2 Amendments of George LYON related to 2011/0092(CNS)
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Article 15(3) of Directive 2003/96/EC allows Member States to apply to agricultural, horticultural and piscicultural works as well as to forestry not only the provisions generally applicable to business uses but also a level of taxation down to zero. An examination of that option has revealed that as far as general energy consumption taxation is concerned its maintenance would be contrary to the Union's wider policy objectives unless it is linked to a counterpart ensuring advances in the field of energy efficiency. Such advances in energy efficiency should be subject to public planning and monitoring by public bodies. As regards CO2 related taxation the treatment of the sectors concerned should be aligned to the rules applying to industrial sectors as far as possible.
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
(21a) The biomass sector is a strategic sector both as regards the shape of future Member State energy mixes, and for shaping strategies for a low carbon economy, owing to the fact that biomass production acts as a carbon sink, and Member States should therefore avoid applying excessively divergent rates of taxation in order to avert the risk of a ‘frontier effect’ arising between Member States.