6 Amendments of Knut FLECKENSTEIN related to 2011/0190(COD)
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a directive - amending act
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The revised Annex VI to MARPOL introduces, inter alia, stricter sulphur limits for marine fuel in SECAs (1.00% as of 1 July 2010 and 0.10% as of 1 January 2015) as well as in sea areas outside SECAs (3.5% as of 1 January 2012 and, in principle, 0.50% as of 1 January 2020). Most Member States are obliged to require ships to use fuel with maximum 1.00% sulphur content in SECAs as of 1 July 2010 based on their international commitments. In order to ensure coherence with international law as well as to secure proper enforcement of new globally established sulphur standards in the Union, the provisions of Directive 1999/32/EC should be aligned with the revised Annex VI to MARPOL. In order to ensure a minimum quality of fuel used by ships either for fuel or technology based compliance, marine fuel the sulphur content of which exceeds the general standard of 3.5 % by mass should not be allowed for use or placing on the market in the Unionin the Union, unless the fuel is used in conjunction with the appropriate technical procedures to reduce emissions (e.g. scrubber technologies).
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a directive- amending act
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) In view of the health benefits of lower sulphur emissions the European Commission should, insofar as it can, promote the extension of the 0.1% limit to other seas bordering on Member States’ landmass or extending this limit so as to cover a fixed distance from the Union coastline.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a directive - amending act
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) In this connection, if it is proven that transport has switched from sea to land-based modes, particularly in Member States adjoining SECAs, the European Commission should use all existing instruments, such as the Marco Polo programme, to prevent a switch to more environmentally damaging land-based modes.
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a directive - amending act
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Until 2018, undertakings providing regular services which can show that more than 85% of their operations per annum take place in a SECA should be able to apply for support for the use of low-sulphur fuels. It should only be possible for this support to be granted if the applicant shows that, through no fault of his own, the required technological emission reduction procedures cannot be in operation by the deadline of 1 January 2015. In addition, the applicant should show that, in the run-up to the introduction of the more stringent SECA limit values in 2015, serious efforts were made before 1 January 2013 to acquire emission reduction technologies which would have had at least the same positive impact on the environment as can be achieved by using low-sulphur fuels.
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a directive - amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 1999/32/EC
Article 3a
Article 3a
Member States shall ensure that marine fuels are not used or placed on the market within their territory if their sulphur content exceeds 3.5 % by mass. The use of ships’ fuels whose sulphur content exceeds 3.5 % by mass should only be permitted in conjunction with emission reduction procedures which have at least the same positive impact on the environment as can be achieved by using low-sulphur fuels.
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6 – point (c)
Article 1 – point 6 – point (c)
Directive 1999/32/EC
Article 4a – paragraph 1a – last subparagraph
Article 4a – paragraph 1a – last subparagraph
Until 2018, in order to be able to comply with the limit values laid down in subparagraph (b) of this paragraph, undertakings providing regular services which can show that more than 85% of their operations per annum take place in a SECA should be able to apply for support for the use of low-sulphur fuels. It should only be possible for this support to be granted if the applicant shows that, through no fault of his own, the required technological emission reduction procedures cannot be in operation by the deadline of 1 January 2015. In addition, the applicant should show that, in the run-up to the introduction of the more stringent SECA limit values in 2015, serious efforts were made before 1 January 2013 to acquire emission reduction technologies which would have had at least the same positive impact on the environment as can be achieved by using low-sulphur fuels. This paragraph shall apply to all vessels of all flags, including vessels whose journey began outside the Union.