21 Amendments of Marisa MATIAS related to 2011/2012(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the economic crisis has led to an enormousimportant reduction in industrial production capacities, to a downturn in economic growth and to labour displacement; points out that any loss in GDP must be regarded as a cost in itself, compromising industry's investment potential; warns against the general conclusion that the economic crisis has made emissions reduction cheaperunemployment, compromising industry's investment potential; emphasises however that required investments to achieve the 20% GHG target have also been reduced, and notes that installations benefit from surplus allowances with a market value in billions of euros;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Agrees with the Commission's and the International Energy Agency'’s (IEA) assumption that delaying investments in low-carbon energy technologieemission reductions would lead to higher costs at a later stage; considershighlights studies showing that, if it is to meet cost- effectively the 2050 long-term target as confirmed once again by the European Council on 4 February 2011, the EU would have to speed up its efforts after havingmerely achieveding 20% emissions reductions in 2020 is insufficient; welcomes, therefore, the Commission'’s intention to draw trajectories designed to achieve long- term targets in the most cost-efficient way as of now;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the fact that the EU is wellkeeps on track to meet its 2020 renewable energy goals; although points out that these targets should be more oriented towards energy efficiency and energy savings;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that speeding up authorisation procedures for new infrastructure projects is a prerequisite if European energy and climate targets are to be achieved on schedule; stresses that new infrastructure projects must be in line with climate and environmental objectives and must be consistent with long-term EU energy policy;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for the application of a general principle that the most cost-effective measures to reduce emissions should be taken firstEU should follow the most cost-effective pathway toward its long-term climate target, while ensuring that promising innovative technologies get support for timely deployment on the market, and avoiding investments that lock the EU into long-term high-carbon emitting infrastructure and installations;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for energy efficiency to be one of the priorities in future climate policy measures; acknowledges that achieving the EU's energy efficiency objective of 20% by 2020 would enable the EU to meet its 2020 emissions reduction commitments of 20% and more; considerreduce its emissions by 25% domestically by 2020 according to the Commission and by 30% according to other analysis; notes that according to the Commission's impact assessment this2050 Roadmap a 25% domestic reduction level would still be on the cost- effective path towards the 80-95% long- term reduction target;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to take the necessary action to ensure thatestablish national binding energy saving targets for Member States in the upcoming revision of EU legislation in the field of energy savings and services, furthermore calls for Member States to fully implement their energy savings commitments, either by introducing a requirement that National Energy Efficiency Action Plans must be approved by the Commission or by means of further measuremonitored through National Energy Efficiency Action Plans;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that the Commission has identified investment needs of €1 trillion to upgrade the EU's energyin energy generation capacity and to upgrade the EU's energy transport and distribution infrastructures by 2020, mainly to be financed through energy tariffs; calls for these investments to be made, with a view both to completing an interconnected internal energy market and substantially decreasing the carbon intensity of the European energy system, ensuring security of supply, improving the integration of renewable energy sources in the European energy system, increasing energy efficiency and enabling consumers to benefit from new technologies;
Amendment 108 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Draws attention to the increasing importancemportance according to some analysis of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies in reducing carbon emissions, not only in the energy sector; states that, according to the IEA CCS roadmap, in 2030 half of all CCS projects will be in the industrial manufacturing sector; furthermore notes that any deployment of CCS, assuming the technology will be proven, requires very high CO2 price under the ETS;
Amendment 140 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Notes that in terms of international competitiveness greater EU mitigation efforts would create cost advantages for the EU's international competitors and, at the same time, lead to competitive margins for EU companies in the area of climate technologies; considers that for the EU's competitors signing up an international agreement would mean giving up the cost advantages, whereas the EU'’s competitive margin would be likely to remain unaffected; therefore asks the Commission to analyse whether a unilateral move by the EU beyond 20% greenhouse gas emissions reductions could serve as an incentive for other countries to join an international agreement;
Amendment 145 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Underlines that many countries are moving fast towards a new sustainable economy, for various reasons including climate protection, resource scarcity and efficiency, energy security, innovation or competitiveness; notes in this context the latest Five-Year Plan presented by the Chinese government;
Amendment 155 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. States that in accordance with the ETS provisions industry would have to reduce its CO2 emissions by 168 million tonnes by 2020; pPoints out that under the proposed benchmarking provisions a considerable share of the emissions certificates will still have to be purchased by industry, generating substantialthe less carbon-efficient industry installations, assuming production levels are restored to pre- recession high levels and when not taking into account surplus generated during current trading period, potentially generating costs for some EU companies that their global competitors do not have to contend with;
Amendment 157 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Deplores the factNotes that the additional impact on electricity prices has not been sufficiently refleccannot be addressed through free allocation and, therefore, is not taken into account in the benchmarking exercise and the related in the Commission's assumptions onlist of sectors considered as exposed to carbon leakage; stresses that 40% of EU electricity is used by industry, which is significantly affected by any increase in the carbon price as a result of the passing-on of costs by the electricity sector; reminds however that Member States were specifically granted the right to use auctioning revenue to mitigate this effect on electro-intensive industries through state aid;
Amendment 159 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Points out however that, according to the Commission among others, few industrial sectors are particularly vulnerable to carbon leakage, and considers that identifying these requires a detailed sectoral analysis; calls on the Commission to use such an approach in the near future, rather than a few quantitative criteria that are identical for all sectors of industry;
Amendment 160 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Emphasises that there is no single solution for industrial sectors that are vulnerable to carbon leakage, and that the nature of the product or the structure of the market are essential criteria for choosing between the tools available (free allocation of allowances, state aid or border adjustment measures);
Amendment 162 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Notes that carbon price forecasts for the 2020 carbon market vary substantially, from €55/tCO2 as assumed in the Commission's calculations, up to €67/tCO2 on the basis of a 30% domestic reductions scenario; calls therefore regards the projections drawn up by the Commission as part of the carbon leakage risk assessment as relatively optimistic and unreliableon the European Commission to regularly reassess the list of industries considered to be exposed to significant risk of carbon leakage should the EU move to a 30% domestic target;
Amendment 167 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
Amendment 173 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Stresses that increases in carbon prices will lead to further increases in electricity costs; states that every €1 increase in the carbon price results in more than €2 billion in extra costs for society in the form oftransfer to Member States’ budget from electricity chargeonsumers, 40% of which is accounted for by industry; urges the Commission quickly to come up with guidelines for electricity cost compensation;
Amendment 177 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Expresses its concern that imports from countries with lower CO2 restrictions have been mainly responsible for a 47% increase in consumption-related CO2 emissions in the EU between 1990 and 2006; asks the Commission to assess whether such trends have continued under the ETS and might increase during the third implementation phase (20/30%); considers that, while this is independent of EU climate policies in general and the EU ETS in particular; considers that the EU should take measures to counteract such carbon consumption trends, and tackle carbon embedded in imports provided that they are fair and in compliance with WTO rules,; recalls the proposals made by the European Parliament resolution of 25 November 2010 entitled ´International trade policy in the context of climate change imperatives´ (2010/2105(INI)) and consider they could help to encourage the EU's trading partners to join an international agreement;