11 Amendments of Gaston FRANCO related to 2012/0042(COD)
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The Union land use, land use change and forestry (‘LULUCF’) sector is a net sink that removes from the atmosphere greenhouse gasses in an amount equivalent to a significant share of total Union emissions. It results in anthropogenic emissions and removals of greenhouse gases as a consequence of changes in the quantity of carbon stored in vegetation and soils. The increased sustainable use of harvested wood products can substantially limit emissions and enhance removals from the atmosphere. Emissions and removals of greenhouse gases resulting from the LULUCF sector are not counted towards the Union's 20 % greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for 2020 pursuant to Decision No 406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the efforts of Member States to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to meet the Community's greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments up to 202020 and 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/EC21 , though they count in part towards the Union's quantified emission limitation and reduction target pursuant to Article 3(3) of the Kyoto Protocol (‘Kyoto Protocol’) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (‘UNFCCC’), approved by Council Decision 2002/358/EC22 .
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) In accordance with the Roadmap for moving to a competitive low carbon economy in 2050, it is necessary to consider all land uses in a holistic manner and to address LULUCF within the Union's climate policy.
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The 17th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, meeting in Durban in December 2011, adopted Decision - /CMP.7 of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (‘Decision -/CMP.7’). That decision set out rules for accounting for the LULUCF sector as of a second commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol. This Decision should be fully in line with that decision to ensure an appropriate level of coherence between the Union's internal rules and methodologies agreed within the UNFCCC. This Decision should also reflect the particularities of the Union LULUCF sector.
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The LULUCF accounting rules should reflect efforts made in the agriculture and forestry sectors to enhance the contribution of changes made to the use of land resources to the reduction of emissions. This Decision should provide for accounting rules applicable on a mandatory basis to the forestry activities of afforestation, reforestation, deforestation and forest management, and to the agricultural activities of grazing land management and cropland management. It should also provide for accounting rules applicable on a voluntary basis to revegetation and, wetland drainage and rewetting activities, and the agricultural activities of grazing land management and cropland management.
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) Accounting rules based on Decision 2/CMP.7, and Decision 16/CMP.1 do not allow for accounting the substitution effect of using harvested wood products for energy and material purposes, since this would lead to double accounting. However, these are important contributions of forestry to climate change mitigation. For this reason, and for informative purposes, Member States may calculate emissions avoided through substitution effects of forest management. This would increase policy coherence.
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission to update the definitions laid down in Article 2 in the light of changes to definitions adopted by the bodies of the UNFCCC or the Kyoto Protocol or other multilateral agreement relevant to climate change concluded by the Union, to amend Annex I to add accounting periods and ensure consistency between those accounting periods and the relevant periods applicable to Union emission reduction commitments in other sectors, to amend Annex II with updated reference levels in accordance with the proposed reference levels submitted by Member States pursuant to Article 6 subject to corrections made in accordance with this Decision, to revise the information specified in Annex III in accordance with scientific progress and to revise the conditions relating to the accounting rules for natural disturbances laid down in Article 9(2) in the light of scientific progress or to reflect revisions to acts adopted by the UNFCCC or Kyoto Protocol bodies. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert levels of the involved sectors. The Commission, when preparing and drawing-up delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and Council.
Amendment 233 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Harvested wood products as such shall not be considered as emissions of greenhouse gas. Member States shall reflect in their accounts pursuant to Article 3(1) emissions from harvested wood products containing carbon on 1 January 2013 even where such harvested wood products were harvested prior to this date.
Amendment 243 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. Where Member States reflect in their accounts emissions resulting from harvested wood products that were harvested for energy purposes, they shall do so also on the basis of the instantaneous oxidation method. For informative purposes, the emissions avoided through the use of this biomass may be calculated.
Amendment 267 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
No later than six months after the beginning of each accounting period specified in Annex I, Member States shall draw up and transmit to the Commission draft LULUCF Action Plans to limit or reduce emissions and maintain or increase removals resulting from the activities referred to in Article 3(1). Member States shall ensure that a broad range ofinterested stakeholders are consulted. LULUCF action plans are meant to be understood as an integral part of the national low carbon development strategies.
Amendment 274 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
An ad hoc working group of experts shall be constituted in order to assist the Commission in the evaluation of the national action plans.
Amendment 326 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex IV – point g – indent 5
Annex IV – point g – indent 5
– increasing the harvested wood products pool. Wood products derived from harvested timber are also significant carbon pools, wooden material should be seen as substitute for energy-intensive materials. Increasing the use of harvested wood products should be supported in construction, renovation and in public procurement;