20 Amendments of John Stuart AGNEW related to 2016/0382(COD)
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Promoting renewable forms of energy is one of theseveral goals of the Union energy policy. The increased use of energy from renewable sources, together with energy savings and increased energy efficiency, constitutes, including an affordable reliable supply of energy to consumers and industry, ensuring energy security, and important part of the package of measures needed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and comply with the 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change, and the Union 2030 energy and climate framework, including the binding target to cut emissions in the Union by at least 40% below 1990 levels by 2030 . It also has an important part to play in promotn particular noting that the EU does not have exclusive competence over energy and that Member States retain the right to choose between different energy sources and determine the general structure of their energy supply. It should, therefore, be for the Member States to determinge the security of energy supply, technological development and innovation and providing opportunities for employment and regional development, especially in rural and isolated areas or regions with low population density ir energy policies, including the relative proportion of energy derived from renewable sources, based on locally determined criteria and investment priorities. Any proposal to set binding targets at EU level should be rejected.
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Support schemes for electricity generated from renewable sources have proved to be an effective way of fostering deployment of renewable electricity. If and when Member States decide to implement support schemes, such support should be provided in a form that is as non- distortive as possible for the functioning of electricity markets. To this end, an increasing number of Member States allocate support in a form where support is granted in addition to market revenues but increase the price of energy to consumers and distort markets. Therefore, all forms of subsidy to energy markets should be avoided.
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) In order to facilitate and accelerate the setting of minimum levels for the use of energy from renewable sources in buildings, the calculation of those minimum levels in new and existing buildings subject to major renovation should be first be subject to national budgetary and spending frameworks, to ensure that meeting EU targets does not compromise investment in locally determined priorities, second national health and safety risk assessment and third be consistent with the methodology set out in Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council20 . _________________ 20 Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 on the energy performance of buildings (OJ L 153, 18.6.2010, p. 13).
Amendment 133 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) Lengthy administrative procedures constitute a major administrative barrier and are costly. The simplification of permit-granting processes, associated with a clear time-limit forpresumption against further regulatory interference or target setting should expedite the decision to be taken by the respective authorities regarding the construction of the project should stimulate a more ef, whilst noting the significieant handling of procedures thus reducing administrative costfiscal and administrative burden placed on them and Member States by previous target setting regulations.
Amendment 146 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 62
Recital 62
(62) TheAny European Strategy for a low- carbon mobility of July 2016 pointed out that food-based biofuels have a limited role in decarbonising the transport sector and should be gradually phased out and replaced by advanced biofuelsfinancial framework for biofuels should provide equal support to all sustainable biofuel production and ensure that any subsidies and taxation concessions currently applied to fossil fuels are phased out. To prepare for the transition towards advanced biofuels and minimise the overall indirect land-use change impacts, it is appropriate to reduce the amount of non-sustainable biofuels and bioliquids produced from food and feed crops that can be counted towards the Union target set out in this Directive.
Amendment 166 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 64
Recital 64
(64) Advanced biofuels and other biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock listed in Annex IX, renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non- biological origin, and renewable electricity in transport can contribute to low carbon emissions, stimulating the decarbonisation of the Union transport sector in a cost-effective manner, and improvingimprove inter alia energy diversification in the transport sector while promoting innovation, growth and jobs in the Union economy and reducing reliance on energy imports. The incorporation obligation on fuels suppliers should encourage continuous development of advanced fuels, including biofuels, and it is important to ensure that the incorporation obligation also incentivises improvements in the greenhouse gas performance of the fuels supplied to meet it. The Commission should assess the greenhouse gas performance, technical innovation and sustainability of those fuels.
Amendment 175 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 68
Recital 68
Amendment 183 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 71
Recital 71
(71) The production of agricultural raw material for biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels , and the incentives for their use provided for in this Directive, should not have the effect of encouraging the destruction of biodiverse lands Such finite resources, recognised in various international instruments to be of value to all mankind, should be preserved. It is therefore necessary to provide sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions savings criteria ensuring that biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels qualify for the incentives only when it is guaranteed that the agricultural raw material does not originate in biodiverse areas or, in the case of areas designated for nature protection purposes or for the protection of rare, threatened or endangered ecosystems or species, the relevant competent authority demonstrates that the production of the agricultural raw material does not interfere with such purposes. Forests should be considered as biodiverse according to the sustainability criteria, where they are primary forests in accordance with the definition used by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) in its Global Forest Resource Assessment, or where they are protected by national nature protection law. Areas where the collection of non- wood forest products occurs should be considered to be biodiverse forests , provided the human impact is small. Other types of forests as defined by the FAO, such as modified natural forests, semi-natural forests and plantations, should not be considered as primary forests. Having regard, furthermore, to the highly biodiverse nature of certain grasslands, both temperate and tropical, including highly biodiverse savannahs, steppes, scrublands and prairies, biofuels , bioliquids and biomass fuels made from agricultural raw materials originating in such lands should not qualify for the incentives provided for by this Directive. The Commission should establish appropriate criteria to define such highly biodiverse grasslands in accordance with the best available scientific evidence and relevant international standards, whilst acknowledging that subsidy for renewable energy is highly likely to result in this occurring. Member States should favour any biofuels that demonstrate high efficiency, which can be shown to minimize indirect land use change and which support national biodiversity strategy.
Amendment 219 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 85
Recital 85
(85) It is necessary to lay down clear scientifically objective rules for the calculation of greenhouse gas emission savings from biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels and their fossil fuel comparators.
Amendment 223 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Directive establishes a common framework for the promotion of energy from renewable sources. It sets a binding Union target forthat Member States retain the right to choose between different energy sources and determine the ovgenerall share of energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption of energy in 2030 . It also lays down rules on financial support to electricity produced from renewable sources, self-consumption of renewable electricity, and renewable energy use in the heating and cooling and transport sectors, regional cooperation between Member Statructure of their energy supply. It should, therefore, be for the Member States to determine their energy policies, including the relative proportion of energy derived from renewable sources, based on locally determined criteria and investment priorities. Any proposal to set binding targets at EU level should be rejectesd and with third countries, guarantees of origin, administrative procedures and information and training. It establishes sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria for biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels Directive 2009/28/EC1 should therefore be repealed. [all subsequent paragraphs to be deleted] 1. Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC (OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 16).
Amendment 277 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Subject to State aid rules, in order to reach the Union target set in Article 3(1), Member States may apply support schemes. Support schemes for electricity from renewable sources shall be designed so as to avoid unnecessary distortions of electricity markets and ensure that producers take into account the supply and demand of electricity as well as possible grid constraintsAll forms of support schemes for electricity from renewable and fossil sources distort markets and, therefore, shall be avoided.
Amendment 282 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Amendment 287 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that any support for renewable and fossil- derived electricity is granted in an open, transparent, competitive, non- discriminatory, non-distorting and cost- effective manner.
Amendment 289 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Amendment 342 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 6
Article 15 – paragraph 6
6. Subject to national budgetary constraints and locally determined investment hierarchies, Member States shall ensure that new public buildings, and existing public buildings that are subject to major renovation, at national, regional and local level fulfil an exemplary role in the context of this Directive from 1 January 2012 onwards. Member States may, inter alia, allow that obligation to be fulfilled by providing that the roofs of public or mixed private-public buildings are used by third parties for installations that produce energy from renewable sources.
Amendment 446 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5
Article 26 – paragraph 5
Amendment 471 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 6
Article 26 – paragraph 6
Amendment 505 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
The Commission may decide that voluntary national or international schemes setting standards for the production of biomass products contain accurate data for the purposes of Article 26(7), and/or demonstrate that consignments of biofuels, bioliquids or biomass fuels comply with the sustainability criteria set out in Article 26(2), (3), (4), (5) and (6), and/or that no materials have been intentionally modified or discarded so that the consignment or part thereof would fall under Annex IX. When demonstrating that requirements set out in Article 26(5) and (6) for forest biomass are met, the operators may decide to directly provide the required evidence at the forest holding level. The Commission may also recognise areas for the protection of rare, threatened or endangered ecosystems or species recognised by international agreements or included in lists drawn up by intergovernmental organisations or the International Union for the Conservation of Nature for the purposes of Article 26(2)(b)(ii).
Amendment 516 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
In the event that the Commission’s review concludes that changes to Annex V or Annex VI should be made, after 2030 the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts pursuant to Article 32.
Amendment 519 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 30 – paragraph 3
Article 30 – paragraph 3