strengthening the competenrespective competences and resources of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER), the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) and the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas (ENTSO-G); this will also require a swift review of their capacity to implement the sectoral legislation in a transparent manner;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 614 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses that a properly designed future model of the electricity market in the EU must aim at a more market-based and optimal, from the point of view of network security, integration of renewable energy sources; notes that in order to facilitate investment in low carbon technologies, EU should offer investors a stable and a long term regulatory and political framework;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 647 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Member States and the Commission as well as the Energy Community Contracting Parties and the Energy Community Secretariat to concentrate their efforts on driving projects of common interest (PCIs) and projects of the Energy Community interest (PECIs) forward, with a view to achieving a pan- European ‘super grid' with the capacity to transmit power across EU countriesurope from multiple sources and therefore capable of diverting energy from surplus to deficit areas, thereby allowing the market to instantly respond to interruptions of supply wherever they occur;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 662 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. Stresses the importance of ensuring a sound, stable and predictable regulatory framework which will enable long-term commitments and which is necessary to deliver new investments in energy infrastructure;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 675 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Supports regional approaches where there are particular regional challenges or opportunities, or where acting regionally could speed up market integration, including through the creationfurther development of regional hubs to enhance market liquidity, primarily in the CEE region; recognises the important role of power exchanges in fostering liquid, transparent and secure energy trading;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 769 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Notes that improvements in energy- efficiency pursued on a cost-effective basis will make a key contribution to energy security, competitiveness and the achievement of climate objectives; encourages Member States to recognize energy efficiency as a priority in their national policies; stresses, however, that gains in energy efficiency cannot replace diversification of energy supply;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 799 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Believes that it will be important to avoid over-prescriptive legislation that can constrain domestic policy choices about how best to promote energy efficiency within a national context, but rather rely on soft regulatory instruments in the building sector such as the development of a European energy label for windows that could benefit households and businesses by reducing their energy bills;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 812 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Stresses that developing a new energy culture is essential for meeting the energy efficiency and climate change targets. Calls on the Member States to raise awareness among younger generation via suitable education modules at school in order to build a new energy consumer behaviour;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 932 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
38. Stresses that decarbonisation which is not pursued through a technology-neutral approach, nor takes advantage of mature low emitting technologies, could result in a drastic increase in energy costs in some Member States, which would lead to energy poverty, deindustrialisation of the European economy and a subsequent rise in unemployment; stresses that it therefore needs to be a sovereign decision of each Member State on how to decarbonise its economy;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 955 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
39. Recognises that indigenous and multi- sourced energy sources such as nuclear, clean coal technologies and other fossil fuels with carbon capture and storage (CCS) wcould make a fundamental contribution to EU energy security and decarbonisation, with shale gas facilitating the transition to a low- emission economy; believes, in this respect, that the Energy Union must reflect the need for the EU to use all low and lower emission sources at Member States' disposal; Calls, in this context, for a step by step revision of the Emissions Trading Scheme in a predictable way to facilitate and incentivize investments in all low-carbon technologies.
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1005 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
42. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that the development of the Energy Union takes due consideration of requirements for environmental protection, reduced external energy dependency, biodiversity and the competitiveness of European industry;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1079 #

2015/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
45. Stresses that the EU must collectively step up its efforts as regards all efficient, low- emission technologies, both mature and innovative, in order to meet its 2030 objectives and improve its energy security and facilitate economic recovery;
2015/06/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 7 #

2015/2074(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the cuts in funding for rural development under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) in commitments and payments for the 2015 budget; points out that EAFRD projects – including the LEADER programmes – are a major driver of rural development, as they deliver wider benefits to the EU at large, in particular in generating growth, added value and jobs in rural areas; asks that careful consideration be given to the final level of commitment and payment appropriations in the 2016 budget; insists that particular attention should be paid to encouraging generational renewal in agriculture and supporting young famers; acknowledges in this regard the opportunities which Erasmus for young entrepreneurs could create for young farmers in terms of facilitating knowledge transfer, exchange of information and professional experience;
2015/05/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 18 #

2015/2074(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Demands that additional finance should be allocated to the milk sector, alleviating any potential impact from the abolition of the quota system. Suggests in this regard that super levies on overproduction be used as a source of financing a temporary exceptional support for the milk producers; further insists that some specific agricultural sub-sectors are in need of greater funding, such as bee keeping; highlights the importance of schemes for milk and fruit in schools, proposes a small increase in appropriations for these programmes in line with the agriculture committee's vote;
2015/05/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 30 #

2015/2074(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Asks the Commission to consider the outcome of the impact study on the end of the milk quota and consequently to provide adequate support for transition to mixed farms (meat and milk);
2015/05/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 40 #

2015/2074(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Requests the extension by six months of the deadline for payments to beneficiaries of 2007-2013 rural development funds in order to ensure smooth transition to the new programming period;
2015/05/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 53 #

2015/2074(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights that the sugar quota expires at the end of 2016 and therefore suggests that the Commission finds proper instruments in order to avoid market imbalances;
2015/05/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 202 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) The EFSI should support strategic investments with high economic and societal value added contributing to achieving Union policy objectives in synergy and additionality with existing EU operations, including the 2014-2020 cohesion policy. The EFSI should improve the competitiveness of the European enterprises through enhancing the access to funding, supporting innovation and research, and lead to the enhancement of the regulatory environment.
2015/03/19
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 266 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) The EFSI should target projects delivering high societal and economic value. In particular, the EFSI should target projects that promocreate job creations, long- term growth, innovation and competitiveness. The EFSI should support a wide range of financial products, including equity, debt or guarantees, to best accommodate the needs of the individual project. This wide range of products should allow the EFSI to adapt to market needs whilst encouraging private investment in the projects. The EFSI should not be a substitute for private market finance but should instead catalyse private finance by addressing market failures so as to ensure the most effective and strategic use of public money. The requirement for consistency with State aid principles should contribute to such effective and strategic use.
2015/03/19
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 297 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) The EFSI should target projects with a higher risk-return profile than existing EIB and Union instruments to ensure additionality over existing operations. The EFSI should finance projects across the Union, including in the countries most affected by the financial crisis through geographically and sector balanced strategic investments. The EFSI should only be used where financing is not available from other sources on reasonable terms.
2015/03/19
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 338 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) Decisions on the use of the EFSI support for infrastructure and large mid- cap projects should be made by an Investment Committee. The Investment Committee should be composed of independent experts who are knowledgeable and experienced in the areas of investment projects. The Investment Committee should be accountable to an independent Steering Board of the EFSI, who should supervise the fulfilment of the EFSI's objectives. To effectively benefit from the experience of the EIF, the EFSI should support funding to the EIF to allow the EIF to undertake individual projects in the areas of small and medium enterprises and small mid-cap companies.
2015/03/19
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 372 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) In order to allow for further increase in its resources, participation in the EFSI should be open to third parties, including Member States, national promotional banks or public agencies owned or controlled by Member States, private sector entities and entities outside the Union subject to the consent of existing contributors. Third parties may contribute directly to the EFSI and take part in the EFSI governance structureco-finance operations.
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 413 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) Given the need for urgent action within the Union, the EIB and the EIF may have financed additional projects, outside of their usual profile, in the course of 2015 before the entry into force of this Regulation. In order to maximise the benefit of the measures provided for in this Regulation, it should be possible for such additional projects to be included within the EU guarantee coverage in the event that they fulfil the substantive criteria set out in this Regulation.deleted
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 431 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
(25) The EIB should regularly evaluate activities supported by the EFSI with a view to assessing their relevance, performance, additionality to EU funding instruments, value added and impact and to identifying aspects that could improve future activities. Such evaluations should contribute to accountability and analysis of sustainability.
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 449 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
(26) Alongside the financing operations that will be conducted through the EFSI, a European Investment Advisory Hub ('EIAH') should be created. The EIAH should provide strengthened supportdecentralised on the ground and strengthened technical assistance for project development and preparation across the Union, by building on the expertise of the Commission, the EIB, national promotional banks and the managing authorities of the European Structural and Investment Funds. This should establish a single point of entry for questions related to technical assistance for investments within the Union. EIAH should add value to and coordinate with existing technical assistance facilities.
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 454 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
(27) In order to cover the risks related to the EU guarantee to the EIB, a guarantee fund should be established. The guarantee fund should be constituted by a gradual payment from the Union budget. The guarantee fund should subsequently also receive revenues and repayments from projects that benefit from EFSI support and amounts recovered from defaulting debtors where the guarantee fund has already honoured the guarantee to the EIB. Revenues and repayments from operations should only recover the initial guarantee amount.
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 575 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The purpose of the EFSI shall be to support investments in the Union and to ensure increased access to financing for companies having up to 3000 employees, with a particular focus on small and medium enterprises and innovative companies, through the supply of risk bearing capacity to the EIB ('EFSI Agreement').
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 626 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) provisions governing the legal status and the establishment of the EFSI as a distinct, clearly identifiable and transparent guarantee facility and separate account managed by the EIB;
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 702 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The EFSI Agreement shall provide for the creation of a European Investment Advisory Hub ('EIAH') within the EIB. The EIAH shall have as its objective to build upon existing EIB and Commission advisory services in order to provide decentralised on the ground advisory support for investment project identification, preparation and development and act as a single technical advisory hub for project financing within the Union. This shall include support on the use of technical assistance for project structuring, use of innovative financial instruments, use of public-private partnerships and advice, as appropriate, on relevant issues of EU legislation.
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 716 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
To meet that objective, the EIAH shall use the expertise of the EIB and its existing technical assistance facilities, the Commission, national promotional banks and the managing authorities of the European Structural and Investment Funds.
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 758 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The EFSI Agreement shall provide that the EFSI shall be governed by an independent Steering Board, which shall set detailed investment guidelines, determine the strategic orientation, the strategic asset allocation and operating policies and procedures, including the investment policy of projects that EFSI can support and the risk profile of the EFSI, in conformity with the objectives under Article 5(2). The Steering Board shall elect one of its members to be Chairperson.
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 786 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
For as long as the only contributors to the EFSI are the Union and the EIB, tThe number of members and votes within the Steering Board shall be allocated based on the respective size of contributions in the form of cash or guarantees.
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 799 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
When other parties accede to the EFSI Agreement in accordance with Article 1(2), tThe number of members and votes within the Steering Board shall be allocated based on the respective size of contributions from contributors in the form of cash or guarantees. The number of members and votes of the Commission and the EIB, according to paragraph 2, shall be recalculated accordingly.
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 839 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
The EFSI Agreement shall provide that the EFSI shall have an Investment Committee, which shall be responsible for examining potential operations in line with the EFSI investment policies and approving the support of the EU guarantee for operations in line with Article 5, irrespective of their geographic location. The investment Committee shall evaluate project proposals based upon clear criteria and methodology developed and agreed upon with the member states.
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 924 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
The EU guarantee shall be granted for EIB financing and investment operations approved by the Investment Committee referred to in Article 3(5) or funding to the EIF in order to conduct EIB financing and investment operations in accordance with Article 7(2). The operations concerned shall be consistent with Union policies and supportcontribute to recovering EU's economic convergence, be consistent with Union policies and ensure additionality to existing EU funding through any of the following general objectives:
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 1002 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) providenabling financial support for the companies referred to in Article 1(1), including working capital risk financing.
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 1008 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) investments in other sectors where a necessity could occur
2015/03/25
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 1225 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The report shall elaborate on the principles of sound financial management, transparency, proportionality, non-discrimination, equal treatment, additionality, non-distortion of competition, alignment of interest between the Commission and the partner financial institution.
2015/03/19
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 1256 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) the financial statements of the EFSI, accompanied by an opinion of an independent external auditor .
2015/03/19
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 1323 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4
4. The EIB and EIF shall on a regular basis provide the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission with all their independent evaluation reports which assess the practical results achieved by the specific activities of the EIB and EIF under this Regulation, focusing on outcomes and impacts.
2015/03/19
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 1326 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 5
5. At the latest [PO insert date three years after the entry into force of this Regulation], the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of this Regulation, including assessment of the value added of the EFSI and its additionality to existing EU funding instruments, accompanied by any relevant proposal. for improvements.
2015/03/19
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 1354 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
The operations carried out under the EFSI and the instruments/entities/facilities which will be set up, along with the EU guarantee and the payments and recoveries under it that are attributable to the general budget of the Union shall be audited by the Court of Auditors.
2015/03/19
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 1410 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013
Article 6, paragraphs 2, (a)
(a) Excellent science, EUR 23 897,0 million in current prices;deleted
2015/03/19
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 1418 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013
Article 6, paragraphs 2, (i)
(i) Spreading excellence and widening participation, EUR 782,3 million in current prices;deleted
2015/03/19
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 1441 #

2015/0009(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19
Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013
Article 5, paragraph 1
In Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: ‘ 1. The financial envelope for the implementation of the CEF for the period 2014 to 2020 is set at EUR 29 942 259 000 (*) in current prices. That amount shall be distributed as follows: (a) transport sector: EUR 23 550 582 000, of which EUR 11 305 500 000 shall be transferred from the Cohesion Fund to be spent in line with this Regulation exclusively in Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund; (b) telecommunications sector: EUR 1 041 602 000; (c) energy sector: EUR 5 350 075 000. These amounts are without prejudice to the application of the flexibility mechanism provided for under Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013(*). (*) Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 of 2 December 2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-20 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 884). ’19 deleted Amendment to Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013
2015/03/19
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 4 #

2014/2234(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas more complex rules lead to more errors on the ground;
2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 6 #

2014/2234(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas a more effective and efficient CAP reform requires simplification and less bureaucracy in order to meet CAP’s objectives;
2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 46 #

2014/2234(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. In order to ensure smooth project implementation, payments shall not be interrupted when minor and/or clerical errors are identified;
2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 53 #

2014/2234(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Supports Commissioner Hogan’s initiative of simplifying the CAP, as this would benefit farmers, paying agencies, EU institutions and taxpayers; also urges that amendments be made to the basic legislative act; calls the Commission to take into consideration the feedback from the agriculture sector stakeholders through public consultations;
2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 79 #

2014/2234(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Supports the approach of reducing controls in Member States where error rates have been extremely low over a given period; calls at the same time, however, for controls to be stepped up in Member States where the error rate is high or increasing . Instead of ‘naming and shaming’ calls the Commission and the Member States to provide support to beneficiaries in order to rectify errors;
2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 98 #

2014/2234(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Favours the increased use of e- Government technology by the Member States in order to forestall errors in the application process; underlines the robust investments in broadband networks in rural areas and calls the Member States to endeavour for digitalisation of the application process.
2015/05/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 44 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas an ambitious and balanced agreement with the US may support the reindustrialisation of Europe and help achieve the 2020 target for an increase of the EU’s GDP generated by industry from 15 % to 20 %; whereas it has the potential to create opportunities especially for SMEs, which suffer more from non-tariff barriers (NTBs) than larger companies; whereas an agreement between the two biggest economic blocs in the world has the potential to create standards, norms and rules which will be adopted at a global level, which would serve to the advantage of third countries as well;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 73 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas, given the growing interconnectedness of global markets – up to 40 % of European industrial products are manufactured from imported upstream products – it is crucial that policymakers shape the way these markets interact; whereas proper trade rules are fundamental to creating added value in Europe, since industrial production takes place in global value chains;it is crucial that Europe benefits from participation in global supply chains, while maintaining and developing a strong, competitive and diversified industrial base in Europe; (For consistency with the Recital A European added value should not be built only on e.g. costs of marketing, storage and/or distribution of imports. Also resolution should not quote data without reference to sources. TTIP should first and foremost promote trade of goods manufactured in the EU or the US but the imported goods only repacked/relabelled/assembled in the EU or the US.)
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 185 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas President Juncker has clearly reiterated in his Political Guidelines that – while the EU and the US can go a significant step further in recognising each other’s product standards and working towards transatlantic standards – the EU will not sacrifice its safety, health, social and data protection standards or our cultural diversity, recalling that the high level of safety of the food we eat and the protection of Europeans’ personal data are non- negotiable;will be maintained; (It is important to stress that we are not talking about lowering standards in negotiations rather than saying that issues of food safety are not-negotiable, as it is not true - issues of food safety or SPS are being negotiated, but we don’t want to decrease level of protection in this negotiations. That is the difference.)
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 350 #

2014/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point iii a (new)
(iiia) to ensure that mutually beneficial mobility package is provided for, which includes visa facilitation for providers of services and goods from all Member States and recognises their professional and technical qualifications;
2015/03/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 61 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the systematic Russian policy to eliminate Ukraine as a transit country for Russian gas to European customers creates a real challenge to the security of gas supply for a number of Member States in Central and South Eastern Europe
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 79 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas maintaining renewable energy as a central pillar of the European energy and climate policies requires a Community approach and cooperation between Member States in order to achieve the renewable goals in more cost- efficient manner and with better utilization of the specific regional potential in the EU.
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 79 #

2014/2153(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Believes that an improved and more robust emissions trading scheme should ensure that the investments needed to achieve the EU’s long-term energy and climate objectives are obtained. Underlines that the measures meant to strengthen the emission trading scheme should not impact the competitiveness of the energy intensive industry with a view to preventing of business relocation, job losses and brain drain outside the European Union.
2015/02/03
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 159 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that, as the gas stress tests carried out by the Commission demonstrated, particular attention needs to be paid to the most vulnerable Member States; calls on the Commission to adequately address the challenges for the security of gas supply in Central and South Eastern Europe with regard to the threat of possible elimination of Ukraine from the transit routes of Russian gas to the EU.
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 381 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Considers that any indigenous energy source that might contribute to energy security in the Union should be taken into account and developed in full compliance with environmental requirements;
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 392 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to consider timely development and bringing into operation the gas extraction fields in the coastal and economic zones of Member States from the Black sea and the Mediterranean sea regions.
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 444 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Stresses the need for better coordination in strengthening the mechanisms for cooperation at the EU level and the trade in green certificates which could have a significant contribution for a cost-efficient deployment of renewable energy across the EU regions with different renewable potential.
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 463 #

2014/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Notes that a more decentralised energy system, with power sources being placed closer to the point of usage, diminishes transit losses and the risk of attacking vulnerable infrastructure and simultaneously provides business opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises; calls on the Commission and the Member States, therefore, to facilitate further development of local renewable energy sources and of local distribution networks;
2015/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 13 #

2014/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas financial support under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for F&V farmers is mainly channelled through operational funds which are managed by POs and to which, as a general rule, they contribute 50 % of the funding, but no more than 4.1 % of the value of marketed production of the PO concerned;
2015/03/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 18 #

2014/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas these figures for the Union as a whole are averages reflecting highly divergent situations between Member States, which are attributable to the structure of agricultural holdings and historical factors and, thus reflecting different starting points in the drive towards setting up POs;
2015/03/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 28 #

2014/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas the organisation rate among producers from some southern Member States and some Member States that joined the EU in 2004 and later remains low on average;
2015/03/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 96 #

2014/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the degree of organisation of the sector, as measured by the share of the total value of F&V production marketed by POs, has steadily increased in recent years in the Union as a whole, but this increase can be attributed to only some of the Member States;
2015/03/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 102 #

2014/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises that, despite this increase, the degree of organisation among producers remains low on average and that addressing this problem is crucial for the future of the F&V regime in order to alleviate the significant regional imbalances among some of the Member States;
2015/03/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 112 #

2014/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses in this context that it is important to increase the overall level of support to POs and to provide stronger incentives both for the merging of existing POs and the creation of new ones. In this regard, better allocation of funding to POs should be ensured for the Member States and regions with lower level of organisation among producers and with lower value of the marketed production. This could be facilitated by the introduction of a higher ceiling for the EU financial assistance for the operational programmes, coupled with financial envelopes for each Member States to ensure neutrality;
2015/03/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 142 #

2014/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Considers that reducing complexity, including in the rules for creating new POs, should be the first step in making them more attractive for farmers; requests that the Commission identify additional measures for increasing the attractiveness of POs, such as providing support to newly established POs/Producer Groups;
2015/03/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 216 #

2014/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Believes that encouraging healthier eating habits goes hand in hand with understanding more about farming and how food is produced and, supports, in this context, the objective of strengthening the educational dimension of the school fruit and milk programmes. In this regard stresses the importance of POs participation in the school fruit scheme as a way to encourage a short supply chain and the consumption by children of local and seasonal fruit and vegetables;
2015/03/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 193 #

2014/2146(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Encourages the adoption of specific measures for the mountainous regions, where the abolition of the quota system will have negative impact, by encouraging the operators to buy milk which is produced in these areas, for example through co-financing of the transport costs with EU funds.
2015/04/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 271 #

2014/2146(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses the potential of the School Milk Scheme to encourage the participation of POs by increasing the amount of aid for products covered by the scheme, giving priority to local dairy products and short supply chains;
2015/04/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 60 #

2014/0014(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) A trend of declining consumption in particular of fresh fruit and vegetables including bananas and drinking milk has been identified. It is therefore appropriate to focus the distribution under the school schemes on these products. This would in turn also help reduce the organisational burden for schools, increase the impact of the distribution within a limited budget and would be in line with the current practice, as these products are most frequently distributed. Provisions should be made to encourage the distribution of certain other milk products, traditional for the Member States and their regions, such as yoghurt and cheese, which have uncontested beneficial effects to children's health.
2015/02/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 100 #

2014/0014(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) In order to ensure the efficient and targeted use of Union funds, the power to adopt certain acts should be delegated to the Commission in respect of measures fixing the indicative allocations of the Union aid to each Member State and the methods for reallocating aid between Member States on the basis of aid requests received. The indicative allocations should be fixed separately for the fruit and vegetables including bananas and milk in line with the voluntary approach to distribution. The allocation key for fruit and vegetables including bananas should reflect the current allocations by Member States, based on the objective criteria of the number of children in the age group of six- to ten-year olds as a proportion of the population, taking into the account also the development status of regions concerned. In order to allow Member States to maintain the scale of their current programmes and with a view of encouraging others to take up the distribution of milk, it is appropriate to use the combination of two keys for the allocation of the funds for milk, namely the historical use of funds by Member States under the School Milk Scheme and the objective criteria of the number of children in the age group of six- to ten-year olds as a proportion of the population used for the fruit and vegetables including bananas and the additional criteria of the historical use of funds by Member States under the School Milk Scheme. In order to find the right proportion for these two keys, the power to adopt certain acts should be delegated to the Commission in respect of adopting additional rules concerning the balanceweight distribution between the two criteria. Furthermore, considering the recurrent changes in the demographic or development situation of regions in Member States, the power to adopt certain acts should be delegated to the Commission in respect of assessing every three years whether the Member States' allocations, based on those criteria, are still up to date.
2015/02/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 169 #

2014/0014(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 23 – paragraph 2
2. Member States wishing to participate in the aid scheme established in paragraph 1 (“the school scheme”) may distribute either fruit and vegetables including bananas or milk falling within CN code 0401, or both. By way of derogation from the provisions of the first paragraph and in accordance with paragraph 7, Member States may also distribute other milk products, traditional for the Member States and their regions, such as yoghurt and cheese, which have uncontested beneficial effects to children's health.
2015/02/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 183 #

2014/0014(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 23 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall, in order to make the school scheme effective, also provide for the supporting educational measures, which may include measures and activities aimed at connecting children with agriculture and the distribution of a wider variety of agricultural products, educatingsuch as products derived from fruit and vegetables processed without the addition of sugar, salt, fat or sweeteners, and other local, regional or national specialities, such as honey and olive oil. This would contribute to the education about related issues, such as healthy eating habits, combating food waste, local food chains or organic farming.
2015/02/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 197 #

2014/0014(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 23 – paragraph 5
5. When drawing up their strategies, Member States shall determine a list of agricultural products, in addition to fruit and vegetables, bananas and milk, that may occasionally be included for distribution under the supporting educational measures. With regard to processed fruit and vegetables, the products containing added sugar, fat, salt and sweeteners, as listed in Annex V, shall not be distributed.
2015/02/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 230 #

2014/0014(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 23 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 227 determining the level of Union aid that may be paid towards the price of the portion of fruit and vegetables including bananas and milk distributed and laying down the definition of a portion. The Commission shall also be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 227 fixing a minimum amount and a maximum amount for the financing of supporting educational measures from Member States' annual definitive allocations.
2015/02/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 259 #

2014/0014(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 23 a – paragraph 2 – point b
b) for milk: the objective criteria based on the number of six- to ten-year old children as a proportion of the population and the historical use of funds under previous schemes for the supply of milk and milk products to children and objective criteria based on their proportion of six- to ten-year old childres an additional criterion.
2015/02/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 11 #

2012/2017(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that the Accession Treaties of Bulgaria, Slovakia and Lithuania included provisions regarding the early closure of eight nuclear reactors, due to their low safety standards;
2012/05/09
Committee: CONT
Amendment 18 #

2012/2017(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that the Union committed itself to contributing financially to the decommissioning of the three nuclear power plants concerned, without clearly defining the overall amounts to be allocated and to support the mitigation of the energy supply, social and economic consequences in the three countries;
2012/05/09
Committee: CONT
Amendment 22 #

2012/2017(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Remains concerned, however, that the shut-down of reactors is, in some cases, not yet irreversible;deleted
2012/05/09
Committee: CONT
Amendment 37 #

2012/2017(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. QuestionNotes the fact that of this amount 60 % went to decommissioning and 40 % to mitigation measures;
2012/05/09
Committee: CONT
Amendment 46 #

2012/2017(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Takes note with concern that the plant management and its specialised personnel have had limited influence on priority setting and allocation of available resources; consequently funds were used for energy efficiency purposes to the detriment of the decommissioning ones;deleted
2012/05/09
Committee: CONT
Amendment 51 #

2012/2017(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Is concerned by the lack of coherence between the priorities set out in the accession treaties and the set of key objectives to be accomplished, accompanied by their respective amounts;deleted
2012/05/09
Committee: CONT
Amendment 57 #

2012/2017(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Is concernedNotes that the existing decommissioning plan focuses omainly on the first phase of decommissioning, which almost exclusively covers non-radioactive material;
2012/05/09
Committee: CONT
Amendment 64 #

2012/2017(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Is deeply concerned by the current lack of comprehensive decommissioning expertise in the EU and possible deficiency inof viable knowledge on the estimation of the financial amounts necessary to complete the whole decommissioning process;
2012/05/09
Committee: CONT
Amendment 69 #

2012/2017(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Demands, therefore, where this is not yet done, the immediate completion of all decommissioning activities interlinked with creating an accurate cost estimate of the decommissioning process in its entirety; applying the latest methodology recommended by the Commission for decommissioning costing,
2012/05/09
Committee: CONT
Amendment 75 #

2012/2017(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Acknowledges that considerable amounts are still needed in this process and deplores the factmands that Member States have failed to set up the necessaryadjust the existing mechanisms or set up new mechanisms to ensure this additional funding to that provided by the EU;
2012/05/09
Committee: CONT
Amendment 81 #

2012/2017(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Notes that considerable sums of money had been used on operational costs; regrets a situation where the money spent on operational costs of the nuclear power plants could actually representpayments to plant personnel needed to maintain the safety of the nuclear units during the decommissioning process; regrets a situation where the money spent on plant personnel could be thought by some as an incentive to keep the nuclear power plants running;
2012/05/09
Committee: CONT
Amendment 87 #

2012/2017(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Finds it unacceptable that, more than ten years after the start of the decommissioning funding, none of three nuclear power plants concerned are in an irreversible operation condition;deleted
2012/05/09
Committee: CONT
Amendment 96 #

2012/2017(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Regrets that this situation could be used as political leverage by the Member State to obtain additional funding;deleted
2012/05/09
Committee: CONT
Amendment 127 #

2012/2017(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
40. Recalls that only national nuclear regulatory authorities can obtainissue decommissioning licences to legal persons in strict compliance with the corresponding national legislation;
2012/05/09
Committee: CONT
Amendment 128 #

2012/2017(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
41. Asks, if not yet done, for a clear, unequivocal deadline for acquiring the decommissioning licences to be set;
2012/05/09
Committee: CONT
Amendment 136 #

2012/2017(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
46. Is of the firm opinion that the Union’s financial assistance must expire at the end of next programming period, i.e. in 2017 and 2020 respectively; the three Member States concerned must therefore set-up the appropriate mechanismNotes that according to the proposal for the Council regulation (COM (2011)0783) the Union’s financial assistance will continue over the next programming period, i.e. 2014-2020 ; is of the firm opinion that before the end of this period, the Commission shall evaluate the progress achieved in decommissioning of the plants and the remaining activities with the view of changing the amount of EU financial assistance to the three Member States concerned, taking due account of the possibilities for further self financing of decommissioning, established within the frame of mechanisms set up in the Member States to ensure additional funding;
2012/05/09
Committee: CONT
Amendment 144 #

2012/2017(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47
47. Insists that the ex-ante conditionality, as set out in Article 4 of the proposed Council Regulation must be adhered to; in the event of non-compliance, funding should be suspendedall or part of the funding may be suspended if there is a reasoned opinion by the Commission in respect of an infringement under the corresponding Article of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;
2012/05/09
Committee: CONT
Amendment 32 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
(15) The likelihood of diverging regulation is further increased by concerns over tobacco products, including smokeless tobacco products, having a characterising flavour other than tobacco and menthol, which may facilitate uptake of tobacco consumption or affect consumption patterns. For example, in many countries, sales of mentholated products gradually increased even as smoking prevalence overall declined. A number of studies indicated that mentholated tobacco products can facilitate inhalation as well as smoking uptake among young people. Measures introducing unjustified differences of treatment between flavoured cigarettes (e.g. menthol and clove cigarettes) should be avoided36 .
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 44 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
(18) Considering the Directive's focus on young people, tobacco products other than cigarettes, roll-your-own tobacco and smokeless tobacco which are mainly consumed by older consumers, should be granted an exemption from certain ingredients requirements as long as there is no substantial change of circumstances in terms of sales volumes or consumption patterns in relation to young people. The Commission should carefully monitor the use of water-pipe tobacco by young people as there is increasing evidence of their use beyond the traditional, older market;
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 54 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
(23) In order to ensure the integrity and the visibility of health warnings and maximise their efficacy, provisions should be made regarding the dimension of the warnings as well as regarding certain aspects of the appearance of the tobacco package, including the opening mechanism. The package and the products may mislead consumers, in particular young people, suggesting that products are less harmful. For instance, this is the case with certain texts or features, such as ‘low-tar’, ‘light’, ‘ultra-light’, ‘mild’, ‘natural’, ‘organic’, ‘without additives’, ‘without flavours’, ‘slim’, names, pictures, and figurative or other signs. Likewise, the size and appearance of individual cigarettes can mislead consumers by creating the impression that they are less harmful. A recent study has also shown that smokers of slim cigarettes were more likely to believe that their own brand might be less harmful. This should be addressed through appropriate packaging and labelling of such products and by informing consumers about its harmfulness, so that the consumer is fully aware of the consequences of consumption of the product.
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 63 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 29
(29) Council Directive 89/622/EEC of 13 November 1989 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the labelling of tobacco products and the prohibition of the marketing of certain types of tobacco for oral use38 prohibited the sale in the Member States of certain types of tobacco for oral use. Directive 2001/37/EC confirmed this prohibition. Article 151 of the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden grants the Kingdom of Sweden derogation from this prohibition39 . The prohibitioHowever, the ban ofn the sale of oral tobacco should be maintained in order to prevent the introduction to the internalobacco products for oral use, should not affect historically traditional tobacco products for oral use, marketing of a product that is addictive, has adverse health effects and is attractive to young peoplewhich may be allowed by individual Member States. For other smokeless tobacco products that are not produced for the mass market, a strict labelling and ingredients regulation is considered sufficient to contain market expansion beyond their traditional use.
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 70 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 34
(34) Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use42 provides a legal framework to assess the quality, safety and efficacy of medicinal products including n. Nicotine containing products. A significant number of nicotine-containing products were already authorised under this regulatory regime. The authorisation takes into account other than the tobacco products covered by this directive should be regulated under the niupcotmine content of the product in question. Subjecting all nicotine-containing products, whose nicotine content equals or exceeds the content of a nicotine containing product previously authorised under Directive 2001/83/EC, to the same legal framework clarifies the legal situation, levels out differences between national legislations, ensures equal treatment of all nicotine containing products usable for smoking cessation purposes and creates incentives for research and innovation in smoking cessation. This should be without prejudice to the application of Directive 2001/83/EC to other products covered by this Directive if the conditions set by Directive 2001/83/EC are fulfilledg review of the pharmaceutical package with the purpose of informing and protecting consumers. The revision may include provisions allowing to market nicotine containing products with lower risk and a positive risk/benefit balance and which can help consumers to quit smoking as consumer products, provided they feature an adapted health warning.
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 78 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 38
(38) In order to make this Directive fully operational and to keep up with technical, scientific and international developments in tobacco manufacture, consumption and regulation, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission, in particular in respect of adopting and adapting maximum yields for emissions and their measurement methods, setting maximum levels for ingredients that increase toxicity, addictiveness or attractiveness, , the use of health warnings, unique identifiers and security features in the labelling and packaging, defining key elements for contracts on data storage with independent third parties, reviewing certain exemptions granted to tobacco products other than cigarettes, roll-your-own tobacco and smokeless tobacco products and reviewing the nicotine levels for nicotine containing products for non-essential elements of the Directive. It is of particular importance that the Commission carries out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. The Commission, when preparing and drawing up delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and Council.
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 101 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) ‘characterising flavour’ means a distinguishable aroma or taste other than tobacco, resulting from an additive or combination of additives, including but not limited towith the exception of menthol, including fruit, spice, herb, alcohol, candy, menthol or vanilla observable before or upon intended use of the tobacco product;
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 119 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 23 a (new)
(23a) "Tobacco products with lower risk" means a tobacco product that is designed and marketed to reduce the risks of smoking compared to conventional tobacco products, especially cigarettes, which is placed on the market after the entry into force of this Directive.
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 139 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to adapt the maximum yields laid down in paragraph 1, taking into account scientific development and internationally agreed standards.
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 207 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 10
10. Tobacco products other than cigarettes, and roll-your-own tobacco and smokeless tobacco products shall be exempted from the prohibitions laid down in paragraphs 1 and 5. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to withdraw this exemption if there is a substantial change of circumstances as established in a Commission report.
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 216 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. In order to ensure their graphic integrity and visibility, and without prejudice to the labelling provisions in Article 10 and 11, health warnings shall be irremovably printed, indelible and in no way hidden or interrupted, including by tax stamps, price marks, tracking and tracing marks, security features or by any type of wrapper, pouch, jacket, box or other device or by the opening of the unit packet.
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 234 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) cover 750 % of the external area of both the front and back surface of the unit packet and any outside packaging;
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 250 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) be positioned at the top edge of the unit packet and any outside packaging, and in the same direction as any other information appearing on the packaging;
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 263 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point g – point i
(i) height: not less than 6450 mm;
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 284 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The general warning shall be printed or irremovably affixed on the most visible surface of the unit packet and any outside packaging. The text warnings listed in Annex I shall be rotated in such a way as to guarantee their regular appearance. These warnings shall be printed or irremovably affixed on the other most visible surface of the unit packet and any outside packaging.
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 296 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) centred in the area in which they are required to be printed or irremovably affixed, parallel to the top edge of the unit packet and any outside packaging;
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 300 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22, to withdraw the exemption laid down in paragraph 1 if there is a substantial change of circumstances as established in a Commission report.
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 313 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to adapt the requirements in paragraphs 1 and 2 taking into account scientific and market developments.
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 317 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) refers to flavour, taste, any flavourings or other additives or the absence thereof;deleted
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 333 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. Prohibited elements and features may include but are not limited to texts, symbols, names, trade marks, figurative or other signs, misleading colours, inserts or other additional material such as adhesive labels, stickers, onserts, scratch-offs and sleeves or relate to the shape of the tobacco product itself. Cigarettes with a diameter of less than 7.5 mm shall be deemed to be misleading.
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 334 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Paragraph 2 shall not apply to trademarks that existed as at 19 December 2012.
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 341 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. A unit packet of cigarettes shall have a cuboid shape. A unit packet of roll-your- own tobacco shall have cuboid or cylindrical shape, or have the form of a pouch, i.e. a rectangular pocket with a flap that covers the opening. The flap of the pouch shall cover at least 70% of the front of the packet. A unit packet of cigarettes shall include at least 20 cigarettes. A unit packet of roll-your-own tobacco shall contain tobacco weighing at least 420 g.
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 353 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to define more detailed rules for the shape and size of unit packets in so far as these rules are necessary to ensure the full visibility and integrity of the health warnings before the first opening, during the opening and after reclosing of the unit packet.
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 362 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to make either cuboid or cylindrical shape mandatory for unit packets of tobacco products other than cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco if there is a substantial change of circumstances as established in a Commission report.
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 363 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that all unit packets of tobacco products shall be marked with a unique, safe and impossible to duplicate identifier. In order to ensure their integrity, unique identifiers shall be irremovably printed/affixed, indelible and in no way hidden or interrupted in any form, including through tax stamps and price marks, or by the opening of the packet. In relation to products manufactured outside the Union the obligations laid down in this Article apply only to those destined to or placed on the Union market.
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 364 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The unique identifier referred to in paragraph 1 shall allow determining:
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 369 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 8
8. In addition to the unique identifier referred to in paragraph 1, Member States shall require that all unit packets of tobacco products which are placed on the market carry a visible, tamper proof security feature of at least 1 cm², which shall be irremovably printed or affixed, indelible and in no way hidden or interrupted in any form, including through tax stamps and price marks, or other elements mandated by legislation.
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 375 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 10
10. Tobacco products other than cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco shall be exempted from the application of paragraph 1 to 8 during a period of 510 years following the date referred to in paragraph 1 of Article 25.
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 377 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Member States shall prohibit the placing on the market of tobacco for oral use, without prejudice to Article 151 of the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden. This ban shall, however, not affect traditional tobacco products for oral use, which may be allowed by individual Member States.
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 384 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall oblige retail outlets intending to engage in cross-border distance sales to consumers located in the Union to register with the competent authorities in the Member State where the retail outlet is established and in the Member State where the actual or potential consumer is located. Retail outlets established outside the Union have to register with the competent authorities in the Member State where the actual or potential consumer is located. All retail outlets intending to engage in cross- border distance sales shall submit at least the following information to the competent authorities:prohibit cross- border distance sales.
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 385 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) name or corporate name and permanent address of the place of activity from where the tobacco products are supplied;deleted
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 386 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the starting date of the activity of offering tobacco products for cross-border distance sales to the public by means of information society services;deleted
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 387 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the address of the website/-s used for that purpose and all relevant information necessary to identify the website.deleted
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 388 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. The competent authorities of the Member States shall publish the complete list of all retail outlets registered with them in accordance with the rules and safeguards laid down in Directive 95/46/EC Retail outlets may only start placing tobacco products on the market in form of distance sales as of the moment the name of the retail outlet is published in the relevant Member States.deleted
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 389 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 3
3. If it is necessary in order to ensure compliance and facilitate enforcement, Member States of destination may require that the retail outlet nominates a natural person who is responsible for verifying the tobacco products before reaching the consumer comply with the national provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive in the Member State of destination.deleted
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 390 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 4
4. Retail outlets engaged in distance sales shall be equipped with an age verification system, which verifies at the time of sale, that the purchasing consumer respects the minimum age foreseen under the national legislation of the Member State of destination. The retailer or nominated natural person shall report to the competent authorities a description of the details and functioning of the age verification system.deleted
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 391 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 5
5. Personal data of the consumer shall only be processed in accordance with Directive 95/46/EC and not be disclosed to the manufacturer of tobacco products or companies forming part of the same group of companies or to any other third parties. Personal data shall not be used or transferred beyond the purpose of this actual purchase. This also applies if the retail outlet forms part of a manufacturer of tobacco products.deleted
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 395 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – title
NMarket approval for and notification of novel tobacco products and less harmful products
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 397 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall conduct a market approval system for tobacco products with a lower risk which shall be carried out for a reasonable fee. Member States shall require that manufacturers and importers of tobacco products notify the competent authorities of Member States of any novel tobacco products and for all tobacco products with a lower risk they intend to place on the markets of the Member States concerned. The notif by means of an application. This application shall be submitted in electronic form six months before the intended placing on the market and shall be accompanied by a detailed description of the product in question, all proposed labelling, conditions of use, the product composition, manufacturing and control processes as well as information on ingredients and emissions in accordance with Article 5. The manufacturers and importers notifying a novel tobacco productapplying for a marketing authorization for tobacco products with a lower risk shall also provide the competent authorities in question with:
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 400 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) available studies and market research on the perception and use of the product including labelling by consumers as well as to the preferences of various consumer groups, includingespecially young people and
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 408 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Title III, title
NON TOBACCO PRODUCTSdeleted
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 411 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18
Article 18 Nicotine-containing products 1. The following nicotine-containing products may only be placed on the market if they were authorised pursuant to Directive 2001/83/EC: (a) products with a nicotine level exceeding 2 mg per unit, or (b) products with a nicotine concentration exceeding 4 mg per ml or (c) products whose intended use results in a mean maximum peak plasma concentration exceeding 4 ng of nicotine per ml. 2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to update the nicotine quantities set out in paragraph 1 taking into account scientific developments and marketing authorisations granted to nicotine- containing products pursuant to Directive 2001/83/EC. 3. Each unit packet and any outside packaging of nicotine-containing products below the thresholds set out in paragraph 1 shall carry the following health warning: This product contains nicotine and can damage your health. 4. The health warning referred to in paragraph 3 shall comply with the requirements specified in Article 10(4). In addition, it shall: (a) be printed on the two largest surfaces of the unit packet and any outside packaging; (b) cover 30 % of the external area of the corresponding surface of the unit packet and any outside packaging. That proportion shall be increased to 32 % for Member States with two official languages and 35 % for Member States with three official languages. 5. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to adapt the requirements in paragraphs 3 and 4 taking into account scientific and market developments and to adopt and adapt the position, format, layout, design and rotation of the health warnings.deleted
2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 4 #

2011/2309(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
- having regard to the Council conclusions on strengthening the external dimension of the EU energy policy of 24 November 2011,
2012/05/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 21 #

2011/2309(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that policy-makers would benefit from more exact data to enable them to make informed choices; agrees, therefore, with the European Council that Europe's potential for sustainable extraction and use of shale gas and oil shale resources should be assessed and mapped in order to further enhance security of supply; welcomes the assessments made by Member States and encourages them to continue this work, and asks the Commission to contribute to determining the level of available shale gas reserves in theassessing the potential of shale gas in the European Union by assembling results from Member States' assessments and available results from exploration projects with a view toand by analysing and assessevaluating the economic and environmental viability, industrial, energy and other aspects of domestic shale gas production;
2012/05/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 28 #

2011/2309(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that the shale gas boom in the USA has already had a significant positive impact on the dynamics of the natural gas market and on gas and electricity prices, in particular by causing liquefied natural gas that was intended for the US market to be redirected elsewhere; observes that the US spot prices have become historically low, thus widening price gap between US and Europe bound by long-term contracts, and having an impact on competitiveness of European economies and industry;
2012/05/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 38 #

2011/2309(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Observes that consumption of natural gas is on the rise and, without developing its unconventional gas deposits, Europe will remain among the regions with the highest gas import needs; notes that according to the International Energy Agency, domestic gas production in Europe is projected to decline and demand to increase, pushing up imports to around 450 bcm by 2035; recognises, therefore, the crucial role of worldwide shale gas production in ensuring energy security and diversity in the long term, including in Europe; is aware that domestic production of shale gas will contribute to security of supply, bearing in mind Member States' dependence on natural gas imports from third countries; stresses, however, that it is crucial to adopt other security-of-supply measures and policies, such as improving energy efficiency, ensuring sufficient gas storage facilities and adequate network interconnections, diversifying gas supplies and transit routes and building reliable partnerships with supplier, transit and consumer countries, on the basis of transparency, mutual trust and non-discrimination in accordance with the principles of the Energy Charter and the EU Third Energy Package;
2012/05/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 59 #

2011/2309(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Is of the view that developing shale gas in the EU will help achieve the EU's goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80-95% by 2050 compared to 1990 levels, in the context of reductions by developed countries as a group, while at the same time ensuring security of energy supply and competitiveness which is the basis of the Energy Roadmap for 2050;
2012/05/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 80 #

2011/2309(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Remarks also that certain forms of renewable energy – for example, wind power – are not constant and need to be backed up by a reliable and flexible energy source; expresses the view that natural gas – including shale gas – could serve that purpose; recognises, however, that without carbon capture and storage (CCS), gas may, the importance of CCS in ensuring the long -term, be limited to such a sustainability of gas as an energy source, including in its back-up and balancing role;
2012/05/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 112 #

2011/2309(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. CRecognizes the role shale gas and oil might play in improving the economic and financial situation in Europe, stimulating job creation as well as improving competitiveness and innovation in Europe; calls on the Commission to evaluate the possible economic and industrial benefits of shale gas, including and oil, in particular in terms of employment opportunities;
2012/05/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 118 #

2011/2309(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Points out that exploration of shale gas and oil potential is not unique to Europe and there is a vast interest in developing new oil and gas resources as a mean to improve energy and economic competitiveness in various countries and regions including in Asia, North America, Latin America, Africa and Australia; underlines the need to include shale gas and oil in bilateral EU dialogue and partnerships with countries already developing unconventional resources or interested in their development and/or use, in order to exchange expertise and best practices;
2012/05/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 186 #

2011/2309(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Stresses the importance of applying the best available technologies and the best operational practices in shale gas production and of continuously improving technologies and practices; welcomes initiatives by IEA and associations of oil and gas producers in defining best practices in shale gas and oil exploration and production;
2012/05/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 219 #

2011/2309(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. RNotes that shale gas and shale oil extraction is governed by the same principles as apply to other types of extraction such as of coal, conventional gas and oil, of water and geothermal energy, and to underground activities such as injection of CO2 for gas and oil recovery, storage of gas and oil reserves and storage of CO2 for CCS purposes; recalls that the ‘polluter pays’ principle would apply to shale gas and oil operations and that companies would be liable for any damage they might cause;
2012/05/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 405 #

2011/0401(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 а (new)
5а. Horizon 2020 shall contribute to the attractiveness of researchers' career across Europe and mitigate the effects of brain-drain. As a result it shall be implemented in a manner to promote the creation of a single market for researchers in particular by enabling for appropriate mechanisms to decrease the disparities in researcher's remuneration under Horizon 2020.
2012/06/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 16 #

2011/0300(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) The identification of projects of common interest should be based oncomply with common, transparent and objective criteria in view of their contribution to the energy policy objectives. FProjects for electricity and gas, proposed projects should be part of the latest available ten-year network development plan. This plan should notably take account of the conclusions of the 4 February European Council with regard to the need to integrate peripheral energy markets.
2012/03/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 18 #

2011/0300(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) In view of complying with article 172 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, rRegional groups should be established for the purpose of proposestablishing projects of common interest that will be approved by Member States. In order to ensure broad consensus, these regional groups should ensure close cooperation between Member States, national regulatory authorities, project promoters and relevant stakeholders. The cooperation should rely as much as possible on existing regional cooperation structures of national regulatory authorities and transmission system operators and other structures established by the Member States and the Commission.
2012/03/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 20 #

2011/0300(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) The Union-wide list of projects of common interest should be limited to projects which contribute the most to the implementation of the strategic energy infrastructure priority corridors and areas. This requires the decision on the list to be taken by the Commission, while respecting the right of the Member States to approve projects of common interest related to their territory. According to analysis carried out in the accompanying impact assessment, the number of such projects is estimated at some 100 in the field of electricity and 50 in the field of gas.
2012/03/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 21 #

2011/0300(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
(17 a) The adoption of the Union-wide list should be delegated to the Commission, while respecting the right of the Member states to approve projects of common interest related to their territory. The Commission should ensure a timely transmission of the decision acts and relevant documents to the EP and the Council.
2012/03/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 33 #

2011/0300(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall establish aadopts delegated acts concerning the establishment and reviewing of the Union-wide list of projects of common interest. The list shall be reviewed and updated as necessary every two years on the basis of the Regional lists adopted and reviewed by the Groups following the provisions set out in this Article. The first list shall be adopted by 31 July 2013 at the latest.
2012/03/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 36 #

2011/0300(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. For the purpose of identifying projects of common interest, the Commission shall establish atwelve Regional Groups (‘Groups’) as defined in section 1 of Annex III based on each priority corridor and area and their respective geographical coverage as set out in Annex I.The composition of each group should be based on the rules defined in section 1 of Annex III. Each Group will carry out its workload based on previously agreed terms of reference or rules of procedure, having regard to any guidance provided by the Commission on this subject.
2012/03/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 37 #

2011/0300(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. Each Group shall draw up its proposedadopt its regional list of projects of common interest, drawn up in accordingance to the process set out in section 2 of Annex III, according to the contribution of each project to implementing the energy infrastructure priority corridors and areas set out in Annex I and according to their fulfilment of the criteria set out in . Each individual proposal for a project shall require the approval of the Member State(s), to the territory of which the project relates.
2012/03/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 39 #

2011/0300(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 5
5. For electricity and gas projects falling under the categories set out in points 1 and 2 of Annex II, the Agency shall submit, within two months from the date of receipt of the proposed lists of projects of common interest set out in the first subparagraph of paragraph 4, an opinion to the Commission on the proposed lists of projects of common interest, in particular taking into account the consistent application of the criteria set out in across the Groups, and the results of the analysis carried out by the ENTSOs for Electricity and Gas in accordance with point 2.6 of Annex III. The Commission shall finalise the list of projects of common interest, providing detailed analysis for its decision on each project.
2012/03/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 41 #

2011/0300(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 7
7. Following the Commission decision for adoption referred to in paragraph 1inclusion into the Union- wide list, projects of common interest shall become an integral part of the relevant regional investment plans pursuant Article 12 of Regulations (EC) No 714/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 and of the relevant national ten-year network development plans pursuant Article 22 of Directives 72/2009/EC and 73/2009/EC and other national infrastructure plans concerned, as appropriate. The projects shall be conferred the highest possible priority within each of these plans.
2012/03/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 43 #

2011/0300(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the project displays economic, social and environmental viabilityeffects of the project are altogether positive; and
2012/03/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 66 #

2011/0300(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – point b
(b) the Commission may issue an opinion to the Member State(s) concerned regarding launching a call for proposals open to any project promoter to build the project according to an agreed timeline.
2012/03/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 70 #

2011/0300(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. When a project of common interest encounters significant implementation difficulties, the Commission, in agreement with the Member States concerned, may designate a European coordinator for a period of up to one year renewable twice.
2012/03/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 83 #

2011/0300(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) coordinated scheme: Tthe comprehensive decision may encompass multiple individual legally binding decisions issued by the Ccompetent Aauthority and other authorities concerned. The competent authority shall, in consultation with the other authorities concerned, establish, on a case-by-case basis, a reasonable time limit within which the individual decisions mustcan be issued. The competent authority may take an individual decision on behalf of another national, as well as the resulting total permitting time limit. The competent authority shall monitor the compliance of the time limits by the authorityies concerned, i. If the decision by thate authority is notnvolved is expected not to be delivered within the time limit and, that authority shall inform the competent authority forthwith and include a justification for the delay. The competent authority may take an individual decision on behalf of another national authority concerned, if the delay cannot be adequately justified. The competent authority may overrule an individual decision of another national authority, if it considers that the decision is not sufficiently substantiated with regard to the underlying evidence presented by the authority concerned. The competent authority shall ensure that the relevant requirements under international and Union legislation are respected and must duly justify its decision.
2012/03/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 102 #

2011/0300(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Within one month of the entry into force of this Regulation, the ENTSO for Electricity and the ENTSO for Gas shall submit to the Agency and the Commission their respective methodology, including on network and market modelling, for a harmonised energy system-wide cost- benefit analysis at Union-wide level for the preparation of each ten year network development plan developed by the ENTSOs for Electricity or Gas pursuant Art. 8 of Regulation 714/2009 and Regulation 715/2009, including projects of common interest falling under the categories set out in points 1(a) to (d) and 2 of Annex II. The methodology shall be elaborated in line with the principles laid down in Annex V. The methodology shall employ criteria, relevant to the cost benefit analysis, consistent with the criteria from Article 4(2) and Annex IV.
2012/03/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 124 #

2011/0300(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part 2 – point 3
(3) ProposedFor all of projects of common interest included in the Union-wide list after 1 August 2013, electricity transmission and storage projects falling under the categories set out in point 1(a) to (d) of Annex II shall be part of the latest available ten-year network development plan for electricity, developed by the ENTSO for Electricity pursuant Article 8 of Regulation (EC) 714/2009.
2012/03/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 125 #

2011/0300(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part 2 – point 4
(4) For all Union-wide lists of projects of common interest adoptedincluded in the Union-wide list after 1 August 2013, proposed gas transmission and storage projects falling under the categories set out in point 2 of Annex II shall be part of the latest available ten-year network development plan for gas, developed by the ENTSO for Gas pursuant Article 8 of Regulation (EC) 715/2009.
2012/03/28
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 127 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
(2) The Presidency Conclusions of the European Council of 8 and 9 March 2007 emphasized the need to increase energy efficiency in the Union to achieve the objective of saving 20% of the Union's primary energy consumption by 2020 compared to projections. This amounts to a reduction of the Union's primary energy consumption of 368 Mtoe in 2020 or to an improvement of the Union's energy intensity to 104 tonnes of oil equivalent per million euro gross domestic product expressed in 2005 prices. This Directive represents, in combination with a number of existing legislative measures (such as the emissions trading scheme, the Renewable Energy Directive, the Ecodesign Directive, etc), an important instrument to achieve the objective.
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 168 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
(13) It would be preferable for the 20% energy efficiency target to be achieved as a result of the cumulative implementation of specific national and European measures, on the basis of clear and enforceable national targets, promoting energy efficiency in different fields. If that approach does not succeed, it would however be necessary to reinforce the policy framework by adding a system of binding targets. In a first stage, therefore, Member States should be required to setagree on national energy efficiency targets, schemes and programmes. It should be for them to decide whether these targets should be binding or indicative in their territory. In a second stage, these targets and the individual efforts of each Member State should be evaluated by the Commission, alongside data on the progress made, to assess the likelihood of achieving the overall Union target and the extent to which the individual based on a clear effort-sharing agreement. The Commission should closely monitor and, if necessary, efnforts are sufficient to meet the common goal. The Commission should therefore closely monitor thece a proper implementation of national energy efficiency programmes through its revised legislative framework and within the Europe 2020 process. If this assessment shows that the overall Union target is unlikely to be achieved, then the Commission should propose mandatorylegally binding national targets for 2020, taking into account the individual starting points of Member States, their economic performance and early action taken.
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 193 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
(15) The rate of building renovation needs to be increased, as the existing building stock represents the single biggest potential sector for energy savings. Moreover, buildings are crucial to achieving the EU objective of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80-95% by 2050 compared to 1990. Buildings owned by public bodies account for a considerable share of the building stock and have high visibility in public life. It is therefore appropriate to set an annual rate of renovation of all buildings owned by public bodies to upgrade their energy performance. This renovation rate should be without prejudice to the obligations with regard to nearly- zero energy buildings set in Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 on the energy performance of buildings. The obligation to renovaterecommendation to annually renovate a rate of public buildings stock complements the provisions of that Directive, which requires Member States to ensure that when existing buildings undergo major renovation their energy performance is upgraded so that they meet minimum energy performance requirements.
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 212 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
(18) An assessment of the possibility of establishing a ‘white certificate’ scheme at Union level has shown that, in the current situation, such a system would create excessive administrative costs and that there is a risk that energy savings would be concentrated in a number of Member States and not introduced across the Union. The latter objective can better be achieved, at least at this stage, by means of national energy efficiency obligation schemes or other alternative measures that achieve the same amount of energy savings. The Commission should however define, by a delegated act, common criteria according to which energy efficiency measures could be measured and verified as well as the conditions under which a Member State could in future recognise the energy savings achieved in another Member State. It is appropriate for the level of ambition of such schemes to be established in a common framework at Union level while providing significant flexibility to Member States to take full account of the national organisation of market actors, the specific context of the energy sector and final customers' habits. The common framework should give energy utilities and other eligible actors the option of offering energy services to all final customers, not only to those to whom they sell energy. This increases competition in the energy market because energy utilities can differentiate their product by providing complementary energy services. The common framework should allow Member States to include requirements in their national scheme that pursue a social aim, notably in order to ensure that vulnerable customers have access to the benefits of higher energy efficiency. It should also allow Member States to exempt small companies from the energy efficiency obligation. The Commission Communication ‘Small Business Act’ sets out principles that should be taken into account by Member States that decide to abstain from applying this possibility.
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 253 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
(23) High-efficiency cogeneration (CHP) and district heating and cooling has significant potential for saving primary energy which is largely untapped in the Union. Member States should draw up national plansanalyses of their potential to develop high-efficiency CHP and district heating and cooling. These plans should cover a sufficiently long period toMember States should aim at provideing investors with information concerning national development plans anover a sufficiently long period which would contribute to a stable and supportive investment environment. NWhere the cost-benefit analysis is positive, new electricity generation installations and existing installations which are substantially refurbished or whose permit or licence is updated should be equipped with high-efficient CHP units to recover waste heat stemming from the production of electricity. This waste heat could then be transported where it is needed through district heating networks. To this end, Member States should adopt authorisation criteria to ensure the location of installations in sites close to heat demand points. Member States should however be able to lay down conditions for exemption from these obligations where certain conditions are met. When adopting authorisation criteria Member States should ensure that the regional and local competences as regards spatial planning are fully respected.
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 287 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 33
(33) Member States and regions should be encouraged to make full use of the Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund to trigger investments in energy efficiency improvement measures. Investment in energy efficiency has the potential to contribute to economic growth, employment, innovation and reduction of fuel poverty in households, and therefore has a positive contribution to economic, social and territorial cohesion. Potential areas for funding include energy efficiency measures in public buildings and housing, and providing new skills to promote employment in the energy efficiency sector as well as the funding of energy efficient new buildings.
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 300 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 35
(35) Directive 2006/32/EC requires Member States to adopt and aim to achieve an overall national indicative energy savings target of 9% by 2016, to be reached by deploying energy services and other energy efficiency improvement measures. That Directive states that the second Energy Efficiency Plan adopted by the Member States shall be followed, as appropriate and where necessary, by Commission proposals for additional measures, including extending the period of application of targets. If a report concludes that insufficient progress has been made towards achieving the indicative national targets laid down by that Directive, these proposals are to address the level and nature of the targets. The impact assessment accompanying this Directive finds that the Member States are on track to achieve the 9% target, which is substantially less ambitious than the subsequently adopted 20% energy savingefficiency target for 2020, and therefore there is no need to address the level of the targetsambition.
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 334 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
1 a. ‘energy efficiency’ means the use of less energy inputs while maintaining an equivalent level of economic activity or service;
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 353 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
2 b. ‘energy saving’ means a reduction of energy consumption through the implementation of energy efficiency, behaviour change or decreased economic activity;
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 370 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
4 a. 'cost-optimal level’ means the energy performance level of products or services which leads to the lowest cost during the estimated economic lifecycle, where: (a) the lowest cost is determined taking into account energy-related investment costs, maintenance and operating costs, where applicable, and disposal costs, where applicable; and (b) the estimated economic lifecycle is determined by each Member State by product or service category. The cost-optimal level shall lie within the range of performance levels where the cost benefit analysis calculated over the estimated economic lifecycle is positive; For cost-optimal levels related to buildings and building refurbishment, Article 2(14) of Directive 2010/31/EU shall apply;
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 428 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. By 30. June 2013 at the latest, Member States shall set aagree to national energy efficiency target expressed as an absolute level of primary energy consumption in 2020. When setting these targets, they shall take into account the Union’s target of 20 % energy savings,s, based on a Commission proposal, taking into account the methodology as laid down in Annex Ia so as to ensure the achievement of the Union’s target of 20 % primary energy savings by 2020, requiring either a reduction of EU primary energy consumption of 368 Mtoe in 2020 or a reduction of EU energy intensity to no more than 104 tonnes of oil equivalent per million euro gross domestic product expressed in 2005 prices in 2020. The national energy efficiency targets shall be expressed either as an absolute level of primary energy savings or as absolute level of primary energy consumption in 2020 relative to the projected GDP in that year. It shall take into account the measures provided for in this Directive, the measures adopted to reach the national energy saving targets adopted pursuant to Article 4(1) of Directive 2006/32/EC and other measures to promote energy efficiency within Member States and at Union level.
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 455 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States may deviate from the provisions laid down in Articles 4 and 6. They shall notify to the Commission alternative or complementary measures that they plan to adopt in accordance with Article 19 (2). Member States opting for alternative or complementary measures shall ensure that the amount of primary energy savings or the decrease in energy intensity achieved by these alternative or complementary measures is sufficient to achieve the national energy efficiency target.
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 473 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. By 30 June1 December 20143, the Commission shall assess whether the Union is likely to achieve its target of 20 % primary energy savings by 2020, requiring a reduction of EU primary energy consumption of 368 Mtoe in 2020, taking into account the sum of the national targets referred to in paragraph 1 and the evaluation referred to in Article 19(4).
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 479 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. By 31 December 2013, the Commission shall establish, by means of delegated acts in accordance with Article 18, a common and cost-effective methodology for monitoring and verifying energy savings and the evolution of energy intensity, which will permit to quantify efforts of Member States on an equivalent basis by drawing on available statistical indicators.
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 509 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to Article 7 of Directive 2010/31/EU and without prejudice to Article 3(1a) of this directive, Member States shall ensure that as from 1 January 2014, 3% of the total floor area owned by their public bodies is renovated each year to meet at least the minimum energy performance requirements set by the Member State concerned in application of Article 4 of Directive 2010/31/EU. The 3% rate shall be calculated on the total floor area of buildings with a total useful floor area over 250 m2 owned by the public bodies of the Member State concerned that, on 1 January of each year, does not meet the national minimum energy performance requirements set in application of Article 4 of Directive 2010/31/EU.
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 557 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may allow their public bodies to count towards their annual renovation rate the excess of renovated building floor area in a given year as if it has instead been renovated in any of the twofour previous or following years.
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 570 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. For the purposes of paragraph 1, by 1 January 2014, Member States shall establish and make publicly available an inventory of buildings owned by their public bodies indicating: (a) the floor area in m2; and (b) the energy performance of each building.deleted
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 587 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member States may lay down conditions for the exemption of building categories as defined in Article 4(2) of Directive 2010/31/EU from the provisions of this Article.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 606 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) adopt an energy efficiency plan, freestanding or as part of a broader climate or environmental plan, containing specific energy savingefficiency objectives, with a view to continuously improving the body's energy efficiency;
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 640 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure that public bodies purchase only products, services and buildings with high energy efficiency performance, in so far as this is technically, functionally and economically feasible, as referred to in Annex III.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 644 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure that public bodies purchase only products, services and buildings with high energy efficiency performance, as referred to in Annex III and take into account cost-optimal levels.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 653 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – title
Energy efficiency obligation schemessupport schemes [This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it would necessitate corresponding changes throughout the text]
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 670 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. EWithout prejudice to Article 3(1a) of this directive, each Member State shall set up an energy efficiency obligationsupport scheme. This scheme shall ensure that either all energy distributors or all retail energy sales companies operating on the Member State's territory achieveinitiate energy efficiency measures with a verified annual energy savings potential equal to 1.5% of their energy sales, by volume, in the previous year in that Member State excluding energy used in transport. This amount of energy savingese energy efficiency measures shall be achievinitiated by the obligated parties among final customers and may be averaged over the most recent three-year period.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 675 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall set up an energy efficiency obligation scheme. This scheme shall ensure that either all energy distributors or all retail energy sales companies operating on the Member State's territory achieve annual energy savings equal to 1.5% of their energy sales, by volume, in the previous year in that Member State excluding energy used in transport. This amount of energy savings shall be achieved by the obligated parties among final customers. Due consideration should be paid to avoid double burden for installations covered by ETS.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 702 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall define eligible sectors and measures, country-specific measurement and verification rules in accordance with subparagraph 1b, including qualitative project requirements and eligible actors others than the obligated parties. Member States shall retain the possibility to couple the support scheme with a trading mechanism designed according to national needs and circumstances.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 703 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. By December 2013, the Commission shall establish, by means of delegated acts in accordance with Article 18, common and cost-effective criteria for measuring and verifying energy efficiency measures including their energy savings potential which will allow to quantify energy efficiency efforts by obligated parties resulting from this article. Country- specific measurement and verification rules set by the Member States shall be based on these criteria.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 714 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall express the amount of the achieved energy savings potential required from each obligated party in terms of either final or primary energy consumption. The method chosen for expressing the required amount of energy savings shall also be used for calculating the savings claimed by obligated parties. The conversion factors in Annex IV shall apply.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 719 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. Measures that target short-term savings, as defined in Annex V(1), shall not account for more than 10% of the amount of energy savings required from each obligated party and shall only be eligible to count towards the obligation laid down in paragraph 1 if combined with measures to which longer- term savings potential are attributed. Member States shall define measures targeting short-term savings and may use Annex V(1) as guideline.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 735 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that the savingsachieved energy savings potential claimed by obligated parties are calculated and verified in accordance with Annex V(2). They shall put in place control systems under which at least a statistically significant proportion of the energy efficiency improvement measures put in place by the obligated parties is independently verifiedthe common general measurement and verification criteria and the specific national rules.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 756 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. Member States shall publish the achieved energy savings achievedpotential by each obligated party and data on the annual trend of energy savingefficiency improvements under the scheme. For the purposes of publishing and verifying the energy savings achievedachieved energy efficiency measures including their energy savings potential, Member States shall require obligated parties to submit to them at least the followingthe relevant data:.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 759 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – point a
(a) the energy savings achievdeleted;
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 763 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – point b
(b) aggregated statistical information on their final customers (identifying significant changes to previously submitted information); andeleted
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 764 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – point c
(c) current information on final customers' consumption, including, where applicable, load profiles, customer segmentation and geographical location of customers, while preserving the integrity and confidentiality of private or commercially sensitive information in compliance with applicable European Union legislation.deleted
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 797 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1
As an alternative to paragraph 1, Member States may opt to take otheralternative or complementary measures to achievinitiate energy savingefficiency measures among final customers. The annual amount of the energy savings potential by the energy efficiency measures achieved through this approach shall be equivalent to the amount of energy savings required in paragraph 1.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 798 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2
Member States opting for this option shall notify to the Commission, by 1 January 2013 at the latest in the context of the national energy efficiency plan referred to in Article 19(2) of this directive, the alternative or complementary measures that they plan to adopt, including the rules on penalties referred to in Article 9, and demonstrating how they would achieve the required amount of savings. The Commission maenergy refuse suchficiency measures or make suggestions for modifications in the 3 months following notification. In such cases, the alternative approach shall not be applied by the Member State concerned until the Commission expressly accepts the resubmitted or modified draft measureswith the required verified energy savings potential.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 823 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 10
10. If appropriate, the Commission shall establish, by means of a delegated act in accordance with Article 18, a system of mutual recognition of energy savings achieved under national energy efficiency obligationsupport schemes. Such a system shall allow obligated parties to count energy savingefficiency measures achieved and certified in a given Member State towards their obligations in another Member State.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 862 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that enterprises not included in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1 are subject to an energy audit carried out in an independent and cost-effective manner by qualified or accredited experts at the latest by 30 June 20145 and every three years from the date of the previous energy audit. Audits may be carried out by in-house experts, provided that these are qualified and accredited, that they are not directly engaged in the activity audited, and that the Member state has put in place a scheme to assure and check their quality.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 892 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Energy audits carried out in an independent manner resulting from energy management systems such as complying with EN ISO 50001 or implemented under voluntary agreements concluded between organisations of stakeholders and an appointed body and supervised by the Member State concerned or by the Commission, shall be considered as fulfilling the requirements of paragraph 2.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 908 #
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 933 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
When smart meters are installed Member States shall ensure that final customers for electricity, natural gas, district heating or cooling and district- supplied domestic hot water are provided with individual meters that accurately measure and allow to make available their actual energy consumption and provide information on actual time of use, in accordance with Annex VI.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 940 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
When Member States put in place the roll- out of smart meters foreseen bytaking into account the policy option of the Member States in the field of smart metering systems based on the cost benefits assessment foreseen in Annex 1 point 2 of the Directives 2009/72/EC and 2009/73/EC concerning electricity and gas markets, they shall ensure that the objectives of energy efficiency and final customer benefits as well as privacy issues and data security are fully taken into account when establishing the minimum functionalities of the meters and obligations imposed on market participants.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 954 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
In the case of electricity and on request of the final customer, meter operators shall ensure that the meter can account for electricity produced on the final customer's premises and exported to the grid. Member States shall ensure that if final customers request it, metering data on their real-time production or consumption is made available - taking into account the data protection legislation and legislation on calibration - to a third party acting on behalf of the final customer.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 986 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 5 a (new)
Member States may lay down conditions for the exemption of building categories as defined in Article 4(2) of Directive 2010/31/EU from the provisions of this Article.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1002 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
In addition to the obligations resulting from Directive 2009/72/EC and Directive 2009/73/EC with regard to billing, Member States shall ensure, not later than 1 January 2015, that billing is accurate and that billing information is based on actual consumption, for all the sectors covered by the present Directive, including energy distributors, distribution system operators and retail energy sales companies, in accordance with the minimum frequency set out in Annex VI(2.1). Appropriate information shall be made available with the bill to provide final customers with a comprehensive account of current energy costs, in accordance with Annex VI(2.2) and the relevant provisions for electricity in Directive 2009/72/EC and for gas in Directive 2009/73/EC.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1003 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
In addition to the obligations resulting from Directive 2009/72/EC and Directive 2009/73/EC with regard to billing, Member States shall ensure, not later than 1 January 2015, that billing is accurate and based on actual consumption, for all the sectors with a positive cost-benefit analysis and based on feasibility studies, covered by the present Directive, including energy distributors, distribution system operators and retail energy sales companies, in accordance with the minimum frequency set out in Annex VI(2.1). Appropriate information shall be made available with the bill to provide final customers with a comprehensive account of current energy costs, in accordance with Annex VI(2.2).
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1037 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall ensure that the amounts resulting from above-mentioned penalties are channelled towards energy efficiency financial support, in relation to the provisions of Article 16a (new).
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1066 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. By 1 January 2014, Member States shall establishanalyse and notify to the Commission a national heating and cooling plan for developing the potential for the application of high- efficiency cogeneration and efficient district heating and cooling, containing the information set out in Annex VII. The planalyses shall be updated and notified to the Commission every five years. Member States shall ensure by means of their regulatory framework that national heating and cooling planalyses are taken into account in local and regional development plans, including urban and rural spatial plans, and fulfil the design criteria in Annex VII.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1073 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The cogeneration and district heating and cooling potential analyses shall take into account the provisions in other existing national plans, established in relation to national or European legal requirements in the fields of energy, energy efficiency, use of renewable energies and climate action.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1086 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall take the necessary measures to develop efficient district heating and cooling infrastructure to accommodate the development of high- efficiency cogeneration and the use of heating and cooling from waste heat and renewable energy sources in accordance with paragraphs 1, 3, 6 and 7. When developing district heating and cooling, they shall to the extent possitechnically and ecologically reasonable opt for high- efficiency cogeneration rather than heat- only generation. In order to boost the necessary investments, access to public or private funds shall be facilitated.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1103 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Member States shall, where appropriate and cost-effective, ensure that all new thermal combustion electricity generation installations with a total thermal input exceeding 20 MW:
2011/11/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1155 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall adopt authorisation criteria as referred to in Article 7 of Directive 2009/72/EC, or equivalent permit criteria, to ensure that the provisions of the first subparagraph are met. They shall in particular ensure that the location of new installations takes into account the availability of suitable heat loads for cogeneration in accordance withtaking into consideration the guidelines laid down in Annex VIII.
2011/11/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1202 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall ensure that national regulations on urban and rural spatial planning are adapted to the authorisation criteria referred to in paragraph 3 and artake in line withto account the national heating and cooling planalyses referred to in paragraph 1.
2011/11/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1221 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall, where appropriate and cost-effective, ensure that, whenever an existing electricity generation installation with a total rated thermal input exceeding 20 MW is substantially refurbished or when, in accordance with Article 21 of Directive 2010/75/EC, its permit is updated, conversion to allow its operation as a high-efficiency cogeneration installation is set as a condition in the new or updated permit or licence, provided that the installation is sited in a location where the waste heat can be used by heat demand points in accordance with point 1 of Annex VIII.
2011/11/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1258 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall adopt authorisation or equivalent permitting criteria to ensure that industrial installations with a total thermal input exceeding 20 MW generating waste heat that are built or substantially refurbished after [the entry into force of this Directive] capture and make use of their waste heat, as far as ecologically, technically and efficiently feasible. Industrial installations using their waste heat in the production process are excluded from these obligations.
2011/11/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1270 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall establish mechanisms to ensure the connection of these installations to district heating and cooling networks. They may require these installations to bear the connection charges and the cost of developing the district heating and cooling networks necessary to transport their waste heat to consumers.
2011/11/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1386 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Member States may particularly facilitate the connection to the grid system of electricity produced from high-efficiency cogeneration from small scale and micro cogeneration units. For micro cogeneration units which are installed by individual citizens, the relevant authorities shall consider the possibility of replacing authorisations by simple notifications to the competent bodies. Member States that provide for priority access for produced from high-efficiency cogeneration as well as for electricity produced from renewable energy sources shall introduce national rules to ensure the stability of the power system.
2011/11/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1398 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall take the appropriate steps to ensure that high-efficiency cogeneration operators can offer balancing services and other operational services at the level of transmission system operators or distribution system operators where this is consistent with the mode of operation and economical feasibility of the high- efficiency cogeneration installation. Transmission system operators and distribution system operators shall ensure that such services are part of a services bidding process which is transparent and open to scrutiny.
2011/11/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1418 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 a (new)
Information and training 1. Member States shall ensure that information on available energy efficiency mechanisms and financial and legal frameworks is transparent and widely and actively disseminated to all relevant market actors, including consumers, builders, architects, engineers, environmental auditors and installers of building elements as defined in Directive 2010/31/EU. They shall ensure that banks and other financial institutions are informed of the possibilities of participating, including through the creation of public/private partnerships, in the financing of energy efficiency improvement measures. 2. Member States shall establish appropriate conditions and incentives for market operators to provide adequate and targeted information and advice to energy consumers on energy efficiency. 3. Member States, with the participation of stakeholders, including local and regional authorities, shall develop suitable information, awareness-raising and training programmes to inform citizens of the benefits and practicalities of taking energy efficiency improvement measures. 4. The Commission shall ensure that information on best energy-saving practices in Member States is exchanged and widely disseminated.
2011/11/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1473 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 a (new)
Article 16 a (new) Funds and funding mechanisms 1. Without prejudice to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Member States may establish a fund or funds to subsidise the delivery of energy efficiency improvement programmes and measures and to promote the development of a market for energy efficiency improvement measures. Such measures may include the promotion of energy auditing and financial instruments for energy savings. The fund may, among other sources, include the revenues generated by the auctions under the emission trading scheme. 2. When funds subsidise the delivery of energy efficiency improvement measures, access to funds shall be made conditional upon the actual achievement of energy savings or energy efficiency improvements. Such achievement shall be proved by appropriate means, such as energy performance certificates for buildings or energy labels for products.
2011/11/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1496 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. By 30 April each year, Member States shall report on the progress achieved towards national energy efficiency targets, in accordance with Annex XIV(1). Every three years the national reports shall be accompanied by supplementary information in accordance with Annex XIV(2).
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1501 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
By 30 April1 October 20143, and every three years thereafter,the Member States shall submit supplementary reports with information on national energy efficiency policies, action plans, programmes andprovide the Commission with national energy efficiency plans which describe how the Member States intend to achieve the national energy efficiency targets referred to in Article 3(1). These plans shall include measures implemented or planned at national, regional and local level to improve energy efficiency in view of achieving t. The national energy efficiency targets referred to in Article 3(1). The reports shall be complemented with updated estimates of expected overall primary energy consumption in 2020, as well as estimated levels of primary energy consumption in the sectors indicated in Annex XIV(1)plans shall be assessed by the Commission. The Commission may refuse a plan or suggest amendments to it the measures laid down in the plan are not sufficient to achieve the national energy efficiency target.
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1509 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The Commission shall, not later than 1 January 2014, provide a template as guidance for the supplementary reports. This template shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 20(2). The supplementary reports shall in any case include the information specified in Annex XIV. While setting their national energy efficiency plans, the Member States shall take into account cost-effective energy efficiency measures and the risk of carbon leakage.
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1517 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall evaluate the annual reports and supplementary reportsinformation and assess the extent to which Member States have made progress towards the achievement of the national energy efficiency targets required by Article 3(1) and towards the implementation of this Directive. The Commission shall send its assessment to the European Parliament and the Council. Based on its assessment of the reports the Commission may issue recommendations to Member States.
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1530 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
The Commission shall also monitor the impact of implementing this Directive on Directive 2003/87/EC, Directive 2009/28/EC as well as Directive 2010/31/EC. If the Commission considers that adjustment measures are necessary, these adjustment measures shall not interfere with the implementation of Directive 2003/87/EC, Directive 2009/28/EC as well as Directive 2010/31/EC.
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1538 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 7
7. By 30 June1 December 20143 the Commission shall submit the assessment referred to in Article 3(2) to the European Parliament and to the Council, followed, if appropriate, by a legislative proposal laying down mandatory national targets.
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1562 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I a (new)
ANNEX I a Calculation methodology for national energy efficiency targets When proposing national energy efficiency targets, the Commission shall use the baseline for the 2020 primary energy consumption projection within the Primes 2007 model and shall take into account specific parameters such as the national economic structure, the relative starting position and climatic conditions. The following methodology shall apply: Primes 2007 Baseline Projection 2020 in Mtoe - 20% savings The reduction targets for 2020 in absolute terms as compared to their 2007 level of primary energy consumption shall include correction factors for the following categories: - a maximum reduction threshold for the group of the nine EU countries with the lowest real household per capita income (L9[1]), - a maximum reduction threshold for the group of the 15 countries that are eligible under the Cohesion Fund (C15), - a maximum reduction threshold for any country, - a minimum reduction threshold for any country not eligible under the Cohesion Fund (EU-27 minus C15[2]), - a minimum reduction threshold for any country eligible under the Cohesion Fund (C15), - a maximum threshold for an absolute increase in energy consumption. Member States may, in accordance with Article 3 paragraph 1 translate their national energy efficiency target expressed in terms of absolute reductions into an energy intensity target expressed in tonnes of oil equivalent primary energy consumption per million euro gross domestic product expressed in 2005 prices. _________________ [1] L9 countries include Bulgaria, Romania, Latvia, Poland, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, see Eurostat, Statistics in Focus, 16/2011. [2] C15 countries: L9 countries and Slovenia, Portugal, Malta, Greece, Cyprus, and Spain.
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1572 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex III – introductory part
Public bodies that purchase products, services or buildings shall take due account of the following guidelines:
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1583 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex III – point a
a) where a product is covered by a delegated act adopted under Directive 2010/30/EU or Commission Directive implementing Directive 92/75/EEC, public bodies should purchase only the products that comply with the criterion of belonging to the highest energy efficiency class while taking into account cost-effectiveness, economical feasibility and technical suitability, as well as sufficient competition;
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1587 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex III – point b
b) where a product not covered under point a) is covered by an implementing measure under Directive 2009/125/EC adopted after the entry into force of this Directive, public bodies should purchase only products that comply with energy efficiency benchmarks specified in that implementing measure;
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1589 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex III – point c
c) public bodies should purchase office equipment products covered by Council Decision [2006/1005/EC39 ] that comply with energy efficiency requirements not less demanding than those listed in Annex C of the Agreement attached to that Decision;
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1593 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex III – point d
d) public bodies should purchase only tyres that comply with the criterion of having the highest fuel energy efficiency class, as defined by Regulation (EC) No 1222/200940. This requirement shall not prevent public bodies from purchasing tyres with the highest wet grip class or external rolling noise class where justified by safety or public health reasons;
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1598 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex III – point e
e) public bodies should require in their tenders for service contracts that service providers use, for the purposes of providing the services in question, only products that comply with the requirements referred to in points (a) to (d), when providing the services in question;
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1604 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex III – point f
f) public bodies should purchase or rent only buildings that comply at least with the minimum energy performance requirements referred to in Article 4(1). Compliance with these requirements shall be verified by means of the energy performance certificates referred to in Article 11 of Directive 2010/31/EU.
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1678 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 2 – point 2.1 – title
2.1 Frequency of billing information based on actual consumption
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1686 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 2 – point 2.1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
In order to enable final customers to regulate their own energy consumption, billing information on the basis of actual consumption shall be performed with the following frequency:
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1699 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 2 – point 2.1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) At least every two months for the consumption of natural gas. Where gas is used for individual heating, billinginformation shall be provided on a monthly basis.
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1710 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 2 – point 2.1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) With centralised heating and cooling, billinginformation shall be provided on a monthly basis during the heating/cooling season.
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1715 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 2 – point 2.1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) At least every two months for hot water billingconsumption.
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1723 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 2 – point 2.1 – subparagraph 2
Billing information based on the measurement of heat consumption using heat cost allocators shall be accompanied with explanations of the numbers available through displays of heat cost allocators, taking into account the standard characteristics of heat cost allocators (EN 834)44 .
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1803 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex XIV – Part 2 – title
General framework for supplementary reportsinformation [This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout]
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1805 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex XIV – Part 2 – section 3 – point 3.2 – subparagraph 2
The first supplementary report shall include a short description of the national scheme referred to in Article 6(1) or the alternative measures adopted in application of Article 3(1a) or Article 6(9).
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1808 #

2011/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex XIV – Part 2 – section 3 – point 3.4
Supplementary reports shall include an assessment of the progress achieved in implementing the national heating and cooling plan referred to inmeasures resulting from Article 10(1).
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1 #

2010/2104(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas during the accession negotiations the Lithuanian, Slovak and Bulgarian governments committed themselvesagreed, as part of their Accession Treaties, to close nuclear reactors which could not be economically upgraded to the required level of safetysome of the older nuclear reactors with fixed early closure dates,
2011/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 2 #

2010/2104(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the three EU candidate countries, Lithuania, Slovakia and Bulgaria, operated old Soviet design nuclear power plants (NPPs) which could not be economically upgraded to EU safety standards, and needed to be closed, and the accession negotiations agreed, as a condition of entering the accession negotiations, to close some of the older nuclear power plants (NPPs) which led to fixed closure dates for the three NPPs concernedidentified reactors,
2011/02/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 3 #

2010/2104(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the shut-down and subsequent decommissioning of these NPPs represented a significant financial and economical loss and ongoing burden which could not be fully covered by the Member States concerned,
2011/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 4 #

2010/2104(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the EU recognised that the shut-down and subsequent decommissioning of these NPPs represented a significant financial and economical loss and ongoing burden which could not be fully covered by the Member States concerned, and therefore the Treaties of Accession, as well as subsequent Council Regulations for the implementation of these Treaties, provided for financial assistance to the respective Member States, however, the assistance was not intendedlimited and insufficient to cover the full cost of decommissioning nor to compensate for all economic consequences,
2011/02/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 4 #

2010/2104(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the polluter-pays principle should be applied to the financing of decommissioning operations and that nuclear operators should ensure that adequate financial resources to cover future decommissioning costs are set aside during the productive life of nuclear installations; however, in these three cases the denial of the full operational life of early closed NPPs prevented the necessary finance from being set aside;
2011/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 9 #

2010/2104(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Notes with satisfaction that Lithuania, Slovakia and Bulgaria have fulfilled their accession treaty commitments to close their reactors in a timely manner: Ignalina NPP Unit 1 was shut down on 31 December 2004 and Unit 2 on 31 December 2009; Bohunice V1 NPP Unit 1 was shut down on 31 December 2006 and Unit 2 on 31 December 2008; Kozloduy NPP Units 1 and 2 were shut down on 31 December 2002 and Units 3 and 4 on 31 December 2006;
2011/02/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 9 #

2010/2104(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that limited EU experience exists in the field of nuclear decommissioning, therefore stresses that the issue of safety is of utmost importance for the decommissioning of early closed NPPs in question and this should be respected in any future decisions by all parties involved;
2011/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 10 #

2010/2104(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that the early closure of the reactors prevented the planned accumulation of needed amounts in respective national funds designed to cover all costs associated with the decommissioning of the plants;
2011/02/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 12 #

2010/2104(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Notes also that all the three Member States, based on results of the modernization programmes and recent safety assessments at these NPPs, tried to re-negotiate their political commitments regarding closing the reactors and this could have led to some delays in the process but not to the end dates;
2011/02/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 13 #

2010/2104(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the financial assistance was decided without a ceiling being clearly specifieddue to the limited EU experience and data in the field of decommissioning, the financial assistance was decided without the possibility of defining a financial ceiling; there was still no clear conditions for specification on ceilings even after the plans and strategies for decommissioning had been drawn up and this allowwhich predetermined further financial supplementation to occurassistance to be decided on a stage-by- stage and case-by*case consideration;
2011/02/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 16 #

2010/2104(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that premature decommissioning has a direct impact on the energy resources (and their prices) of the Member States concerned; believes that the development of alternative, low emission and competitive energy resources should be promoted in coping with the negative consequences and due consideration should be given to establishing appropriate compensation mechanisms to cover the costs of decommissioning up to the definite stage from where the three countries can bear the remaining costs by themselves;
2011/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 18 #

2010/2104(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Notes with concern that the detailed decommissioning plans of the three decommissioning programmes in question have not yet been finalised and, as a consequence, that there is not enough detailed information on the timetables, nor on the costs of particular projects, nor on and their sources of funding; invites therefore the corresponding national bodies to finalise the plans and the Commission to report on this process; states that the still ongoing Performance Audit, should clearly state whether or not further allocation of funds will be necessary after 2013;
2011/02/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 19 #

2010/2104(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that enhanced coordination between the three programs is needed in order to ensure better planning of activities and sharing of experience gained amongst them; the European Union as a whole can also benefit from this experience as reactors are taken out of service at the end of their economic lives; therefore invites all parties involved to assure achievement and collection of best decommissioning practices and to ensure the best use of the experience and data gained amongst the other Member States with nuclear power plants;
2011/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 21 #

2010/2104(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. CTaking into account the various strategies employed by the Member States, calls on the Commission to explore possible ways to harmonise approaches to the funding of decommissioning in the EU, taking into account the various strategies employed by the Member Stat in order to ensure timely accumulation of needed financial resources, without compromising the safety and security of the decommissioning process.
2011/02/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 23 #

2010/2104(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that estimates forthe total financial assistance from the European Union to the three Member States until the end of 2013 come to EUR 2 847.78 million. Although differences among the NPPs exist, especially as regards fuel storage, in principle the programmes share the same technology. However, there are considerable differences in the allocated amounts: Ignalina (2 reactors): EUR 1 367 million, Bohunice (2 reactors ): EUR 613 million, and Kozloduy (4 reactors): EUR 867.78 million;
2011/02/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 26 #

2010/2104(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. BelieveConsiders that, taking into account the large amounts of money, the novelty regarding the utilisation of funds, the unknown factors which emerged throughout the process, followed by numerous alterations, adaptations and allocation of additional amounts, the number and scope of the audits performed ismay appear to be insufficient;
2011/02/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 30 #

2010/2104(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to monitor and report on whetherthat the improvements in use of the accumulated funds, which only started in recent years, continue in the future, and whetheron the prognosis that the accumulated funds will be absorbed over the next three years still holds true;
2011/02/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 32 #

2010/2104(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Invites the Commission to conduct an analysis in order to ascertain whetherthat the possibility of allocating amounts for upcoming projects until 2013 exists, especially since the decommissioning licences will be released for Bohunice in July 2011 and for Kozloduy in the end of 2011 and end of 2012;
2011/02/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 54 #

2010/2104(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses the need for comprehensive administrative coordination between the State Enterprise for Radioactive Waste (SERAW) and Kozloduy NPP, now responsible for Units 1-2 and Units 3-4 respectively; invites the Bulgarian side to ensure that the divided management does not jeopardise the decommissioning processanalyze and timely implement necessary improvement measures with regard the divided management, and/or to bring together Units 1-4 under a common management as soon as possible;
2011/02/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 56 #

2010/2104(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Notes that the Commission had experienced difficulties in obtaining information in the course of its studies;Deleted
2011/02/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 59 #

2010/2104(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Considers that the purpose of the Community assistance is to support these three Member States in coping with the financial and economical burden caused by fixed closure dates, and not to cover the full cost of many important decommissioning activities; notes, however, that in all three cases the costs for decommissioning of the power plants have exceeded the planned EU assistance, and are also likely to exceed the initial estimates; notes also with concern that mostthat a high share of the funds wereas used for energy projects and not for the main aim of the financial assistance: NPP decommissioninginevitable projects in the energy sector and the main activities and projects on NPP decommissioning are under implementation or expected to start soon;
2011/02/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 63 #

2010/2104(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Believes that the concept of European Union solidarity hacontributes effectively to mitigated the economical consequences of the early closure in the energy sector; notes, however, that at the time of preparation of this report, the decommissioning itself has notis at the stage of its actually commencedment;
2011/02/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 67 #

2010/2104(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Stresses that the ultimate goal of the early closure of the NPPs in question, and ofissue of safety is of the ultimate importance for their decommissioning, was and still is the issue of safety of early closed NPPs in question; invites, therefore, the Council, the Commission and the Member States to bear that in mind in any future decisions concerning nuclear decommissioning in general and these three decommissioning programmes in particular;
2011/02/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 69 #

2010/2104(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Stresses that enhanced coordination between the three programs is needed in order to ensure better planning of activities and sharing of experience gained amongst them; the European Union as a whole can also benefit from this experience as reactors are taken out of service at the end of their economic lives; therefore invites all parties involved to assure achievement and collection of best decommissioning practices and to ensure the best use of the experience and data gained amongst the other Member States with nuclear power plants;
2011/02/04
Committee: CONT
Amendment 283 #

2010/0377(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part 2 – Table – row 37 a (new)
Sodium hypochlorite, solution …% Cl active 7681-52-9 200 500
2011/06/30
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 54 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
(4) Council Directive 96/29/Euratom of 13 May 1996 laying down basic safety standards for the protection of the health of workers and the general public against the dangers arising from ionizing radiation22 establishes the basic safety standards. The directive applies to all practices which involve a risk from ionizing radiation emanating from an artificial source or from a natural radiation source in cases where natural radionuclides are or have been processed in view of their radioactive, fissile or fertile properties. It also covers the authorised releases of materials that originate from such practices. The provisions of that Directive have been supplemented by more specific legislation.
2011/04/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 55 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) The Community has taken part in rising of financial resources to support under certain conditions the decommissioning of several nuclear power units in Bulgaria, Slovakia and Lithuania, subject to early closure under specific circumstances of the accession of these countries to EU.
2011/04/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 62 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
(17) The Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management (hereafter referred to as ‘the Joint Convention’)36 , concluded under the auspices of the IAEA, to which Euratom and almost all Member States are Contracting Parties,represents an important instrument which aims at achieving and maintaining a high level of safety world- wide in spent fuel and radioactive waste management through the enhancement of national measures and international co- operation.
2011/04/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 63 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
(18) In 2006 the IAEA updated its entire corpus of standards and published the Fundamental Safety Principles37 , which were jointly sponsordeveloped by Euratom, OECD/NEA and other international organisations. As stated by the Joint Sponsoring Organisations, applying the Fundamental Safety Principles will facilitate the application of international safety standards and will make for greater consistency between the arrangements of different States. It is therefore desirable that all States adhere to and advocate these principles. The principles will be binding on the IAEA in relations to its operation and on States in relation to operation assisted by IAEA. States or sponsoring organisations may adopt the principles, at their own discretion, for application to their own activities.
2011/04/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 74 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
(24) While it is up to the Member States to define their energy mix, all Member States generate radioactive waste, whether or not they have nuclear reactors. Radioactive waste arises mainly from activities of the nuclear fuel cyclepower generation, such as the operation of nuclear power plants and the reprocessing of spent fueldecommissioning of nuclear facilities, but also from other activities, such as applications of radioactive isotopes in medicine, research and industry.
2011/04/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 81 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 26
(26) The same safety objectives should apply to spent fuel management and to radioactive waste management. Recognising this, the Joint Convention and the IAEA Safety Standards impose the same obligations for disposal of spent fuel as for the disposal of radioactive waste.deleted
2011/04/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 85 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 27
(27) Radioactive waste, including spent fuel considered as waste, requires containment and isolation from humans and the living environment over the long term. Its specific nature (content of radionuclides) requires arrangements to protect human health and the environment against dangers arising from ionizing radiation, including disposal in appropriate facilities as the end point of its management. The storage of radioactive waste, including long-term storage, is an interim solution but not an alternative to disposal.
2011/04/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 90 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 28
(28) A national radioactive waste classification scheme should support these arrangements taking fully into account the specific types and properties of radioactive waste. The precise criteria according to which waste is assigned to a particular waste class will depend on the specific situation in the State in relation to the nature of the waste and the disposal options available or under considerationshould be based on the IAEA safety guide No GSG-1 for classification of radioactive waste.
2011/04/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 95 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 29
(29) The typical disposal concept for short lived low and intermediate level waste is near surface disposal. Following 30 years of research, iIt is broadly accepted at the technical level that deep geological disposal represents the safest and most sustainable option as the end point of the management of high level waste and spent fuel considered as waste. Thus moving towards implementation of disposal should be pursuederefore Member States, while retaining their full responsibility for policies in respect of the management of their spent fuel and radioactive waste are encouraged to consider disposal options.
2011/04/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 102 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 30
(30) Although each Member State is responsible for its own policyThe policies on spent fuel and radioactive waste management, that policy in Member States should respect the relevant fundamental safety principles set by the IAEA43 . It is an ethical obligation of each Member State to avoid any undue burden on future generations in respect of the existing spent fuel and radioactive waste, as well as those expected from decommissioning of existing nuclear installations.
2011/04/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 111 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 35
(35) Transparency is important in the management of spent fuel and radioactive waste. It should be provided by requiensuring effective public information and opportunities for all concerned stakeholders to participate in the decision- making processes.
2011/04/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 115 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 37
(37) Some Member States consider that the sharing of facilities for spent fuel and radioactive waste management, including disposal facilities, is a potentially beneficial and cost-effective option when based on an agreement between Member States concerncountries involved.
2011/04/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 120 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 39
(39) The safety case and the graded approach should provide a basis for decisions related to the development, operation and closure of a disposal facility and should allow the identification of areas of uncertainty on which attention needs to be focused to further improve the understanding of those aspects influencing the safety of the disposal system, including natural (geological) and engineered barriers, and its expected development over the time. The safety case should include the findings of the safety assessment and information on the robustness and reliability of the safety assessment and the assumptions made therein. It should therefore provideThe demonstration of safety will therefore be based on the collection of arguments and evidence in support of the safety of a facility or activity related to the management of spent fuel and radioactive waste.
2011/04/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 126 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 42
(42) Peer review of national programmes could serve as an excellent means of building confidence and trust in the management of radioactive waste and spent fuel in the European Union, with the aim to develop and exchange experience and ensure high standards.
2011/04/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 132 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 3
(3) It maintains and promotesensures the provision of necessary public information and participation with regardin relation to spent fuel and radioactive waste management.
2011/04/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 145 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 3 a (new)
(3a) The specific provisions of this Directive for nuclear safety of radioactive waste and spent fuel facilities and activities shall not apply to nuclear installations covered by Directive 2009/71/Euratom.
2011/04/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 146 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 3 b (new)
(3b) Art.4(3) of this Directive shall not apply to: – repatriation of spent fuel from research reactors in compliance with special contracts; – repatriation of wastes generated as part of reprocessing of spent fuel to the country of its origin; – exports based on spent fuel or radioactive waste management contracts.
2011/04/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 164 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
(2) Member States shall ensure that national policies are based on the following principles:
2011/04/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 192 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3
(3) RAs a rule radioactive waste shall be disposed of in the Member State in which it was generated, unless shipment agreements are concluded between Member States to use disposal facilities in one of themin accordance with Council Directive 2006/117/ Euratom for the supervision and control of shipments of radioactive waste and spent fuel.
2011/04/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 193 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point a (new)
(a) in case of export to a third country the exporting Member State shall take reasonable measures to be assured that the other country has radioactive waste management program with safety objectives equivalent to those of this Directive;
2011/04/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 194 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point b (new)
(b) the agreements shall be notified to the Commission.
2011/04/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 197 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
(3a) On a voluntary basis, Member States may decide to establish a joint or regional disposal facility in cooperation with other Member States or third country in order to utilise the favourable geological or technical advantages of a particular site and to share the financial burden of the joint project.
2011/04/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 215 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2
(2) Member States shall ensure that the competent regulatory authority is functionally separate from any other body or organisation concerned with the promotion or exploitutilisation of nuclear energy or radioactive material, including electricity production and radioisotope applications, or with the management of spent fuel and radioactive waste, in order to ensure effective independence from undue influence in its regulatory function.
2011/04/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 221 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1
(1) Member States shall ensure that the prime responsibility for the safety of spent fuel and radioactive waste management rests with the licence holder. This responsibility can not be delegs to whom the overall responsibilities for spent fuel and radioactive waste has been entrusted by the competent authority of the respective Member Stated.
2011/04/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 225 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2
(2) Member States shall ensure that the national framework requires licence holders, under the supervision of the competent regulatory authority, to regularly assess and verify, and continuously improve, as far as reasonably achievable, the safety of their activities and facilities in a systematic and verifiable manner. The extent of these actions shall be commensurate with the complexity and the magnitude of the hazards associated with the facility or the activity.
2011/04/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 234 #

2010/0306(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 5 a (new)
(5a) Member State shall ensure that revocation or expiration of the validity of a license will not exempt the licensee from compliance with the requirements for the safety of spent fuel and radioactive waste management unless the regulatory authority takes a decision for transferring or expiring of responsibilities.
2011/04/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 306 #

2010/0252(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall, by 1 January 2013 make the 800 MHz band available for electronic communications services in line with the harmonised technical conditions laid down pursuant to the Decision No 676/20022010/267/ECU. In Member States where exceptionalspecific national or local circumstances would prevent the availability of the band, the Commission may authorise specific derogations until 2015or cross-border frequency coordination problems with one or more third countries would prevent the availability of the band, the implementation of Commission Decision 2010/267/EU may be postponed until such obstacles are removed. The relevant Member States shall notify the Commission confirming their intention to make use of the implementation delay set out in this paragraph not later than 6 months following the entry into force of the present Decision. In accordance with Article 9 of Directive 2002/21/EC , the Commission, in cooperation with the Member States, shall keep under review the use of the spectrum below 1GHz and assess whether additional spectrum could be freed and made available for new applications.
2011/03/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 368 #

2010/0252(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 7 - paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Measures affecting radio frequency bands used by a Member State exclusively and directly for its public security and defence purposes. Where a particular measure will affect radio frequency bands used by a Member State exclusively and directly for its public security and defence purposes and where the release of those frequency bands would represent an excessive burden, the Member State may continue to use those bands for public security and defence purposes until the systems existing in that band at the date of the notification of the harmonization measure are phased out. That Member State shall duly notify the Commission of its decision.
2011/03/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 8 #

2009/0172(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) Bulgaria committed itselfDuring the accession negotiations in 2005, Bulgaria agreed to the closure of Units 1 and 2 and Units 3 and 4 of the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant by 31 December 2002 and 31 December 2006, respectively and to the subsequent decommissioning of these units. The European Union expressed its willingness to continue to provide financial assistance up to 2009 as an extension of the pre- accession aid planned under the Phare programme in support of Bulgaria's decommissioning efforts. The European Union also gave assurances at that time that the financial assistance would be considered as part of an overall review of Community support for the period 2007- 2013.
2010/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 11 #

2009/0172(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) The Union recognises also the need for financial support to progress further with mitigating measures in the energy sector given the extent of the capacity loss by the closure of the nuclear units and its impact on the security of supply in the region, the resultant higher electricity prices and Bulgaria’s significant and damaging loss of export capability in a region of serious shortages with regard to energy generation capacity as outlined in the Treaty establishing the Energy Community.
2010/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 15 #

2009/0172(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) The Union recognises the need to mitigate the effect of increased environmental damage and emissions due to the replacement capacity coming mostly from increased use of lignite plants.
2010/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 16 #

2009/0172(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) Consequently, recognising that the premature closure of these plants has prevented adequate allocation of decommissioning and radioactive waste treatment funds from operating profits, provision should be made for a sum of EUR 300 million from the general budget of the European Union to fund the decommissioning of the Units 1 to 4 of Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant over the period from 2010 to 2013.
2010/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 18 #

2009/0172(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) Consequently, provision should be made for a sum of EUR 300 million from the general budget of the European Union to fund the decommissioning of Units 1 to 4 of the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant and the measures to mitigate the resultant consequences of the early closure of these units over the period from 2010 to 2013.
2010/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 21 #

2009/0172(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) The appropriations of the general budget of the European Union for decommissioning should not lead to distortions of competition in relation to power supply companies on the energy market in the Union. These appropriations should also be used to finance measures to compensate the loss of production capacity in line with the acquis, including modernisation and increase of the efficiency of existing energy production capacity, the transmission and distribution networks as well as enhancing energy savings and promoting the use of renewable energy.
2010/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 25 #

2009/0172(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) The tasks of the EBRD include managing the public funds allocated to the programmes for decommissioning those nuclear power plants andunits that were subject to accession linked closure agreements. The EBRD is monitoring the financial management of these programmes so as to optimise the use of public money. In addition, the EBRD carries out the budget tasks entrusted to it by the Commission in line with the requirements of Article 53quinquiesd of the Financial Regulation.
2010/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 26 #

2009/0172(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) In order to ensure the highest possible efficiency, the decommissioning of the Units 1 to 4 of the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant should be carried out with recourse to the best available technical expertise, and with due regard to the nature and technological specifications of the units tohat have been shut down.
2010/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 27 #

2009/0172(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) The decommissioning of theUnits 1 to 4 at Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant will be carried out in accordance with the provisions of Bulgarian national law, its licensing arrangements and in line with the legislation on the environment, particularly Council Directive 85/337/EEC of 27 June 1985 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment.
2010/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 32 #

2009/0172(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1
This Regulation establishes the programme laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Community's financial contribution to address the decommissioning of Units 1 to 4 of the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant and the consequences of their early closure in Bulgaria (hereinafter referred to as ‘Kozloduy Programme’).
2010/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 33 #

2009/0172(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2
The Community contribution to the Kozloduy Programme shall be granted for the purpose of providing financial support for measures connected with the decommissioning of Units 1 to 4 of the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant, measures for environmental upgrading in line with the acquis and for modernising conventional production capacity to replace the production capacity of the four reactors at the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant and other measures which stem from the decision to close and decommission this plantese units and which contribute to the necessary restructuring, upgrading of the environment and modernisation of the energy production, transmission and distribution sectors in Bulgaria as well as to enhancing security of supply and, energy efficiency and use of renewable energy in Bulgaria.
2010/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 39 #

2009/0172(NLE)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission may have an audit of the use made of the assistance carried out either directly by its own staff or by any other qualified outside body of its choice. Such audits may be carried out throughout the duration of the agreement between the Community and the EBRD on making Community funds available to the Kozloduy International Decommissioning Support Fund and for a period of five years from the date of payment of the balance. Where appropriate, the audit findings may lead to recovery decisions by the Commission. The funding of such audits and any other assessments will fall outside the scope of the budget for decommissioning assistance.
2010/03/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 25 #

2008/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to further enhance the visibility and awareness of SME-related policy actions through the bundling of existing Community instruments and funds for SMEs; emphasises the important role of education and training for SMEs on the existing and alternative policies and tools for access to finance and markets and initiatives to improve SME participation in innovation and environment programmes;
2008/11/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 33 #

2008/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Encourages the setting up of a screening system for the monitoring of the progress of, and implementation by, the Commission and Member States; special emphasis should be devoted to the identification and consequent dissemination of best practices that help SMEs to realise their full potential;
2008/11/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 102 #

2008/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that SMEs’ limited ability to access finance is a major impediment to their creation and growth; encourages initiatives by the European Investment Bank (EIB) to boost the funding available for guarantees and other financial instruments for SMEs; also applauds in this respect the recent initiative to set up a Micro Credit Initiative; calls on Member States to take a proactive role in creation of appropriate conditions and incentives in order to make microcredits and other financing possibilities available to SMEs;
2008/11/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 108 #

2008/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Emphasises the important role of the EIB in improving financing available to SMEs, particularly given the current financial turmoil and its repercussions on the credit market; invites the Commission to investigate further how current banking rules and other financial regulations and instruments could be improved to ease access to finance for SMEs, including lending by institutions that are not banks;
2008/11/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 118 #

2008/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Notes that public procurement covers around 16% of EU GDP; calls on the Commission and Member States to strengthen SME access to and participation in public procurement through inter alia making more use of e-procurement and to take stronger initiatives to exploit the existing multiple opportunities for attracting SMEs in procurements under the current procurement legislation;
2008/11/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 149 #

2008/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Emphasises the fundamental importance of evaluating the impact of future legislative initiatives on SMEs; therefore calls for the establishment of a mandatory systematic and targeted impact assessments for SMEs, a so called ‘SME test’ for all new proposals for EU legislation affecting business and encourages the Commission to promote the introduction of the initiative at Member State level;
2008/11/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 180 #

2008/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Welcomes recent initiatives to assist SMEs in coping with environmental legislation, by inter alia granting them reduced agency fees, ensuring their access to information on environmental standards or introducing specific exemptions from Community legislation; underlines the importance of simplifying regulatory approaches in areas where environmental risk is relatively low by applying notification procedures instead of issuing permits;
2008/11/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 66 #

2008/0231(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
(15) In order to ensure the effective implementation of safety requirements forsafety regulation of nuclear installations, Member States should establish regulatory bodies as independent authorities. Regulatory bodies should be provided with adequate competence and resources in order to be able to discharge their duties.
2009/02/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 68 #

2008/0231(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
(19) The regulatory bodies charged with the safety regulation of nuclear installations in the Member States should mainly cooperate through the European High Level Group on Nuclear Safety and Waste Management which has developed ten principles for the regulation of nuclear safety. These principles are important for the proper application of this Directive. The European High Level Group on Nuclear Safety and Waste Management should contribute to the Community nuclear safety framework with the aim of continuously improving it.
2009/02/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 76 #

2008/0231(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Directive aims at achieving, maintaining and continuously improving nuclear safety in the Communitysets up a Community framework for nuclear safety aimed at maintaining and continuously improving the safety of nuclear installations in Member States and to enhance the role of the national regulatory bodies.
2009/02/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 94 #

2008/0231(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 8
(8) ”regulatory body" means any body or bodies authorised by the Member State to grant in that Member State licences and to supervise thesystem of bodies having in a Member State legal capacity to regulate safety through conducting licensing processes covering siting, design, construction, commissioning, operation or decommissioning of nuclear installations, including carrying out inspections and exercising enforcement powers;
2009/02/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 98 #

2008/0231(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 10
(10) “new power reactornuclear power plants” mean nuclear power reactorplants licensed to operatefor construction after the entry into force of this Directive.
2009/02/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 102 #

2008/0231(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. TMember States shall ensure that the use of nuclear energy complies with internationally accepted safety principles, including that the prime responsibility for the safety of nuclear installations shall rest with the holder of the licence under the control of the regulatory body. The safety measures and controls to be implemented in a nuclear installation shall be decided only by the regulatory body and applied by the licence holderproposed by the licence holder and submitted to the regulatory body for approval. These measures shall subsequently be applied by the licence holder, under the control of the regulatory body, in compliance with the provisions set out in Articles 4 and 5 of this Directive.
2009/02/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 104 #

2008/0231(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall establish and maintain a legislative and regulatory framework to govern the safety of nuclear installations. This shall include national safety requirements, a system of licensing and control of nuclear installations and the prohibition of their operation without a licence and a system of regulatory supervisinspection including the necessary enforcement. The regulatory body shall have the power to modify, suspend, withdraw or revoke the licence to operate a nuclear installation in cases of serious breaches of licence conditions.
2009/02/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 109 #

2008/0231(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that the regulatory body is effectively independent of all organisations whose task is to promote, operate nuclear installations or justify societal benefits and free from any influence that may wrongly affect the regulatory control of nuclear safety. For this purpose, Member States shall ensure that the regulatory body is legally and functionally detached and its management and staff act independently when carrying out their duties and tasks on regulation of nuclear safety.
2009/02/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 114 #

2008/0231(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. The regulatory body shall be provided with adequate authority, competence and financial and human resources to fulfil its responsibilities and discharge its duties. ItThe regulatory body shall supervise and regulate the safety of nuclear installations and ensure the implementation of safety requirements, condition and safety regulationsgulations and that the applicable safety requirements are met by the holder of a licence.
2009/02/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 117 #

2008/0231(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. The regulatory body shall grant licensesconduct all necessary assessments on the fulfilment of the safety requirements for granting a licence, as set out in national legislation in accordance with Article 6 and monitor their application of granted licences on siting, design, construction, commissioning, operation or decommissioning of nuclear installations.
2009/02/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 121 #

2008/0231(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. Regulatory bodies shall ensure that licence holders have at their disposal appropriate staff in terms of numbers and qualifications.deleted
2009/02/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 124 #

2008/0231(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The sufficiency and qualifications of the licence holder staff that carry out all activities of importance for nuclear safety shall be regularly assessed by the regulatory body as a prerequisite for ensuring nuclear safety.
2009/02/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 126 #

2008/0231(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 5
5. At least every ten years the regulatory body shall submit itself and the national regulatory system to an international peer review aimed at continuously improving the regulatory infrastructurIn order to continuously improve the regulatory infrastructure, at least every ten years an international peer review shall be carried out on the nuclear regulatory control system in each Member State. The features and the scope of the review shall be decided by the recipient body and by the peers, case by case, according to rules specially developed under this Directive.
2009/02/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 132 #

2008/0231(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall respectapply the safety principles specified in the Annex to this Directive that comply with the IAEA safety fundamentals (IAEA Safety Fundamentals: Fundamental safety principles, IAEA Safety Standard Series No. SF-1 (2006)). They shall observe the obligations and requirements incorporated in the Conven in terms of the siting, design, construction, on Nuclear safety (IAEA INFCIRC 449 of 5 July 1994). They shall in particular ensure that the applicable principles laid down in the IAEA safety fundamentals are implemented to ensure a high level of safety in nuclear installations, including inter alia effective arrangements against potential radiological hazards, accident prevenperation and decommissioning of nuclear facilities. They shall observe the obligations and response, ageing management, long term management of all produced radioactive materials and information of the population and the authorities of neighbouring Statesquirements incorporated in the Convention on Nuclear Safety.
2009/02/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 141 #

2008/0231(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. As regards the safety of new nuclear power reactorplants Member States shall aim to develop additional safety requirements, in line withenabling the continuous improvement of safety on tand in close collaboration with the European High Level Group on Nuclear Safety and Waste Management. The basis ofor those safety levels developed by the Western Europeimprovement requirements shall be derived from the Industry and Nuclear Regulators' Association (WENRA) and in close collaboration with the European High Level Group on Nuclear Safety and Waste Management’ rules for new plants, operating experience, good practices and safety assessments of operating nuclear power plants, modern techniques and methods for reactor safety analyses, advancement of nuclear technology and safety research.
2009/02/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 162 #

2008/0231(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Licence holders shall comply with all other obligations laid down by national legislation.
2009/02/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 164 #

2008/0231(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Nuclear safety assessments, investigations, controlregular inspections and, where necessary, enforcement actions shall be carried out by the regulatory body in nuclear installations throughout their lifetime, including during decommissioning.
2009/02/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 172 #

2008/0231(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9
Appropriate education and training opportunities for continuous theoretical and practical training in nuclear safety and preservation of nuclear knowledge shall be made available by Member States separately and through trans-national cooperation.
2009/02/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 174 #

2008/0231(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11
Member States shall submit a report to the Commission on the implementation of this Directive by [three years after the entry into force] at the latest, and evat the same time as the submission of national reports undery three years thereaftere Convention of Nuclear Safety. On the basis of the firstse reports, the Commission shall regularly present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on progress made with the implementation of this Directive, accompanied, if appropriate, by legislative proposals.
2009/02/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 29 #

2008/0200(CNS)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 7
(7) CIWIN should, in particular, stimulate the development of appropriate measures aimed at facilitating an exchange of best practices between Member States as well as being a vehicle for transmission of immediate threats and alerts in a secure mannerin establishing common minimum standards for protection of national critical infrastructures.
2009/03/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 31 #

2008/0200(CNS)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 8
(8) CIWIN shouldIn the course of the development and the evaluation of the new information system Member States and the Commission should ensure that CIWIN avoids duplication and beis heedful of the specific characteristics, expertise, arrangements and areas of competence of each of the existing sectoral rapid alert systems (RAS).
2009/03/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 32 #

2008/0200(CNS)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) The adoption of measures in the sphere of civil protection is listed amongst the activities of Community in point (u) of Article 3(1) of the EC Treaty. Therefore, the creation of CIWIN is necessary to enable the Community to attain an objective laid down by the Treaty.
2009/03/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 38 #

2008/0200(CNS)

Proposal for a decision
Article 3
Participation in and use of CIWIN is open to all Member States. The participatioMember States that join tohe CIWIN shall be conditional upon the signature ofinitiative shall sign a Memorandum of understanding that contains technical and security requirements applicable to CIWIN, and information on the sites to be connected to CIWIN.
2009/03/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 39 #

2008/0200(CNS)

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
In order to achieve the objective of this Decision the Commission shall proactively promote the CIWIN with the aim that at least 20 Member States should participate in the CIWIN system in a period of three years after the entry into force of this Decision.
2009/03/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 45 #

2008/0200(CNS)

Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
(3a) The Commission shall monitor the functioning of the CIWIN system and help the widening of its use by Member States as stated in Article 3.
2009/03/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 46 #

2008/0200(CNS)

Proposal for a decision
Article 10 – subparagraph 1
The Commission, using specially developed indicators for monitoring the progress, shall review and evaluate the operation of the CIWIN every three years, and shall submit regular reports to theall Member States, the European Parliament, the Committee of Regions and the European Economic and Social Committee.
2009/03/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 47 #

2008/0200(CNS)

Proposal for a decision
Article 10 – subparagraph 2
The first report, which shall be submitted within three years after the entry into force of this Decision, shall, in particular, assess the participation of Member States in the CIWIN system and identify those elements of the Community network which should be improved or adapted. It shall also include any proposal that the Commission considers necessary for the amendment or adaptation in order to achieve the objective of this Decision.
2009/03/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 48 #

2008/0200(CNS)

Proposal for a decision
Article 10 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
The first report shall especially assess the possibility and the need for further upgrading of the CIWIN system by including the functionality of a rapid alert system (RAS). It shall also include any proposal that the Commission considers necessary for the amendment or adaptation of this Decision.
2009/03/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 190 #

2007/0196(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 5b
1. Member States shall cooperate among themselves for the purpose of integrating their national markets at least at the regional level. In particular, Member States shall promote the cooperation of network operators at a regional level, and foster the consistency of their legal and regulatory framework. The geographical2. When the cooperation between several Member States at a regional level encounters significant difficulties, following the joint request of these Member States, the Commission may designate, in agreaement with all Member States covncerned by, a regional cooperations shall be in line with the definition of geographical areas by the Commission in accordance with Article 2h(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005. rdinator. 3. The regional coordinator shall promote at regional level the cooperation of national regulatory authorities and other competent public authorities, network operators, gas exchanges, grid users and market parties. In particular, the regional coordinator shall : (a) promote new efficient investments in interconnections. To this end, the regional coordinator shall assist transmission system operators in drawing up their regional interconnection plan and shall contribute to the coordination of their investments decisions and, where appropriate, of their open season procedure; (b) promote the efficient and safe use of the networks. To this end, the regional coordinator shall contribute to the coordination between transmission system operators, national regulatory authorities and other competent national public authorities in drawing up their common allocation and common safeguard mechanisms; (c) submit an annual report to the Commission and Member States concerned on the progress achieved in the region and on any difficulty or obstacle that may hinder such progress.
2008/04/10
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 199 #

2007/0196(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 7 – paragraph –1 (new)
"–1. In order to ensure the independence of transmission system operators, Member States shall ensure that, as from [date of transposition plus one year], vertically integrated undertakings must comply with the provisions of Article 7(1)(a) to (d) or Article 9 or Article 9b."
2008/04/10
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 238 #

2007/0196(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 6 c (new)
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 8 – paragraphs 4 a to 4 h (new)
(6c) In Article 8, the following paragraphs shall be added: "4a. Transmission system operators shall draw up a 10-year network development plan at least every two years. They shall take efficient measures to guarantee system adequacy and security of supply. 4b. The 10-year network development plan shall in particular: a) indicate to market participants the main transmission infrastructures that ought to be built over the next ten years; b) contain all the investments already decided upon and identify new investments for which an implementation decision has to be taken in the next three years. 4c. In order to draw up this 10-year network development plan, each transmission system operator shall make a hypothesis about the evolution of generation, consumption and exchanges with other countries, and shall take into account regional and European-wide existing network investment plans. Transmission system operator shall submit in due time the draft of this plan to the competent national body. 4d. The competent national body shall consult the draft with all relevant network users in an open and transparent way, and may publish the result of such consultation, in particular possible investment need. 4e. The competent national body shall examine whether the draft 10-year network development plan covers all investment needs identified during the consultation. The competent national body may require the transmission system operator to amend this plan. 4f. The competent national body within the meaning of paragraphs 4c, 4d and 4e, may be the national regulatory authority, any other competent national public authority or a network development trustee established by transmission system operators. In the latter case, transmission system operators shall submit the drafts of their statutes, a list of their members and their rules of procedure to the competent national public authority for its approval. 4g. If the transmission system operator fails to implement a specific investment listed in the 10-year network development plan within the subsequent three years, Members States shall ensure that the national regulatory authority or any other competent national public authority has the necessary powers to take one of the following measures: a) to request, by all legal means, the transmission system operator to fulfil its investment obligations using its financial capacities, or, b) to invite independent investors to tender for the necessary investment in a transmission system and at the same time may oblige the transmission system operator: – to agree to financing by any third party, – to agree to building by any third party or to build the respective new assets and – to operate the respective new asset. The relevant financial arrangements shall be subject to the approval of the national regulatory authority or any other competent national authority. In both cases, tariff regulation shall allow for revenues that cover the costs of such investments. 4h. The competent national public authority shall monitor and evaluate the implementation of the investment plan.
2008/04/10
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 240 #

2007/0196(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 6 d (new)
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 8 a (new)
(6d) The following Article shall be inserted: "Article 8a Effective and efficient unbundling of transmission systems I. Assets, equipment, staff and identity 1. Transmission system operators shall be equipped with all human, physical and financial resources of the vertically integrated undertaking necessary for the regular business of gas transmission, in particular: (i) transmission system operators shall own assets necessary for the regular business of gas transmission; (ii) transmission system operators shall employ the staff necessary for the regular business of gas transmission; (iii) the sharing of the staff and the provision of services between branches of a vertically integrated undertaking performing functions of generation or supply shall be limited to cases where there is no possibility of discrimination and shall be subject to approval by national regulatory authorities in order to exclude competition concerns and conflicts of interest; (iv) appropriate financial resources for future investment projects shall be made available in due time. 2. The activities deemed necessary for the regular business of gas transmission mentioned in paragraph 1 shall include at least the following: – representation of the transmission system operator and contacts with third parties and national regulatory authorities, – granting and managing third party access to the network, – collection of access charges, congestion rents and payments under the inter transmission system operator compensation mechanism, in compliance with Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003, – operation, maintenance and development of the transmission system, – investment planning ensuring the long- term ability of the system to meet reasonable demand and guaranteeing security of supply, – legal services, – accountancy and IT services. 3. Transmission system operators shall have the legal form of a joint-stock company. 4. The transmission system operator shall have its own corporate identity, significantly different from the vertically integrated undertaking, with separate branding, communication and premises. 5. Transmission system operators' accounts shall be audited by an auditor other than the person auditing the vertically integrated undertaking and all its affiliated companies. II. Independence of the transmission system operator's management, chief executive officer / executive board 6. Decisions on the appointment and on any early termination of the employment of the chief executive officer or members of the executive board of the transmission system operator and decisions on the conclusion or early termination of the employment contracts with these persons shall be notified to the national regulatory authority or any other competent national public authority. These decisions and agreements may become binding only if, within a period of 3 weeks following the notification, the regulatory authority or any other competent national public authority has not used its right of veto. A veto may be used if an appointment and the conclusion of the relevant agreement poses serious doubts as to the professional independence of the nominated chief executive officer or a member of the executive board; in the case of early terminations of employment and of respective agreements with these persons, the right of veto may be used only if serious doubts exist regarding the basis and justification of such termination. 7. Right of appeal to the national regulatory authority or another competent national public authority or to a court shall be guaranteed to the management of the transmission system operator in the event of early terminations of their employment. 8. After termination of employment in the transmission system operator, the chief executive officers / members of the executive board shall not participate in any branch of the vertically integrated undertaking performing functions of generation or supply for a period of not less than 3 years. 9. The chief executive officer / members of the executive board shall not hold any interest in or receive any compensation from any undertaking of the vertically integrated company other than the transmission system operator. Remuneration of the chief executive officer / members of the executive board shall in no part depend on activities of the vertically integrated undertaking other than those of the transmission system operator. 10. The chief executive officer or the members of the executive board of the transmission system operator may not be responsible, directly or indirectly, for the day-to-day operation of any other branch of the vertically integrated undertaking. 11. Without prejudice to the provisions above, the transmission system operator shall have effective decision-making rights, independent from the integrated gas undertaking, with respect to assets necessary to operate, maintain or develop the network. This should not prevent the existence of appropriate coordination mechanisms to ensure that the economic and management supervision rights of the parent company in respect of return on assets, regulated indirectly in accordance with Article 24c, in a subsidiary are protected. In particular, this shall enable the parent company to approve the annual financial plan, or any equivalent instrument, of the transmission system operator and to set global limits on the levels of indebtedness of its subsidiary. It shall not permit the parent company to give instructions regarding day-to-day operations, nor with respect to individual decisions concerning the construction or upgrading of transmission lines, that do not exceed the terms of the approved financial plan, or any equivalent instrument. III. Supervisory board / Board of directors 12. Chairmen of the supervisory board/board of directors of the transmission system operator shall not participate in any branch of the vertically integrated undertaking performing functions of generation or supply. 13. The supervisory boards / boards of directors of transmission system operators shall also include independent members, appointed for a term of at least 5 years. Appointment of the members of the supervisory board / board of directors shall be notified to the national regulatory authority/ or any other competent national public authority and become binding under the conditions described in paragraph 6. 14. For the purpose of paragraph 13, a member of the supervisory board / board of directors of a transmission system operator shall be deemed independent if he/she does not participate in any business with, or is no other relationship with the vertically integrated undertaking, its controlling shareholders or the management of either, that would create a conflict of interest, in particular: (a) has not been an employee of any branch of the vertically integrated undertaking performing functions of generation and supply in five years prior to the appointment as a member of the supervisory board / board of directors; (b) does not hold any interest in, and does not receive any compensation from, the vertically integrated undertaking or any of its affiliates except the transmission system operator; (c) does not have any relevant business relationship with any branch of the vertically integrated company performing functions of energy supply during his/her appointment as a member of the supervisory board / board of directors; (d) is not a member of the executive board of a company in which the vertically integrated undertaking appoints members of the supervisory board / board of directors. IV. Compliance officer 15. Member States shall ensure that transmission system operators establish and implement a compliance programme which sets out measures to be taken to ensure that discriminatory conduct is excluded. The programme shall also set out the specific obligations of employees of the transmission system operators to meet this objective. The programme shall be subject to the approval of the national regulatory authority or any other competent national public authority. Compliance of the program shall be independently monitored by the compliance officer. The national regulatory authority shall have the power to impose sanctions in case of inappropriate implementation of the compliance program by the transmission system operator. 16. The chief executive officer / executive board of the transmission system operator shall appoint a person or a body in a function of a compliance officer who shall be responsible for: (i) monitoring the implementation of the compliance programme; (ii) preparing an annual report, setting out the measures to be taken in order to implement the compliance programme and submitting it to the national regulatory authority; (iii) issuing recommendations regarding the compliance programme and its implementation. 17. The independence of the compliance officer shall be guaranteed in particular by the terms of the relevant employment contract. 18. The compliance officer shall have the opportunity to regularly address the supervisory board/board of directors of the transmission system operator, of the vertically integrated undertaking and the national regulatory authorities. 19. The compliance officer shall attend all meetings of the supervisory board / board of directors of the transmission system operator that address the following areas: (i) conditions for access and connection to the system, including the collection of access charges, congestion rents, and payments under the inter transmission system operator compensation mechanism in compliance with Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003; (ii) projects undertaken in order to operate, maintain and develop the transmission grid system, including interconnection and connection investments; (iii) energy purchases in order to cover energy losses. 20. During these meetings, the compliance officer shall prevent information about generators or suppliers activities which may be commercially advantageous from being disclosed in a discriminatory manner to the supervisory board/board of directors. 21. The compliance officer shall have access to all relevant books, records and offices of the transmission system operator and to all the necessary information for the fulfilment of the tasks. The compliance officer shall be nominated and removed by the chief executive officer / executive board only after prior approval by the national regulatory authority."
2008/04/10
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 197 #

2007/0195(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 5a
1. Member States shall cooperate among themselves for the purpose of integrating their national markets at least at the regional level. In particular, Member States shall promote the cooperation of network operators at a regional level, and foster the consistency of their legal and regulatory framework. The geographical area covered by regional cooperations shall be in line with the definition of geographical areas b1a. When the cooperation between several Member States at a regional level encounters significant difficulties, following the joint request of these Member States the Commission may designate, in agreement with all Member States concerned, a regional coordinator. 1b. The regional coordinator shall promote at a regional level the cooperation of national regulatory authorities and any othe Commission in accordance with Article 2h(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2003 on conditions fr competent public authorities, network operators, power exchanges, grid users and market parties. In particular, the regional coordinator shall: (a) promote new efficient investments in interconnections. To this end, the regional coordinator shall assist transmission system operators at drawing up of their regional interconnection plan and contribute to the coordination of their investments decisions and, where appropriate, of their open season procedure; (b) promote the efficient and safe use of the networks. To this end, the regional coordinator shall contribute to the coordination between transmission system operators, national regulatory access to the network for cross-border exchanges in electricity." uthorities and other competent national public authorities with the preparation of common allocation and common safeguard mechanisms; (c) annually submit a report to the Commission and Member States concerned on the progress achieved in the region and on any difficulty or obstacle that may hinder such a progress.
2008/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 224 #

2007/0195(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 3 h (new)
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 7 a (new)
(3h) The following Article shall be inserted: "Article 7a In order to ensure the independence of transmission system operators, Member States shall ensure that as from [date of transposition plus one year] vertically integrated undertakings have to comply either with Article 8(1), points (a) to (d), or with Article 10 or with the provisions of Article 8ba." Or. en (Adding a new Article 7a to Directive 2003/54/EC)
2008/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 269 #

2007/0195(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 5 a (new)
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 8b a (new)
(5a) The following Article shall be inserted: "Article 8ba Effective and efficient unbundling of transmission systems I. Assets, equipment, staff and identity Transmission system operators shall be equipped with all human, physical and financial resources of the vertically integrated undertaking necessary for the regular business of electricity transmission, in particular: (a) transmission system operator shall own assets that are necessary for the regular business of electricity; (b) transmission system operator shall employ personnel necessary for the regular business of electricity transmission; (c) leasing of personnel and rendering of services, from and to any branch of the vertically integrated undertaking performing functions of generation or supply, shall be limited to cases with no discriminatory potential and be subject to approval by national regulatory authorities in order to exclude competition concerns and conflicts of interest; (d) appropriate financial resources for future investment projects shall be available in due time. 2. The activities deemed necessary for the regular business of electricity transmission mentioned in paragraph 1 shall at least include : (a) representation of the transmission system operator and contacts with third parties and national regulatory authorities; (b) granting and managing third party access to the grid; (c) collection of the access charges, congestion rents and payments under the inter transmission system operator compensation mechanism in compliance with Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No. 1228/2003; (d) operation, maintenance and development of the transmission system; (e) investment planning ensuring the long-term ability of the system to meet reasonable demand and guaranteeing security of supply; (f) legal services; (g) accountancy and IT services. 3. Transmission system operators shall have a legal form of a joint-stock company. 4. The transmission system operator shall have its own corporate identity, significantly different from the vertically integrated undertaking with separate branding, communication and premises. 5. Transmission system operators´ accounts shall be audited by another auditor than the one auditing the vertically integrated undertaking and all its affiliated companies. II. Independence of the transmission system operator management, chief executive officer / executive board 6. Decisions on the appointment and on any early termination of the employment of the chief executive officer / members of the executive board of the transmission system operator and the conclusion or early termination of respective employment contracts with these persons shall be notified to the national regulatory authority or any other competent national public authority. These decisions and agreements may become binding only if, within a period of 3 weeks after the notification, the national regulatory authority or any other competent national public authority has not used it's right of veto. A veto may be used in the case of appointment and conclusion of respective contractual agreements if serious doubts arise as to the professional independence of the nominated chief executive officer / member of the executive board; in the case of early termination of employment and respective employment contracts with the chief executive officer / member of the executive board, the national regulatory authority or any other competent national public authority may use its right of veto if serious doubts exist regarding the basis and justification for such termination. 7. Right of appeal to the regulatory authority or another competent national public authority or to a court shall be guaranteed to the chief executive office or the member of the executive board of the transmission system operator in case of early terminations of their employment. 8. After termination of employment in the transmission system operator, chief executive officers / members of the executive board shall not participate in any branch of the vertically integrated undertaking performing functions of generation or supply for a period of not less than 3 years. 9. The chief executive officer / members of the executive board shall not hold any interest in or receive any compensation from any undertaking of the vertically integrated company other than the transmission system operator. His/their remuneration shall in no part depend on activities of the vertically integrated undertaking other than those of the transmission system operator. 10. The chief executive officer or the members of the executive board of the transmission system operator may not bear responsibility, directly or indirectly, for the day-to-day operation of any other branch of the vertically integrated undertaking. 11. Without prejudice to the provisions above, the transmission system operator shall have effective decision-making rights, independent from the integrated electricity undertaking, with respect to assets necessary to operate, maintain or develop the network. This should not prevent the existence of appropriate coordination mechanisms to ensure that the economic and management supervision rights of the parent company in respect of return on assets, regulated indirectly in accordance with Article 22c, in a subsidiary are protected. In particular, this shall enable the parent company to approve the annual financial plan, or any equivalent instrument, of the transmission system operator and to set global limits on the levels of indebtedness of its subsidiary. It shall not permit the parent company to give instructions regarding day-to-day operations, nor with respect to individual decisions concerning the construction or upgrading of transmission lines, that do not exceed the terms of the approved financial plan, or any equivalent instrument. III. Supervisory board / Board of directors 12. Chairmen of the supervisory board/board of directors of the transmission system operator shall not participate in any branch of the vertically integrated undertaking performing functions of generation or supply. 13. The supervisory boards / boards of directors of transmission system operator shall include also independent members, appointed for a term of at least 5 years. Their appointment shall be notified to the national regulatory authority/ or any other competent national public authority and become binding under the conditions described in paragraph 6. 14. For the purpose of paragraph 13, a member of the supervisory board / board of directors of a transmission system operator shall be deemed independent if he is free of any business, or other relationship with the vertically integrated undertaking, its controlling shareholders or the management of either, that creates a conflict of interest, in particular: (a) has not been an employee of any branch of the vertically integrated undertaking performing functions of generation and supply in five years prior to their appointment as a member supervisory board / board of directors; (b) does not hold any interest in and does not receive any compensation from the vertically integrated undertaking or any of its affiliates except the transmission system operator; (c) does not hold any relevant business relationship with any branch of the vertically integrated company performing functions of energy supply during his/her appointment as a member supervisory board / board of directors; (d) is not a member of the executive board of a company in which the vertically integrated undertaking appoints members of the supervisory board / board of directors. IV. Compliance officer 15. Member States shall ensure that transmission system operators establish and implement a compliance programme which sets out measures to be taken to ensure that discriminatory conduct is excluded. The programme shall also set out specific obligations of employees of the transmission system operator to meet this objective. The programme shall be subject to approval of the national regulatory authority or any other competent national public authority. Compliance of the program shall be independently monitored by the compliance officer. The national regulatory authority shall have the power to impose sanctions in case of inappropriate implementation of the compliance program by the transmission system operator. 16. The chief executive officer / executive board of the transmission system operator shall appoint a person or a body in a function of a compliance officer who shall be responsible for : (a) monitoring the implementation of the compliance programme; (b) elaborating an annual report, setting out the measures taken in order to implement the compliance programme and submitting it to the national regulatory authority; (c) issuing recommendations on the compliance programme and its implementation. 17. The independence of the compliance officer shall be guaranteed in particular by the terms of his/her employment contract 18. The compliance officer shall have the opportunity to regularly address the supervisory board/board of directors of the transmission system operator and of the vertically integrated undertaking and the national regulatory authorities. 19. The compliance officer shall participate at all meetings of the supervisory board / board of directors of the transmission system operator that address the following issues: (a) conditions for access and connection to the grid, including the collection of access charges, congestion rents, and payments under the inter transmission system operator compensation mechanism in compliance with Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003; (b) projects undertaken in order to operate, maintain and develop the transmission grid system, including interconnection and connection investments; (c) balancing rules, including reserve power rules; (d) energy purchases in order to cover energy losses. 20. During these meetings, the compliance officer shall prevent information about generation or supply activities which may be commercially advantageous from being disclosed in a discriminatory manner to the supervisory board/board of directors. 21. The compliance officer shall have access to all relevant books, records and offices of the transmission system operator and to all necessary information for the proper fulfilment of the tasks. 22. The compliance officer shall be nominated and removed by the chief executive officer / executive board only after prior approval by the national regulatory authority."
2008/04/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 282 #

2007/0195(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 6 g (new)
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 9 –paragraphs 1a to 1 k (new)
(6g) In Article 9, the following paragraphs shall be inserted: "Transmission system operators shall elaborate a 10-year network development plan at least every two years. They shall provide efficient measures in order to guarantee system adequacy and security of supply. The 10-year network development plan shall in particular : a) indicate to market participants the main transmission infrastructures that ought to be built over the next ten years, b) contain all the investments already decided and identify new investments for which an implementation decision has to be taken in the next three years. In order to elaborate this 10-year network development plan, each transmission system operator shall make reasonable hypothesis about the evolution of generation, consumption and exchanges with other countries, and shall take into account regional and European-wide existing network investment plans. Transmission system operators shall submit in due time the draft of this plan to the competent national body. The competent national body shall consult all relevant network users on the basis of such draft in an open and transparent manner and may publish the result of the consultation process, in particular possible needs for investments. The competent national body shall examine whether the draft 10-year network development plan covers all investment needs identified in the consultation. The competent national body may oblige the transmission system operator to amend its draft of the plan. Competent national body may be the national regulatory authority, any other competent national public authority or a network development trustee constituted by transmission system operators. In the latter case, transmission system operators shall submit the drafts of the statutes, the list of members and of the rules of procedure to the approval of the competent national public authority. If the transmission system operator rejects to implement a specific investment listed in the 10-year network development plan to be executed in the next three years, Members States shall ensure that the national regulatory authority or any other competent national public authority have the competence to take one of the following measures: a) request by all legal means the transmission system operator to execute its investment obligations by using its financial capacities or, b) invite independent investors to participate in a tender for necessary investment in a transmission system and may at the same time oblige the transmission system operator: (i) to agree to financing by any third party, (ii) to agree to building by any third party or to build the respective new assets and (iii) to operate the respective new asset. The relevant financial arrangements shall be subject to the approval of the national regulatory authority or any other competent national public authority. In both cases, tariff regulation shall allow for revenues that cover the costs of such investments. Competent national public authority shall monitor and evaluate the implementation of the investment plan. Transmission system operators shall be obliged to establish and publish transparent and efficient procedures for non-discriminatory connection of new power plants to the grid. Those procedures shall be subject to the approval of national regulatory authorities or any other competent national public authority Transmission system operators shall not be entitled to refuse the connection of a new power plant on the grounds of possible future limitations to available network capacities, e.g. congestion in distant parts of the transmission grid. The transmission system operator shall be obliged to supply necessary information. Transmission system operators shall not be entitled to refuse a new connection point on the sole ground that it will lead to additional costs linked with necessary capacity increase of grid elements in the close-up range to the connection point."
2008/04/11
Committee: ITRE