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REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 as regards introducing new environmental economic accounts modules
Amendments (23)
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) The General Union Environment Action Programme to 2030 ('8th EAP') also sets out thematic priority objectives for 2030 in the areas of climate change mitigation, adaptation to climate change, protecting and restoring biodiversity, a non-toxic circular economy, a zero pollution environment and minimising environmental pressures from production and consumption across all sectors of the economy. In order to help achieve the objectives of the 8th EAP, the Commission is required by 2023, in consultation with Member States, to set out a methodology to identify non-fossil fuel environmentally harmful subsidies. In order to consolidate this work, the Commission should come forward, as soon as possible, with a new module on environmentally harmful subsidies or support measures potentially harmful for the environment based on the methodology developed under the 8th EAP, as well as a new module on energy subsidies including fossil fuel subsidies.
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The new modules are to contribute directly to the Union’s policy priorities of green growth and resource efficiencyas laid down in, inter alia, the 8th EAP.
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In order to better monitor progress towards a green, competitive and resilient circular economy and to monitor progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals the 8th EAP objectives, and to monitor progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals in a Union context, additional data is required. The 8th EAP aims to accelerate the green transition, in a just and inclusive way, to a climate- neutral, sustainable, non-toxic, resource- efficient, renewable energy-based, resilient and competitive circular economy that gives back to the planet more than it takes. The green transition should take place in the context of a well- being economy where growth is regenerative and which enables systemic change, which recognises that the well- being a Union context, additional data is requirednd prosperity of our societies depend on a stable climate, a healthy environment and thriving ecosystems and which provides a safe operating space within planetary boundaries.
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) Comprehensive carbon accounts in ecosystem accounting are needed to inform the ecosystem service of global climate regulation. Carbon accounts are based on both the extent of ecosystem types and their condition. It is necessary to differentiate categories of the condition within ecosystem types because this represents the ecosystem as a carbon reservoir in terms of its stability, longevity and resilience of the carbon stocks. Basic categories for forests and woodlands would include plantations, even-aged monoculture managed for commodity production, mixed species and ages managed for commodity production, semi- natural forest, and natural forest.
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Regulation (EU) 691/2011
Article 3 – paragraph 4a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 4a (new)
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EU) 691/2011
Article 10
Article 10
- for introducing new environmental economic account modules, such as Water Accounts (quantitative and qualitative), Resource Management Expenditure Accounts, Subsidies or support measures potentially harmful for the environment and Waste Accountsenergy subsidies including fossil fuel subsidies, other environmental harmful subsidies or support measures potentially harmful for the environment based on the methodology developed under the 8th EAP, Waste Accounts, climate mitigation, climate adaptation, circular economy and environmental footprint;
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The data provided on climate change mitigation investment shall in particular integrate current investments and capital transfers by institutional sectors (including general government, corporations and households) for activities listed in Annex VI to Regulation (EU) 2021/241 to which a coefficient of 100% has been allocated for the calculation of support to climate change or environmental objectives for sectors listed in NACE Rev.2 (A*64 aggregation level), when relevant.
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I
Annex I
Regulation (EU) 69/2011
Annex VII – section 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Annex VII – section 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Member States shall report employment in the forestry and logging industry in thousand annual work units (AWUs) as defined under Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council18 . _________________ . Member States shall also report employment broken down by the UNECE list of 19 fields of activity for forest jobs1a. _________________ 1a https://unece.org/DAM/timber/publication s/DP71_WEB.pdf, p13 18 Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 December 2003 on the economic accounts for agriculture in the Community (OJ L 33, 5.2.2004, p. 1).
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I
Annex I
Regulation (EU) 691/2011
Annex IX – section 2 – paragraph 4
Annex IX – section 2 – paragraph 4
Ecosystem services are the benefits ecosystems provides to economic and other human activities. They include (i) provisioning, (ii) regulating and maintenance, and (iii) culturalnature-based tourism related services. Ecosystem services accounts record the actual supply and use of ecosystem services provided by the ecosystems in the national territory.
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I
Annex I
Regulation (EU) 691/2011
Annex IX – section 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3(c) – new indent
Annex IX – section 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3(c) – new indent
- grassland butterfly index.
Amendment 114 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I
Annex I
Regulation (EU) 691/2011
Annex IX – section 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3(e) – first indent
Annex IX – section 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3(e) – first indent
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I
Annex I
Regulation (EU) 691/2011
Annex IX – section 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3(e) – new indent
Annex IX – section 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3(e) – new indent
- Standing deadwood. This indicator shows the amount of non-living standing woody biomass in forest and other wooded land, in m3/ha, as a national average for the reporting period.
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I
Annex I
Regulation (EU) 691/2011
Annex IX – section 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3(e) – new indent
Annex IX – section 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3(e) – new indent
- lying deadwood. This indicator shows the amount of non-living woody biomass lying on the ground in forest and other wooded land, in m3/ha, as a national average for the reporting period.
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I
Annex I
Regulation (EU) 691/2011
Annex IX – section 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3(e) – new indent
Annex IX – section 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3(e) – new indent
- share of forests with uneven-aged structure. This indicator refers to the share of forests available for wood supply (FAWS) with uneven-aged structure in forests as compared to even-aged structure in forests.
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I
Annex I
Regulation (EU) 691/2011
Annex IX – section 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3(e) – new indent
Annex IX – section 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3(e) – new indent
- forest connectivity. Forest connectivity is the degree of compactness of forest-covered areas. It is defined in the range of 0 to100.
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I
Annex I
Regulation (EU) 691/2011
Annex IX – section 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3(e) – new indent
Annex IX – section 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3(e) – new indent
- common forest bird index. The forest bird indicator describes trends in the abundance of common forest birds across their European ranges over time. It is a composite index created from observational data of bird species characteristic for forest habitats in Europe. The index is based on a specific list of species in each Member State.
Amendment 120 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I
Annex I
Regulation (EU) 691/2011
Annex IX – section 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3(e) – new indent
Annex IX – section 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3(e) – new indent
- Tree genetic diversity. This indicator describes the number of sites, called Genetic Conservation Units (GCUs), prioritizing the maintenance of evolutionary processes within tree populations to safeguard their potential for continuous adaptation. Unit: number of genetic conservation units (GCU) at national level
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I
Annex I
Regulation (EU) 691/2011
Annex IX – section 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3(e) – new indent
Annex IX – section 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3(e) – new indent
- Species composition measured by number of species types from the European forest types tree species matrix. This indicator describes the different tree species types found in a forest stand in number of tree species/ha
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I
Annex I
Regulation (EU) 691/2011
Annex IX – section 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3(e) – new indent
Annex IX – section 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3(e) – new indent
- A carbon stock account shall be reported based on the extent of ecosystem types and their condition. A basic classification of ecosystem condition in terms of the status of forests includes plantations, even-aged monoculture managed for commodity production, mixed species and ages managed for commodity production, semi-natural forest, and natural forest. Stocks are reported in tonnes carbon/ha (tC/ha) for each category and total (tC) for the area of each category of forest type by status. As a component of the carbon stock account losses and gains between carbon stocks shall be recorded.
Amendment 123 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I
Annex I
Regulation (EU) 691/2011
Annex IX – section 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4(b) – second indent
Annex IX – section 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4(b) – second indent
– Global climate regulation is defined as the ecosystem contribution to reducing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere through the removal (net sequestration) of carbon from the atmosphere and the retention (storage) of carbon in ecosystems. The contributions shall be reported in terms of tonnes of net sequestration of carbon and tonnes of organic carbon stored in terrestrial ecosystems, including above ground and below ground in the first 0.3 metres of the soil (including in peatlands), with a depth greater than 0.3 metres recommended where possible, particularly for peatlands and organic soils. For forest ecosystems, reporting follows the following categories of the carbon stock account using ecosystem types and their condition which represent the quality of the carbon reservoirs: plantations, even-aged monoculture managed for commodity production, mixed species and ages managed for commodity production, semi-natural forest, and natural forest.
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I
Annex I
Regulation (EU) 691/2011
Annex IX – section 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4(c)
Annex IX – section 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4(c)
(c) CulturalNature-based tourism related services
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I
Annex I
Regulation (EU) 691/2011
Annex IX – section 4 – point 6a (new)
Annex IX – section 4 – point 6a (new)
(6a) Reporting on carbon stock accounts for forests, also in relation to global climate regulation, shall include reporting on opening and closing stocks and additions and reductions in stocks in order to provide complete and transparent data.