Activities of Pascal CANFIN related to 2022/0195(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Nature restoration (debate)
Amendments (18)
Amendment 476 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 64
Recital 64
(64) It is appropriate to take into account the specific situation of the Union’s outermost regions, as listed in Article 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), which provides for specific measures to support those regions. As envisaged in the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, particular focus should be placed on protecting and restoring the outermost regions’ ecosystems, given their exceptionally rich biodiversity value. while recognising, valuing and rewarding the ecosystem services that represent a pillar and a condition for the sustainable development of these outermost regions but also a solution to support their resilience to climate change. The biodiversity of the outermost regions should therefore be duly quantified, valued and protected .
Amendment 503 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 70 a (new)
Recital 70 a (new)
(70a) In order to help private and public actors to assess their biodiversity footprint, the Commission should ensure a common understanding of it at EU level and therefore develop a common indicator based on existing measures. This common indicator would help design the financing plan of each National Restoration Plan and ensure a more streamlined implementation of the legislation;
Amendment 584 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Consistently with the previous subparagraph, this Regulation establishes a framework within which Member States shall put in place without delay the necessary conservation measures to reach 30% of protected area at EU level of which 10% shall be under strict protection. The Commission shall establish a list of banned economic activities in strictly protected area one year after the publication of this Regulation and regularly update it.
Amendment 589 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. The Commission shall base its list of banned economic activities in strictly protected area on the latest available scientific data and Member States shall take advice from an independent scientific council to regularly assess the improvement of the strictly protected area and the validity of the measures authorized in line with the objective of this Regulation.
Amendment 641 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
(5a) strict protection means a conservation area where there is in priority no human activities in terrestrial ecosystems and no take zone for fisheries in marine ecosystems, and where any human activities authorized should demonstrate it does not run counter the strong amelioration of the key characteristics of the ecosystem towards good condition.
Amendment 1312 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall put in place the restoration measures necessary to enhance biodiversity in agricultural ecosystems, in particular measures that triggers systemic change at farm level for the benefit of farmers and biodiversity, in addition to the areas that are subject to restoration measures under Article 4(1), (2) and (3).
Amendment 1346 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) stock of organic carbon in cropland mineral soils and in permanent pasture;
Amendment 1574 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a Compensation of nature destruction 1. Economic operators in construction work or cities extension when their activities have a negative impact of the good condition of the ecosystems concerned by this Regulation shall compensate this negative impact and use a proper indicator to evaluate their financial impact on nature as defined in Article 14(2a). 2. The compensation paid by economic operators as defined in the previous subparagraph shall go to existing national schemes dedicated to nature restoration when they exist. In cases where such a scheme does not exist at national level, Member States must set one up before the validation of the Nature Restoration Plan.
Amendment 1645 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Article 11 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall set, by 203028 at the latest at the latest, satisfactory levels for each of the indicators referred to in Articles 8(1), 9(2) and 10(2), through an open and effective process and assessment, based on the latest scientific evidence and, if available, the framework referred to in Article 17(9). The Commission shall validate the satisfactory levels and publish by implementing act by 2030 in accordance with the provisions set in Article 20.
Amendment 1796 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) the quantification of area to be put under conservation status and under strictly protected conservation status in accordance with Article 1(2a).
Amendment 1836 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point k – point iv a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point k – point iv a (new)
(iva) an assessment of the cost of inaction on nature restoration, in particular for agriculture, forestry and fisheries.
Amendment 1844 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point l
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point l
(l) the estimated financing needsplan for the implementation of the restoration measures, which shall include the description of the support to stakeholders affected by restoration measures or other new obligations arising from this Regulation, and the means of intended financing, public or private, including (co-) financing with Union funding instruments, and which shall include a tool assessing the biodiversity footprint of the financements included in the plan;
Amendment 1878 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. The national restoration plans shall, where applicable, include the conservation measures that a Member State intends to adopt under the common fisheries policy, including conservation measures in joint recommendations that a Member State intends to initiate in accordance with the procedure set out in Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, and any relevant information on those measures. Member States shall submit such joint recommendations jointly with other Member States having a direct management interest no later than 12 months after final submission of their national restoration plan for measures related to Article 5(3) with the assistance of the European Commission. If Member States fail to submit joint recommendations within 12 month from the first draft submission for joint recommendations, the European Commission shall immediatly adopt emergency measures to ensure that the objectives associated with the establishment of the conservation measures, in accordance with the Member State's intentions, are not in jeopardy.
Amendment 1919 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission shall assess the biodiversity footprint of the financing plan included in each National Restoration Plan and shall develop a proper methodology based on existing methods one year after the entry into force of this legislation.
Amendment 1942 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. When the Commission concludes that a Member States has not duly taken into consideration its recommendations, it shall reject its national restoration plan.
Amendment 1956 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall review their national restoration plan at least once every 105 years, in accordance with Articles 11 and 12, taking into account progress made in the implementation of the plans, the best available scientific evidence as well as available knowledge of changes or expected changes in environmental conditions due to climate change.
Amendment 1963 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. To guarantee the fulfilment of the objectives set out in Article 5, Member States shall assess the need for additional conservation measures requiring joint recommendation under article 11 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 and issue such draft recommendation in 2028, 2036 and 2046, in accordance with the provisions of Article 12(3a). This without prejudice to the capacity of Member States to review their measures taken under Article 5 anytime when necessary in accordance with Article 15(2).
Amendment 2324 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VII – point 16
Annex VII – point 16
(16) Increase the agricultural area subject to agro-ecological management approaches such as organic agriculture or agro-forestry, multicropping and crop rotation, integrated pest and, nutrient management and crop-livestock farming.