1438 Amendments of Carolina PUNSET
Amendment 20 #
2018/2597(RSP)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Underlines that LIFE is the only programme dedicated specifically to environment and climate action and that it plays an important role in supporting the implementation of Union legislation in these areas;
Amendment 21 #
2018/2597(RSP)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Calls on the Commission to propose a new LIFE programme for 2021 onwards specifically dedicated to environment and climate change and building on the long experience of previous LIFE programmes;
Amendment 22 #
2018/2597(RSP)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Supports the conclusions of the mid-term evaluation that LIFE can provide a positive contribution to the EU economy by supporting the development of best practices, incentivising sustainable technologies and delivering close-to- market solutions that can be up-scaled; calls on the Commission to keep a continued focus on projects that can be replicated and transferred in order to maximise the EU added value, and to encourage projects that are investment- ready and economically viable;
Amendment 28 #
2018/2597(RSP)
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises the importance of the integrated projects, which support the implementation of EU environmental legislation and serve as a catalyst to implement environmental orand climate plans orand strategies at regional, multi- regional or national level. Highlights also the importance of having international projects included in LIFE as environmental and climate issues often have a transboundary dimension. Considers that the scope and number of these projects should be increased in the future and that the Commission should ensure that integrated projects are selected on the basis of merit and should give an equal chance to all applicants;
Amendment 33 #
2018/2597(RSP)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes that the demand for funding traditional projects is very high, with a ratio of submitted proposals to projects awarded reaching 9 to 1, and that the demand for integrated projects has also significantly exceeded the available resources; believes that this shows the continued relevance of the LIFE programme;
Amendment 39 #
2018/2597(RSP)
Paragraph 6
6. Agrees with the report that ‘after- LIFE’ plans are a positive improvement and that a systematic follow-up of all projects to identify best practices, cost- saving measures and a comprehensive customised support for the most promising ones could allow the replication/sustainability potential to be further elaboratestrengthened;
Amendment 45 #
2018/2597(RSP)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Welcomes the new pilot financial instruments under LIFE but takes note of the challenges highlighted by the mid- term evaluation; encourages the Commission to make further efforts to support the development of these innovative projects as a means of promoting models for sustainable finance;
Amendment 46 #
2018/2597(RSP)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Emphasises that one of the strengths of the LIFE programme has always been its flexible structure and the involvement of a range of different stakeholders including SMEs, civil society, universities and national, regional and local authorities; welcomes the conclusion of the mid-term evaluation that these strengths have been maintained and calls on the Commission to further develop and strengthen these aspects in its upcoming proposal for a new LIFE programme after 2020;
Amendment 50 #
2018/2597(RSP)
Paragraph 9
9. CWelcomes the conclusion that LIFE is significantly less costly to manage than other comparable programmes; however considers that the grant management procedures, in particular the application and reporting processes not only need to be further simplified but also significantly acceleratedand streamlined to reduce the administrative burden of applicants and accelerate the procedures;
Amendment 54 #
2018/2597(RSP)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Notes the simplifications to the grant management procedures introduced in the 2018-2020 multiannual work programme, based on the outcome of the mid-term evaluation, and expects the Commission to report to the Parliament about the effects of these revisions;
Amendment 55 #
2018/2597(RSP)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Welcomes the conclusion of the mid-term evaluation that the LIFE programme is well managed with a very low error rate; notes that this finding is preliminary and insists on the importance of a continued strict monitoring of funds;
Amendment 56 #
2018/2597(RSP)
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to improve communication about, and the access to, information regarding LIFE programme application and management at the national, regional and local level; encourages the Commission to strengthen the national contact points;
Amendment 65 #
2018/2597(RSP)
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for further evidenceon the Commission to further monitor and report ofn the effectiveness and efficiency of the projects, especially with regard to costs and savings, as they are expected to provide value for moneyusing both qualitative and quantitative indicators, and carefully examining the possibilities for cost savings, with a focus on the delivery of value for money and environmental improvements as set out in Article 3 of the LIFE Regulation;
Amendment 68 #
2018/2597(RSP)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Notes that concrete results about the effectiveness of LIFE are not available at this stage; nevertheless welcomes the fact that preliminary analyses indicate that the programme is effective in delivering towards its objectives and that the target milestones are set to be achieved;
Amendment 69 #
2018/2597(RSP)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Supports an enhancement of the results-orientation including through a requirement to produce measurable effects on the environment and climate change in all projects under all priority areas; in this regard welcomes the changes included in the 2018-2020 multiannual work programme;
Amendment 70 #
2018/2597(RSP)
Paragraph 14
14. Underlines that in order to achieve maximum output of the EU financing, a similar project in a same place should not be financed from other EU budgetary sources. Programmes receiving financial assistance under the LIFE Programme shall not receive assistance fromEU added value of LIFE funding, the Commission must ensure complementarity with other EU funds and avoid overlaps with other Union financial instruments;
Amendment 71 #
2018/2597(RSP)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Recalls the general need to step up financing for biodiversity and for the Natura 2000 network; underlines that LIFE is the only EU programme investing directly in the protection of natural capital and an important instrument for the implementation of the Birds and Habitats Directives and the EU biodiversity strategy; calls on the Commission to increase funding within LIFE to these objectives through the sub- programme for Environment and through the integrated projects, as highlighted inter alia in the Commission's Action Plan for nature, people and the economy (COM(2017)198);
Amendment 5 #
2018/2090(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the vital role of education and training as the best investment in the EU’'s future; strongly believes that digital transformation has a great impact on education systems; stresses that digital competencies are of growing importance for every individual and underlines that in the future, nearly all jobs and services will require digital skills and data literacy;
Amendment 17 #
2018/2090(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the Commission communication of 17 January 2018 on the Digital Education Action Plan (COM(2018)0022) and recalls the importance of completing the digital single market; points out that digitalisation has a twofold impact on education systems: firstly, citizens should be prepared for lifelong learning in a world that is becoming increasingly digitalised, and secondly, digital transformation should also be applied to education systems themselves, as well as to educators;
Amendment 21 #
2018/2090(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes the Commission proposal to set up the Digital Europe Programme that will strengthen the EU΄s digital transformation and tackle key digital challenges, including advanced digital skills and building strong digital capacities;
Amendment 24 #
2018/2090(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that sufficient infrastructure offering high-quality and accessible connectivity is of great importance and enable access to the opportunities offered by technology; highlights the need to close the digital divide by creating an investment- friendly environment and fostering digital infrastructure such as high-capacity broadband networks; emphasizes the importance of the Connecting Europe Facility in providing the physical infrastructure for high capacity broadband networks;
Amendment 36 #
2018/2090(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the vital role of high- capacity broadband networks, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence as the backbone of future education and training schemes; underlines the importance of introducing coding classes in all schools and encouraging schools to participate in the EU Code Week; highlights the need to introduce cybersecurity teaching programmes in academic and vocational training curricula;
Amendment 44 #
2018/2090(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the urgent need to develop the full range of digital skills that individuals and companies will require in an increasingly digital economy; highlights the role that Digital Innovation Hubs can play in this context; underlines the need to strengthen connections and active dialogue between education and employment; recalls the need to encourage young people to pursue ICT studies and recognises the importance of fostering work-based learning apprenticeships; recalls the need to encourage young people to pursue ICT studies; welcomes, in this direction, the Digital Opportunity traineeship initiative financed by Horizon 2020 and implemented through Erasmus+; emphasises that recommendations for a minimum level of digital competencies that students should acquire during their studies should be drawn up.;
Amendment 52 #
2018/2090(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the need to boost entrepreneurial competences and an entrepreneurial mind-set and to support digital entrepreneurship; Underlines the role of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) and the Knowledge and Innovation Communities in bringing together business, research and education into a knowledge triangle; Highlights the role of campus incubators and stresses the need to develop more university-linked incubation programmes in European universities;
Amendment 60 #
2018/2090(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Recalls that digital technology and access to data are enablers of innovation in education; Stresses the importance of open data as an educational resource, as well as a tool for further developing Open Science.
Amendment 36 #
2018/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Highlights the importance of working towards the removal of legal barriers to the testing and deployment of connected and automated vehicles. Member States should offer sufficient flexibility to accommodate innovation and pilots;
Amendment 47 #
2018/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Declares that all data transfers between the in-vehicle system, the manufacturer’s central server, other vehicles and road infrastructure must be protected from unauthorised disclosure and manipulation. Space and connectivity technologies can provide the solution here;
Amendment 62 #
2018/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States to invest in unambiguous road signs, road markings and street furniture and to take this innovation into account in the design, construction and maintenance of infrastructure;
Amendment 75 #
2018/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Highlights that to give an impulse to the autonomous driving sector, we should talk about stimulation of the funding for research and innovation in this field;
Amendment 78 #
2018/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Stresses that autonomous driving will change the role of the driver, especially when it comes to training and qualifications. That is why it is important to pay attention to the impact of these upcoming developments;
Amendment 79 #
2018/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Acknowledges that this does not only offer possibilities for all land based transport, but also for other means of transport such as maritime and air;
Amendment 80 #
2018/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4 d. Emphasizes that platooning is a good combination of both driverless vehicles and tackling the congestion problem;
Amendment 13 #
2018/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that although more than 65 % of battery electric vehicles and plug- in hybrid electric vehicles are produced outside the Union and new mobility will lead to a shift in skills, it is crucial to ensure the momentum to boost our industry and create new clean energy jobs in Europe as well as to reduce the CO2 emissions in the Transport sector; calls on the Member States to accelerate the uptake of research related to electro-mobility by making full use of EU funds; calls, therefore, for adequate and ambitious EU funding under the next multiannual financial framework to address potential gaps;
Amendment 14 #
2018/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges Member States to ensure the rapid deployment of and further funding for sufficient alternative fuels infrastructure and fast and ultra-fast charging solutions along the TEN-T Core and Comprehensive networks, including in urban and rural areas, by further developing and implementing national policy frameworks; believes that priority should be given to the most emission neutral solutions seen from a full vehicle life-cycle perspective;
Amendment 19 #
2018/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls for priority to be given to fast and ultra-fast charging solutions in rings, parking spaces and main streets in densely populated urban areas; believes that to this extent, the cooperation and coordination of local authorities, power distribution companies and private investors should be reinforced;
Amendment 20 #
2018/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls for the competent authorities to allow the distribution system operators to own, develop, manage or operate recharging points if the development of publicly accessible and private recharging points for electric vehicles is not deemed enough and if there is a risk of targets not being met;
Amendment 21 #
2018/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Supports electrified roads that allow electric vehicles to charge as they drive; Calls for their wider development at least along the TEN-T Core and Comprehensive network roads; believes that electrified roads could be a solution to reduce the size of batteries, and consequently the price of new vehicles;
Amendment 31 #
2018/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on transmission system operators and distribution system operators to ensure better cross border flows of electricity and thereby improve the stability of local grids and to mitigate a future energy consumption peak and thus a de facto potential increase in energy prices; stresses, therefore, the crucial need to develop and invest in smart charging technologies, including smart grids; underlines that although smart charging will go hand in hand with self- consumption and active consumers, security of supply is essential;
Amendment 40 #
2018/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of ensuring fair access for electricity providers to recharging points in order to avoid a monopoly situation; calls on the Commission to promote open access for all relevant actors, including actors from other Member States, to the market to ensure that consumers have a free choice of energy suppliers and energy sources;
Amendment 48 #
2018/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on Commission for the development of a Regulation on roaming on alternative fuels infrastructure publicly accessible, at least in the TEN-T network;
Amendment 78 #
2018/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on Member States to support policies that stimulate the offer of alternatively fuelled light and heavy-duty vehicles, such as ambitious emissions standards to be reached by 2025 and 2030 for new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles, including binding sales targets foronus- malus schemes to incentivize greater deployment of zero and low emission vehicles.
Amendment 33 #
2018/0251(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)
Recital 23 a (new)
(23 a) Due to historical reasons, Union financial support in decommissioning the Ignalina nuclear reactor is fully justified, but the program should not set a precedent for the use of Union funds in the decommissioning of other nuclear reactors. It should be an ethical obligation for each Member State to avoid any undue burden on future generations in respect of spent fuel and radioactive waste, including any radioactive waste expected from decommissioning of existing nuclear installations. National policies have to be based on the "polluter pays principle".
Amendment 34 #
2018/0251(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 b (new)
Recital 23 b (new)
(23 b) Commission Recommendation 2006/851/Euratom indicates that in accordance with the "polluter pays principle", nuclear operators should set aside adequate financial resources during the productive life of the installations for the future decommissioning costs.
Amendment 95 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) Around 10% of the EU’s GDP are enabled by satellite navigation signals while over 200.000 professionals are employed in the EU space sector; it is therefore essential to continue developing the state-of-the-art infrastructure of this sector and thereby stimulate upstream and downstream economic activities;
Amendment 101 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The Programme shares similar objectives with other Union programmes, notably Horizon Europe, InvestEU Fund, European Defence Fund and Funds under Regulation (EU) [Common Provisions Regulation]. Therefore, cumulative funding from those programmes should be foreseen, provided they do cover the same cost items, in particular through arrangements for complementary funding from Union programmes where management modalities permit - either in sequence, in an alternating way, or through the combination of funds including for the joint funding of actions, allowing, where possible, innovation partnerships and blending operations. During the implementation of the Programme, the Commission should therefore promote synergies with other related Union programmes which would allow, where possible, use of access to risk finance, innovation partnerships, cumulative or blended funding.
Amendment 110 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) As promoter of the Union’s general interest, it falls to the Commission to implement the Programme, assume overall responsibility and promote their use. In order to optimise the resources and competences of the various stakeholders, the Commission should be able to delegate certain tasks. Moreover the Commission is the best placed to determine the main technical and operational specificationrequirements necessary to implement systems and services evolution.
Amendment 123 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42 a (new)
Recital 42 a (new)
(42a) The results of stakeholder consultation indicate that there is room for further advancing international cooperation in the field of space industry and that the Union should enhance its efforts to support European companies to access external markets to be competitive at a global level;
Amendment 132 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 49 a (new)
Recital 49 a (new)
(49a) The full potential of Copernicus for the EU society and economy should be entirely unleashed beyond direct beneficiaries by means of an intensification of user uptake measures, which requires further action to render the data usable by non-specialist and thereby stimulate growth, job creation and knowledge transfers;
Amendment 139 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 57 a (new)
Recital 57 a (new)
(57a) Copernicus’ Climate Change services, although still in a pre- operational phase are already on good track as the number of users doubled between 2015 and 2016; all Climate Change services should become fully operational as soon as possible and thereby provide the continuous flow of data necessary for effective climate change mitigation and adaptation actions;
Amendment 140 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 59
Recital 59
(59) To promote and facilitate the use of Earth observation data and technologies both by local and regional authorities, by small and medium-sized enterprises, scientists and researchers, dedicated networks for Copernicus data distribution, including national and regional bodies, should be promoted through user uptake activities. To this end, the Commission and the Member States should strive to establish closer links between Copernicus and Union and national policies in order to drive the demand for commercial applications and services and enable enterprises, particular small and medium- sized enterprises and start-ups, to develop applications based on Copernicus data and information aiming at developing a competitive Earth observation data eco- system in Europe.
Amendment 177 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) an autonomous, user-driven, Earth observation system under civil control, offering geo-information data and services based on a free and open data policy, comprising satellites, ground infrastructure, data and information processing facilities, and distribution infrastructure, and fully integrating the needs and requirements of security (‘Copernicus’);
Amendment 190 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Additionally, the Programme shall include measures for ensuring efficient access to space for the Programme and for fostering an innovative and competitive space sector.
Amendment 193 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) provide, or contribute to the provision of, high-quality and up-to-date and, where appropriate, secure space- related data, information and services without interruption and wherever possible at global level and based on a free and open data policy, meeting existing and future needs and able to meet the Union's political priorities, including as regards climate change mitigation and adaptation, and security and defence;
Amendment 204 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) enhance the security of the Union and its Member States, its freedom of action and reinforce its strategic autonomy, in particular in terms of technologies and evidence-based decision- making;
Amendment 209 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) promote the role of the Union in the international arena as a leading actor in the space sector, foster the principle of reciprocity at international level and strengthening its role in tackling global challenges and supporting global initiatives, including with regards to climate change and sustainable development.
Amendment 216 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) for Copernicus: to deliver accurate user-driven and reliable Earth Observation data and information, based on a free and open data policy, supplied on a long-term basis, to support the implementation and monitoring of the Union and its Member States' policies in the fields of the environment, climate change, agriculture and rural development, civil protection, safety and security, as well as the digital economy;
Amendment 235 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) support and reinforce the competitiveness, entrepreneurship, skills and capacity to innovate of legal and natural persons from the Union active or wishing to become active in that sector, with particular regard to the position and needs offoster the development of a strong and competitive Union space economy and maximise opportunities for Union enterprises of all sizes, in particular small and medium- sized enterprises and start-ups., new entrants and start-ups, to develop and provide innovative space systems and services;
Amendment 245 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) development activities linked to autonomous, reliable and cost-efficient access to space including alternative launching technologies and innovative systems or services, taking into account the essential security interests of the Union and its Member States, as referred to in Article 25;
Amendment 258 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – title
Article 6 – title
6 Actions in support of an competitive and innovative Union space sector
Amendment 347 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) strict distribution of tasks and responsibilities between the entities involved in the implementation of the Programme, in particular between the Member States, the Commission, the Agency and the European Space Agency, based on each organisations’ competences, improving effectiveness and cost efficiency and avoidance of overlap of activities;
Amendment 365 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2
Article 29 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall manage the components of the Programme where such management is not entrusted to another entity.
Amendment 370 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
When necessary for the smooth functioning of the Programme and the smooth provision of the services provided by the Programme's components, the Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, determine the technical and operational specificationrequirements required for the implementation of and evolution of those components and of the services they provide after having consulted users and all the other relevant stakeholders. When determining those technical and operational specifications, the Commission shall avoid reducing the general security level and to meet a backward compatibility imperative.
Amendment 412 #
2018/0236(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 3
Article 30 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission may entrust other tasks to the Agency, but, in order to avoid duplication, strictly on the basis of improved efficiency in implementation of the Programme’s objectives, including undertaking communication, promotion, and marketing of data and information activities, as well as other activities related to user uptakes with regard to the Programme's components other than Galileo and EGNOS.
Amendment 59 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The internal market has to continuously adapt to a rapidly changing environment of digital revolution, climate change and globalisation. A new era of digital innovation continues to provide opportunities for businesses and individuals, creates new products and business models but equally constitutes a challenge to regulation and enforcement.
Amendment 75 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Merge of the existing programmes should not lead to a lower clarity and transparency. The European Commission together with Member States should seek to provide accurate and timely information about the programmes and raise awareness among the potential beneficiaries.
Amendment 102 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) To overcome these market failures and to ensure that SMEs continue to play their role as the foundation for the Union economy´s competitiveness, small and medium sized enterprises need extra support through debt and equity instruments to be established under the SME window of the InvestEU Fund established by Regulation […] of the European Parliament and of the Council52 . The loan guarantee facility put in place under Regulation (EU) No 1287/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council53 has a proven added value and is expected to bring a positive contribution to at least 500 000 SMEs; a successor will be established under the SME window of the InvestEU Fund. __________________ 52More attention should be paid to better communication and public campaigns in order to increase awareness of the availability of the programme for SMEs. __________________ 52 COM(2018) 439 final COM(2018) 439 final 53 Regulation (EU) No 1287/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing a Programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises (COSME) (2014 - 2020) and repealing Decision No 1639/2006/EC (OJ L 347 of 20.12.2013, p. 33).
Amendment 104 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) The policy objectives of this Programme will be also addressed through financial instruments and budgetary guarantee under the SME window of the InvestEU Fund. The SME window of the InvestEU Fund should have a central overarching point providing information about the programme in each Member State, in order to increase the accessibility and awareness of the funds for SMEs. Financial support should be used to address market failures or sub- optimal investment situations, in a proportionate manner and actions should not duplicate or crowd out private financing or distort competition in the internal market. Actions should have a clear European added value.
Amendment 109 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) The Programme should provide effective support for SMEs throughout their life-cycle. It should build on the unique knowledge and expertise developed with regard to SMEs and industrial sectors and on a long experience in working with European, national and regional stakeholders. This support should build on the successful experience of the Enterprise Europe Network as a one-stop-shop to improve SMEs competitiveness and develop their business in the Single Market and beyond. The Network plans to continue delivering services on behalf of other Union programmes, notably for the Horizon2020 programme, using the financial resources of these programmes. Also the mentoring scheme for new entrepreneurs should remain the tool to enable new or aspiring entrepreneurs to gain business experience by matching with an experienced entrepreneur from another country and thus allow strengthening entrepreneurial talents. The Programme should further strive to grow and extend its geographical coverage and thus offer wider range of matching possibilities to entrepreneurs in complementarity with other Union initiatives where relevant. Every effort should be made to achieve reasonably geographically balanced distribution of the funds.
Amendment 113 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27 a (new)
Recital 27 a (new)
(27a) More effort should be made to reduce the administrative burden and to increase the accessibility of the programmes in order to reduce costs SMEs and microenterprises face due to a complicated application process and participation requirements. Member States should also consider establishing a single information point for undertakings interested in using Union´s funds functioning as a one-stop-shop. Evaluation procedure should be as simple and fast as possible in order to allow for timely use of the benefits the programme offers.
Amendment 142 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 67
Recital 67
(67) The Programme should promote synergies and complementarities with respect to the Digital Europe Programme established by Regulation (EU) […] of the European Parliament and of the Council73 which aims to promote the digitalisation of the Union economy and the public sector and increased cybersecurity. __________________ 73 COM(2018) 434 final
Amendment 154 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to improve the functioning of the internal market, and especially to protect and empower citizens, consumers and businesses, in particular micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), by enforcement of Union law, facilitation of market access, standard setting, and by promoting human, animal and plant health and animal welfare; as well as to enhance cooperation and sharing of best practices between the competent authorities of Member States and between the competent authorities of Member States and the Commission and the decentralised Union agencies;
Amendment 160 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) improving the competitiveness and sustainability of enterprises with special emphasis on SMEs and achieving additionality through the provision of measures that provide various forms of support to SMEs, access to markets including the internationalisation of SMEs, favourable business environment for SMEs, the competitiveness of sectors, the modernisation of industry, green innovation and the promotion of entrepreneurship and contributing to the high-quality training of workers;
Amendment 182 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. The amount referred to in paragraph 1 may be used for technical and administrative assistance for the implementation of the Programme, concerning in particular preparatory, monitoring, control, audit and evaluation activities as well as use of information technology networks focusing on information processing and exchange, and use and development of corporate information technology tools. The total costs of administrative and technical support should not exceed a limit of 5% of the overall budget referred to in Article 4 (1).
Amendment 187 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Every effort should be made to distribute the resources in reasonably geographically balanced manner.
Amendment 201 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) facilitating SMEs’ access to markets, supporting them in addressing global, environmental and societal challenges and business internationalisation, and strengthening Union industrial leadership in global value chains, including the Enterprise Europe Network;
Amendment 214 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Commission shall prepare by the end of March 2021 a Framework Programme that will include the time table of the work programmes and calls, their topics and allocated financing and other necessary details necessary to provide transparency and predictability for all period of the Programme and to enhance the quality of the projects. The Framework Programme will be adopted through a delegated act.
Amendment 215 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Amendment 219 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Commission shall define a methodology to provide for qualitative indicators for an accurate assessment of the progress achieved through the Programme.
Amendment 221 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. Evaluations shall be carried out in a timely manner, but at least every two years, to feed into the decision- making process.
Amendment 222 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. The interim evaluation of the Programme shall be performed once there is sufficient information available about the implementation of the Programme, on the basis of the monitoring conducted in accordance with Article 20, but no later than four years after the start of the Programme implementation. It shall also include a comprehensive evaluation of the procedures, objectives and eligibility criteria for the priorities of the ongoing funding period. Based on the results of this interim evaluation, recommendations for a review of the Programme shall be proposed.
Amendment 1120 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part III – point 1 – table – Core network corridor “Mediterranean”
Annex I – Part III – point 1 – table – Core network corridor “Mediterranean”
Core network corridor "Mediterranean" Alignment Algeciras – Bobadilla –Madrid – Zaragoza – Tarragona Zaragoza – Teruel – Valencia/Sagunto Valencia – Madrid Sevilla – Bobadilla – Murcia Cartagena – Murcia – Valencia – Tarragona/Palma de Mallorca – Barcelona Tarragona – Barcelona – Perpignan – Marseille – Genova/Lyon – Torino – Novara – Milano – Bologna/Verona – Padova – Venezia – Ravenna/Trieste/Koper – Ljubljana – Budapest Ljubljana/Rijeka – Zagreb – Budapest – UA border Pre- Cross- Lyon – Torino: base tunnel and access Rail identified border routes sections Nice – Ventimiglia Trieste – Divača Ljubljana – Zagreb Zagreb – Budapest Budapest – Miskolc – UA border Lendava – Letenye Road Vásárosnamény – UA border Missing Perpignan – Montpellier Rail link Koper – Divača Rijeka – Zagreb Milano – Cremona – Mantova – Porto Inland Levante/Venezia – Ravenna/Trieste waterways
Amendment 236 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Reflecting the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union's commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, this Specific Programme will contribute to mainstream climate actions and to the achievement of an overall target of 2530 % of the EU budget expenditures supporting climate objectives. Actions under this Specific Programme are expected to contribute at least 35% of the overall financial envelope of the Specific Programme to climate objectives. Relevant actions will be identified during the Specific Programme's preparation and implementation, and reassessed in the context of the relevant evaluations and review processes.
Amendment 257 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Reflecting the important contribution that research and innovation should make to address challenges in food, agriculture, rural development and the bioeconomy, and to seize the corresponding research and innovation opportunities in close synergy with Common Agricultural Policy, relevant actions under the Specific Programme will be supported with EUR 10 billion for the cluster 'Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources' for the period 2021-2027.
Amendment 353 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point p a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point p a (new)
(p a) intensifying multidisciplinarity and integrating the whole spectrum of disciplines, including social sciences and humanities;
Amendment 358 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – introductory part
(1) Pillar I 'Open and Excellent Science' with the following components:
Amendment 391 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point e
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point e
(e) cluster Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources', as described in Annex I, Pillar II, section 5;
Amendment 443 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) selection of expert evaluators, briefing of expert evaluators and evaluation criteria and their weighting; in addition to the standard selection criteria namely "excellence; impact; and quality and efficiency of the implementation", as mentioned in the Regulation under the heading "The rules for participation and dissemination".
Amendment 699 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part I – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Annex I – part I – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 4 a (new)
The location, accessibility policies and funding of existing small and medium sized research infrastructures should be mapped to unlock the potential of these research infrastructures for European research and innovation.
Amendment 743 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – paragraph 6
Annex I – part II – paragraph 6
Clusters will support knowledge creation in all its stages of development, including early stage research activities. Clusters will develop and apply digital, key enabling and emerging technologies as part of a common strategy to promote the EU's industrial leadership. Where appropriate this will use EU space-enabled data and services.
Amendment 768 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 5
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 5
The research and innovation activities of this global challenge will develop the knowledge base, build the research and innovation capacity and develop the solutions needed for a more effective promotion of health and the prevention, treatment and cure of diseases. Improving health outcomes will in turn result in increased life expectancy, healthy active lives and productivity of working age people, and sustainability of health and care systems. Innovation in the field of rapid diagnostic techniques and new antibiotics may prevent the development of antimicrobial resistance and should therefore be promoted.
Amendment 816 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.2 – paragraph 2 – indent 1
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.2 – paragraph 2 – indent 1
– Technologies and methodologies for assessing hazards, exposures and health impact of chemicals, pollutants and other stressors, including climate-related and environmental stressors, and combined effects of several stressors;
Amendment 827 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.2 – paragraph 2 – indent 5 a (new)
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.2 – paragraph 2 – indent 5 a (new)
- Building a research agenda on the area of the impact of vaccination and the vaccination hesitancy on public health in Europe, in a view to developing a multidisciplinary approach to understanding, monitoring and improving the vaccination rate.
Amendment 843 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.4 – paragraph 1
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.4 – paragraph 1
Protecting people against cross-border health threats is a major challenge for public health as well as the continued efficacy of several antibiotics, calling for effective international cooperation at EU and global level. This will involve prevention (including vaccination), preparedness, early detection, treatment and cure of infectious diseases, and also tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR) following a 'One Health approach'. The continued spread of antimicrobial resistant bacteria will equally have great detrimental effects to the economy and environment, preventing the development and spread of antimicrobial resistant bacteria should therefore be categorized as a special challenge.
Amendment 852 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.4 – paragraph 2 – indent 3
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.4 – paragraph 2 – indent 3
– Vaccines, diagnostics, treatmentsmedical technologies, treatments including new antibiotics, and cures for infectious diseases, including co-morbidities and co- infections;
Amendment 857 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.4 – paragraph 2 – indent 3 a (new)
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.4 – paragraph 2 – indent 3 a (new)
- Safe and efficient vaccines for prevention and the prevention of infectious diseases, including research and discovery of novel vaccine, advance immunisation technologies and regulatory sciences;
Amendment 859 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.4 – paragraph 2 – indent 6
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.4 – paragraph 2 – indent 6
– Trans-border aspects of infectious diseases and specific challenges in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), such as tropical diseases. Develop new treatment and treatment methods for infectious diseases to counteract the development and spread of antimicrobial resistance.
Amendment 1020 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 2 – point 2.2 – point 2.2.4 – paragraph 1
Annex I – part II – point 2 – point 2.2 – point 2.2.4 – paragraph 1
Disasters arise from multiple sources, whether natural or man-made, including those from terrorist attacks, climate-related and other extreme events (including from sea level rises), from forest fires, erosion, landslides, heat waves, floods, earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic events, from water crises, from space weather events, from industrial and transport disasters, from CBRN events, as well as those from resulting cascading risks. The aim is to prevent and reduce the loss of life, harm to health and the environment, economic and material damage from disasters, ensure food security as well as to improve the understanding and reduction of disaster risks and post-disaster lesson learning.
Amendment 1097 #
2018/0225(COD)
The EU has the unique chance of being a global leader and increase its share of world markets, by showcasing how digital transformation, leadership in key enabling and space technologies, the transition to a low-carbon, bio-based and circular economy and competitiveness can reinforce each other through scientific and technological excellence.
Amendment 1103 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 8
Annex I – part II – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 8
To make the digitised, circular, low- carbon, bio-based and low-emission economy a reality, action is needed at EU level because of the complexity of value chains, the systemic and multi-disciplinary nature of the technologies and their high development costs, and the cross-sectoral nature of the problems to be addressed. The EU must ensure that all industrial players, and society at large, can benefit from advanced and clean technologies and digitisation. Developing technologies alone will not suffice. Industrially-oriented infrastructures, including pilot lines, will help set up EU businesses and in particular SMEs deploy these technologies and improve their innovation performance.
Amendment 1112 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 3 – point 3.2 – point 3.2.1 – paragraph 1
Annex I – part II – point 3 – point 3.2 – point 3.2.1 – paragraph 1
Manufacturing is a key driver of employment and prosperity in the EU, producing over three quarters of the EU's global exports and providing over a 100 million direct and indirect jobs. The key challenge for EU manufacturing is to remain competitive at a global level with smarter and more customised products of high added value in a sustainable way, produced at much lower energy costs. Creative and cultural inputs will be vital to help generate added value.
Amendment 1323 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 10
Annex I – part II – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 10
Activities under this Cluster contribute in particular to the goals of the Energy Union, as well as to those of the Digital Single Market, the Jobs, Growth and Investment agenda, the strengthening of the EU as a global actor, the new EU Industrial Policy Strategy, the Circular Economy, the Circular Economy Action Plan, the EU Bioeconomy Strategy, the Raw Materials Initiative, the Security Union and the Urban Agenda, as well as the Common Agricultural Policy of the EU as well as EU legal provisions to reduce noise and air pollution.
Amendment 1339 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 4 – point 4.2 – point 4.2.1 – paragraph 2 – indent 4 a (new)
Annex I – part II – point 4 – point 4.2 – point 4.2.1 – paragraph 2 – indent 4 a (new)
– Support cities in carrying out a fully circular approach to waste water management and food waste management by increasing both quality and quantity of separate collection, by bringing back high quality organic matter to soil and by improving the eco-design of products;
Amendment 1342 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 4 – point 4.2 – point 4.2.1 – paragraph 2 – indent 4 b (new)
Annex I – part II – point 4 – point 4.2 – point 4.2.1 – paragraph 2 – indent 4 b (new)
- Support innovative wastewater treatment solutions allowing for the recovery of resources and nutrients from wastewater streams;
Amendment 1514 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – introductory part
Annex I – part II – point 5 – introductory part
5. CLUSTER 'FOOD, AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES'
Amendment 1531 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.1 – paragraph 4
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.1 – paragraph 4
They will help to maintain and enhance the provision of biodiversity and secure the long-term provision of ecosystem services, climate adaptation and carbon sequestration (both on land and sea, sea and waters). They will help reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) and other emissions, waste and pollution from primary production (both terrestrial and aquatic), processing, consumption and other human activities. They will trigger investments, supporting the shift towards a circular economy, bioeconomy and blue economy, whilst protecting environmental health and integrity.
Amendment 1537 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.1 – paragraph 7
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.1 – paragraph 7
Research and innovation activities under this Cluster contribute in particular to the implementation of the goals of: the Environmental Action Programme, the Common Agricultural Policy, the Common Fisheries policy, the EU Forest Strategy, the Food Law legislation, the Maritime policy, the Circular Economy Action Plan, the EU Bioeconomy Strategy, and the 2030 climate and energy framework as well as EU legal provisions to reduce air pollution.
Amendment 1559 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.2 – paragraph 2 – indent 1
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.2 – paragraph 2 – indent 1
– The state and value of biodiversity, terrestrial and marine, marine and aquatic ecosystems, natural capital and ecosystem services;
Amendment 1566 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.2 – paragraph 2 – indent 4
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.2 – paragraph 2 – indent 4
– Ecotoxicology of compounds and new pollutants, chemical substances, their interactions and environmental behaviour, and altered biochemical loops under changing climate;
Amendment 1594 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.3 – paragraph 2 – indent 10
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.3 – paragraph 2 – indent 10
– Digital innovations in farming, forestry and acrossorestry and farming, such as precision farming and forestry techniques but also strengthening value chains and rural areas through the use of data and development of infrastructures, technologies and governance models;
Amendment 1599 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.3 – paragraph 2 – indent 11 a (new)
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.3 – paragraph 2 – indent 11 a (new)
- New plant breeding strategies aiming at sustainable higher yield, improved quality and added benefits from both an economic and environmental perspective;
Amendment 1605 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.4 – introductory part
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.4 – introductory part
5.2.4. Sea and Ocean, Oceans and In-land waters
Amendment 1615 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.4 – paragraph 1
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.4 – paragraph 1
Seas and ocean, oceans and inland waters' natural capital and ecosystem services offer significant socio- economic and welfare benefits. This potential is at risk because of the severe pressure from human and natural stressors such as pollution, nutrient leakage, overfishing, climate change, sea- level rise and extreme weather events. To prevent seas and oceans from reaching a point of no return, it is necessary to strengthen our knowledge and understanding in order to sustainably manage, protect and restore marine and coastal ecosystems and prevent marine pollution, in a context of an improved and responsible ocean governance framework. This will also include research to sustainably unlock the vast and unexploited economic potential of seas and ocean, oceans and inland waters aiming at producing more food without increasing pressures on them, and also contribute to alleviate pressure on land, freshwater and ocean resources. There is a need for partnering approaches, including sea basin and macro-regional strategies, extending beyond the EU (e.g. in the Mediterranean, the Baltic, the Black Sea, the Atlantic, the Caribbean Sea and in the Indian Ocean); and for contributing to International Ocean Governance commitments, initiatives like the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development and commitments linked to the conservation of marine biological diversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction.
Amendment 1623 #
2018/0225(COD)
– Strengthened resilience of marine and aquatic ecosystems thereby ensuring seas and ocean, ocean and inland waters' health, combating and mitigating the effects of natural and human pressures like pollution, chemicals and plastics, eutrophication, acidification, seas and oceans warming, sea level rise, considering the intersection between land and sea, sea and aquatic environment and fostering a circular approach;
Amendment 1633 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.4 – paragraph 2 – indent 6
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.4 – paragraph 2 – indent 6
– Blue value-chains, the multiple-use of marine, and aquatic space and growth of the renewable energy sector from seas and oceans and in-land waters, including sustainable micro- and macro- algae;
Amendment 1640 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.4 – paragraph 2 – indent 9
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.4 – paragraph 2 – indent 9
– Better understanding of the role of oceans and other aquatic environments for climate change mitigation and adaptation.
Amendment 1657 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.5 – paragraph 2 – indent 6
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.5 – paragraph 2 – indent 6
– Environmentally sustainable, circular and resource efficient food systems from land and sea,, sea, and aquatic environments towards zero food waste throughout the entire food system, through reuse of food and biomass, recycling of food waste, new food packaging, demand for tailored and local food;
Amendment 1664 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.6 – paragraph 1
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.6 – paragraph 1
Bio-based innovation lays the foundations for the transition away from a fossil-based economy by encompassing the sustainable sourcing, industrial processing and conversion of biomass from land and sea into bio-based materials and products. It also capitalises on the potential of living resources, life sciences and industrial biotechnology for new discoveries, products and processes. Bio-based innovation, including technologies, can bring new economic activities and employment to regions and cities, contribute to revitalising rural and coastal economies and strengthen the circularity of the bioeconomy, thus supporting the transition towards a low-carbon resource efficient society.
Amendment 1667 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.6 – paragraph 2 – indent 1
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.6 – paragraph 2 – indent 1
– Sustainable biomass sourcing and production systems, focusing on high-value applications and uses, social, economic and environmental sustainability, impact on climate and biodiversity reduction targets and overall resource efficiency;
Amendment 1676 #
2018/0225(COD)
- - Bio-based value chains including new innovative material, material combinations and other innovative concepts and products.
Amendment 1788 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part III – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 1
Annex I – part III – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 1
The objective of the EIC is to identify, develop radically new future technologies and develop and deploy breakthrough and disruptive innovations (including technologies), and support the rapid scale- up of innovative firms at EU and international levels along the pathway from ideas to market.
Amendment 1794 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part III – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 2
Annex I – part III – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 2
The EIC will be implemented primarily through two complementary types of action, namely the Pathfinder for advanced research, for the early stages of science and technology research and technology development, and the Accelerator for innovation and market deployment actions, including the pre-mass commercialisation stages and company growth. With the idea to offer a single one-stop shop and a single process of support, the Accelerator will also award blended finance, combining grants with equity investments. It will in addition also channel access to loans provided under the InvestEU programme.
Amendment 1800 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part III – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 3 – indent 1
Annex I – part III – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 3 – indent 1
– Focus on radically new future technologies, breakthrough and disruptive innovations, including social, that have the potential to create new markets, as opposed to those which make incremental improvements in existing products, services or business models;
Amendment 1812 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part III – point 1 – point 1.1 – point 1.1.1 – paragraph 1
Annex I – part III – point 1 – point 1.1 – point 1.1.1 – paragraph 1
The Pathfinder's will provide grants to high-risk cutting-edge projects exploring new territories aiming to develop into potentially radical innovative technologies of the future and new market opportunities. It will build on the experience from the Future and Emerging Technology (FET) schemes supported under FP7 and Horizon 2020, including the Horizon 2020 FET OPEN, FET Proactive and FET- Innovation Launchpad, as well as the Horizon 2020 SME Instrument Phase 1.
Amendment 1937 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part 4 – point 1 – paragraph 3 – indent 4 a (new)
Annex I – part 4 – point 1 – paragraph 3 – indent 4 a (new)
- Widening fellowships, to enable researchers of any nationality to acquire and transfer new knowledge and to work on research and innovation in EU13 countries.
Amendment 1949 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part 4 – point 2 – paragraph 2 – indent 5
Annex I – part 4 – point 2 – paragraph 2 – indent 5
– Providing researchers with attractive career environments, skills and competences needed in the modern knowledge economy36 . Linking the ERA and the European Higher Education Area by supporting the modernisation of universities and other research and innovation organisations, through recognition and reward mechanisms to spur actions at national level, as well as incentives promoting the adoption of open science practices, entrepreneurship (and links to innovation ecosystems), trans- disciplinarity, citizen engagement, international and intercross-sectoral mobility, gender equality plans and comprehensive approaches to institutional changes. In that context, also complementing the Erasmus programme support for the European Universities initiative, in particular its research dimension, as part of developing new joint and integrated long term and sustainable strategies on education, research and innovation based on trans- disciplinary and cross-sectoral approaches to make the knowledge triangle a reality, providing impetus to economic growth. _________________ 36 Including notably the European Charter for researchers, the code of conduct for the recruitment of researchers, EURAXESS and RESAVER Pension Fund.
Amendment 312 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) The Programme will contribute to the achievement of an overall 3 % of the EU GDP invested in research and development, in line with the EU2020 headline target. The achievement of the target will require Member States to integrate the Programme with their own investment actions in research, development and innovation.
Amendment 336 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) Whereas the European Union acknowledges that excellent research, and especially basic research is an essential asset and an important condition to address EU policy objectives and priorities, including competitiveness, to economic and societal innovation and to tackle global challenges.
Amendment 353 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Research activities carried out under the pillar 'Open and Excellent Science' should be determined according to the needs and opportunities of science. The research agenda should be set in close liaison with the scientific community. Research should be funded on the basis of excellence.
Amendment 431 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The EIC through its instruments – Pathfinder and Accelerator – should aim at new ideas towards radically new future technologies, at identifying, developing and deploying breakthrough research and market creating innovations and supporting their rapid scale-up to EU and international levels. Through coherent and streamlined support to breakthrough innovation the EIC should fill the current vacuum in public support and private investment for breakthrough innovation. The instruments of the EIC call for dedicated legal and management features in order to reflect its objectives, in particular market deployment activities.
Amendment 507 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50
Recital 50
(50) Rules governing the exploitation and dissemination of results should be laid down to ensure that beneficiaries protect, exploit, disseminate and provide access to those results as appropriate, taking into account the constraints and legitimate interests beneficiaries might have, such as data protection rules, privacy and security rules, intellectual property rights, confidentiality clauses, or the EU's global economic competitiveness.. More emphasis should be given to exploiting the results, in particular in the Union. Beneficiaries should update their plans regarding the exploitation and dissemination of their results during and after the end of the action.
Amendment 557 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18
(18) “results” means any tangible or intangible effect of the action, such as data, deepening and broadening of the knowledge base, better understanding, know-how or information, whatever its form or nature, whether or not it can be protected, as well as any rights attached to it, including intellectual property rights;
Amendment 578 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The Programme’s general objective is to deliver scientific, economic and societal impact from the Union’s investments in research and innovation so as to strengthen the scientific and technological bases of the Union and foster its competitiveness, including in its industry, deliver on the Union strategic priorities, and contribute to tackling global challenges, including the Sustainable Development Goals, as well as contribute to the achievement of an overall 3% of the EU GDP invested in research and development, in line with the EU2020 headline target.
Amendment 598 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) to promote scientific excellence, support the creation and diffusion of high- quality new knowledge, skills, technologies and solutions to, tackling global challenges, and strengthen the European knowledge base;
Amendment 607 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) Subject to the conditions established in the implementing agreements, decisions or contracts, any data, knowledge and information communicated as confidential in the framework of an action shall be kept confidential, taking due account of Union law regarding the protection of and access to classified information.
Amendment 627 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) to foster all forms of innovation, both social and economic innovation, including breakthrough innovation, and strengthen market deployment of knowledge and innovative solutions;
Amendment 661 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – introductory part
(1) Pillar I 'Open and Excellent Science', pursuing the specific objective set out in Article 3(2)(a) and also supporting specific objectives set out in Article 3(2)(b) and (c), with the following components:
Amendment 703 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point e
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point e
(e) cluster 'Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources';
Amendment 749 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 6
Article 6 – paragraph 6
6. The implementation of the specific programme29 shall be based on a transparent and strategic multiannual planning of research and innovation activities, in particular for the pillar 'Global Challenges and Industrial Competitiveness', following c. Consultations with stakeholders, national authorities, the European Parliament, industrial sector, civil society organisations and independent advisory groups of high-level experts will be held about priorities and the suitable types of action and forms of implementation to use. This shall ensure alignment with other relevant Union programmes. __________________ 29 …
Amendment 775 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 9
Article 6 – paragraph 9
9. The Programme shall ensure the effective promotion of gender equality and, the gender dimension in research and innovation content and gender research. Particular attention shall be paid to ensuring gender balance, subject to the situation in the field of research and innovation concerned, in evaluation panels and in bodies such as expert groups.
Amendment 783 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 9 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Horizon Europe will ensure a multidisciplinary approach and foresees the integration of a human and societal approach across all activities developed under the Programme.
Amendment 785 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 9 b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. All pillars and its respective clusters should provide ample room for basic research in pursuit of its contribution towards a knowledge-based learning society and the related objective set out in Article 3.
Amendment 816 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) be bold and inspirational, and hence have wide societal , scientific and/or economic relevance;
Amendment 830 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point d
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point d
(d) be centered on ambitious but realistic, excellence-driven research and innovation activities across all stages of development;
Amendment 883 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) participation in and financial contribution to research and innovation programmes undertaken by several Member States in accordance with Article 185 TFEU, or by bodies established pursuant to Article 187 TFEU, such as Joint Undertakings, or by the EIT Knowledge and Innovation Communities in compliance with the [EIT Regulation] (Institutionalised European Partnerships), to be implemented only where other forms of European Partnerships would not achieve the objectives or would not generate the necessary expected impacts, and if justified by a long-term perspective and high degree of integration including central management of all financial contributions.
Amendment 889 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) Adhere to the principles of Union added value, transparency, openness, impact, leverage effect, long-term financial and/or in-kind commitment of all the involved parties, flexibility, coherence and complementarity with Union, local, regional national and international initiatives;
Amendment 1088 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 9
Article 9 – paragraph 9
9. Horizon Europe is designed to be implemented in synergy with other Union funding programmes. A non-exhaustive list of synergies with other Union funding programmes is included in Annex IV. Increased synergies and a coherence throughout the EU funding instruments should prevent an increase in complexity for the beneficiaries and applicants.
Amendment 1107 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. Open science practices beyond open access to research output^data and scientific publications and responsible management of research data shall be promoted.
Amendment 1113 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
may receive support from the European Regional Development Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Social Fund+ or the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, in accordance with paragraph 5 of Article [67] of Regulation (EU) XX [Common Provisions Regulation] and Article [8] or Regulation (EU) XX [Financing, management and monitoring of the Common Agricultural Policy], provided that such actions are consistent with the objectives of the programme concerned. The rules of the Fund providing support shall apply. , and without the requirement to participate in a different application and evaluation procedure.. The rules of the Horizon Europe programme shall apply. the European Commission shall establish a mechanism that enhances the exchange of information and that enables financing authorities to fund proposals eligible for such support.
Amendment 1216 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 5
Article 20 – paragraph 5
5. The work programme shall specify calls for which "Seals of Excellence" will be awarded. With prior authorisation from the applicant, information concerning the application and the evaluation mayshall be shared with interested financing authorities, subject to the conclusion of confidentiality agreements, through a common information exchange system, according to Article 11.
Amendment 1335 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 32 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. By derogation of Article 186(1) of the Financial Regulation, exclusively in the event of the change of parental status, the maximum grant amount may be increased by the allowances due to the researcher in this respect.
Amendment 1565 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 4 – point c – introductory part
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 4 – point c – introductory part
(c) Cluster 'Digital and Industry': Reinforcing capacities and securing Europe's sovereignty in key enabling technologies for digitisation and production, and in space technology, to build a competitive, digital, low-carbon, bio-based and circular industry; ensure a sustainable supply of raw materials; and provide the basis for advances and innovation in all global societal challenges.
Amendment 1594 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 4 – point e – paragraph 1
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 4 – point e – paragraph 1
Areas of intervention: Environmental observation and protection; Biodiversity and natural capital; Agriculture, forestry and rural areas; Sea and oceans, oceans, in-land waters and aquaculture; Food systems; Bio- based innovation systems; Circular systems
Amendment 1692 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
(b) Dedicated reporting on quantitative and qualitative leverage effects, including on financial and/or in-kind contributions, visibility and positioning in the international context, impact on research and innovation related risks of private sector investments.
Amendment 1760 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – subheading 4 a (new)
Annex V – subheading 4 a (new)
Climate impact - pathway to reaching climate objective To stay on track with the climate expenditure target and to stay in line with the agreements made under the Paris Agreement, the Commission has to regularly monitor the Programme and take appropriate measures if the assessment shows that the target is not met. This monitoring process should be done every 2 years in line with the Strategic Planning Process.
Amendment 8 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Reflecting the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union's climate objectives and its commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the Funds will contribute to mainstream climate actions and to the achievement of an overall target of 2530 % of the EU budget expenditure supporting climate objectives.
Amendment 11 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) At Union level, the European Semester of economic policy coordination is the framework to identify national reform priorities and monitor their implementation. Member States develop their own national multiannual investment strategies in support of these reform priorities. These strategies should be presented alongside the yearly National Reform Programmes as a way to outline and coordinate priority investment projects to be supported by national and Union funding. They should also serve to use Union funding in a coherent manner, to phase-out environmentally harmful subsidies and to maximise the added value of the financial support to be received notably from the Funds, the European Investment Stabilisation Function and InvestEU.
Amendment 22 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) In order to optimise the uptake of co-financed environmental investments, synergies should be ensured with the LIFE programme for Environmental and Climate Action, in particular through LIFE strategic integrated projects and strategic nature projects. The Union should ensure that support from the LIFE programme is consistent with the policies and priorities of the Union and complementary to other financial instruments of the Union, while also ensuring that simplification measures are implemented.
Amendment 25 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36 a (new)
Recital 36 a (new)
(36a) The success of strategic integrated projects is dependent on close cooperation between national, regional and local authorities and the non-state actors concerned. The principles of transparency and disclosure of decisions concerning the development, implementation, assessment and monitoring of projects should therefore be applied.
Amendment 149 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9 a) In addition, where appropriate, labelling financial products or corporate bonds as environmentally harmful with uniform criteria would provide additional market information with regard to economic activities that significantly harm environmental objectives and would enable the financial market to gradually channel private investments towards environmentally neutral economic activities, which have no specific label, or environmentally sustainable economic activities. It will also enable the Union and Member States to end public financial support for investments that significantly harm environmental objectives.
Amendment 169 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) A Union classification of environmentally sustainable economic activities should enable the development of future Union policies and strategies, including Union- wide standards for environmentally sustainable financial products and eventually the establishment of labels that formally recognise compliance with those standards across the Union. Uniform legal requirements for considering investments as environmentally sustainable investments, based on uniform criteria for environmentally sustainable economic activities, are necessary as a reference for future Union legislation aiming at enabling those investments.
Amendment 189 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) To avoid circumvention of the disclosure obligation, that obligation should also apply where financial products are offered as having similar characteristics as environmentally sustainable investments, including those having as their target environmental protection in a broad sensepply to all financial products. Financial market participants should not be required to invest only in environmentally sustainable economic activities determined in accordance with the technical screening criteria set out in this Regulation. TheyFinancial market participants and other actors should be encouraged to inform the Commission if they consider that an economic activity that does not meetis incorrectly considered to fulfil or not fulfil the technical screening criteria, or for which such criteria have not been established yet, should be considered environmentally sustainable, to help the Commission to evaluate the appropriateness of complementing or updating the technical screening criteria.
Amendment 193 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) For the purposes of determining whether an economic activity is environmentally sustainable or environmentally harmful, an exhaustive list of environmental objectives should be laid down.
Amendment 194 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) For each environmental objective, uniform criteria for considering economic activities to be substantially contributing to that objective should be laid down. OneAnother element of the uniform criteria should be to avoididentifying economic activities that significantly harm to any of the environmental objectives set out in this Regulation. This is in order to avoid that investments are considered environmentally sustainable although the economic activities benefitting from those investments cause harm to the environment to an extent outweighing their contribution to an environmental objective. The conditions for substantial contribution and for not causing significant harm should enable investments into environmentally sustainable economic activities to make a real contribution to the environmental objectives and should enable to gradually shift investments away form environmentally harmful economic activities.
Amendment 214 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26 a (new)
Recital 26 a (new)
(26 a) In defining the technical screening criteria, the Commission should also take into account transitional measures towards activities that support the transition to a sustainable low-carbon economy.
Amendment 245 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) The application of this Regulation should be reviewed regularly in order to assess the progress on the development of technical screening criteria for environmentally sustainable and environmentally harmful activities, and the use of the definition of environmentally sustainable investment, and whether compliance with the obligations requires the establishment of a verification mechanism. The review should include also an assessment of whether the scope of this Regulation should be extended to cover social sustainability objectives. By 31 March 2020, the Commission should, where appropriate, publish legislative proposals on the establishment of a verification mechanism of compliance.
Amendment 252 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation establishes the criteria for determining whether an economic activity is environmentally sustainable or environmentally harmful for the purposes of establishing the degree of environmental sustainability of an investment.
Amendment 262 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) measures adopted by Member States or by the Union setting out any requirements on market actors in respect of financial products or corporate bonds that are marketed as environmentally sustainable.
Amendment 266 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(a a) public financial assistance by Member States or by the Union to investments.
Amendment 267 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) financial market participants offering financial products as environmentally sustainable investments or as investments having similar characteristics, where the use of the taxonomy set out in this Regulation and disclosure requirements set out in Article 4 paragraph 2 to define whether a financial product is environmentally sustainable or environmentally harmful is optional for a financial market participant acquiring a financial product and does not establish additional requirements beyond those set out in Directive 2007/36/EC.
Amendment 283 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. The criteria referred to in Article 1 (1) may be used for the purpose mentioned in that paragraph by financial services providers that are not addressed by Article 1(2) on a voluntary basis, and with respect to other financial products than those established in the first paragraph of Article 2.
Amendment 287 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) 'environmentally harmful' means an investment that funds one or several economic activities that qualify under this Regulation as environmentally harmful.
Amendment 338 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a (new)
Amendment 340 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – title
Article 4 – title
Use of the criteria for environmentally sustainable and environmentally harmful economic activities
Amendment 343 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall apply the criteria for determining environmentally sustainable economic activities set out in Article 3 and the criteria for environmentally harmful economic activities set out in Article 3a for the purposes of any measures setting out requirements on market actors in respect of financial products or corporate bonds that are marketed as ‘environmentally sustainable’.
Amendment 348 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The Union and the Member States shall also apply the criteria for determining environmentally sustainable economic activities set out in Article 3 and the criteria for environmentally harmful economic activities set out in Article 3a for the purposes of requirements for Union and Member State public financial assistance to investments inter alia in the form of guaranties, equity, lending, subsidies, grants, export credits or public contracts. The Union and the Member States shall not support with public financial assistance environmentally harmful economic activities.
Amendment 353 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Financial market participants offering financial products as environmentally sustainable investments, or as investments having similar characteristics, shall disclose information on how and to what extent the criteria for environmentally sustainable economic activities set out in Article 3 are used to determine the environmental sustainability of the investmennd the criteria for environmentally harmful economic activities set out in Article 3a apply to a financial product. Where financial market participants consider that an economic activity which does not comply with the technical screening criteria set out in accordance with this Regulation or for which those technical screening criteria have not been established yet, should be considered environmentally sustainable, they may inform the Commission.
Amendment 355 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Financial market participants offering financial products as environmentally sustainable investments, or as investments having similar characteristics, shall disclose information on how and to what extent the criteria for environmentally sustainable economic activities set out in Article 3 are used to determine the environmental sustainability of the investment. Where financial market participants or other actors consider that an economic activity which does not comply withis incorrectly considered fulfilling or not fulfilling the technical screening criteria set out in accordance with this Regulation or for which those technical screening criteria have not been established yet, should be considered environmentally sustainable, they may inform the Commission.
Amendment 362 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
No disclosure requirements under the [PO please insert reference to Regulation on disclosures relating to sustainable investments and sustainability risks and amending Directive (EU) 2016/2341] shall be required in this Regulation;
Amendment 370 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 16 to supplement paragraph 2 to specify the information required to comply with that paragraph, taking into account the availability of relevant information and technical screening criteria set out in accordance with this Regulation. That information shall enable investors to identify:
Amendment 375 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
(a a) the percentage of holdings pertaining to companies carrying out environmentally harmful economic activities;
Amendment 382 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(b a) the share of the investment funding environmentally harmful economic activities as a percentage of all economic activities.
Amendment 419 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) improving energy efficiency;, except where it concerns more energy efficient energy generation using solid fossil fuels.
Amendment 424 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) increasing clean or climate-neutralzero-emissions mobility;
Amendment 426 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) increasing carbon capture and storage use;in industrial sectors the use of environmentally safe carbon capture and storage (CCS) and environmentally safe carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) delivering a net reduction in emissions and avoidance or permanent storage of CO2.
Amendment 460 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) reducing the content of hazardous substances in materials and products, in accordance with the provisions laid down by EU legislation ensuring safe management of substances, materials and products;
Amendment 504 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
For the purposes of Article 3(b), an economic activity, taking into account the life-cycle, shall be considered as significantly harming:
Amendment 505 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
For the purposes of Article 3(b), and Article 3a an economic activity shall be considered as significantly harming:
Amendment 516 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a.The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 16, for the purpose of Article 3a, to establish technical screening criteria for each relevant environmental objective, for determining whether an economic activity is considered to cause significant harm to one or more of those objectives, taking into account, where relevant, the requirements laid down in Article 14. The Commission shall adopt the delegated acts by 1 July 2022, with a view to ensure its entry into application on 31 December 2022.
Amendment 542 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) take into account the environmental impacts of the economic activity itself, as well as of the products and services provided by that economic activity, throughout the life-cycle, notably by considering their production, use and end- of-life;
Amendment 549 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(h a) take into account if an activity is in transition to a sustainable configuration and/or operation, through research and innovation projects, specific timelines and pathways of this transition;
Amendment 604 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. The Platform on Sustainable Finance shall be chaired by the Commission and the Commission horizontal rules for expert groups shall apply to the Platform.
Amendment 613 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 a (new)
Article 15 a (new)
Article 15 a Verification mechanism of compliance By 31 March 2020, the European Commission shall, where appropriate, make proposals on a verification mechanism of compliance with this Regulation, including a mandate for the competent authorities on Member State and Union level to assess and monitor the compliance with this Regulation of Member States and financial market participants.
Amendment 662 #
2018/0178(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. This Regulation shall respect the principle of non-retroactivity and shall not apply to contracts concluded before date of entry into force of this Regulation, as established under paragraph 1 of this Article.
Amendment 10 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The high functionality and relatively low cost of plastic means that this material is increasingly ubiquitous in everyday life. Its growing use in short- lived applications, which are not designed for re-use or cost-effective recycling means that related production and consumption patterns have become increasingly inefficient and linear. Therefore, in the context of the Circular Economy Action Plan32 , the Commission concluded in the European Strategy for Plastics33 that the steady increase in plastic waste generation and its leakage into our environment, in particular into the marine environment, must be tackled in order to achieve a truly circular lifecycle for plastics. Any further efforts in the segment of plastics have to be based on and fully compatible with the recently adopted EU circular economy legislation and fit into the system which has been thereby established. _________________ 32 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions "Closing the loop – An EU action plan for the Circular Economy" (COM(2015)0614 final). 33 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions "A European Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy" (COM(2018)28 final).
Amendment 12 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1 a) The recently adopted EU Waste legislation, in particular Directive 2008/98/EU, Directive94/62/EU and Directive 1999/31/EU has set a complex system of statistics of waste collection and recycling, clear targets for recycling of certain waste streams including plastic and a waste hierarchy. It has also identified incentives for transition towards a more circular economy, broader use of recycled materials, defined obligations for producers under the minimum requirements for extended producer responsibility. The aim of this directive is not to replace this scheme but rather complement it by measures tackling a specific problem of marine litter.
Amendment 23 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3 a) Despite the EU´s effort in the field of climate diplomacy and international cooperation, the situation in certain 3rd countries is still alarming. The EU must step up its effort in international cooperation in the field of environmental protection. The EU has to fulfil its role as a facilitator and pioneer of environmental policy and waste management. The EU should strive to transfer experiences, disseminate know how and technologies to tackle plastic pollution and exchange the best practices in the field of protection of aquatic environment, its cleaning and prevention of plastic pollution.
Amendment 30 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) To focus efforts where they are most needed, this Directive should only cover the most found single-use plastics products, which are estimated to represent around 86% of the single-use plastics found, in counts, on beaches in the Union. In doing so it has to avoid any discrimination.
Amendment 35 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8 a) Plastic products should be manufactured taking into account their entire lifespan. Eco-design of plastic product should always take into account production phase, recyclability and possibly also reusability of the product. Producers should be encouraged, where appropriate, to use single or compatible polymers for manufacturing their products in order to simplify sorting and enhance recyclability, especially in case of plastic packaging.
Amendment 38 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The single-use plastic products should be addressed by one or several measures, depending on various factors, such as the availability of suitable and more sustainable alternatives, the feasibility to change consumption patterns, and the extent to which they are already covered by existing Union legislation. The proposed measures should always take into account Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), to avoid half-way solutions resulting in even worse negative impact on different part of environment or economy as for example replacing plastics by similar material produced from biomaterial without having a clear assessment of biodegradability of such material including biodegradability in the aquatic environment.
Amendment 56 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Certain single-use plastic products end up in the environment as a result of inappropriate disposal through sewers or other inappropriate release into the environment. Therefore, single-use plastic products that are frequently disposed of through sewers otherwise inappropriately disposed of should be subject to marking requirements. The marking should inform consumers about appropriate waste disposal options and/or waste disposal options to be avoided and/or about the negative environmental impacts of litter as a result of inappropriate disposal. The Commission should be empowered to establish a harmonised format for the marking and when doing so should, where appropriate and reflecting different specifics in Member States, test the perception of the proposed marking with representative groups of consumers to ensure that it is effective and clearly understandable. Marking has to be placed visibly on the packaging of the products which is sold to the end user.
Amendment 70 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20 a (new)
Recital 20 a (new)
(20 a) Member States should consider introducing a mandatory recycled content of certain plastic products to support recycling rates and market with recycled materials. Industrial synergies should be supported in this respect, waste from one industry could be a valuable resource for another one. Member States should play their role in supporting such synergies and incentivising a voluntary activities of producers in the field of waste prevention and better waste management and tackling pollution.
Amendment 103 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall take the necessary measures to achieve a significant reduction in the consumption of the single-use plastic products listed in Part A of the Annex on their territory by … [six years after the end-date for transposition of this Directive]. Member States shall adopt national plans for the achievement of this reduction, including specific quantitative reduction targets, specific incentives for concerned sectors and the measures taken. The national plans shall be submitted to the Commission and shall be updated where necessary. The Commission may issue recommendations on the adopted plans.
Amendment 238 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – part B – indent 6 a (new)
Annex I – part B – indent 6 a (new)
- Products made of or containing Oxo-plastic
Amendment 249 #
Amendment 262 #
Amendment 18 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls that funding policies and projects should be in line with climate and energy objectives and the commitments made under the Paris Agreement
Amendment 58 #
2018/0166R(APP)
7a. Calls for an increase of the commitments to climate objectives to 30 per cent climate related spending for the next MFF 2021-2027 period in order to facilitate and ensure the transition to a net-zero carbon economy in 2050.
Amendment 85 #
2018/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) In the light of innovation and to take account of the implementation of new technologies improving the fuel efficiency of heavy-duty vehicles, the VECTO simulation tool as well as Regulation (EU) 2017/2400 will be updated annually. Taking into accountinuously and timely updated the role these new technologies can have on the CO2 emission reduction potential of the transport sector, the update of the VECTO simulation tool should be taken into account and be a key criterion for the review in 2022.
Amendment 95 #
2018/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) A reduction target should be set for 2025 as a relative reduction based on the average CO2 emissions of those heavy-duty vehicles in 2019, reflecting the deployment of readily available cost-effective technologies for conventional vehicles. The 2030 target should be considered aspirational and the finalA minimum reduction target should also be dsetermined for 2030, pursuant to a review to be carried out in 2022 as, that takes account of the fact that there are more uncertainties on the uptake of more advanced technologies which are not yet readily available.
Amendment 98 #
2018/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is an available alternative fuel to diesel for heavy duty vehicles. The deployment of current and upcoming more innovative LNG-baseEfficient, technology neutral and sufficient refuelling and trechnologies will contribute to meeting the CO2 emission targets in the short and medium term as the use of LNG technologies leads to lower CO2 emissions as compared to diesel vehicles. The CO2 emission reduction potential of LNG vehicles is already fully reflected in VECTO. In addition, current LNG technologies ensure a low level of air pollutant emissions such as NOx and particulate matters. A sufficient minimum refuelling infrastructure is also in place and beingarging infrastructure should, in line with the ambitions of this regulation, be further deployed as part of national policy frameworks for alternative fuel infrastructure.
Amendment 104 #
2018/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) In calculating the 2019 reference emissions serving as basis for determining the 2025 and 2030 reduction targets, the expected reduction potential of the heavy- duty fleet in that period should be taken into account. It is therefore appropriate to exclude from that calculation, vocational vehicles such as vehicles used for garbage collection or construction works. Those vehicles have a comparatively low mileage, and due to their specific driving pattern, technical measures for reducing CO2 emissions and fuel consumption do not appear to be cost effective in the same way as for heavy-duty vehicles used for the delivery of goods.
Amendment 106 #
2018/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) A validation mechanism for the 2019 baseline should be developed in order to guarantee the accuracy and benefits of this regulation.
Amendment 107 #
2018/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) A manufacturer’s compliance with its annual specific targets should be assessed on the basis of its average CO2 emissions. In determining the average specific emissions, the specificities that are reflected in the different vehicle sub-group targets should also be considered. As a consequence, the average specific CO2 emissions of a manufacturer should be based on the average emissions determined for each sub-group including a weighting based on their assumed average annual mileage and average payload, which reflects the total lifetime CO2 emissions. Due to the limited reduction potential of vocational vehicles, those vehicles should not be taken into account for the calculation of the average specific emissions.
Amendment 110 #
2018/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Contrary to cars and vans, zero- and low-emission heavy-duty vehicles are not yet availableIn order to retain the Union's global competitiveness and access to markets, to strengthen the technological and innovative leadership onf the market, except for buses. A dedicated mechanism, in the form of super credits, should thereforeUnion's manufacturers and component suppliers, and to create investment certainty, a dedicated policy mechanism should be introduced to facilitate a smoothe transition towards zero-emission mobility. This will provide incentives for the development and deployment on the Union market of zero- and low-emission heavy-duty vehicles that would complement demand-side instruments, such as the Clean Vehicle Directive 2009/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council26 . _________________ 26 Directive 2009/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of clean and energy-efficient road transport vehicles as amended by Directive …/…/EU [COM(2017) 653 final] (OJ L 120, 15.5.2009, p. 5)crediting and debiting mechanism should be designed so as to promote the development and deployment on the Union market of zero- and low-emission vehicles.
Amendment 116 #
2018/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) For the purpose of calculatSetting a rising benchmark for the share of zero- and low-emission vehicles ing the average specific emissions of a manufacturer, all zero- and low-emission heavy-duty vehicles should therefore be counted multiple times. The level of incentives should vary according to the actual CO2 emissions of the vehicle. In order to avoid a weakening of the environmental objectives, the resulting savings should be subject to a capEU fleet together with a mechanism for adjusting a manufacturer's specific CO2 target based on the share of zero- and low-emission vehicles in the manufacturer's own fleet should provide a strong signal for the development and deployment of such vehicles while continuing to require further improvement of the efficiency of the conventional internal combustion engine.
Amendment 118 #
2018/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) Low-emission heavy-duty vehicles should only be incentivised if their CO2 emissions are less than abouIn determining the credits for the zero- and low-emission vehicles, it is appropriate to account for the difference in CO2 emissions between the vehicles. The adjustment mechanism should ensure that thalf of the CO2 emissions of the Union fleet-wide average in 2025. This is consistent with the approach taken for light-duty vehicles and would incentivise innovation in this fieldt a manufacturer exceeding the benchmark level would benefit from a lower specific CO2 target, whereas a manufacturer not achieving the benchmark would have to comply with a stricter CO2 target. In order to ensure a balanced approach, limits should be set to the level of adjustment possible within that mechanism. This will provide for incentives, promoting a timely roll-out of recharging and refuelling infrastructure and yielding high benefits for consumers, competitiveness, and the environment.
Amendment 121 #
2018/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) In designing the incentive mechanism for the deployment of zero- emission heavy-duty vehicles, also smaller lorries, buses and coach and other types of heavy duty vehicles that are not yet subject to the CO2 emission targets under this Regulation should be included. These vehicles also have significant benefits in terms of helping to address air pollution problems in cities. However, it should be noted that zero-emission buses are already on the market and are incentivised through demand-side measures such as public procurement. In order to ensure that the incentives are well balanced between the different types of vehicles, the savings resulting from the zero-emission smaller lorries, buses and coaches should therefore also be subject to a cap.
Amendment 135 #
2018/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) It is essential for achieving the CO2 reductions pursuant to this Regulation that the CO2 emissions of heavy-duty vehicles in use and on road are in conformity with the values determined pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 595/2009 and its implementing measures. It should therefore be possible for the Commission to take into account, in the calculation of the average specific emissions of a manufacturer, any systematic non-conformity found by type approval authorities with regard to the CO2 emissions of heavy-duty vehicles in use and on road. Third party independent testing of vehicles in use and on road should also be introduced.
Amendment 139 #
2018/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) The effectiveness of the targets set out in this Regulation in reducing CO2 emissions is strongly dependent on the representativeness of the methodology used for determining the CO2 emissions. In line with the Opinion of the Scientific Advice Mechanism (SAM)27 as regards light duty vehicles, it is appropriate also in the case of heavy-duty vehicles to put in place a mechanism to assess the real-world representativeness of the CO2 emissions and energy consumption values determined pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2017/2400. The Commission should have the powers to ensure the public availability of such data and, where necessary, develop the procedures needed for identifying and collecting the data required for such assessments. Where a significant gap is identified between real-world emission values and those determined pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2017/2400, the Commission should have the powers to adapt accordingly the 2019 reference emissions as well as the specific emissions targets used for the purpose of compliance with this Regulation. _________________ 27 High Level Group of Scientific Advisors, Scientific Opinion 1/2016 “Closing the gap between light-duty vehicle real-world CO2 emissions and laboratory testing”
Amendment 147 #
2018/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) In 2022, the Commission should assess the effectiveness of the CO2 emission standards laid down in this Regulation and in particular the level of the reductions to be achieved by 2030, the modalities that should be available for achieving that target and beyond, as well as the setting of CO2 reduction targets to other types of heavy-duty vehicles such as smaller lorries, buses, coaches and trailers. That assessment should also include, strictly for the purpose of this Regulation, considerations of heavy-duty vehicles and vehicle combinations beyond standard weights and dimensions applicable to national transport, for example Modular Concepts, the CO2 emission reduction potential of these vehicles and of a transport systems approach, and the possibility of including them under this Regulation.
Amendment 153 #
2018/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) From 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2029 by 125%;
Amendment 174 #
2018/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) From 1 January 2030 onwards by at least 305% subject to the review pursuant to Article 13.
Amendment 181 #
2018/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
The reference CO2 emissions shall be based on the 2019 monitoring data reported pursuant to Regulation (EU) No …/2018 [HDV M&R], excluding vocational vehicles, and shall be calculated in accordance with Point 3 of Annex I.
Amendment 184 #
2018/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 200 #
2018/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
It shall also apply, for the purposes of Article 5 and point 2.3 of Annex I, to vehicles of the categories M2 and M3, and1 (2a) and Article 5, to vehicles of the category N that do not fall within the scope of Regulation (EU) No 510/2011 and do not meet the characteristics set out in points (a) to (d).
Amendment 220 #
2018/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Starting from 2020 and in each subsequent calendar year, the Commission shall, by means of implementing acts referred to in Article 10(1), determine for each manufacturer the average specific CO2 emissions in g/tkm for the preceding calendar year, by taking into account the following:data reported pursuant to Regulation (EU) No …/2018 [monitoring & reporting HDV] for the manufacturer’s new heavy- duty vehicles registered in that preceding calendar year.
Amendment 221 #
2018/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 225 #
2018/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 234 #
2018/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 237 #
2018/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 239 #
2018/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 240 #
2018/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 247 #
2018/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 255 #
2018/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Amendment 270 #
2018/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
For the purpose of determining a manufacturer’s compliance with its specific emission targets in the period 2025 to 2029, account shall be taken of its emission credits or emission debts, which correspond to the number of new heavy- duty vehicles, excluding vocational vehicles, of the manufacturer in a calendar year, multiplied by the difference between:
Amendment 309 #
2018/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall take those deviations into account for the purpose of calculating the average specific emissions of a manufacturer and adapting, where appropriate, the 2019 reference CO2 emissions.
Amendment 313 #
2018/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) from 2020, the share of zero- and low- emission factor,heavy duty vehicles in each manufacturer's fleet, as referred to in Article 5;
Amendment 321 #
2018/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. For that purpose, the Commission shall ensure the availability, including to third parties for the purpose of independent testing, from manufacturers or national authorities, as the case may be, of robust non-personal data on real-world CO2 emissions and energy consumption of heavy-duty vehicles.
Amendment 326 #
2018/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission shall adopt, no later than 31 December 2019, delegated acts in accordance with Article 15 to introduce an on-road in-service conformity test for ensuring that on-road CO2 emissions and fuel consumption of heavy-duty vehicles do not exceed the monitoring data reported pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/956. The Commission shall take any non- compliance into account for the purpose of calculating the average specific CO2 emissions of a manufacturer, and adapting, where appropriate, the 2019 reference CO2 emissions.
Amendment 329 #
2018/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Article 11 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission mayshall adopt, by means of implementing acts, the measurrules on the procedures for reporting data on real- world CO2 emissions and energy consumption of heavy duty vehicles referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 14(2).
Amendment 341 #
2018/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
By 31 December 2022, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the effectiveness of this Regulation, the CO2 reduction target to be determined for 2030 pursuant to Article 1 and the setting of CO2 reduction targets to other types of heavy- duty vehicles including trailers. That report shall also include an assessment of the update of the VECTO simulation tool, as well as the effectiveness of the modalities addressing, in particular, zero- and low- emission vehicles, notably buses taking into account the targets set out in Directive 2009/33/EC30 , and the CO2 credit system and the appropriateness of prolonging the application of those modalities in 2030 and beyond and, where appropriate, be accompanied by a proposal for amending this Regulation. _________________ 30 Clean Vehicle Directive 2009/33/EC as amended by Directive …/…/EU
Amendment 376 #
2018/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 2 – point 2.3
Annex I – point 2 – point 2.3
Amendment 378 #
2018/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 2 – point 2.3
Annex I – point 2 – point 2.3
Amendment 396 #
2018/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 2 – point 2.7 a (new)
Annex I – point 2 – point 2.7 a (new)
2.7 a. Specific share of zero- and low- emission heavy duty vehicles The specific share of zero- and low- emission heavy duty vehicles is benchmarked against the following values: As of 2025: at least 5% As of 2028: at least 15% As of 2030: at least x%, pursuant to the review carried out in accordance with Article 13.
Amendment 400 #
2018/0143(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Annex I – point 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
T = ZLEV_benchmark_factor * ∑ sg sharesg × MPWsg × (1 - rf) × rCO2sg ZLEV_benchmark_factor is (1+y-x), unless this sum is larger than 1.05 or 0.95 in which case the ZLEV factor shall be set to 1.05 or 0.95 as the case may be. Where, y is the share of zero- and low-emission vehicles in the manufacturer's fleet of newly registered heavy duty vehicles calculated as the total number of zero- and low-emission vehicles, where each of them is counted as ZLEV_specific in accordance with the formula below, divided by the total number of vehicles registered in the relevant calendar year ZLEV_specific = 1- (specific emissions/350) x is the benchmarked share of zero- and low-emissions heavy duty vehicles as set in Annex I point 2.7 a (new)
Amendment 61 #
2018/0111(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Following the stakeholder consultation and in the light of the Impact Assessment30 results, the Commission considered that action at Union level was necessary in order to address the remaining and emerging barriers to a wide re-use of public sector and publicly-funded information across the Union and to bring the legislative framework up to date with the advances in digital technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things., in order to reach the full potential of a well-functioning digital single market and further stimulate innovation; _________________ 30 SWD(2018) 127.
Amendment 64 #
2018/0111(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The substantive changes introduced to the legal text so as to fully exploit the potential of public sector information for the European economy and society focus on the following areas: the provision of real-time access to dynamic data via adequate technical means, increasing the supply of high-value public data for re-use, including from public undertakings, research performing organisations and research funding organisations, tackling the emergence of new forms of exclusive arrangements, the use of exceptions to the principle of charging the marginal cost and the relationship between this Directive and certain related legal instruments, including Directive 96/9/EC31 and Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council 32 ., without prejudice to Regulation (EU) 2016/679. _________________ 31 Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 1996 on the legal protection of databases (OJ L 77, 27.3.1996, p. 20). 32 Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2007 establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE) (OJ L 108, 25.4.2007, p.1).
Amendment 132 #
2018/0111(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 47
Recital 47
(47) This Directive is without prejudice and should be implemented and applied in full compliance with Union law relating to the protection of personal data including Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council37 and Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council38 . Anonymisation is a means to reconcile the interests in making public sector information as re-usable as possible within the rules and obligations to protect personal data under data protection legislation, but comes at a cost. It is appropriate to consider this cost as one of the cost items to be considered as part of the marginal cost of dissemination as defined in Article 6 of this Directive. _________________ 37 Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) […]. 38 Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector (Directive on privacy and electronic communications) (OJ L 201 , 31/07/2002 p. 37).
Amendment 44 #
2018/0012(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) Directive 2008/98/EC lays down waste prevention measures that Member States should take in order to prevent waste generation. These measures should include the aim to halt the generation of marine litter to contribute towards the UN Sustainable Development Goal to prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds.
Amendment 55 #
2018/0012(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The ‘Green Ship’ concept should be further developed in relation to waste management, so that an effective reward system can be implemented for those vessels that reduce their waste on board through environmentally sustainable waste management.
Amendment 66 #
2018/0012(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) ‘waste from ships’ means all waste, including cargo residues, which is generated during the service of a ship or during loading, unloading and, cleaning and ship repair operations, or waste that is collected in nets during fishing operations, and which falls under the scope of Annexes I, II, IV, V and VI to MARPOL;
Amendment 68 #
2018/0012(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) ‘cargo residues’ means the remnants of any cargo material on board which remain on the deck or, in holds or tanks following loading and unloading, including loading and unloading excess or spillage, whether in wet or dry condition or entrained in wash-water, excluding cargo dust remaining on the deck after sweeping or dust of the external surfaces of the ship;
Amendment 69 #
2018/0012(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) ‘ballast water management’ means mechanical, physical, chemical or biological processes to remove, render harmless or avoid the uptake or discharge of harmful aquatic organisms and pathogens within ballast water (water with its suspended matter taken on board a ship to control trim, list, draught, stability or stresses of the ship) and sediments (matter settled out of ballast water within a ship);
Amendment 73 #
2018/0012(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point l
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point l
(l) ‘sufficient storage capacity’ means enough capacity to store the wastededicated capacity for each type of waste to be stored on board from the moment of departure until the next port of call, including the waste that is likely to be generated during the voyage;
Amendment 75 #
2018/0012(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) The ports and terminals where cleaning or repair of ballast tanks occurs have adequate port reception facilities for the reception of sediments;
Amendment 81 #
2018/0012(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Member States shall ensure that the following information from the waste reception and handling plans on the availability of adequate reception facilities in their ports and the associatedstructure of the costs shall be clearly communicated to the ship operators and made publicly available and easily accessible, also in English, either via the website of the ports or in printed form:
Amendment 84 #
2018/0012(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. The master of a ship calling at a Union port shall, before leaving the port, deliver all the waste carried on board of the ship to a port reception facility in accordance with the relevant discharge norms laid down in the MARPOL Convention. That requirement shall also apply to ballast water management, in accordance with the International Convention of 13 February 2004 of the IMO for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments (Ballast Water Management Convention).
Amendment 86 #
2018/0012(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The master of a fishing vessel calling at a Union port shall report within 24 hours to the competent authority of its flag Member State any loss of fishing gear in accordance with Article 48 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 19 to supplement this Directive by determining the format for reporting.
Amendment 88 #
2018/0012(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 7
Article 7 – paragraph 7
7. If, on the next port of call is located outside the Union, or there are good reasons to believebasis of the available information, including information electronically available in the information, monitoring and enforcement system referred to in Article 14 of this Directive or in GISIS, it cannot be established that adequate facilities are not available in the next port of call, or this port is unknown, the Member State shall require the ship to deliver all its waste before departure.
Amendment 126 #
2018/0012(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(da) information on loss of fishing gear.
Amendment 127 #
2018/0012(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The Commission shall, on the basis of the data reported to it in accordance with point (da) of paragraph 2, publish, by 31 December 2022 and every two years thereafter, a synthesis report on the loss of fishing gear.
Amendment 131 #
2018/0012(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall, no later than ... [12 months after the adoption of this Directive] and every two years thereafter report to the Commission their best practices regarding sustainable waste management on board ships and in their ports. Six months after each reporting deadline, the Commission shall prepare a report on these best practices to provide guidance for progressing towards the objectives of this Directive.
Amendment 18 #
2018/0003(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In order to equip the Union with the computing performance needed to maintain its research at a leading edge and in order to harness the added value of joint action on Union level the Member States investment in High Performance Computing should be coordinated and the industrial take-up of High Performance Computing technology have to be reinforced. The Union should increase its effectiveness in turning the technology developments into High Performance Computing systems that are procured in Europe, establishing an effective link between technology supply, co-design with users, and a joint procurement of world- class systems.
Amendment 57 #
2018/0003(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) Provision of financial support to activities from Connecting Europe Facility programme or other relevant programs should comply with rules of this programme.
Amendment 60 #
2018/0003(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
Recital 40
(40) All calls for proposals and all calls for tender under the Joint Undertaking should take into account the duration of the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme and Connecting Europe Facility Programme, as appropriate, except in duly justified cases. For the period not covered by the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme and the Connecting Europe Facility Programme, appropriate adjustments should be made taking in to account the MFF for the period after 2020, with the aim at continuing the activities of the Joint Undertaking.
Amendment 78 #
2018/0003(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) to enable synergies and provide added value of cooperation between Participating Member States and other actors.
Amendment 111 #
2018/0003(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
(1) By 30 June 2022 the Commission shall carry out, with the assistance of independent experts, an interim evaluation of the Joint Undertaking, which shall assess in particular the level of participation in, and contribution to, the actions by the Participating States, the Private Members and their constituent entities and affiliated entities, and also by other legal entities. The evaluation should also identify possible other policy needs, including assessment of the situation for specific sectors on their possibility to fully access and use the possibilities enabled by High Performance Computing. The Commission shall prepare a report on that evaluation which includes conclusions of the evaluation and observations by the Commission. The Commission shall send that report to the European Parliament and to the Council by 31 December 2022.
Amendment 20 #
2017/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes note of China’s decision to ban imports of solid waste, which highlights the importance of the process of designing, producing, repairing, reusing and recycling products; recalls China’s recent attempt to ban exports of rare earth elements and asks the Commission to take into consideration the interdependence of the global economies when prioritising EU policies; reiterates that with regard to negotiations on a Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) with China, the European Union must lend support to sustainable development initiatives by encouraging responsible investment and promoting core environmental and labour standards;
Amendment 23 #
2017/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Argues that China and the European Union will benefit from promoting sustainability in their economies and from developing a multi- sector sustainable and circular bioeconomy; stresses that increased trade in bioeconomy products made from renewable materials can be an important stimulant for positive environmental, social and economic impacts and help reduce the fossil-dependency of China’s and the European Union’s economies;
Amendment 25 #
2017/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that the Union and China are heavily dependent on fossil fuels and together account for around a third of total global consumption, which places China at the top of the World Health Organisation (WHO) ranking for deadly outdoor air pollution; underlines their mutual interest in promoting low-carbon development and addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in transparent, public and well- regulated energy markets; notes the adoption of the National Carbon Emissions Rights Trading Market Construction Plan by the State Council, marking the official launch of the Chinese National Emissions Trading System (ETS); welcomes the intention to expand the coverage and trading modalities of the system; stresses the importance of economy-wide action on climate change and the importance of continuing the cooperation between China and the Union on carbon markets;
Amendment 33 #
2017/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Hopes that China will uncouple economic growth from ecological degradation, by incorporating biodiversity protection into its ongoing global strategies, facilitating the achievement of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and implementing the ivory trade ban effectively.; acknowledges the work done by the EU-China Bilateral Coordination Mechanism (BCM) on Forest Law Enforcement and Governance (FLEG) to tackle illegal logging globally; urges, however, China to investigate the significant undocumented trade of timber between the FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreement signatory States and China;
Amendment 67 #
2017/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reaffirms the EU’s commitment to the Paris Agreement and to the UN Agenda 2030, including the SDGs, and stresses the need to fully and swiftly implement the Paris Agreement and the SDGs both in the EU and globally to develop a more sustainable economy and society; reaffirms the need for an ambitious EU climate policy and its readiness to improve the existing EU National Determined Contribution (NDC) for 2030 as well the necessity of developing a long-term strategy for 2050 in a timely manner;
Amendment 93 #
2017/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Underlines that the global transition to low carbon, climate resilient economies and societies requires significant transformational investment; stresses the need for governments to create the enabling environments to reorient capital flows towards sustainable investment, building on the conclusions of the High-Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance and in line with the Commission Communication on Sustainable Finance (COM(2018)0097); points out that ambitious climate action is compatible with economic development and shared improvements in living standards;
Amendment 103 #
2017/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Welcomes that the EU and its Member States continue to be the largest provider of global public climate finance; insists on the need for the Union to reach the target on climate change-related spending in the current Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF); underlines that, taking into account the cross-cutting nature of the climate challenge, climate mainstreaming is critical to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, and therefore reminds of Parliament’s call for the next MFF to include a new and higher climate mainstreaming target and through aligning the whole EU budget to the achievement of the Paris objectives;
Amendment 107 #
2017/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Acknowledges that climate change exacerbates the conditions that lead to migration in vulnerable areas, and considers it therefore imperative to address the link between climate change and migration in the Union’s climate diplomacy objectives;
Amendment 139 #
2017/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for an increased allocation of human and financial resources in the EEAS and the Commission, whichin order to better reflects the strong commitment to and increased engagement in climate diplomacy; urges the EEAS to include climate diplomacy on EU delegations’ agendas when meeting their counterparts from third countries and international or regional organisations and to orchestrate and assign strategic importance to climate diplomacy efforts in every EU delegation with the representations of the Member States in third countries; calls, therefore, for the inclusion of a higher percentage of climate experts when creating mixed posts in the EU delegations;
Amendment 143 #
2017/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the EEAS and the CommissionCommission to fully reflect the global dimension, including EU climate diplomacy objectives, in its upcoming communications on the ‘Future of EU energy and climate policy’ and on the long-term EU strategy for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions; also invites the Commission and EEAS to further develop a long-term vision in order to put forward a joint communication setting out itstheir understanding of EU climate diplomacy as well as a strategic approach for the EU’s climate diplomacy activities within 12 months following the adoption of this report, and taking into account Parliament’s approach as laid down in this text;
Amendment 158 #
2017/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines that the EU and its Member States must be an active player in international organisations and forums (such as the UN, UNFCCC, the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HPFL), NATO, the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), the Arctic Council and the G7 and G20) and closely cooperate with regional organisations (such as the African Union (AU), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and MERCOSUR) to foster global partnerships and ensure the implementation of the Paris Agreement and the SDGs, while defending, strengthening, and further developing multilateral cooperation regimes; notes that climate can be an entry point for diplomatic relations with partners with whom other agenda items are highly contested, thereby offering an opportunity to enhance stability and peace;
Amendment 211 #
2017/2272(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recommends that the EU deepen its strategic cooperation with emerging economies which have a major impact on global warming, but which are also decisive in terms of global climate action; calls on the EU to create dedicated panels to debate climate and sustainability policies during high-level ministerial meetings; calls on the EU to share policy experiences and lessons learnt with its partners in order to accelerate the implementation of the Paris Agreement; calls on the EU to build up partnerships for carbon markets beyond Europe;
Amendment 5 #
2017/2257(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Supports the Commission communication of 31 May 2017 entitled ‘Europe on the Move’ (COM(2017)0283), particularly as regards the need to shift rapidly towards low- and zero-emissions road mobility, intermodality, shared mobility and the development of connected and automated vehicles through the integration of infrastructure, energy and digital networks; welcomes the communication's strategic approach to achieve a coherent regulatory framework for the increasingly complex field of road transport;
Amendment 12 #
2017/2257(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates the EU commitments on the fight against climate change under the Paris Agreement and, the UN 2030 Agenda and the 2030 Climate and Energy Framework; recalls that the European Commission has identified the need to achieve a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from Transport of at least 60 % by 2050 to meet the Paris Agreement commitments;
Amendment 14 #
2017/2257(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Recalls that the EU road transport sector accounts for almost a fifth of EU greenhouse gas emissions, that it is the only sector that has increased its emissions since 1990, that it is almost exclusively fuelled by oil and that between 2010 and 2050 a 42 % increase in road passenger transport and a 60 % increase in road freight transport is expected; therefore highlights the need for continued efforts to enhance innovation and to attract private investments in R&D, market development for new technologies and solutions as well as in infrastructure;
Amendment 25 #
2017/2257(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights that for this purpose it will be necessary to increase the use of electro-mobility and alternative fuels, as road transport is responsible for one fifth of EU emissions, and this figure is increasing; underlines the need to reduce the gap between stated decarbonisation targets and real on-road emissionwelcomes adopted measures such as the shift from NEDC to the WLTP test cycle as well as the RDE-packages to reduce the gap between stated decarbonisation targets and real on-road emissions; asks the Commission to monitor the effectiveness of these measures and, if needed, to suggest further improvements;
Amendment 37 #
2017/2257(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Recalls that end-user acceptance of alternative fuels strongly depends on the availability and accessibility of fuelling or charging infrastructure and stresses that charging electric cars must be as easy as refuelling at a gas station; welcomes in this regard existing private and public initiatives to enable roaming between charging infrastructure operators; calls on the Commission and Member States to take all necessary steps to facilitate roaming and the accessibility of charging infrastructure within Europe;
Amendment 40 #
2017/2257(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3 e. Stresses the potential benefits of second-use applications for vehicle batteries, e.g. in smart grid and smart home storage solutions, and calls on the Commission an Member States to support research and pilot projects in this field through funding schemes;
Amendment 57 #
2017/2257(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Welcomes the Commission's guidelines for cities on Urban Vehicle Access Restrictions (UVARs)1a as well as the implementation of an online- plattform1b as a single point of contact to make information on different UVAR regimes easily available for citizens; stresses that more needs to be done on European level to avoid the fragmentation of the Single Transport Area and to increase clarity about different schemes in the EU; _________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/transport/sites/transp ort/files/uvar_final_report_august_28.pdf 1b http://urbanaccessregulations.eu/
Amendment 60 #
2017/2257(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Underlines the beneficial environmental effects of connected mobility solutions in urban areas, such as optimized traffic flows and the reduction of traffic due to cars looking for parking space; calls on the Commission and Member States to support cities in adapting necessary technology;
Amendment 61 #
2017/2257(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Expresses its concern that despite of the Commission's acknowledgement that mobility in rural areas deserves particular attention there are no specific proposals within the strategy; stresses that rural mobility differs substantially from urban mobility in terms of distances and availability of public transport, but also with regard to environmental and economic factors such as lower environmental pressure from pollutant emissions, lower average income and higher barriers for investments in infrastructure due to a lower population density; urges the Commission and Member States to take greater account of rural mobility needs in legislative and non-legislative actions on road transport;
Amendment 63 #
2017/2257(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for improved information on emissions and fuel consumption of vehicles, with measures such as vehicle labelling, in order to promote cleaner mobility and allow public authorities to make use ofallow consumers to make informed choices and to promote cleaner mobility; stresses that more accurate information will also facilitate ‘green’ public procurement;
Amendment 68 #
2017/2257(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Stresses that the Clean Vehicles Directive must consider the needs and available resources of municipalities and regional authorities to unfold its full potential, particularly with regard to complexity and administrative burden;
Amendment 70 #
2017/2257(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls onWelcomes the Commission's commitment to present, by 30 April 2018, an ambitious02 May 2018, a legislative proposal for CO2 emissions and fuel consumption standards for heavy-duty vehicles.; stresses that targets should be ambitious, realistic and based on data collected with VECTO in order to have an overall coherent HDV legislation;
Amendment 72 #
2017/2257(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Underlines that the ambition of CO2-targets for HDVs must be coherent with future ambitions to reduce pollutant emissions, e.g. under EURO 7, as well as with requirements under Directive 2015/719 on weights and dimensions; stresses that VECTO must be updated swiftly and regularly in order to allow the accurate accounting of new technologies to improve the vehicle efficiency in good time;
Amendment 16 #
2017/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Underlines that Member States are obliged to apply the EU waste hierarchy; recalls that in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Member States shall apply the waste hierarchy when allocating all Union funds and calls on Member States to prioritise prevention, re-use, preparation for re-use and recycling in the investments in the waste management infrastructure;
Amendment 18 #
2017/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Highlights the need for a long- term perspective and clear investment signals for the transition to a circular economy; calls on the Commission to fully integrate the implementation of the waste hierarchy and promotion of a circular economy in its upcoming proposals for a new multiannual financial framework;
Amendment 22 #
2017/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Recalls the new waste targets for 2025, 2030 and 2035 established in the review of EU waste legislation and underlines that the achievement of these targets requires political commitment at the national, regional and local levels as well as economic investments; calls on the Member States to make full use of available Union funds in support of such investments and underlines that these will generate significant returns in terms of economic growth and job creation;
Amendment 32 #
2017/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is concerned abouthat China’s new restrictive approach to imports of European waste, as this will could have a negative impact on EU waste management in terms of reduced recycling and increased levels of incineration and landfilling; therefore calls on the Member States to step up their efforts to reduce waste generation and establish a functioning European recycling infrastructure, which would boost the circular economy in the EU; welcomes in this context the Commission’s new plastic strategy;
Amendment 66 #
2017/2128(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the importance of a regulatory framework on plant protection products at EU level, that protects the environment and human health, and also stimulates research and innovation in order to develop effective and safe plant protection products;
Amendment 120 #
2017/2128(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Is concerned that, in some cases, the PPPs available on the market and their application by users do not necessarily comply with the relevant authorisation conditions as regards their composition and usage; underlines the importance of training for professional users; emphasizes that non-professional use should be limited when possible in order to reduce misuse;
Amendment 129 #
2017/2128(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses the added value of biological products to the market of plant protection products; acknowledges the need for more research into these products as their composition and functioning is radically different from conventional products; underlines this also includes the need for more expertise within EFSA to evaluate these biological active substances; and more expertise in the national competent authorities to evaluate these products;
Amendment 42 #
2017/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas one of the priority objectives of the General Union Environmental Action Programme to 2020 (7th EAP) is to turn the Union into a resource-efficient, green and competitive low-carbon economy; whereas the EAP states that the Union policy framework should ensure that priority products placed on the Union market are ‘eco- designed’ with a view to optimising resource and material efficiency;
Amendment 43 #
2017/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas the EU action plan for the Circular Economy includes the commitment to emphasise circular economy aspects in future product design requirements under the Ecodesign Directive by systematically analysing issues such as reparability, durability, upgradability, recyclability, or the identification of certain materials or substances;
Amendment 44 #
2017/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H c (new)
Recital H c (new)
Hc. whereas the Paris Agreement 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; whereas the EU is committed to contributing its fair share towards these goals through emissions reductions in all sectors;
Amendment 51 #
2017/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the Ecodesign Directive has been a successful instrument for the improvement of energy efficiency and has resulted in a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and in net economic gains for consumers;
Amendment 54 #
2017/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Underlines that the Ecodesign Directive improves the functioning of the EU internal market through the definition of common product standards in an area where otherwise diverging national standards would be inevitable; therefore calls on the Commission to maintain an ambitious approach to the setting of new standards and the update of existing standards in order to reap the full potential of the Directive’s scope and objectives;
Amendment 90 #
2017/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Emphasises the need to base the eco-design requirements on solid technical analysis and impact assessments taking the best-performing products or technologies on the market and the technological development in each sector as a reference;
Amendment 94 #
2017/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Is concerned that the resources devoted by the Commission to the implementation of the Directive does not fully correspond to its importance and its technical challenges; calls on the Commission to deploy sufficient resources, including staff in the relevant DGs, to the eco-design process given the significant EU added value of the legislation;
Amendment 111 #
2017/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Believes, therefore, that the implementation of the Ecodesign Directive – in addition to continued efforts to improve energy efficiency – must now address for each product group the full life cycle of the products within its scope, with the setting up of minimum resource criteria covering, inter alia, robustness, durability, repairability and upgradeability, but also sharing potential, reuse, scalability, recyclability and use of recycled materials and calls on the Commission to examine the potential of establishing a digital product factsheet based on those requirements;
Amendment 168 #
2017/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – indent 2 a (new)
Paragraph 12 – indent 2 a (new)
– that national authorities be required to draw up specific plans for their market surveillance activities in the area of ecodesign, to be notified to other Member States and to the Commission as set up under Regulation (EC) 765/20081a; _________________ 1aRegulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of products.
Amendment 179 #
2017/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – indent 4 a (new)
Paragraph 12 – indent 4 a (new)
– that coherence is applied with the European Commission’s Goods Package proposal on enforcement and compliance in the EU single market, which scope includes ecodesigned products;
Amendment 192 #
2017/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Stresses that the use of materials of critical importance, such as Rare Earth Elements (REE), or substances of very high concerns, such as Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and endocrine disrupters, shall be considered under the broadened ecodesign criteria in order to restrict their use or at least to ensure the possibility of extracting them at end-of- life, to take into account the objective on non-toxic materials cycles as laid down in the 7th Environmental Action Programme;
Amendment 10 #
2017/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)
(1) considers it necessary to distinguish between profit-based and cost- sharing collaborative economies; notes that their respective users should not be subject the same legal requirements, specific rights and obligations being applicable in each case;
Amendment 43 #
2017/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that the sharing of underused assets releases a wealth of positive environmental and other externalitiesassets makes it possible for all parties to make optimum use of them, thus making industries and services more resource- efficient, lowers the up-front costs of market entry and creates opportunities, while conforming to EU growth and environment objectives;
Amendment 48 #
2017/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 3 – point 1 (new)
(1) stresses the importance of ensuring easier access to funding for small and medium-sized enterprises in the collaborative economy through various channels, such as banking, capital markets, public funds and crowdfunding;
Amendment 64 #
2017/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. UrgesCalls on the Commission to ensure that the EU develops the highest international standards regardingcollaborative economy platforms are subject to the relevant laws in the Member States so as to safeguard and ensure (a) the social protection for ‘workpreneurs’ in collaborative economies, (b) safety guarantees for the customers of collaborative economies, and (c)and fiscal rights of service providers (b) safety guarantees for users, the protection of their data, and their consumer rights and (c) a level playing field and cohabitation synergies with traditional business models;
Amendment 31 #
2017/0309(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Recent experience has shown that reliance on voluntary offers of mutual assistance, coordinated and facilitated by the Union Mechanism, does not always ensure that sufficient capacities are made available to address the basic needs of people affected by disasters in a satisfactory manner, nor that the environment and property are properly safeguarded. This is particularly so where Member States are simultaneously affected by recurrent disasters and collective capacity is insufficient. To overcome these insufficiencies and emerging hazards, all Union instruments should be made use of in a fully flexible manner, including the promotion of active participation of the civil society.
Amendment 46 #
2017/0309(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) Prevention is about a culture of precaution before disasters strike. The Union Civil Protection Mechanism should encourage and help the Member States to plan prevention measures strategically and operationally. The Member states and their authorities work closest to the citizens. The national authorities are best prepared to design and implement the risk management plans. Ultimate responsibility on the deployment of the capacities should stay with the Member States.
Amendment 51 #
2017/0309(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5 b (new)
Recital 5 b (new)
(5b) The most natural partners for deepening cooperation are neighbouring Member States who share the same expertise and structures and are most likely to be affected by the same disasters and risks.
Amendment 133 #
2017/0309(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c
Decision No 1313/2013/EU
Article 6 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Article 6 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
(ea) The Commission may take appropriate measures when it has the view that a Member State's preventative efforts are insufficient in the light of the risks that the Member State in question is facing.
Amendment 134 #
2017/0309(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c a (new) Decision No 1313/2013/EU
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c a (new) Decision No 1313/2013/EU
"(ca) In keeping with Article 3(1)(d), part of that effective and coherent approach to prevention of and preparedness for disasters relies on an effective policy on information and training and on effective participation by EU citizens in their self-protection. To that end, such information and the risk assessments submitted by the Member States under the subparagraphs above shall also be used under the Union Mechanism to draw up and disseminate a European Union Risk Register of Civil Emergencies, which will provide all European citizens with an up-to-date and reliable assessment of the likelihood and potential impact of a range of different civil emergency risks (including natural and accidental hazards and malicious threats) that may be of direct concern to the European Union for the coming 5 years, along with self- protection guidelines."
Amendment 135 #
2017/0309(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a (new)
Decision No 1313/2013/EU
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
"(a) The Commission and Member States shall also cooperate, in particular, on active policies to improve resilience against emergencies as a precondition for all the above, in keeping with Articles 3(1)(a) and (b)."
Amendment 137 #
2017/0309(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point b
Decision No 1313/2013/EU
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. As national prevention should be the first priority of Member States to reduce safety and security risks, the Union Civil Protection Pool shall be complementary to existing national capacities.
Amendment 142 #
2017/0309(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point b
Decision No 1313/2013/EU
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
"2a. Given the particular difficulties involved in interventions in outermost, remote and insular areas, and with a view to facilitating and ensuring a genuinely effective response under the European Mechanism for Civil Protection in such areas, special consideration shall be given, in cooperation with the respective Member States, to the articulation and permanent presence of capacities from the new dedicated reserve of response capacities, so as to guarantee an optimal initial response on the ground."
Amendment 145 #
2017/0309(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point c
Decision No 1313/2013/EU
Article 11 – paragraph 7
Article 11 – paragraph 7
7. Response capacities that Member States make available for the European Civil Protection Pool shall be available for response operations under the Union Mechanism following a request for assistance through the ERCC, unless Member States are faced with an exceptional situation substantially affecting the discharge of national tasks. The ultimate decision on their deployment shall be taken by the Member States which registered the response capacity concerned. When domestic emergencies, force majeure or, in exceptional cases, serious reasons prevent a Member State from making those response capacities available in a specific disaster, that Member State shall inform the Commission as soon as possible by referring to this Article.
Amendment 158 #
2017/0309(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Decision No 1313/2013/EU
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Amendment 178 #
2017/0309(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Decision No 1313/2013/EU
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
"(da) Specific capacities for the emergency restoration of electricity services in 'zero voltage' scenarios (extensive blackout) affecting one or more Member States, including 'black start' capabilities for electricity generating facilities;
Amendment 179 #
2017/0309(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Decision No 1313/2013/EU
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point d b (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point d b (new)
(db) Specific capacities for restoring communications in the event of cascade outages of infrastructure;
Amendment 180 #
2017/0309(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Decision No 1313/2013/EU
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point d c (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point d c (new)
(dc) Capacities for the large scale provision of drinking water to meet the emergency needs of the civilian population in the event of cascade outages of infrastructure over wide areas;
Amendment 181 #
2017/0309(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Decision No 1313/2013/EU
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point d d (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point d d (new)
(dd) Special CBRN capacities for intervention at nuclear facilities in the EU and especially capacities for the swift restoration in an emergency of a facility's electrical systems, reactor cooling systems and spent fuel pools;
Amendment 182 #
2017/0309(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Decision No 1313/2013/EU
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point d e (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point d e (new)
(de) Special CBRN capacities for intervention in potential pandemic scenarios;
Amendment 183 #
2017/0309(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
(df) Special CBRN capacities for intervention in particularly serious industrial accidents, and in the event of a use of chemical weapons;
Amendment 184 #
2017/0309(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Decision No 1313/2013/EU
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point d g (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point d g (new)
(dg) Specific capacities for maintaining the long-term operational autonomy of RescEU, and for the autonomous long- term maintenance of its communications."
Amendment 201 #
2017/0309(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Decision No 1313/2013/EU
Article 12 – paragraph 7
Article 12 – paragraph 7
7. rescEU capacities shall be available for response operations under the Union Mechanism following a request for assistance through the ERCC. The decision on their deployment shall be taken by the Commission, which shall retain command and control of rescEU capacities. Particular attention shall be paid to ensure that the rescEU capacities shall not be used to replace Member States' own capacities and relevant responsibilities.
Amendment 85 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) In order to ensure the effectiveness of this Regulation, CO2 emission reductions should be delivered under conditions encountered in normal vehicle operation and use. It is therefore appropriate to include a strict prohibition of defeat devices in this Regulation and to provide authorities with the means to ensure compliance with this prohibition.
Amendment 86 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) However, in order to close the discrepancies between reported and actual emission levels, the need to develop and introduce real driving emission tests without conformity factors remains essential if the Union is to remain at the forefront of technological development and consumer trust. The Union has acquired significant experience with the Real Driving Emissions test procedure using portable emission measurement systems (PEMS) for ensuring compliance with pollutant emission standards. The Real Driving Emissions test procedure is more representative of real world emissions, while delivering repeatable and comparable test results. From 2022 onwards, the CO2 emission targets should therefore be based on the Real Driving Emissions test procedure using PEMS.
Amendment 89 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) It is important that tThe setting of CO2 emissions reduction requirements continues to provide Union -wide predictability and planning security for vehicle manufacturers across their new car and light commercial vehicle fleets in the Union.
Amendment 127 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
Amendment 140 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
Amendment 143 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) for the average emissions of the new passenger car fleet, an EU fleet-wide target equal to a 125% reduction of the average of the specific emissions targets in 2021 determined in accordance with point 6.1.1 of Part A of Annex I;
Amendment 148 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) for the average emissions of the new light commercial vehicles fleet, an EU fleet-wide target equal to a 125% reduction of the average of the specific emissions targets in 2021 determined in accordance with point 6.1.1 of Part B of Annex I;
Amendment 149 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) In order to distribute the emission reduction effort in a competitively neutral and fair way that reflects the diversity of the market for passenger cars and light commercial vehicles, and in view of the change in 2021 to WLTP-based specific emission targets, it is appropriate to determine the slope of the limit value curve on the basis of the specific emissions of all newly registered vehicles in that year, and to take into account the change in the EU fleet-wide targets between 2021, 2025 and 2030 with a view to ensuring an equal reduction effort of all manufacturers. With regard to light commercial vehicles, the same approach as that for car manufacturers should apply to manufacturers of lighter, car derived, vans, while for manufacturers of vehicles falling within the heavier segments, a higher and fixed slope should be set for the whole target perio equal reduction effort of all manufacturers should be ensured.
Amendment 164 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 5 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 5 – point a
(a) for the average emissions of the new passenger car fleet, an EU fleet-wide target equal to a 350% reduction of the average of the specific emissions targets in 2021 determined in accordance with point 6.1.2 of Part A of Annex I;
Amendment 166 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) The procedure for granting derogations from the 95 g CO2/km fleet target to niche car manufacturers ensures that the reduction effort required by niche manufacturers is consistent with that of large volume manufacturers with regard to that target., However, eExperience shows that niche manufacturers have the same potential as large manufacturers to meet the CO2 targets and with regard to the targets set from 2025 onwards it is not is therefore no longer considered appropriate to distinguish between those two categories of manufacturers.
Amendment 170 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 5 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 5 – point b
(b) for the average emissions of the new light commercial vehicles fleet, an EU fleet- wide target equal to a 350% reduction of the average of the specific emissions targets in 2021 determined in accordance with point 6.1.2 of Part B of Annex I.
Amendment 175 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) The specific emissions of CO2 from new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles are measured on a harmonised basis in the Union according to the methodology laid down in Regulation (EC) No 715/2007. To minimise the administrative burden of this Regulation, compliance should be measured by reference to data on registrations of new cars and light commercial vehicles in the Union collected by Member States and reported to the Commission. To ensure the consistency of the data used to assess compliance, the rules for the collection and reporting of this data should be harmonised as far as possible. The competent authorities' responsibility to provide correct and complete data should therefore be clearly stated as well as the need for an effective cooperation between those authorities and the Commission in addressing data quality issues.
Amendment 183 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) The effectiveness of the targets set out in this Regulation in reducing CO2 emissions in reality is strongly dependent on the representativeness of the official test procedure. In accordance with the Opinion of the Scientific Advice Mechanism (SAM)23 and the recommendation of the European Parliament, following its inquiry into emission measurements in the automotive sector24 , a mechanism should be put in place to assess the real world representativeness of vehicle CO2 emissions and energy consumption values determined in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1151, and, from 2022 onwards, the Real Driving Emission test using PEMS. The Commission should have the powers to ensure the public availability of such data, and, where necessary, develop the procedures needed for identifying and collecting the data required for performing such assessments. __________________ 23 High Level Group of Scientific Advisors, Scientific Opinion 1/2016 "Closing the gap between light-duty vehicle real-world CO2 emissions and laboratory testing" 24 European Parliament recommendation of 4 April 2017 to the Council and the Commission following the inquiry into emission measurements in the automotive sector (2016/2908(RSP))
Amendment 185 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
Recital 42
(42) In 2024 it is foreseen to review the progress achieved under the [Effort Sharing Regulation and Emissions Trading System Directive]. It is thereforet is appropriate to assess the effectiveness of this Regulation in that same yea2022 in order to allow an early, coordinated and coherent assessment of the measures implemented under all these instrumenthis Regulation and other related legislative acts.
Amendment 194 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46
Recital 46
(46) In order to amend or supplement non-essential elements of the provisions of this 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 respect of amending Annexes II and III as regards data requirements and data parameters, establishing the methodology for recording life-cycle CO2 emissions as referred to in Article 7, supplementing the rules on the interpretation of the eligibility criteria for derogations from the specific emissions targets, on the content of applications for a derogation and on the content and assessment of programmes for the reduction of specific emissions of CO2, adjusting the figure of M0 and TM0, referred to in Article 13 , the 7 g CO2/km cap referred to in Article 11, the development of a Real Driving Emissions test as referred to in Article 1, the requirements to ensure compliance with the prohibition of defeat devices and the required content of the extended documentation package referred to in Article 4 and the adjustment of the formulae in Annex I referred to in Article 14(3) . 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 of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making26 . In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council should receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts should systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. __________________ 26 OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1. OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1.
Amendment 200 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation establishes CO2 emissions performance requirements for new passenger cars and for new light commercial vehicles in order to comply with the Union's climate commitments and to ensure the proper functioning of the internal market .
Amendment 201 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 221 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) for the average emissions of the new passenger car fleet, an EU fleet-wide target equal to a 125% reduction of the average of the specific emissions targets in 2021 determined in accordance with point 6.1.1 of Part A of Annex I;
Amendment 232 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) for the average emissions of the new light commercial vehicles fleet, an EU fleet-wide target equal to a 125% reduction of the average of the specific emissions targets in 2021 determined in accordance with point 6.1.1 of Part B of Annex I;
Amendment 244 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 5 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 5 – point a
(a) for the average emissions of the new passenger car fleet, an EU fleet-wide target equal to a 350% reduction of the average of the specific emissions targets in 2021 determined in accordance with point 6.1.2 of Part A of Annex I;
Amendment 261 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 5 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 5 – point b
(b) for the average emissions of the new light commercial vehicles fleet, an EU fleet- wide target equal to a 350% reduction of the average of the specific emissions targets in 2021 determined in accordance with point 6.1.2 of Part B of Annex I.
Amendment 276 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Amendment 295 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point m
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point m
(m) 'zero- and low-emission vehicle' means a passenger car or a light commercial vehicle with tailpipe emissions from zero up to 50 g CO2/km, as determined in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1151 and, from 2022 onwards, as determined with the Real Driving Emission test using PEMS.
Amendment 296 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point n a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point n a (new)
(na) 'defeat device' means an element of design which senses temperature, vehicle speed, engine speed (RPM), transmission gear, manifold vacuum or any other parameter for the purpose of activating, modulating, delaying or deactivating the operation of any system or part of a system that increases CO2 emissions under conditions which may reasonably be expected to be encountered in normal vehicle operation and use.
Amendment 315 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The manufacturer shall equip vehicles so that the systems and components likely to affect emissions are designed, constructed and assembled so as to enable the passenger cars or the light commercial vehicles of the manufacturer, in normal use, to comply with the specific emission targets and other requirements pursuant to this Regulation and its implementing measures.
Amendment 316 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. The use of defeat devices shall be prohibited. The prohibition shall not apply where: (a) the need for the device is justified in terms of protecting the engine against damage or accident and for the safe operation of the vehicle; (b) the device does not function beyond the requirements of engine starting; or (c) the conditions are substantially included in the test procedures pursuant to Article 1.
Amendment 317 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 c (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. In order for the approval authorities to be able to assess compliance with paragraphs 3(a) to 3(b) of this Article, the manufacturer shall provide an extended documentation package. The Commission is empowered to adopt a delegated act to supplement this Regulation with requirements to ensure compliance with the prohibition of defeat devices and the required content of the extended documentation package.
Amendment 332 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. For each calendar year, each Member State shall record information for each new passenger car and each new light commercial vehicle registered in its territory in accordance with Parts A of Annexes II and III. This information shall be made available to the manufacturers and their designated importers or representatives in each Member State. Member States shall make every effort to ensure that reporting bodies operate in a transparent manner. Each Member State shall ensure that the specific emissions of CO2 of passenger cars which are not type- approved in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 are measured and recorded in the certificate of conformity.
Amendment 333 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Manufacturers mayshall, within three months of being notified of the provisional calculation under paragraph 4, notify the Commission of any errors in the data, specifying the Member State in which it considers that the error occurred.
Amendment 334 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 3 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 3 – introductory part
The Commission mayshall adopt detailed rules on the procedures for reporting such deviations and for taking them into account in the calculation of the average specific emissions. Those procedures shall be adopted by way of implementing acts in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 15(2).
Amendment 357 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point e
Amendment 360 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point f
Amendment 387 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall monitor and assess the real world representativeness of the CO2 emission and energy consumption values determined in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1151 and, from 2022, the Real Driving Emissions test using PEMS. It shall ensure that the public is informed of how that e representativeness of these tests evolves over time for the total EU fleet, for each individual manufacturer or pool of manufacturers and for each vehicle type.
Amendment 410 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 415 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 422 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall in 20242 submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the effectiveness of this Regulation, accompanied, where appropriate, accompanied by a proposal for amending the Regulation. This report wishall consider, inter alia, the real world representativeness of the CO2 emission and energy consumption values determined in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1151, the deployment on the Union market of zero- and low-emission vehicles and the roll-out of recharging and refuelling infrastructure reported under Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council29 . __________________ 29 Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure (OJ L 307, 28.10.2014, p. 1)
Amendment 430 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Commission shall, by 31 December 2026, submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council with an analysis of the life-cycle CO2 emissions from new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles registered and sold in the Union, including an analysis of options for possible regulatory measures.
Amendment 432 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall take into account the assessments performed pursuant to Article 12 and may, where appropriate,shall review the procedures for measuring CO2 emissions as set out under Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 and, from 2022, the Real Driving Emissions test using PEMS. The Commission shall, in particular, make appropriate proposals to adapt those procedures to reflect adequately the real world CO2 emissions of cars and light commercial vehicles.
Amendment 438 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in paragraph [2a (new) of Article 1], the second subparagraph of Article 7(7), Article 7(78), Article 10(8), the fourth subparagraph of Article 11(1), Article 12 (1), Article 13(2) and the second subparagraph of Article 14(3) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from [the date of entry into force of this Regulation].
Amendment 440 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. The delegation of power referred to in paragraph [2a (new) of Article 1], the second subparagraph of Article 7(7), Article 7(8), Article 10(8), the fourth subparagraph of Article 11(1), Article 12(1), Article 13(2) and the second subparagraph of Article 14(3) may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.
Amendment 441 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 4
Article 16 – paragraph 4
4. A delegated act adopted pursuant to paragraph [2a (new) of Article 1] the second subparagraph of Article 7(7), Article 7(8), Article 10(8), the fourth subparagraph of Article 11(1), Article 12(1), Article 13(2) and the second subparagraph of Article 14(3) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.
Amendment 479 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part A – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.1 – paragraph 2
Annex I – part A – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.1 – paragraph 2
The specific emissions reference target = EU fleet-wide target2025 + a2025 · (TM-TM0)
Amendment 482 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part A – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.1 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Annex I – part A – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.1 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 484 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part A – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.1 – paragraph 4
Annex I – part A – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.1 – paragraph 4
Amendment 485 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part A – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.1 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Annex I – part A – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.1 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 486 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part A – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.1 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Annex I – part A – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.1 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 487 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part A – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.1 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Annex I – part A – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.1 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 488 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part A – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.1 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4
Annex I – part A – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.1 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4
Amendment 491 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part A – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.2 – paragraph 2
Annex I – part A – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.2 – paragraph 2
The specific emissions reference target = EU fleet-wide target2030 + a2030 · (TM-TM0)
Amendment 492 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part A – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.2 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Annex I – part A – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.2 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 493 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part A – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.2 – paragraph 4
Annex I – part A – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.2 – paragraph 4
Amendment 494 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part A – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.2 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Annex I – part A – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.2 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 495 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part A – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.2 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Annex I – part A – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.2 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 496 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part A – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.2 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Annex I – part A – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.2 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 497 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part A – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.2 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4
Annex I – part A – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.2 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4
Amendment 581 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part B – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.1 – paragraph 2
Annex I – part B – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.1 – paragraph 2
The specific emissions reference target = EU fleet-wide target2025 + α · (TM-TM0)
Amendment 583 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part B – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.1 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Annex I – part B – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.1 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 585 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part B – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.1 – paragraph 4
Annex I – part B – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.1 – paragraph 4
Amendment 589 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part B – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.2 – paragraph 2
Annex I – part B – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.2 – paragraph 2
The specific emissions reference target = EU fleet-wide target2030 + α · (TM-TM0)
Amendment 590 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part B – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.2 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Annex I – part B – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.2 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 591 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part B – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.2 – paragraph 4
Annex I – part B – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.2 – paragraph 4
Amendment 592 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part B – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.2 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Annex I – part B – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.2 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 593 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part B – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.2 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Annex I – part B – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.2 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 594 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part B – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.2 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Annex I – part B – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.2 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 595 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part B – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.2 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4
Annex I – part B – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.2 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4
Amendment 596 #
2017/0293(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part B – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.2 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 5
Annex I – part B – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.2 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 5
Amendment 46 #
2017/0290(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Reducing the negative impact of transport activities remains one of the main goals of the Union's transport policy. Council Directive 92/106/EEC21 which establishes measures to encourage the development of combined transport, is the only legislative act of the Union to directly incentivise the shift from road freight to lower emission transport modes such as inland waterways, maritime and rail. In order to further reduce the negative externalities of road freight, research into, and the sharing of best practices between Member States on solutions to better routing, network optimization, increases in load efficiency and the possibilities for the charging of external costs should be encouraged. _________________ 21 Council Directive 92/106/EEC of 7 December 1992 on the establishment of common rules for certain types of combined transport of goods between Member States (OJ L 368, 17.12.1992, p.38).
Amendment 49 #
2017/0290(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The goal of reaching 30% of road freight over 300 km shifted to other modes of transport such as rail or waterborne transport by 2030, and more than 50% by 2050, in order to optimise the performance of multimodal logistic chains, including by making greater use of more energy- efficient modes, has been slower than expected and according to the current projections, will not be reached. Therefore, incentives to shift to zero- and low- emission road freight modes will be needed.
Amendment 52 #
2017/0290(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Directive 92/106/EEC should be simplified and its implementation improved by reviewing the economic incentives to combined transport, with the aim of encouraging the shift of goods from road transport to modes which are more environmentally friendly, safer, more energy efficient and cause less congestion. In view of this, research on, and the sharing of, best practices on the shift from road to rail should be encouraged.
Amendment 66 #
2017/0290(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The main infrastructure bottleneck hampering the shift from road freight to other modes of transport is at the transhipment terminal level. The current distribution and coverage of transhipment terminals in the Union, at least along the existing TEN-T Core and Comprehensive network, is insufficient yet the capacity of existing transhipment terminals is reaching its limit and will need to develop in order to cope with overall freight traffic growth. Investing in transhipment terminal capacity, network optimisation and the development of new transhipment techniques may reduce overall transhipment costs, and hence produce a derived modal shift, as demonstrated in some Member States. Member States should therefore ensure, in coordination with the neighbouring Member States and with the Commission, that more efficient combined transport transhipment terminals and transhipment capacity are constructed or made available to transport operators. This would incentivise the use of freight transport alternatives and increase modal shift, thus making combined transport operations more competitive than road transport alone. The increased coverage and capacity of transhipment terminals should, at the very minimum, be established along the existing TEN-T Core and Comprehensive networks. There should be on average at least one suitable transhipment terminal for combined transport located no further than 150 km from any shipment location in the Union.
Amendment 70 #
2017/0290(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Member States should implement additional economic support measures in addition to the existing ones, targeting the various legs of a combined transport operation, in order to reduce the road freight and to encourage the use of other modes of transport such as rail, inland waterways and maritime transport, thereby reducing air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, road traffic accidents, noise and congestion. Such measures should aim to incentivise zero- and low-emission modes of transport and may include the reduction of certain taxes or transport fees, grants for intermodal load units effectively transported in combined transport operations, or the partial reimbursement of transhipments cost.
Amendment 98 #
2017/0290(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 92/106/EEC
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) the constructiondevelopment of new transhipment techniques that reduce bottlenecks at the terminals and, where necessary, the construction and expansion of such transhipment terminals for combined transport;
Amendment 94 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Increased digitisation and connectivity lead to increased cybersecurity risks, thus making society at large more vulnerable to cyber threats and exacerbating dangers faced by individuals, including vulnerable persons such as children. In order to mitigate this risk to society, all necessary actions need to be taken to improve cybersecurity in the EU to better protect network and information systems, telecommunication networks, digital products, services and devices used by citizens, governments and business – from SMEs to operators of critical infrastructures – from cyber threats. In this respect the Digital Education Action Plan published by the European Commission on 17 January 2018 is a step in the right direction, in particular the EU-wide awareness-raising campaign targeting educators, parents and learners to foster online safety, cyber hygiene and media literacy as well as the cyber-security teaching initiative building on the Digital Competence Framework for Citizens, to empower people to use technology confidently and responsibly.
Amendment 105 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5 a) Businesses as well as individual consumers should have accurate information regarding the level of security of their ICT products. At the same time, it has to be understood that no product is cyber secure and that basic rules of cyber hygiene have to be promoted and prioritized.
Amendment 108 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) It is recognised that, since the adoption of the 2013 EU Cybersecurity Strategy and the last revision of the Agency's mandate, the overall policy context has changed significantly, also in relation to a more uncertain and less secure global environment. In this context and in the context of the positive role the Agency has played over the years in pooling of expertise, coordination, capacity building and within the framework of the new Union cybersecurity policy, it is necessary to review the mandate of ENISA to define its role in the changed cybersecurity ecosystem and ensure it contributes effectively to the Union's response to cybersecurity challenges emanating from this radically transformed threat landscape, for which, as recognised by the evaluation of the Agency, the current mandate is not sufficient.
Amendment 112 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12 a) The role of the Agency should be subject to continuous assessment and timely review, in particular its coordinating role vis-à-vis the Member States and their national authorities, the eventual possibility of acting as a One- Stop-Shop for Member States and EU bodies and institutions. The Agency´s role in the avoidance of fragmentation of the internal market and the possible introduction of mandatory cybersecurity certification schemes, should the situation in the future require such a shift, should also be assessed as well as the Agency´s role in respect of the assessment of third country products entering the EU market and the possible blacklisting of companies which do not comply with EU criteria.
Amendment 116 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) The Agency should assist the Member States and Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies in their efforts to build and enhance capabilities and preparedness to prevent, detect and respond to cybersecurity problems and incidents and in relation to the security of network and information systems. In particular, the Agency should support the development and enhancement of national CSIRTs, with a view of achieving a high common level of their maturity in the Union. The Agency should also assist with the development and update of Union and Member States strategies on the security of network and information systems, in particular on cybersecurity, promote their dissemination and track progress of their implementation. The Agency should also offer trainings and training material to public bodies, and where appropriate "train the trainers" with a view to assisting Member States in developing their own training capabilities. The Agency should also serve as a contact point for Member States and Union institutions, who should be able to request an assistance of the Agency within the competences and roles assigned to it.
Amendment 129 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) The Agency should contribute towards raising the awareness of the public about risks related to cybersecurity and provide guidance on good practices for individual users aimed at citizens and organisations. The Agency should also contribute to promote best practices and solutions at the level of individuals and organisations by collecting and analysing publicly available information regarding significant incidents, and by compiling reports with a view to providing guidance to businesses and citizens and improving the overall level of preparedness and resilience. The Agency should furthermore organise, in line with the Digital Education Action Plan and in cooperation with the Member States and the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies regular outreach and public education campaigns directed to end-users, aiming at promoting safer individual online behaviour and raising awareness of potential threats in cyberspace, including cybercrimes such as phishing attacks, botnets, financial and banking fraud, as well as promoting basic authentication and data protection advice. The Agency should play a central role in accelerating end-user awareness on security of devices.
Amendment 161 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47
Recital 47
(47) Conformity assessment is the process demonstrating whether specified requirements relating to a product, process, service, system, person or body have been fulfilled. For the purposes of this Regulation, certification should be considered as a type of conformity assessment regarding the cybersecurity features of a product, process, service, system, or a combination of those ("ICT products and services") by an independent third party, other than the product manufacturer or service provider. Certification cannot guarantee per se that certified ICT products and services are cyber secure. It is rather a procedure and technical methodology to attest that ICT products and services have been tested and that they comply with certain cybersecurity requirements laid down elsewhere, for example as specified in technical standards. Undertakings should also ensure the security by design and by default of their ICT products and services taking into account the state of the art.
Amendment 164 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48 a (new)
Recital 48 a (new)
(48 a) Despite the fact that it is not possible to foresee future technology and market developments, producers should take into account all known threats when developing their products. Producers should also be liable for the quality of a product put on the EU market, including cyber resilience. At the same time, consumers should assume their share of responsibility by following basic rules of cyber hygiene, which could significantly reduce the number of human errors in the field of cybersecurity.
Amendment 166 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50
Recital 50
(50) Currently, the cybersecurity certification of ICT products and services is used only to a limited extent. When it exists, it mostly occurs at Member State level or in the framework of industry driven schemes. In this context, a certificate issued by one national cybersecurity authority is not in principle recognised by other Member States. Companies thus may have to certify their products and services in several Member States where they operate, for example with a view to participating in national procurement procedures. Moreover, while new schemes are emerging, there seems to be no coherent and holistic approach with regard to horizontal cybersecurity issues, for instance in the field of the Internet of Things. Existing schemes present significant shortcomings and differences in terms of product coverage, levels of assurance, substantive criteria and actual utilisation. Mutual recognition and trust among Member States is a key element in this respect. ENISA has an important role to play in helping the Member States develop a solid institutional structure and expertise in protection against potential cyber attacks.
Amendment 172 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 53 a (new)
Recital 53 a (new)
(53 a) The Agency and the Commission should make the best use of already existing certification schemes on the EU and / or international level. ENISA should be able to assess which schemes already in use are fit for purpose and can be brought in the European legislation in cooperation with EU standardisation organisations and, as far as possible, internationally recognised. Existing good practices should be collected and shared among Member States.
Amendment 247 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. The Agency shall assist the Union institutions, agencies and bodies, as well as Member States, in developing and implementing policies related to cybersecurity and raising awareness among citizens and businesses.
Amendment 261 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 6
Article 4 – paragraph 6
6. The Agency shall promote the use of certification, including by contributing to the establishment and maintenance of a cybersecurity certification framework at Union level in accordance with Title III of this Regulation, with a view to increasing transparency of cybersecurity assurance of ICT products and services, reducing fragmentation of the internal market and thus strengthen trust in the digital internal market.
Amendment 340 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) facilitate the establishment and take-up of European and/ or international standards for risk management and for the security of ICT products and services, as well as draw up, in collaboration with Member States, advice and guidelines regarding the technical areas related to the security requirements for operators of essential services and digital service providers, as well as regarding already existing standards, including Member States' national standards, pursuant to Article 19(2) of Directive (EU) 2016/1148 and share this information among Member States;
Amendment 390 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 a (new)
Article 20 a (new)
Article 20 a Consultation Forum The Commission, together with the Agency ,shall ensure that, in the conduct of its activities, it observes, in respect of each implementing measure, a balanced participation of Member States’ representatives and all interested parties concerned with the product or product group in question, such as industry, including SMEs, trade unions, traders, retailers, importers, environmental protection groups and consumer and end- user organisations. These parties shall meet in a Consultation Forum. The outcome of this forum may lead to an impetus for proposal of a candidate scheme. The rules of procedure of the Forum shall be established by the Commission.
Amendment 391 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 a (new)
Article 21 a (new)
Article 21 a Request to the Agency 1. The Agency should establish and manage a single entry point through which requests for advice and assistance falling within the Agency’s objectives and tasks shall be addressed. These requests should be accompanied by background information explaining the issue to be addressed. Agency should draw up the potential resource implications, and, in due course, follow-up to the requests. If the Agency refuses a request, it shall give a justification. 2. Requests referred to in paragraph 1 may be made by: a) the European Parliament b) the Council c) the Commission d) any competent body appointed by a Member State, such as a national regulatory authority defined in Article 2 of Directive 2002/21/EC. 3. The practical arrangements for applying paragraphs 1 and 2, regarding in particular submission, prioritisation, follow-up and information, shall be laid down by the Management Board in the Agency’s internal rules of operation.
Amendment 426 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 2
Article 44 – paragraph 2
2. When preparing candidate schemes referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, ENISA shall consult all relevant stakeholders as requested under Article 20 a and closely cooperate with the Group. The Group shall provide ENISA with the assistance and expert advice required by ENISA in relation to the preparation of the candidate scheme, including by providing opinions where necessary.
Amendment 443 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 44 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Adopted schemes shall be reviewed and if necessary updated on regular basis in cooperation with relevant stakeholders and the Group within the structure established under this regulation.
Amendment 519 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 47 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) detailed specification of the cybersecurity requirements against which the specific ICT products and services are evaluated, for example by reference to Union and / or international standards or technical specifications. Already existing international standards should be taken into account;
Amendment 525 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 47 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) where applicable, one or more assurance levels taking into account inter- alia a risk-based approach;
Amendment 546 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 47 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Certification schemes may be in particular created for those product groups mentioned in Annex I of this regulation.
Amendment 615 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 53 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. (g) to establish a peer review process. This process shall have regard in particular to the required technical expertise of NCSAS in the fulfilment of their tasks, as described in article 48 and 50, and include when necessary the development of guidance and best practice documents to improve compliance of the NCSAs with this Regulation.
Amendment 617 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 53 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. (h) to supervise the surveillance and maintenance of a certificate.
Amendment 625 #
2017/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Title 4 a (new)
Title 4 a (new)
ANNEX 1 new Upon launching the EU cybersecurity certification framework it is likely that attention focuses on areas of imminent interest to rise to the challenge posed by emerging technologies. The area of the Internet of Things is of particular interest as it cuts across consumer as well as industry requirements. The following priority list for adoption into the certification framework is proposed: (1) Certification of cloud service provision. (2) Certification of IoT devices including: a. devices at individual level, such as smart wearables; b. devices at community level, such as smart cars, smart homes, health devices; c. devices at society level such as smart cities and smart grids. (3) Industry 4.0 involving intelligent, interconnected cyber-physical systems that automate all phases of industrial operations, spanning from design and manufacturing to operation, supply chain and service maintenance. (4) Certification of technologies and products exploited in every-day life. Such an example could be networking devices, such as home internet routers.
Amendment 6 #
2016/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that open, voluntary, inclusive and consensus-oriented standardisation processes have been effective;
Amendment 13 #
2016/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Emphasises that effective standardisation in support of digitisation is crucial for the transformation to a modern data-driven economy and the development of the Digital Single Market; calls for increased cooperation between the European standardisation organisations, especially concerning the ICT priority areas of cyber security, 5G communications, cloud computing, the Internet of Things and data technologies;
Amendment 20 #
2016/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises the strategic importance of ICT standardisation and calls on the Commission to support an EUthe presence in international ICT foraof European standardisation organisations in international standardisation bodies such as ISO, IEC and ITU;
Amendment 49 #
2016/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Asks the Commission to rationalise the number of platforms and coordination mechanisms and to involve the existing recognized European standardisation bodies, such as ETSI, CEN and CENELEC, in new initiatives; stresses the strategic importance of developing global standards;
Amendment 65 #
2016/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages the European adoption of thea Reference Architecture Model for Idigitising industry 4.0;
Amendment 110 #
2016/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Highlights the fact that the FRAND (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory) system of licensing strikes an important balance between innovators and technology users, by guaranteeing access to, and efficient licensing of, standard essential patents; stresses that essential R&D contributions to standardisation will be stimulated by maintaining a balanced standardisation framework;
Amendment 47 #
2016/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the development of the Internet of Things is central to the automation of manufacturing processes; whereas this development can only be scaled up through investment in high- speed connectivity, High Performance Computing and mass data storage facilities;
Amendment 50 #
2016/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas there is widespread concern as regards the labour market effects of digitalisation in industrial manufacturing as well as its possible effects on workplace democracy and regional developmentdigitisation in industrial manufacturing will change labour market demand in Europe; whereas, in order to meet this change in demand, digital skills in the society as a whole should be increased;
Amendment 117 #
2016/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of an EU governance structure for the digitalisation of industry that facilitates the coordination of national initiatives and platforms on industrial digitalisation; calls on the Commission to consider setting a non-binding orientation target, that allows the EU to remain a global industrial leader; underlines the importance of advancing digitalisation particularly in those regions that are lagging behinddigitalisation of industry for maintaining the EU's position as a global industrial leader; calls on the Commission to give concrete substance to its ambition of reaching the 20% of GDP manufacturing target; emphasizes, in this light, the re- shoring potential of digitising industry by decreasing production costs; recalls that an enabling regulatory framework and the build-up of a state-of-the-art European digital infrastructure are the best ways of stimulating digitisation of industry; expects that, besides industry leaders and social partners, stakeholders from academia, the standardisation community, trade unions, policy-makers and civil society as well as industry leaders, especially SMEs, will also be invited to play an active role;
Amendment 131 #
2016/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Asks the Commission to establish a specific industrial foresight unit thatcontinue its important work in examinesing manufacturing and digitalisation trends, studiesying pertinent developments in other regions, identifiesying new key technologies and ensuresing that European leadership in these areas is maintained and new trends are integrated into policies and actions; calls on the Commission to cooperate closely with national Research and Technology Organisations in this regard;
Amendment 138 #
2016/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that its industry policies are in concordance with the 'Innovation Principle', so that potential effects on research and innovation will be part of the impact assessment;
Amendment 139 #
2016/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses the importance of technology neutrality in all levels of industry policy and legislation; calls on the Commission to safeguard and promote the principle of technology neutrality in all its actions regarding the digitisation of European industry;
Amendment 140 #
2016/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Highlights that industrial value chains are increasingly distributed across Europe and that EU-coordination is therefore justified and necessary; calls on the Commission to facilitate cross- fertilisation between the different national initiatives in digitising industry, such as Industrie 4.0 in Germany, Industrie du Futur in France, Smart Industry in The Netherlands and many more; calls for the exchange of best practices in this regard;
Amendment 155 #
2016/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights in this context the need to advance investment in high-speed connectivity, for example through 5G and, fibre optics and satellite communications, as an instrument for convergence and ensuring a robust digital infrastructural backbone for Europe’s industry;
Amendment 166 #
2016/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Underlines the importance of High Performance Computing for a future- proof European digital infrastructure; stresses that HPC can increase the competitiveness of European industry by allowing access to supercomputer calculating speed for e.g. modelling or simulation; highlights the potential of HPC for SMEs and believes the development of HPC competence centres and the Fortissimo initiative of the European Commission are positive examples in this regard; calls on the Commission and the Member States to maintain high HPC-ambitions and to realise exascale computing for Europe by 2020;
Amendment 171 #
2016/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Emphasises the importance of cloud computing for a future-proof European digital infrastructure; stresses that the Cloud can provide European industry with mass data storage capacities and high processing speed at low costs; calls on the Commission to increase industrial awareness of the benefits of cloud computing, so that a market-led extension of its user base may be attained;
Amendment 173 #
2016/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Stresses the high potential of satellite technologies for digitising industry, notably by establishing high- speed connectivity, also in remote areas, and by facilitating the Internet of Things through positioning services; highlights in this respect the key importance of satellite technology for Highly Automated Driving; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that European industry can benefit to the full extent from the European flagship programmes Galileo and Copernicus;
Amendment 174 #
2016/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Takes note of the large opportunities of Distributed Ledger Technology for European industry, for example in the areas of intercompany transactions, traceability during the manufacturing process and recycling; calls on the Commission and national Research and Technology Organisations to identify possible obstacles to the deployment of DLT;
Amendment 195 #
2016/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the establishment of the Smart Specialisation Platform for Industrial Modernisation and particularly the Commission’s proposal for Digital Innovation Hubs (DIH) to strengthen industrial digitalisation and digital innovation for SMEs; calls on the Commission to increase the funding for the DIH and to facilitate a 'sand box' approach in which cross-sectorial experiments in a controlled environment will not be blocked by standing regulation;
Amendment 205 #
2016/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Underlines the transformative nature that Highly Automated Driving can have for transport in Europe; calls on the Commission and the Member States to work together with the transport industry to address legal and technical questions surrounding HAD and identify its obstacles to its cross-border development in the Union;
Amendment 247 #
2016/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines the role of cybersecurity within the digitalisation of Europe’s industry; considers cyber-resilience as crucial and cybersecurity as a core sector for European digitalisation effortdesign parameter in all digital innovations; believes that producers are responsible for ensuring safety and security standards on the basis of the available state of the art technology; notes that cybersecurity requirements for the Internet of Things (IoT) and IT security standards must strengthen European cyber-resilience; believes that European standardisation bodies have a special role to play in this respect;
Amendment 265 #
2016/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses the need for monitoring of data sovereignty; believes that industrial data protection and data ownership, especially b2b, require special attention; notes that open data and open standards can promote new technologies as well as new applications;
Amendment 280 #
2016/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that European leadership in industrial digitalisation requires a strong standardisation strategy; emphasises the important and unique make-up of Europe’s standardisation bodies, including their inclusive approach; calls on the Commission to promote the development of open standards and welcomes its intention to guarantee access to, and efficient licensing of, standard essential patents under FRAND (fair, reasonable, non-discriminatory) conditions; stresses that essential R&D contributions to standardisation will be safeguarded by maintaining a balanced standardisation framework; calls for an EU coordinated approach towards international fora and consortia such as the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC);
Amendment 4 #
2016/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
- having regard to the European Court of Auditors report "Combating Food Waste: an opportunity for the EU to improve the resource-efficiency of the food supply chain" (2016)1a , _________________ 1a http://www.eca.europa.eu/en/Pages/DocIt em.aspx?did=40302.
Amendment 16 #
2016/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas according to the World Food Programme (WFP) 795 million people in the world do not have enough food to lead a healthy and active life; whereas poor nutrition causes nearly half (45%) or approximately 3.1 million of deaths in children under the age of five; whereas one in six children in the world are underweight and one in four is stunted; whereas it is therefore not only an economic and environmental but also a moral obligation to reduce food waste1a ; _________________ 1a https://www.wfp.org/hunger/stats.
Amendment 24 #
2016/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12.3 is aimed at halving per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels by 2030 and reducing food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses; whereas the UN estimates that world population will increase from 7.3 billion people today to 9.7 billion in 20501a ; whereas reducing food waste is an essential step in reducing world hunger and a necessity to feed an ever growing world population; _________________ 1a http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/n ews/population/2015-report.html
Amendment 32 #
2016/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas reducing food waste can improve the economic situation for households without lowering the standard of living;
Amendment 39 #
2016/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas food is lost or wasted at all steps of the supply and consumption chain; whereas estimates from the FUSIONS project indicate that the sectors contributing the most to food waste within the EU are households and processing10 ; whereas food waste in developing countries mainly occurs due to infrastructure and technological limitations; _________________ 10 FUSIONS, Estimates of European food waste levels, March 2016.
Amendment 113 #
2016/2223(INI)
1. Stresses the urgent need to reduce the amount of food waste in the Union at every step of the supply and consumption chain; in this regard, underlines the importance of political leadership and commitment from both the Commission and Member States; reminds that the European Parliament repeatedly, in its resolutions from 2011, 2012, 2015 and 2016, asked the Commission to take action against food waste;
Amendment 191 #
2016/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the recent creation of the EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste; reiterates the importance of exchanging best practices, combining knowledge and avoiding duplication with other relevant forums such as for example the EU Retail Forum on Sustainability, the European Food Sustainable Consumption and Production Roundtable, the High Level Forum for a Better Functioning Food Supply Chain, the Consumer Goods Forum;
Amendment 204 #
2016/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to engage, in cooperation with stakeholders, in improving consumers’ understanding of ‘use by’ dates and ‘best before’ dates; stresses the importance of empowering consumers in order to make informed decisions; asks the Commission to assess whether current EU legislation and current practice in use with ‘use by’ and ‘best before’ dates in different Member States are fit for purpose;
Amendment 213 #
2016/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission, in cooperation with the Member States, to issue recommendations regarding refrigeration temperatures, based on evidence that non-optimal and improper temperature leads to food becoming prematurely inedible and causes unnecessary waste; underlines the fact that harmonised levels of temperature throughout the supply chain would improve product conservation and reduce food waste for products transported and sold cross-border;
Amendment 231 #
2016/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on all actors in the food supply chain to take their shared responsibility and implement the Joint Food Wastage Declaration 'Every Crumb Counts' and 'Retail agreement on waste'; points out that the retail sector meets millions of consumers every day, and is in a unique position to increase knowledge and raise awareness related to food waste, thereby facilitating informed choices; underlines that marketing practices such as "buy one, get one for free" increases the risk that consumers buy more than they can use; in this regard also highlights the need to offer smaller package sizes for smaller households; welcomes that some retailers sell food items with short use-by dates at discount prices but believes that practice should be more widespread;
Amendment 238 #
2016/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote successful practices of food waste reduction and resource conservation methods already used by stakeholders; encourages the Member States to reduce food waste in public establishments; in this regard emphasizes the importance of educating and engaging children to minimize food waste in school canteens; asks the Quaestors to give priority to actions to reduce food waste in the European Parliament and encourages other European institutions to follow;
Amendment 256 #
2016/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to use European development funds to improve the food chain infrastructure to reduce food waste in developing countries;
Amendment 271 #
2016/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Stresses the important role of national authorities to help actors along the food supply chain to use edible food and food close to expiry, taking a promotional instead of punishing approach when implementing food safety rules;
Amendment 272 #
2016/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Welcomes the establishment of "Social Grocery Shops", as well as public and private partnerships with charity organizations, to make the best possible use of edible but not sellable food;
Amendment 306 #
2016/2223(INI)
14a. Calls on restaurants, catering services and public establishments to make available to-go boxes and encourage customers to bring their leftovers home;
Amendment 338 #
2016/2223(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Considers the digital revolution and innovation a possibility to further reduce food waste; believes that collaborative economy services such as co-cooking, smart packaging and the Internet of things are important to increase awareness and promote sustainable consumption;
Amendment 17 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the EU is a major importer of products resulting from illegal deforestation; calls for the immediate termination of EU subsidies for biofuels produced from food crops and for a phase- out of such fuels; stresses the inadequacneed for improving the reliability of voluntary certification schemes, such as the Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), in addressingorder to address more adequately land grabs and human rights violations; calls for binding regulations on agricultural commodity importers’ supply chains, in order to ensure a fully sustainable palm oil supply chain by 2020, in line with the Amsterdam Palm Oil Declaration;
Amendment 34 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to put in place mechanisms to address the conversion of forests for commercial agriculture within the FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) framework; calls for increased EU financial and technical assistance to producer countries and their local authorities with a view to combating corruption and improving governance and transparency;
Amendment 36 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls on the Commission to set the example for other countries by establishing accounting rules for greenhouse gas emissions from managed wetlands and for land-use changes of wetlands in European legislation;
Amendment 62 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is concerned that many land deals breach the principle of local communities’ free, prior and informed consent; calls for the EU and its Member States to ensure that EU-based investors adhere fully to international standards on responsible and sustainable investment in agriculture, and to take steps to ensure access to remedy for victims of corporate abuses.
Amendment 900 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 15 – paragraph 1
Rule 15 – paragraph 1
The President, Vice-Presidents and Quaestors shall be elected by secret ballot, in accordance with Rule 182. Nominations shall be with consent. They may only be made by a political group or by at least 40 Members. However, if the number of nominations does not exceed the number of seats to be filled, the candidates may be elected by acclamation. Members shall be permitted to serve a maximum of two terms in the office of President pursuant to Rule 19(1), regardless of whether they are served consecutively or not.
Amendment 1 #
2016/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas around 70% of the world’s poor live in rural areas and depend directly on biological diversity for their livelihoods; whereas the protection of biodiversity is therefore important for sustainable livelihoods and pro-poor development; whereas conversely, the involvement of local communities can be crucial for success in such protection;
Amendment 4 #
2016/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas global biodiversity and ecosystem services are under threat due to land use changes, unsustainable use of natural resources, pollution and climate change; in particular, whereas many endangered species face greater challenges than before owing to rapid urbanisation, loss of habitat and illegal wildlife trade;
Amendment 9 #
2016/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas wildlife protection can, however, have a considerable price for local communities, as some species are dangerous to humanconflict between people and animals, which result from loss of habitats and growing needs of humans, constitutes a major threat to the continued survival of many species in different parts of the world; whereas forest loss cand destroy plantations and other property or kill livestockgradation is mostly caused by the expansion of agricultural land, intensive harvesting of timber, wood for fuel and other forest products, as well as overgrazing; whereas wild species which come into contact with humans are often killed or captured; whereas confronting armed poachers can be utterly risky;
Amendment 13 #
2016/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas elephants and rhinoceros are most prominent among the animals being killed to feed rising demand for their tusks and horns across the world; whereas poachers may be driven by poverty or are exploited by criminal organisations seeking to recruit hunters with knowledge of the local terrain;
Amendment 20 #
2016/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas illegal wildlife trade involves poachers, armed non-state actors from source countries, international crime groups and institutional corruption across global network chains and a range of players involved in demand countries; whereas wildlife trafficking fuels instability and undermines security;
Amendment 23 #
2016/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that EUs Policy Coherence strategy enshrined in the Treaties has to take duly account of wildlife protection and underlines the critical role of biodiversity in Sustainable Development Goals and supports the B4Life flagship initiative on biodiversity protection, implemented in particular via the European Development Fund and the Development Cooperation Instrument, as well as objective 1.2 of the EU Action Plan against Wildlife Trafficking relating to rural communities; calls on the Commission to ensure that relevant actions are consistent with the fundamental poverty reduction objective of EU development policy, sustainable forestry policies, reflect the potential of local communities to contribute to wildlife protection, and include creative solutions, adapted to local conditions, to human- wildlife conflicts, impact on food security, natural habitat and ecosystems;
Amendment 30 #
2016/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that the wealth of Africa’s populations is largely dependent on its wildlife and rural poverty is a fundamental element of poaching at the field level;
Amendment 33 #
2016/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses that the wildlife protection, mostly targeted on conservation of ecosystems and landscapes supporting main African wildlife populations, must be a key element in EU poverty reduction strategies;
Amendment 36 #
2016/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Strongly supports ongoing legal reforms in concerned countries that allow for the devolution of rights ownership over wildlife to local people;
Amendment 37 #
2016/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Recalls that biodiversity and resilient ecosystems support livelihoods, enhance food and nutrition security, enable access to water and to health and contribute significantly to climate change mitigation and adaptation; accordingly, deems crucial to protect biodiversity and ecosystem services to ensure sustainable livelihoods contribute to poverty reduction worldwide;
Amendment 40 #
2016/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Takes the view that wildlife and forest crime should be treated with the same attention as any other transnational organised crime; consequently, law enforcement should not limit itself to poachers, but target as well the higher echelons of organised crime;
Amendment 41 #
2016/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1f. Urges governments of the supply countries to: (i) improve the rule of law and create effective deterrents by strengthening criminal investigation, prosecution and sentencing; (ii) enact stronger laws treating illicit wildlife trafficking as a ‘serious crime’ deserving the same level of attention and gravity as other forms of transnational organised crime; (iii) allocate more resources to combating wildlife crime, particularly to strengthen wildlife law enforcement, trade controls, monitoring, and customs detection and seizure; (iv) to commit to a zero-tolerance policy on corruption;
Amendment 42 #
2016/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 g (new)
Paragraph 1 g (new)
1g. Stresses that collective interventions at the global level are needed to counter wildlife crime, including its financial dimension through international cooperation on anti-money laundering; stresses equally the need to launch awareness-raising campaigns to curb the demand for wildlife products;
Amendment 43 #
2016/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 h (new)
Paragraph 1 h (new)
1h. Urges supply, transit and demand countries to deepen their levels of cooperation to combat illegal wildlife trade along the entire chain; to this end, calls equally for increased cooperation between i.e. INTERPOL, World Customs Organisation, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC);
Amendment 44 #
2016/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 i (new)
Paragraph 1 i (new)
1i. Calls on the EU to upgrade its financial and technical support through DCI and EDF in developing countries to implement national wildlife regulations in line with CITES recommendations, particularly for those with insufficient resources to enforce legislation and prosecute smugglers;
Amendment 45 #
2016/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that poverty and weak administrations enable criminals to corrupt poorly paid officials of enforcement authorities; Stresses the need to responsibly manage the risks associated with combating poaching, which is often perpetrated by heavily armed and well- organised criminal groups; highlights that widespread corruption, institutional weakness, state erosion, mismanagement and weak penalties for wildlife crime are major challenges to address to combat effectively transnational wildlife trafficking; urges the EU to support developing countries in their efforts to reduce poaching incentives by improving economic opportunities and promoting good governance; providing training and support to agencies addressing the illegal wildlife trade; and raising awareness of the illegal trade in wildlife;
Amendment 61 #
2016/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls for reinforced international accountability mechanisms and for urgent policy and legal improvements to stop the trafficking and the demand for wildlife and forest products; law enforcement should not limit itself to poachers but target as well the higher echelons of organised crime;
Amendment 63 #
2016/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses that the harmonisation of policies and legal frameworks is particularly important with respect to wildlife crime in order to avoid the ‘migration’ of wildlife criminal networks;
Amendment 64 #
2016/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Urges EU and all its Member States to expand support for international trade regulation and to definitely close domestic ivory markets and destroy any stockpiles of ivory;
Amendment 7 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 34 a (new)
Citation 34 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 19 January 2016 'Towards a Digital Single Market'8a , __________________ 8a Texts adopted, P8_TA(2016)0009
Amendment 70 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas CCIs are a driving force for innovation and development of ICT in Europe; whereas the digital transformation of the industry offers new possibilities for the development of new business models and market expansion, but also poses challenges to the traditional sectors of the CCIs;
Amendment 82 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas despite the fact that more creative content is being consumed today than ever before, in particular on services such as user-uploaded content platforms and content aggregation services, and that distribution and production costs have fallen with technology developments, the lack of transparency in the value chain, outdated legislation and the difficulties of traditional sectors to adapt to digital transformation have led to the cultural and creative sector has not seening a comparable increase in revenues from this increase in consumption;
Amendment 139 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Encourages the Commission and Eurostat to include the CCS in their yearly statistics based on analysis of the value created by the CCIs that is adapted to the digital age and to publish a sectorial biennial report on the developments of CCIs in Europe;
Amendment 153 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that technology and infrastructure rely on the content provided by creators; calls, therefore, on the Commission to establish ahighlights that the revised legal framework for the value chaincopyright in the digital age thatshould takes into account the specificities of the sector and leads to an improvement in the remuneration of authors and creatorsshould ensure for authors and creators to be fairly remunerated for the use of their work on the internet without hampering innovation;
Amendment 174 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. AskWelcomes the Commission, in view of the upcoming copyright reform, to create legal solutions which will suit creators, right holders and consumers alike in order to make clear that liability exemptions can only apply to genuinely neutral and passive online service providers and not to servi's commitment to modernize the current copyright framework to adapt it to the digital age; believes that any adjustment should strike the right balance between the inherent value and appreciation of creative and artistic content with consumer rights and consumer access that play an active role in distributing, promoting and monetising content at the expense of creatorso diverse and legal content;
Amendment 186 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights that technology has reduced costs and barriers, thereby creating new opportunities for creators to produce, distribute, promote and finance their works; stresses therefore the need for the European Union to improve framework conditions for new innovative content platforms to emerge, in particular by improving legal certainty and reducing administrative burden;
Amendment 201 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights that piracy and counterfeiting remain a serious concern for CCIs and citizens alike; stresses that these illicit activities can cause safety and health concerns that need to be addressed;
Amendment 214 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recommends considering the introduction of tougher sanctions and the promotion of a system of guarantees on traceability as a deterrent for counterfeiters as well as increasing the damages and compensation awarded to right holders; calls on the EU and the Member States to launch awareness-raising campaigns against piracy and counterfeiting; Considers that the fight against piracy needs to be combined with policies that improve access to legal content ; stresses, finally, the need to involve all digital actors in the fight against online counterfeiting;
Amendment 218 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Recalls that the cultural and creative industries are characterised by a small enterprise size, with more than 95% of the businesses employing less than 10 people1a; calls therefore on the Commission to develop an innovation- friendly business environment for SMEs in the CCIs by reducing administrative burdens and to support the development of new business models; __________________ 1aStudy on "Boosting the competitiveness of cultural and creative industries for growth and jobs"
Amendment 239 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2 a (new)
Subheading 2 a (new)
Digitisation of the cultural and creative industries
Amendment 240 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Notes that the digital era offers new possibilities for CCIs through platforms, development of new business models and the use of innovative digital tools to access cultural content; reminds that this transformation also poses challenges to the traditional sectors such as book publishing and print media; highlights that CCIs are not yet tapping all potential of the digitisation and are not making full use of digital tools;
Amendment 241 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls on the Commission to ensure a modernized legislative framework in order to encourage the adoption of digital technologies and ensure that CCIs adapt successfully to digital changes; stresses in this regard that the Commission's "Digitising the industry" plan should fully take the specific characteristics of the CCIs into account;
Amendment 242 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Highlights the growing importance of platforms for the CCIs; calls on the Commission to maintain an innovation- friendly policy and foster competition between online platforms; highlights in this regard the importance of transparency, interoperability between and access to platforms;
Amendment 243 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 d (new)
Paragraph 9 d (new)
9d. Calls on the Commission to promote the development and usage of free and open source software and open standards in order to foster innovation and growth in CCIs;
Amendment 244 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 e (new)
Paragraph 9 e (new)
9e. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support the digitisation of cultural content, such as digital libraries, thus providing European citizens with broad access to content and promoting cultural and media literacy;
Amendment 263 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses that a lack of business skills still poses a major challenge for many entrepreneurs within CCIs; highlights in this regard the importance to strengthen the business, financial, marketing and management skills of creative entrepreneurs and to better integrate creative with entrepreneurial education;
Amendment 333 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that participation in all EU funded programmes is open to CCIs, but that this participation should still to be considered below its potential; asks the Commission as a first step to create a one stop shop – e.g. a website – highlighting different funding opportunities for CCIs, as this would increase awareness and accessibility of funding for CCIs; stresses the need to increase the knowledge among financial investors and institutions regarding the specificities and different challenges of the CCIs;
Amendment 345 #
2016/2072(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Highlights the importance of alternative funding options for CCIs, such as crowdfunding and crowd-investment;
Amendment 1 #
2016/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
- having regard to the 2030 Energy strategy, "A policy framework for climate and energy in the period from 2020 to 2030" (COM(2014)15),
Amendment 2 #
2016/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 c (new)
Citation 2 c (new)
- having regard to the Commission Energy Efficiency Communication (COM(2014)520),
Amendment 3 #
2016/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 e (new)
Citation 2 e (new)
Amendment 6 #
2016/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 d (new)
Citation 2 d (new)
- having regard to the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement (COP21),
Amendment 10 #
2016/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 b (new)
Citation 2 b (new)
- having regard to the 2050 Energy roadmap (COM(2011)885),
Amendment 11 #
2016/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the European Union and its Member States should first of all focus on their renewable resources and energy efficiency and derive maximum benefit from their renewable production capacity; stresses that this should not prevent efforts being made to extract added value from other segments of the energy markets, such as LNG, provided that this is done in a sustainable manner that is fully consistent with the EU’s environmental protection principles, while ensuring that fugitive methane emissions, with a global warming potential much higher than CO2, are minimised;
Amendment 21 #
2016/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that energy is a basic human good and that an important goal of the Energy Union is to ensure equal and cheap access for all and to combat energy poverty; believes that through energy cooperation the EU can positively contribute to promoting and strengthening democracy, the rule of law and human rights in partner countries; calls in this context for better links between energy and climate policies; encourages Member States not to cooperate with gas suppliers who do not comply with similar human rights and environmental standards as the EU;
Amendment 21 #
2016/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas gas is expected to continue tocan play an important role in the EU energy system for decades, especially in industrial production and asthe coming decades, as source of heat in buildingsupport to renewable energy, while the EU meets its ambitious targets on greenhouse gas emissions, energy efficiency and renewables and makes the transition to a low-carbon economy, where the role of gas will gradually decrease in favour of clean energies;
Amendment 24 #
2016/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls for better links between energy and climate policies; reminds the need to avoid the creation of a new fossil fuel lock-in and the necessity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 80-95% below 1990 levels by 2050;
Amendment 24 #
2016/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that the EU’s domestic production will continue to decline in the coming decades, and further diversification of the EU’s natural gas supply therefore remains a key objective, while nevertheless underlining its role as a short and medium- term solution and as a complement and support to renewables and energy efficiency, bearing in mind the European commitment to the objective of decarbonisation set out in the Roadmap for moving to a competitive low-carbon economy in 2050;
Amendment 25 #
2016/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas gas is a fossil fuel, with CO2 emissions during combustion and methane emissions during the whole gas life-cycle, with a global warming potential much higher than CO2;
Amendment 27 #
2016/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the European Union is committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 80- 95% below 1990 levels by 2050;
Amendment 29 #
2016/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points out that European gas demand has significantly decreased in the past years partly due to the economic crisis but also due to a structural shift in gas demand thanks to the successful implementation of energy efficiency and renewable policies;
Amendment 30 #
2016/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises that liquefied natural gas (LNG) and gas storage are of particular importanccan play a role in order to avoid dependence on a single energy supplier; calls in this context for the promotion and developa thorough assessment of where new natural gas nodes and LNG storage stations in the central and south-eastern regions, the Baltic and the Mediterraneancould improve energy security, taking into account the unused capacities of existing infrastructures, declining gas demand throughout Europe, the risk of stranded assets and EU 2030 and 2050 climate and energy objectives;
Amendment 30 #
2016/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas European gas import dependency in the upcoming years is expected to grow and in certain Member States has already reached 100 % in cases where there are no or limited numbers of alternative suppliers or supply routand boosting renewable energy and improving energy efficiency represent an opportunity to reduce gas demand in these countries;
Amendment 36 #
2016/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas liquefied natural gas (LNG) presents an opportunity for Europe both in terms of increasing competitiveness by exerting downward pressure on natural gas prices and increasing supply security; whereas natural gas is also a flexible backup to renewables in electricity productioncan complement and support renewables for a period of time up to 2050;
Amendment 39 #
2016/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the need for impact assessments to be made to ascertain the added value of constructing new LNG transport and storage infrastructure to avoid stranded assets, and the need to focus new investments on areas with poor interconnection, or to supply the most vulnerable Member States;
Amendment 41 #
2016/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that LNG and gas storage are an important part of the Energy Union and should contribute towards ending any kind of energy isolation of the EU Member States and regions; highlights the need to support the most vulnerable countries in order to diversify their sources and routes of supply, and to strengthen their energy security by reducing demand through efficiency measures; recalls that promoting LNG would push Member States to be more reliant on gas imports while for every 1% improvement in energy efficiency, EU gas imports fall by 2.6%;
Amendment 41 #
2016/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the EU, as the second largest LNG importer in the world, should exploit more opportunities in the international energy diplomacy arena to require from LNG producing countries to comply with high environmental standards in all stages of the gas life-cycle to avoid harmful methane leakage;
Amendment 48 #
2016/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the EU is still not able to fully exploit the benefits of an integrated internal energy market due to a lack of key gas infrastructure that would properly connect the marketsufficient interconnections and due to incomplete implementation of the Third Energy Package;
Amendment 50 #
2016/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas gas consumption forecasts in the past have been overestimated;
Amendment 51 #
2016/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas the current LNG infrastructure in Europe works at 25% of its capacity, according to the 2016 LNG report by IGU, and in some Member States there is infrastructure that has not been used since its construction;
Amendment 58 #
2016/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission communication entitled ‘'An EU strategy for liquefied natural gas and gas storage’'; belieobserves that gas demand internal energy market which fully integrates LNG and gas storage will play a significant role in achieving the ultimate objective of a resilient Energy Union Europe has decreased by 14% between 2000 and 2014 and by 23% between 2010 and 2014, partly because of the economic crisis but also thanks to the implementation of energy efficiency policies; believes that this trend is likely to continue with the EU 2030 Energy Strategy;
Amendment 75 #
2016/2059(INI)
3. Acknowledges that the availability of LNG, including supporting pipeline infrastructure, in these Member States could significantly improve the current supply security situation not only in physical but also in economic terms, contributing to more competitive energy prices, during the transition to renewables;
Amendment 79 #
2016/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 89 #
2016/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that even though the EU as a whole is sufficiently supplied with LNG regasification terminals and that in recent years a low utilisation rate has characterised the terminals as a result of recent market trends, and non-optimal distribution of LNG terminals presents a challenge, and access to LNG in the most vulnerable Member States should be supported;
Amendment 103 #
2016/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Urges the Commission to make forecasts of gas consumption based on real demand data that incorporate energy efficiency targets, renewables, changes in industrial demand and falling energy consumption to avoid inflated projections of consumption that will lead to fossil fuel lock-in;
Amendment 111 #
2016/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that in order to avoid stranded assets, a careful analysis of LNG supply alternatives and options, including renewables and energy efficiency, in a regional perspective should be carried out before deciding about new infrastructure in order to guarantee the most efficient use of existing infrastructure;
Amendment 118 #
2016/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the importance of regional cooperation when building new LNG terminals and interconnections and underlines that Member States with access to the sea should cooperate closely with landlocked countries to avoid over- investment in unnecessary or uneconomic projects;
Amendment 121 #
2016/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Urges the Commission and the Member States to fully implement key projects of common interest (PCIs), that will contribute to improving energy efficiency and ensuring security of supply, and to assign high priority to projects identified by the three regional high-level groups; stresses that building new LNG terminals is not sufficient – supporting pipeline infrastructure with appropriate tariffs is indispensable for the benefitsshould only be done if renewables, coupled with energy efficiency measures, cannot meet the same objective and that their construction should respond to be realised outside the receiving countrie demand or to well justified geo-strategic reasons;
Amendment 135 #
2016/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Reminds that significant seismic activity resulting from the injection of gas in the ground has rendered some gas storage facilities unusable in certain Member States; calls on the Member States to ensure that independent geological and geotechnical studies are conducted prior to the construction of gas storage facilities to determine their geological suitability;
Amendment 167 #
2016/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that finding cost efficient solutions should be a key principle in reaching the EU and regional optimum and calls on the Commission, the Member States and national regulatory authorities to allocate the limited available resources to the development of critical infrastructure that corresponds to real demand, as established by independent forecasts, or to well-justified geo-strategic reasons;
Amendment 195 #
2016/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Highlights the important role that liquid gas hubs play on the gas markets, as well as their role in facilitating the decrease in gas demand in the coming decades;
Amendment 228 #
2016/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Notes the emerging global trend for increasing liquefaction capacity and its expectedpotential positive effect on the European gas markets;
Amendment 237 #
2016/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Stresses the necessity of eliminating all barriers to global free trade of LNGapplying a system of quality control on LNG imports that guarantees the elimination of methane leakage during all stages of the gas life-cycle; uUrges, in this context, US policy makers to increase investment certainty by introducing clear criteria and deadlines in the authorisation process for gas exports to non-FTA countries; the European Commission and the External Action Service to ensure that production conditions meet the high standards required in the European Union and Members States, that the producing countries, many of them outside the OECD, are subject to independent audits and quality controls, and not to favour LNG that is not compliant with these high standards;
Amendment 242 #
2016/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Considers that the extraction of shale gas using hydraulic fracturing does not contribute to the achievement of EU's climate objectives due to methane leaks whose greenhouse gas emissions are many times higher than from CO2 and, therefore, cannot be considered a low- carbon energy source;
Amendment 245 #
2016/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)
Paragraph 30 b (new)
30b. Acknowledges the public concerns about hydraulic fracturing and the negative consequences this technology entails for the achievement of the EU's long term decarbonisation goals, as well as for climate, environment and public health and that these effects are transnational; Considering that the energy mix is primarily a Member State competence and that some Member States have banned fracking in their territory, urges the Commission to recommend to Member States not to import LNG originating from fracking;
Amendment 250 #
2016/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Acknowledges the potential of LNG as a sustainabln alternative fuel, both in road and maritime transport; underlines that wider use of LNG in freight transport could contribute to the decrease of global CO2 emissions provided methane leaks are prevented in all stages of the gas life- cycle;
Amendment 259 #
2016/2059(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Notes that the use of small-scale LNG technology in certain areas, such as long-range transportation or industrial high performance applications, might not only contribute to climate policy objectives but could also result in significant business advantagprovided methane leaks are prevented in all stages of the gas life-cycle;
Amendment 30 #
2016/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas biomass represents 89% of total EU renewable heat consumption and 15% of total EU heat consumption and has great potential to further deliver significant and cost-effective solutions to a growing heat demand;
Amendment 31 #
2016/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas heating and cooling is a prime example of the need for a holistic, integrated systems based approach to energy solutions, encompassing horizontal approaches to energy system design and the wider economy;
Amendment 37 #
2016/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the share of primary energy from fossil fuels in heating and cooling is 75% and does not guaranteeremains very high at 75%, presenting a major barrier to decarbonisation, thereby accelerating climate change and causing significant harm to the environment;
Amendment 40 #
2016/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas it is estimated that the amount of heat produced from industrial and other commercial processes which is then wasted into the atmosphere or water (rather than utilised in some productive way) is enough to cover the EU's entire heating needs in residential and tertiary buildings;
Amendment 46 #
2016/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the use of progressive heating or cooling systems in buildings presumably meanswill also require that those buildings will first have to undergo a thorough process of thermomodernisation encompassing genuinely homogenous insulation;
Amendment 49 #
2016/2058(INI)
Da. whereas measures for developing a comprehensive and integrated strategy for Heating and Cooling within the Energy Union offer significant opportunities for both EU business and consumers if implemented correctly, in terms of reducing overall energy costs for industry, boosting competitiveness and delivering cost savings to consumers;
Amendment 50 #
2016/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas EU regulatory frameworks serve to underline broad objectives, but true progress in transforming heating and cooling as part of a wider energy system overhaul is essential;
Amendment 51 #
2016/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
Dc. whereas the aim of optimising the role of renewables, particularly electricity, into the overall energy grid through better integration with heating and cooling applications and transport, contributes to decarbonising the energy system, reducing energy import dependency, lowering energy bills for households and boosting competitiveness of EU industry;
Amendment 52 #
2016/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D d (new)
Recital D d (new)
Dd. whereas the most effective way of delivering on these joint objectives is to empower and support local and regional authorities, in conjunction with all relevant stakeholders, to apply a fully integrated systems based approach to urban planning, infrastructure development, building and renovation of housing stock and new industrial development in order to maximise potential cross-overs, efficiencies and other mutual benefits;
Amendment 69 #
2016/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas natural gas is becoming ever more important in heating given that the chemical energy stheating and cooling is expected to remain the biggest source of energy demand in Europe, with the majority of this demand being met by natural gas; Stresses that Europe's heating and cooling sector must therefore be decarbonised and in the interim made dramatically less dependent on the use of imported in it can be converted into heat energy highly efficientlyfossil fuels in favour of domestically available, renewable resources in order to meet Europe's environmental and energy security objectives;
Amendment 99 #
2016/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Welcomes the European Commission's Communication "an EU Strategy on Heating and Cooling" as an important first step in developing appropriate European and national regulation to reduce GHG emissions from the heating and cooling sector and increasing security of supply; Fully endorses the European Commission's ambition of recognising and exploiting the synergies between the electricity and heating sector;
Amendment 127 #
2016/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that the shorter the chain by which primary energy is converted into other forms to generate usable heat, the higher the energy efficiencyNotes that a more decentralised and flexible energy system, with power and heat sources being placed closer to the point of consumption, can facilitate decentralised energy generation and therefore empowers consumers and communities to be more involved in the energy market and control their own energy use as well as becoming active participants in demand side response; Takes the view that the shorter the chain by which primary energy is converted into other forms to generate usable heat, the higher the energy efficiency of the energy system overall; Recognizes moreover that such an approach diminishes transmission and distribution losses, improves the resilience of energy infrastructure, and simultaneously provides local business opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises;
Amendment 132 #
2016/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the complementarities between ecodesign and energy labelling framework Directives, the Energy Efficiency Directive and the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive in reducing heat and cooling consumption; Calls on the Commission to continue develop ecodesign and energy labelling requirements in order to achieve additional energy savings and support EU competitiveness; Highlights the potential for significant additional energy savings through improvements at product, component system levels; Considers that domestic appliances (washing machines, dishwashers, etc.) should be designed in such a way that they can use the hot water supply at the place where they are installed;
Amendment 146 #
2016/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the fundamental role of RES, andelectricity based on renewables and heat recovery, in particular photovoltaic cells and solar thermal panels, in the heating of water and the provision of thermal comfort in buildings, in conjunction with thermal storage facilities that can be used at night; Stresses the increased flexibility of thermal infrastructure and storage in facilitating the integration of intermittent renewable sources by storing energy in the form of heat;
Amendment 156 #
2016/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Highlights that district heating and cooling networks provide the possibility to significantly increase the flexibility and openness of the energy system through better integrating energy sources into the market; Underlines that such an integration can best be achieved by developing a regulatory framework that fosters demand side response, making best economic use of intermittent renewables such as wind and solar, harnessing the potential of waste heat and cool, and facilitating the participation of different energy sources in a transparent and competitive heating and cooling market so as to avoid potential dominance of less sustainable technologies; Reiterates the importance of developing an open and transparent heating and cooling market which allows different technologies to compete, ensures a high standard of consumer protection and choice, and delivers cost effective decarbonisation;
Amendment 161 #
2016/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the importance of district energy networks as a particularly efficient and cost-effective means of delivering low carbon heating and cooling, and particularly points out the potential of biomass in this regard;
Amendment 163 #
2016/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to facilitate further development and integration of renewable energy sources with local and regional distribution networks for heating and cooling, through policies that tackle existing regulatory and financial barriers; Stresses the potential of cities in particular, with their natural concentration of people and energy use, in developing district energy networks as a particularly efficient and cost-effective means of delivering low carbon heating and cooling in an urban environment;
Amendment 173 #
2016/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that energy demand in the building sector is responsible for about 40 % of energy consumption in the EU and a third of natural gas use, and could be cut by up to three quarters if the renovation of buildings is speeded up; highlights that 85% of this energy consumption is used for heating and domestic hot water, and that as such, modernisation of old and inefficient heating systems, increased utilisation of electricity from renewables, better use of "waste heat" through highly efficient district heating systems, as well as deep renovation of buildings with improved thermal insulation, remain key to delivering a more secure and sustainable approach to heat supply; recommends the continuation of increasing energy efficiency standards for buildings taking account of and encouraging technical innovation particularly in ensuring homogeneity of insulation; further recommends continued support for the construction of nearly zero-energy buildings;
Amendment 188 #
2016/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on local authorities, Member States and the Commission to take the necessary steps towards the thermomodernisrenovation of existing public or, commercial and residential inefficient buildings with low thermal comfort or comfort cooling, including the optimization of the heating, cooling and ventilation systems and installation of homogenous insulation;
Amendment 217 #
2016/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that in dense urban agglomerations it is imperative that the use of individual heating systems that depend on fossil fuels be restrictedphased out and replaced with large-scasustainable local cogeneration systems that produce heat and electricity;
Amendment 244 #
2016/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that outdated heating plants with low energy efficiency should be replaced by small,more environmentally- friendly CHP plants that use natural gas or other greenmaking use of renewable fuels;
Amendment 254 #
2016/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Expresses the view that, in Europe's temperate climate zone, reverse systems for heating (winter) and cooling (summer) using heat pumps could become very importantas well as hybrid heat generation could become very important in decarbonisation of buildings;
Amendment 258 #
2016/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Takes the view that the Member States should explore the possibilitytential of using heat from geothermal waters directly or from other sources indirectly, for example the heat contained in deep- sea mines which could, with the help of huge heat pumps,various sources of geothermal heat which could heat whole towns, not just individual buildings;
Amendment 314 #
2016/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Member States to take administrative steps to banphase out the use of outdated furnaces that generate ‘low height’ emissions – releasing into the atmosphere natural pyrolytic gases from incomplete combustion, NOx, soot and fly ash dispersed by convection – in the heating of agglomerations;
Amendment 321 #
2016/2058(INI)
16. Takes the view that the Member States should, as a matter of urgency, take steps towards phasing out low-temperature furnaces used for the combustion of solid fuels and organic waste, which, during the combustion process, release into the atmosphere carcinogenic substances such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (benzopyrene, etc.); Takes the view that the use of wood-burning fireplaces in densely built towns and cities should be banneda variety of harmful substances; Takes the view Member States should where possible encourage the phase out of wood-burning fireplaces used as the primary source of domestic heating in densely built towns and cities, and facilitate their replacement with modern efficient, environmentally and health friendly alternatives in conjunction with awareness raising on potential health risks and best practices related to wood fires;
Amendment 332 #
2016/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Takes the view that heat exchangers can play a vital role in local cooling via the expansion of liquefied natural gas in LNGby harnessing the cooling effects of industrial processes, and recommends the better integration of therminal networks to maximize such benefits;
Amendment 342 #
2016/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Takes the view that high-power stationary fuel cells could, in the very near future, be an environmentally friendly alternative to coal as a solid fuel, thanks to the use of hydrogen obtained, for example, from water gas, produced via the thermal processing of coal in an atmosphere containing water vapour;
Amendment 356 #
2016/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Stresses that research and technological innovation fosters the leadership of European industry, strengthens the competitive advantage and commercial viability of European business, and contributes to the main EU energy policy goals, including ensuring security of supply, sustainable development of energy production, transportation and consumption;
Amendment 371 #
2016/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Amendment 376 #
2016/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Believes that industry needs clear signals from policy makers in order to make the necessary investments in achieving the EUs energy objectives; highlights the need for ambitious binding targets and a regulatory framework that promotes innovation, without creating unnecessary administrative burdens, in order to best promote cost effective and environmentally sustainable heating and cooling solutions;
Amendment 378 #
2016/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Recommends that individual thermal renovation systems be designed for architectural landmarks, with a particulardual focus on insulating roofs and replacing windows so as not to spoilvestments on the building's shell combined with the optimization of building control and automation systems and the supply of efficient heating and cooling, whilst taking care not to compromise the unique architectural style of the buildings concerned;
Amendment 394 #
2016/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Underlines the importance of ensuring access to finance both for infrastructure projects and other large scale investments as well as small scale works and renovations related to modernising the heating and cooling sector; Highlights in this regard the role that EFSI could play in ensuring that projects are attractive to private investors with stable regulatory conditions and clearly identifiable medium to long term pay-off, particularly by minimising bureaucracy and encompassing an expedient application and approval process; Emphasises the need to simultaneously develop innovative private financing of energy efficiency, infrastructure and renovation projects as well as encouraging greater involvement of the European Investment Bank and the promotion of energy services for which EU funds can complement national financing schemes; Supports the increased use of ETS revenues, and the modernisation fund, to finance energy efficiency investments including small scale energy efficiency projects;
Amendment 404 #
2016/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. Calls on Member States to reinforce regulatory and financial support to accelerate the renovation rate of buildings, application of efficient heat pump technologies and the improvement in/roll-out of district heating and cooling systems, as set out in the Commission Strategy;
Amendment 438 #
2016/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Takes the view that the key to combating energy poverty is to cut heating priceoverall heating costs for individual households by ensuring that there is a significant increase in energy efficiency at the three main stages of energy use: during conversion from primary energy to useful energy, during further transport of that energy, and during use by the end user;
Amendment 4 #
2016/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the need to rebuild the EU-ACP relationship on fresh foundations as a fair partnership between equals, respecting countries’' heterogeneity and sovereignty whilst achieving good governance and democracy; stresses that the partnership must have as its objectives the United Nations SDGs, the meeting of basic needs anda free and fair society with respect for human rights;
Amendment 13 #
2016/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that while strong political alliances based on common interests and shared values should continue to be the basis of the ACP partnership, a further cooperation on global issues should be strengthened and the adequate mechanisms created so as to effectively tackle better the global challenges of today, such as climate change and water, energy, food security, migration flows, terrorism, extremism, international criminality, biodiversity, health and financial issues among others;
Amendment 26 #
2016/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises the negative effects of association agreements on the economies of ACP countries; takes the view that the new partnership will need to be based on developing the countries’ productive capacities, completingBelieves that the future EU-ACP relations should as far as possible, be based on the most advantageous regional integration processes, protecting traditional agriculture, and combating land grabbing, the privatisation of national natural resources and public services, and over- exploitation;
Amendment 37 #
2016/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Highlights that the future partnership framework should allow for a comprehensive approach to peace and security and that, in this regard, sufficient planning and coordination should be established so as to avoid existing and possible duplications between regional and national support by the EU member states and ACP countries;
Amendment 39 #
2016/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Considers that EU-ACP partnership should try to engage further with other partners at the global level (such as AU or UN) and other international powers wherever possible, and work on an enhanced coordination and cooperation, without duplicating work or missions in order to tackle the challenges of wars, internal conflicts, insecurity, fragility and transition;
Amendment 44 #
2016/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Believes that the provisions on peace and security should be strengthened further and that the future partnership should provide for a more effective joint action on conflict prevention, including early warning and mediation, peace- building and tackling transnational security challenges in order to confront the current trans-regional security threats related to terrorism and violent extremisms, all forms of trafficking, including of human beings, of weapons and of drugs, as well as piracy by which EU and ACP countries are affected;
Amendment 46 #
2016/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Recalls that the respect for human rights, democracy and the rule of law, good governance as well as other essential elements that figure in article 9 of the Cotonou Agreement constitute the foundation of the ACP-EU partnership; highlights the necessity of the respect of human rights and the importance of part 2 of article 9 of the current Cotonou Agreement and the democratic clause in it established and further developed in article 96; reminds of the importance of fully implementing those articles when necessary;
Amendment 48 #
2016/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Stresses that different CPA mechanisms such as political dialogue, financial support, appropriate measures, suspension of development cooperation, among others should be further enhanced in order to effectively contribute to the improvement of human rights, democracy, rule of law and good governance, especially the fight against corruption;
Amendment 50 #
2016/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 67 #
2016/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the universality of the human rights enshrined in international law, including international law on migrants and refugees, must be respected, along with the Geneva Convention; urges countries to ratify the United Nations Convention on the protection of the rights of all migrant workers and members of their familirecognizes that several root causes, among which local and regional conflicts, corruption, bad governance, unsustainable exploitation of natural resources, lack of democracy and serious violations of human rights lead to unsustainable migratory pressures;
Amendment 68 #
2016/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Affirms that ACP-EU cooperation is a valuable and unique achievement that has strengthened bonds between ACP and EU countries and their parliaments throughout the last 40 years; underlines - provided both the EU and the ACP countries demonstrate their commitment to taking joint action as a group - that in order to improve the effectiveness of cooperation and adapt it to new challenges, a new structure has to be adopted that keeps those parts of the ACP- EU acquis that are universal in character, such as commitment to human rights, human development, gender equality good governance and democracy, the objective of the rule of law, and exchange of best practice in a common framework, while the main work has to be done according to the principle of subsidiarity, that is, it must take place in regional agreements that are tailored to specific regional needs and to the mutual interests existing between the EU and the respective region;
Amendment 76 #
2016/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. SupportsTakes note of the decision by the United Nations to create a legal instrument to ensure that businesses respect human rights, in order to put an end to labour exploitation, neo-slavery, illicit capital flows and the financing of armed conflicts as an element in the further democratisation of ACP countries; highlights the responsibilities of the member states involved to entrust their citizens with good governance and the duty to provide security and stability for human and economic development;
Amendment 88 #
2016/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 90 #
2016/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for an ACP-EU peer monitoring, accountability and review mechanism to scrutinise SDG implementation in member states on a regular basis, with ACP and EU representatives not only from governmental institutions but also from parliaments and civil society, drawing up yearly conclusions and recommendations for national, regional and global review processes and follow-up;
Amendment 96 #
2016/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers that while strong political alliances based on common interests and shared values should continue to be the basis of the ACP partnership, a further cooperation on global issues should be strengthened and the adequate mechanisms created so as to effectively tackle better the global challenges of today, such as climate change and water, energy, food security, migration flows, terrorism, extremism, international criminality, biodiversity, health and financial issues among others;
Amendment 103 #
2016/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the fight against poverty to remain an overarching objective of ACP-EU cooperation; believes, however, that a new agreement must primarily be a political project and clearly leave behind the donor-recipient mentality; considers that cooperation should take place in areas of common interest where common gains can be expected, not just in economic terms but also with regard to peace and security, human rights, good governance and democracy, the environment, energy, climate change, R&D and innovation capacity building and other areas related to the prosperity of both ACP and EU populations;
Amendment 115 #
2016/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for the essential elements in the Cotonou Agreement regarding human rights, democratic principles and the rule of law to continue to form the value-based foundation of a new agreement; calls for good governance to be added as an essential element; reminds the importance of fully implementing article 9 of the Cotonou Agreement;
Amendment 137 #
2016/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses that different CPA mechanisms such as political dialogue, financial support, appropriate measures, suspension of development cooperation, amongst others should be further enhanced in order to effectively contribute to the improvement of human rights, democracy, rule of law and good governance, especially the fight against corruption;
Amendment 139 #
2016/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for stronger involvement in political dialogue, in programming and implementation and support for capacity- building by civil society, especially for local groups that are directly concerned by policies; specific attention should be paid to the involvement of women's organizations and organizations working with populations suffering from discriminations; stresses that civil society in all its diversity should remain recognized as an official actor of the partnership as it can foster participation of those communities that otherwise would remain marginalised and excluded; underlines in this regard the danger of shrinking space for civil society in some countries, and the need also to include those groups that are unable to organise their interests or that are, despite a legitimate democratic interest, not recognised by their government;
Amendment 145 #
2016/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Believes that the private sector can play a pivotal role in the development process and can contribute to financing development, provided investment occurs with respect for the people and for traditional ownership or use, and for the environment , in line with the UN guiding principles on business and human rights; calls, therefore, for private investment to be supported under the auspices of the European Investment Bank (EIB) provided it is in line with international human rights law and social and environmental protection rules; underlines that the priority of the new partnership should be given to small scale producers and farmers and on securing an enabling environment for micro, small and medium size enterprises (MSMEs); calls, furthermore, for local and national private sectors to be allowed to participate in policymaking, programming and implementation;
Amendment 165 #
2016/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Believes that the provisions on peace and security should be strengthened further and that the future partnership should provide for a more effective joint action on conflict prevention, including early warning and mediation, peace- building and tackling transnational security challenges in order to confront the current trans-regional security threats related to terrorism and violent extremisms, all forms of trafficking, including of human beings, of weapons and of drugs, as well as piracy by which EU and ACP countries are affected;
Amendment 171 #
2016/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Highlights that the future partnership framework should allow for a comprehensive approach to peace and security and that, in this regard, sufficient planning and coordination should be established so as to avoid existing and possible duplications between regional and national support by the EU member states and ACP countries;
Amendment 173 #
2016/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Considers that EU-ACP partnership should try to engage further with other partners at the global level (such as AU or UN) and other international powers wherever possible, and work on an enhanced coordination and cooperation, without duplicating work or missions in order to tackle the challenges of wars, internal conflicts, insecurity, fragility and transition;
Amendment 183 #
2016/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for further efforts to be made to improve JPA scrutiny of development programming and follow-up to such scrutiny; calls on the Commission and ACP governments to promote the involvement of ACP national parliaments, local authorities and civil society actors in the pre- and post-scrutiny of development programming, and to supply all available information in a timely and transparent manner to ACP national parliaments in order to assist them in their exercise of democratic scrutiny;
Amendment 190 #
2016/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Reiterates its call for budgetisation of the EDF in order to enhance efficiency and effectiveness, democratic scrutiny, and accountability and the visibility and coherence of EU development financing; stresses, however, that this budgetisation should be conditioned by i) a guaranteed ring-fencing of developing funds to maintain the level of financing for developing countries; and ii) a permanent solution for EU financing of security expenses linked to development cooperation; underlines that all Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) in need should also in the future be eligible for EU development aid;
Amendment 3 #
2016/2047(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Urges the Commission and Member States to ensure that funding mechanisms and budgetary lines reflect all Agenda 2030 commitments agreed to; calls on the EU and its Member States to re-commit without delay to the 0.7% of GNI target for ODA and to submit a timeline on how to gradually increase ODA in order to reach the 0.7% target by 2030;
Amendment 15 #
2016/2047(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Takes the view that action to establish special funds must provide a flexible response to emergencies plus genuine added value, supplementing existing sources of funding, and that those funds must accordingly be endowed with new money; urges the Member States to honour their pledges and pay over the amounts announced;
Amendment 16 #
2016/2047(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses the need to address the security-development nexus and deliver on Goal 16 of the 2030 Development Agenda; recalls, nevertheless, that funding which is not DAC-able must stem from other instruments than the Development Cooperation Instrument or the European Development Fund;
Amendment 32 #
2016/2047(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Urges the Commission and Member States to support developing countries in setting up robust and resilient quality public social security and public health systems; calls on the Commission to continue promoting better access to medicines in poor countries; reiterates the need to invest in neglected diseases; calls, in this context, on the Commission for a follow-up of the Ebola virus disease;
Amendment 33 #
2016/2047(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls for the Commission to ensure that the financing of adaptation to impacts of climate change and of other climate actions in vulnerable third countries are additional to financing of actions through development cooperation instruments; this climate financing shall count towards the fulfilment of the Union's climate financing commitments, but be additional to, and not count as, financing for development;
Amendment 9 #
2016/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the clearly defined European regulatory framework for the 2020 period, agreed in co-decision, with binding national targets for renewables, concrete planning and reporting obligations, and enabling measures (priority dispatch, national support mechanisms) was crucial in attracting private investment in renewables;
Amendment 18 #
2016/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the development of renewable energy must ensureprovides opportunities for tackling climate change, improving air quality increasing energy sovereignecurity, eliminateing energy poverty and fostering economic development in the EU;
Amendment 21 #
2016/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the development of renewable energy must ensure energy sovereignty, eliminate energy poverty and foster economic development in the EU, it is also an important opportunity for job-creation in rural areas;
Amendment 32 #
2016/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas investment in renewables requires a long-term stable and reliable framework consistent with the EU’'s 2050 climate commitments;
Amendment 37 #
2016/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas public participation and supervision, clear policy guidelines at regional, national and European level and the engagement of citizens, businesses, consumer organisations, civil society and social partners are key to the successful development of renewable energy;
Amendment 39 #
2016/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas public participation, EU's reinforced monitoring and supervision, clear policy guidelines at regional, national and European level and the engagement of social partners are key to the successful development of renewable energy;
Amendment 61 #
2016/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Welcomes the European Commission's commitment to making the EU "the world number one in renewables" and urges the Commission to ensure full implementation of the 2020 renewable energy directive and to put forward an ambitious post-2020 legislative framework;
Amendment 77 #
2016/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the need to identify best practices in terms of national renewable energy policies and to promote their adoption under a more convergent European model; calls on the Commission to strengthen its role in monitoring and the progress and actively supporting the progressdevelopment of renewable energies;
Amendment 85 #
2016/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the fact that the national regulation of electricityimportance of an EU legislative proposal on energy market rules, as a more integrated markets is a key factor inor the dieverging advancelopment of renewables, differentand for reducing energy costs for families and for industry and different levels of energy dependency;
Amendment 107 #
2016/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the role of stable and predictable renewable support schemes in attracting long-term investment and consolidating the renewable sector; rejects the retroactive modification or elimination of renewable support schemes; notes that certain retroactive policy changes have led to a loss of investors' confidence thus jeopardizing the achievement of EU's targets;
Amendment 111 #
2016/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that the European renewable energy transition hinges upon private capital; highlights that in order to attract private investments in renewable energy and maintain the EU's position as a safe and attractive hub for renewable energies, investor certainty and protection are key; underlines that the lack of visibility on penalties for nonfulfillment of the 2020 national targets adds to investors' uncertainty and lack of confidence in the EU's long-term decarbonisation commitment;
Amendment 115 #
2016/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 128 #
2016/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the need for an integrated approach to public investments and credit in technical improvement, grid adaptation, storage, energy efficiency and new forms ofclean energy production and grid adaptation, to avoid potential bottlenecks;
Amendment 134 #
2016/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the strengthening of transparency and public participation, with particular regard tothrough the engagement of citizens, businesses, consumer organisations, civil society and social partners, in the development of national plans for renewable energy;
Amendment 163 #
2016/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Reiterates Parliament’'s call for binding targets of a 30 % share of renewable energy consumption and 40 % in energy savings for 2030; notes that any higher energy savings target should directly lead to a higher target of renewable energy consumption;
Amendment 169 #
2016/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that the targets already agreed for 2020 must be taken as the baseline when revising the Renewables Energy Directive after that date; underlines that the EU 2030 renewable energy target requires collective achievement; stresses that Member States should develop their national plans timely and that the Commission needs enhanced oversight capacities;
Amendment 172 #
2016/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Highlights the potential for Europe in the development of renewable energy and underlines the importance for long- term and favourable conditions for all market actors in this regard;
Amendment 185 #
2016/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights the need to define a regulatory strategy that allows for the monitoring of Member States’' commitments while allowing for full democratic control and scrutiny of energy policies; underlines the importance of collective achievement of the 2030 EU wide objective for renewable energy; stresses in this regard the importance of a reinforced oversight for the European Commission over Member States' renewables progress beyond 2020, including the option to intervene in case of retro-active and investment-damaging measures to national regulatory frameworks; requests a proposal for a robust, reliable, legitimate and transparent governance system to ensure the implementation of the 2030 renewable energy target; underlines that in order to give investors certainty and clarity over their investment decisions, the early indication of member states plans and renewables deployment trajectories is crucial;
Amendment 189 #
2016/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Urges the European Commission to codify in legislation a grandfathering principle for renewable energy power plants to prevent retroactive changes to renewable energy support mechanisms and guarantee the economic viability of existing assets;
Amendment 191 #
2016/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the importance of public consultation and participation in the planning of new energy infrastructure projects, in particular as regards new interconnections;
Amendment 215 #
2016/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Highlights the need for a differential treatmentimportance of taking into account the differences between micro, small and large producers; stresses the importance of ensuring financial and administrative facilities for ‘prosumers’ (households, micro and small businesses, cooperatives, public administrations and non-commercial entities that engage in energy production);
Amendment 239 #
2016/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses that renewable electricity production should be better integrated with the electric distribution and transmission systems, considering the changes towards a more flexible and decentralised model for energy;
Amendment 249 #
2016/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Notes the Commission’'s strategy to increase demand-response mechanisms; stresses that this should not create an additional financial burden fordemand-response mechanisms could provide an opportunity for energy costs reductions for businesses and citizens;
Amendment 270 #
2016/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that certain consumers (such as energy-poor households) have rigid consumption patterns and may be negatively affected by enhanced price- based efficiency mechanisms; stresses in this regard the importance of energy efficiency policies in Member States focused on consumers in a vulnerable situation;
Amendment 279 #
2016/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Considers that the indirect taxation on energy should be closely linked to green energy policies and should take into account its distributional, social and economic effects, with automatic compensatory measures for vulnerable families and sectorsStresses that Member States are responsible for ensuring the right policy mix (targeted efficiency measures, social and fiscal policies) for supporting consumers in a vulnerable situation;
Amendment 299 #
2016/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Stresses the need to facilitate a transition towards renewable heating devices, while ensuring adequate financial support for energy-poor citizensstable and predictable support schemes for those technologies that haven't reached market maturity;
Amendment 311 #
2016/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
Amendment 317 #
2016/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Notes the failure of theimportance of sustainability criteria for the use of biofuel-based renewable strategy forenergy in transport;
Amendment 321 #
2016/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Calls on the Commission to promote a legislative framework offering prospects of biofuels with high GHG-efficiency, in particular advanced biofuels, in the period after 2020 and by providing an appropriate incentive to their use to help open up green jobs while averting adverse effects of indirect land-use change;
Amendment 323 #
2016/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Notes the importance of the electrification of the transport sector for the decarbonisation of the economy and calls on the Commission to develop a framework for the promotion of the use of electric vehicles fed by renewable electricity, as a key to achieve the 2030 targets;
Amendment 334 #
2016/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Points out the need for an improved regulatory environment and long-term conditions in order to support development for renewable energy in the aviation and shipping sectors;
Amendment 338 #
2016/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Stresses the need for a shift from liberalisation to sustainable mobility regulationpolicies, including sustainable logistic systems and sustainable urban policies that minimise overall energy consumption in transport;
Amendment 108 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) A target of 35% for the overall share of energy from renewable energy sources together with a target of at least 10% for energy from renewable sources in transport would be appropriate and achievable objectives. The main purpose of mandatory national targets is to provide certainty for investors and to encourage continuous development of technologies which generate energy from all types of renewable sources. A framework that includes mandatory targets should provide the business community with the long term stability it needs to make investments in the renewable energy sector which are essential for reducing dependence on fossil fuels and boosting the development and use of new energy technologies.
Amendment 109 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) It is thus appropriate to establish a Union binding target of at least 35% share of renewable energy by 2030, to be implemented by means of binding national targets taking into account the situation and potential of each Member State, and at least a 10% share of energy from renewable sources in transport. Member States should define their contribution to the achievement of this target as part of their Integrated National Energy and Climate Plans through the governance process set out in Regulation [Governance].
Amendment 110 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) The establishment of a Union binding renewable energy target for 2030, to be implemented by means of binding national targets taking into account the situation and potential of each Member State, would continue to encourage the development of technologies which generate renewable energy and provide certainty for investors and enable Member States to meet their greenhouse gas reduction targets in the most cost-effective manner in accordance with their specific circumstances, energy mixes and capacities to produce renewable energy.
Amendment 111 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9 b (new)
Recital 9 b (new)
(9b) The renewable energy potential and the energy mix of each Member State vary. It is therefore necessary to translate the Union binding target of at least 35% share of energy from renewable sources by 2030 into individual targets for each Member State, with due regard to a fair and adequate allocation taking account of Member States' different capacities and potentials, including the existing level of energy from renewable sources and the energy mix.
Amendment 111 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) The ambition set in the Paris Agreement and the technological development, including cost reduction for investments in renewable energy should be taken in to account.
Amendment 112 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9 b (new)
Recital 9 b (new)
(9b) By contrast, it is appropriate for the at least 10% target for energy from renewable sources in transport to be set at the same level for each Member State in order to ensure consistency in transport fuel specifications and availability.
Amendment 113 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) It is thus appropriate to establish a Union binding target of at least 2735% share of renewable energy accompanied by national binding targets. Member States should define their contribution to the achievement of this target as part of their Integrated National Energy and Climate Plans through the governance process set out in Regulation [Governance]. After an assessment process these contributions and assessment should be the basis for binding national targets.
Amendment 117 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Member States should take additional measures in the event that the share of renewables at the Union level does not meet the Union trajectory towards the at least 2735% renewable energy target. As set out in Regulation [Governance], if an ambition gap is identified by the Commission during the assessment of the Integrated National Energy and Climate Plans, the Commission may take measures at Union level in order to ensure the achievement of the target. If a delivery gap is identified by the Commission during the assessment of the Integrated National Energy and Climate Progress Reports, Member States should apply the measures set out in Regulation [Governance], which are giving them enough flexibility to choose.
Amendment 122 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) Binding national target should be set based on the national contributions made under the Governance Regulation together with an assessment ensuring that the national contribution aggregated reaches the overall binding EU target.
Amendment 127 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The establishment of a Union binding renewable energy target and binding national targets for 2030 would continue to encourage the development of technologies which generate renewable energy and provide certainty for investors. A target defined at the Union level together with the national contribution forming the foundation for the binding national targets would leave greater flexibility for Member States to meet their greenhouse gas reduction targets in the most cost-effective manner in accordance with their specific circumstances, energy mixes and capacities to produce renewable energy.
Amendment 138 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Member States should take additional measures in the event that the share of renewables at the Union level does not meet the Union trajectory towards the at least 2735% renewable energy target and national binding targets are not met. As set out in Regulation [Governance], if an ambition gap is identified by the Commission during the assessment of the Integrated National Energy and Climate Plans, the Commission may take measures at Union level in order to ensure the achievement of the target. If a delivery gap is identified by the Commission during the assessment of the Integrated National Energy and Climate Progress Reports, Member States should apply the measures set out in Regulation [Governance], which are giving them enough flexibility to choose.
Amendment 144 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In order to support Member States' ambitiousin reaching their national targets and to better facilitate their contributions to the Union target, a financial framework aiming to facilitate investments in renewable energy projects in those Member States should be established, also through the use of financial instruments.
Amendment 151 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) In order to ensure that Annex IX takes into account the principles of the circular economy, the waste hierarchy established in Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council17, the Union sustainability criteria, a lifecycle assessment of emissions and the need to ensure that the Annex does not create additional demand for land while promoting the use of wastes and residues, the Commission, when should regularly evaluatinge the Annex, shoul and consider the inclusion of additional feedstocks that do not cause significant distortive effects on markets for (by-)products, wastes or residues in any amendment of it. __________________ 17 Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives (OJ L 312, 22.11.2008, p. 3).
Amendment 168 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Electricity generation from renewable sources should be deployed at the lowest possible cost for consumers and taxpayers. When designing support schemes and when allocating support, Member States should seek to minimise the overall system cost of deployment, taking full account of grid and system development needs, the resulting energy mix, and the long term potential of technologies. Member States should also award support to medium and large scale installations using tenders, which may be either technology specific or neutral.
Amendment 172 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 57
Recital 57
(57) Several Member States have implemented measures in the heating and cooling sector to reach their 2020 renewable energy target. However, in the absence of binding national targets post- 2020, the remaining national incentives may not be sufficientIn order to be in line with and in order to reach the long- term decarbonisation goals for 2030 and 2050. In order to be in line with such goals, reinforce investor certainty and foster the development of a Union-wide renewable heating and cooling market, while respecting the energy efficiency first principle, it is appropriate to encourage the effort of Member States in the supply of renewable heating and cooling to contribute to the progressive increase of the share of renewable energy. Given the fragmented nature of some heating and cooling markets, it is of utmost importance to ensure flexibility in designing such an effort. It is also important to ensure that a potential uptake of renewable heating and cooling does not have detrimental environmental side-effects.
Amendment 183 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 62
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 towardsovide certainty for investors, to foster the greater uptake of advanced biofuels and minimise the overall indirect land-use change impacts and in line with the conditions set out in the State aid Guidelines, it is appropriate to reduce the amount of biofuels and bioliquids produced from food and feed crops that can be counted towards the Union targets set out in this Directive.
Amendment 183 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The opening of support schemes to cross-border participation limits negative impacts on the internal energy market and can, under certain conditions, help Member States achieve the Union target more cost- efficiently. Cross-border participation is also the natural corollary to the development of the Union renewables policy, with a Union-level binding target replacingtogether with national binding targets. It is therefore appropriate to require Member States, under certain conditions, to progressively and partially open support to projects located in other Member States, and define several ways in which such progressive opening may be implemented, ensuring compliance with the provisions of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, including Articles 30, 34 and 110.
Amendment 184 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 62
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 irrespectively of the geographical origin of the biomass, it is appropriate to reduce 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.
Amendment 187 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Without prejudice to adaptations of support schemes to bring them in line with StateSubject to Articles 107 aind rules108 TFEU, renewables support policies should be predictable, stable and avoid any frequent changes. Such changesand retroactive changes. Policy unpredictability and instability 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 projectsannounce in due advance any support change and should properly consult stakeholders. They should prevent any revision of policy, regulation and support from having a negative impact on their economic viability of already committed projects. In this context, Member States should promote cost- effective support policies and ensure their financial sustainability.
Amendment 198 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 63 a (new)
Recital 63 a (new)
(63a) The Union and Member States should aim to increase the mix of energy from renewable sources, reduce the total consumption of energy in transport and increase energy efficiency in all transport sectors. Measures to do this could be promoted both in transport planning, as well as in the production of cars with higher energy efficiency.
Amendment 199 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 63 b (new)
Recital 63 b (new)
(63b) Fuel efficiency standards for road transport would provide an effective way of promoting the uptake of renewable alternatives in the transport sector and of achieving further greenhouse gas emission savings and decarbonisation of the transport sector in the long run. Fuel efficiency standards should be advanced in line with developments in technology and climate and energy targets.
Amendment 202 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 64
Recital 64
(64) Advanced biofuels and other biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock listed in Annex IX, renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non- biological origin, and, increasingly, renewable electricity in transport can contribute to low carbon emissions, stimulating the decarbonisation of the Union transport sector in a cost- effective manner, and improving inter alia energy diversification in the transport sector while promoting innovation, growth and jobs in the Union economy and reducing reliance on energy imports, which will strengthen the Union's energy independence. The incorporation obligation on fuels suppliers should encourage continuous development of advanced fuels, including biofuels, and it is important to ensure that the incorporation obligation also incentivises improvements in the greenhouse gas performance of the fuels supplied to meet it. The Commission should assess the greenhouse gas performance, technical innovation and sustainability of those fuels and make determined efforts to deal with a possible negative impact on biodiversity, air, soil and water quality.
Amendment 203 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) To create opportunities for reducing the cost of meeting the Union and national target laid down in this Directive and to give flexibility to Member States to comply with their obligation not to go below their 2020 national targets after 2020, it is appropriate both to facilitate the consumption in Member States of energy produced from renewable sources in other Member States, and to enable Member States to count energy from renewable sources consumed in other Member States towards their own renewable energy share. For this reason, cooperation mechanisms are required to complement the obligations to open up support to projects located in other Member States. Those mechanisms include statistical transfers, joint projects between Member States or joint support schemes.
Amendment 208 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 65
Recital 65
Amendment 211 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) It should be possible for imported electricity, produced from renewable energy sources outside the Union to count towards Member States’ renewable energy sharestargets. In order to guarantee an adequate effect of energy from renewable sources replacing conventional energy in the Union as well as in third countries it is appropriate to ensure that such imports can be tracked and accounted for in a reliable way. Agreements with third countries concerning the organisation of such trade in electricity from renewable energy sources will be considered. If, by virtue of a decision taken under the Energy Community Treaty18 to that effect, the contracting parties to that Treaty are bound by the relevant provisions of this Directive, the measures of cooperation between Member States provided for in this Directive should be applicable to them. __________________ 18 OJ L 198, 20.7.2006, p. 18. OJ L 198, 20.7.2006, p. 18.
Amendment 220 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 65 a (new)
Recital 65 a (new)
(65a) In order to more accurately account for the share of renewable electricity in transport, a suitable methodology should be developed and different technical and technological solutions for this purpose should be explored.
Amendment 222 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 66
Recital 66
(66) 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 regular evaluation of it should take place.
Amendment 226 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 66 a (new)
Recital 66 a (new)
(66a) A circular economy requires that the value of products, materials and resources is maintained in the economy for as long as possible, and that the generation of waste is minimised, in order to achieve a high level of resource efficiency. It is essential that the promotion of energy from renewable sources is fully consistent with measures to achieve a circular economy in the EU. In this context, compliance with the requirements of Directive 2008/98/EC has to be ensured. For this reason biofuel, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from waste and residues should only be promoted where the waste hierarchy laid down in Directive 2008/98/EC is respected. When implementing support policies Member States should take account of the principle of cascading use of resources and the need to avoid distortions in the markets for by-products, residues and waste.
Amendment 229 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 68
Recital 68
(68) In order to exploit the full potential of biomass to contribute to the decarbonisation of the economy through its uses for materials and energy, the Union and the Member States should promote greater sustainable mobilisation of existing timber and agricultural resources and the development of new forestry and agriculture production systems, only if it the sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria, as laid down in Article 26 of this Directive, have been met.
Amendment 231 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 68
Recital 68
(68) In order to exploit the full potential of biomass to contribute to the decarbonisation of the economy through its uses for materials and energy, the Union and the Member States should promote greater sustainable mobilisation of existing timber and agricultural resources and the development of newsustainable forestry and agriculture production systems.
Amendment 235 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 69
Recital 69
(69) Biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuelsRenewable energy should always be produced in a sustainable manner. Biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels used for compliance with the Union targets laid down in this Directive, and those forms of renewable energy which benefit from support schemes, should therefore be required to fulfil sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions savings criteria.
Amendment 236 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 71
Recital 71
(71) The production of agricultural raw material for biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels, and the incentives for their use provided for in this Directive, should not have the effectbe allowed to have, ofr encouraging thee, a destruimental effecti on of biodiverse landsity within or outside the Union. Such finite resources, recognised in various international instruments to be of value to all mankind, should be preserved. It is therefore necessary to provide comprehensive sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions savings criteria ensuring that biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels qualify for the incentives only when it is guaranteed that the agricultural raw material does not originate in biodiverse areas or, in the case of areas designated for nature protection purposes or for the protection of rare, threatened or endangered ecosystems or species, the relevant competent authority demonstrates that the production of the agricultural raw material does not interfere with such purposes. Forests should be considered as biodiverse according to the sustainibility criteria, where they are primary forests in accordance with the definition used by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) in its Global Forest Resource Assessment, or where they are protected by national nature protection law. Areas where the collection of non-wood forest products occurs should be considered to be biodiverse forests, provided the human impact is small. Other types of forests as defined by the FAO, such as modified natural forests, semi- natural forests and plantations, should not be considered as primary forests. However, biodiversity, as well as the quality, health, viability and vitality of these forests should be guaranteed. Having regard, furthermore, to the highly biodiverse nature of certain grasslands, both temperate and tropical, including highly biodiverse savannahs, steppes, scrublands and prairies, biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels made from agricultural raw materials originating in such lands should not qualify for the incentives provided for by this Directive. The Commission should establish appropriate and comprehensive criteria to define such highly biodiverse grassvalued lands in accordance with the best available scientific evidence and relevant international standards.
Amendment 238 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 45
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 electricity that received support, the guarantees of origin should be auctioned to the market and the revenues should be used to reduce public subsidies for renewable energto consumers on where the plants they are buying electricity from are located, which type of plants they are, when they entered into operation and which support they have benefitted from. Guarantees of origin should therefore display all this information in a clear manner. With a view to avoiding double compensation, when setting the level of support to renewable energy, regulatory authorities may deduct the average value of guarantees of origin. This would not be needed when support is granted through tenders, since competition will drive operators to take into account in their bids any additional income they could receive from guarantees of origin and lower their bids accordingly.
Amendment 239 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 45
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 gGuarantees 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 electricity that received support,Where a producer receives both financial support and guarantees of origin, and where the latter carries significant economic value, Member States shall ensure that double compensation is avoided. Where a producer does not claim the guarantees of origin issued for the electricity they produced, those guarantees should be auctioned to the market and the revenues should be used to reduce public subsidies for renewable energy.
Amendment 248 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 76
Recital 76
(76) To ensure that, despite the growing demand for forest biomass, harvesting is carried out in a sustainable manner in forests where regeneration is ensured, that special attention is given to areas explicitly designated for the protection of biodiversity, landscapes and specific natural elements, that biodiversity resources are preserved and that carbon stocks are tracked, woody raw material should come only from forests that are harvested in accordance with the principles of sustainable forest management developed under international forest processes such as Forest Europe and are implemented through national laws or the best management practices at the forest holding level. Operators should take the appropriate steps in order to minimise the risk of using unsustainable forest biomass for the production of bioenergyensure that measures are taken to avoid and limit negative consequences of harvesting on the environment. To that end, operators should put in place a risk- based approach. In this context, it is apporopriate for the Commission to develop operational guidance on the verification of compliance with the risk based approach, following the consultation of the Energy Union Governance Committee, and the Standing Forestry Committee established by Council Decision 89/367/EEC24. __________________ 24 Council Decision 89/367/EEC of 29 May 1989 setting up a Standing Forestry Committee (OJ L 165, 15.6.1989, p. 14).
Amendment 265 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 78
Recital 78
(78) Biomass fuels should be converted into electricity and heat in an efficient way that leads to a substantial reduction of emissions throughout the entire biomass production chain 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. Throughout the biomass production process, biodiversity as well as air, soil and water quality should be maintained or strengthened, while indirect change of land-use and its consequences are prevented or limited. 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.
Amendment 276 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 85
Recital 85
(85) It is necessary to lay down clear rules based on objective and non- discriminatory criteria, for the calculation of greenhouse gas emission savings from biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels and their fossil fuel comparators.
Amendment 277 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 95
Recital 95
(95) Global demand for agricultural commodities is growing. Part of that increased demand will be met through an increase in the amount of land devoted to agriculture. The restoration of land that has been severely degraded and therefore cannot be used, in its present state, for agricultural purposes is a way of increasing the amount of land available for cultivation. The sustainability scheme should promote the use of restored degraded land because the promotion of biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels will contribute to the growth in demand for agricultural commodities, which may result in indirect land-use change emissions.
Amendment 285 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 101
Recital 101
(101) Since the objectives of this Directive, namely to achieve at least 2735% share of energy from renewable sources in the Union's gross final consumption of energy and at least a 10% share of energy from renewable sources in each Member State's transport energy consumption by 2030, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States but can rather, by reason of the scale of the action, 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 Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.
Amendment 289 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Directive establishes a common framework for the promotion of energy from renewable sources. It sets a binding Union target to be distributed as binding mandatory national targets for the overall share of energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption of energy in 2030 and for the share of energy from renewable sources in transport. It also lays down rules on financial support to electricity produced from renewable sources, self-consumption of renewable electricity, and renewable energy use in the heating and cooling and transport sectors, regional cooperation between Member States and with third countries, guarantees of origin, administrative procedures and information and training. It establishes sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria for biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels.
Amendment 301 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 65
Recital 65
Amendment 312 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 65 a (new)
Recital 65 a (new)
(65a) In order to be able to better and more accurately account for the share of renewable energy in road and rail transport a suitable methodology should be developed and different technical solutions should be explored for this purpose.
Amendment 337 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Directive establishes a common framework for the promotion of energy from renewable sources. It sets a binding Union target for the overall share of energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption of energy in 2030 and binding national targets for the same period. It also lays down rules on financial support to electricity produced from renewable sources, self-consumption of renewable electricity, and renewable energy use in the heating and cooling and transport sectors, regional cooperation between Member States and with third countries, guarantees of origin, administrative procedures and information and training. It establishes sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria for biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels.
Amendment 342 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f f
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f f
Amendment 404 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a a
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a a
(aa) ‘''renewable self-consumer’' means an active customer as defined in Directive [MDI Directive] or a group of customers, acting together, who consumes and may store and sell renewable electricity which is generated within his or itstheir premises, including a multi-apartment block, a commercial orresidential area, a commercial, industrial and shared services site orand a closed distribution system, including through aggregators, provided that, for non- household renewable self- consumers, those activities do not constitute their primary commercial or professional activity;
Amendment 437 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f f
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f f
Amendment 448 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
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 maythey shall 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 and other unintended sustainability impacts.
Amendment 469 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – title
Article 3 – title
Union binding overall target and binding national target for 2030
Amendment 471 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
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 circular economy, 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 based on a lifecycle assessment of emissions, and not creating risk of negative impacts on the environment and biodiversity.
Amendment 473 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
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 thorough 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.
Amendment 478 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall collectively ensure that the share of energy from renewable sources in the Union's gross final consumption of energy in 2030 is at least 27%35%. In connection to this Member States shall also collectively ensure that the share of renewable energy in the transport sector for EU over all should be at least 15 percent of the final consumption of energy in transport.
Amendment 491 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. Member States' respective contributions to this overall 2030 target shall be set and notified to the Commission as part of their Integrated National Energy and Climate Plans in accordance with Articles 3 to 5 and Articles 9 to 11 of Regulation [Governance]. These Plans should also include the Member States contribution to the target of renewable energy in the transport sector, where promotion for renewable electricity in the transport sector should complement the targets set out in Article 25.
Amendment 496 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission shall assess together with the Energy Union Governance Committee, referred to in Article 31, the national contributions submitted by Member States under subparagraph 2 in order to ensure compliance in meeting the EU overall target set in subparagraph 1. The Commission shall be empowered in accordance with Article 32 to adopt delegated acts updating Annex I with binding national targets based on the assessment made.
Amendment 499 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 501 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall support the high ambition of Member States through an enabling framework comprising the enhanced use of Union funds, in particular financial instruments, especially in view of reducing the cost of capital for renewable energy projects. The Commission shall work especially together with the European Investment Bank to establish a good structure for reducing the cost of capital, as part of this work the Commission should if needed submit legislative proposals.
Amendment 502 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall support the high ambition of Member States through an enabling framework comprising the enhanced use of Union funds, in particular financial instruments, especially in view ofWith a view to achieving the Union and national binding targets for 2030 and minimising the cost of doing so, the Commission shall work with the European Investment Bank or other financial institutions to establish a dedicated framework to reducinge the cost of capital for renewable energy projects and, if necessary, submit a legislative proposal to the European Parliament and to the Council for establishing this new financial instrument mechanism.
Amendment 511 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3a The European Union's and Member States' legislation and policies shall be consistent with and not undermine the objectives of this Directive. Member States shall take appropriate measures to remove regulatory and non- regulatory barriers to renewable energy generation and, when necessary, take positive actions to ensure that the EU's target to achieve at least 35% share of renewable energy consumption by 2030 can be met. Member States shall create and maintain stable conditions for investments in renewable energy sources, respecting the principle of legal certainty and the protection of legitimate expectations.
Amendment 518 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Subject to State aid rules, in order to reach the Union targets set in Article 3(1), Member States may apply support schemes. Support schemes for electricity from renewable sources shall be design, including the financing of the scheme, shall be competitive and market-based, so as to avoid unnecessarythe distortions of electricity markets and ensure that producers take into account the supply and demand of electricity as well as possible grid constraint. Member States may consider specific characteristics of different renewable energy technologies in the design of support schemes.
Amendment 529 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
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 applyshall adopt support schemes. Support schemes for applicable to generators producing electricity from renewable energy sources shall be designed so as to avoid unnecessary distortions of electricity markets and ensure that producers take into account the supply and demand of electricity as well as possible grid constraintswhen necessary to comply with their national contribution to the EU's target. Support schemes shall be predictable, stable and transparent for operators and comply with the principles contained in article 3(a)(new) of this Directive.
Amendment 562 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
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.
Amendment 571 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. When using tenders referred to in paragraph 3, Member States shall publish in advance the tender specifications, including: (a) a detailed description of the procedures to be followed by all bidders; (b) an exhaustive list of non- discriminatory and transparent prequalification and selection criteria; (c) a detailed description of the contract specifications, including the provided financial aid; (d) a detailed description of the bidder liability rules, designed so as to maximise project realisation rates.
Amendment 574 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member States may have time- limited support schemes constituting an exemption in relation to paragraph 3 for small scale installations and for cases where insufficient competition is documented. Support according to paragraph 2 may be limited to installations above the limits set in Article 11 of the Electricity Market Regulation.
Amendment 578 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. When using tenders referred to in paragraph 3, Member States shall also: (a) set a reasonable time frame for bid preparation and project realisation taking into account project development cycles of the eligible technologies; (b) award support on the basis of price per kWh; (c) take into account the specificities of renewable energy communities in order to enable them to compete on equal footing with other bidders; (d) make available information about past tenders, including project realisation rates and participating actors. Member States may allow for the awarded bids to be transferred among bidders fulfilling the selection criteria.
Amendment 580 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3 c (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Support schemes shall be predictable, stable and transparent for operators and comply with the principles contained in article 3(a)(new) of this Directive. Once adopted, support schemes may only be modified in the particular cases and according to the specific rules legally set out at the time of the adoption of such schemes.
Amendment 585 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall assess the effectiveness of their support for electricity from renewable sources at least every four years. Decisions on the continuation or prolongatThe assessment shall also take in to account the effect on investment and the effect possible changes to the support schemes might have on investments. Long-term planning governing the decisions of the support and design of new support shall be based on the results of the assessments.
Amendment 596 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point a
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;
Amendment 600 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The Commission shall every three years report to the European Parliament and the Council on the functioning of the rules concerning support schemes with specific emphasise on market access of small actors, the level of incentive for investment and supporting long-term high realisation-rate. The first of these reports shall be submitted 2021 fully reflecting the post-2020 State-aid guidelines.
Amendment 605 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point b – subparagraph 1
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.
Amendment 635 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
3. To determine the share of renewable electricity for the purposes of paragraph 1 either the average share of electricity from renewable energy sources in the Union or, the share of electricity from renewable energy sources in the Member State where the electricity is supplied, as measured two years before the year in question, may be used. In both cases, an equivalent amount of guarantees of origin issued in accordance with Article 19 shall be cancelledf a supplier chooses to supply fully renewable electricity to the transport sector, the additionality of the renewable electricity needs to be shown. In both cases, an equivalent amount of guarantees of origin issued in accordance with Article 19 shall be cancelled. The Commission shall, by 2022, develop a suitable methodology for the purpose of accurately accounting renewable electricity in road and rail transport.
Amendment 649 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Amendment 650 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Amendment 659 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
4. 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 the point of origin from the cultivation of raw materials, to their point of production tountil the fuel supplier that places the fuel on the market.
Amendment 677 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 7
Article 25 – paragraph 7
7. By 31 December 2025, unless the latest technological developments or scientific evidence require an earlier adjustment of the obligation laid down in paragraph 1, in the context of the biennial assessment of progress made pursuant to Regulation [Governance], the Commission shall assess whether the obligation laid down in paragraph 1 effectively stimulates innovation and promotes greenhouse gas savings in the transport sector, and whether the applicable greenhouse gas savings requirements for biofuels and biogas are appropriate. The Commission shall, if appropriate, present a proposal to modify the obligation laid down in paragraph 1.
Amendment 683 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 a (new)
Article 25 a (new)
Article 25 a Member States shall collectively ensure that the share of energy from renewable sources in the Union's gross final consumption of energy in 2030 is at least 35%. Each Member State shall ensure that the share of energy from renewable sources in all forms of transport in 2030 is at least 10% of the final consumption of energy in transport. Member States respective contributions to these targets shall be set and notified to the Commission as part of their Integrated National Energy and Climate Plans in accordance with Articles 3 to 5 and Articles 9 to 11 of Regulation [Governance].
Amendment 684 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
1. EIrrespective of whether the raw materials were cultivated inside or outside the territory of the Union, energy from biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels shall be taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of this paragraph only if they fulfil the sustainability criteria set out in paragraphs 2 to 6 and the greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria set out in paragraph 7:
Amendment 712 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
The sustainability criteria set out in paragraphs 2 to 6 and the greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria set out in paragraph 7 shall apply irrespectively of the geographical origin of the biomass, whether inside or outside of the Union.
Amendment 717 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
2. Biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from forest and 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 with high biodiversity value, namely land that had one of the following statuses in or after January 2008, whether or not the land continues to have that status:
Amendment 720 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3
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 as much detail as possible at least the following threefour years and including for each scheme the indicative timing, the capacity, the budget expected to be allocatedmain parameters, as well as a consultation of stakeholders on the design of the support.
Amendment 726 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall introduce in their building regulations and codes appropriate measures in order to increase the share of all kinds of energy from renewable sources in the building sector. For this purpose more specific rules are in place in the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive.
Amendment 727 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 26 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from forest and 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 with high carbon stock, namely land that had one of the following statuses in January 2008 and no longer has that status:
Amendment 732 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 4
Article 26 – paragraph 4
4. Biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from forest and 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.
Amendment 735 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 4
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 verifiable evidence is provided that the cultivation and harvesting of raw material does not involve drainage of previously undrained soil.
Amendment 759 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 9
Article 15 – paragraph 9
9. Member States shall remove administrative barriers to corporate long- term power purchase agreements to finance renewables and facilitate their uptake. The assessment made according to paragraph 8 shall specifically assess needed changes in order to facilitate the usage of corporate long-term purchase agreements. For public buildings Member States shall also promote renewable energy procurement commitments.
Amendment 768 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. The single administrative contact point shall guide the applicant through the application process in a transparent manner, provide the applicant with all necessary information, coordinate and involve, where appropriate, other authorities, and delfacilitate the process in order for the applicant to receiver a legally binding decision at the end of the process. . Applicants should be able to submit all relevant documents in digital form.
Amendment 840 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Member States shall ensure that no guarantees of origin are issued to a producer that receivesing financial support from a support scheme for the same production of energy from renewable sources. Member States shall issue such guarantees of origin and transfer them, shall have the support adjusted taking in to account the value of the issued guarantees of origin in order to avoid double compensation. Where support is provided through systems which, in virtue of their structure, already take into account the value of the guarantees of origin when establishing the level of support, or where the value of the guarantees of origin is insignificant, issuing guarantees to a producer that receives financial support shall be considered not to be a source of over compensation. Member States may transfer any guarantees of origin not claimed by the producers 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.
Amendment 841 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Member States shall ensure that no 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. Member States shall issue such guarantees of originnot impose obligations or restrictions on the use of the revenues generated from the transmission of guarantees of origin. Notwithstanding the aforesaid, when proved necessary to prevent overcompensation Member States may temporarily provide that guarantees of origin issued to a producer that receives financial support from a support scheme for the same production of energy from renewable sources are not marketable. Support systems that already by way of its structure take into account the possible economical aspects of the guarantees of origin shall not be considered as a source of overcompensation. Member States may issue such guarantees of origin not requested by the producers and transfer them 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.
Amendment 881 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Member States may set higher ambitions for greenhouse gas emission savings.
Amendment 907 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 3
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 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 and cold.
Amendment 916 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Member States shall ensure that renewable self-consumers, individuallyfinal customers are entitled to become renewable self-consumers. Member States cannot discriminate on the basis of a customer being owner, occupier, tenant or landlord. Member States shall not hinder final customers from becoming renewable self- consumers, by introducing, inter alia, cumulative or single-installation volume or capacity caps, burdensome and disproportionate procedures, charges, contractual arrangements and technical rules. Member States shall ensure that renewable self-consumers, acting alone or through aggregators:
Amendment 921 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) provides information about the emissions of ambient air pollutants and impact on limit values as set in Directive 2008/50 on Ambient Air Quality.
Amendment 921 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
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 ofonsume their self- generated renewable electricity without it being subject to disproportionate procedures andy charges that are not cost- reflective, fee or tax;
Amendment 927 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
The obligations laid down in this paragraph shall apply whether the biofuels, bioliquids, and biomass fuels are produced within the Union or imported. When the biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels are produced outside of the Union or imported, their geographic origin shall be made available.
Amendment 930 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) electricity storage systems combined with installations generating renewable electricity for self-consumption shall not be subject to any charge. Direct taxation and double grid fees for stored electricity should be avoided;
Amendment 933 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a b (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a b (new)
(ab) are entitled to sell, including through power purchase agreements, their excess production of renewable electricity, at least at the market price;
Amendment 941 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
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, however the rules on supervision and technical requirements regarding connection to the grid/networks would still apply; and
Amendment 942 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Article 27 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
In order to ensure that compliance with the sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria is verified in an efficient and harmonised manner and in particular to prevent fraud, the Commission may, after the consultation of experts, specify detailed implementing rules, including adequate standards of reliability, transparency and independent auditing and require all voluntary schemes to apply those standards. When specifying these standards, the Commission shall pay special attention to the need to minimize administrative burden. This shall be done by means of implementing acts adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 31 (3). Such acts shall set a time frame by which voluntary schemes need to implement the standards. The Commission may repeal decisions recognising voluntary schemes in the event that those schemes fail to implement such standards in the time frame provided for.
Amendment 945 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Amendment 950 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) receive a remuneration for the self- generated renewable electricity they feed into the grid which reflects the market value of the electricity fed in, they should be able to sell it to at least market value, this could also be done via power purchase agreements.
Amendment 965 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
5. The Commission shall keep Annex V and Annex VI under review, with a view, where justified, to adding or revising values for biofuel, bioliquid and biomass fuel production pathways based on the latest technological developments and scientific evidence. 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.
Amendment 969 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall monitor the origin of biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels consumed in the Union and the impact of their production, including impact as a result of displacement, on land use in the Union and the main third countries of supply. Such monitoring shall be based on Member States’ integrated national energy and climate plans and corresponding progress reports required in Articles 3, 15 and 18 of Regulation [Governance], and those of relevant third countries, intergovernmental organisations, scientific studies, satellite based data and any other relevant pieces of information. The Commission shall also monitor the commodity price changes associated with the use of biomass for energy and any associated positive and negative effects on food security.
Amendment 970 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 30 – paragraph 2
Article 30 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall maintain a dialogue and exchange information with third countries and biofuel, bioliquid and biomass fuel producers, consumer organisations and civil society concerning the general implementation of the measures in this Directive relating to biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels. It shall, within that framework, pay particular attention to the impact that biofuel and, bioliquid and biomass production may have on food prices.
Amendment 972 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 30 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 30 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
This proposal shall take into account the experience of the implementation of this Directive, including its sustainability and greenhouse gas saving criteria, and technological and scientific developments in energy from renewable sources.
Amendment 987 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
For the purposes of this Directive, a renewable energy community shall be an SME or a locally based SME or a locally based not- for-profit organisation, the shareholders or members of which cooperate in the generation, distribution, storage or supply of energy from renewable sources, representing largely local interests and fulfilling at least four out of the following criteria:
Amendment 1035 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1
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 to increase the share of renewable energy, including waste heat/cold, supplied for heating and cooling by at least 1 percentage point (pp) every year, until the share of renewable energy including waste heat/cold is 100 percent, expressed in terms of national share of final energy consumption and calculated according to the methodology set out in Article 7.
Amendment 1045 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. If the share of renewable energy, including waste heat/cold supplied for heating and cooling is below 60 percent the Member State shall annually increase the share by at least 1 percentage point (pp).
Amendment 1105 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that district heating and cooling suppliers provide information to end-consutheir end- customers on their energy performance and the share of renewable energy in their systems. Such information shall be in accordance with standards used under Directive 2010/31/EU.
Amendment 1123 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 4
Article 24 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall lay down the necessary measures to ensure non- discriminatory access to district heating or cooling systems for heat or cold produced from renewable energy sources and for waste heat or cold. This, based on non-discriminatory criteria set by a competent authority in the Member State. This access, based on non- discriminatory accesscriteria, shall enable direct supply of heating or cooling from such sources to customers connected to the district heating or cooling system by suppliers other than the operator of the district heating or cooling system.
Amendment 1136 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 5
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 including economic consequences of the measures.
Amendment 1149 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 9
Article 24 – paragraph 9
9. Member States shall designate one or more independent 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. Based on the work done by the designated authorities the Commission shall do a report every four years summarizing the implementation of the provision in this article and specifically the setting of non- discriminatory criteria.
Amendment 1186 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point a
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;
Amendment 1215 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
To determine the share of renewable electricity for the purposes of paragraph 1 either the average share of electricity from renewable energy sources in the Union or the share of electricity from renewable energy sources in the Member State where the electricity is supplied, as measured two years before the year in question, may be used. Provided that additionality of electricity can be proven, fully renewable electricity can be accounted for as such. The Commission shall provide guidance in order to establish the procedure to prove additionality. In both cases, an equivalent amount of guarantees of origin issued in accordance with Article 19 shall be cancelled.
Amendment 1227 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 – point a – paragraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 – point a – paragraph 1
When electricity is used for the production of renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin, either directly or for the production of intermediate products, either the average share of electricity from renewable energy sources in the Union or ththe average share of electricity from renewable energy sources in the country of production, as measured two years before the year in question, may be used to determine the share of renewable energy. In both cases, an equivalent amount of guarantees of origin issued in accordance with Article 19 shall be cancelled.
Amendment 1245 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 7
Article 25 – paragraph 7
7. By 31 December 2025, in the context of the biennial assessment of progress made pursuant to Regulation [Governance], the Commission shall assess whether the obligation laid down in paragraph 1 effectively stimulates innovation and promotes greenhouse gas savings in the transport sector, and whether the applicable greenhouse gas savings requirements for biofuels and biogas are appropriate. The assessment shall also analyse if the provisions in this article affectively avoids double accounting of renewable energy. The Commission shall, if appropriate, present a proposal to modify the obligation laid down in paragraph 1.
Amendment 1274 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 32 – paragraph 2
Article 32 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 3(2a new), 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 .
Amendment 100 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) To facilitate the cost-effective achievement of the Union's climate and energy goals as well as cost-efficient renovations in buildings, national long- term renovation strategies should integrate considerations for reducing air pollution and improvements to health and indoor climate, including by combining renovation with the removal of asbestos and other harmful substances, thus preventing the illegal removal of harmful substances, and facilitating compliance with existing legislative acts such as Directive 2009/148/EC.
Amendment 104 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) To ensure the attainment of renovation targets, and promote a more holistic approach to renovation, the provisions on long-term renovation strategies should be updated to offer clear guidelines for the establishment of national strategies.
Amendment 113 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The agendas of the Digital Single Market and the Energy Union should be aligned and serve common goals. The digitalisation of the energy system is quickly changing the energy landscape, from the integration of renewables to smart grids and smart-ready buildings. This offers new opportunities for energy savings, notably by providing consumers with more accurate information about their consumption patterns, and empowering them to optimise their energy use, and by enabling the system operator to better manage the grid. In order to digitise the building sector, and benefit from these opportunities, targeted incentives should be provided to promote smart-ready systems and digital solutions in the built environment.
Amendment 193 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) As residential and non-residential building renovations provide numerous benefits for the building owner, tenant, user and society in general, cost-benefits should consider not only economical and financial aspects but should also include improved air quality and comfort, health, well-being and productivity. The Commission should ensure that those non-energy benefits are part of the broader guidance for the EU cost- optimality calculations.
Amendment 200 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
(21a) In buildings with improved building envelope space heating, space cooling and ventilation energy demand varies dynamically. It is necessary to use holistic approach to reach energy performance in practice.
Amendment 201 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21 b (new)
Recital 21 b (new)
(21 b) While the pay back of the low- capital investment in control of individual room temperature is of short time limit, most of the current residential and non- residential buildings in use lack such a feature.
Amendment 202 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21 c (new)
Recital 21 c (new)
(21 c) The Commission should further promote wide-spread sharing of best practices in regard to public and private financing schemes for energy efficiency as well as the bundling of small and medium size deep energy renovation projects into larger frameworks. It should further expand spread of information on financial advantages that encourage and speed up deep renovation.
Amendment 212 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 2 – point 3
Article 2 – point 3
3. ‘technical building system’ means technical equipment for space heating, space cooling, ventilation, domestic hot water, built-in lighting, building automation and control, solar shading, on- site electricity generation, on-site infrastructure for electro-mobility, or a combination of such systems, including those using energy from renewable sources, of a building or building unit;;
Amendment 231 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 2 – point 4 a (new)
Article 2 – point 4 a (new)
(1a) in Article 2, the following point is added: ‘4a. Decarbonised building stock means a building stock which has been renovated to at least a nZEB level and is energy-efficient to the maximum possible potential;’
Amendment 232 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 b (new)
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 2 – point 4 b (new)
Article 2 – point 4 b (new)
(1b) in Article 2, the following point is added: ‘4b. ‘building renovation passport’ means a certificate – in electronic that describes a long-term (up to 25 years) gradual renovation roadmap for a specific building based on an on-spot audit fulfilling well-established quality criteria and indicators, in consultation and agreement with the building owner, user or tenant;’
Amendment 233 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 c (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 c (new)
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 2 – point 4 c (new)
Article 2 – point 4 c (new)
(1c) in Article 2, the following point 4c is added: ‘4c. ‘trigger point’ means a moment in the life of a building when it is most cost- efficient and cost-effective to take an investment decision to undertake deep renovation works, whether in one step or as a series of well-planned stages over well-defined period of time;’
Amendment 235 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 d (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 d (new)
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 2 – point 14 – point a
Article 2 – point 14 – point a
(1d) in Article 2, point 14, point a is replaced by the following: ‘(a) "the lowest cost is determined taking into account energy-related investment costs, maintenance and operating costs (including energy costs and savings, the category of building concerned, earnings from energy produced), where applicable, and disposal costs, where applicable; and (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32010L0031&rid=1)s well as non- energy related benefits such as increased indoor air quality, reduced health risks, increased productivity; and’ Or. en
Amendment 239 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 e (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 e (new)
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 2 – point 17
Article 2 – point 17
(1e) In Article 2, point 17, the following subparagraphs are added: “17. ‘effective rated output’ means the maximum calorific output, expressed in kW, specified and guaranteed by the manufacturer as being deliverable during continuous operation while complying with the useful efficiency indicated by the manufacturer; (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32010L0031&rid=1): (a) ‘full load’ means full capacity demand of technical building systems for space heating, space cooling, air ventilation and hot water; (b) ‘part load’ means a part of full load condition, representing average operating conditions;" Or. en
Amendment 250 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
(a) the firstollowing paragraph consists of Article 4 of the Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency16 , other than its last subparagraph; __________________ 16 OJ L 315, 14.11.2012, p. 13is inserted: ‘1. Member States shall establish a long-term strategy for mobilising investment in the renovation of the national stock of residential and commercial buildings, both public and private. This strategy shall encompass: (a) an overview of the national building stock based, as appropriate, on statistical sampling; (b) identification of cost-effective approaches and actions to stimulate technology neutral renovations relevant to the building type and climatic zone, considering relevant trigger points in the life-cycle of the building; (c) policies and actions to stimulate holistic deep renovations of buildings, including staged deep renovations; (d) policies and actions to increase the uptake of smart-ready systems and digital solutions in the built environment; (e) policies and actions to target all public buildings, including social housing; (f) an overview of national initiatives to promote skills and education in the construction and energy efficiency sectors; (g) a forward-looking perspective to guide investment decisions of individuals, the construction industry, public institutions including municipalities, and financial institutions; (h) an evidence-based estimate of expected energy savings and wider benefits, including non-economic benefits such as health and reduced air pollution.’
Amendment 251 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 2 a – paragraph 1
Article 2 a – paragraph 1
(a) the firstollowing paragraph consists of Article 4 of the Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency16 , other than its last subparagraph; __________________ 16is inserted: ‘1. Member States shall establish a long-term strategy for mobilising investment in the renovation of the national stock of residential and commercial buildings, both public and private. This strategy shall encompass: (a) an overview of the national building stock based, as appropriate, on statistical sampling; (b) identification of cost-effective approaches and actions to stimulate technology neutral renovations relevant to the building type and climatic zone, considering relevant trigger points in the life-cycle of the building; (c) policies and actions, including the introduction of building renovation passports, to stimulate cost-effective deep renovations of buildings, including staged deep renovations; (d) policies and actions to target all public buildings, including social housing; (e) an overview of national initiatives to promote skills and education in the construction and energy efficiency sector; (f) a forward-looking perspective to guide investment decisions of individuals, the construction industry, public institutions including municipalities, and financial institutions; (g) an evidence-based estimate of expected energy savings and wider benefits, including non-economic benefits such as health and reduced air pollution.’ OJ L 315, 14.11.2012, p. 13
Amendment 290 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 2 a – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 2 a – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States shall specify how their milestones contribute to achieving the Union's energy efficiency target of 40 % in 2030, in accordance with Directive 2012/27/EU and with the Union's target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80 % by 2050.
Amendment 330 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
(a) in paragraph 1, the second subparagraph is deleted;replaced by the following: Member States shall ensure that during planning process alternative highly effective and efficient solutions, such as district heating and cooling shall be considered systematically while taking into account local energy system.
Amendment 414 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 8 – paragraph 5
Article 8 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall ensure that, when a technical building system is installed, replaced or upgraded, the overall energy performance of the complete altered system is assessed full load and part load conditions, documented it and passed on to the building owner, so that it remains available for the verification of compliance with the minimum requirements set pursuant to paragraph 1 and the issue of energy performance certificates. Member States shall ensure that this information is includedprovided as separate entry in the national energy performance certificate database referred to in Article 18(3).
Amendment 439 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 8 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
The smartness indicator shall cover flexibility and enhanced energy saving features, enhanced functionalities and capabilities resulting from more interconnected and built-in intelligent devices being integrated into the conventional technical building systems. The features shall enhance the ability of occupants and the building itself to react and adapt energy consumption to comfort or operational requirements, in particular at part load conditions, take part in demand response and contribute to the optimum, smooth and safe operation of the various energy systems and district infrastructures to which the building is connected.;
Amendment 474 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point a
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 10 – paragraph 6a a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 6a a (new)
6aa. In order to guide financing decisions, the energy performance certificate should include recommendations for future renovations to be undertaken to improve the building's energy efficiency.
Amendment 504 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
(a) continuously monitoring, analysing and adjusting energy usage to ensure maximum energy consumption efficiency at full load and part load condition;
Amendment 520 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) with effective control functionalities to ensure optimum generation, distribution and use of energy. at full load and part load conditions;
Amendment 563 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new)
(8a) Article 18, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. Member States shall ensure that independent control systems for energy performance certificates and reports on the inspection of heating and air-conditioning systems are established in accordance with Annex II. Member States may establish separate systems for the control of energy performance certificates and for the control of reports on the inspection of heating and air-conditioning systems. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32010L0031&rid=1), documentation of technical building system performance and reports on the inspection of heating and air-conditioning systems are established in accordance with Annex II. " Or. en
Amendment 581 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall in particular provide information to the owners or tenants of buildings on energy performance certificates, their purpose and objectives, on cost-effective ways to improve the energy performance and indoor environmental quality of the building and, where appropriate, on financial instruments available to improve the energy performance of the buildingfor such improvements.;
Amendment 615 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point b
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point b
Annex 1 – point 2 – subparagraph 3
Primary energy factors shall discount thea share of renewable energy in energy carriers so that calculations equally treat: (a) the energy from renewable source that is generated on-site (behind the individual meter, i.e. not accounted as supplied), and (b) the energy from renewable energy sources supplied through the energy carrier.’;
Amendment 43 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) Interconnections between Member States should be promoted as they facilitate the integration of electricity from renewable energy sources, smooth out variability, reduce balancing costs and encourage competition.
Amendment 44 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11 b (new)
Recital 11 b (new)
(11b) The European Council of 23 and 24 October 2014 decided that the European Commission, supported by the Member States, will take urgent measures in order to ensure the achievement of a minimum target of 10% of existing electricity interconnections, as a matter of urgency, and no later than 2020; at least for Member States which have not yet attained a minimum level of integration in the internal energy market, and for Member States which constitute their main point of access to the internal energy market.
Amendment 62 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) Independent comparison tools including websites are an effective means for customers to assess the merits of different energy offers available on the market. Search costs are lower as they no longer need to collect information from individual suppliers and service providers. Such tools can provide the right balance between the need for information to be clear and concise and the need for it to be complete and comprehensive. They should aim at including the broadest possible range of available offers, and at covering the market as completely as is feasible so as to give the customer a representative overview. For offers of renewable energy, easily accessible and understandable information on suppliers, sources of renewable energy and guarantees of origin should be provided. These tools should also inform customers in a transparent manner if the energy comes from a non-renewable source. It is crucial that the information given on such tools be trustworthy, impartial and transparent.
Amendment 65 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) All customer groups (industrial, agricultural, commercial and households) should have access to the energy markets to trade their flexibility and self-generated electricity. Customers should be allowed to make full use of the advantages of aggregation of production and supply over larger regions and benefit from cross- border competition. Aggregators are likely to play an important role as intermediaries between customer groups and the market. Transparent and fair rules should be established to also allow independent aggregators to fulfil this role. Products should be defined on all organised energy markets, including ancillary services and capacity markets so as to encourage the participation of demand response.
Amendment 67 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Consumers are essential to achieving the flexibility necessary to adapt the electricity system to variable, distributed renewable generation. Technological progress in grid management and renewable generation has unlocked many opportunities for consumers, and healthy competition on retail markets will be essential to ensuring the market-driven deployment of innovative new services that cater to the consumers' changing needs and abilities, while increasing system flexibility. By empowering consumerHowever, the lack of real time or near real time information provided to consumers about their energy consumption, in particular due to the slow roll-out of smart meters, has prevented them from being active participants in the energy market and the energy transition. By empowering consumers and providing them with the tools to participate in the energy market more, and participate in new ways, citizens should benefit from the internal market in electricity and the Union's renewable targets should be attained.
Amendment 72 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) Interconnections between Member States should be promoted as they facilitate the integration of electricity from renewable energy sources, smooth out variability, reduce balancing costs and encourage competition.
Amendment 74 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11 b (new)
Recital 11 b (new)
(11b) The European Council of 23 and 24 October 2014decided that the European Commission, supported by the Member States, will take urgent measures in order to ensure the achievement of a minimum target of 10%of existing electricity interconnections, as a matter of urgency, and no later than 2020; at least for Member States which have not yet attained a minimum level of integration in the internal energy market, and for Member States which constitute their main point of access to the internal energy market.
Amendment 82 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Member States should maintain a wide discretion to impose public service obligations on electricity undertakings in pursuing objectives of general economic interest. Member States should ensure that household customers and, where Member States deem it appropriate, small enterprises, enjoy the right to be supplied with electricity of a specified quality at clearly comparable, transparent and competitive prices. Nevertheless, public service obligations in the form of supply price regulation constitute a fundamentally distortive measure that often leads to the accumulation of tariff deficits, limitation of consumer choice, poorer incentives for energy saving and energy efficiency investments, lower standards of service, lower levels of consumer engagement and satisfaction, restriction of competition as well as fewer innovative products and services on the market, that ultimately is detrimental to vulnerable consumers. Consequently, Member States should apply other policy tools, and in particular targeted social policy measures, to safeguard the affordability of electricity supply to their citizens. Interventions in price setting should only be applied in limited exceptional circumstancesso far as it is strictly necessary for reasons of extreme urgency. A fully liberalised retail electricity market would stimulate price and non-price competition among existing suppliers and incentivise new market entries therefore improving consumers' choice and satisfaction.
Amendment 89 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) Independent comparison tools including websites are an effective means for customers to assess the merits of different energy offers available on the market. Search costs are lower as they no longer need to collect information from individual suppliers and service providers. Such tools can provide the right balance between the need for information to be clear and concise and the need for it to be complete and comprehensive. They should aim at including the broadest possible range of available offers, and at covering the market as completely as is feasible so as to give the customer a representative overview. For offers of renewable energy, easily accessible and understandable information on suppliers, sources of renewable energy and guarantees of origin should be provided. These tools should also inform customers in a transparent manner if the energy comes from anon-renewable source. It is crucial that the information given on such tools be trustworthy, impartial and transparent.
Amendment 92 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) All consumers should be able to benefit from directly participating in the market, in particular by adjusting their consumption according to market signals and in return benefit from lower electricity prices or other incentive payments. The benefits of this active participation are likely to increase over time when electric vehicles, heat pumps and other flexible loads become more competitive. Consumers should be enabled to participate in all forms of demand response and therefore should have the possibility to benefit from the full roll-out of smart metering systems, and in cases where such a roll out has been negatively assessed, they should be able to opt for having a smart metering system and a dynamic electricity pricing contract . This should allow them to adjust their consumption according to real time price signals that reflect the value and cost of electricity or transportation in different time periods, while Member States should ensure a reasonable exposure of consumers to the wholesale price risk. Member States should also ensure that those consumers who choose not to actively engage in the market are not penalised but instead their informed decision making on the options available to them should be facilitated in the manner that is the most suitable for domestic market conditions.
Amendment 97 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) Distributed energy technologies and consumer empowerment have made community energy and energy cooperatives an effective and cost-efficient way to meet citizens' needs and expectations regarding energy sources, services and local participation. Community energy offers an inclusive option for all consumers to have a direct stake in producing, consuming or sharing energy between each other, on the basis of open and voluntary participation, within a geographically confined community network that may operate in an isolated mode or be connected to the public distribution network. Community energy initiatives focus primarily on providing affordable energy of a specific kind, such as renewable energy, for their members or shareholders , contributing to bringing benefits to local communities and to representing local interests, and rather than prioritising profit- making like a traditional energy company. By directly engaging with consumers community energy initiatives are demonstrating their potential in facilitating the up-take of new technologies and consumption patterns, including smart distribution grids and demand response, in an integrated manner. Community energy can also advance energy efficiency at household level and help fight energy poverty through reduced consumption and lower supply tariffs. Community energy also enables certain groups of household consumers to participate in the energy market who otherwise might not have been able to do so. Where they have been successfully operated such initiatives have delivered economic, social and environmental value to the community that goes beyond the mere benefits derived from the provision of energy services. Local energy communities should be allowed to operate on the market on a level-playing field without distorting competition. Household consumers should be allowed to voluntarily participate in a community energy initiative as well as to leave it, without losing access to the network operated by the community energy initiative or their rights as consumers. Access to a local energy community's network should be granted on fair and cost- reflective terms.
Amendment 101 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Directive establishes common rules for the generation, transmission, distribution, storage and supply of electricity, together with consumer protection provisions, with a view to creating truly integrated competitive, consumer- centered and flexible electricity markets in the Union . It sets a common minimum level of interconnections for all Member States. Using the advantages of an integrated market, the Directive aims at ensuring affordable energy prices for consumers, a high degree of security of supply and a smooth transition towards a decarbonised energy system. It lays down key rules relating to the organisation and functioning of the European electricity sector, in particular rules on consumer empowerment and protection, on open access to the integrated market, on third party access to transmission and distribution infrastructure, unbundling rules, and on independent national energy regulators. .
Amendment 102 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5
5. 'non-household customer' means a natural or legal person purchasing electricity which is not for their own household use and includes producers, public, commercial and industrial customers, small and medium sized enterprises, businesses and wholesale customers;
Amendment 103 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
6. ‘'active customer’' means a customer or a group of jointly acting customers, including a multi-apartment block, a commercial, industrial, residential or shared services site, a closed distribution system, or a third party acting on their behalf, who consume, store or sell electricity generated on their premises, including through aggregators, or participate in demand response or energy efficiency schemes provided that these activities do not constitute their primary commercial or professional activity;
Amendment 105 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
7. 'local energy community' means: an association, a cooperative, a partnership, a non-profit organisation or other legal entity, which is based on open participation, is effectively controlled by local shareholders or members, generally value rather than profit-driven, involved in distributed generation and in performwhose predominant aim is to provide local community benefits rather than generate profits for its members, that carries out or is involved in at least one or more of the following activities of a: distributed generation, system operator, supplier or aggregatortorage, supply, energy efficiency service provider, aggregator, or distribution system operator, at local level, including across borders;
Amendment 107 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11
11. ‘'dynamic electricity price contract’' means an electricity supply contract between a supplier and a final customer that reflects the price at the spot market, including at the day ahead market at intervals at least equal to the market settlement frequency;wholesale price volatility
Amendment 107 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) When it comes to deciding at national level on the smart metering deployment , it should be possible to base this on an economic assessment. This economic assessment should take into account the long term benefits of smart metering deployment for the whole value chain, in particular for better network management, more precise planning and identification of network losses. Should that assessment conclude that the introduction of such metering systems is economically reasonable and cost- effective only for consumers with a certain amount of electricity consumption, Member States should be able to take that into account when proceeding with implementation. This assessment should however be reviewed regularly and at least every two years in light of the fast evolving technological developments.
Amendment 109 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) In order to assist consumers' active participation in the electricity market, the smart metering systems to be deployed by Member States in their territory should be interoperable, not represent a barrier to switching of supplier, and should be equipped with fit-for-purpose functionalities that allow consumers to have real time or near-real time access to their consumption data, modulate their energy consumption and, to the extent that the supporting infrastructure permits, offer their flexibility to the network and to energy services companies, be rewarded for it, and achieve savings in their electricity bill.
Amendment 111 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) Currently different models for the management of data have been developed or are under development in the Member States following the deployment of smart metering systems. Independently of the data management model it is important that Member States put in place transparent rules under which data can be accessed and exchanged under non-discriminatory conditions and in an effective manner and ensure the highest level of data integrity, cybersecurity and data protection as well as the impartiality of the entities which handle data. Member states should also ensure that consumers remain in control and owners of the consumption data, in particular by being able to identify themselves, give or withdraw consent in an easy manner in accordance with Union data protection legislation.
Amendment 112 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 38
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 38
38. 'non-frequency ancillary service' means a service used by a transmission or distribution system operator for steady state voltage control, fast reactive current injections, inertia for local grid stability, short-circuit current and black start capability;
Amendment 114 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
49. 'distributed energy resources' means energy resources including but not limited to energy storage, energy efficiency, electrical vehicles, distributed generation of electricity from renewable energy sources, community networks and demand response, which are provided to the electrical network, through either the meter in the customer's premise, or the distribution network.
Amendment 120 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. Members States shall ensure that no undue barriers exist for market entry and market exit of electricity generation and, storage or electricity supply undertakings.
Amendment 121 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Each Member State shall ensure that its level of electricity interconnection is equivalent to at least 10% of their installed production capacity by 2020, with a view to reaching a more ambitious level by 2030. In order to achieve these levels, Member States, regulatory authorities and transmission system operators shall cooperate with each other towards the creation of a fully interconnected internal market integrating isolated systems forming electricity islands.
Amendment 126 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 69
Recital 69
(69) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Directive, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission in order to determine a common European data format and non-discriminatory and transparent procedures for accessing the data on metering, consumption data as well as data required for consumer switching. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council36. In order to ensure that such a common European data format supports marked- based competition and contributes to ensuring interoperability between energy services, the Commission may request if appropriate that data standards are drawn up by the relevant European standardisation organisations. __________________ 36 Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).
Amendment 129 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Directive establishes common rules for the generation, transmission, distribution, storage and supply of electricity, together with consumer protection provisions, with a view to creating truly integrated competitive, consumer- centered and flexible electricity markets in the Union. It sets a common minimum level of interconnections for all Member States. Using the advantages of an integrated market, the Directive aims at ensuring affordable energy prices for consumers, a high degree of security of supply and a smooth transition towards a decarbonised energy system. It lays down key rules relating to the organisation and functioning of the European electricity sector, in particular rules on consumer empowerment and protection, on open access to the integrated market, on third party access to transmission and distribution infrastructure, unbundling rules, and on independent national energy regulators..
Amendment 132 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
1a. 'distributed energy resources' means energy resources including but not limited to energy storage, energy efficiency, electrical vehicles, distributed generation of electricity from renewable energy sources, community networks and demand response, which are provided to the electrical network, either through a meter at the customer's premises, or through the distribution network.
Amendment 133 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5
5. 'non-household customer' means a natural or legal person purchasing electricity which is not for their own household use and includes producers, public, commercial and industrial customers, small and medium sized enterprises, businesses and wholesale customers;
Amendment 135 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
6. ‘'active customer’' means a customer or a group of jointly acting customers, including a multi-apartment block, a commercial, industrial, residential or shared services site, a closed distribution system, or a third party acting on their behalf, who consume, store or sell electricity generated on their premises, including through aggregators, or participate in demand response or energy efficiency schemes provided that these activities do not constitute their primary commercial or professional activity;
Amendment 149 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
7. 'local energy community' means: an association, a cooperative, a partnership, a non-profit organisation or other legal entity, which is based on open participation, is effectively controlled by local shareholders or members, generally value rather than profit-driven, involved in distributed generation and in performwhose predominant aim is to provide local community benefits rather than generate profits for its members, that carries out or is involved in at least one or more of the following activities of a: distributed generation, system operator, supplier or aggregatortorage, supply, energy efficiency service provider, aggregator, or distribution system operator, at local level, including across borders;
Amendment 151 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
7. 'local energy community' means: an locally-based association, a cooperative, a partnership, a non-profit organisation or other legal entity which is based on open participation, is effectively controlled by local shareholders or members, generally value aimed at providing local communities benefits and representing largely local interests, rather than profit-driven, involved in distributed generation and in performing activities of a distribution system operator, supplier or aggregator at local level, including across borders;;
Amendment 164 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 4
Article 13 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that final customers are entitled to receive all relevant demand response data or data on supplied and sold electricity at least once per yearmonth.
Amendment 165 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) are entitled to generate, store, consume and, sell self-generated electricity in all organised markets either individually or through aggregators, as well as to participate in the ancillary services of the system and in the mechanisms of response to the demand, without being subject to discriminatory or disproportionately burdensome procedures and charges that are not cost reflective;
Amendment 166 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11
11. ‘'dynamic electricity price contract’' means an electricity supply contract between a supplier and a final customer that reflects the price at the spot market, including at the day ahead market at intervals at least equal to the market settlement frequency;wholesale price volatility.
Amendment 168 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) are not subject to double network costs and/or taxation, resulting from the storage and reuse of previously stored energy;
Amendment 171 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) are subject to cost reflective, transparent and non-discriminatory network charges, accounting separately for the electricity fed into the grid and the electricity consumed from the gridwhich reflect both the costs and benefits to the network based on a transparent cost benefit analysis developed by the National Regulatory Authorities, in line with Article 59(8).
Amendment 173 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. are not subject to charges on self- generated and consumed electricity at least until a cost-benefit analysis on self- generation and consumption proves that the macro-economic costs outweigh the benefits of self-consumed and/or generated electricity. Such cost-benefit analysis shall include externalities, network upgrade needs, support payments, value added tax, network charges as well as other taxes and levies.
Amendment 174 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. The energy installation required for the activities of the active customer may be owned or managed by a third party acting on behalf of a customer or a group of customers for installation, operation, including metering and maintenance.
Amendment 176 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15
15. 'independent aggregator' means an aggregator that is not affiliated to athe supplier of its customer or any other market participant;
Amendment 177 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 a (new)
Article 15 a (new)
Amendment 178 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) are entitled to own, establish, or lease communityshared networks and to autonomously manage them;
Amendment 181 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) benefit from a non-discriminatory treatment with regard to their activities, rights and obligations as final customers, generators, suppliers, distribution system operators or aggregators;
Amendment 183 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point -a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point -a (new)
(-a) final customers are entitled to participate in a local energy community;
Amendment 184 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) Article 8 (3) applies to generating capacity installed by renewable energy communities, as a subcategory of local energy communities, as long as such capacity can be considered small decentralised or distributed generation;
Amendment 196 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 38
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 38
38. 'non-frequency ancillary service' means a service used by a transmission or distribution system operator for steady state voltage control, fast reactive current injections, inertia for local grid stability, short-circuit current and black start capability;
Amendment 200 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. Member States ensure that final customers receive all their bills and billing information for electricity consumption free of charge and that bills are clear, accurate and easy to understand, with clear explanation and justification of all other costs and taxes included in the bills.
Amendment 202 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
In the case of vulnerable customers, billing and billing information should be limited to actual electricity consumption, the cost of the system and any relevant taxes.
Amendment 221 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 2
Article 24 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission, by means of implementing acts adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 68, shall determine a set of principles for a common European data format and non- discriminatory and transparent procedures for accessing the data, listed under Article 23 (1), that will replace national data format and procedure adopted by Member States in accordance with paragraph 1. That common data format and procedures shall be defined in close cooperation with the entities responsible for metering and with customer organisations. Member States shall ensure that market participants apply a common European data format.
Amendment 231 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 31 – paragraph 5
Article 31 – paragraph 5
5. Each distribution system operator shall procure the energy it uses to cover energy losses and the non-frequency ancillary services in its system according to transparent, non-discriminatory and market based procedures, whenever it has such a function. Unless justified by a cost-benefit analysis, the procurement of non-frequency ancillary services by a distribution system operator shall be transparent, non- discriminatory, prioritizing generation from renewable sources and market-based ensuring effective participation of all market participants including renewable energy sources, demand response, energy storage facilities and aggregators, in particular by requiring regulatory authorities or distribution system operators in close cooperation with all market participants, to define technical modalities for participation in these markets on the basis of the technical requirements of these markets and the capabilities of all market participants .
Amendment 235 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 33 – paragraph 1
Article 33 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall provide the necessary regulatory framework to facilitate the connection of publicly accessible and private recharging points to the transmission or distribution networks. Member States shall ensure that transmission system operators and distribution system operators cooperate on a non- discriminatory basis with any undertaking that owns, develops, operates or manages recharging points for electric vehicles, including with regard to connection to the grid.
Amendment 236 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. Members States shall ensure that no undue barriers exist for market entry and market exit of electricity generation, energy storage, demand-response and electricity supply undertakings.
Amendment 239 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Each Member State shall ensure that its level of electricity interconnection is equivalent to at least 10% of their installed production capacity by 2020, with a view to reaching a more ambitious level by 2030. In order to achieve these levels, Member States, regulatory authorities and transmission system operators shall cooperate with each other towards the creation of a fully interconnected internal market integrating isolated systems forming electricity islands.
Amendment 255 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 36 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 36 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)
5. Member States shall be allowed to support the development of a basic network of publicly accessible recharging points, in order to eliminate barriers to the initial development of electro-mobility.
Amendment 257 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) managing electricity flows on the system, taking into account exchanges with other interconnected systems. To that end, the transmission system operator shall be responsible for ensuring a secure, reliable and efficient electricity system and, in that context, for ensuring the availability of all necessary ancillary services, including those provided by demand response and energy storage , and electric vehicles, insofar as such availability is independent from any other transmission system with which its system is interconnected;
Amendment 259 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
(ja) ensuring the efficient and secure integration of renewable energy sources, at least through central monitoring and control of renewable energy production units with installed capacity higher than 10 MW, including facilities connected to distribution networks within the TSO control area;
Amendment 260 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point j b (new)
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point j b (new)
(jb) digitalisation of transmission systems to ensure, among others, efficient real time data acquisition and use, smart substations;
Amendment 261 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point j c (new)
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point j c (new)
(jc) data management, cyber security and data protection;
Amendment 262 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 40 – paragraph 2
Article 40 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may provide that one or several responsibilities listed under points (a) to (j) of paragraph 1 be assigned to a transmission system operator other than the one which owns the transmission system to which the concerned responsibilities would otherwise be applicable, subject to a formal and justified request from the transmission system operator willing to transfer any of its responsibilities and the approval of the concerned Member States. The transmission system operator to which the tasks are assigned shall be certified as ownership unbundled and fulfil the requirements provided for in Article 43, but does not have to own the transmission system it is responsible for. The transmission system operator which owns the transmission system shall fulfil the requirements provided for in Chapter VI and be certified in accordance with Article 43.
Amendment 288 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 59 – paragraph new8
Article 59 – paragraph new8
new8. With a view to increasing transparency in the market and provide to all interested parties all necessary information, decisions or proposals for a decision concerning transmission and distribution tariffs as referred in Article 60(3), regulatory authorities shall make available to market parties the detailed methodology and underlying costassumptions used for the calculation of the relevant network tariffs, which shall include a cost benefit analysis for distributed energy resources, including an assessment of their potential value to the grid and the contribution to other energy policy objectives, in particular those provided by active customers and local energy communities.
Amendment 297 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 a (new)
Annex I – paragraph 1 a (new)
(h) for offers from renewable energy sources, information on the contribution of each energy source to the electricity purchased by the customer, including shares of each renewable energy source by technology and country of origin, share or percentage of consumption met from direct-supply from renewable energy sources producers and own-production by the supplier, and actions creating additional environmental and social benefits, including new investments in renewable energy sources.
Amendment 304 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point k a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point k a (new)
(ka) the assessment of alternatives, such as demand-response solutions and energy storage, to the construction of new generating capacity ;
Amendment 417 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Member states shall aim at reducing the share of fixed components in final customers electricity bills.
Amendment 436 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that a customer wishing to change supplier, while respecting contractual conditions, is entitled to such change within three weeks. By January 2022, the technical process of switching supplier shall take no longer than 24 hours and shall be possible on any working day.
Amendment 473 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that, final customers are entitled to conclude a contract with an aggregator, and that where a final customer wishes to conclude a contract with an independent aggregator, such engagement shall not require the consent of the final customer's supplier.
Amendment 497 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 4
Article 13 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that final customers are entitled to receive all relevant demand response data or data on supplied and sold electricity at least once per yearmonth.
Amendment 533 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) are entitled to generate, store, consume and, sell self-generated electricity in all organised markets either individually or through aggregators, as well as to participate in the ancillary services of the system and in the mechanisms of response to demand, without being subject to discriminatory or disproportionately burdensome procedures and charges that are not cost reflective;
Amendment 540 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) When engaging actively in the market consumers become involved in economic activity. As such, this Directive needs to clarify that active customers enjoy equal treatment as other market actors. Such clarification is needed to preventative customers from being singled out as a group where procedures or cost- reflective charges are concerned.
Amendment 547 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) are subject to cost reflective, transparent and non-discriminatory network charges, accounting separately for the electricity fed into the grid and the electricity consumed from the gridwhich reflect both the costs and benefits to the network based on a transparent cost benefit analysis developed by the National Regulatory Authorities, in line with Article 59(8).
Amendment 555 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. are not subject to charges on self- generated and consumed electricity at least until accost-benefit analysis on self- generation and consumption proves that the macro-economic costs outweigh the benefits of self-consumed and/or generated electricity. Such cost-benefit analysis shall include externalities, network upgrade needs, support payments, value added tax, network charges as well another taxes and levies.
Amendment 560 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. The energy installation required for the activities of the active customer may be owned or managed by a third party acting on behalf of a customer or a group of customers for installation, operation, including metering and maintenance.
Amendment 567 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 a (new)
Article 15 a (new)
Article 15 a Member States shall ensure that active customers owning a storage facility: (a) have the right to a grid connection within a reasonable time following the request; (b) are not subject to additional taxes, surcharges, and fees for the electricity stored in the storage facility; (c) are distinguished from generators and not subject to related licensing requirements and fees; (d) are allowed to provide several services simultaneously, if technically feasible;
Amendment 619 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) final customers are entitled to participate in a local energy community;
Amendment 627 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) Article 8 (3) applies to generating capacity installed by renewable energy communities, as a subcategory of local energy communities, as long as such capacity can be considered small decentralised or distributed generation;
Amendment 670 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Member States shall ensure that their regulatory framework encourages the participation of aggregators in the retaiall markets and that it contains at least the following elements:
Amendment 705 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
In order to ensure that balancing costs and benefits induced by aggregators are fairly assigned to market participants, Member States may exceptionally allow compensation payments between aggregators and balance responsible parties. Such compensation payments must be limited to situations where one market participant induces imbalancwhere one market participant induces imbalances to another market participant resulting in a financial cost , while taking due account of market trends and consumer uptake to ensure that such measures tdo another market participant resulting in a financial cost create barriers to new market entrants.
Amendment 731 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that bills fulfil the minimum requirements for billing and billing information as set out in Annex II. The information contained in bills shall be correct, clear, concise, user- friendly and presented in a manner that facilitates comparison by consumers.
Amendment 735 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. Member States ensure that final customers receive all their bills and billing information for electricity consumption free of charge and that bills are clear, accurate and easy to understand, with clear explanation and justification of all other costs and taxes included in the bills.
Amendment 744 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
In the case of vulnerable customers, billing and billing information should be limited actual electricity consumption, the cost of the system and any relevant taxes
Amendment 785 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. In order to promote energy efficiency and empower customers , Member States or, where a Member State has so provided, the regulatory authority shall strongly recommend that electricity undertakings and aggregators optimise the use of electricity, inter alia by providing energy management services, developing innovative pricing formulas, orand introducing interoperable smart metering systems orin particular with consumer energy management systems, smart grids, and where appropriate. smart appliances and 'smart homes'
Amendment 790 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 3
Article 19 – paragraph 3
3. Member States that proceed with smart metering deployment shall adopt and publish the minimum functional and technical requirements for the smart metering systems to be rolled out in their territories in line with the provisions laid down in Article 20 and Annex III. Member States shall ensure the user-centricity of smart metering systems, the interoperability of these smart metering systems as well as their connectivity with consumer energy management platforms. To this respect, Member States shall have due regard to the use of relevant available standards including those enabling interoperability, best practices and the importance of the development of data exchange, future and innovative energy services, the deployment of smart grids and the internal market in electricity.
Amendment 797 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 4
Article 19 – paragraph 4
4. Member States that proceed with smart metering deployment shall ensure that final customers contribute to the associated costs of the roll-out in a transparent and non-discriminatory manner while taking into account the long-term benefits for the whole value chain. Member States shall regularly monitor this deployment in their territories to track the evolution of costs and benefits for the whole value chain, including the delivery of net benefits to consumers.
Amendment 800 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 5
Article 19 – paragraph 5
5. When the deployment of smart metering is negatively assessed as a result of cost-benefit assessment referred to in paragraph 2, Member States shall ensure that this assessment is revised periodically and at least every two years in response to changes in the underlying assumptions and to technology and market developments. Member States shall notify to the responsible Commission services the outcome of their updated economic assessment as it becomes available.
Amendment 808 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the metering systems accurately measure actual electricity consumption and provide to final customers information on actual time of use. That information shall be made easily available and visualised to final customers on at least an in-home display at no additional cost and at real time or near-real time in order to support automated energy efficiency programmes, demand response and other services ;
Amendment 817 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the privacy and data protection of final customers is ensured in compliance with relevant Union data protection and privacy legislation; It shall in particular be possible for the final customer to have access to whom and when other parties access their personal data in order to be able to enforce their rights under Union data protection legislation ;
Amendment 818 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) if final customers request it, metering data on their electricity input and off-take shall be made available to them, via a local standardised communication interface and/or remote access, or to a third party acting on their behalf, in an easily understandable format as provided for in Article 24, allowing them to compare deals on a like-for-like basis. It shall equally be possible for final customers to download their metering data or transmit it to another party in accordance with their right to data portability under Union data protection legislation ;
Amendment 831 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) is equipped where technically feasible with functionalities referred to in Article 20, or with a minimum set of functionalities to be defined and published by Member States at national level and in line with the provisions in Annex III,
Amendment 834 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
1. When setting up the rules regarding the management and exchange of data, Member States or, where a Member State has so provided, the designated competent authorities shall specify the eligible parties which may have access to data of the final customer with their explicit consent in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council44 . For the purpose of this Directive, data shall include metering and consumption data as well as data required for consumer switching, automated energy efficiency programmes, demand response and energy management services.. Eligible parties shall include at least customers, suppliers, transmission and distribution system operators, aggregators, energy service companies, and other parties which provide energy or other services to customers. __________________ 44 Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1).
Amendment 835 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 2
Article 23 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall organise the management of data in order to ensure efficient data access and exchange, data protection, data security, transparency, neutrality and data integrity. Independently of the data management model applied in each Member State, the party or parties responsible for data management shall provide to any eligible party with the explicit consent of the final customer, access to the data of the final customer. Eligible parties should have at their disposal in a non-discriminatory manner and simultaneously the requested data. Access to data shall be easy, while relevant procedures shall be made publicly available.
Amendment 840 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 4
Article 23 – paragraph 4
4. No additional costs shall be charged to final customers for access to, download and portability of their data. Member States shall be responsible for setting the relevant costs for access to data by eligible parties. Regulated entities which provide data services shall not profit from that activity.
Amendment 844 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall define a common data format to enable interoperability and facilitate exchange of data and a transparent procedure for eligible parties to have access to the data listed under Article 23 (1), in order to promote competition in the retail market and avoid excessive administrative costs for the eligible parties.
Amendment 853 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 2
Article 24 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission, by means of implementing acts adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 68, shall determine a common European data format and non- discriminatory and transparent procedures for accessing the data, listed under Article 23 (1), that will replace national data format and procedure adopted by Member States in accordance with paragraph 1. Member States shall ensure that market participants apply a common European data format. Where necessary, the Commission may, following consultation of the Committee referred to in article 68 , request that standards be drawn up by the relevant European standards organisations .
Amendment 854 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 2
Article 24 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission, by means of implementing acts adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 68, shall determine a set of principles for a common European data format and non- discriminatory and transparent procedures for accessing the data, listed under Article 23 (1), that will replace national data format and procedure adopted by Member States in accordance with paragraph 1.That common data format and procedures shall be defined in close cooperation with the entities responsible for metering and with customer organisations. Member States shall ensure that market participants apply a common European data format.
Amendment 905 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 31 – paragraph 5
Article 31 – paragraph 5
5. Each distribution system operator shall procure the energy it uses to cover energy losses and the non-frequency ancillary services in its system according to transparent, non-discriminatory and market based procedures, whenever it has such a function. Unless justified by a cost-benefit analysis, the procurement of non-frequency ancillary services by a distribution system operator shall be transparent, non- discriminatory, prioritizing generation from renewable sources and market-based ensuring effective participation of all market participants including renewable energy sources, demand response, energy storage facilities and aggregators, in particular by requiring regulatory authorities or distribution system operators in close cooperation with all market participants, to define technical modalities for participation in these markets on the basis of the technical requirements of these markets and the capabilities of all market participants .
Amendment 941 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 33 – paragraph 1
Article 33 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall provide the necessary regulatory framework to facilitate the connection of publicly accessible and private recharging points to the transmission or distribution networks. Member States shall ensure that transmission system operators and distribution system operators cooperate on a non- discriminatory basis with any undertaking that owns, develops, operates or manages recharging points for electric vehicles, including with regard to connection to the grid.
Amendment 951 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) other parties, following an open and transparent tendering procedure supervised by the national regulatory, have not expressed their interest to own, develop, manage or operate recharging points for electric vehicles;
Amendment 966 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 34 – paragraph 1
Article 34 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure that all eligible parties have non-discriminatory access to data under clear and equal terms. In Member States where smart metering systems have been implemented according to Article 19 and distribution system operators are involved in data management, compliance programmes as set in Article 35(2)(d) shall include specific measures in order to exclude discriminatory access to data from eligible parties as provided for in Article 23. Where distribution system operators are not subject to Article 35(1), (2) and (3), Member States shall take all necessary measures to ensure that the vertically integrated undertaking do not have privileged access to data for the conduct of its supply activity, if necessary by requiring the creation of a central data management platform to be managed by the transmission system operator or another neutral entity.
Amendment 987 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) other parties, following an open and transparent tendering procedure, supervised by the national regulatory authority, have not expressed their interest to own, develop, manage or operate storage facilities;
Amendment 1003 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 36 – paragraph 4
Article 36 – paragraph 4
4. Regulatory authorities shall perform at regular intervals or at least every five years a review on the ability for existing storage facilities to be tendered and where appropriate a public consultation in order to re-assess the potential interest of market parties to invest, develop, operate or manage energy storage facilities. In case the review or the public consultation indicates that third parties are able to own, develop, operate or manage such facilities, Member States shall ensure that distribution system operators' activities in this regard are phased-out. .
Amendment 1005 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 36 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 36 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Member States shall be allowed to support the development of a basic network of publicly accessible recharging points, in order to eliminate barriers to the initial development of electro-mobility.
Amendment 1012 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) standardisation, in cooperation with distribution system operators, of relevant data formats and protocols to facilitate crossborder exchange of data ;
Amendment 1024 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
(ja) ensuring the efficient and secure integration of renewable energy sources, at least through central monitoring and control of renewable energy production units with installed capacity higher than 10 MW, including facilities connected to distribution networks within the TSO control area;
Amendment 1029 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point j b (new)
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point j b (new)
(jb) digitalisation of transmission systems to ensure, among others, efficient real time data acquisition and use and smart substations;
Amendment 1031 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point j c (new)
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point j c (new)
(jc) data management, cyber security and data protection;
Amendment 1099 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 54 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 54 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) other parties, following an open and transparent tendering procedure, supervised by the national regulatory authority, have not expressed their interest to own, control, manage or operate such facilities offering storage and/or non- frequency ancillary services to the transmission system operator;
Amendment 1106 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 54 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 54 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) such facilities or non-frequency ancillary services are necessary for the transmission system operators to fulfil their obligations under this Directive for the efficient, reliable and secure operation of the transmission system, in particular as an alternative to investments in new grid lines, and they are not used to sell electricity to the market; and
Amendment 1119 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 54 – paragraph 4
Article 54 – paragraph 4
4. The transmission system operatorregulatory authority shall perform at regular intervals or at least every five years review on the ability for these storage facilities to be tendered and where appropriate a public consultation for the required storage services in order to assess the potential interest of market parties to invest in such facilities and terminate its own storage activities in case third parties can provide the service in a cost-effective manner, develop, operate or manage in such facilities. Where the review or the public consultation indicates that third parties are able to provide a viable proposition to own, develop, operate or manage specific storage facilities, Member States shall ensure that transmission system operators' activities in this regard are phased-out .
Amendment 1151 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – point k
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – point k
(k) measuring the performance of the transmission system operators and distribution system operators in relation to the development of a smart grid that promotes energy efficiency and the integration of energy from renewable sources based on a limited set of Union- wide indicators, including a 'smartness indicator' for electricity grids and publish a national report every 2 years, including recommendations for improvement where necessary; The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts with a definition of ‘smartness indicator’. The smartness indicator shall in particular cover the volume of curtailed energy disaggregated per type of generation source, the amount of substations remotely monitored and controlled in real-time, and the amount of lines operated under dynamic line ratings.
Amendment 1185 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – point s
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – point s
(s) ensuring non-discriminatory access to customer consumption data, the provision, for optional use, of an easily understandable harmonised format at national level for consumption data, and prompt access for all customers to such data pursuant to Articles 23 and 24 ;
Amendment 1200 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 59 – paragraph new8
Article 59 – paragraph new8
8. With a view to increasing transparency in the market and provide to all interested parties all necessary information, decisions or proposals for a decision concerning transmission and distribution tariffs as referred in Article 60(3), regulatory authorities shall make available to market parties the detailed methodology and underlying costassumptions used for the calculation of the relevant network tariffs, which shall include a cost benefit analysis for distributed energy resources, including an assessment of their potential value to the grid and the contribution to other energy policy objectives, in particular those provided by active customers and local energy communities.
Amendment 1222 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 62 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 62 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) approve the cooperative and inclusive decision- making process;
Amendment 1321 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 1 a (new)
Annex II – point 1 a (new)
1a. For offers from renewable energy sources, information on the contribution of each energy source to the electricity purchased by the customer, including shares of each renewable energy source by technology and country of origin, share or percentage of consumption met from direct-supply from renewable energy sources producers and own-production by the supplier, and actions creating additional environmental and social benefits, including new investments in renewable energy sources.
Amendment 1340 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex III – point 1
Annex III – point 1
1. Member States shall ensure the implementation of smart metering systems in their territories that may be subject to an economic assessment of all the long-term costs and benefits to the market, in particular the long term benefits to the whole value chain, and the individual consumer or which form of smart metering is economically reasonable and cost-effective and which timeframe is feasible for their distribution.
Amendment 1341 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex III – point 2
Annex III – point 2
2. Such assessment shall take into consideratibe based on the methodology for a cost- benefit analysis and the minimum functionalities for smart metering defined in the Commission Recommendation 2012/148/EU as well as best available techniques for ensuring the highest level of cybersecurity and data protection. The Commission shall ensure that this methodology is used in a consistent manner across the Union.
Amendment 1344 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex III – point 3
Annex III – point 3
3. Subject to that assessment, Member States or, where a Member State has so provided, the designed competent authority, shall prepare a timetable with a target of up to 105 years for the deployment of smart metering systems. Where roll-out of smart meters is assessed positively, at least 80 % of final customers shall be equipped with smart metering systems within 85 years from the date of their positive assessment or by 2020 for those Member States that have initiated deployment before entering into force of this Directive.
Amendment 67 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The decarbonisation of the electricity sector, with renewable energy becoming a major part of the market, is a core objective of the Energy Union. As the Union moves towards the decarbonisation of the electricity sector and increasing penetration of renewable energy sources, it is crucial that the market removes existing barriers to cross-border trade and encourages investments into supporting infrastructure, for example, more flexible generation, interconnection, demand response and storage. To support the roll- out of energy storage solutions, Member States should take steps to remove out dated taxation provisions that lead to double-taxation. To support this shift to variable and distributed generation, and to ensure that energy market principles are the basis for the Union's electricity markets of the future, a renewed focus on short- term markets and scarcity pricing is essential.
Amendment 73 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) To efficiently steer necessary investments, prices also need to provide signals where electricity is most needed. In a zonal electricity system, correct locational signals require a coherent, objective and reliable determination of bidding zones via a transparent process. In order to ensure efficient operation and planning of the Union electricity network and to provide effective price signals for new generation capacity, demand response, energy storage or transmission infrastructure, bidding zones should reflect structural congestion. In particular, cross- zonal capacity should not be reduced in order to resolve internal congestion.
Amendment 89 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) setting fundamental principles for well-functioning, integrated electricity markets, which allow non-discriminatory market access for all resource providers and electricity customers, empower consumers, enable demand response, energy storage and energy efficiency, facilitate aggregation of distributed demand and supply, promote sufficient levels of electricity interconnections and contribute to the decarbonisation of the economy by enabling market integration and market- based remuneration of electricity generated from renewable sources;
Amendment 93 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point u
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point u
(u) 'capacity mechanism' means an administrative measure to ensure the achievement of the desirednecessary level of security of supply by remunerating resources for their availability not including measures relating to ancillary services; a thorough cost-benefit analysis shall be carried out to justify the necessity of achieving a certain level of security of supply, as well as to justify the need to adopt capacity mechanisms in order to achieve such necessary level;
Amendment 106 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) market participation of consumers and small businesses shall be enabled individually, collectively, through participation in a local energy community, and by aggregation of generation from multiple generation facilities or load from multiple demand facilities to provide joint offers on the electricity market and be jointly operated in the electricity system, subject to compliance with EU treaty rules on competition;
Amendment 113 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point m
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point m
(m) market rules shall allow for entry and exit of electricity generation, energy storage, and electricity supply undertakings based on their assessment of the economic and financial viability of their operations;
Amendment 132 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In the past, electricity customers were purely passive, often buying electricity at regulated prices which had no direct relation to the market. In the future, customers need to be enabled to fully participate in the market on equal footing with other market participants and be empowered to manage their energy consumption. To integrate growing shares of renewable energy, the future electricity system should make use of all available sources of flexibility, particularly demand response and storage and of digitalisation through the integration of innovative technologies with the electricity system. To achieve effective decarbonisation at lowest cost, it also needs to encourage energy efficiency.
Amendment 133 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Balancing markets shall be organised in such a way as to ensure effective non-discrimination between market participants taking account of the different technical capability of generation from variable. Balancing markets shall be designed to maximize the participation of renewables sources and demand side response and storage.
Amendment 139 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The decarbonisation of the electricity sector, with renewable energy becoming a major part of the market, is a core objective of the Energy Union. As the Union moves towards the decarbonisation of the electricity sector and increasing penetration of renewable energy sources, it is crucial that the market removes existing barriers to cross-border trade and encourages investments into supporting infrastructure, for example, more flexible generation, interconnection, demand response and storage. To support the roll- out of energy storage solutions, Member States should take steps to remove out- dated taxation provisions that lead to double-taxation. To support this shift to variable and distributed generation, and to ensure that energy market principles are the basis for the Union's electricity markets of the future, a renewed focus on short- term markets and scarcity pricing is essential.
Amendment 145 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Market operators shall provide products for trading in day-ahead and intraday markets which are sufficiently small in size, with minimum bid sizes of 1 MegaKilowatt or lessmore, to allow for the effective participation of demand-side response, energy storage and small-scale renewables, including directly by customers.
Amendment 145 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Derogations to fundamental market principles such as balancing responsibility, market-based dispatch, or curtailment and redispatch reduce flexibility signals and act as barriers to the development of solutions such as storage, demand response or aggregation. WhileBroad derogations are still neccovering entire technologiess ary to avoid unnecessary admie not consistent with the objective of achieving market-based and efficient decarbonistrative burden for certain actors, in particular households and SMEs, broad derogations covon and should therefore only be maintained for installations that were benefiting from these derogations before the entering eintire technologies are not consistent with the objective of achieving market-based and efficient decarbonisation and should thus be replaced by more targeted measureso force of this Regulation in order to avoid the negative impact of retroactivity measures. Member states should at the same time ensure full access to all market participants to competitive balancing markets and high transparency of curtailment and redispatch measures in order for the energy market to function.
Amendment 149 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) To efficiently steer necessary investments, prices also need to provide signals where electricity is most needed. In a zonal electricity system, correct locational signals require a coherent, objective and reliable determination of bidding zones via a transparent process. In order to ensure efficient operation and planning of the Union electricity network and to provide effective price signals for new generation capacity, demand response, energy storage or transmission infrastructure, bidding zones should reflect structural congestion. In particular, cross- zonal capacity should not be reduced in order to resolve internal congestion.
Amendment 153 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Dispatching of power generation facilities, energy storage facilities and demand response shall be non- discriminatory and market based unless otherwise provided under paragraphs 2 to 4.
Amendment 161 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. When dispatching electricity generating or energy storage installations, transmission system operators shall give priority to generating or energy storage installations using renewable energy sources or high-efficiency cogeneration from small generating installations or generating installations using emerging technologies to the following extent:
Amendment 166 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. When dispatching electricity generating installations, transmission system operators (TSOs) shall give priority to generating installations using renewable energy sources or high efficiency cogeneration in case of same economic costs when compared to other technologies.
Amendment 175 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4
Article 11 – paragraph 4
4. GeneratingIn order to maintain a stable regulatory framework for investors, generating or energy storage 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 35 shall remain subject to priority dispatch. Priority dispatch shall no longer be applicable from the date where the generating or energy storage installation is subject to significant modifications, which shall be the case at least where a new connection agreement is required or the generation or energy storage capacity is increased. _________________ 35 Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC (OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 16).
Amendment 177 #
2016/0379(COD)
4a. Member States shall comply with the provisions of this article through the porting process on the internal energy market as provided in the Regulation on the Governance of the Energy Union (Art.21). They shall notably ensure that dispatching rules are fully transparent and market-based, and that the removal of priority dispatch for generating installations using renewable energy sources would not undermine their contribution to: (a) the EU target for 2030 as provided in the Directive on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources; (b) the reduction of the overall greenhouse gas emissions of the Union by at least 40% below 1990 levels by 2030 as provided in the intended nationally determined reduction commitment of the Union and its Member States submitted to the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Amendment 188 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) Regional operational centres should primarily act in the interest of system and market operation of the region over the interests of any single entity. Hence, regional operational centres should be entrusted with decision-making powers to act and to direct actions to be taken by transmission system operators of the system operation region for certain functions and with an enhanced advisory role for the remaining functions. Regional operational centres should ensure that decision-making processes are based on equitable treatment, geographical balance and inclusiveness, in order to ensure the representation of all transmission systems of the region.
Amendment 189 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. The responsible system operators shall report at least once per year to the competent regulatory authority on curtailment or downward redispatching of generating, energy storage or demand- response installations using renewable energy sources or high-efficiency cogeneration and on measures taken to reduce the need for such curtailment or downward redispatching in the future. Curtailment or redispatching of generating installations using renewable energy sources, energy storage, demand-response or high-efficiency cogeneration shall be subject to compensation pursuant to paragraph 6.
Amendment 192 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) guarantee the capability of transmission and distribution networks to transmit electricity produced from renewable energy sources, energy storage, demand-response or high- efficiency cogeneration with minimum possible curtailment or redispatching. That shall not prevent network planning from taking into account limited curtailment or redispatching where this is shown to be more economically efficient and does not exceed 5 % of installed capacities using renewable energy sources, energy storage, demand-response or high- efficiency cogeneration in their area, provided that an appropriate consultation with stakeholders is carried out before its approval;
Amendment 193 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) In order to raise efficiencies in the electricity distribution networks in the Union and ensure close cooperation with transmission system operators and ENTSO for electricity, a European entity of distribution system operators in the Union ("EU DSO entity") should be established. The tasks of the EU DSO entity should be well-defined and its working method should ensure efficiency, transparency, independence and representativeness amongst the Union distribution system operators. The EU DSO Entity should closely cooperate with ENTSO for Electricity on the preparation and implementation of the network codes where applicable, on the need for standardisation to facilitate crossborder data exchange between transmission system operators and distribution system operators, and should work on providing guidance on the integration inter alia of distributed generation and storage in distribution networks or other areas which relate to the management of distribution networks.
Amendment 200 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) setting the basis for an efficient achievement of the objectives of the European Energy Union, among them a minimum interconnection level of 10% and an indicative target of 15% for 2030, and in particular the climate and energy framework for 203030 by enabling market signals to be delivered for increased flexibility, decarbonisation and innovation; _________________ 30 COM/2014/015 final.
Amendment 203 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) setting fundamental principles for well-functioning, integrated electricity markets, which allow non-discriminatory market access for all resource providers and electricity customers, empower consumers, enable demand response, energy storage and energy efficiency, facilitate aggregation of distributed demand and supply, and contribute to the decarbonisation of the economy by enabling market integration and market- based remuneration of electricity generated from renewable sources. Interconnections between Member States further contribute to an efficient integration of electricity from renewable energy sources to countervail their variability, reduce balancing costs and encourage competition. Each Member State shall ensure that its level of electricity interconnection is equivalent to at least 10% of their installed production capacity by 2020, with a view to reaching a more ambitious level by2030;
Amendment 204 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 5 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 5 – point b
(b) generating installations using high- efficiency cogeneration and, especially, in those cases in which: i) the primary purpose of those facilities is to produce heat for production processes of the industrial site concerned; ii) heat and power-generating is inextricably interlinked, in a way that any change of heat generation results inadvertently in a change of active power generating and vice versa; shall only be subject to downward redispatching or curtailment if, other than curtailment or downward redispatching of generating installations using renewable energy sources, no other alternative exists or if other solutions would result in disproportionate costs or risks to network security;
Amendment 211 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 5 – point c
Article 12 – paragraph 5 – point c
(c) self-generated electricity from generating installations using renewable energy sources, energy storage, demand- response or high-efficiency cogeneration which is not fed into the transmission or distribution network shall not be curtailed unless no other solution would resolve network security issues;
Amendment 215 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
Article 12 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. Where non-market based curtailment or redispatching is used, it shall be subject to financial compensation by the system operator requesting the curtailment or redispatching to the owner of the curtailed or redispatched generation, energy storage or demand facility. Financial compensation shall at least be equal to the highest of the following elements:
Amendment 218 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 6 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 6 – point b
(b) 90 100% of the net revenues from the sale of electricity on the day-ahead market that the generating, energy storage or demand facility would have generated without the curtailment or redispatching request. Where financial support is granted to generating or demand facilities based on the electricity volume generated, stored or consumed, lost financial support shall be deemed part of the net revenues. The full compensation should be settled within reasonable time after the curtailment has occurred.
Amendment 227 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point u
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point u
(u) 'capacity mechanism' means an administrative measure to ensure the achievement of the desirednecessary level of security of supply by remunerating resources for their availability not including measures relating to ancillary services;; A thorough cost- benefit analysis shall be carried out to justify the necessity of achieving a certain level of security of supply, as well as to justify the need to adopt capacity mechanisms in order to achieve such necessary level.
Amendment 232 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point u
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point u
(u) 'capacity mechanism' means an temporary administrative measure to ensure the achievement of the desirednecessary level of security of supply by remunerating resources for their availability not including measures relating to ancillary services;
Amendment 233 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. Charges applied by network operators for access to networks , including charges for connection to the networks, charges for use of networks, and, where applicable, charges for related network reinforcements, shall be transparent, take into account the need for network security and flexibility and reflect actual costs incurred insofar as they correspond to those of an efficient and structurally comparable network operator and are applied in a non-discriminatory manner. In particular, they shall be applied in a way which does not discriminate between production or energy storage connected at the distribution level and production connected at the transmission level, either positively or negatively. They shall not discriminate against energy storage and shall not create disincentives, specifically not double charging energy storage, and aggregation and shall not create disincentives for self-generation, self-consumption, and for participation in demand response. Without prejudice to paragraph 3, those charges shall not be distance- related.
Amendment 240 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. Tariffs shall grant appropriate incentives to transmission and distribution system operators, over both the short and long term, to increase efficiencies, including energy efficiency and energy storage, foster market integration and security of supply, and support investments and the related research activities.
Amendment 242 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 7
Article 16 – paragraph 7
7. Distribution tariffs shall reflect the cost ofand benefits related to the use of the distribution network by system users including active customers, and may be differentiated based on system users' consumption, energy storage or generation profiles. Where Member States have implemented the deployment of smart metering systems, regulatory authorities may introduce time differentiated network tariffs, reflecting the use of the network, in a transparent and foreseeable way for the consumer.
Amendment 245 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point v
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point v
(v) 'strategic reserve' means a capacity mechanism in which resources are excluded from the market and only dispatched in case day-ahead and intraday markets have failed to clear, transmission system operators have exhausted their balancing resources to establish an equilibrium between demand and supply, and imbalances in the market during periods where the reserves were dispatched are settled at the value of lost load;
Amendment 248 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 8
Article 16 – paragraph 8
8. Regulatory authorities shall provide incentives to distribution system operators to procure services for the operation and development of their networks and integrate innovative solutions in the distribution systems. For that purpose regulatory authorities shall recognise as eligible and include all relevant costs in distribution tariffs and introduce performance targets in order to incentivise distribution system operators to raise efficiencies, including energy efficiency, and energy storage in their networks.
Amendment 251 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 9 – point g a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 9 – point g a (new)
(ga) methods to calculate the benefits of self-consumption, decentralised generation, storage and demand response, as well as their complementarity.
Amendment 264 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) customers shall be enabled to benefit from market opportunities and increased competition on retail markets and be empowered to act as participant in the energy market and the energy transition;
Amendment 267 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member States shall set indicators to report on the effectiveness of the measures adopted pursuant to paragraph 3, and shall review accordingly the potential capacity mechanism put in place.
Amendment 267 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) market participation of consumers and small businesses shall be enabled individually, collectively, through participation in a local energy community, and by aggregation of generation from multiple generation facilities or load from multiple demand facilities to provide joint offers on the electricity market and be jointly operated in the electricity system, subject to compliance with EU treaty rules on competition;
Amendment 275 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. When applying capacity mechanisms Member States shall have a reliability standard in place indicating their desired level of security of supply in a transparent manner necessary level of security of supply in transparent manner. A thorough cost benefit analysis shall be carried out to justify the necessity of achieving a certain level of security of supply, as well as to justify the need to adopt capacity mechanisms in order to achieve such necessary level.
Amendment 302 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point m
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point m
(m) market rules shall allow for entry and exit of electricity generation, energy storage, and electricity supply undertakings based on their assessment of the economic and financial viability of their operations;
Amendment 303 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 4
Article 23 – paragraph 4
Amendment 305 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Capacity mechanisms, if deemed necessary on the basis of an impact assessment, shall include flexibility criteria in the selection process of generation capacity providers. Such criteria shall aim at maximising the ramping ability, and minimising the necessary level of stable output of power plants benefitting from capacity mechanisms.
Amendment 324 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 2
2. In performing its functions under EU law, the ENTSO for Electricity shall act for the European good and independent from individual national interests or the national interests of transmission system operators, and shall contribute to the efficient and sustainable achievement of the objectives set out in the policy framework for climate and energy covering the period from 2020 to 2030, in particular by contributing to the efficient integration of electricity generated from renewable energy sources in combination with energy storage and demand response and to increases in energy efficiency.
Amendment 355 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. For the purpose of paragraph 1, Member states shall ensure that all market participants have access to competitive balancing markets and services for the delegation of their balancing responsibility and other flexibility services that are cost-reflective, and provide fair value for balancing.
Amendment 356 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. From 1 January 2020, all power plants, using renewable energy sources, with an installed electricity capacity of more than 5 MW shall be able to receive in real time from the relevant TSO a maximum set point for their energy production.
Amendment 366 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. All market participants shall have full access to the balancing market, be it individually or through aggregation. Balancing market rules and products shall respect the need to accommodate increasing shares of variable generation as well as increased demand responsiveness and the advent of new technologies.
Amendment 373 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Balancing markets shall be organised in such a way as to ensure effective non-discrimination between market participants taking account of the different technical capability of generation from variable. Balancing markets shall be designed to maximize the participation of renewables sources and demand side response and storage.
Amendment 398 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 8
Article 5 – paragraph 8
8. The procurement of balancing capacity shall be facilitated cross-border and on a regional level in accordance with point 8 of Annex I. The procurement shall be based on a primary market and organised in such a way as to be non- discriminatory between market participants in the prequalification process individually or through aggregation.
Amendment 410 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) development of demand response and energy storage;
Amendment 412 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 10 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Member States shall report on the functioning and transparency of, and access, in particular by small providers, to, the balancing markets, in particular for the purpose of Article 4, through the reporting procedure on the internal energy market laid down in Article 21 of Regulation .../... [Governance of the Energy Union].
Amendment 432 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Market operators shall provide products for trading in day-ahead and intraday markets which are sufficiently small in size, with minimum bid sizes of 1 MegaKilowatt or lessmore, to allow for the effective participation of demand-side response, energy storage and small-scale renewables, including directly by customers.
Amendment 477 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. By [OP: one year after entry into force] Member Sstates shall establish a single estimate of the Value of Lost Load (VoLL) for their territory, expressed in €/MWh. That estimateIn case of cross-border bidding zones, Member states shall establish a common estimate of the VoLL. These estimates shall be reported to the Commission and made publically available. Member States may establish different VoLL per bidding zone if they have several bidding zones in their territory. In establishing VoLL, Member States shall apply the methodology developed pursuant to Article 19(5).
Amendment 485 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Dispatching of power generation facilities, energy storage facilities and demand response shall be non- discriminatory and market based unless otherwise provided under paragraphs 2 to 4.
Amendment 490 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Dispatching of power generation facilities and demand response shall be transparent, non-discriminatory and market based unless otherwise provided under paragraphs 2 to 4.
Amendment 502 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. When dispatching electricity generating or energy storage installations, transmission system operators shall give priority to generating or energy storage installations using renewable energy sources or high-efficiency cogeneration from small generating installations or generating installations using emerging technologies to the following extent:
Amendment 523 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. When dispatching electricity generating installations, transmission system operators (TSOs)shall give priority to generating installations using renewable energy sources or high- efficiency cogeneration in case of same economic costs when compared to other technologies.
Amendment 547 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4
Article 11 – paragraph 4
4. GeneratingIn order to maintain a stable regulatory framework for investors, generating or energy storage 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 35 shall remain subject to priority dispatch. Priority dispatch shall no longer be applicable from the date where the generating or energy storage installation is subject to significant modifications, which shall be the case at least where a new connection agreement is required or the generation or energy storage capacity is increased. _________________ 35 Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC (OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 16).
Amendment 553 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. 4 a. Member States shall comply with the provisions of this article through the reporting process on the internal energy market as provided in the Regulation on the Governance of the Energy Union (Art. 21). They shall notably ensure that dispatching rules are fully transparent and market-based, and that the removal of priority dispatch for generating installations using renewable energy sources would not undermine their contribution to: (a) the EU target for 2030 as provided in the Directive on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources; (b) the reduction of the overall greenhouse gas emissions of the Union by at least 35% below 1990 levels by 2030 as provided in the intended nationally determined reduction commitment of the Union and its Member States submitted to the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Amendment 575 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. The responsible system operators shall report at least once per year to the competent regulatory authority, which shall be transmitted to the Agency, on curtailment or downward redispatching of generating installations using renewable energy sources or high-efficiency cogeneration and on measures taken to reduce the need for such curtailment or downward redispatching in the future, including investments in digitalisation of the grid infrastructure and in services that increase flexibility. Curtailment or redispatching of generating installations using renewable energy sources or high- efficiency cogeneration shall be subject to compensation pursuant to paragraph 6.
Amendment 579 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. The responsible system operators shall report at least once per year to the competent regulatory authority on curtailment or downward redispatching of generating, energy storage or demand- response installations using renewable energy sources or high-efficiency cogeneration and on measures taken to reduce the need for such curtailment or downward redispatching in the future. Curtailment or redispatching of generating installations using renewable energy sources, energy storage, demand-response or high-efficiency cogeneration shall be subject to compensation pursuant to paragraph 6.
Amendment 582 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) guarantee the capability of transmission and distribution networks to transmit electricity produced from renewable energy sources, energy storage, demand-response or high- efficiency cogeneration with minimum possible curtailment or redispatching. That shall not prevent network planning from taking into account limited curtailment or redispatching where this is shown to be more economically efficient and does not exceed 5 % of installed capacities using renewable energy sources, energy storage, demand-response or high- efficiency cogeneration in their area, provided that an appropriate consultation with stakeholders is carried out before its approval;
Amendment 606 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 5 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 5 – point b
(b) (b) generating installations using high- efficiency cogeneration and, especially, in those cases in which: i) the primary purpose of those facilities is to produce heat for production processes of the industrial site concerned; ii) heat and power-generating is inextricably interlinked, in a way that any change of heat generation results inadvertently in a change of active power- generating and vice versa; shall only be subject to downward redispatching or curtailment if, other than curtailment or downward redispatching of generating installations using renewable energy sources, no other alternative exists or if other solutions would result in disproportionate costs or risks to network security;
Amendment 620 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 5 – point c
Article 12 – paragraph 5 – point c
(c) self-generated electricity from generating installations using renewable energy sources, energy storage, demand- response or high-efficiency cogeneration which is not fed into the transmission or distribution network shall not be curtailed unless no other solution would resolve network security issues;
Amendment 631 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
Article 12 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. Where non-market based curtailment or redispatching is used, it shall be subject to financial compensation by the system operator requesting the curtailment or redispatching to the owner of the curtailed or redispatched generation, energy storage or demand facility. Financial compensation shall at least be equal to the highest of the following elements:
Amendment 639 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 6 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 6 – point b
(b) 9100 % of the net revenues from the sale of electricity on the day-ahead market that the generating, energy storage or demand facility would have generated without the curtailment or redispatching request. Where financial support is granted to generating or demand facilities based on the electricity volume generated, stored or consumed, lost financial support shall be deemed part of the net revenues. The full compensation should be settled within reasonable time after the curtailment has occurred.
Amendment 647 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Member States shall ensure that the information reported under paragraph 3 is reflected through the national reporting process on the internal energy market, as provided in the Governance Regulation (art.21).
Amendment 671 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4
Article 13 – paragraph 4
4. The transmission system operators participating in the bidding zone review shall submit a proposal to the Commission regardingrelevant Member States whether to amend or maintain the bidding zone configuration. Based on that proposal, the Commission shall adopt arelevant Member States shall come to a unanimous decision on whether to amend or maintain the bidding zone configuration, [no later than 6 months after entry into force of this Regulation, specific date to be inserted by OP] or by six months after the conclusion of the bidding zone configuration launched in accordance with points (a), (b) or (c) of Article 32(1) of Regulation (EU) 2015/1222, whichever comes later. The relevant Member States shall notify the Commission and the Agency of their decision and any cross-border agreements entered into by the Member States, the national regulatory authorities or the transmission system operators for the purpose of achieving consensus. Agreements entered into by the relevant Member States shall not deviate from coordinated capacity calculation processes as set out in Article 14 nor from the relevant provisions of Regulation (EU) 2015/1222.
Amendment 681 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 5
Article 13 – paragraph 5
5. The decision referred to in paragraph 4 shall be based on the result of the bidding zone review and the transmission system operators’ proposal concerning its maintenance or amendment. The decision shall be justified, in particular as regards possible deviations from the result of the bidding zone reviewWhere the relevant Member States fail to come to a unanimous decision within the permitted timeframe, or where the Member States become aware of the fact that commitments on which a previous unanimous decision was based were not complied with, they shall immediately notify the Commission, which shall amend or maintain the bidding zone configuration within six months of that notification. The deadline for the Commission decision shall be final and not be further extended.
Amendment 685 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 6
Article 13 – paragraph 6
Amendment 728 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. Charges applied by network operators for access to networks , including charges for connection to the networks, charges for use of networks, and, where applicable, charges for related network reinforcements, shall be transparent, take into account the need for network security and flexibility and reflect actual costs incurred insofar as they correspond to those of an efficient and structurally comparable network operator and are applied in a non-discriminatory manner. In particular, they shall be applied in a way which does not discriminate between production or energy storage connected at the distribution level and production connected at the transmission level, either positively or negatively. They shall not discriminate against energy storage and shall not create disincentives, specifically not double charging energy storage, and aggregation and shall not create disincentives for self-generation, self-consumption, and for participation in demand response. Without prejudice to paragraph 3, those charges shall not be distance- related.
Amendment 738 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. Tariffs shall grant appropriate incentives to transmission and distribution system operators, over both the short and long term, to increase efficiencies, including energy efficiency, foster market integration and security of supply, and support efficient investments, in particular in digitalisation, flexibility services and interconnections, and the related research activities .
Amendment 742 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. Tariffs shall grant appropriate incentives to transmission and distribution system operators, over both the short and long -term, to increase efficiencies, including energy efficiency and energy storage , foster market integration and security of supply, and support investments and the related research activities.
Amendment 757 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 7
Article 16 – paragraph 7
7. Distribution tariffs shall reflect the cost ofand benefits related to the use of the distribution network by system users including active customers, and may be differentiated based on system users’ consumption, energy storage or generation profiles. Where Member States have implemented the deployment of smart metering systems, regulatory authorities may introduce time differentiated network tariffs, reflecting the use of the network, in a transparent and foreseeable way for the consumer.
Amendment 761 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 7
Article 16 – paragraph 7
7. Distribution tariffs shall reflect the cost and benefits of use of the distribution network by system users including active customers, and may be differentiated based on system users’ consumption or generation profiles. Where Member States have implemented the deployment of smart metering systems, regulatory authorities mayshall introduce time differentiated network tariffs, reflecting the use of the network, in a transparent and foreseeable way for the consumer.
Amendment 771 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 8
Article 16 – paragraph 8
8. Regulatory authorities shall provide incentives to distribution system operators to procure services for the operation and development of their networks and integrate innovative solutions in the distribution systems. For that purpose regulatory authorities shall recognise as eligible and include all relevant costs in distribution tariffs and introduce performance targets in order to incentivise distribution system operators to raise efficiencies, including energy efficiency, digitalisation and flexibility, in their networks.
Amendment 772 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 8
Article 16 – paragraph 8
8. Regulatory authorities shall provide incentives to distribution system operators to procure services for the operation and development of their networks and integrate innovative solutions in the distribution systems. For that purpose regulatory authorities shall recognise as eligible and include all relevant costs in distribution tariffs and introduce performance targets in order to incentivise distribution system operators to raise efficiencies, including energy efficiency and energy storage, in their networks.
Amendment 785 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 9 – point g a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 9 – point g a (new)
(ga) methods to calculate the benefits of self-consumption, decentralised generation, storage and demand response, as well as their complementarity.
Amendment 878 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member States shall set indicators to report on the effectiveness of the measures adopted pursuant to paragraph 3, and shall review accordingly the potential capacity mechanism put in place.
Amendment 933 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. When applying capacity mechanisms Member States shall have a reliability standard in place indicating their desired necessary level of security of supply in a transparent manner. A thorough cost- benefit analysis shall be carried out to justify the necessity of achieving a certain level of security of supply, as well as to justify the need to adopt capacity mechanisms in order to achieve such necessary level.
Amendment 934 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. When applying capacity mechanisms Member States shall have a reliability standard in place indicating their desired level of security of supply in a transparent manner. In case of cross- border bidding zones, such reliability standards shall be established jointly by the relevant authorities.
Amendment 1076 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 4
Article 23 – paragraph 4
4. Generation capacity for which a final investment decision has been made after [OP: entry into force] shall only be eligible to participate in a capacity mechanism if its emissions are below 550 gr CO2/kWh. Generation capacity emitting 550 gr CO2/kWh or more shall not be committed in capacity mechanisms 52 years after the entry into force of this Regulation, or5 years for those plants that are part of strategic reserves.
Amendment 1082 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Capacity mechanisms, if deemed necessary on the basis of an impact assessment, shall include flexibility criteria in the selection process of generation capacity providers. Such criteria shall aim at maximising the ramping ability, and minimising the necessary level of stable output of power plants benefitting from capacity mechanisms.
Amendment 1119 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 2
2. In performing its functions under EU law, the ENTSO for Electricity shall act for the European good and independent from individual national interests or the national interests of transmission system operators, and shall contribute to the efficient and sustainable achievement of the objectives set out in the policy framework for climate and energy covering the period from 2020 to 2030, in particular by contributing to the efficient integration of electricity generated from renewable energy sources in combination with energy storage and demand response and to increases in energy efficiency.
Amendment 1131 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point new (h a (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point new (h a (new)
new (h a) standardisation, in cooperation with the EU DSO entity, of relevant data formats and protocols to facilitate crossborder exchange of data ;
Amendment 1201 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) facilitate the crossborder and regional procurement of balancing capacity;
Amendment 1235 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) a procedure for consulting, in an efficient and inclusive manner, the transmission system operators of the system operation region in the exercise of its operational duties and tasks, in accordance with Article 37;
Amendment 1238 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) a procedure for the adoption of decisions and recommendations in accordance with Article 38 that ensures equitable treatment between members of the regional operational centre ;
Amendment 1248 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1
Article 36 – paragraph 1
1. Regional operational centres shall develop working arrangements that are efficient, inclusive, and facilitate consensus, to address planning and operational aspects related to the functions to be performed, taking into account, in particular, the specificities and requirements of those functions as specified in Annex I.
Amendment 1260 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1
Article 38 – paragraph 1
1. Regional operational centres shall develop a procedure for the adoption of decisions and recommendations, that ensures geographically balanced representation and equitable treatment between members of the Regional operational centre.
Amendment 1307 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 40 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. The Management board shall ensure that the functioning of the Regional operational centre is inclusive, ensures geographically- balanced representation and equitable treatment in the procedures and decision-making processes between members of Regional operational centre.
Amendment 1311 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 3 – point d
Article 40 – paragraph 3 – point d
(d) developing and endorsing the cooperative and inclusive decision-making processes in accordance with Article 35.
Amendment 1325 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1
Article 42 – paragraph 1
Regional operational centres shall be equipped with all the human, technical, physical and financial resources necessary for fulfilling their obligations under this Regulation and carrying out their functions, ensuring in particular geographically balanced representation and equitable treatment between members of Regional operational centre.
Amendment 1355 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 4
Article 47 – paragraph 4
4. Transmission system operators shall publish relevant data on aggregated forecast and actual demand, on availability and actual use of generation and load assets, on availability and use of the networks and interconnections, and on balancing power and reserve capacity and on the availability of flexibility. For availability and actual use of small generation and load units, aggregated estimate data may be used.
Amendment 1387 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 2
Article 50 – paragraph 2
2. Within two months of receipt, the Agency, after formally consulting the organisations representing all stakeholders, in particular distribution system users, shall provide an opinion to the Commission on the draft statutes, the list of members and the draft rules of procedure, taking into account in particular the rules related to the independence of the EU DSO entity from its members, to the prevention of conflicts of interests, and to the necessity to ensure geographically- balanced representation and equitable treatment between its Members, in particular for small or independent Distribution system operators.
Amendment 1414 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) development of demand response and energy storage ;
Amendment 1422 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) digitalisation of distribution networks including deployment of smart grids and intelligensmart metering systems ;
Amendment 1423 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) data managementguarantee non-discriminatory and neutral access to data regardless of the data management model, and promote standardization, cross-border data exchange, in particular with ENTSO for Electricity where relevant to facilitate data exchange, cyber security and data protection;
Amendment 1431 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(f a) definition of standardised market products, at least for crossborder bidding zones, in cooperation with all relevant market participants including transmission system operators, demand response providers and other system users;
Amendment 1432 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 51 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) cooperate effectively with ENTSO for electricity on the monitoring, the Agency and national regulators to facilitate the monitoring by the Agency and where relevant the national regulatory authorities of implementation of the network codes and guidelines which are relevant to the operation and planning of distribution grids and the coordinated operation of the transmission and distribution networks and which are adopted pursuant to this Regulation;
Amendment 1490 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 2
Article 55 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall, after consulting the Agency, the ENTSO for Electricity and the other relevant stakeholders, establish a priority list every three years, identifying the areas set out in paragraph 1 to be included in the development of network codes. If the subject-matter of the network code is directly related to the operation of the distribution system and less relevant for the transmission system, the Commission may require the EU DSO entity for electricity instead of the ENTSO for Electricity to convene a drafting committee and submit a proposal for a network code to the agency. The EU DSO entity shall ensure that the drafting committee convened has a geographically-balanced representation, including small or independent distribution system operators and is subject to rules related to independence and the prevention of conflict of interests.
Amendment 28 #
2016/0377(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Well-functioning markets and systems with developed and technologically modern electricity interconnections as well as national connections, ensuring free flow of energy across borders are the best guarantee of security of supply in the Union. However, even where markets and systems function well, the risk of an electricity crisis (as a result of extreme weather conditions, malicious attacks or a fuel shortage) can never be excluded. The consequences of crisis situations often extend beyond national borders. Even where incidents start locally their effects can rapidly spread across borders. Some extreme circumstances, such as a cold spell, a heat wave or a cyber-attack, may affect entire regions at the same time.
Amendment 31 #
2016/0377(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) In a context of interlinked electricity markets and systems, crisis prevention and management cannot be considered a purely national responsibility and the potential of more efficient and less costly measures through regional cooperation should be better exploited. A common framework of rules and better coordinated procedures are needed, to ensure that Member States and other actors cooperate effectively across borders in a spirit ofand increase transparency, trust and solidarity between Member States.
Amendment 35 #
2016/0377(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The System operation guidelines24 and the Network code on emergency and restoration25 constitute a detailed rulebook governing how transmission system operators and other relevant actors should act and cooperate to ensure system security. These technical rules should ensure that most electricity incidents are dealt with effectively at operational level. This Regulation focuses on electricity crisis situations that may have a larger scale and impact. It sets out what Member States should do to prevent such situations and what measures they can take should system operational rules alone no longer suffice. Even in crisis situations, however, system operation rules should continue to be fully respected and consistency between the provisions laid out in this Regulation and the Network code on emergency and restoration should be ensured. _________________ 24 Commission Regulation (EU) …/…of XXX establishing a guideline on electricity transmission system operation, OJ [...] 25 Commission Regulation (EU) …/…of XXX establishing a network code on electricity emergency and restoration, OJ [...].
Amendment 36 #
2016/0377(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) This Regulation sets out a common framework of rules on how to prevent, prepare for and manage electricity crisis situations, bringing more transparency in the preparation phase and during an electricity crisis and ensuring that, even in a crisis, measures are taken in a coordinated and effective manner and electricity is delivered where it is needed most. It requires Member States to cooperate at regional level, in a spirit of solidarity. It also sets out a framework for an effective monitoring of security of supply in Europe via the Electricity Coordination Group. This should result in better risk preparedness at a lower cost and with optimization of resources. It should also strengthen the internal energy market by enhancing trust and confidence across Member States and ruling out inappropriate state interventions in crisis situations, in particular avoiding non-market measures and undue curtailment of cross-border flows, thus reducing the risk of negative spill-over effects on neighbouring Member States.
Amendment 40 #
2016/0377(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) To facilitate prevention, information exchange and ex-post evaluation of electricity crises, Member States should designate one competent national governmental or regulatory authority as a contact point. This may be an existing or new entity.
Amendment 43 #
2016/0377(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) A common approach to crisis prevention and management requires, above all, that Member States use the samecommon methods and definitions to identify risks relating to the security of electricity supply, and are in a positionllowing them to effectively to compare how well they and their neighbours perform in that area. The Regulation identifies two indicators to monitor the security of electricity supply in the Union: 'expected energy non served' (EENS), expressed in GWh/year, and 'loss of load expectation' (LOLE), expressed in hours/year. These indicators are part of the European resource adequacy assessment carried out by the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO- E), pursuant to [Article 19 of the proposed Electricity Regulation]. The Electricity Coordination Group shall carry out regular monitoring of the security of supply based on the results of these indicators. The Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (Agency) should also use these indicators, when reporting on Member States' performance in the area of security of supply in its annual electricity market monitoring reports, pursuant to [Article 16 of the proposed ACER Regulation].
Amendment 45 #
2016/0377(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) To ensure the coherence of risk assessments that builds trust between Member States in a crisis situation a common approach to identifying risk scenarios is needed. Therefore, ENTSO-E should develop and regularly update a common methodology for risk identification in cooperation with the Agency, with ENTSO-E proposing the methodology and its updates and the Agency approving it.
Amendment 47 #
2016/0377(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) On the basis of this common methodology, ENTSO-E should regularly draw up and update regional crisis scenarios and identify the most relevant risks for each region such as extreme weather conditions, natural disasters, fuel shortages or malicious attacks. When considering the crisis scenario of gas fuel shortage, the risk of gas supply disruption should be assessed based on the gas supply and infrastructure disruption scenarios developed by the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas pursuant to Article 6.6 of the Gas Security of Supply Regulation [proposed Gas Security of Supply Regulation]. Member States shouldIn order to reinforce the regional approach to assessing risks, ENTSO-E should be able to delegate tasks related to the identification of regional crisis scenarios to regional operational centres. Member States should, on the basis of the regional crisis scenarios, establish and update their national crisis scenarios on this basis, in principle every three years. The scenarios should then provide the basis for the risk- preparedness plans. When identifying risks on national level the Member States should also describe possible risks they see in relation to the ownership of infrastructure relevant for security of supply, and possibleany measures taken, if any, to address such risks (such as general or sector- specific investment screening laws, special rights for certain shareholders, etc.), with an indication why in their view such measures are justifiedconsidered necessary and proportionate.
Amendment 55 #
2016/0377(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The [proposed Electricity Regulation] prescribes the use of a common methodology for the medium to long-term European resource adequacy assessment (from 10 year-ahead to year ahead), with a view to ensuring that Member States' decisions as to possible investment needs are made on a transparent and commonly agreed basis. This assessment has a different purpose than the short-term adequacy assessments which are used to detect possible adequacy related problems in short time-frames, namely seasonal outlooks (six months ahead) and week-ahead to intraday adequacy assessments. Regarding short-term assessments, there is a need for a common approach to the way possible adequacy- related problems are detected. The ENTSO-E is to issue winter and summer outlooks to alert Member States and transmission system operators to security of supply related risks that might occur in the following six months. To improve these outlooks, they should be based on a common probabilistic methodology proposed by ENTSO-E and approved by the Agency and updated on a regular basis. In order to reinforce the regional approach to assessing risks, ENTSO-E should be able to delegate tasks related to seasonal outlooks to regional operational centres.
Amendment 59 #
2016/0377(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) To ensure a common approach to crisis prevention and management, the competent authority of each Member State should, on the basis of the regional and national electricity crisis scenarios identified, draw up a risk-preparedness plan, after consulting relevant stakeholders. The plans should describe effective, proportionate and non- discriminatory measures addressing all identified crisis scenarios. Plans should provide transparency especially as regards the conditions in which non-market measures can be takenare considered necessary to mitigate crisis situations. All envisaged non-market measures should comply with the rules set out in this Regulation.
Amendment 62 #
2016/0377(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Plans should be updated regularly and made public, while ensuring confidentiality of sensitive information. To ensure that the plans are always up-to- date and effective, the competent authorities of each region should organise annual simulations in cooperation with regional operational centres to test their suitability.
Amendment 72 #
2016/0377(COD)
(29) An electricity crisis might extend beyond Union borders comprising also Energy Community countries, EEA countries and Switzerland. In order to ensure an efficient crisis management on borders between the Member States and, the Contracting Parties, EEA countries and Switzerland, the Union should closely cooperate with the Energy Community Contracting Pse parties when preventing, preparing for and handling an electricity crisis.
Amendment 79 #
2016/0377(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) 'competent authority' means a national governmental authority or a regulatory authority designated by a Member State to ensure the implementation of the measures provided for in this Regulation
Amendment 87 #
2016/0377(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall notify the Commission without delay of the name and the contact details of the competent authority, once designated and any changes thereto.
Amendment 91 #
2016/0377(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure that all risks relating to security of electricity supply are assessed in accordance with the rules set out in this Regulation and Article 18 of the Electricity Regulation [proposed Electricity Regulation]. To this end, they shall cooperate with ENTSO-E and, the regional operational centres, transmission system operators, national regulatory authorities and other stakeholders, if necessary.
Amendment 180 #
2016/0377(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) identify possible non-market measures to be implemented in electricity crisis situations, specifying the trigger, conditions and procedures for their implementation, assessing the degree to which the use of such measures is necessary in dealing with a crisis and indicating how they comply with the requirements set out in Article 15;
Amendment 195 #
2016/0377(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. The regional measures to be included in the plan shall be agreed by the competent authorities of the Member States in the region concerned before incorporation in the respective national plans. At least eight months before the deadline for the adoption or the updating of the plan, the competent authorities shall report on the agreements reached to the Electricity Coordination Group. If the competent authorities concerned were not able to reach an agreement, they shall inform the Commission of the reasons for such disagreement. In such case the Commission may request the Agency to facilitate the conclusion of an agreement in consultation with ENTSO-E.
Amendment 202 #
2016/0377(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. Where necessary and possible Member States shall offer each other assistance to prevent or mitigate an electricity crisis. Such assistance shall be subject to reasonable compensation., covering at least the cost of electricity supplied into the territory of the requesting Member State and all other relevant costs incurred when providing assistance, including, if appropriate, assistance prepared without effective activation;
Amendment 212 #
2016/0377(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. As soon as possible and no later than six weeks after declaring anthe electricity crisis situation has ended, the competent authorities concerned, in consultation with their national regulatory authority (where it is not the competent authority) shall provide the Electricity Coordination Group and the Commission with an detailed evaluation report.
Amendment 219 #
2016/0377(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 4
Article 16 – paragraph 4
4. The competent authorities concerned shall present the results of the evaluation to the Electricity Coordination Group. and the results shall be reflected in the updates of the risk-preparedness plans;
Amendment 224 #
2016/0377(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Member States and, the Energy Community Contracting Parties, EEA countries and Switzerland are invited to closely cooperate in the process of the identification of electricity crisis scenarios and the establishment of risk-preparedness plans so that no measures are taken that endanger the security of supply of Member States, Contracting Parties or the Unregion. In this respect, Energy Community Contracting Parties, EEA countries and Switzerland may participate in the Electricity Coordination Group upon invitation by the Commission with regard to all matters by which they are concerned.
Amendment 88 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Moderation of energy demand is one of the five dimensions of the Energy Union Strategy adopted on 25 February 2015. Improving energy efficiency will benefit the environment and increase the health of EU citizens by reducing air pollution and creating a healthy indoor climate, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve energy security by reducing dependence on energy imports from outside the Union, cut energy costs for households and companies, help alleviate energy poverty and lead to increased jobs and economy-wide economic activity. This is in line with the Union commitments made in the framework of the Energy Union and global climate agenda established by the Paris Agreement of December 2015 by the Parties of the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Amendment 94 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council9 is an element to progress towards the Energy Union, under which energy efficiency should be treated as an energy source in its own right. The 'energy efficiency first' principle should be taken into account when setting new rules for the supply side and other policy areas. The Commission should ensure that energy efficiency and demand side response can compete on equal terms with generation capacity. Energy efficiency needs to be considered whenever energy system relevant planning or financing decisions are taken. Energy efficiency improvements need to be realised whenever it is more cost-effective, technically feasible and proportionate than equivalent supply-side solutions. This should help to exploit the multiple benefits of energy efficiency for Europe's society, in particular for citizens and businesses. To unlock the full potential of these benefits, and for the successful implementation of the intended policy measures, the Commission and Member States should work together with both local and regional authorities, cities and citizens all over Europe. __________________ 9 Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on energy efficiency, amending Directives 2009/125/EC and 2010/30/EU and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC (OJ L 315, 14.11.2012, p. 1).
Amendment 107 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
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 2015Given the cost-effective potential and the socio- economic and environmental benefits of higher ambition, the European Parliament called upon the Commission to also assess the viability of a 40 %increase the energy efficiency target for the same timeframe2030 to at least 40%. It is therefore appropriate to review and consequently amend the Directive to adapt it to the 2030 perspective.
Amendment 120 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
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 final energy consumption, in 2020 and 2030 should be clearly set out in the form of a binding 30 %by an energy efficiency target of at least 40%. In addition, Member States should develop national energy plans, drafted through an iterative process with the Commission in accordance with Regulation (EU) XX (20XX) [Governance of the Energy Union]. These plans should include binding, national targets. Thise clarification at Union level should not restrict Member States as their freedom is kept to set their national contributionmore ambitious national targets based on eitherboth primary orand final energy consumption, primary orand 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 1321 Mtoe of primary energy and no more than 987846 Mtoe of final energy. This means that primary energy consumption should be reduced by 234 % and final energy consumption should be reduced by 17 29% 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.
Amendment 146 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In view of the commitments made under the Paris Agreement in December 2015 and the climate and energy framework for 2030, the energy savings obligation should be extended beyond 2020. Extending the commitment period with a long term vision beyond 2020 would create greater stability for investors and thus encourage long term investments and long term energy efficiency measures, such as the renovation of buildings. In addition, a long term vision would stimulate the energy efficiency markets, which will have a positive effect on achieving the climate and energy goals. Cooperation with the private sector is important to assess on which conditions private investment for energy efficiency projects can be unlocked and to develop new revenue models for innovation in the field of energy efficiency.
Amendment 161 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
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 at least 1.5 % 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.
Amendment 173 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) New and supplementary 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.
Amendment 206 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Energy generated on or in buildings from renewable energy technologies reduces the supplied fossil energy. The reduction of energy consumption and the use of energy from renewable sources in the buildings sector are important measures to reduce the Union’s energy dependency and greenhouse gas emissions, especially in view of ambitious climate and energy objectives set for 2030 as well as the global commitment made in the Conference of the Parties of the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21) held in Paris in December 2015, which states that the increase in the global average temperature should be held well below 2°C, and that efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C should be pursued. Member States should therefore be able to take into account a certain amount of renewable energy generated on or in buildings for own use into account to satisfy their energy savings requirements. For this purpose Member States should be allowed to use calculation methodologies established under Directive 2010/31/EU.
Amendment 220 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
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 accurate, reliable, clear and timely information about their energy consumption need to be strengthened. Member States should take into account that innovation and new technology ask for enhanced investments in education and skills, which are necessary for the successful implementation of such technologies and to enable both citizens and businesses to contribute to the fulfilment of energy efficiency goals. Articles 9 to 11 and Annex VII of Directive 2012/27/EU should be amended to provide for frequent and enhanced information about and feedback on energy consumption with the aim to optimise the energy use of consumers. It should also clarified that rights relating to billing and billing 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. Therefore, for the purposes of these provisions, the term 'final user', should cover final customers purchasing heating, cooling or hot water for their own use as well as occupants of individual units of multi-apartment or multi-purpose buildings where such units are supplied from a central source. 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.
Amendment 238 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) The primary energy factor (PEF) should be used as a tool to reduce the consumption of and dependency on fossil fuels and increase energy efficiency as well as the further expansion of renewable energy resources. In this regard, the default coefficient for savings in kWh electricity should be adapted when technological, economic or social developments demonstrate the need for a lower default coefficient. The Commission should analyse, and if appropriate, present a legislative proposal to adapt the default coefficient of the primary energy factor (PEF) by 2024.
Amendment 250 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 1 – paragraph 1
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 % binding headline targets on energy efficiency of at least 40% for 2030 are met and paves the way for further energy efficiency improvements beyond those dates, conforming the previously set energy goals and the global climate objective under the Paris Agreement. 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 connects to the Union's commitment to put energy efficiency first and bring multiple benefits for the climate, the Union's citizens and businesses. In addition, this Directive provides for the establishment of indicative national energy efficiency targets and contributions for 2020 and 2030.;
Amendment 264 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. To mobilise private financing for energy efficiency measures and energy renovations, the Commission shall start a dialogue with both public and private financial institutions to map out potential policy mechanisms. In addition, to make investments in energy efficiency projects more financially interesting and feasible for investors, the Commission shall consider options on how to bundle small projects into larger ones. The Commission should provide guidance for Member States on how to unlock private investment no later than 1 January 2019.
Amendment 290 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Each Member State shall set an indicative national energy efficiency target for 2020, based on either primary orand final energy consumption, primary orand 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 final energy consumption in 2020 and shall explain how, and on the basis of which data, this has been calculated.
Amendment 305 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 (new)
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 – point b a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 – point b a (new)
(ba) technological developments that may facilitate the feasibility of the targets;
Amendment 328 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 4
4. Each Member State shall set indicative national energy efficiency contributions towards the Union's 2030 targetin the form of reliable and realistic objectives per Member State, including specific policy measures at all stages of the energy system, from the supply, transmission and distribution phase to energy end-use, to be undertaken in line with the Union's 2030 target of at least 40% energy efficiency referred to in Article 1 paragraph 1 in accordance with Articles [4] and [6] of Regulation (EU) XX/20XX [Governance of the Energy Union]. When setting thoseeir national energy efficiency contributions, Member States shall take into account that the Union’'s 2030 energy consumption has to be no more than 1 1321 Mtoe of primary energy and no more than 987846 Mtoe of final energy, which will require a reduction in primary energy consumption of 34% and a reduction of final energy consumption of 29%. 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].;
Amendment 355 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7– paragraph 1– subparagraph 1– introductory part
Article 7– paragraph 1– subparagraph 1– introductory part
In order to meet the energy and climate targets and commitments set by the Union for 2050, Member States shall achieve long term cumulative end-use energy savings at least equivalent to:
Amendment 358 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) new savings each year from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020 of at least 1.5 % of annual energy sales to final customers by volume, averaged over the most recent three-year period prior to 1 January 2013;
Amendment 392 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Starting from a 2050 perspective, Member States shall continue to achieve new annual savings of at least 1.5% for ten year periods after 2030, unless reviewshe 2031-2040 and 2041-2050 periods unless reviews based on objective and non- discriminatory criteria set 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, the annual obligation for energy savings should be adjusted.
Amendment 431 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(a) carry out the calculation required by point (a) of paragraph 1 using values of at least 1 % in 2014 and 2015; at least 1.25 % in 2016 and 2017; and at least 1.5 % in 2018, 2019 and 2020;
Amendment 478 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7 – paragraph 7
Article 7 – paragraph 7
7. While recognising that efficiency gains from primary and final energy are complementary, Member States shall demonstrate that where there is an overlap in the impact of policy measures or individual actions, there is no double counting of energy savings.;
Amendment 494 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7a – paragraph 3
Article 7a – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall express the amount of energy savings required of each obligated party in terms of either final orand primary energy consumption. The method chosen to express the amount of energy savings required shall also be used to calculate the savings claimed by obligated parties. The conversion factors set out in Annex IV shall apply.
Amendment 529 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2012/27.EU
Article 7 b – paragraph 2
Article 7 b – paragraph 2
2. In designing alternative policy measures to achieve energy savings and to ensure that ambitious energy renovation of existing buildings will be undertaken, Member States shall take into account the positive effects on low-income households affected by energy poverty.
Amendment 549 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c – point i
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c – point i
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Where, and to the extent that, Member States implement intelligent metering systems and roll out smart meters for natural gas in accordance with Directive 2009/73/EC, while recognising that natural gas is a transition energy source, which shall be phased out, together like other fossil fuels, and replaced by renewable sources of energy in a considerable amount of time. In addition, households of the Union should at all times have the right to decide to fully rely on renewable energy sources for their electricity and heating and to not be connected to the gas distribution network.;
Amendment 560 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 9a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
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, provided that this is cost- efficient, technically feasible and proportionate in relation to the overall benefits to the energy performance of the building.
Amendment 593 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Where final customers do not have smart meters as referred to in Directive 2009/73/EC, Member States shall ensure, by 31 December 2014, that billing information is reliable, accurate and based on actual consumption, in accordance with point 1.1 of Annex VII, for gas, where this is technically possible and economically justified.;
Amendment 594 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point c
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Meters installed in accordance with Directive 2009/73/EC shall enable reliable and accurate billing information based on actual consumption. Member States shall ensure that final customers have the possibility of easy access to complementary information on historical consumption allowing detailed self-checks. In order to ensure consumer privacy for final consumers, Member States shall ensure that meters are privacy-proof and used in line with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (Regulation (EU) 2016/679). Member States shall also take into account the importance of resistance to cybercrime in metering systems.;
Amendment 600 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 10a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 10a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that billing and consumption information is reliable and accurate and based on actual consumption, in accordance with points 1 and 2 of Annex VIIa for all final users where meters or cost allocators are installed.
Amendment 668 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex – point 1 – point b (new)
Annex – point 1 – point b (new)
Directive 2012/27/EU
Annex V – paragraph 2 – point h
Annex V – paragraph 2 – point h
(h) the calculation of energy savings shall take into account the lifetime of measures. This maycalculation shall 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. 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.
Amendment 671 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex – point 1 – point b
Annex – point 1 – point b
Directive 2012/27/EU
Annex V – paragraph 3 – point d
Annex V – paragraph 3 – point d
(d) the amount of energy savings required or to be achieved by the policy measure is expressed in either final orand primary energy consumption, using the conversion factors set out in Annex IV;
Amendment 688 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex – point 2 – point b
Annex – point 2 – point b
Directive 2012/27/EU
Annex VII a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Annex VII a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Member States shall ensure that the following information is accurate and made available to final users in clear and understandable terms in or with their bills:
Amendment 241 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
Amendment 250 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The European Council agreed on 24 October 2014 on the 2030 Framework for Energy and Climate for the Unionnergy Union should be based on four key targets: at least 40% cut in economy wide greenhouse gas ("GHG") emissions, at least 2740% improvement in energy efficiency with a view to a level of 30%, at least 2735% for the share of renewable energy consumed in the Union, and at least 15% 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.
Amendment 261 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) The European Council of 23 and 24 October 2014 decided that the European Commission supported by the Member States will take urgent measures in order to ensure the achievement of a minimum target of 10% of existing electricity interconnections, as a matter of urgency, and no later than 2020 at least for Member States which have not yet attained a minimum level of integration in the internal energy market, which are the Baltic States, Iberian peninsula States, and for Member States which constitute their main point of access to the internal energy market.
Amendment 275 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The European Council also concluded on 24 October 201414 that a reliA reliable, predictable and transparent governance system, without any unnecessary administrative burden, should be developed to help ensure that the Union meets its energy policy goals, with the necessary flexibility for Member Stclimates 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 upenergy policy goals, while securing 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 climate and energy policies and foster regional cooperation between Member States. __________________ 14 Conclusions of the European Council 23 - 24 October 2014 (EUCO 169/14).
Amendment 286 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
Amendment 291 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
Amendment 293 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
Amendment 298 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
Amendment 306 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
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. 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.
Amendment 333 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) In line with the Commission's strong commitment to Better Regulation, tThe 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.
Amendment 358 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
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 social partners and local authorities 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).
Amendment 415 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) Aviation has impacts on the global climate as a result of the release of CO2 as well as of other emissions, including nitrogen oxides emissions, and mechanisms, such as cirrus cloud enhancement. In the light of the rapidly developing scientific understanding of those impacts, an updated assessment of the non-CO2 impacts of aviation on the global climate is already foreseen in Regulation (EU) No 525/2013. The modelling used in this respect should be adapted to scientific progress. Based on its assessments of such impacts, the Commission cshould by 1 March 2020 consider relevant policy options for addressing them, and present a legislative proposal, if appropriate.
Amendment 432 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) Should the ambition oftargets, policies and measures included in the 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 takerequest additional measures from Member States in order to ensure their 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 onwardsRecommendations and measures in the area of renewable energy should take into account early ambitious contributions made by Member States to collectively achieve the Union's 2030 target. Member States' national renewable energy targets for 2020 should serve as baseline shares of renewable energy from 2021 onwards. The Commission should also provide further guidance on the equitable and cost-effective distribution of deployment and other circumstances affecting renewable energy deployment in each Member State informing the contribution setting. In the area of energy efficiency, additional measures can in particular aim at improving the energy efficiency of products, buildings and transport.
Amendment 460 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
Recital 43
(43) The Commission should be assisted in its tasks under this Regulation by an Energy Union Committee and the Climate Change Committee to prepare implementing acts. It should replace and take on the assignments of the Climate Change Committee and other committees as appropriate.
Amendment 478 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) support achieving the objective of reducing the greenhouse gas emissions of the Union by 80 to 95 % below 1990 levels in 2050 and the aim of the Paris Agreement of achieving a balance between anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases in the second half of this century.
Amendment 490 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The governance mechanism shall be based on integrated national energy and climate plans covering ten-year periods starting from 2021 to 2030, corresponding integrated national energy and climate progress reports by the Member States and integrated monitoring arrangements by the European Commission. It shall define a structured, iterative process between the Commission and Member States in view of the finalisation of the national plans and their subsequent implementation, including with regard to regional and local cooperation, and corresponding Commission action.
Amendment 505 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 9
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 2735% for the share of renewable energy consumed in the Union in 2030 as referred to in Article 3 of [recast Renewable Energy Directive], the Union- level target of at least 2740% for improving energy efficiency in 2030, to be reviewed by 2020 having in mind an EU level of 30%, as referred to in Article 1(1) and Article 3(4) of Directive 2012/27/EU and the 15% electricity interconnection target for 2030, increasing from 10% in 2020, or any subsequent review of these targets in this regard agredopted by the European Council or Council and Parliament for the year 2030.
Amendment 509 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 9 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 9 a (new)
(9a) 'the Union's 2020 interconnection targets for electricity' means the Union electricity interconnection target of at least 10% as agreed by Member States at a European Council in Barcelona in March 2002;
Amendment 510 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 11 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 11 a (new)
(11a) 'early efforts' means early progress of a Member State made as contribution from 2021 onwards to the Union level binding target for renewable energy as referred to in Article 3 of [recast of Renewable Energy Directive] and contributions from 2021 onwards of a Member State to achieving the Union level binding target for improving energy efficiency as referred to in Article 1(1) and Article 3(4) of Directive 2012/27/EU;
Amendment 511 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 17 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 17 a (new)
(17a) 'energy efficiency first principle’ means that energy efficiency improvements to achieve energy savings across the whole energy value chain, in conversion, transmission, distribution and through the moderation of energy demand, is considered as a first step in energy system planning and policy design, in order to achieve a level playing field between supply and demand side policies and to ensure cost-effective investment of public resources;
Amendment 534 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) an overview of the process followed for establishing the integrated national energy and climate plan consisting of an executive summary, a description of the consultation and involvement of stakeholders and their results, and of regional cooperation with other Member States in preparing the plan. Member States should present a stakeholders' engagement plan to the European Commission prior to its execution. This plan shall include a detailed stakeholders' map and clearly outline how the opinions and recommendations of stakeholders' shall be considered in the final preparation of the integrated national energy and climate plans. The views expressed by stakeholders shall also be considered at the stage of updating the plans;
Amendment 560 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e
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 quantified estimates of the greenhouse gas reduction potential of planned policies and measures, and including a description of the procedures carried out for their financing (taxes, ETS auctioning revenues, fees, tariffs, National Funds, etc.) as well as an evaluation of the total financial amount and its impact on the involved sectors and activities making sure funding of these policies is consistent with EU Climate Targets
Amendment 568 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
Amendment 579 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. When preparing the national plans referred to in paragraph 1, Member States shall take into account the interlinkages between the five dimensions of the Energy Union and other policies, including EU air quality and nature directives, and they shall use consistent data and assumptions across the five dimensions where relevant.
Amendment 586 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. When preparing the national plans referred to in paragraph 1, Member States shall take into account the long-term greenhouse gas reduction target set out in Article 1(1)(c) and ensure consistency with their respective national long-term low emissions strategy and the Union long-term low emissions strategy to be prepared in accordance with Article 14.
Amendment 614 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2 – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2 – point i
i. with a view to achieving the Union's binding target of at least 2735 % 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 abiennial milestones on a binding linear trajectory for that contribution from 2021 onwards, or a national target for 2030 pursuant to [recast of Directive 2009/28/EC];
Amendment 649 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 1 – paragraph 1
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 3at least 40% in 2030 as referred to in Article 1(1) and Article 3(4) of Directive 2012/27/EU [version as amended in accordance withby proposal COM(2016)761], or a national target for 2030 pursuant to that Directive, based on either primary orand final energy consumption, primary orand final energy savings, or energy intensity.;
Amendment 661 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 1 – paragraph 2
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 abiennial milestones on a binding linear trajectory for that contribution from 2021 onwards. They shall explain their underlying methodology and the conversion factors used;
Amendment 674 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 3
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 3
(3) the objectives for the long-term renovation of the national stock of residential and commercial buildings (both public and private) to achieve a Union's final energy demand of no more than 169Mtoe in residential buildings and no more than 108Mtoe in tertiary buildings by 2030;
Amendment 678 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 4 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 4 a (new)
(4a) the identified potential for energy savings in heating and cooling, including the outcome of the comprehensive assessment of the potential for the application of high-efficiency cogeneration and efficient district heating and cooling notified to the European Commission in accordance with Article 14 on Promotion of efficiency in heating and cooling of Directive 2012/27/EU [as amended by proposal COM(2016)761] and the subsequent assessments every five year of energy efficiency in heating and cooling thereafter, taking in to account the European Commission analysis of the submitted comprehensive assessment.
Amendment 683 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 5
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 5
(5) other national energy efficiency objectives, including long term targets or strategies and sectorial targets in areas such ast least the areas of transport, heating and cooling;, industry, and the water and wastewater sector.
Amendment 708 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point 1
(1) the level of electricity interconnectivity that the Member State aims for in 2030 in consideration ofwith a view to achieving the electricity interconnection target for 2030 of at least 15 %; Member States shall explain the underlying methodology used; , increasing from 10% in 2020 and a roadmap for the compliance with these targets;
Amendment 715 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point 3
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point 3
(3) national objectives related to other aspects of the internal energy market such as market integration and coupling, aggregation, demand response, storage, distributed generation, self-consumption, including a timeframe for when the objectives should be met;
Amendment 731 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – point 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – point 1
(1) national objectives and funding targets for public and privatesupport for research and innovation initiatives relating to the Energy Union and its expected leveraging effect on private research initiatives; 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;
Amendment 754 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d – point i
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d – point i
(i) equitable and cost-effective distribution of deployment across the European Union;
Amendment 760 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) the baseline share of energy from renewable sources in its gross final consumption of energy set out in Article 3(3) of [recast Directive 2009/28/EC];
Amendment 765 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall collectively ensure that the sum of their contributions adds up to at least 27% of energy producedinear trajectory reaching at least 35% from renewable energy sources in gross final energy consumption at Union level by 2030.
Amendment 767 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. By 30 June 2018, the European Commission shall publish guidelines on the equitable and cost-effective distribution of deployment and other circumstances affecting renewable energy deployment in each Member State, based on an assessment of options for delivering a linear trajectory towards the Union overall binding target of at least 35% from renewable energy sources in final energy consumption at Union by 2030. The guidelines shall be taken into account in the Member States' contribution setting process.
Amendment 772 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
When setting their indicative national energy efficiency contribution for 2030 and the last year of the period covered for the subsequent national plans pursuant to Article 4(b)(1), Member States shall ensure that:
Amendment 779 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
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 and no more than 1 086 Mtoe of final energy, the Union’'s 2030 energy consumption is no more than 1 1321 Mtoe of primary energy and no more than 987846 Mtoe of final energy for the first ten- year period;
Amendment 801 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Member States shall describe, in accordance with Annex I, in their integrated national energy and climate plan, the main existing (implemented and adopted) and planned policies and measures to achieve in particular the objectives set out in the national plan, including measures to ensure regional cooperation and appropriate financing at national and, regional and local level.
Amendment 815 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the impacts on the development of the energy system and greenhouse gas emissions and removals for the first ten- year period at least until 2040 (including for the year 2030) under the planned policies and measures including a comparison with the projections based on existing (implemented and adopted) policies and measures referred to in paragraph 1 and including an assessment of synergies deriving from sector coupling, digitalisation and improved market design;
Amendment 818 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the macroeconomic, investments, environmental, skills and social impact of the planned policies and measures referred to in Article 7 and further specified in Annex I, for the first ten-year period at least until the year 2030 including a comparison with the projections based on existing (implemented and adopted) policies and measures referred to in paragraph 1, an integrated spatial planning analysis and an assessment of existing risks and barriers to investments;
Amendment 832 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) the investment impact of the existing (implemented and adopted) and planned targets, policies and measures. This shall include the results of engagement with finance practitioners and investors and provide an outline of risks and barriers to investment and additional support that is required to secure investment (as set out in Annex B).
Amendment 875 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Without prejudice to any other Union law requirements, Member States shall ensure that the public is given early and effective opportunities to participate in the preparation of draft plans referred to in Article 9 and attach to the submission of their draft integrated national energy and climate plan to the Commission a summary of the public’s views. In so far as the provisions of Directive 2001/42/EC are applicable, consof their updates referred to in Article 13 of this Regulation and of the progress reports referred to in Article 15 of this Regultations undertaken in accordance with that Directive shall be deemed to satisfy also the obligations to consult the public under this Regulation and attach to the submission of their draft integrated national energy and climate plan to the Commission a summary of the public's views.
Amendment 883 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall also ensure that the public is given early and effective opportunities to participate in the preparation of any new legislation concerning the policies and measures referred to in Article 18 (b) of this Regulation. Member States shall attach to the submission of their Integrated National Energy and Climate Progress Reports a summary of the public's views. Member States shall ensure the public is given early and effective opportunities to participate in the preparation of the national long-term low carbon strategies referred to in Article 14.
Amendment 886 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. The Commission shall submit to public consultation its draft reports on: (i) its assessment of the Integrated National Energy and Climate Plans and their updates and (ii) its assessment of the Integrated National Energy and Climate Progress Reports
Amendment 900 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall cooperate with each other at regional level to effectively meet the targets, objectives and contributions set out in their integrated national energy and climate plan. The Commission should provide further guidance on the cooperation and ensure that the process is based on commenting on the respective drafts and reflective of regional specificities.
Amendment 924 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Member States should also envisage the cooperation with Energy Community signatories and European Economic Area members, which are part of the continental European grid.
Amendment 974 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4
Article 13 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall make efforts to mitiginclude provisions to avoid, mitigate or, if the project is of public interest and no alternatives are available, compensate, in the updated plan any adverse environmental impacts that become apparent as part of the integrated reporting pursuant to Articles 15 to 22.
Amendment 978 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 5
Article 13 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall ensure consistency with their respective national long-term low emissions strategy to be prepared in accordance with Article 14(1) and shall take into consideration the latest country-specific recommendations issued in the context of the European Semester when preparing the update referred to in paragraph 2.
Amendment 986 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
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 30 years and 50 years perspective, to contribute to:
Amendment 995 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) fulfilling the Union’'s and the Member States’' commitments under the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement to reduce anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions and enhance removals by sinks in 10 years steps;
Amendment 1000 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point c
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 and achieving a balance between greenhouse gas emissions and removals by sinks shortly thereafter.
Amendment 1013 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) emissions reductions and enhancement of removals in individual sectors including electricity, industry, transport, the heating and cooling and buildings sector (residential and tertiary), agriculture and land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF);
Amendment 1040 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The Commission shall, by 1 January 2019 and every ten years thereafter, prepare a long-term low emission strategy on behalf of the Union, covering the elements set out in paragraphs 1 and 2. The strategy shall be kept under review and shall be updated when appropriate.
Amendment 1063 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 5
Article 15 – paragraph 5
5. Where the Commission has issued recommendations pursuant to Article 27(2) or 27 (3), the Member State concerned shall include in its report referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article information on the policies and measures adopted, or intended to be adopted and implemented, to address those recommendations. Such information shall include a detailed timetable for implementation. The Member State shall provide a well-substantiated justification, based on reliable data and objective criteria, where it deviates from a recommendation issued.
Amendment 1097 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 5
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, renewable electricity in transport, energy communities and self- consumers);
Amendment 1105 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) The results of the public consultations made in accordance with Article 10.
Amendment 1121 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 4
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 4
(4) long-term strategy for the renovation of the national stock of both public and private residential and commercial buildings, including policies and measures to stimulate cost-effective deep and staged deep renovation, as well as a quantification of the energy savings achieved to ensure that final energy consumption in the residential sector has to be no more than 169 Mtoe and, in the tertiary sector, no more than 108Mtoe;
Amendment 1126 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 5 a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 5 a (new)
(5a) policy and measures to promote energy efficiency in heating and cooling through high efficiency cogeneration and efficient district heating and cooling pursuant to Article 14 (2) on Promotion of efficiency in heating and cooling of [Directive 2012/27/EU as amended by proposal COM(2016)761];
Amendment 1130 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) national objectives for the diversification of energy sources and supplyimproved energy efficiency, a higher share of renewable energy sources and a diversification of supply routes and countries, storage, demand response;
Amendment 1143 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point a
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% target on electricity interconnectionwith a view to achieving the national interconnection target according to Article 4(d)(1);
Amendment 1170 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) policies measures to fulfil the requirements of Articles 15 and 16 of [recast Directive 2007/72/EC as proposed by COM(2016) 864], and to encourage local energy communities in contributing to achieving contributions and national objectives.
Amendment 1177 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) 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, while also providing information on the expected leveraging effect on private initiatives;
Amendment 1179 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) if appropriate, national objectives including long term targets for 2050 for the deployment of technologies for decarbonising energy- and carbon- intensive industrial sectors, the substitution of carbon-intensive materials and products and, if applicable, for related carbon transport, use, and storage infrastructure;
Amendment 1187 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) financing measures, including Union support and the use of Union funds, including the ETS Innovation Fund, in this area at national level, if applicable.
Amendment 1228 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
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 biennial milestones on a linear trajectory starting from 20% in 2020 and reaching at least 2735% in 2030 as referred to in Article 4(a)(2)(i).
Amendment 1246 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
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 1321 Mtoe of primary energy consumption and 987846 Mtoe of final energy consumption in 2030 as referred to in Article 6(14(b)(a1).
Amendment 1268 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
(ba) the interconnection target of each Member State, the compliance with the roadmap for the achievement of these targets.
Amendment 1286 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission may issue opinions on the action plans submitted by Member States according to Article 7 and 8(1) of Regulation [ ] [ESR].
Amendment 1288 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission may temporarily suspend the possibility of a Member State to transfer annual emission allocations to other Member States.
Amendment 1298 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1
Article 27 – paragraph 1
1. If, on the basis of its assessment of the integrated national energy and climate plans and their updates pursuant to Article 12, the Commission concludes that the targets, objectives and contributions of the national plans or their updates are insufficient for the collective achievement of the Energy Union objectives and, in particular, for the first ten-years period, for the Union's 2030 targets for renewable energy and energy efficiency, it shall take measures at Union level in order to ensure the collective achievement of those objectives and targets, including the establishment of a financing platform managed by the Commission. With regard to renewable energy, such measures shall take into consideration the level of ambition of contributions to the Union's 2030 target by Member States set out in the national plans and their updates.
Amendment 1306 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2
Article 27 – paragraph 2
2. If, on the basis of its assessment pursuant to Article 25(1)(b), the Commission concludes that insufficient progress is made by a Member State towards meeting the targets, objectives and contributions or implementing the policies and measures set out in its integrated national climate and energy plan, it shall issue recommendations to the Member State concerned pursuant to Article 28. In issuing such recommendations, the Commission shall take into consideration ambitious early efforts from 2021 onwards by Member States to contribute to the Union's 2030 target for renewable energy.
Amendment 1321 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3
Article 27 – paragraph 3
3. If, on the basis of its aggregate 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, such measures shall take into consideration ambitious early efforts from 2021 onwards by Member States to contribute to the Union's 2030 target.
Amendment 1332 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
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) is not collectively met, those Member States whose contribution is below their target pursuant to [Directive 2009/28/EC] or a level consistent with an equitable and cost-effective distribution of deployment and other circumstances affecting renewable energy deployment in each Member State shall review that contribution upwards and notify the Commission of the revised contribution as part of a new National Energy and Integrated Climate Plan, so that the target of the European Union is fulfilled. The Commission shall ensure by the year 2024 that any emerging gap is covered by additional measures, such as:
Amendment 1382 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Such measures shall take into account the level of ambition of early contributionefforts from 2021 onwards to the Union's 2030 target for renewable energy by the Member State concerned.
Amendment 1389 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
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 or does not contribute to an equitable and cost-effective distribution of renewable energy deployment on a linear trajectory towards the Union's 2030 target, taking into account other circumstances affecting renewable energy deployment in each Member State, the Member State concerned shall ensure that any gap to the baseline share or its equitable and cost- effective share, whichever is higher, 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.
Amendment 1407 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. If, in the area of interconnections, the Commission concludes, based on its assessment pursuant to Article 25(1) and (4), in the year 2023, that progress towards collectively achieving interconnection targets is insufficient, the Commission shall introduce other measures promoting investments in interconnections, other than the promotion of such investments through the PCIs pursuant to Regulation 347/2013.
Amendment 1450 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. By 1 January 2021, Member States shall establish, operate and seek to continuously improve national inventory systems in accordance with UNFCCC requirements to estimate anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases listed in Part 2 of Annex III to this Regulation and to ensure the timeliness, transparency, accuracy, consistency, comparability and completeness of their greenhouse gas inventories.
Amendment 1454 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 3
Article 31 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts to determine the timing and the procedure for carrying out the annual and comprehensive review including the tasks set out in paragraph 2 of this Article and ensuring due consultation of the Member States with regard to the conclusions of the reviews. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 37(3).
Amendment 1457 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 6
Article 31 – paragraph 6
6. The data for each Member State as recorded in the registries set up pursuant to Article 11 of Regulation [ ] [ESR] one month following the compliance check date with Regulation [ ] [LULUCF] referred to in paragraph 5 of this Article, shall be used for the compliance check pursuant to Article 9 of Regulation [ ] [ESR] for the years 2021 and 2026[years consistent with Article 9 ESR compliance cycle]. The compliance check pursuant to Article 9 of Regulation [ ] [ESR] for each of the [years 2022 to 2025 and 2027 to 2030consistent with Article 9 ESR compliance cycle] shall be performed at a date falling one month following the date of the compliance check for the previous year. This check shall include changes to such data arising as a result of that Member State making use of the flexibilities pursuant to Articles 5, 6 and 7 of Regulation [ ] [ESR].
Amendment 1458 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. As a final step in the last compliance check referred to in paragraph 6 of this Article, a check of the requirements pursuant to [Article 9a; Early Action Reserve] [ESR] shall be performed by the Commission, upon a request by a Member State to make use the reserve. This check may be followed by changes to data for each eligible Member State where the requirements pursuant [Article 9a; Early Action Reserve] [ESR] are fulfilled.
Amendment 1462 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 32 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Commission shall report in 2027 and 2032 on the cumulative balance of emissions and removals from managed forest land in the Union in reference to average emissions and removals from 1990 to 2009. On this basis of this report, the Commission may, if appropriate, propose measures to adjust the relevant accounting rules in Regulation [LULUCF].
Amendment 1463 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 a (new)
Article 33 a (new)
Article 33a Measures related to the discontinuation of the Kyoto Protocol 1. The Union and the Member States shall each, at the end of the second commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol, and in accordance with Decision 1/CMP.8 or other relevant decisions of the UNFCCC or Kyoto Protocol bodies and a joint fulfilment agreement, retire from their respective registries AAUs, RMUs, ERUs, CERs, tCERs or lCERs equivalent to the greenhouse gas emissions from sources and removals by sinks covered by their respective assigned amounts. 2. In respect of the last year of the second commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol, Member States shall retire units from the registry prior to the end of the additional period for fulfilling commitments set out in Decision 1/CMP.8 of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC serving as the meeting 11 of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol or other relevant decisions of the UNFCCC or Kyoto Protocol bodies and a joint fulfilment agreement. 3. The Union and each Member State shall submit a report to the UNFCCC secretariat on the additional period for fulfilling commitments referred to in paragraph of decision 1/CMP.13 as amended by decision 3/CMP.11 upon the expiry of that period .
Amendment 1480 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 2
Article 37 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1487 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Amendment 1489 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 47 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Amendment 1573 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 3 – point 3.1 – point 3.1.2 – point iii
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 3 – point 3.1 – point 3.1.2 – point iii
iii. Specific national measures on financial support, and fiscal measures, including renewable energy tax policy, as well as including EU support and the use of EU funds, for the promotion of the production and use of energy from renewable sources in electricity, heating and cooling, and transport. In particular, detailed description of any legal provisions concerning national support schemes as well as the rules applicable to any modification thereof.
Amendment 1575 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 3 – point 3.1 – point 3.1.2 – point iv
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 3 – point 3.1 – point 3.1.2 – point iv
iv. Specific measures to remove excessively burdening costs and barriers to renewable deployment and introduce a one-stop-shop, streamline administrative procedures, provide information and training, and empower renewable self- consumers and energy communities
Amendment 1582 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 3 – point 3.1 – point 3.1.2 – point vi a (new)
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 3 – point 3.1 – point 3.1.2 – point vi a (new)
via. Other planned or adopted measures to promote renewable energy, in particular, but not limited to the following: (a) measures aimed to ensure that all public administrations (national, regional or local) integrate the consumption of renewable energy in their activities. (b) provisions included in the context of public procurement legislation aimed to guarantee that public administrations (national, regional and local) incorporate green public procurement awarding criteria for the purpose of encouraging the use of renewable energy sources by legal entities that intend to contract with them, regardless of the product or service to be awarded. (c) provisions concerning the use of renewable energies as a requirement for the granting of any public subsidies or support, when appropriate.
Amendment 1583 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 3 – point 3.1 – point 3.1.3 – point iv a (new)
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 3 – point 3.1 – point 3.1.3 – point iv a (new)
iva. Specific measures on financial support, including EU support and the use of EU funds, fiscal measures, free allocation of ETS allowances, for energy use, or the promotion of fossil fuels and/or nuclear energy in electricity, heating and cooling, and transport.
Amendment 1598 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 3 – point 3.2 – point vii a (new)
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 3 – point 3.2 – point vii a (new)
viia. Description of policies and measures to promote the role of local energy communities in contributing to the implementation of policies and measures in points i, iii and iv above.
Amendment 1633 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section B – paragraph 4 – point 4.5 – point 4.5.2 – point ii
Annex I – part 1 – section B – paragraph 4 – point 4.5 – point 4.5.2 – point ii
ii. Projections of network expansion requirements at least until 2040 (including those pending to reach the 2020 interconnection target of 10% and those necessary for the 15% interconnection target for the year 2030)28 __________________ 28 With reference to national network development plans and regional investment plans of TSOs
Amendment 1657 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – section B – paragraph 5 – point 5.3 a (new)
Annex I – part 1 – section B – paragraph 5 – point 5.3 a (new)
5.3a Investment Impact Assessment. i. existing investment flows; ii. forward investment assumptions linked to each of the planned policies and measures, including the risk profile of the planned policies and measures; iii. sector or market risk factors or barriers in the national (or regional) context; iv. analysis of additional public finance support or resources to fill identified gaps identified under (iii); v. outcomes of consultation with investors on the plans; vi. qualitative assessment of investor confidence, including visibility of a project pipeline and viability or attractiveness of investment opportunities; vii. monitoring: review of previous year against assumptions, forward view including substantive factors facing investors.
Amendment 44 #
2016/0325(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Public-public partnerships should aim to develop closer synergies, increase coordination and avoid unnecessary duplication and fragmentation with Union, international, national and regional research programmes, and should fully respect the Horizon 2020 general principles, in particular those relating to openness and transparency.
Amendment 52 #
2016/0325(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013 acknowledges that international cooperation with third countries is necessary to address effectively common challenges. International cooperation in research, science and innovation is a key aspect of the Union’s global commitments and has an important role to play in the Union’s partnership with neighbourhood countries. This cooperation follows the approach taken in the European neighbourhood policy to differentiate the level of cooperation with each country in the neighbourhood based on their commitment towards the Union.
Amendment 57 #
2016/0325(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) PRIMA aims at implementing a joint programme for the development and the adoption of innovative, multi- dimensional and integrated common solutions for improving the efficiency, safety, security and sustainability of food production and water provision, treatment and reuse in the Mediterranean area based on principles of co-ownership, mutual interest and shared benefit. PRIMA should contribute to the achievement of the recently agreed Sustainable Development Goals and to the forthcoming European Sustainable Development Strategy.
Amendment 64 #
2016/0325(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) On 23 December 2014, a group of 19 countries of the Mediterranean Area submitted to the Commission a proposal for a Joint Programme initiative 'Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area' (PRIMA). Among these countries, 14 countries have agreed to jointly undertake the PRIMA initiative by committing financial contributions: Cyprus, Czech RepublicGermany, France, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal and Spain, Member States of the Union; Israel and Tunisia, third countries associated to Horizon 2020; Egypt, Lebanon and Morocco, third countries not associated to Horizon 2020.
Amendment 66 #
2016/0325(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) PRIMA aims at implementing a joint programme for the development and the adoption of innovative and integrated solutions for improving the efficiency, safety, security and sustainability of food production and water provisionagro- food systems as well as minimization of food losses and agro-food waste and water provision including reuse and treatment of waste water in the Mediterranean area. PRIMA should contribute to the achievement of the recently-agreed Sustainable Development Goals and to the forthcoming European Sustainable Development Strategy.
Amendment 71 #
2016/0325(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) The PRIMA partnership should cover the whole chain from research to innovation, mobilising universities, research and technology institutions, industry, and innovation-driven SMEs.
Amendment 74 #
2016/0325(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In order to ensure the joint implementation of PRIMA, an implementation structure should be set up ('PRIMA-IS'). The PRIMA-IS should be the recipient of the Union’s financial contribution and it should ensure the efficient and transparent implementation of PRIMA.
Amendment 78 #
2016/0325(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) A ceiling should be established for the Union’s contribution in PRIMA with funding from Horizon 2020. Within that ceiling, the Union contribution should be equal to the contribution of the Participating States to PRIMA in order to achieve a high leverage effect and ensure a stronger integration of the Participating States' programmes. It should be possible to use a limited part of the Union contribution to cover administrative costs of the PRIMA-IS. An efficient administration of the programme should be ensured and administrative costs should be kept at minimum.
Amendment 90 #
2016/0325(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) The objective of this Decision is to strengthen the integration and alignment of research and innovation systems and activities in the Mediterranean countries in the fields of water provision and, treatment and reuse, and of food systems. The scale of the research and innovation necessary to address the challenges in the Mediterranean area is immense due to the systemic character of the major bottlenecks. The scope of research and innovation is complex, multidisciplinary and requires a multi-actor and cross-border approach. A collaborative approach with a wide set of Participating States can help to increase the required scale and scope, by pooling financial and intellectual resources. Since the objective can therefore be better achieved at Union level by integrating national efforts into a consistent Union approach, by bringing together compartmentalised national research programmes, by helping design common research and funding strategies across national borders, and by achieving the critical mass of actors and investments required, 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 those objectives.
Amendment 91 #
2016/0325(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) In achieving its objectives, and in line with the applicable rules and principles, such as the principle of scientific excellence, PRIMA-IS should aim at an appropriate share of around 25% of Union funding reflecting the commitment of Mediterranean partner countries to the programme being provided to legal entities established in targeted third countries considered as Participating States.
Amendment 92 #
2016/0325(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) As regards the nature of the research and innovation entities, participation in the programme should be non-discriminatory. Participation of clusters of universities, research centres and SMEs should be promoted.
Amendment 94 #
2016/0325(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. The general objective of PRIMA is to develop and promote the adoption of the fully piloted and demonstrated common innovative solutions for water provision and, treatment and reuse, and for food systems in the Mediterranean region, to make them more climate resilient, efficient by reducing losses and waste, cost-effective and ecologically sustainable, and to contribute to solving nutrition, health, well- being and migration problems upstream.
Amendment 94 #
2016/0325(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Calls for proposals and reasoned decisions regarding the selection of projects managed by the PRIMA-IS should also be published on the single portal for participants, as well as through other Horizon 2020 electronic means of dissemination managed by the Commission.
Amendment 96 #
2016/0325(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point i
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point i
(i) the formulation of a stable, long- term, common strategic agenda in the area of water provision and, treatment and reuse, and in the area of food systems;
Amendment 97 #
2016/0325(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18a) The PRIMA-IS should be continuously measuring the effects of projects implemented.
Amendment 101 #
2016/0325(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) In order to protect the Union's financial interests, the Commission should have the right to reduce, or suspend or terminate the Union’s financial contribution if PRIMA is implemented inadequately, partially or late, or if the Participating States do not contribute, or contribute partially or late, to the financing of PRIMA.
Amendment 103 #
2016/0325(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) For the purpose of simplification, administrative burden should be reducedstrictly proportionate to the foreseen effects for all parties. Double audits and disproportionate documentation and reporting should be avoided. Harmonised methodology for data collection from the participating states should be set. When audits are conducted, the specificities of the national programmes should be taken into account, as appropriate.
Amendment 106 #
2016/0325(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) The objective of this Decision is to strengthen the integration and alignment of research and innovation systems and activities in the Mediterranean countries in the fields of water provision and food systemsagro-food systems, minimisation food losses and agro-food waste and water provision including reuse and treatment of waste water. The scale of the research and innovation necessary to address the challenges in the Mediterranean area is immense due to the systemic character of the major bottlenecks. The scope of research and innovation is complex, multidisciplinary and requires a multi-actor and cross-border approach. A collaborative approach with a wide set of Participating States can help to increase the required scale and scope, by pooling financial and intellectual resources. Since the objective can therefore be better achieved at Union level by integrating national efforts into a consistent Union approach, by bringing together compartmentalised national research programmes, by helping design common research and funding strategies across national borders, and by achieving the critical mass of actors and investments required, 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 those objectives.
Amendment 109 #
2016/0325(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. The Union shall participate in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area ('PRIMA') jointly undertaken by [Cyprus, Czech RepublicGermany, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal, Spain and Tunisia] ('Participating States'), in accordance with the conditions laid down in this Decision.
Amendment 117 #
2016/0325(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. The general objective of PRIMA is to develop the fully piloted and demonstrated common innovative solutions for water provision and food systemsincluding reuse and treatment of waste water and agro-food systems as well as minimization of food losses and agro-food waste in the Mediterranean region, to make them more climate resilient, efficient, cost-effective and sustainable, and to contribute to solving nutrition, health, well-being and migration problems upstream.
Amendment 121 #
2016/0325(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point i
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point i
(i) the formulation of a stable, long- term, common strategic agenda in the area of water provision and food systemsincluding reuse and treatment of waste water and food systems as well as minimization of food losses and agro-food waste;
Amendment 187 #
2016/0325(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Where financial guarantees are provided by the Participating States, each one of them shall be liable for a maximum amount less or equal to its financial commitment to the PRIMA programme. The total recovery shall be limited to the maximum amount of EUR 200 000 000.
Amendment 529 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 92 a (new)
Article 92 a (new)
Article 92a Intra-Union calls 1. Providers of publicly available number based interpersonal communication services shall not apply tariffs to intra-Union fixed and mobile communications services terminating in another Member State which are higher from tariffs for services terminating in the same Member State, unless it is justified by the difference in mobile termination rates. 2. Where providers of publicly available number based interpersonal communication services apply different tariffs to intra-Union fixed and mobile communications services terminating in another Member State than to services terminating in the same Member State, the surcharge shall not be higher than the difference between mobile termination rate of the Member State where the call is terminating and mobile termination rate of the Member State where call is originating.
Amendment 44 #
2016/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The approach of annually binding national limits taken in Decision No 406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council19 should be continued from 2021 to 2030, with the start of the trajectory calculation in 202017 on the average of the greenhouse gas emissions during 2016 to 2018 and the end of the trajectory being the 2030 limit for each Member State. An adjustment to the allocation in 2021 is provided for Member States with both a positive limit under Decision 406/2009/EC and increasing annual emission allocations between 2017 and 2020 determined pursuant to Decisions 2013/162/EU and 2013/634/EU, to reflect the capacity for increased emissions in those years. The European Council concluded that the availability and use of existing flexibility instruments within the non-ETS sectors should be significantly enhanced in order to ensure cost- effectiveness of the collective Union effort and convergence of emissions per capita by 2030. __________________ 19 Decision No 406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the effort of Member States to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to meet the Community’s greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments up to 2020 (OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 136).
Amendment 49 #
2016/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) A range of Union measures enhance Member States’' ability to meet their climate commitments and are crucial to achieving necessary emission reductions in the sectors covered by this Regulation. These include legislation on fluorinated greenhouse gases, CO2-reductions from road vehicles, energy performance of building, renewables, energy efficiency and the Circular Economy, as well as Union funding instruments for climate- related investments, including all instruments under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
Amendment 53 #
2016/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) In order to reduce emissions of the agricultural sector, Member States should include in their emissions roadmap actions aimed at improving the mitigation potential of this sector, including the promotion of organic farming and anaerobic digestion of manure.
Amendment 58 #
2016/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Regulation [ ] [on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry into the 2030 climate and energy framework] lays down accounting rules on greenhouse gas emissions and removals relating to land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF). While the environmental outcome under this Regulation in terms of the levels of greenhouse gas emission reductions that are made is affected by taking into account a quantity up to the sum of total net removals and total net emissions from deforested land, afforested land, managed cropland and managed grassland as defined in Regulation [ ], flexibility for a maximum quantity of 28190 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent of these removals divided among Member States according to the figures in Annex III should be included as an additional possibility for Member States to meet their commitments when needed. Where the delegated act to update the forest reference levels based on the national forestry accounting plans pursuant to Article 8 (6) of Regulation [LULUCF] is adopted, 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 respect of Article 7 to reflect a contribution of the accounting category managed forest land in the flexibility provided by that Article. Before adopting such a delegated act, the Commission should evaluate the robustness of accounting for managed forest land based on available data, and in particular the consistency of projected and actual harvesting rates. In addition, the possibility to voluntarily delete annual emission allocation units should be allowed under this Regulation in order to allow for such amounts to be taken into account when assessing Member States' compliance with requirements under Regulation [ ].
Amendment 71 #
2016/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) This Regulation should be reviewed as of 2024within six months of the facilitative dialogue to be conducted under UNFCCC in 2018 and every 5 years thereafter in order to assess its overall functioning. The review should take into account evolving national circumstances and, be informed by the results of the global stocktake of the Paris Agreement, and should, if appropriate, be accompanied by legislative proposals.
Amendment 76 #
2016/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
This Regulation should seek to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. In order to achieve this objective, Member States shall continue reducing their greenhouse gas emissions covered by this Regulation, beyond 2030. The ultimate objective of this Regulation is to fulfil the Union´s and Member States´ commitment under the UNFCC and the Paris Agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions with the aim of holding the increase of global temperature to well below 2 °C above pre- industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels.
Amendment 94 #
2016/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Subject to the flexibilities provided for in Articles 5, 6 and 7, to the adjustment pursuant to Article 10(2) and taking into account any deduction resulting from the application of Article 7 of Decision No 406/2009/EC, each Member State shall ensure that its greenhouse gas emissions in each year between 2021 and 2029 do not exceed the level defined by a linear trajectory, starting in 202017 on the average of its greenhouse gas emissions during 2016, 2017 and 2018 determined pursuant to paragraph 3 and ending in 2030 on the limit set for that Member State in Annex I to this Regulation.
Amendment 129 #
2016/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – title
Article 7 – title
Additional use of up to 28190 million net removals from deforested land, afforested land, managed cropland and managed grassland
Amendment 138 #
2016/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Where the delegated act to update the forest reference levels based on the national forestry accounting plans pursuant to Article 8 (6) of Regulation [LULUCF] is adopted, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt a delegated act to modify paragraph 1 of this Articlebefore the review of Regulation [LULUCF] in 2024 to modify paragraph 1 of this Article, without affecting the overall amount of 190 million net removals under this Article, in order to reflect a contribution of the accounting category managed forest land in accordance with Article 12 of this Regulation.
Amendment 162 #
2016/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Amendment 169 #
2016/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III
Annex III
Amendment 30 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) On 10 June 2016 the Commission presenThe Paris agreement was ratified by the council on 5 October 2016 aftedr the proposal for the EU to ratify the Paris agreementconsent of the European Parliament on 4 October 2016 and the agreement entered in to force on 4 November 2016. This legislative proposal forms part of the implementation of the Union's commitment to economy- wide emission reductions as confirmed in the intended nationally determined reduction commitment of the Union and its Member States submitted to the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ('UNFCCC') on 6 March 2015.10 _________________ 10 http://www4.unfccc.int/submissions/indc/S ubmission%20Pages/submissions.aspx
Amendment 34 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) 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. In order to achieve this goal, the Parties should prepare, communicate and maintain successive nationally determined contributions. The Paris Agreement replaces the approach taken under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol which will not be continued beyond 2020. The Paris Agreement also calls for a balance between anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases in the second half of this century, and invites Parties to take action to conserve and enhance, as appropriate, sinks and reservoirs of greenhouse gases, including forests. The agreement emphasises the role of sustainable forest management in reaching the target of balancing emissions and removals.
Amendment 40 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The LULUCF sector can contribute to climate change mitigation in several ways, in particular by reducing emissions, and maintaining and enhancing sinks and carbon stocks. In order for measures aiming in particular at increasing carbon sequestration to be effective, the long-term stability and adaptability of carbon pools is essential. In the long run, a sustainable forest management strategy aimed at maintaining or increasing forest carbon stocks, while producing an annual sustained yield of timber, fiber or energy from the forest, will generate the largest sustained mitigation benefit.
Amendment 45 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Decision No 529/2013/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council,11 as a first step, set out accounting rules applicable to greenhouse gas emissions and removals from the LULUCF sector and thereby contributed to policy development towards the inclusion of the LULUCF sector in the Union’s emission reduction commitment. This Regulation should build on the existing accounting rules, updating and improving them for the period 2021- 2030. It should lay down the obligations of Member States in implementing those accounting rules and the obligation to ensure that the overall LULUCF sector would not generate net emissions. It should not lay down any accounting or reporting obligations for private parties. and such obligations must be avoided by Member States during implementation of this regulation. _________________ 11 Decision No 529/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on accounting rules on greenhouse gas emissions and removals resulting from activities relating to land use, land-use change and forestry and on information concerning actions relating to those activities (OJ L 165, 18.6.2013, p. 80)
Amendment 56 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The increased sustainable use of harvested wood products can substantially limit emissions into and enhance removals of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. The accounting rules should ensure that Member States accurately reflect in accounts the changes in the harvested wood products pool when they take place, to provide incentives for enhanced use of harvested wood products with long life cycles. In order to further promote and include the positive substitution effect the Commission should by means of a delegated act include more products under the harvested wood product calculations. The Commission should provide guidance on methodological issues related to the accounting for harvested wood products.
Amendment 59 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Natural disturbances, such as wildfires, insect and disease infestations, extreme weather events and geological disturbances that are beyond the control of, and not materially influenced by, a Member State, may result in greenhouse gas emissions of a temporary nature in the LULUCF sector, or may cause the reversal of previous removals. As reversal can also be the result of management decisions, such as decisions to harvest or plant trees, this Regulation should ensure that human- induced reversals of removals are always accurately reflected in LULUCF accounts. Moreover, this Regulation should provide Member States with a limited possibility to exclude emissions resulting from disturbances that are beyond their control from their LULUCF accounts. However, the manner in which Member States apply those provisions should not lead to undue under-accounting. or discourage Member States from taking preventive actions such as investments in order to reduce the risk of the occurrence of natural disturbances.
Amendment 129 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall demonstrate consistency between the methods and data used to establish the forest reference level in the national forestry accounting plan and those used in the reporting for managed forest land. The data used should be the most recent verified accounts of the land use and forest conditions. At the latest at the end of the period from 2021 to 2025 or from 2026 to 2030, a Member State shall submit to the Commission a technical correction of its reference level if necessary to ensure consistency.
Amendment 133 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5
Article 8 – paragraph 5
5. The CommissionA review team consisting of the Commission and representatives of the Member States shall review the national forestry accounting plans and technical corrections and assess the extent to which the proposed new or corrected forest reference levels set by the Member States have been determined in accordance with the principles and requirements set out in paragraphs (3) and (4) as well as Article 5(1). To the extent that non-compliance of the principles and requirements has been shown and it this is required in order to ensure compliance with the principles and requirements set out in paragraphs (3) and (4) as well as Article 5(1), the Commission may together with the above mentioned review team recalculate the proposed new or corrected forest reference levels.
Amendment 139 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 6
Article 8 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 14 to amend Annex II in the light of the review carried out pursuant to paragraph (5) to update Member State forest reference levels based on the national forestry accounting plans or the technical corrections submitted, and any recalculations made in the context of the review. The first of these delegated acts based on Member States submissions under article 8.3 of this Regulation should be adopted no later than 31 December 2019. Until the entry into force of the delegated act, Member State forest reference levels as specified in Annex II shall continue to apply for the period 2021- 2025 and/or 2026-2030.
Amendment 143 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The Commission shall, by 31 December 2019, adopt a delegated act in accordance with article 14 in order to update the categories in the pool of harvested wood products with additional products that have a positive substitution effect. The delegated act shall also update the default half-values specified in Annex V.
Amendment 154 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 3, 5, 8, 9, 10 and 13 shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from the [date of entry into force].
Amendment 155 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4
Article 14 – paragraph 4
4. Before the adoption of a delegated act, the Commission shall consult and achieve a common position with experts designated by each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Inter-institutional Agreement on Better Law-Making of 13 April 2016.
Amendment 160 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall ensure coherence between the Union's climate related legislations. For the purpose of this legislation the Commission shall report to the European Parliament and to the Council by 28 February 2024 and every five years thereafter on the operation of this Regulation, its contribution to the EU's overall 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction target and its contribution to the long term goals of the Paris Agreement, and may make proposals if appropriate.
Amendment 166 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – part A – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Annex IV – part A – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) reference levels shall also contribute to maintaining or increasing forest carbon stocks, while producing an annual sustained yield of timber, fiber or energy from the forest
Amendment 172 #
2016/0230(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – part A – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Annex IV – part A – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Amendment 147 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The conditions for making fertilisers available on the internal market have been partially harmonised through Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council15 , which almost exclusively covers fertilisers from mined or chemically produced, inorganic materials. There is also a need to make use of recycled or organic materials for fertilising purposes. Harmonised conditions for making fertilisers made from such recycled or organic materials available on the entire internal market should be established in order to provide an important incentive for their further use. Promoting increased use of recycled nutrients would further contribute to the circular economy and allow a more resource efficient overall use of nutrients, while lowering EU dependency on nutrients from third countries. The scope of the harmonisation should therefore be extended in order to include recycled and organic materials. __________________ 15 Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 relating to fertilisers (OJ L 304, 21.11.2003, p. 1).
Amendment 150 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Contaminants in CE marked fertilising products, such as cadmium, can potentially pose a risk to human and animal health and the environment as they accumulate in the environment and enter the food chain. Several Member States already impose contaminant levels for cadmium due to the risk cadmium poses to human and animal health and the environment. Their content should therefore be limited in such products. Furthermore, impurities in CE marked fertilising products derived from bio-waste, in particular polymers but also metal and glass, should be either prevented or limited to the extent technically feasible by detection of such impurities in separately collected bio-waste before processing.
Amendment 162 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The end point in the manufacturing chain should be determined for each relevant component material containing animal by-products in accordance with the procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009. In order to take advantage of technical developments concerning potential use of animal by-products the relevant component material category should be added or expanded in order to include more animal by-products. The setting of the requirements above and rules on processing and recovery for animal by-products should start immediately after the entry into force of this Regulation. Accordingly, the power to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of expanding or adding, without unnecessary delay, certain animal by- products to the specific component material categories in order to create more opportunities and legal certainty for producers and businesses by unlocking the potential to make better use of nutrients from animal by-products such as animal manure. Where a manufacturing process regulated under this Regulation starts already before that end point has been reached, the process requirements of both Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 and this Regulation should apply cumulatively to CE marked fertilising products, which means application of the stricter requirement in case both Regulations regulate the same parameter.
Amendment 168 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) For certain recovered wastes within the meaning of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council20 , a market demand for their use as fertilising products has been identified. Furthermore, certain requirements are necessary for the waste used as input in the recovery operation and for the treatment processes and techniques, as well as for fertilising products resulting from the recovery operation, in order to ensure that the use of those products does not lead to overall adverse environmental or human health impacts. For CE marked fertilising products, those requirements should be laid down in this Regulation. Therefore, as of the moment of compliance with all the requirements of this Regulation, such products should cease to be regarded as waste within the meaning of Directive 2008/98/EC. In order to take advantage of the technical developments and to further incentivise innovation in the recovery of valuable waste streams the relevant component material categories should be added or expanded in order to include more recovered waste eligible for use in the production of CE marked fertilising products such as struvite, biochar and ash-based products. The proper assessment and setting of processing requirements should start immediately after the entry into force of this Regulation. The Commission should be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. __________________ 20 Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste and repealing certain Directives (OJ L 312, 22.11.2008, p. 3).
Amendment 171 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Certain substances, mixtures and micro-organisms, commonly referred to as plant biostimulants, are not as such nutrients, but nevertheless stimulate plants' nutrition processes. Where such products aim solely at improving the plants' nutrient use efficiency, tolerance to abiotic stress, or crop quality traits, degradation of soil organic compounds, or increasing the availability of confined nutrients in soil and rhizosphere, they are by nature more similar to fertilising products than to most categories of plant protection products. Such products should therefore be eligible for CE marking under this Regulation and excluded from the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council21 . Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 should therefore be amended accordingly. __________________ 21 Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC (OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 1).
Amendment 176 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) In order to take advantage of technical developments, enhance the innovative potential concerning the development and discovery of new microbial plant biostimulant products and give greater certainty for producers, the relevant component material categories should be added or expanded in order to include more micro-organisms. Accordingly, harmonised methods for the safety evaluation of new micro-organisms have to be clearly defined. The preparatory work for defining these safety evaluation methods should start immediately after the entry into force of this Regulation. The power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission to define, without any unnecessary delay, the requirements which producers have to comply with to demonstrate the safety of new micro- organisms in order to be use in the production of CE marked fertilising products.
Amendment 183 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18a) It is important to ensure regulatory clarity for companies and businesses seeking to use digestates under this Regulation and to further foster the circular economy. Current implementation practices provides that digestates are not subject to registration pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, however this is not entirely clear from the wording of Annex V to that Regulation. Therefore that Annex should be amended in order to address this.
Amendment 198 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 55
Recital 55
(55) Promising technical progress is being made in the field of recycling of waste, such as phosphorus recycling from sewage sludge, andin particular struvite, fertilising product production from animal by-products, such as biochar and phosphorus recovery after incineration, in particular ash-based products, and considering that such products are already authorised in several Member States under national legislation. It should be possible for products containing or consisting of such materials to access the internal market without unnecessary delay when the manufacturing processes have been scientifically analysed and process requirements have been established at Union level. For that purpose, 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 respect of defining larger or additional categories of CE marked fertilising products or component materials eligible for use in the production of such products. The first of those delegated acts should, in particular, add struvite, biochar and ash-based products to the categories of component materials and should be adopted as soon as possible after the entry into force of this Regulation. For animal by-products, component material categories should be expanded or added only to the extent an end point in the manufacturing chain has been determined in accordance with the procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009, since animal by-products for which no such end point has been determined are in any event excluded from the scope of this Regulation.
Amendment 202 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 56
Recital 56
(56) Furthermore, it should be possible to react immediately to new findings regarding the conditions for CE marked fertilising products to be sufficiently effective and to new risk assessments regarding human, animal or plant health, safety or the environment, taking in to account assessments made by or in cooperation with authorities in the Member States. For that purpose, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission to amend the requirements applicable to various categories of CE marked fertilising products.
Amendment 214 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) ‘fertilising product’ means a substance, mixture, micro-organism or any other material, applied or intended to be applied, either on its own or mixed with another material, on plants or their rhizosphere or on fungi or their mycosphere, for the purpose of providing plants or fungi with nutrient or improving their nutrition efficiency;
Amendment 247 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Amendment 266 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 43 to amend Annexes I to IV for the purposes of adapting them to technical progress, in particular as regards the production of fertilisers from animal by-products and waste recovery materials taking in to account products and materials already authorised in Member States, and facilitating internal market access and free movement for CE marked fertilising products
Amendment 276 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) which are likelyhave potential to be subject of significant trade on the internal market, and
Amendment 284 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 42 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Commission shall come forward with a proposal for delegated acts, in accordance with the first subparagraph to amend the component material category set out in Annex II, to add animal by-products, struvite ash- based products and biochar to those component material categories, with specific focus on the technological progress which is being made in the recovery of nutrients. The first of those delegated acts shall be submitted no later than one year after the entry into force of this Regulation.
Amendment 295 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 42 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 43 with regard to setting out requirements for the safety evaluation of new micro-organisms for the purpose of paragraph 2. The first of these delegated acts shall be submitted no later than one year after the entry into force of this Regulation.
Amendment 312 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 46 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) 1107/2009
Article 3 – Point 34
Article 3 – Point 34
(3) "34. "plant biostimulant" means a product stimulating plant nutrition processes independently of the product's nutrient content with the sole aim of improving one or more of the following characteristics of the plant and the plant rhizosphere and phyllosphere:
Amendment 315 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 46 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Regulation (EC) 1107/2009
Article 3 – Point 34 – point c a (new)
Article 3 – Point 34 – point c a (new)
(ca) degradation of organic compounds in the soil.
Amendment 316 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
Article 46 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
Regulation (EC) 1107/2009
Article 3 – point 34 – point c b (new)
Article 3 – point 34 – point c b (new)
(cb) increase the availability of confined nutrients in soil and rhizosphere
Amendment 326 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 48 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States who already implemented a lower limit for cadmium for organo- mineral fertilisers and inorganic fertilisers, set out in Annex I, Part II, may maintain this stricter limit until the limit in this Regulation is equal or lower.
Amendment 426 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(B) – paragraph 3 – point a – point 2 – indent 3
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(B) – paragraph 3 – point a – point 2 – indent 3
- As of [Publications office, please insert the date occurring twelvnine years after the date of application of this Regulation]: 20 mg/kg phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5),
Amendment 508 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(C)(I) – paragraph 2 – point a – point 2 – indent 3
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 1(C)(I) – paragraph 2 – point a – point 2 – indent 3
- As of [Publications office, please insert the date occurring twelvnine years after the date of application of this Regulation]: 20 mg/kg phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5),
Amendment 601 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 4 – paragraph 1
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 4 – paragraph 1
1. A growing medium shall be a material other than soil intended for use as a substrate for root developmentthe plant or fungi to grow in.
Amendment 631 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 6 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 6 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) degradation of organic compounds in the soil; or
Amendment 634 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 6 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 6 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
(cb) increase the availability of confined nutrients in the soil and rhizosphere
Amendment 638 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 6 – paragraph 3
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 6 – paragraph 3
3. The plant biostimulant shall have the effects that are claimed on the label for the cropsplant specified thereon.
Amendment 651 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 6 (A) – paragraph 13
Annex I – part 2 – PFC 6 (A) – paragraph 13
Amendment 668 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 2 – paragraph 1
Annex II – part 2 – CMC 2 – paragraph 1
1. A CE marked fertilising product may contain plants, plant parts or plant extracts having undergone no other processing than cutting, grinding, centrifugation, sieving, milling, pressing, drying, freeze- drying, buffering, extrusion, radiation, frost-treatment, sanitation by using heat or extraction with water.
Amendment 684 #
2016/0084(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – CMC 3 – paragraph 2 – indent 1
Annex II – part II – CMC 3 – paragraph 2 – indent 1
- which only processes input materials referred to in paragraph 1 above, in productions lines that are clearly separated from production lines processing other input materials than referred to in paragraph 1, and
Amendment 129 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Natural gas (gas) remainis an essential component of the energy supply of the Union. A large proportion of such gas is imported into the Union from third countrThis makes security of gas supply a key element of the Union's overall energy security, with relevance to the Union's competitiveness and growth. Even though more than 50 % of gas consumption in the Union and the rest of the European Economic Area is currently covered by domestic production, a growing proportion of gas is imported from third countries. Enhancing the Union's energy security and making its gas market more resilient thus requires creating a stable, market-based regulatory framework for developing gas production from domestic sources, increasing energy efficiency as well as addressing by diversification of suppliers dependence on dominant external suppliers.
Amendment 144 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) A major disruption of the gas supply can affect all Member States, the Union as a whole and Contracting Parties to the Treaty establishing the Energy Community, signed in Athens on 25 October 2005. It can also severelypotentially under certain circumstances damage the Union economy and can have a major social impact, particularly on vulnerable groups of customers.
Amendment 161 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The Commission Communication 'Framework Strategy for a Resilient Energy Union with a Forward-Looking Climate Change Policy'14 from February 2015, highlights the fact that the Energy Union rests on solidarity and trust, which are necessary features of energy security. This regulation should aim to boost solidarity and trust between the Member States and should put in place the measures needed to achieve these aims, thus paving the way forcontributing to implementing the Energy Union. __________________ 14 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and the European Investment Bank, COM(2015) 80 final.
Amendment 175 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) The Union and the Member States should aim at diversification of energy sources, supply routes and suppliers fully in line with the EU law and policies and thus avoid projects which, while maybe addressing the interests of some Member States, have negative implications on energy security of other Member States, the Union and its partners. Projects not meeting these objectives should not be financed by the EU.
Amendment 181 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In a spirit of respect to market economy principles, solidarity, regional cooperation, which involvinges both public authorities and natural gas undertakings, should be is the guiding principle of this Regulation, towith the aim of identifying the relevant risks in each region and, optimiseing the benefits of coordinated measures to mitigate them and to implement the most cost-effective measures for Union consumer, while ensuring that the measures are cost-effective for customers. Regional cooperation should gradually be complemented with a stronger Union perspective, allowing recourse to all available supplies and tools in the entire internal gas market. This could be facilitated by providing in-depth analysis and forecast at Union level on the relevant current and future Emergency Supply Corridors, based on gas supply sources common for a group of Member States.
Amendment 203 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Regulation (EU) No 994/2010 requires transmission system operators to enable permanent bi-directional capacity on all cross-border interconnections unless an exemption has been granted from this obligation. It aims to ensure that the possible benefits of permanent bi- directional capacity are always taken into account when a new interconnector is planned. However, bi-directional capacity can be used to supply gas both to the neighbouring Member State and to others along the gas supply corridor. The benefits for security of supply of enabling permanent bi-directional capacity thus need to be seen in a broader perspective, in a spirit of solidarity and enhanced cooperation. A cost-benefit analysis that takes account of the whole transportation corridor should therefore be conducted when considering whether to implement bi- directional capacity. The competent authorities should accordingly be required to re- examine the exemptions granted under Regulation (EU) 994/2010 on the basis of the results of the regional risk assessments. The overall objective should be to have a growing bi-directional capacity and keep one-directional capacity future cross- border projects to the minimum.
Amendment 214 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) A regional approach to assessing risks and defining and adopting preventive and mitigating measures enables efforts to be coordinated, bringing significant benefits in terms of the effectiveness of measures and optimisation of resources. This applies particularly to measures designed to guarantee a continued supply, under very demanding conditions, to protected customers, and to measures to mitigate the impact of an emergency. Assessing correlated risks at regional level, which is both more comprehensive and more precise, will ensure that Member States are better prepared for any crises. Moreover, in an emergency, a coordinated and pre-agreed approach to security of supply ensures a consistent response and reduces the risk of negative spill-over effects that purely national measures could have in neighbouring Member States. Responsibility of the Member States for their national security of supply standards should however not be impeded by taking the regional approach.
Amendment 231 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) For the purpose of this Regulation, the following criteria should therefore be taken into account when defining the regional groups: supply patterns, existing and planned corridors, interconnections and interconnection capacity between Member States, market development and maturity, existing regional cooperation structures, and the number of Member States in a region, which should be limited to ensure that the group remains of a manageable size.
Amendment 243 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) When conducting a comprehensive risk assessment to be prepared at regional level, competent authorities should assess natural, technological, infrastructural, commercial, financial, social, political and market- related risks, and any other relevant ones, including, where appropriate, the disruption of the supplies from the single largest supplier. All risks should be addressed by effective, proportionate and non-discriminatory measures to be developed in the preventive action plan and the emergency plan. These plans should be subject to a consultation process with the industry. The competent authorities should consider also the opportunities offered by decentralized, sustainable and affordable solutions, including biogas, as well as the EU-wide energy efficiency targets. The results of the risk assessments should also contribute to the all hazard risk assessments foreseen under article 6 of Decision No 1313/2013/EU18 . __________________ 18 Decision No 1313/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 24).
Amendment 348 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – subparagraph 2 – point 1 – introductory part
Article 2 – subparagraph 2 – point 1 – introductory part
(1) 'protected customer’' means a household customer connected to a gas distribution network and, in addition, where the Member State concerned so decides, may also mean one or more of the following:, an essential social service or a district heating installation to the extent that it delivers heating to household customers and essential social services, which is connected to a gas distribution network;
Amendment 358 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – subparagraph 2 – point 1 – point a
Article 2 – subparagraph 2 – point 1 – point a
(a) a small or medium-sized enterprise, provided that it is connected to a gas distribution network, or an essential social service, provided that it is connected to a gas distribution orand transmission network, and provided that such enterprises or services do not represent jointly more than 20 % of the total annual final gas consumption in that Member State;installation is not able to switch to other fuels, or an absolutely essential social service.
Amendment 419 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 6
Article 4 – paragraph 6
6. In so far as an investment for enabling or enhancing permanent bi- directional capacity is not required by the market and where that investment incurs costs in more than one Member State or in one Member State for the benefit of another Member State, the national regulatory authorities of all Member States concerned shall jointly decide on cost allocation before any investment decision is taken and explore the possibility and viability of EU funding. The cost allocation shall in particular take into account the proportion of the benefits of the infrastructure investments for the increase of security of supply of the Member States concerned as well as investments already made in the infrastructure in question.
Amendment 439 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
No later than 31 March 2017 Member States shall notify the Commission their definitionlist of protected customers, the annual gas consumption volumes of the protected customers and the percentage they represent of the total annual final gas consumption in that Member State. Where a Member State includes in its definitionlist of protected customers the categories referred to in point (a) or (b) of Article 2 (1) it shall specify in the notification to the Commission the gas consumption volumes corresponding to consumers belonging to those categories and the percentage that each of those groups of consumers represents in terms of the annual final use of gas.
Amendment 468 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The competent authorities of each region as listed in Annex I shall jointly and in consultation with relevant stakeholders make an assessment at regional level of all risks affecting the security of gas supply. The assessment shall take into account all relevant risks such as natural disasters, technological, commercial, social, political and other risks. The risk assessment shall be carried out by:
Amendment 492 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Commission may share experience gained in conducting a risk assessment in one region with other regions, wherever appropriate, and thereby contribute to ensuring also a cross regional focus.
Amendment 588 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) assessment of opportunities offered by decentralized, sustainable and affordable solutions, including biogas, as well as the EU-wide energy efficiency targets.
Amendment 192 #
2016/0023(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. From 1 January 2019 onwards, the maximum permissible concentration threshold of mercury and mercury compounds in any fuel or waste prior to its combustion shall not exceed 25μg/kg weight/weight (dry).
Amendment 235 #
2016/0023(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10a Prevention and control of mercury emissions from industrial activities - large combustion plants - emissions to air From 1 January 2021 onwards all permits for combustion plants referred to in Article 28 of Directive 2010/75/EU shall include conditions ensuring that emissions into the air do not exceed the following emission limit values to air: (a) combustion plants with a total rated thermal input >300MWth: 1µg/Nm³; (b) combustion plants with a total rated thermal input <300MWth: 3.5 µg/Nm³. The emission limit values referred to in the first subparagraph are based on an average over a period of one year of valid hourly averages obtained by continuous measurements. The standard conditions and monitoring requirements to be used are those set out in the revised BAT conclusions of the Large Combustion Plants Reference Document.
Amendment 239 #
2016/0023(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 b (new)
Article 10 b (new)
Article 10b Prevention and control of mercury emissions from industrial activities - iron and steel - emissions to air From [date of entry into force of this Regulation] onwards, all permits for installations covered by the activities specified in points 1.3, 2.1 and 2.2 of Annex I to Directive 2010/75/EU shall include conditions ensuring that emissions into the air do not exceed the following emission limit values: (a) 10µg/Nm³ for mercury; (b) 5 mg/Nm for dust. The emission limit values referred to in the first subparagraph are based on an average over a period of one year of valid hourly averages obtained by continuous measurements. The standard conditions to be used are those set out in the BAT conclusions of the Commission Implementing Decision2012/135/EU.
Amendment 240 #
2016/0023(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 c (new)
Article 10 c (new)
Amendment 241 #
2016/0023(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 d (new)
Article 10 d (new)
Article 10d Prevention and control of mercury emissions from industrial activities - non- ferrous metals - emissions to air From 1 July 2020 onwards, all permits for installations covered by the activities specified in points 2.1, 2.5 and 6.8 of Annex I to Directive 2010/75/EU shall include conditions ensuring that emissions into the air do not exceed 10µg/Nm³ for mercury. The emission limit values referred to in the first subparagraph are based on an average over a period of one year of valid hourly averages obtained by continuous measurements. The standard conditions to be used are those set out in the BAT conclusions of the Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/10321a. ______________ 1a Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1032 of 13 June 2016 establishing best available techniques (BAT) conclusions, under Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, for the non-ferrous metals industries (OJ L 174, 30.6.2016, p. 32).
Amendment 242 #
2016/0023(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 e (new)
Article 10 e (new)
Article 10e Prevention and control of mercury emissions from industrial activities - emissions to water From 1 January 2021 onwards all permits for installations referred to in Annex I of Directive 2010/75/EU shall include conditions ensuring that mercury emissions in waste water streams do not exceed the following emission limit values prior to discharge point, or in case of indirect discharges, prior to mixing with other waste water streams: (a) 0.75µg/l for waste water from installations covered by the activities specified in points 1.1 and 1.2 of Annex I to Directive 2010/75/EU; (b) 0.75µg/l for waste water from activities covered by the activities specified in points 3(a) and 3(b) of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 166/20061a. Where point 3(b) concerns lignite, the threshold of the surface of the area is brought to above 5 hectares if effectively under extractive operation and above 10 hectares if this concerns waste water treatment from mining operations that stopped or will stop by 2020; (c) 1 µg/l for waste water from installations covered by the activities specified in points 4.1, 4.2 and 6.11 of Annex I to Directive 2010/75/EU; (d) 1 µg/l for waste water from installations covered by the activities specified in points 2.2 and 2.5 of Annex I to Directive 2010/75/EU; (e) 3µg/l for other installations covered by the activities specified in Annex I to Directive 2010/75/EU where the mercury release threshold does exceed 800 grams per year. The emission limit values referred to in the first subparagraph are based on a daily average of flow-weighted 24-hour flow-proportional composite samples. ______________ 1a Regulation (EC) No 166/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 January 2006 concerning the establishment of a European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register and amending Council Directives 91/689/EEC and 96/61/EC (OJ L 033, 4.2.2006, p.1).
Amendment 243 #
2016/0023(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 f (new)
Article 10 f (new)
Article 10f Prevention and control of mercury emissions from urban waste water treatment plants - emissions to water From 1 January 2021 onwards Member States shall ensure that for installations referred to in Council Directive 91/271/EEC1a mercury emissions in waste water streams do not exceed 3µg/l at discharge point, or in case of indirect discharges, prior to mixing with other waste water stream. These limits shall apply provided a mercury release threshold of 1000 grams per year is exceeded. The emission limit values referred to in the first subparagraph are based on a daily average of flow-weighted 24-hour flow-proportional composite samples. The monitoring and sampling frequency set in Annex I may be reduced in case of emissions proven to be sufficiently stable, in particular when Member States have fully implemented a ban of dental amalgam and taken all appropriate measures to prevent dental amalgam to enter in upstream waste water streams for the installation concerned. ______________ 1a Council Directive (91/271/EEC) of 21 May 1991 concerning urban waste water treatment (OJ L 135 30.5.1991, p. 40).
Amendment 11 #
2015/2353(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points out that the implementation of Horizon 2020 and COSME has led to very high absorption rates and that this has led to a very low success rate in Horizon 2020 which deters potential applicants from putting forward their projects;
Amendment 18 #
2015/2353(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that new political priorities should not be proposed at the expense of the agreed programmes of the current MFF, in particular H2020, CEF, COSME, Galileo and Copernicus, and pre-allocated national envelopes; Stresses that any new funds should be alimented with new funding, and should not go to the detriment of existing programmes;
Amendment 29 #
2015/2353(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the budgetary authorities to establish the maximum possible flexibility to direct unused annual appropriations towards the programmes under Heading 1a, such as Horizon 2020, COSME and the Connecting Europe Facility;
Amendment 32 #
2015/2353(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that Union programmes have significantly contributed to ensuring access to finance for SMEs; calls for further consideration to be given to ways of extending the programme to even more SMEs and meeting the various needs of SMEs more adequately; Stresses that access to finance remains a challenge for many SME's, with a particular focus on risk-financing;
Amendment 41 #
2015/2353(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for the mid-term evaluation of the MFF programmes on the basis of their performance against stipulated targets and objectives, absorption capacity and EU added value, taking into account the still existing payment backlog and the late implementation of the current framework.
Amendment 3 #
2015/2352(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas Article 194 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union specifically upholds the right of a Member State to determine the conditions for exploiting its energy resourcesir energy mix, whilst also upholding regard for solidarity and environmental protection;
Amendment 5 #
2015/2352(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas indigenous sources of oil and gas contribute significantly to Europe's current energy needs and are crucial at present for our energy security and energy diversityover the period from 2003 to 2013 the production of renewables increased by 88.4% while the production levels for the other primary sources of energy fell over this period, the largest reductions being recorded for crude oil (- 54.0 %), natural gas (-34.6 %) and solid fuels (-24.9 %);
Amendment 54 #
2015/2352(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points out that any changes to the EU-legislation regarding offshore operations need to take into consideration the strategic geopolitical importance of natural resources, and the implication on security policy.
Amendment 55 #
2015/2352(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Amendment 56 #
2015/2352(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Encourages the Commission to clarify how EU-legislation takes into consideration the potential risks of sabotage or attacks on offshore operation installations.
Amendment 1 #
2015/2323(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission Communication entitled "An EU Strategy on Heating and Cooling" (COM(2016)51),
Amendment 71 #
2015/2323(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that, as a general principle, the energy transition should result in a more decentralised and democraticinclusive energy system which benefits society as a whole, increases the involvement of citizens and local, local and regional actors and communities, and empowers them to own or share in the ownership of the production, distribution and storage of energy, while at the same time protecting the most vulnerable;
Amendment 95 #
2015/2323(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that the aim of the Third Energy Package to provide a truly competitive and consumer-friendly retail energy market has not yet been fully realised, as for example evidenced by low levels of consumer switching and satisfaction across the EUin many Member States, persistent high levels of market concentration, and the failure to reflect falling wholesale costs in retail prices also due to a rising share of fixed elements like taxes and levies in energy bills;
Amendment 119 #
2015/2323(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point a
Paragraph 6 – point a
a. Recommends improving the frequency of energy bills and their transparency and clarity of bills, which should include information on the final price, with an explanation of the different taxes, levies and tariffs, together with information on the different energy sources and complaint handling, clear indication of contact points, and information on switching and energy efficiency measures; insists that clear language must be used, with technical terms either avoided or clearly explained; requests the Commission to identify minimum standardcommends to enhance the exchange of best practices in this respect;
Amendment 140 #
2015/2323(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point b
Paragraph 6 – point b
b. Recommends that consideration be given to requiring energy bills to include comparisons of offers in order to enable all consumers, even those without internet access or skills, to see whether they could save money by switchingalso consumers lacking internet access or skills receive all necessary information to be able to make informed decisions, such as comparisons of offers; believes that peer-based comparisons should also be included in billsare an important tool to help reduce energy use;
Amendment 152 #
2015/2323(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point c
Paragraph 6 – point c
c. Recommends developing rulEU-guidelines for price comparison tools to ensure that consumers can access independent, up-to- date and understandable comparison tools; believes Member States should develop accreditation schemes covering all price comparison tools, in line with CEER guidelines;
Amendment 176 #
2015/2323(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point e
Paragraph 6 – point e
e. Recommends that consideration be given to requiring energy suppliers to automatically placeenergy suppliers should continuously inform customers onabout the most advantageous tariffs available, where possible, based on historic consumption patterns; notes, given that switching rates are low throughout Europein many Member States, that many households, especially the most vulnerable, are not engaged in the energy market and are stuck on outdated expensive tariffs;
Amendment 194 #
2015/2323(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point f
Paragraph 6 – point f
f. Recommends measures to enable retail prices to better reflect wholesale prices and thus reverse the trend of an increasing proportion of fixed elements in energy bills, in particular network charges, taxes and levies and in some cases network charges, which are often regressive elements; recommends that such elements be applied progressively or, where, possible funded from alternative sources;
Amendment 218 #
2015/2323(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Believes that collective switching schemes and campaigns should be promoted in order to help consumers find a better deal; emphasises that such schemes must be independent, trustworthy, comprehensive and inclusive, also reaching those who are less engaged; suggests that local authorities, regulators and consumer organisations and other not-for-profit organisations are well placed to fulfil this role, and that support from European funds for such activities should be considered;
Amendment 231 #
2015/2323(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
Subheading 2
Amendment 240 #
2015/2323(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Believes that local authorities, communities and individuals should form the backbone of the energy transition and should be actively supported to help them become energy producers and suppliersencouraged to become active players in the energy market on an equal footing with other players;
Amendment 264 #
2015/2323(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Considers that access to capital, high upfront investment costs and long repayment periods represent barriers to the take-up of self-generation and energy efficiency measures; calls, therefore, for the development of new business models and innovative financial instruments to incentivise self-generation, consumption and energy efficiency for all consumers; suggests that this should become a priority for the EIB, EFSI and therecommends in this regard that Member States and other market actors make full usage of funds available, such as EIB, EFSI, Horizon 2020 and Structural Funds;
Amendment 286 #
2015/2323(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for stable and sufficientcost-effective remuneration schemes to guarantee investor certainty and increase the take-up of small-scale renewable energy; believes that grid tariffs and other fees should be non-discriminatory and should fairly reflect the impact of the consumer on the grid, while guaranteeing sufficient funding for the maintenance and development of distribution grids; regrets the recent abrupt changes to support schemes in certain Member States, as well as the introduction of unfair and punitive taxes or feescalls for a level-playing field for all market actors and urges Member States to remove unnecessary regulatory burdens, which are detrimental to the continued expansion of self-generationstrict competition and consumer choice;
Amendment 300 #
2015/2323(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recommends reducing to an absolute minimum the administrative barriers to new self-generation capacity, and suggests replacing lengthysimplifying authorisation procedures with a simple notification requirement; suggests that the revision of the renewable energy directive could include specific provisions to remove barriers and promote community/cooperative energy schemes;
Amendment 325 #
2015/2323(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Believes that consumers should have easy and timely access to their consumption data in both volume and monetary termand related costs, to help them make informed decisions; notes that only 16 Member States have committed to a large-scale roll-out of smart meters by 2020; believes that where smart meters are rolled out there should be a solid legal framework to ensure an end to back-billing and a rollout that is efficient and affordable for all consumers and is free of charge forincluding energy-poor consumers; insists that efficiency savings from smart meters should be shared on a fair basis between grid operators and users; stresses that compliance with the Commission’s recommendations on consumer-oriented functionalities of smart meters as well as attention to interoperability is needed in order for consumers to enjoy full benefits;
Amendment 340 #
2015/2323(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Emphasises that the development of smart technologies plays a key role in the energy transition and can help customers reduce their energy costs and improve energy efficiency; calls therefore for the rapid deployment of ICT, including mobile applications, online platforms and online billing; stresses, however, that this development must not leave the most vulnerable or less engaged consumers behind, nor see bills rise;
Amendment 367 #
2015/2323(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Believes that the processing and storage of citizens’ energy-related data should be managed by neutral entities, which have to ensure non-discriminatory access to meter data and should comply with the existing EU legislation, which lays down that the ownership of all data lies with the citizen and that data should only be provided to third parties by explicit consent; considers that, in addition, citizens should be able to exercise their rights to correct and erase information;
Amendment 402 #
2015/2323(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Considers that the Energy Union governance framework should include objectives and reporting from Member States for energy poverty, and that key indicators for energy poverty should be developed;
Amendment 410 #
2015/2323(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Considers that energy efficiency measures are central to any strategy to address energy poverty and are much cheaper in the long run than tackling the issue exclusively through social security policiesconsumer vulnerability; calls for action to ensure that energy-efficient renovation of existing buildings gives priority toadequately targets energy-poor citizens in the context of the review of the EPBD; suggests that an objective of reducing the number of energy- inefficient homes by 2030 should be considered, with a focus on rental properties and social housing;
Amendment 21 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Commission’s planned transformation ofs with regard to the electricity market must lead to real market transformation and contribute to efficiency and security of supply;
Amendment 48 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas other positive experiences of common power markets as for example the Nordic electricity market between Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark or market coupling within the Central/Eastern Europe (4M, CZ-SK-HU- RO) should be taken into account;
Amendment 75 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas national duties, fixed prices, subsidies, feed-in priorities and lack of interconnectorsading EU- coordination of energy policies, lack of internalization of negative externalities into generation costs, and lack of interconnectors and demand-side response participation prevent a functioning internal market in electricity and thus delay the full market integration of largely CO2- free energy sources;
Amendment 97 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas, subject to the findings of impact assessments, a medium-term increase in interconnection between the Member States to 15% or more could improve security of supply;
Amendment 112 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission communication on the transformation of the energy market and endorses the view that the transformed electricity market and thorough implementation of existing legislation should enhance regional cooperation on security of energy supply and should focus on more market and less regulation;
Amendment 145 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Believes that the best way towards integrated EU-wide electricity market is to strategically determine the necessary level of integration which should be achieved, restore confidence among the market players and especially ensure proper implementation of existing legislation;
Amendment 182 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that a European internal market in electricity is possible on the basis of stronger price incentives; is aware, however, of the risks of unpredictable price surges and calls for meaningful pilot projects to be carried out before introducing prices that reflect the actual scarcity of suppli and that wholesale electricity prices reflecting scarcity would signal the need for investments in new capacity and incentivise the provision of flexibility services;
Amendment 216 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the importance of a common analysis of system management at regional level and calls for the transmission system operators of neighbouring markets to devise a commonordinated methodology to that end;
Amendment 239 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Supports the closer linkage of differing priorities in the national energy mix, such as wind energy with nuclear or with water reservoirwater reservoirs or other clean and flexible energy sources;
Amendment 246 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
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; calls for ensuring that the retribution model of networks incentivizes cost efficiency and is progressively open to market contestability; calls for such objective to be applied to both transmission and distribution networks;
Amendment 276 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that rapid network expansion and the removal of network bottlenecks are also essential if uniform price zones are to be retained, and that the splitting of bidding zones c, often having negative implications on neighbouring countries which are not part of such zones, would be a sensible market economy approach to reflect actual electricity shortages in certain regions; takes the view that in closely integrated electricity networks the allocation of price zones should be decided together with all neighbours concerned in order to prevent both the inefficient use of networks and the reduction of cross-border capacities, which is incompatible with the internal market;
Amendment 288 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Is sceptical of capacity mechanisms on the grounds of high cost for end consumer and the risk of market distortions, and stresses that national capacity markets are subject to the EU rules on competition and state aid;
Amendment 304 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for national capacity mechanisms only to be authorised as a last resort, where a detailed adequacy analysis of the production and supply situation at regional level has been carried out in advance and a bottleneckmade public and a bottleneck, given by specific geographical and network conditions, has been identified and which cannot be eliminated by less stringent measures such as a strategic reserve or covered by already existing sources;
Amendment 327 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Insists that national capacity markets should be open to cross-border participation, technology-neutral (open to generation, demand response and energy storage), open to new and existing plants, market- based and should only creatensure the capacity strictly necessary for security of supply;
Amendment 339 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Stresses the need to promote the deployment of energy storage systems and to create a level playing field on which energy storage can compete with other flexibility options, based on technology- neutral design of the energy market;
Amendment 365 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Insists that, before a capacity market is authorised, it must be shown that all efforts have been made to reinforce the internal market and dismantle obstacles to flexibility; calls for the need of a harmonised European methodology for system adequacy to assess the need of any such capacity mechanism;
Amendment 393 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
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 (both gas engines and turbines), 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;
Amendment 403 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls for the completion of the integration of internal market and balancing and reserve services, by fostering liquidity and cross-border trading in all market time frames; urges to speed up the ambitious goals of the Target Model regarding intraday and balancing markets, starting with the harmonisation of gate closure times and balancing energy products;
Amendment 409 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Stresses that fully integration of renewables into the electricity market is essential; calls for encouraging and maximising their participation in balancing services, shortening gate closure times, aligning trading intervals with the imbalance settlement period and allowing the submission of aggregated bids of generators situated in different Member States would contribute significantly to achieve this aim;
Amendment 412 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Stresses that unlocking demand response is also crucial for ensuring the proper functioning of the new energy market, as inflexible demand nullify the intended effects of scarcity pricing; notes that, therefore, retail prices should be deregulated and linked to wholesale prices, and that allowing the entry of aggregators into the market and the participation of demand in balancing markets would optimise the potential of demand to provide enhanced flexibility;
Amendment 416 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Supports the EU’s goal of increasing the share of renewables to 30%; notes, however, that the permanent subsidising of renewables that any support of renewables should be justified regarding the existing market conditions and designed as to minimise its outdated andcosts and permanence in time while making sure 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;
Amendment 448 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Notes that the Member States must meet specific quantitative objectives for the share of renewables in final energy consumption, irrespective of the market situation, and therefore stresses the importance of promoting renewables in a way that focuses on competition and cost efficiency; therenotes that any support scheme fore regards the promotion of investmennewables must ensure market responsiveness and that as more compatible with the market than feed-in priorities and fixed pricarket-based allocation mechanism would help to limit the cost of funding to the required level, foster competition and ensure renewable integration is fully driven by market signals and complies with EU Guidelines;
Amendment 473 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls for operators of renewable power plants to bNotes that the effective implementation of a new energy model fit for renewables and providing a level playing field for technologies is a pre- requisite to achieve the goal that all operators are 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 be charged; notes that the new energy market model should graduate such responsibility according to the different level of penetration of renewable technologies in national markets;
Amendment 476 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls for operators of renewable power plants to be held strictly responsible for balancing within their areas as that could create a level playing field and stresses that, in the event of departure from the schedule announced by the operator, an appropriate compensatory energy price should be charged;
Amendment 479 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls, with the subsidiarity principle in mind, for coordinated action by Member States at regional level in connection with the further expansion of renewables, in order to boost the economic efficiency of the energy market; Unilateral decision of a Member State with a substantial impact on neighbouring states shouldn´t be taken without broader discussion at a regional or EU level;
Amendment 508 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
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;
Amendment 535 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Stresses that renewables shcould in most cases be fed in at distribution systems level, and therefore calls for distribution system operators to have a greater role overall and to be more closely involved in the European regulatory bodies;
Amendment 542 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls for measures to facilitate necessary investments in distribution systems which are not yet prepared for taking in growing quantities of renewables generation or for digitalisation; in this connection, data collection and distribution must be accorded a greater role and data protection must be secured; calls for ensuring cost efficiency of these necessary investments in distribution systems;
Amendment 577 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Takes the view that the transfer of responsibility for system security to supranational bodies would involve considerable regulatory effort which is not reflected in any worthwhile efficiency gain for the transmission and distribution system operators, and that the necessary legal framework would require several years to put in place;
Amendment 584 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Calls for ACER to be equipped with enhanced competences and adequate resources; in particular it should be given a power of decision-making in the coordination of cross- border issues; rejects, however, comprehensive monitoring of the energy market by ACER, since this would require the creation of a massive new authorityits market monitoring tasks should be strengthened, notably as regards to curtailment practices, as well as its scrutiny over ENTSO-E activities like the network codes;
Amendment 78 #
2015/2315(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is deeply concerned at the human rights violations committed in third countries by EU corporations and business enterprises;
Amendment 85 #
2015/2315(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Reminds that EU corporations and business enterprises must effectively apply the principles of respect of human rights and rule of law contained in our treaties and, whenever found to have caused or contributed to human rights abuses, shall be prosecuted accordingly;
Amendment 119 #
2015/2315(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls that, if companies find that theyare found to have caused or contributed to harm, they must provide for or participate in effective remedy processes for the individuals and communities affected;
Amendment 5 #
2015/2276(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the dual-use capacity of Galileo and Copernicus, in the form of the Public Regulated Service and the Copernicus security service; underlines that space programmes have both civil and military benefits, which are technologically linked; believes this capacity should be fully developed in the next generations, noting especially the need for very high resolution earth observation data (Copernicus) and better precision and encryption (Galileo); calls for sufficient provision in the mid-term review for all satellite systems’ future development;
Amendment 7 #
2015/2276(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the dual-use capacity of Galileo and Copernicus, in the form of the Public Regulated Service and the Copernicus security service; believes this capacity should be fully developed in the next generations, noting especially the need for very high resolution earth observation data (Copernicus) and better precision, and encryptionuthentication, encryption, continuity and integrity (Galileo); calls for sufficient provision in the mid-term review for all satellite systems’ future development;
Amendment 29 #
2015/2276(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points to the development of SST as a step towards security in space; considers that SST should become an EU programme with its own limited budget; invites the Commission to assess the need to take account of space weather and near-Earth objects and to come up with the next steps for SST in order to prepare industry; emphasises that the private sector should be enabled to play an important role in further developing and maintaining the non-sensitive part of the SST system, for which the two-sided governance structure of Galileo could serve as an example;
Amendment 37 #
2015/2276(INI)
4. NRecalls that space capabilities have become an essential part of Member States’ defence and security policies and, therefore, of their sovereignty; notes that the European dimension of Galileo and Copernicus have made these programmes possible and ensured their success; however, wonders about the fact that these programmes are institutionally carried by the Commission while, according to the Treaties, the Union still lacks legal competence in the fields of security and defence; notes the strategic importance of independent access to space and the need for dedicated EU action; calls on the Commission, in collaboration with the European Space Agency and the Member States, to coordinate planned institutional needs, so that industry can anticipate demand, to support launch infrastructure and to promote R&D, particularly in breakthrough technologies;
Amendment 45 #
2015/2276(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the strategic importance of stimulating space innovation and research for security and defence; acknowledges the large potential of critical space technologies such as the European Data Relay System, which enables real-time and persistent earth observation, the deployment of mega- constellations of nanosats and, lastly, building up a responsive space capacity; underlines the need for innovative big data technologies to make use of the full potential of space data for security and defence; invites the Commission to incorporate these technologies in its Space Strategy for Europe;
Amendment 46 #
2015/2276(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission to provide sufficiently for critical space technologies for security and defence during the mid- term review of Horizon 2020;
Amendment 47 #
2015/2276(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Identifies the dangers of cyber warfare for European space programmes, taking into account that spoofing or jamming can disturb military missions or have far- reaching implications for daily life on earth; believes that cyber security requires a joint approach by EU, Member States, business and internet specialists; calls on the Commission, therefore, to include space communication in its cyber security programmes;
Amendment 54 #
2015/2276(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the need for better coordination of EU space capacities, with the necessary system architectures and procedures to ensure a proportionate level of security, including data security; considers that EU space capacities dedicated to security and defence could be managed by a specific operational service coordination centre., which should be incorporated in a cost- efficient manner into one of the existing EU bodies, such as the European GNSS Agency, the EU Satellite Centre or the European Defence Agency, taking into account the capabilities already offered by those agencies;
Amendment 4 #
2015/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
– having regard to the European Parliament legislative resolution of 8 July 2015 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on seafarers amending Directives 2008/94/EC, 2009/38/EC, 2002/14/EC, 98/59/EC and 2001/23/EC (COM(2013)0798 – C7-0409/2013 – 2013/0390(COD)),
Amendment 87 #
2015/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Bearing in mind that the majority of the crew on many non-Community flagged vessels calling at European ports are Filipino, and bearing in mind the harsh and inhuman working conditions in which many of these seafarers live, calls on Member States not to allow these vessels to be received in European ports when the working conditions on board contravene the labour rights and principles enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union; urges, likewise, non-Community flagged vessels to guarantee their crews’ working conditions in accordance with international legislation and the rules laid down in the ILO and IMO;
Amendment 12 #
2015/2232(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
– having regard to the Paris Agreement made in December 2015 at the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the UNFCCC,
Amendment 17 #
2015/2232(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas increased energy efficiency and energy saving are key factors for environmental and climate protection and supply security and strengthening economic competitiveness; whereas the Energy Efficiency Directive provides an important basis in this connection;
Amendment 22 #
2015/2232(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the EU is making good progress towards its environmental targets for 2020 according to projections which assume full implementation of all relevant legislation by 2020, (reducing CO2 emissions, increasing the share of renewable energy sources, energy efficiency) and is playing a leading role at world level;
Amendment 44 #
2015/2232(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
Energy Efficiency Directive only inadequately implemented – savings targets achieved nonethelesprovides framework for delivering energy savings
Amendment 52 #
2015/2232(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that up to now neither the 2012 Energy Efficiency Directive nor the 2010 Buildings Directive have been adequately implemented by the Member States; considers, therefore, that one reason why the energy efficiency targets are being achieved lies in the fact that citizens and undertakings themselves have an interest in low energy consumption and cutting costs;
Amendment 74 #
2015/2232(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the directive’s flexibility has allowed many Member States to embark on energy efficiency measures; notes that the directive's flexibility has been a factor in the underachievement of its targets; demands that loopholes in the existing Directive, especially in Article 7, should be removed, while keeping flexibility for the Member States to choose among the measures; notes in particular that phasing in and early actions under Article 7.2 are no longer valid and that the 25% flexibility has reduced the effectiveness of the 1.5% p.a. energy savings requirement; insists that alternative measures under Article 7.9 must be better defined;
Amendment 85 #
2015/2232(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that 2416 Member States have made use of the possibility of alternative measurestaken measures towards delivering end-use energy savings according to the energy efficiency obligation scheme (Article 7), and 18 Member States have preferred alternative measures to the renovation quota (Article 5)s made possible by the Energy Efficiency Directive; criticises the fact that seven Member States have still not introducnot established energy audits (Article 8);
Amendment 97 #
2015/2232(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that somemany key elements of the Energy Efficiency Directive (including smart meters, cogeneration, renovation plans) need more time in order to givea collective framework beyond 2020 to spur administrations and undertakings an opportunity to launch projects and innovations with a long term perspective;
Amendment 108 #
2015/2232(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that the Energy Efficiency Directive became an Energy Saving Directive aNotes that a clear energy saving targets are vital in achieving our climate goals and result of political decisions; calls for the focus of the directive to be turned more towards energy efficiency consideratducing our dependence on third country energy suppliers; notes that buildings account for 40% of energy use in the EU and that 50% of energy is used for heating and cooling purposes; stresses that improved energy efficiency in buildings is therefore of paramount importance in reducing CO2 emissions;
Amendment 127 #
2015/2232(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 169 #
2015/2232(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Is concerned that EuropeanPoints out that although electricity prices for small and medium-sized industrial and business customers and private consumers are among the highest in the worldrelatively high in some Member States, investing in energy efficiency can boost the competitiveness of European businesses and reduce the costs of energy for private consumers;
Amendment 189 #
2015/2232(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3
Subheading 3
Energy legislation needs to be more coherent and more flexible
Amendment 196 #
2015/2232(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commissioner Timmermans as the Member of the Commission responsible for ‘better law-making’ to look more intens to take societal perspectively into the extent to which competing or overlapping EU energy rules lead to a loss of legislative efficiency and effectiveness and increased costs for administrations, business, industry and householdsassessment of overall costs and benefits of different levels of energy efficiency ambition to treat energy efficiency as an energy source on its own right;
Amendment 222 #
2015/2232(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the positive impact that certification schemes or saving obligations (Article 7) are having in manysome Member States; considers the flexibility of the rules to be a major factor in guaranteeing their acceptance; asks that the calculation of certification schemes andnotes the importance of ensuring that certified savings correspond to real- life energy- saving measures should not be hampered by overly restrictive interpretations and time limitss and are not just savings on paper;
Amendment 245 #
2015/2232(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Takes the view that more flexibility is needed in order to reach the EU’'s climate protection and efficiency targets; calls for ‘target flexibility’ for Member States; takes the view that rebates should be available for targets relating to energy saving and increasing the share of renewable energy sources (Article 3 of the Energy Efficiency Directive) where for example the CO2 targets have been exceeded must be mutually reinforcing, and that binding requirements for energy efficiency are vital in achieving a maximum degree of ambition and effort in Member States, and to allow sufficient flexibility for the mix of tools and instruments to be tailored at national level;
Amendment 254 #
2015/2232(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls in this connection for the Energy Efficiency Directive to be adapted in line with the EU’'s climate protection targets for 2030 and the COP21 Paris agreement to achieve the goal of limiting global warming to well below 2 degrees and pursue efforts to limit the increase to 1.5°;
Amendment 258 #
2015/2232(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission to review the conversion factor for electricity in annex IV of the directive, to better reflect the ongoing transition of electricity generation;
Amendment 262 #
2015/2232(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4
Subheading 4
More energy efficiency – EU support, best practice and optimising the Energy Efficiency Directivemore jobs and growth
Amendment 284 #
2015/2232(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for an exchange of ideasWelcomes the increased professional assistance from the Commission to ensure efficient and timely implementation of the EED; Calls for a further close cooperation among Member States on the saving obligations and, building and renovation plans (Articles 4, 5, 6 and 7) with the aim of applying existing instruments (tax incentives, support programmes, model contracts) more quickly; calls for Commission guidelines for future national planmore rapidly; calls for binding templates for national plans to ensure transparency and comparability, and integration of energy efficiency policies from all levels;
Amendment 7 #
2015/2105(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that trade and investment policies must be aimed at creating sustainable growth and high-quality, decent jobs, and that future trade agreements should be drawn up in such a way as to form part of an industrial strategy based on fair competition and reciprocity;
Amendment 12 #
2015/2105(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes the growing importance of services for international trade and the stronger inter-linkages between services, manufacturing and foreign direct investment as global value chains become ever more significant; believes that this interconnectivity has to be considered in all trade negotiations for the European industry to enjoy full benefits;
Amendment 22 #
2015/2105(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the importance of SMEs to trade and investment, given that there are more than 600 000 SMEs in the EU, which account for one third of EU exporwhich engage in trade outside the EU and account for one third of EU exports; welcomes in this regard the Commission’s proposal to include an SME dedicated chapter in all EU Free Trade Agreements;
Amendment 30 #
2015/2105(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that sustainable production requires decent work and environmental, social and labour standards, as defined by the ILO Conventions, and must be an indispensable part of trade agreements which should be incorporated into all trade agreements and their adequate application should be closely monitored;
Amendment 41 #
2015/2105(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the importance of preventing the EU’s trading partners from engaging in anti-competitive practices, including social or environmental dumping, or the dumping of cheap products in Europe, as this could de-stabilise European industryall kinds of dumping as well as protectionist and discriminatory measures, as this could de-stabilise European industry; calls on the Commission to make use of all measures available to fight unfair trading practices from third countries and to modernise its trade defence instruments in order to improve their reactivity and effectiveness;
Amendment 54 #
2015/2105(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that forward-looking trade and investment policies can play a role inare fundamental to the development of the telecoms market, copyright and digital seconomytor in Europe and bring clear benefits to EU consumers and businesses; stresses, however, that trade strategies must ensure that non-EU companies do not take advantage of the fragmentation of the EU market, in light of the global nature of the digital economy and digital innovation, to bring clear benefits to EU consumers and businesses; therefore calls on the Commission to remove digital trade barriers and enable cross-border data flow within and outside the EU, within a stable and high standards framework on international data transfers; Underlines in this respect that data localisation requirements are affecting trade negatively and should be avoided; stresses, however, the urgent need to end the fragmentation of the EU market which undermines the competitiveness of the EU at global level;
Amendment 74 #
2015/2105(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission, given to ensure coherence between the EU’s trade policy and the principles of EU energy policy; stresses the importance of decreasing the EU’s reliance on foreign energy supplies, tors and fuels, through promoteing the diversification of energy suppliers, routes and sources through the development of renewables, as well as promotingand intensifying the promotion of renewable energy and energy efficiency; highlights the importance of provisions in Free Trade Agreements to build sustainable energy partnerships as well as enhancing technological cooperation especially in the field of renewables and energy efficiency;
Amendment 17 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The issue of the obligations and concomitant responsibilities and liabilities of the flag State and, where appropriate, the flag international organisation, for the conservation and management of the living resources of the high seas under UNCLOS has increasingly come into focus at international level. This has also been the case, under the heading of a due diligence obligation flowing from UNCLOS, for concurrent coastal State jurisdiction and flag State jurisdiction and, as appropriate, flag international organisation jurisdiction, to secure sound conservation of marine biological resources within sea areas under national jurisdiction. The Advisory Opinion of 2 April 2015 of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), rendered in response to questions raised by the West Africa Subregional Fisheries Commission, confirmed that the Union bears international responsibility before third countries and international organisations for the activities of its fishing vessels, and that such responsibility requires it to act with due diligence. A due diligence obligation is an obligation for a State to exercise best possible efforts and to do the utmost to prevent illegal fishing, which includes the obligation to adopt the necessary administrative and enforcement measures to ensure that fishing vessels flying its flag, its nationals, or fishing vessels engaged in its waters are not involved in activities which breach the applicable conservation and management measures. For these reasons, it is important to organise both the activities of Union fishing vessels outside Union waters as well as the governance system pertaining thereto in such a manner that the Union's international obligations can be efficiently and effectively discharged and that situations where the Union might be reproached for internationally wrongful acts are avoided.
Amendment 23 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) The Union committed itself at the United Nations Summit on Sustainable Development on 25 September 2015 to implementing the resolution containing the outcome document entitled "Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development", including Sustainable Development Goal 14 "Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development", as well as Sustainable Development Goal 12 "Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns" and their targets.
Amendment 25 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 b (new)
Recital 7 b (new)
(7b) All the members of the FAO, including the Union and its developing country partners, unanimously adopted in 2014 the Voluntary Guidelines on Securing Sustainable Small-scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication, including point 5.7 thereof, which highlights that small- scale fisheries should be given due consideration before agreements on resource access are entered into with third countries and third parties.
Amendment 28 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The core principle of the present regulation is that any Union vessel fishing outside Union waters should be authorised by its flag Member State and monitored accordingly, irrespective of where it operates and the framework under which it does so. The issuing of an authorisation should be dependent on a basic set of common eligibility criteria being fulfilled. The information gathered by the Member States and provided to the Commission should allow the latter to intervene in the monitoring of the fishing activities of all Union fishing vessels in any given area outside Union waters at any time. This is necessary to enable the Commission to fulfil its obligations as Guardian of the Treaties that the decisions taken to implements aid Treaties are properly enforced.
Amendment 30 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 6
Article 7 – paragraph 6
6. If a flag Member State fails to refuse, amend, suspend or withdraw the authorisation in accordance with paragraphs 4 and 5, the Commission may decide to withdraw the authorisationzation so that the Union's international obligations can be efficiently and effectively discharged as set out in recital 5 and 12. The Commission shall and notify the flag Member State and the operator accordingly.
Amendment 32 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 2 – introductory part
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 2 – introductory part
- evidence of the sustainability of the planned fishing activities and the existence of a surplus of allowable catch as required by Article 31 of the Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, on the basis of:
Amendment 34 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 6 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 6 a (new)
- available data on the global fishing effort in the fisheries concerned; and
Amendment 36 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 a (new)
Article 29 a (new)
Article 29a Conditions for fishing authorisations by the flag Member States. A flag Member State may only issue a fishing authorisation for fishing activities under chartering arrangements if the eligibility criteria in Article 5 are fulfilled.
Amendment 53 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The issue of the obligations and concomitant responsibilities and liabilities of the flag State and, where appropriate, the flag international organisation, for the conservation and management of the living resources of the high seas under UNCLOS has increasingly come into focus at international level. This has also been the case, under the heading of a due diligence obligation flowing from UNCLOS, for concurrent coastal State jurisdiction and flag State jurisdiction and, as appropriate, flag international organisation jurisdiction, to secure sound conservation of marine biological resources within sea areas under national jurisdiction. The Advisory Opinion of 2 April 2015 of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), rendered in response to questions raised by the West Africa Subregional Fisheries Commission, confirmed that the Union bears international responsibility before third countries and international organisations for the activities of its fishing vessels, and that such responsibility requires it to act with due diligence. A due diligence obligation is an obligation for a State to exercise best possible efforts and to do the utmost to prevent illegal fishing, which includes the obligation to adopt the necessary administrative and enforcement measures to ensure that fishing vessels flying its flag, its nationals, or fishing vessels engaged in its waters are not involved in activities which breach the applicable conservation and management measures. For these reasons, it is important to organise both the activities of Union fishing vessels outside Union waters as well as the governance system pertaining thereto in such a manner that the Union's international obligations can be efficiently and effectively discharged and that situations where the Union might be reproached for internationally wrongful acts are avoided.
Amendment 98 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) the operator and the fishing vessel have not been subject to a sanction for a serious infringement according to the point system under the national law of the Member State pursuant to Article 42 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 and Article 90 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 during the 12 months prior to the application for the fishing authorisation;
Amendment 106 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) subsequently returned to the Union fishing fleet register within 24 months from the date of leaving itsince 2010.
Amendment 172 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)
(fa) environmental, social and economic sustainability.
Amendment 185 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) the existence of a surplus of allowable catches provided by the third country;
Amendment 220 #
2015/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) it has been issued with a fishing authorisation by its flag Member State with the duly evidence of sustainability validated by the scientific institute of the flag Member State; and
Amendment 33 #
2015/0276(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) With the combination of recycling targets and landfill restrictions laid down in Directives 2008/98/EC and 1999/31/EC, the Union targets for energy recovery and the recycling targets for packaging waste laid down in Directive 94/62/EC are no longer necessary. However, energy recovery should still be an option when appropriate based on a life cycle analysis (LCA).
Amendment 37 #
2015/0276(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
Amendment 41 #
2015/0276(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) Separate collection should also be further strengthened in terms of packaging and packaging waste. However when life cycle analysis (LCA) show environmental gains exceptions could be made;
Amendment 47 #
2015/0276(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) The calculation method should further strengthen the functioning of the internal market, hence flexibility for Member States in using this method should be limited, therefore the Commission should propose adjustments of the method including adjustments of the targets;
Amendment 53 #
2015/0276(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) An important objective in this directive is to improve the conditions on the internal market. Therefore reporting by the Commission on the effects by this directive on the functioning of the internal market is an important measure;
Amendment 62 #
2015/0276(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b a (new)
Directive 94/62/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
(ba) the following point is added: "2a. 'bio-based' shall be understood as derived from biomass.;"
Amendment 63 #
2015/0276(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b b (new)
(bb) the following point is added: "2b. 'biomass' shall mean the biodegradable fraction of products, waste and residues from biological origin from agriculture (including vegetal and animal substances), forestry and related industries including fisheries and aquaculture, as well as the biodegradable fraction of industrial and municipal waste;"
Amendment 76 #
2015/0276(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 94/62/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Such other measures may consist of national programmes, incentives through extended producer responsibility schemes to minimise the environmental impact of packaging or similar actions adopted, if appropriate, in consultation with economic operators, and designed to bring together and take advantage of the many initiatives taken within Member States as regards prevention. These measures may also involve environmental information aimed at the general public through educational or awareness raising activities, including digital solutions. They shall comply with the objectives of this Directive as defined in Article 1(1).
Amendment 87 #
2015/0276(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Directive 94/62/EC
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4 a (new)
(2a) Article 4 a is added: "When appropriate, member States shall encourage the use of materials causing low greenhouse gas emissions including bio-based materials for manufacturing of packaging through incentives and measures including improving market conditions for these materials and review existing regulations preventing the use of such materials.";
Amendment 140 #
2015/0276(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point d
Directive 94/62/EC
Article 6 – paragraph 8
Article 6 – paragraph 8
(d) paragraphs 5, 8, and 9 are deleted; 8 is replaced by the following: "The Commission shall, taking into account individual circumstances in each member state, asses the implementation of this Directive with regards to the functioning of the internal market. This assessment should be conducted at a minimum every three years and a report on the assessment should be submitted to the European Parliament and the Council."
Amendment 141 #
2015/0276(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point d
Directive 94/62/EC
Article 6 – paragraphs 5 and 9
Article 6 – paragraphs 5 and 9
(d) paragraphs 5, 8, and 9 are deleted;
Amendment 156 #
2015/0276(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Directive 94/62/EC
Article 6 a – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 6 a – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. The Commission shall assess and propose a new calculation method where the inclusion of products and components prepared for re-use by recognised preparation for re-use operators or deposit-refund schemes is not permitted. The proposal shall also include changes of the targets in article 6, adjusting them to the new calculation method. The Commission shall also propose measures when appropriate for re-use of packaging.
Amendment 163 #
2015/0276(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Directive 94/62/EC
Article 7 – paragraph 1– subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1– subparagraph 1
(5a) In Article 7(1), the first subparagraph is replaced by the following: "1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that systems, for examples extended producer responsibility schemes, are set up to provide for: "
Amendment 164 #
2015/0276(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 b (new)
Directive 94/62/EC
Article 7 – paragraph 2a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2a (new)
(5b) In Article 7, the following paragraph is added: "2a. Regarding the usage of extended producer responsibility schemes the member state shall put in place minimum requirements based on Article 8.1 in Directive 2008/98/EC and particular take into account (a) the safeguarding of the internal market (b) life-cycle approach of packaging and packaging products (c) the need to, based on EU- guidelines, to clearly define responsibilities of the actors participating in extended producer responsibility schemes including responsibility for costs (d) that cost paid by producers should take in to account the aggregated revenue from sales of secondary raw materials (e) that administrative reporting requirements for extended producer responsibility schemes should be proportionate.";
Amendment 165 #
2015/0276(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 c (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 c (new)
Directive 94/62/EC
Article 7 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 b (new)
(5c) In Article 7 the following paragraph is added: "2b. Separate collection of packaging or packaging waste made of paper, metal, plastic, glass or a combination of them should be set up and systems to facilitate such collection should be set up by the Member States. Exceptions from this should be made possible for sparsely populated areas provided that a life cycle analysis (LCA), including the waste- management process, shows environmental gains.";
Amendment 185 #
2015/0276(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
Directive 94/62/EC
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
(7a) In Article 15 the first paragraph is replaced by the following: "Acting on the basis of the relevant provisions of the Treaty, the Council adopts economic instruments to promote the implementation of the objectives set by this Directive. In the absence of such measures, the Member States may, in accordance with the principles governing Community environmental policy, inter alia, the polluter-pays principle, and the obligations arising out of the Treaty, adopt measures to implement those objectives., among them extended producers responsibility. "
Amendment 189 #
2015/0276(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive 94/62/EC
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1
1. For the purposes of Articles 12(3d) and 19(1), the Commission shall be assisted by the Committee, established by Article 39 of Directive 2008/98/EC. That committee shall ensure that opinions of environmental/waste and industry experts from the Member States shall be taken into account. That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council(*).
Amendment 87 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Member States should put in place adequate incentives for the application of the waste hierarchy, in particular, by means of financial incentives aimed at achieving the waste prevention and recycling objectives of this Directive, such as landfill and incineration charges, pay as you throw schemes, extended producer responsibility schemes and incentives for local authorities. In order to contribute to the objectives laid down in this Directive, Member States should make use of instruments or measures as contained in Annex VIa. Member States should take such measures which will help to achieve a high quality of sorted material.
Amendment 113 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
Amendment 148 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Littering has direct detrimental impacts on the environment and the wellbeing of citizens, and high clean-up costs are an unnecessary economic burden for society. Littering has to be seen as a societal problem of individual who is handling waste in improper or illegal way. The introduction of specific measures in waste management plans and proper enforcement by competent authorities should help eradicate this problem.
Amendment 154 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) Statistical data reported by Member States are essential for the Commission to assess compliance with waste legislation across the Member States. The quality, reliability and comparability of statistics should be improved by introducing a single entry point for all waste data, which should be Eurostat, by deleting obsolete reporting requirements, benchmarking national reporting methodologies and introducing a data quality check report. Therefore, w quality check report should be drawn up in accordance with a harmonised format. When reporting on the achievement of the targets set out in waste legislation, Member States shall use the most recent methodology developed by the Commission and the national statistical offices of the Member States.
Amendment 166 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 33 a (new)
Recital 33 a (new)
(33a) It is essential to ensure that existing waste legislation is correctly implemented and enforced.
Amendment 167 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 33 b (new)
Recital 33 b (new)
(33b) This Directive has been adopted taking into account the commitments set out in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making of 13 April 2016 and it should be implemented and applied in accordance with the guidance contained in that Agreement.
Amendment 174 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1a – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1a – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Municipal waste as defined in this Directive is to be considered neutral regarding the private or public status of the operator managing waste.
Amendment 217 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 3a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 3a (new)
(3a) In Article 4, the following paragraph is added: “3a. In order to contribute to the objectives laid down in this Directive, Member States shall make use of instruments or measures as contained in Annex VIa.”
Amendment 252 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 8a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 - indent 1
Article 8a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 - indent 1
- define in a clear way the roles and responsibilities of producers of products placing goods on the market of the Union (i.e. any natural or legal person and/or platform who develops, produces, processes, treats, sells or imports products on professional basis), organisations implementing extended producer responsibility on their behalf, private or public waste operators, local authorities and, where appropriate, recognised preparation for re-use operators;
Amendment 258 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 8 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 - indent 4
Article 8 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 - indent 4
- ensure equal treatment and non- discrimination between producers of products and waste and recycling operators and with regards to small and medium enterprises.
Amendment 260 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 8a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 - indent 4 a (new)
Article 8a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 - indent 4 a (new)
- promote open and fair competition in waste management, separate collection systems and recycling markets.
Amendment 269 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 8a –paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 - point d – indent 3a (new)
Article 8a –paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 - point d – indent 3a (new)
- the aggregated revenue from sales of secondary raw materials.
Amendment 280 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 8a – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 - point a – indent 1
Article 8a – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 - point a – indent 1
- costs of separate collection, sorting and treatment operationsoperations in preparation for recycling required to meet the waste management targets referred to in paragraph 1, second indent, taking into account the revenues from re-use or sales of secondary raw material from their products;
Amendment 287 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 8a – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 - point b
Article 8a – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 - point b
(b) are modulated on the basis of the real end-of-life cost of individual products or groups of similar products, notably by taking into account their re-usability and recyclability;
Amendment 305 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 - indent 3
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 - indent 3
- encourage the setting up of systems, including in particular digital informational platforms, promoting reuse activities, including in particular for electrical and electronic equipment, textiles and furniture;
Amendment 310 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 - indent 3 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 - indent 3 a (new)
- encourage to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), with a special attention to micro enterprises, start-ups and other relevant endeavours that spread the awareness about, advertise, promote or directly provide services related to maintenance of aging products, use of recycled materials, and prevention of waste in general in line with the waste hierarchy and concept of the Circular Economy;
Amendment 408 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 11a – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 11a – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. The Commission shall address the issues of bottom ash by assessing appropriateness of calculating a cleaned and recycled bottom ash towards the targets laid down in Article 11 (2) (c) and (d) and Article 11 (3).
Amendment 430 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 22 – paragraph 1
Article 22 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure the separate collection of bio-waste where technically, environmentally and economically practicable and appropriate to ensure theand relevant quality standards for compost and to attain the targets set out in Article 11(2)(a), (c) and (d) and 11(3). Exceptions from this should be made possible for sparsely populated areas provided that a life cycle analysis (LCA), including the waste-management process, shows environmental gains;
Amendment 431 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 22 – paragraph 1
Article 22 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure the separate collection of bio-waste where technically, environmentally and economically practicable and appropriate to ensure theand relevant quality standards for compost and to attain the targets set out in Article 11(2)(a), (c) and (d) and 11(3).
Amendment 454 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point a – point ii
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point a – point ii
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 28 – paragraph 3 – point f
Article 28 – paragraph 3 – point f
(f) measures to combat all forms of littering and to clean up all types of litterincluding in a way of raising awareness among public and to clean up all types of litter while considering littering to be an act of individual handling waste in improper or illegal way.
Amendment 467 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 21
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 21
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 37 – paragraph 4
Article 37 – paragraph 4
4. The data reported by the Member State in accordance with this Article shall be accompanied by a quality check report, which shall be drawn up in accordance with a harmonised format, and a report on the measures taken pursuant to Article 11a(4).
Amendment 468 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 21
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 21
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 37 – paragraph 5
Article 37 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall review the data reported in accordance with this Article and publish a report on the results of its review. The report shall assess the organisation of the data collection, the sources of data and the methodology used in Member States as well as the completeness, reliability, timeliness and consistency of that data. The assessment may include specific recommendations for improvement. The report shall be drawn up nine months after the first reporting of the data by the Member States and every three years thereafter.
Amendment 488 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25 a (new)
(25a) Annex VII is added in accordance with the Annex to this Directive.
Amendment 494 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I a (new)
Annex I a (new)
Directive 2008/98/EC
Annex VIa (new)
Annex VIa (new)
Amendment 183 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The European Union is committed to building an Energy Union with a forward looking energy and climate policy. Energy efficiency is a crucial element of the European Union's 2030 Climate and Energy Policy Framework and is key to moderate energy demand.
Amendment 188 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Energy efficiency labelling allows consumers to make informed choices with regard to energy consumption of products and thereby promotes innovation and gives an incentive to producers to develop more energy efficient products.
Amendment 211 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The provision of accurate, relevant and comparable information on the specific energy consumption of energy-related products facilitates the customer's choice in favour of those products which consume less energy and other essential resources during use. A standardised mandatory label is an effective mean to provide potential customers with comparable information on the energy consumption of energy-related products. It should be supplemented with a product information sheet. The label should be easily recognisable, simple and concise. To this end the existing dark green to red colour scale of the label should be retained as the basis to inform customers about the energy efficiency of products. A classification using letters from A to G has shown to be most effective for customers. In situations where because of ecodesign measures under Directive 2009/125/EC products can no longer fall into classes 'F' or 'G', those classes should not be shown on the label. For exceptional cases this should also be extended to the 'D' and 'E' classes, although this situation is unlikely to occur given that the label would be rescaled once a majority of product models falls into the top two classeA uniform application of this A to G scale across products groups should raise transparency and understanding among customers.
Amendment 231 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Advances in digital technology allow for alternative ways of delivering and displaying labels electronically, such as on the internet, but also on electronic displays in shops. In order to take advantage of such advances, this Regulation should allow the use of electronic labels as replacement of or complementary to the physical energy label. In cases where it is not feasible to display the energy label, such as certain forms of distance selling and in advertisements and technical promotional material, potential customers should be provided at least with the energy class of the product.
Amendment 246 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Manufacturers respond to the energy label by creating ever more efficient products. This technological development leads to products populating mainly the highest classes of the energy label. Further product differentiation may be necessary to allow customers a proper comparison, leading to the need to rescale labels. For the frequency of such rescaling a timescale of approximately ten years would be appropriate, taking into account the need to avoid over burdening manufacturers and dealers. This Regulation should therefore lay down detailed arrangements for rescaling in order to maximise legal certainty for suppliers and dealers. A newly rescaled label should have empty top classes to encourage technological progress and enable ever more efficient products to be developed and recognised. When a label is rescaled, confusion to customers should be avoided by replacing all energy labels within a short and feasible timeframe.
Amendment 247 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) The frequency of such rescaling should be determined by the percentage of products sold that fall in the top class and should take into account the need to avoid over burdening suppliers and dealers, as well as the speed of technological progress. A newly rescaled label shall have two empty top classes to encourage technological progress. In exceptional cases, where technology is expected to develop more slowly, the newly rescaled label shall have only one empty top class to take into account the time it takes to fill up the top class.
Amendment 253 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In the case of a rescaled label, suppliers should provide both the old and the rescaled labels to dealers during a certain period. Due to different stock and shelve life of different products groups, it is appropriate for this period to be determined by way of a delegated act. The replacement of the existing labels on products on display, including on the Internet, with the rescaled labels should take place as quickly as possible after the date of replacement specified in the delegated act on the rescaled label. Dealers should not display the rescaled labels before the date of replacement.
Amendment 255 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) In order to take the burden for dealers into account during the relabeling process, dealers will be allowed to have only one clearly visible rescaled label present for a group of identical products. This would apply in cases when the label is printed on the packaging, such as in the case of lightbulbs, or when products are displayed together in a large quantity;
Amendment 257 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) It is necessary to provide for a clear and proportionate distribution of obligations corresponding to the role of each operator in the supply and distribution process. Economic operators should be responsible for compliance in relation to their respective roles in the supply chain and should take appropriate measures to ensure that they only make available on the market products which are in conformity with this Regulation and its delegated acts. In order to ensure legal certainty, it is necessary to clarify that online sales platforms, which act as a technical conduit for goods offered by dealers, shall not be considered to be suppliers or dealers within the meaning of articles 2 and 3 of this Regulation and are consequently not responsible for ensuring their users' compliance with their obligations under this Regulation.
Amendment 265 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In order to ensure legal certainty, it is necessary to clarify that rules on Union market surveillance and control of products entering the Union market provided for in Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council21 apply to energy-related products. Given the principle of free movement of goods, it is imperative that the market surveillance authorities of the Member States cooperate with each other effectively. Such cooperation on energy labelling should be reinforced and incentivized through support by the Commission. __________________ 21 OJ L 218, 13.8.2008, p. 30. OJ L 218, 13.8.2008, p. 30.
Amendment 266 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) Market surveillance authorities should share the outcome of their test results. Where up until now only infractions were communicated to other member states and the Commission, they should also communicate when a test result did not prove an infraction. This should avoid unnecessary double testing and result in a more efficient use of scarce resources. Eventually a European market surveillance authority should be established to optimise market surveillance in a cost-efficient manner.
Amendment 270 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) In order to facilitate the monitoring of compliance and to provide up-to-date market data for the regulatory process on revisions of product-specific labels and information sheets, suppliers should provide their product compliance information electronically in a database established by the Commission. The information should be made publicly available to provide information for customers and to allow for alternative ways for dealers to receive labels. Market surveillance authorities should have access to the information in the databaseThe Commission shall set up a publicly accessible database with a range of freely available information. This will be open data so as to give app developers and other comparison tools the opportunity to use this information.
Amendment 282 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) The Commission shall also set up and maintain an online portal that provides market surveillance authorities access to detailed product information on the servers of producers. The Commission and market surveillance authorities will have very targeted and narrowly defined access for specific queries, and they will not have the possibility to conduct open searches on these servers.
Amendment 291 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Energy consumption and other information concerning the products covered by product-specific requirements under this Regulation should be measured by using reliable, accurate and reproducible methods that take into account the generally recognised state-of- the-art measurements and calculation methods. These methods should simulate real-life use as close as possible. It is in the interests of the functioning of the internal market to have standards which have been harmonised at Union level. In the absence of published standards at the time of application of product-specific requirements the Commission should publish in the Official Journal of the European Union transitional measurement and calculation methods in relation to those product-specific requirements. Once a reference to such a standard has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union compliance with it should provide a presumption of conformity with measurement methods for those product- specific requirements adopted on the basis of this Regulation.
Amendment 331 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11
(11) ‘Energy-related product’ means any good or system or service with an impact on energy consumption during use, which is placed on the market and put into service in the Union, including parts to be incorporated into energy-related products covered by this Regulation which are placed on the market and put into service; as individual parts for end-users and of which the environmental performance can be assessed independently;
Amendment 345 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
(13) ‘Label’ means a graphic diagram including, in printed or electronic form, including, amongst others, a classification using letters from A to G in seven different colours from dark green to red in order to show consumption of energy;
Amendment 351 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18
(18) 'Rescale' means a periodic exercise to make more stringent the requirements for achieving the energy class on a label for a particular product, which, for existing labels may imply the deletion of certain energy classes;
Amendment 356 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19
(19) 'Rescaled label' means a label based on a new design for a particular product that has undergone a rescaling exercise and is clearly distinguishable to the end-user from the previous label.
Amendment 409 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) they shall display in a visible manner, including in online sales, the label provided by the supplier or otherwise made available for a product covered by a delegated act;
Amendment 459 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that the introduction of labels including rescaled labels and product information sheets is accompanied by educational and promotional information campaigns aimed at promoting energy efficiency and more responsible use of energy by customers, if appropriate in cooperation with dealers. The Commission shall support cooperation and the exchange of best practices in relation to these campaigns.
Amendment 464 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5
Article 4 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall shall lay down the rules on penalties and enforcement mechanisms applicable to infringements of the provisions of this Regulation and its delegated acts, and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive and relative to the economic advantage of incompliance. Member States shall notify those provisions to the Commission by the date of application of this Regulation and shall notify without delay any subsequent amendment affecting them.
Amendment 466 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. The Commission shall assess used penalties and publish recommendations with the aim of creating a level playing field and having Member States impose penalties of the same impact to market players.
Amendment 470 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall support and incentivise cooperation and exchange of information on market surveillance of energy labelling of products among national authorities of the Member States responsible for market surveillance or external border controls and between such authorities and the Commission, including when test results indicated that the producer is in compliance with the relevant legislation.
Amendment 476 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission may independently test the energy performance of products and verify compliance. The Commission may engage a third party for this purpose.
Amendment 488 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Where the market surveillance authorities of one Member State have sufficient reason to believe that an energy- related product covered by a delegated act under this Regulation presents a risk to aspects of public interest protection covered by this Regulation, they shall carry out an evaluation in relation to the energy- related product concerned covering all the requirements laid down in this Regulation and its relevant delegated acts. The supplier shall cooperate as necessary with the market surveillance authorities for that purpose.
Amendment 512 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 10
Article 6 – paragraph 10
10. Where, on completion of the procedure set out in paragraphs 4 and 5, objections are raised against a measure taken by a Member State, or where the Commission considers a national measure to be contrary to Union legislation, the Commission shall without delay enter into consultation with the Member States and the supplier and shall evaluate the national measure. On the basis of the results of that evaluation, the Commission shall decide whether the national measure is justified or not, and may decide on an appropriate alternative measure.
Amendment 523 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Amendment 534 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall ensure that, when a label is introduced or rescaled, the requirements are laid downtechnological advancement of the product is taken into account so that no products are expected to fall in energy classes A or B at the moment of the introduction of the label and so that the estimated time within which a majority of models. In the case of products where technology is expected to develop relatively slowly, no products are expected to falls into those classes shall be at least ten years later energy class A at the moment of the introduction of the label.
Amendment 605 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall establish and maintain a product database including the information referred to in Annex I. Tublicly accessible product database. This database shall contain the information listed under point 1 of Annex I shall be made publicly available.
Amendment 612 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The Commission shall also establish and maintain an online portal which gives market surveillance authorities and the Commission access to the compliance information listed under point 2 of Annex I. Producers will keep this information on their servers in a manner which makes it possible for market surveillance authorities and the Commission through specific and targeted queries. This access shall only be used for market surveillance purposes. The Commission will ensure a sufficient level of security and the Commission and the market surveillance authorities shall ensure the safeguarding of confidential information.
Amendment 635 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) the Commission shall take into account relevant Union legislation and self-regulation, such as voluntary agreements, which are expected to achieve the policy objectives more quickly or at lesser expense than mandatory requirements.
Amendment 663 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point m
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point m
(m) the format of any additional references, such as QR codes, on the label allowing customers to access through electronic means more detailed information on the product performance included in the product information sheet;
Amendment 671 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
No later than eight years after the entry into force, the Commission shall assess the application of this Regulation and transmit a report to the European Parliament and the Council. That report shall assess how effectively this Regulation has allowed customers to choose more efficient products, taking into account criteria such as its impacts on business, the impact on total energy consumption, the cost of the database and the impact on the effectiveness of market surveillance authorities control activities.
Amendment 687 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 2 – point b
Annex I – part 2 – point b
Amendment 186 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 2 and 3
Article 9 – paragraph 2 and 3
Starting in 2021, the linear factor shall be 2.2%4% beginning from the average annual verified emissions from 2016 to 2018.
Amendment 560 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 c – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 10 c – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) ensure that only projects which contribute to the diversification of their energy mix and sources of supply, the necessary restructuring, environmental upgrading and retrofitting of the infrastructure, clean technologies and modernisation of the energy production,renewable energy, energy storage, upgrading heat distribution networks and upgrading electricity transmission and distribution sectorsinfrastructure are eligible to bid;
Amendment 573 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 c – Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point i
Article 10 c – Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point i
(i) on the basis of a cost-benefit analysis, ensure a net positive gain in terms of emission reduction and realise a pre- determined significant level of CO2 reductions; where projects relate to electricity production, total CO2 emissions per kilowatt hour of electricity produced in the installation shall not exceed 350 grams.
Amendment 579 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 c – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point ii
Article 10 c – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point ii
(ii) are additional, clearly respond to replacement and modernisation needs and, do not supply a market-driven increase in energy demand; , and are supplementary to the investments required to comply with the Best Available Techniques Reference Document and BAT conclusions for Large Combustion Plants and other requirements in accordance with Directive 2010/75/EU; Or. en (Directive 2010/75/EU)
Amendment 603 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 c – paragraph 4
Article 10 c – paragraph 4
4. Transitional free allocations shall be deducted from the quantity of allowances that the Member State would otherwise auction. The total free allocation shall be no more than 40% of the allowances which the Member State concerned receives in the period 2021-30 pursuant to Article 10(2)(a) spread out in equal annual volumes over the period from 2021-and shall linearly decrease over the period from 2021 to 2030, reaching zero free allocation in 2030.
Amendment 611 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 c – 6 a (new)
Article 10 c – 6 a (new)
6a. In case of a reasonable suspicion of irregularities or a failure by a Member State to report according to the provisions set out in paragraphs 2 to 6, the European Commission may undertake an independent investigation, where necessary assisted by a contracted third party. The Member State shall provide all investment information and access necessary for the investigation, including access to installations and building sites. The Commission shall publish a report on the investigation.
Amendment 632 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 d – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 10 d – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Support to investments for energy efficiency shall be directed towards improving the energy performance of buildings.
Amendment 634 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 d – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 10 d – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Where energy system modernisation investments relate to electricity production, total CO2 emissions per kilowatt hour of electricity produced in the installation shall not exceed 350 grams.
Amendment 730 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 11 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 3 a (new)
(8a) In Article 11, the following fourth paragraph is added: "4. In case of a reasonable suspicion of irregularities or a failure by a Member State to provide the list and the information set out in paragraphs 1 to 3, the European Commission may start an independent investigation, where necessary assisted by a contracted third party. The Member State shall provide all information and access necessary for the investigation, including access to installations and production data. The Commission shall respect the same confidentiality on commercially sensitive information as the Member State concerned and shall publish a report on the investigation."