Activities of Ioan ENCIU related to 2012/0202(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Timing of auctions of greenhouse gas allowances (debate)
Amendments (4)
Amendment 5 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Article 10(4) of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC3 does not specify how volumes of greenhouse gas emission allowances to be auctioned are to be distributed over the trading period whereas Article 9 of that Directive, inter alia, specifies that the Community-wide quantity of allowances to be issued each year starting in 2013 should decrease in a linear manner beginning from the mid-point of the period from 2008 to 2012. The quantity should decrease by a linear factor of 1,74 % compared to the average annual total quantity of allowances issued by Member States, in accordance with the Commission Decisions on their national allocation plans for the period from 2008 to 2012.
Amendment 7 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Recital 13 of Directive 2009/29/EC specifies the purpose of the linear factor set out in Article 9 of Directive 2003/87/EC which is to ensure that the emissions trading system delivers gradual and predictable reductions of emissions over time and that the Community scheme contributes cost-effectively to achieving the commitment of the Community to an overall reduction in emissions of at least 20 % by 2020.
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) For the purposes of legal certainty and market predictability, it should be clarified that, in order to ensure an orderly functioning of the market, the Commission is able in exceptional circumstances to adapt the auction timetable pursuantclarification, a reference to Article 9 of Directive 2003/87/EC should be added to Article 10(4) of that Directive 2003/87/EC.
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a decision – amending act
Article 1
Article 1
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
The Commissregulation shall, where appropriate, adapt the timetable for each period so as to ensure an orderly functioning of the market be in accordance with other provisions of this Directive, namely the provisions set out in Article 9.