Activities of Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS related to 2012/0288(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Fuel quality directive and renewable energy directive (A7-0279/2013 - Corinne Lepage) (vote)
Amendments (2)
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Liquid renewable fuels are likely to be required by the transport sector in order to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. Advanced biofuels, such as those made from wastes and algae, residues, algae and biodegradation by bacteria, provide high greenhouse gas savings with low risk of causing indirect land use change and do not compete directly for agricultural land for the food and feed markets. It is appropriate, therefore, to encourage greater production of such advanced biofuels as these are currently not commercially available in large quantities, in part due to competition for public subsidies with established food crop based biofuel technologies. Further incentives should be provided by increasing the weighting of advanced biofuels towards 10% target for transport set in Directive 2009/28/EC compared to conventional biofuels. Establishing progressively more ambitious mandatory targets for advanced biofuels will send a clear signal of support for them at Union level. In this context, only advanced biofuels with low estimated low indirect land use change impacts and high overall greenhouse gas savings should be especially supported as part of the post 2020 renewable energy policy framework.
Amendment 339 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX (new)
Annex IX (new)