33 Amendments of María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS related to 2021/0201(COD)
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Tackling climate and environmental-related challenges and reaching the objectives of the Paris Agreement are at the core of the Communication on ’The European Green Deal’, adopted by the Commission on 11 December 201928 . The necessity and value of the European Green Deal have only grownbecame even more evident in light of the very severe effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health and economic well-being of the Union’s citizens. __________________ 28 COM(2019)640 final.
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In order to contribute to the increased ambition to reduce greenhouse gas net emissions from at least 40 % to at least 55 % below 1990 levels, binding annual targets for net greenhouse gas removals should be set out for each Member State in the land use, land use change and forestry sector in the period from 2026 to 2030 (in analogy to the annual emission allocations set out in Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council32 ), resulting in a target of 310 millions of tonnes CO2 equivalent of net removals for the Union as a whole in 2030. The methodology used to establish the national targets for 2030 should take into account the average greenhouse gas emissions and removals from the years 20168, 20179 and 201820, reported by each Member State, and reflect the current mitigation performance of the land use, land use change and forestry sector, and each Member State’s share of the managed land area in the Unionnatural absorption capacity linked to biophysical factors such as aridity and expected impacts of climate change that result on different biomass growth rates, taking into account the capacity of that Member State to improve its performance in the sector via land management practices or changes in land use that benefit the climate and biodiversity. __________________ 32Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 contributing to climate action to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 (OJ L 156, 19.6.2018, p. 26).
Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The binding annual targets for net greenhouse gas removals should be determined for each Member State by a linear trajectory complemented by a multi- year objective (2026–2030) in which variability characterizing LULUCF could be accommodated. The trajectory should start in 2022, on the average of greenhouse gas emissions reported by that Member State during 2021, 2022 and 2023 and end in 2030 on the target set out for that Member State. For Member States that improve their methodology of calculating the emissions and removals, a concept of technical correction should be introduced. A technical correction should be added to the target of that Member State corresponding to the effect of the change in methodology on the targets and the efforts of the Member State to achieve them, in order to respect environmental integrity.
Amendment 174 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The Communication of 17 September 2020 on Stepping up Europe’s 2030 climate ambition33 outlined an option to combine agriculture non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions with land use, land use change and forestry net removals, thus creating a newly regulated land sector. Such combination can promote synergies between land-based mitigation actions and enable more integrated policymaking and podifferent pathways and policy options to reach the Union's increased 2030 climate target. It stressed that reaching climate neutralicty implementation at national and Union level. To this end, the obligation for Member States to submit integrated mitigation plans for the land sector should be reinforcedwill require Union action to be significantly stepped up in all sectors of the economy. __________________ 33 COM(2020) 562 final.
Amendment 181 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
Amendment 230 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In order to enhance greenhouse gas removals, individual farm beyond the Union 2030 target, individual farmers, land and forest owners or forest managers need ashould benefit from direct incentives to store more carbon and amplify environmental outcomes on their land and their forests. New business models based on carbon farming incentives and on the certification of carbon removals need to be increasingly deployed in the period until 2030. Such incentives andUptake of nature-based solutions and sustainable business models will enhance climate mitigation in the bio- economy, including through the use of durable harvested wood products, in full respect of ecological principles fostering biodiversity and the circular economy. Hence, new categories of carbon storagethe harvested wood products category should be introducestablished ion addition to the harvested wood productthe basis of scientific evidence and should include durable products with clear long life spans. The emerging business models, farming and land management practices to enhance removals contribute to a balanced territorial development and economic growth in rural areas. They also create opportunities for new jobs and provide incentives for relevant training, reskilling and upskilling.
Amendment 261 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Discontinuing the current accounting rules after 2025 creates a need for alternative provisions for natural disturbances such as fire, pest, and storms, in orderand broaden the scope to address uncertainties and expected impacts due to natural processes or as a result of climate change in the land use, land use change and forestry sector. A flexibility mechanism linked to natural disturbances, natural processes or as a result of climate change should be available to Member States in 2032, provided that they have exhausted all other flexibilities at their disposal, put in place appropriate measures to reduce the vulnerability of their land to such disturbances and that the achievement by the Union of the 2030 target for the land use, land use change and forestry sector is completed.
Amendment 266 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
Amendment 290 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Due to the change to reporting- based targets, the greenhouse gas emissions and removals need to be estimated with a higher level of accuracy. Moreover, the Communication from the Commission on EU Biodiversity Strategy for 203038 , the Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system39 , the EU Soil Strategy39a, the EU Forest Strategy40 , the revised Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council41 and the Communication from the Commission on Forging a climate-resilient Europe - the new EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change42 will all require enhanced monitoring of land, thereby helping to protect and enhance the resilience of nature-based carbon removals throughout the Union. The satellite and on-site monitoring and reporting of emissions and removals needs to be upgraded, making full use of already existing tools such as LUCAS statistical surveys, using advanced technologies available under Union programmes, such as Copernicus, and digital data collected under the Common Agricultural Policy, applying the twin transition of green and digital innovation. __________________ 38 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 - Bringing nature back into our lives (COM(2020) 380 final). 39 COM/2020/381 final. 39a Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions EU Soil Strategy for 2030- Reaping the benefits of healthy soils for people, food, nature and climate (COM/2021/699 final). 40 […] 41Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 82). 42 COM/2021/82 final.
Amendment 330 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point e
Amendment 374 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 9
(9) ‘natural disturbances’ mean any non- anthropogenic2a) in Article 3, paragraph 1, point (9) is replaced by the following: "(9) ‘disturbances due to natural processes or as a result of climate change’ mean any events or circumstances that cause significant emissions in forests or underachievement of removals compared to a projected baseline and the occurrence of which is beyond the control of the relevant Member State, and the effects of which the Member State is objectively unable to significantly limit, even after their occurrence, on emissions; or underachievement of removals compared to a projected baseline; Or. en (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2018.156.01.0001.01.ENG)
Amendment 381 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. The 2030 Union target for net greenhouse gas removals is 310 million tonnes CO2 equivalent as a sum of the Member States targets established in accordance with paragraph 3 of this Article, and shall be based on the average of its greenhouse gas inventory data for the years 20168, 20179 and 2018. 20, as well as each Member State’s natural absorption capacity linked to biophysical factors such as aridity and expected impacts of climate change on ecosystems that result on different biomass growth rates, taking into account the capacity of that Member State to improve its performance in the sector via land management practices or changes in land use that benefit the climate and biodiversity while considering abatement cost. The proposed objectives may not be lower than the baseline representing the no debit benchmark for each Member state and emission reductions shall be prioritized.
Amendment 401 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Each Member State shall ensure that, taking into account the flexibilities provided for in Articles 12 and 13 and 13b, the annual sum of its greenhouse gas emissions and removals on its territory and in all of the land reporting categories referred to in Article 2(2), points (a) to (j), in each year in the period from 2026 to 2030, after adjustments coming from banking and borrowing allowed in the period 2026-2030, does not exceed the limit established by a linear trajectory, ending in 2030 on the target set out for that Member State in Annex IIa. The linear trajectory of a Member State shall start in 2022.
Amendment 417 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
3. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts setting out the annual targets based on the linear trajectory for net greenhouse gas removals for each Member State, for each year in the period from 2026 to 2029 in terms of tonnes CO2 equivalent. These national trajectories shall be based on the average greenhouse gas inventory data for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023, reported by each Member State and shall take into account the definition of natural disturbances derived from climate change or natural processes. These annual targets may never be lower than the amount of removals necessary to compensate for the emissions. The value of the 310 million tonnes CO2 equivalent net removals as a sum of the targets for Member States set out in Annex IIa may be subject to a technical correction due to a change of methodology by Member States. The method for determination of the technical correction to be added to the targets of the Member States, shall be set out in these implementing acts. For the purpose of those implementing acts, the Commission shall carry out a comprehensive review of the most recent national inventory data for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023 submitted by Member States pursuant to Article 26(4) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999.
Amendment 439 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Amendment 476 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
(3a) in Article 5, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. Each Member State shall prepare and maintain accounts that accurately reflect the emissions and removals resulting from the land accounting categories referred to in Article 2. Member States shall ensure that their accounts and other data provided under this Regulation are accurate, complete, consistent, publicly accessible, comparable and transparent. Member States shall denote emissions by a positive sign (+) and removals by a negative sign (- ). Or. en (32018R0841, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32018R0841&rid=1)
Amendment 482 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 5 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 5 a (new)
(3b) in Article 5, the following paragraph is inserted: ‘5 a. Data collection shall be further strengthened by Union-wide harmonised monitoring of the evolution in the organic carbon content of soil and factors which impact soil conditions and carbon stocks in soil, by means of annual LUCAS surveys conducted by the relevant services of the European Commission.’
Amendment 507 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point a
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
At the end of the period from 2021 to 2025, Member States may exclude from their accounts for afforested land and managed forest land greenhouse gas emissions, resulting from natural disturbances as a result of natural processes or climate change, that exceed the average emissions caused by natural disturbances in the period from 2001 to 2020, excluding statistical outliers (‘background level’). That background level shall be calculated in accordance with this Article and Annex VI.;
Amendment 547 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. The compensation referred to in paragraph 2 may only cover sinks accounted for as emissions against the forest reference level of that Member State and may not exceed 520 % of the maximum amount of compensation for the Member State concerned set out in Annex VII for the period from 2021 to 2025.
Amendment 563 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 a a (new)
Article 13 a a (new)
(12a) the following Article 13aa is inserted Article 13aa ‘Additional compensations due to the impact of climate change An additional compensation of up to an amount of [50] million tonnes of CO2 equivalent accounted emissions and removals in the period from 2026 to 2030 or the equivalent percentage over the goal of 310 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent, in all of the land reporting categories referred to in Article 2(2), points (a) to (j), is enabled due to ecosystem perturbations driven by climate change, for the use of Member States in order to comply with its target set out pursuant to Article 4(2), provided that the member state demonstrates those perturbations driven by climate change had an influence in the accounted emissions and removals from 2026 to 2030 and that measures are planned in order to ensure conservation of the sinks in the long-term.’;
Amendment 569 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 b – paragraph 1
Article 13 b – paragraph 1
1. A land use flexibility mechanism corresponding to a quantity of up to 178285 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent shall be established in the Union Registry established pursuant to Article 40 of Regulation (EU) No 2018/1999, subject to the fulfilment of the Union target referred to in Article 4(2). The flexibility mechanism shall be available in addition to the flexibilities provided for in Article 12, and could be incremented with the surplus of not used managed forest land flexibility set out in article 13 for the period 2021-2025.
Amendment 581 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
(a) the Member State has included in its updated integrated national energy and climate plan submitted pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 ongoing or planned specific measures to ensure the conservation or enhancement, as appropriate, of all land sinks and reservoirs, and to reduce the vulnerability of the land to natural disturbances caused by climate change;
Amendment 599 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 13 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
When assessing whether, within the Union, total emissions exceed total removals as referred to in the first subparagraph, point (c), the Commission shall determine whether to include 20%all of net removals not banked by Member States from the period from 2021 to 2025 on the basis of the impact of natural disturbances as a result of natural processes or climate change, and applying information submitted by Member States in accordance with paragraph 5 of this Article. The Commission shall in that assessment also ensure that double counting is avoided by Member States, in particular in the exercise of the flexibilities set out in Article 12 of this Regulation and Article 7(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/842.
Amendment 607 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 — paragraph 5
Article 13 — paragraph 5
5. Member States shall submit evidence to the Commission concerning the impact of natural disturbances as a result of natural processes or climate change calculated pursuant to Annex VI, in order to be eligible for compensation of remaining sinks accounted for as emissions against the target of a Member State concerned set out in Annex IIa, up to the full amount of unused compensation by other Member States set out in Annex VII for the period from 2026 to 2030. In case the demand for compensation exceeds the amount of unused compensation available, the compensation shall be distributed proportionallyon a pro rata basis among the Member States concerned.
Amendment 610 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 c
Article 13 c
Amendment 635 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) the policies and measures regarding trade-offs, including how the measures taken to meet the Member States national targets have taken into consideration the 'do no significant harm' principle in relation to other Union environmental objectives;
Amendment 646 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
The compliance report shall be based on annual datasets obtained from LUCAS surveys and national or regional soil monitoring systems.
Amendment 657 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 15 a (new)
Article 15 a (new)
(16a) The following Article 15a is inserted: 'Article 15a Access to justice 1. Member States shall ensure that, in accordance with their national legal system, members of the public concerned who meet the conditions set out in paragraph 2 have access to a review procedure before a court of law, or another independent and impartial body established by law, to challenge failure to comply with the legal obligations provided for in Articles 4 to10. 2. Members of the public concerned shall be deemed to meet the conditions referred to in paragraph 1 when: (a) they have sufficient interest; or (b) they allege impairment of a right, where administrative procedural law of a Member State requires that as a precondition. What constitutes a sufficient interest shall be determined by Member States, consistently with the objective of giving the members of the public concerned wide access to justice and in conformity with the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters. To that end, the interest of any non- governmental organisation promoting environmental protection and meeting any requirements under national law shall be deemed to have sufficient interest for the purposes of this paragraph. 3. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not exclude the possibility of being able to have recourse to a preliminary review procedure before an administrative authority and shall not affect the requirement to exhaust administrative review procedures prior to having recourse to judicial review procedures, where such a requirement exists under national law. Any such procedure shall be fair, equitable, timely and not prohibitively expensive. 4. Member States shall ensure that practical information is made easily available to the public on access to administrative and judicial review procedures.’
Amendment 703 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1
Annex III – paragraph 1
Regulation (EU) 2018/1999
Annex V – Part 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory sentence
Annex V – Part 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory sentence
Amendment 705 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1
Annex III – paragraph 1
Regulation (EU) 2018/1999
Annex V – Part 3 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Annex V – Part 3 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) 'Land Use/Land Cover Area Frame Survey (LUCAS) datasets generated by annual, harmonised surveys across all Member States to gather information on land cover and land use, measure soil carbon stocks and analyse all relevant parameters affecting the potential of soil to sequester carbon and soil health; Member States shall increase the depth at which sampling of organic carbon content in soil and of carbon stocks is carried out, namely to use the 30 cm from the LUCAS soils 2022 protocol as a minimum.1a __________________ 1a https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repos itory/handle/JRC121253
Amendment 714 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1
Annex III – paragraph 1
Regulation (EU) 2018/1999
Annex V– Part 3 – paragraph 2
Annex V– Part 3 – paragraph 2
The greenhouse gas inventory shall enable the exchange and integration of data between the electronic databases and the geographic information systems, as well as their comparability and public accessibility.
Amendment 715 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1
Annex III – paragraph 1
Regulation (EU) 2018/1999
Annex V– Part 3 – paragraph 3
Annex V– Part 3 – paragraph 3
For the period 2021-2025, Tier 1 methodology in accordance with the 2006 IPCC guidelines for national GHG inventories. For emissions and removals for a carbon pool that accounts for at least 25-30 % of emissions or removals in a source or sink category which is prioritised within a Member State's national inventory system because its estimate has a significant influence on a country's total inventory of GHGs in terms of the absolute level of emissions and removals, the trend in emissions and removals, or the uncertainty in emissions and removals in the land use categories, and from 2026 for all carbon pool emission and removal estimates, at least Tier 2 methodology in accordance with the 2006 IPCC guidelines for national GHG inventories.
Amendment 718 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1
Annex III – paragraph 1
Regulation (EU) 2018/1999
Annex V– Part 3 – paragraph 4
Annex V– Part 3 – paragraph 4
Member States shallare encouraged to from 2026 for all carbon pool emission and removal estimates falling in areas of high carbon stock land use units referred to in point (c) above, areas of land use units under protection or under restoration referred to in points (d) and (e) above, and areas of land use units under high future climate risks referred to in point (f) above, apply Tier 3 methodology, in accordance with the 2006 IPCC guidelines for national GHG inventories.’.