Activities of Jacqueline FOSTER related to 2017/0017(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS): continuing current limitations of scope for aviation activities and preparing to implement a global market-based measure from 2021 (debate)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) At the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) which took place in Paris from 30 November to 12 December 2015, an international agreement was adopted to strengthen the global response to climate change. The Paris Agreement, inter alia, sets out a long-term goal in line with the objective to keep the global temperature increase well below 2°C above pre- industrial levels and to pursue efforts to keep it to 1,5°C above pre-industrial levels. The Paris Agreement was approved on behalf of the Union by Council Decision (EU) 2016/1841. The Paris Agreement entered into force on 4th November 2016. In order to achieve the goal of the Paris Agreement, parties will prepare, communicate and maintain successive nationally determined contributions. It should be noted however that the Paris Agreement of COP 21 excluded both the international aviation and maritime sectors and requested that in the case of aviation, the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) would be the most relevant body to come forward with a workable GMBM scheme.
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Given that key features of the global market-based measure have yet to be developed and that its implementation depends on domestic legislation by States and regions, it is considered appropriate for a review to take place once there is clarity about the nature and content and of these legal instruments in advance of the start of ICAO's global market-based measure, and a report submitted to the European Parliament and Council. That report should consider any standards or other instruments adopted through ICAO, the actions taken by third countries to implement the global market-based measure to apply to emissions from 2021 and other relevant international developments (e.g. rules under UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement on carbon markets and accounting). That report should consider how to implement these instruments in Union law through a revision of the EU ETS. It should also consider the rules applicable to intra-EEA flights as appropriate. That report should be accompanied by a proposal as appropriate to the European Parliament and the Council consistent with ensuring the contribution of aviation to the Union's 2030 economy-wide greenhouse gas reduction commitment.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) It should also be considered that the success of the Carbon Offsetting Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) when agreed at ICAO will depend on the avoidance of conflicting or duplicate schemes at domestic and regional level, in order not to create distortions of competition nor an unacceptable administrative burden. Moreover, the implementation of CORSIA within the Union should take account of the review every three years which will allow for further improvements to be made to the scheme.
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 b (new)
Recital 6 b (new)
(6b) Several legislative acts have been adopted at Union level which aim at preventing the fragmentation of European airspace in order to enhance the flow of air traffic and control of airspace usage. Within the Union, the CORSIA scheme should be viewed as part of ICAO's so-called "basket of measures" alongside full implementation by Member States of Single European Sky legislation, SESAR, the use of Galileo for satellite- based navigation (EGNOS, GNSS and Copernicus) and Joint Technology Initiatives such as Clean Sky I and Clean Sky II. All revenues from the proceeds of future auctioning of allowances should be ring-fenced for these and any other further research and development programmes involving the aviation sector.
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) As a simplification and in order to lighten administrative tasks for the smallest aircraft operators, non-commercial aircraft operators emitting less than 1000 tonnes CO2 per annum should continue to be considered as meeting the requirements of Directive 2003/87/EC for another ten years, during which measures should be elaborated so that in future all operators contribute to emission reductions. It should also be restated that points (a) to (k) in the section 'Aviation activities' in Annex I to Directive 2003/87/EC provide for exemptions from the categories of activity to which that Directive applies. As part of the proposed review outlined in Article 28b of that Directive, the continued exclusion of these flights should be reconfirmed.
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 3 d – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 d – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
(-1) In Article 3d(4), the first subparagraph is replaced by the following: "It shall be for Member States to determine the use to be made of revenues generated from the auctioning of allowances. Those revenues should be used to tackle climate change in the EU and third countries, inter alia, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, to adapt to the impacts of climate change in the EU and third countries, especially developing countries, to fund research and development for mitigation and adaptation, including in particular in the fields of aeronautics and air transport, to reduce emissions through low-emission transport and to cover the cost of administering the Community scheme. The proceeds of auctioning should also be used to fund contributions to the Global Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fund, and measures to avoid deforestation., provided that those revenues are ring- fenced for research and development projects such as the SESAR Joint Undertaking and the Clean Sky Joint Technology Initiatives, and any future research and development initiative which will mitigate greenhouse gas emissions in the aviation sector."
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a – point i a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a – point i a (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 28 a – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 28 a – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ia) point ba is added: (ba) all emissions from flights between aerodromes located in the EEA and operated as a consequence of a flight as referred to in points (a) or (b) of this paragraph being diverted to an aerodrome located in the EEA in each calendar year from 1 January 2017, subject to the review referred to in Article 28b.
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – point i
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – point i
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 28 a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 28 a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
From 1 January 2017, by way of derogation from Articles 3d to 3f and until amendments subsequent to the review referred to in Article 28b have entered into force, aircraft operators shall be issued, each year, the number of allowances that corresponds to the year 2016. From 2021 onwards that number of allowances shall be subject to the application of the linear factor in Article 9.
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point d a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point d a (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 28 a – paragraph 8
Article 28 a – paragraph 8
(da) paragraph 8 is deleted.
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 28 b – paragraph 1
Article 28 b – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall regularly, and at least once a year, report to the European Parliament and the Council on progress in the ICAO negotiations, in particular on the relevant ICAO standards or other legal instruments as well as on domestic measures taken by third countries to implement the global market-based measure to be applied to emissions from 2021, and on other relevant international developments.
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 28 b – paragraph 2
Article 28 b – paragraph 2
2. The report should consider ways for those ICAO instruments to be implemented in Union law through a revision of this Directive. The report shall also consider the rules applicable in respect of flights within the European Economic Area (EEA) as appropriate.