Activities of Rolandas PAKSAS related to 2011/0092(CNS)
Plenary speeches (8)
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Amendments (13)
Amendment 10 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Member States should, however,As consumption taxes primarily perform a fiscal function, Member States themselves should be able to opt for the most suitable measures to reduce greenhouse gases. Member States should furthermore be able, as hitherto, to use energy taxation on heating fuels, motor fuels and electricity for a variety of purposes not necessarily nor specifically or exclusively related to the reduction of greenhouse gases.
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In the interest of fiscal neutrality, the same minimum levels of taxation should apply for each component of energy taxation, to all energy products put to a given use. Where equal minimum levels of taxation are thus prescribed, Member States should, also for reason of fiscal neutrality, ensure equal levels of national taxation on all products concerned. Member States may not apply equal levels of national taxation on all products put to a give use when differentiation contributes to achieving EU energy and climate objectives. Where needed, transitional periods for the purposes of equalising those levels should be foreseen.
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) In the case of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and natural gas used as propellants, advantages in the form of lower minimum levels of general energy consumption taxation or the possibility to exempt those energy products from taxation are no longercan be justified, in particular in the light of the need to increase the market share of renewable energy sources and should therefore be removed in the medium termlso in the transport and agricultural sectors.
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 2003/96/EC
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a – point iii – introductory part
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a – point iii – introductory part
Directive 2003/96/EC
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
(iii) the following points (d) and (e) areis added:
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a – point iii – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a – point iii – point d
Directive 2003/96/EC
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point d (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point d (new)
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Directive 2003/96/EC obliges Member States to exempt from taxation fuel used for navigation in Community waters as well as electricity produced on board a craft, including while at berth in a port. Moreover, Member States may extend this favourable tax treatment to inland waterways. In some harbours a cleaner alternative exists with the use of shore-side electricity which, however, is taxable. In order to set a first incentive for the development and application of this technology, pending the adoption of a m and to reduce air pollution in poret comprehensive framework in the matternurbations, Member States should exempt the use of shore-side electricity by ships, other than private pleasure craft, while at berth in a port from energy taxation. This exemption should apply during a period long enough in order not to discourage port operators from making the necessary investments but at the same time be time-limited in such a way that its maintenance, in full or in part, is made subject to a new decision in due time.
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The general rules introduced by this Directive take account of the specificities of fuels that are biomass or made of biomass complying with the sustainability criteria laid down in Article 17 of Directive 2009/28/EC with regard both to their contribution to the CO2-balance and to the lower energy content per quantitative unit of liquid biofuels, as compared to some of the competing their lower energy content per quantitative unit, as compared to some of the competing fossil fuels. Consequently, the provisions in Directive 2003/96/EC authorising reductions or exemptions for those fuels should be removed in the medium term. For the interim period, it should be ensured that the application of these provisions is made consistent with the general rules introduced by this Directive. Biofuels and bioliquids defined in Article 2(h) and (i) of Directive 2009/28/EC should therefore only benefit from additional tax advantages applied by Member States if they fulfil the sustainability criteria laid down in Article 17 of this Directive. In the case of biomethane, the energy content per quantitative unit is the same as for natural gas. Given the fact that biomethane injected into the natural gas grid helps to increase the share of renewable sources, biomethane will be tax exempted with respect to the CO2 and energy content, provided it is produced according the sustainability criteria.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4 – point b
Article 1 – point 4 – point b
Directive 2003/96/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagaph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagaph 1
Without prejudice to the exemptions, differentiations and reductions provided for in this Directive, Member States shall ensure that where equal minimum levels of taxation are laid down in Annex I in relation to a given use, equal levels of taxation are fixed for products put to that use. Member States may not apply equal levels of national taxation on all products put to a given use, when differentiation contributes to achieving EU energy and climate objectives. Without prejudice to Article 15(1)(i), for motor fuels referred to in Annex I Table A, this shall apply as from 1 January 2023.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4 – point b
Article 1 – point 4 – point b
Directive 2003/96/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 2003/96/EC
Article 7
Article 7
As from 1 January 2013, from 1 January 2015 and from 1 January 2018, the minimum levels of taxation applicable to motor fuels shall be fixed as set out in Annex I, Table A. In the case of natural gas/biomethane as motor fuel, higher minimum levels of general energy consumption taxation will only apply when a market share of 10% in the European vehicle market has been reached.
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Directive 2003/96/EC
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) Until 1 January 2023, nNatural gas and LPG used as propellants;
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 13 – point 1 – point a - point i
Article 1 – point 13 – point 1 – point a - point i
Directive 2003/96/EC
Article 16 – paragraph 1 - subparagraph 1 - introductory part
Article 16 – paragraph 1 - subparagraph 1 - introductory part