2 Amendments of Alfreds RUBIKS related to 2011/0092(CNS)
Amendment 18 #
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. A, in order to keep agriculture economically viable, as it is already hampered by strict social, environmental, plant protection and animal welfare requirements, and it is not adequately remunerated on the market. Despite this, 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, which at the same time will in the medium term reduce permanent production costs in these sectors. Such advances in energy efficiency should form part of a sufficiently long cycle, extending over a number of years, and 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.
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 25 a (new)
Recital 25 a (new)
(25a) It should be laid down that Member States ought to develop forms of bioenergy on the basis of society’s economic needs and its interests. Member States should be encouraged to adopt a tax regime which promotes consumption of second-generation biofuels. The Commission should particularly prioritise research into second-generation biofuels in order to improve their efficiency and actual cost, as well as increasing research and development funding.