Activities of José Manuel FERNANDES related to 2021/0211(COD)
Opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal of the European Parliament and of the Council for an Amending Directive 2003/87/EC establishing a system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union, Decision (EU) 2015/1814 concerning the establishment and operation of a market stability reserve for the Union greenhouse gas emission trading scheme and Regulation (EU) 2015/757
Amendments (6)
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 52
Recital 52
(52) The introduction of the carbon price in road transport and buildings should be accompanied by effective social compensation, especially in view of the already existing levels of energy poverty. About 34 million Europeans reported an inability to keep their homes adequately warm in 2018, and 6,9 % of the Union population have said that they cannot afford to heat their home sufficiently in a 2019 EU-wide survey60 . To achieve an effective social and distributional compensation, Member States should be required to spend the auction revenues on the climate and energy-related purposes already specified for the existing emissions trading, but also for measures added specifically to address related concerns for the new sectors of road transport and buildings, including related policy measures under Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council61 . Auction revenues should be used to address social aspects of the emission trading for the new sectors with a specific emphasis in vulnerable households, micro-enterprises and transport users. In this spirit, a new Social Climate Fund will provide dedicated funding to Member States to support the European citizens most affected or at risk of energy or mobility poverty. The Social Climate Fund should be an integral part of the Union budget in order to preserve the unity of the budget and the coherence with Union policies, and to ensure that there is effective control by the budgetary authority, composed of the Parliament and the Council. This Fund will promote fairness and solidarity between and within Member States while mitigating the risk of energy and mobility poverty during the transition. It will build on and complement existing solidarity mechanisms. The resources of the new Fund will in principle correspond to 25 % of the expected revenues from new emission trading in the period 2026-2032, and wibe implemented on the basis of the Social Climate Plans that Member States should put forward under Regulation (EU) 20…/nn of the European Parliament and the Council62 . The programmed baseline allocation in the EU budget should be increased annually be implemented on the basis of the Social Climate Plans that Member States should put forward under Regulation (EU) 20…/nn of the European Parliament and the Council62 y a supplementary reinforcement in case there is an increase in the carbon price, as it would raise the burden on the vulnerable households and traffic users. Such annual reinforcements should be accommodated within the MFF by means of an automatic ‘carbon price fluctuation adjustment’ of the ceiling of Heading 3 and the payment ceiling, the mechanism for which is to be provided for in the MFF regulation according to Article 312 TFEU. In addition, each Member State should use their auction revenues inter alia to finance a part of the costs of their Social Climate Plans. _________________ 60 Data from 2018. Eurostat, SILC [ilc_mdes01]. 61 Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on energy efficiency, amending Directives 2009/125/EC and 2010/30/EU and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC (OJ L 315, 14.11.2012, p. 1–56). 62 [Add ref to the Regulation establishing the Social Climate Fund].
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point b
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
3. Member States shall determine the use of revenues generated from the auctioning of allowances, except for the revenues established as own resources in accordance with Article 311(3) TFEU and entered in the Union budget as general income. The revenue accruing to the Union budget shall respect the principle of universality in accordance with Article 7 of Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/2053. Member States shall use their revenues generated from the auctioning of allowances referred to in paragraph 2, with the exception of the revenues used for the compensation of indirect carbon costs referred to in Article 10a(6), for one or more of the following:;
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 21
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 21
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 30d – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 30d – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. The revenues generated by the auctioning of allowances covered by this chapter shall not be used as assigned revenue for the Social Climate Fund. The Social Climate Fund is to be financed by the general EU budget, whose revenue side will benefit from the introduction of a diverse basket of new own resources, including the ETS-based own resource pursuant to the roadmap of the IIA.
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 21 Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 21 Directive 2003/87/EC
3 b. In order to ensure that the available appropriations for the Social Climate Fund in the EU budget can evolve in close alignment with the carbon price and thus the burden for vulnerable households and traffic users, a Carbon Price Fluctuation Adjustment Mechanism will enable annual reinforcements. The detailed provisions are to be provided for in the Multiannual Financial Framework Regulation, which, in accordance with Article 312 TFEU, will ensure that the relevant expenditure ceilings are adjusted automatically each year in function of the rate of change of the carbon price under the ETS for Buildings and Road Transport. The budgetary impact of the annual adjustment will be budgeted.
Amendment 450 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 44 a (new)
Recital 44 a (new)
(44a) The Social Climate Fund will be endowed with a baseline allocation in the Union budget, which will also benefit from annual reinforcements in alignment with a higher carbon price, by means of an automatic adjustment of the relevant MFF ceilings, in order to further support households and transport users in making the climate transition. It should be an integral part of the Union budget in order to preserve the unity and integrity of the budget, respect the Community method and ensure that there is effective control by the budgetary authority, composed of the European Parliament and the Council.
Amendment 1402 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20 a (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 30 – paragraphs 3 a and 3 b (new)
Article 30 – paragraphs 3 a and 3 b (new)
(20a) In Article 30, the following paragraphs are inserted: “3a. The Social Climate Fund is to be financed by the general EU budget, whose revenue side will benefit from the introduction of a diverse basket of new own resources, including the EU ETS- based on resource pursuant to the roadmap of the IIA. 3b. In order to ensure that the available appropriations for the Social Climate Fund in the EU budget shall evolve in alignment with the carbon price and thus support vulnerable households and transport users, a Carbon Price Fluctuation Adjustment Mechanism will enable annual reinforcements; the detailed provisions are to be provided for in the Multiannual Financial Framework Regulation which in accordance with Article 312 TFEU which will ensure that the relevant expenditure ceilings are adjusted automatically each year in function of and in alignment with the rate of change of the carbon price under the EU ETS for Buildings and Road Transport;”