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Activities of Elisabeth KÖSTINGER related to 2012/0288(COD)

Plenary speeches (2)

2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2012/0288(COD)

2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2012/0288(COD)

Shadow opinions (1)

2016/11/22
Committee: INTA
Dossiers: 2012/0288(COD)
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Amendments (48)

Elisabeth KÖSTINGER

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5

(5) Based on forecasts of biofuel demand provided by the Member States and estimates of indirect land-use change emissions for different biofuel feedstocks it is likely that greenhouse gas emissions linked to indirect land use change are significant, and could negate some or all of the greenhouse gas savings of individual biofuels. This is because almost the entire biofuel production in 2020 is expected to come from crops grown on land that could be used to satisfy food and feed markets. In order to reduce such emissions, it is appropriate to distinguish between crop groups such as oil crops, cereals, sugars and other starch containing crops accordingly.deleted

2013/05/08
Committee: INTA

Elisabeth KÖSTINGER

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6

(6) Liquid renewable fuels are likely to be required by the transport sector in order to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. Advanced biofuels, such as those made from wastes and algae, provide high greenhouse gas savings with low risk of causing indirect land use change and do not compete directly for agricultural land for the food and feed markets. It is appropriate, therefore, to encourage greater production of such advanced biofuels as these are currently not commercially available in large quantities, in part due to competition for public subsidies with established food crop based biofuel technologies. Further incentives should be provided by increasing the weighting of advanced biofuels ~~towards 10% target~~by introducing a separate target for advanced biofuels of at least 2% for transport set in Directive 2009/28/EC compared to conventional biofuels. In this context, only ~~advanced~~ biofuels with ~~low estimated indirect land use change impacts and~~ high overall greenhouse gas savings should be supported as part of the post 2020 renewable energy policy framework.

2013/05/08
Committee: INTA

Elisabeth KÖSTINGER

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9

(9) To prepare for the transition towards advanced biofuels and minimise the overall indirect land use change impacts in the period to 2020, it is appropriate to limit the amount of biofuels and bioliquids obtained from food crops as set out in part A of Annex VIII to Directive 2009/28/EC and part A of Annex V to Directive 98/70/EC that can be counted towards targets set out in Directive 2009/28/EC. Without restricting the overall use of such biofuels, the share of, it is appropriate to find a proper balance between biofuels and bioliquids ~~produc~~obtained from ~~cereal and other starch rich crops, sugar and oil crops that can be counted towards the targets of Directive 2009/28/EC should be limited to the share of such biofuels and bioliquids consumed in 2011~~food crops and those obtained from non-food materials.

2013/05/08
Committee: INTA

Elisabeth KÖSTINGER

Proposal for a directive
Recital 10

(10) The 5% limit set up in Article 3(4)d does not affect the Member States' freedom to arrange their own trajectory as to compliance with this prescribed share of conventional biofuels within the overall 10% target. As a consequence, the access to the market of the biofuels produced by the installations in operation before the end of 2013 remains fully open. Therefore this amending directive does not affect the legitimate expectations of the operators of such installations.deleted

2013/05/08
Committee: INTA

Albert DESS, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Herbert DORFMANN, Britta REIMERS

Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)

(1a) The global demand for agricultural commodities and the volatile market situation can only be counteracted with an increase in the crop yields. In EU 12 the full potential regarding crop yields has not yet been realized and on arable land not farmed. Biofuels production from arable crops in the EU reduces the proteins deficit stabilizes the market and raises the EU agricultural production capacity. The jobs related to the EU biofuels consumption reach a number of about 220,000 in the EU.

2013/05/14
Committee: AGRI

Albert DESS, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Herbert DORFMANN, Britta REIMERS

Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 b (new)

(1b) The European Parliament calls on the Commission to follow a broader approach on the issue of ILUC and to promote adequate protection of social and ecological aspects in third countries affected by land use change bilaterally and multilaterally.

2013/05/14
Committee: AGRI

Elisabeth KÖSTINGER

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11

(11) The estimated indirect land-use change emissions should be included in the reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from biofuels under Directives 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC. Biofuels made from feedstocks that do not lead to additional demand for land, such as those from waste feedstocks, should be assigned a zero emissions factor. .deleted

2013/05/08
Committee: INTA

Albert DESS, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Herbert DORFMANN, Britta REIMERS

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5

(5) Based on forecasts of biofuel demand provided by the Member States and estimates of indirect land-use change emissions for different biofuel feedstocks it is likely that greenhouse gas emissions linked to indirect land use change are significant, and could negate some or all of the greenhouse gas savings of individual biofuels. This is because almost the entire biofuel production in 2020 is expected to come from crops grown on land that could be used to satisfy food and feed markets. In order to reduce such emissions, it is appropriate to distinguish between crop groups such as oil crops, cereals, sugars and other starch containing crops accordingly.deleted

2013/05/14
Committee: AGRI

Elisabeth KÖSTINGER

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a

Directive 98/70/EC
Article 7a – paragraph 6

6. Fuel suppliers shall by 31 March each year report to the authority designated by the Member State, the biofuel production pathways, volumes, and the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions per unit of energy, including the estimated indirect land-use change emissions set out in Annex V Member States shall report these data to the Commission.deleted

2013/05/08
Committee: INTA

Elisabeth KÖSTINGER

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)

Directive 98/70/EC
Article 7b – paragraph 1 – second subparagraph

2 a. in paragraph 1, the 2nd subparagraph is deleted

2013/05/08
Committee: INTA

Albert DESS, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Herbert DORFMANN, Britta REIMERS

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6

(6) Liquid renewable fuels are likely to be required by the transport sector in order to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. Advanced biofuels, such as those made from wastes and algae, provide high greenhouse gas savings with low risk of causing indirect land use change and do not compete directly for agricultural land for the food and feed markets. It is appropriate, therefore, to encourage greater production of such advanced biofuels as these are currently not commercially available in large quantities, in part due to competition for public subsidies with established food crop based biofuel technologies. Further incentives should be provided by increasing the weighting of advanced biofuels ~~towards 10% target~~by introducing a separate target for advanced biofuels of at least 2% for transport set in Directive 2009/28/EC compared to conventional biofuels. In this context, only ~~advanced~~ biofuels with ~~low estimated indirect land use change impacts and~~ high overall greenhouse gas savings should be supported as part of the post 2020 renewable energy policy framework.

2013/05/14
Committee: AGRI

Albert DESS, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Herbert DORFMANN, Britta REIMERS

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9

(9) To prepare for the transition towards advanced biofuels and minimise the overall indirect land use change impacts in the period to 2020, it is appropriate to limit the amount of biofuels and bioliquids obtained from food crops as set out in part A of Annex VIII to Directive 2009/28/EC and part A of Annex V to Directive 98/70/EC that can be counted towards targets set out in Directive 2009/28/EC. Without restricting the overall use of such biofuels, the share of biofuels and bioliquids produced from cereal and other starch rich crops, sugar and oil crops that can be counted towards the targets of Directive 2009/28/EC should be limited to the share of such biofuels and bioliquids consumed in 2011.deleted

2013/05/14
Committee: AGRI

Elisabeth KÖSTINGER

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b

For the purpose of compliance with target referred to in the first subparagraph, the maximum joint contribution from biofuels and bioliquids produced from cereal and other starch rich crops, sugars and oil crops shall be no more than the energy quantity corresponding to the maximum contribution as set out in Article 3(4)d.deleted

2013/05/08
Committee: INTA

Albert DESS, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Herbert DORFMANN, Britta REIMERS

Proposal for a directive
Recital 10

(10) The 5% limit set up in Article 3(4)d does not affect the Member States' freedom to arrange their own trajectory as to compliance with this prescribed share of conventional biofuels within the overall 10% target. As a consequence, the access to the market of the biofuels produced by the installations in operation before the end of 2013 remains fully open. Therefore this amending directive does not affect the legitimate expectations of the operators of such installations.deleted

2013/05/14
Committee: AGRI

Albert DESS, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Herbert DORFMANN, Britta REIMERS

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11

(11) The estimated indirect land-use change emissions should be included in the reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from biofuels under Directives 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC. Biofuels made from feedstocks that do not lead to additional demand for land, such as those from waste feedstocks, should be assigned a zero emissions factor..deleted

2013/05/14
Committee: AGRI

Elisabeth KÖSTINGER

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c – point ii

Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – point d

(d) for the calculation of biofuels in the numerator, (i) the share of energy from ~~biofuels produced from cereal and other starch rich crops, sugars and oil crops shall be no more than 5%, the estimated share at the end of 2011,~~feedstock as listed in Annex IX is set to be at least 2 % of the final consumption of energy in transport in 2020; (ii) the share of energy from food crops is set to be at least 8 % of the final consumption of energy in transport in 2020.

2013/05/08
Committee: INTA

Albert DESS, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Herbert DORFMANN, Britta REIMERS

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12

(12) The Commission should review the methodology for estimating land-use change emission factors included in Annexes VIII and V to Directives 2009/28/EC and 98/70/EC respectively in the light of adaptation to technical and scientific progress. To this end, and if warranted by the latest available scientific evidence, the Commission should consider the possibility of revising the proposed crop group indirect land-use change factors, as well as introducing factors at further levels of disaggregation and including additional values should new biofuel feedstocks come to market.deleted

2013/05/14
Committee: AGRI

Elisabeth KÖSTINGER

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point - b (new)

Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – second subparagraph

(-b) in paragraph 1, the 2nd subparagraph is deleted

2013/05/08
Committee: INTA

Albert DESS, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Herbert DORFMANN, Britta REIMERS

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – subpoint a

Directive 98/70/CE
Article 7a – paragraph 6

(a) the following paragraph 6 is inserted: 6. Fuel suppliers shall by 31 March each year report to the authority designated by the Member State, the biofuel production pathways, volumes, and the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions per unit of energy, including the estimated indirect land-use change emissions set out in Annex V Member States shall report these data to the Commission.’deleted

2013/05/14
Committee: AGRI

Elisabeth KÖSTINGER

Council position
Recital 4

(4) Where pasture or agricultural land previously destined for food and feed markets is diverted to biofuel production, the non-fuel demand will still need to be satisfied either through intensification of current production or by bringing non- agricultural land into production elsewhere. The latter case constitutes indirect land-use change and when it involves the conversion of land with high carbon stock it can lead to significant greenhouse gas emissions. Directives 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC should therefore be amended to include provisions to address indirect land-use change given that current biofuels are mainly produced from crops grown on existing agricultural land. The provisions to address the impact of indirect land-use change on greenhouse gas emissions should take due account of the need to protect investments already made.

2015/02/02
Committee: ENVI

Elisabeth KÖSTINGER

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)

Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 18 – paragraph 4 – third subparagraph (new)

6 a. In Article 18 (4), a new third subparagraph is added: The Commission and the member states ensure the mutual recognition of verification schemes safeguarding the compliance with the sustainability criteria for biofuels and bioliquids, where those schemes concerned have been established in accordance with this Directive.

2013/05/08
Committee: INTA

Elisabeth KÖSTINGER

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9

Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 22 – paragraph 2

2. In estimating net greenhouse gas emission saving from the use of biofuels, the Member State may, for the purpose of the reports referred to in paragraph 1, use the typical values given in part A and part B of Annex V~~, and shall add the estimates for indirect land-use change emissions set out in Annex VIII~~.

2013/05/08
Committee: INTA

Elisabeth KÖSTINGER

Proposal for a directive
Annex 1

Annexes to Directive 98/70/EC are amended as follows: (1) Annex IV, part C is amended as follows: (a) point 7 is replaced by the following: '7. Annualised emissions from carbon stock changes caused by land-use change, el, shall be calculated by dividing total emissions equally over 20 years. For the calculation of these emissions the following rule shall be applied: el = (CSR – CSA) × 3,664 × 1/20 × 1/P, where el = annualised greenhouse gas emissions from carbon stock change due to land-use change (measured as mass (grams) of deleted Estimated indirect land-use change emissions (gCO2-equivalent per unit biofuel energy (megajoules)); CSR = the carbon stock per unit area associated with the reference land-use (measured as mass (tonnes) of carbon per unit area, including both soil and vegetation). The reference land-use shall be the land use in January 2008 or 20 years before the raw material was obtained, whichever was the later; CSA = the carbon stock per unit area associated with the actual land-use (measured as mass (tonnes) of carbon per unit area, including both soil and vegetation). In cases where the carbon stock accumulates over more than one year, the value attributed to CSA shall be the estimated stock per unit area after 20 years or when the crop reaches maturity, whichever the earlier; and P = the productivity of the crop (measured as biofuel or energy per unit area per year).' (b) points 8 and 9 are deleted. (2) The following Annex V is added: 'Annex V Part A. Estimated indirect land-use change emissions from biofuels Feedstock group Cereals and other starch rich crops Sugars Oil crops Part B. Biofuels for which the estimated indirect land-use change emissions are considered to be zero Biofuels produced from the following feedstock categories will be considered to have estimated indirect land-use change emissions of zero: (a) feedstocks which are not included under Part A of this Annex. (b) feedstocks whose production has led to direct land use change, i.e. a change from one of the following IPCC land cover categories; forest land, grassland, wetlands, settlements, or other land, to cropland or perennial cropland. In such a case a "direct land use change emission value (el) should have been calculated in accordance to Part C, paragraph 7 of Annex IV.'/MJ) 12 13 55

2013/05/08
Committee: INTA

Elisabeth KÖSTINGER

Proposal for a directive
Annex 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1

Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex V – Part C – points a and b

(1) Annex V, part C is amended as follows: (a) point 7 is replaced by the following: 7. Annualised emissions from carbon stock changes caused by land-use change, el, shall be calculated by dividing total emissions equally over 20 years. For the calculation of these emissions the following rule shall be applied: el = (CSR – CSA) × 3,664 × 1/20 × 1/P, where el = annualised greenhouse gas emissions from carbon stock change due to land-use change (measured as mass (grams) of CO2-equivalent per unit biofuel energy (megajoules)); CSR = the carbon stock per unit area associated with the reference land use (measured as mass (tonnes) of carbon per unit area, including both soil and vegetation). The reference land-use shall be the land-use in January 2008 or 20 years before the raw material was obtained, whichever was the later; CSA = the carbon stock per unit area associated with the actual land-use (measured as mass (tonnes) of carbon per unit area, including both soil and vegetation). In cases where the carbon stock accumulates over more than one year, the value attributed to CSA shall be the estimated stock per unit area after 20 years or when the crop reaches maturity, whichever the earlier; and P = the productivity of the crop (measured as biofuel or bioliquid energy per unit area per year). (b) points 8 and 9 are deleted.

2013/05/08
Committee: INTA

Elisabeth KÖSTINGER

Proposal for a directive
Annex 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2

(2) The following Annex VIII is added: 'Annex VIII Part A. Estimated indirect land-use change emissions from biofuel and bioliquid feedstocks Feedstock group Cereals and other starch rich crops Sugars Oil crops Part B. Biofuels and bioliquids for which the estimated indirect land-use change emissions are considered to be zero Biofuels and bioliquids produced from the following feedstock categories will be considered to have estimated indirect land-use change emissions of zero: (a) feedstocks which are not included under Part A of this Annex. (b) feedstocks whose production has led to direct land use change, i.e. a change from one of the following IPCC land cover categories; forest land, grassland, wetlands, settlements, or other land, to cropland or perennial cropland . In such a case a "direct land use change emission value (el) should have been calculated in accordance to Part C, paragraph 7 of Annex V.'deleted Estimated indirect land-use change emissions (gCO2eq/MJ) 12 13 55

2013/05/08
Committee: INTA

Albert DESS, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Herbert DORFMANN, Britta REIMERS

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 2 – subpoint b

Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

(b) in paragraph 1, the following second subparagraph is added: 'For the purpose of compliance with target referred to in the first subparagraph, the maximum joint contribution from biofuels and bioliquids produced from cereal and other starch rich crops, sugars and oil crops shall be no more than the energy quantity corresponding to the maximum contribution as set out in Article 3(4)d.'deleted

2013/05/14
Committee: AGRI

Albert DESS, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Herbert DORFMANN, Britta REIMERS

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 2 – subpoint c

Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4

(c) paragraph 4 is amended as follows: (i) in point (b), the following phrase is added: "This indent shall be without prejudice to Articles 17(1)a and 3(4)d;" (ii) the following point (d) is added: (d) for the calculation of biofuels in the numerator, the share of energy from biofuels produced from cereal and other starch rich crops, sugars and oil crops shall be no more than 5%, the estimated share at the end of 2011, of the final consumption of energy in transport in 2020. (iii) the following point (e) is added: The contribution made by: (i) biofuels produced from feedstocks listed in Part A of Annex IX shall be considered to be four times their energy content; (ii) biofuels produced from feedstocks listed in Part B of Annex IX shall be considered to be twice their energy content; (iii) renewable liquid and gaseous fuels of non-biological origin shall be considered to be four times their energy content.deleted

2013/05/14
Committee: AGRI

Albert DESS, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Herbert DORFMANN, Britta REIMERS

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 2 – subpoint c – point -i new and point i

(c) paragraph 4 is amended as follows: (-i) The first sentence is replaced by the following: Each Member State shall ensure that the share of energy from renewable sources in all forms of transport in 2020 is at least 10 % of the final consumption of energy in transport in that Member State, (i) in point (b), the following phrase is added: "This indent shall be without prejudice to Articles 17(1)a and 3(4)d;" (ii) the following point (d) is added: (d) for the calculation of biofuels in the numerator, (i) the share of energy from biofuels produced from ~~cereal and other starch rich crops, sugars and oil crops shall be no more than 5%, the estimated share at the end of 2011,~~feedstock listed in Annex IX shall be at least 2% of the final consumption of energy in transport in 2020, and (ii) the share of energy from biofuels produced from food crops shall be at least 8% of the final consumption of energy ~~in transport in 2020~~.

2013/05/14
Committee: AGRI

Albert DESS, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Herbert DORFMANN, Britta REIMERS

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 2 – subpoint c – point iii

Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4– point e

(iii) the following point (e) is added: ‘The contribution made by: (i) biofuels produced from feedstocks listed in Part A of Annex IX shall be considered to be four times their energy content; (ii) biofuels produced from feedstocks listed in Part B of Annex IX shall be considered to be twice their energy content; (iii) renewable liquid and gaseous fuels of non-biological origin shall be considered to be four times their energy content. Member States shall ensure that no raw materials are intentionally modified to be covered by categories (i) to (iii). The list of feedstock set out in Annex IX may be adapted to scientific and technical progress, in order to ensure a correct implementation of the accounting rules set out in this Directive. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 25 (b) concerning the list of feedstock set out in Annex IX'.’deleted

2013/05/14
Committee: AGRI

Albert DESS, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Herbert DORFMANN, Britta REIMERS

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 9

Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 22

9. In Article 22, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: ‘2. In estimating net greenhouse gas emission saving from the use of biofuels, the Member State may, for the purpose of the reports referred to in paragraph 1, use the typical values given in part A and part B of Annex V, and shall add the estimates for indirect land-use change emissions set out in Annex VIII.’deleted

2013/05/14
Committee: AGRI

Albert DESS, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Herbert DORFMANN, Britta REIMERS

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 1

Directive 98/70/EC
Annex IV – part C

(1) Annex IV, part C is amended as follows: (a) point 7 is replaced by the following: ‘7. Annualised emissions from carbon stock changes caused by land-use change, el, shall be calculated by dividing total emissions equally over 20 years. For the calculation of these emissions the following rule shall be applied: el = (CSR – CSA) × 3,664 × 1/20 × 1/P, where el = annualised greenhouse gas emissions from carbon stock change due to land-use change (measured as mass (grams) of CO2-equivalent per unit biofuel energy (megajoules)); CSR = the carbon stock per unit area associated with the reference land-use (measured as mass (tonnes) of carbon per unit area, including both soil and vegetation). The reference land-use shall be the land use in January 2008 or 20 years before the raw material was obtained, whichever was the later; CSA = the carbon stock per unit area associated with the actual land-use (measured as mass (tonnes) of carbon per unit area, including both soil and vegetation). In cases where the carbon stock accumulates over more than one year, the value attributed to CSA shall be the estimated stock per unit area after 20 years or when the crop reaches maturity, whichever the earlier; and P = the productivity of the crop (measured as biofuel or energy per unit area per year).’ (b) points 8 and 9 are deleted.

2013/05/14
Committee: AGRI

Albert DESS, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Herbert DORFMANN, Britta REIMERS

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 1

Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex V – part C

(1) Annex V, part C is amended as follows: (a) point 7 is replaced by the following: ‘7. Annualised emissions from carbon stock changes caused by land-use change, el, shall be calculated by dividing total emissions equally over 20 years. For the calculation of these emissions the following rule shall be applied: el = (CSR – CSA) × 3,664 × 1/20 × 1/P, where el = annualised greenhouse gas emissions from carbon stock change due to land-use change (measured as mass (grams) of CO2-equivalent per unit biofuel energy (megajoules)); CSR = the carbon stock per unit area associated with the reference land use (measured as mass (tonnes) of carbon per unit area, including both soil and vegetation). The reference land-use shall be the land-use in January 2008 or 20 years before the raw material was obtained, whichever was the later; CSA = the carbon stock per unit area associated with the actual land-use (measured as mass (tonnes) of carbon per unit area, including both soil and vegetation). In cases where the carbon stock accumulates over more than one year, the value attributed to CSA shall be the estimated stock per unit area after 20 years or when the crop reaches maturity, whichever the earlier; and P = the productivity of the crop (measured as biofuel or bioliquid energy per unit area per year).’ (b) points 8 and 9 are deleted.

2013/05/14
Committee: AGRI

Albert DESS, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Herbert DORFMANN, Britta REIMERS

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 2

Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex VIII

~~(2) The following Annex VIII is added: 'Annex VIII~~deleted

2013/05/14
Committee: AGRI

Albert DESS, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Herbert DORFMANN, Britta REIMERS

Proposal for a directive
Annex III – point 3

Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – Part A – Title

Feedstocks ~~whose~~ contributiong towards the 2% target referred to in Article 3 (4) ~~shall be considered to be four times their energy content~~d (i) are as followed.

2013/05/14
Committee: AGRI

Elisabeth KÖSTINGER

Council position
Article 1 – point 2 – point b

Directive 98/70/EC
Article 7a – paragraph 6

6. As part of the reporting under paragraph 1, Member States shall ensure that fuel suppliers report annually to the authority designated by the Member State, on the biofuel production pathways, volumes of biofuels derived from the feedstocks as categorised in Part A of Annex V, and the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions per unit of energy, including the estimated indirect land-use change emissions for biofuels produced in installations starting operation after 1 July 2014. Member States shall report those data to the Commission.

2015/02/02
Committee: ENVI

Albert DESS, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Herbert DORFMANN, Britta REIMERS

Proposal for a directive
Annex III – point 3

Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – Part B

~~Part B. Feedstocks whose contribution towards the target referred to in Article 3(4) shall be considered to be twice their energy content~~deleted

2013/05/14
Committee: AGRI

Elisabeth KÖSTINGER

Council position
Article 1 – point 4 – point c

Directive 98/70/EC
Article 7c – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 6

A Member State may notify its national scheme to the Commission. The Commission shall give priority to the assessment of such a scheme. A decision on the compliance of such a notified national scheme with the conditions set out in this Directive shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 11(3), in order to facilitate mutual bilateral and multilateral recognition of schemes for verification of compliance with the sustainability criteria for biofuels. Where the decision is positive, schemes established in accordance with this Article shall not refuse mutual recognition withs and voluntary schemes shall recognise schemes for verification of compliance with the sustainability criteria for biofuels and bioliquids in accordance with this Directive. A Member State or voluntary scheme may refuse to recognise a scheme only when it has well-founded doubts about its accuracy, reliability or veracity. The Member State or voluntary scheme shall notify the Commission of such refusal and its justification. If the Commission finds that a refusal to recognise a scheme is unfounded, the Commission may adopt a decision requiring thate Member State~~'s scheme~~ or voluntary scheme in question to recognise it.

2015/02/02
Committee: ENVI

Elisabeth KÖSTINGER

Council position
Article 1 – point 5 – point -a (new)

Directive 98/70/EC
Article 7d – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)

(-a) in paragraph 1, the following subparagraph is added: "For the purposes of Article 7a, from 2020 onwards the lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions from biofuels produced in installations starting operation after 1st July 2014 shall be calculated by adding the respective value in Annex V to the result obtained pursuant to the first subparagraph."

2015/02/02
Committee: ENVI

Giovanni LA VIA, Mairead McGUINNESS, Elisabetta GARDINI, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Aldo PATRICIELLO, Alberto CIRIO

Council position
Article 2 – point 1

Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point s

(s) 'non-food cellulosic material' means feedstocks mainly composed of cellulose and hemicellulose, and having a lower lignin-content than ligno-cellulosic material; it includes food and feed crop residues (such as straw, stover, husks and shells), grassy energy crops with a low starch content (such as alfalfa and other nitrogen fixing crops, cover crops before and after annual cereal and oil crops, cactus and others CAM crops, ryegrass, switchgrass, miscanthus, giant cane, etc.), industrial residues (including from food and feed crops after vegetal oils, sugars, starches and protein have been extracted), and material from biowaste ;

2015/02/02
Committee: ENVI

Giovanni LA VIA, Mairead McGUINNESS, Elisabetta GARDINI, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Aldo PATRICIELLO, Alberto CIRIO

Council position
Article 2 – point 9 – point a

Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point i

(i) the development and share of biofuels made from feedstocks listed in Annex IX including a resource assessment focusing on the sustainability aspects relating to the effect of the replacement of food and feed products for biofuel production, taking due account of the principles of the waste hierarchy established in Directive 2008/98/EC, the biomass cascading principle, taking into consideration the regional and local economical and technological circumstance, the maintenance of the necessary carbon stock in the soil and the quality of the soil and the ecosystems;

2015/02/02
Committee: ENVI

Elisabeth KÖSTINGER

Council position
Article 2 – point 9 a (new)

Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 22 – paragraph 2

(9a) In Article 22, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: “2. In estimating net greenhouse gas emission savings from the use of biofuels, the Member State may, for the purpose of the reports referred to in paragraph 1, use the typical values given in part A and part B of Annex V., and shall add the estimates for any indirect land-use change emissions for biofuels produced in installations starting operation after 1 July 2014 to be set out in Annex VIII.”

2015/02/02
Committee: ENVI

Giovanni LA VIA, Mairead McGUINNESS, Elisabetta GARDINI, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Aldo PATRICIELLO, Alberto CIRIO

Council position
Article 2 – point 10 – point c

Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – point e

(e) the availability and sustainability of biofuels made from feedstocks listed in Annex IX, including an assessment of the effect of the replacement of food and feed products for biofuel production, taking due account of the principles of the waste hierarchy established in Directive 2008/98/EC, the biomass cascading principle taking into consideration the regional and local economical and technological circumstances, the maintenance of the necessary carbon stock in the soil and the quality of soil and ecosystems; and

2015/02/02
Committee: ENVI

Giovanni LA VIA, Mairead McGUINNESS, Elisabetta GARDINI, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Aldo PATRICIELLO, Alberto CIRIO

Council position
Article 2 – point 10 – point c

Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – point f

(f) indirect land use changes in relation to all production pathways, including an assessment of whether the range of uncertainty identified in the analysis underlying the estimations of indirect land- use change emissions can be narrowed and the possible impact of Union policies, such as environment, climate and agricultural policies, can be factored in. ;

2015/02/02
Committee: ENVI

Giovanni LA VIA, Mairead McGUINNESS, Elisabetta GARDINI, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Aldo PATRICIELLO, Alberto CIRIO

Council position
Annex II – point 3

Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part A – point a

(a) Algae (autotrophic) if cultivated on land in ponds or photobioreactors, macroalgae, aquatic plants.

2015/02/02
Committee: ENVI

Giovanni LA VIA, Mairead McGUINNESS, Elisabetta GARDINI, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Aldo PATRICIELLO, Alberto CIRIO

Council position
Annex II – point 3

Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part A – point e

(e) ~~Straw~~Cereal and beans straw, provided that the soil carbon fertility is at least maintained.

2015/02/02
Committee: ENVI

Giovanni LA VIA, Mairead McGUINNESS, Elisabetta GARDINI, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Aldo PATRICIELLO, Alberto CIRIO

Council position
Annex II – point 3

Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part A – point f

(f) Animal manure and slurry, sewage sludge.

2015/02/02
Committee: ENVI

Elisabeth KÖSTINGER

Council position
Annex II – point 3

Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part A – point g

~~(g) Palm oil mill effluent and empty palm fruit bunches.~~deleted

2015/02/02
Committee: ENVI

Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Giovanni LA VIA

Council position
Annex II – point 3

Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part B – point b a (new)

(ba) highly fluid starch residues if such corresponding effluents both follow a closed cycle process of production and exceed an average water content of 70%.

2015/02/02
Committee: ENVI