9 Amendments of Jan HUITEMA related to 2021/0201(COD)
Amendment 194 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The land sector has the potential to become rapidly climate-neutral by 2035 in a cost-effective manner, and subsequently generate more greenhouse gas removals than emissions. A collective commitment aiming to achieve climate-neutrality in the land sector in 2035 at EU level, taking into account the local circumstances and starting points from different Member States, can provide the needed planning certainty to drive land- based mitigation action in the short term, considering that it can take many years for such action to deliver the desired mitigation outcomes. Moreover, the land sector is projected to become the largest sector in the EU greenhouse gas flux profile in 2050. It is therefore particularly important to anchor that sector to a trajectory that can effectively deliver net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. By mid-2024, the Member States should submit their updated integrated national energy and climate plans in accordance with Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council34 . The plans should include relevant measures by which each Member State best contributes to the collective target of climate neutrality in the land sector at EU level in 2035. On the basis of these plans, the Commission should propose national targets, ensuring that the Union-wide greenhouse gas emissions and removals in the land use, land use change and forestry sector and the emissions from the agriculture non-CO2 sectors are at least balanced by 2035. Contrary to the EU level target of climate neutrality for the land sector by 2035, such national targets will be binding and enforceable on each Member State, taking into account the different starting positions and local circumstances of different Member States. __________________ 34Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action, amending Regulations (EC) No 663/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives 94/22/EC, 98/70/EC, 2009/31/EC, 2009/73/EC, 2010/31/EU, 2012/27/EU and 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 2009/119/EC and (EU) 2015/652 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p.1).
Amendment 221 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In order to enhance greenhouse gas removals, individual farmers or forest managers need a direct incentive to store more carbon 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 and must be further developed thereafter. These business models can only develop if a robust and voluntary carbon certification system is established and funding is secured from both public and private sources to incentivise land users to uptake carbon. These carbon farming schemes should be the main tool to achieve the targets set out in this regulation. Such incentives and 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 storage products should be introduced in addition to the harvested wood products. The emerging business models, farming and land management practices to enhance removals contribute to a balanced territorial development and economic growth in rural areas and are a tool to achieve the targets as set out in this regulation. They also create opportunities for new jobs and provide incentives for relevant training, reskilling and upskilling.
Amendment 249 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Considering the specificities of the land use, land use change and forestry sector in each Member State, as well as the fact that Member States need to increase their performance to achieve their national binding targets, a range of flexibilities should remain at the disposal of the Member States, including trading surpluses and, the extension of forest-specific flexibilities and the flexibility to achieve the targets without being restricted by land-use specific targets, while respecting the environmental integrity of the targets.
Amendment 386 #
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 2016, 2017 and 2018. Carbon removals achieved through carbon farming practises and voluntary carbon farming certification schemes shall be counted towards this target.
Amendment 448 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
4. The Union-wide greenhouse gas emissions in the sectors set out in Article 2(3), points (a) to (j), shall aim to be net zero by 2035 and the Union shall achieve negative emissions thereafter. The Union and the Member States shall take the necessary measures to, in particular the establishment of voluntary carbon certification schemes and securing appropriate funding for them to function to effectively enable the collective achievement of the target for 2035.
Amendment 460 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2a
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2a
The Commission shall present in 2022 a regulatory framework with a market- based design for the certification of carbon removals through which land- users can receive direct incentives. By 31 December 2024 and every year thereafter, the Commission shall assess whether additional measures or funding is necessary to ensure the effectiveness of this framework in incentivising land-users to increase their carbon storage and to achieve the targets as set out in this regulation.
Amendment 637 #
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 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) The implementation of voluntary carbon certification schemes and their contribution to the targets as set out in this regulation;
Amendment 650 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 14 a (new)
Article 14 a (new)
(15a) The following Article 14a is inserted: "Article 14a The Commission shall present in 2022 a legal framework with a market-based design for the certification of carbon removals through which land-users can receive direct incentives. By 31 December 2024 and every year thereafter, the Commission shall assess whether additional measures or funding is necessary to ensure the effectiveness of this framework in incentivising land-users to increase their carbon storage and to achieve the targets as set out in this regulation."
Amendment 666 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. The Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council, no later than six months after […] global stocktake agreed under Article 14 of the Paris Agreement, on the operation of this Regulation, including, where relevant, an assessment of the impacts of the flexibilities referred to in Article 11, as well as on the contribution of voluntary carbon certification schemes and this Regulation as a whole to the Union’s overall 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction target and its contribution to the goals of the Paris Agreement, in particular with regard to the need for measures to ensure the functioning of voluntary carbon certification schemes and additional Union policies and measures, in view of the necessary increase in greenhouse gas emissions reductions and removals in the Union.