5 Amendments of Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ related to 2021/2006(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the EU strategy to reduce methane emissions; supports a clear pathway and framework to address methane emissions in a more comprehensive fashion across Europe, by fostering synergies between sectors to strengthen the business case for capturing methane emissions; acknowledges the need for the alignment of EU reporting procedures, stresses however that this should not lead to duplication of national and EU-level reporting obligations;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the preparation of legislation for the energy sector with binding rulescost effective standards in the area onf monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) and leak detection and repair, and the consideration of rules on routine venting and flaring; notes that rules on MRV should be prepared separately for each sector while taking into account its specifics;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Emphasize the need to place cost- efficiency at the centre of the proposed actions; notes that costs associated with implementing technologies and meeting high standards must not result in growing operation costs for energy companies and being passed to end users; warns that increased costs for consumers might serve as a deterrent in choice of low-emission fuels and therefore hamper necessary coal-to-gas fuel switch in areas particularly affected by fine-particle air pollution and weaken energy-poverty alleviation measures;
Amendment 127 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to consider a target on renewable and decarbonised gases for 2030, as this wouldset of policy instruments to facilitate the development of biomethane and ensure the deployment of the most cost-efficient solutions across the Member States in line with the principle of subsidiarity.
Amendment 133 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Draws attention that IAE methane tracker is based on old and outdated assumptions and data resulting in erroneous results when applied to the EU performance and therefore currently cannot be a basis for the EU policy making; calls for a dialogue with IAE in order to eliminate wide divergence in estimated emissions at the global, regional and country levels.