71 Amendments of Lorenzo FONTANA related to 2016/0375(COD)
Amendment 201 #
Proposal for a regulation
Title 1
Title 1
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the Governance of the Energy Union,Union’s policy in the field of energy amending Directive 94/22/EC, Directive 98/70/EC, Directive 2009/31/EC, Regulation (EC) No 663/2009, Regulation (EC) No 715/2009, Directive 2009/73/EC, Council Directive 2009/119/EC, Directive 2010/31/EU, Directive 2012/27/EU, Directive 2013/30/EU and Council Directive (EU) 2015/652 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 (Text with EEA relevance) (This amendment applies throughout the text) Or. it (See wording of Article 194(1) TFEU)
Amendment 211 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) This Regulation sets out the necessary legislative foundation for a reliable and transparent Governance that ensures the achievement of the Union’s objectives and targets ofin the Energy Unionfield of energy through complementary, and coherent and ambitious efforts by the Union and its Member States, while promoting the Union’s Better Regulation principles.
Amendment 230 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The goal of a resilient Energy Union with an ambitious climate policy at its core is to give Union consumers, both householdsthe Union’s policy in the field of energy is to give the public and businesses, in the EU secure, sustainable, competitive and affordable energy, which requires a fundamental transformation of Europe’sthe Member States’ energy system. That objective can onmore easily be achieved through coordinated action, combining both legislative and non-legislative acts at Union and national level.
Amendment 259 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The European Council agreed on 24 October 2014 on the 2030 Framework for Energy and Climate for the Union based on four key targets: at least 40% cut in economy wide greenhouse gas ("GHG") emissions, at least 27% improvement in energy efficiency with a view to a level of 30%, at least 27% for the share of renewable energy consumed in the Union, and at least 15% for electricity interconnection. It specified that the target for renewable energy is binding at Union level and that it will be fulfilled through Member States’ contributions guided by the need to deliver collectively the Union target.
Amendment 301 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Therefore, the main objective of the Energy Union Governancegovernance of the Union’s policy in the field of energy should be to enable the achievement of the objectives of the Energy UnionUnion in the field of energy and in particular the targets of the 2030 Framework for Climate and Energy. This Regulation is therefore linked to sectorial legislation implementing the 2030 targets for energy and climate. While Member States need flexibility to choose policies that are best-matched to their national energy mix and preferences, that flexibility should be compatible with further market integration, increased competition, the attainment of climate and energy objectives and the gradual shift towards a low-carbon economy.
Amendment 381 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) National plans should be stable to ensure transparency and predictability of national policies and measures in order to ensure investor certainty. Updates of national plans should however be foreseen once during the ten-year period covered to give Member States the opportunity to adapt to significant changing circumstances. For the plans covering the period from 2021 to 2030, Member States should be able to update their plans by 1 January 2024. Targets, objectives and contributions should only be modified to reflect an increased overall ambitionoverall difference in particular as regards the 2030 targets for energy and climate. As part of the updates, Member States should make efforts to mitigate any adverse environmental impacts that become apparent as part of the integrated reporting.
Amendment 405 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) This Regulation should ensure reporting by Member States on adaptation to climate change and the provision of financial, technological and capacity- building support to developing countries within the meaning of the UNFCCC, thereby facilitating the implementation of the Union’s commitments under the UNFCCC itself and Paris Agreement. Furthermore, information on national adaptation actions and support is also important in the context of the integrated national energy and climate plans, especially as regards adaptation to those adverse effects of climate change related to the security of the Union’s energy supply such as the availability of cooling water for power plants and biomass availability for energy, and information on support relevant to the external dimension of the Energy Union.
Amendment 418 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) To help ensure coherence between national and Union policies and objectives of the Energy Union, there should be an on-going dialogue between the Commission and the Member States. As appropriate, the Commission should issue recommendations to Member States including on the level of ambition of the draft national plans, on the subsequent implementation of policies and measures of the notified national plans, and on other national policies and measures of relevance for the implementation of the Energy Union. Member States should take utmost account of such recommendations and explain in subsequent progress reports how they have been implemented.
Amendment 427 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) Should the ambition of integrated national energy and climate plans or their updates be insufficient for the collective achievement of the Energy Union objectives and, for the first period, in particular the 2030 targets for renewable energy and energy efficiency, the Commission should take measures at Union level in order to ensure the collective achievement of these objectives and targets (thereby closing any ‘ambition gap’). Should progress made by the Union towards these objectives and targets be insufficient for their delivconsidered insufficient for the collective achievement of the Union’s binding objectives in the field of energy, the Commission should, in addition to issuing recommendations, take measures at Union level or Member States should take additional measures in order to ensure achievement of these objectives and targets (thereby closing any ‘delivery gap’). Such measures should take into account early ambitious contributions made by Member States to the 2030 targets for renewable energy and energy efficiency when sharing the effort for collective target achievement. In the area of renewable energy, such measures can also include financial contributions by Member States to a financing platform managed by the Commission, which would be used to contribute to renewable energy projects across the Union. Member States’ national renewable energy targets for 2020 should serve as baseline shares of renewable energy from 2021 onwards. In the area of energy efficiency, additional measures can in particular aim at improving the energy efficiency of products, buildings and transportmay launch infringement proceedings against defaulting Member States, within the scope of its powers to monitor the application of the law of the European Union.
Amendment 445 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) Member States and the Commission should ensure closemay cooperatione on all matters relating to the implementation of the Energy UnionUnion’s policy in the field of energy and this Regulation, with close involvement of the European Parliament. The Commission should as appropriate assist Member States in implementing this Regulation, particularly with regard to the establishment of the national plans and associated capacity building.
Amendment 449 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
Amendment 497 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) research, and innovation and competitiveness.
Amendment 593 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 36 to amend Annex I in order to adapt it to amendments to the Union Energy and Climate policy framework, energy market developments andwhenever it is necessary to adapt it to new UNFCCC and Paris Agreement requirements.
Amendment 617 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2 – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2 – point i
i. with a view to achieving the Union's binding target of at least 27% renewable energy in 2030 as referred to in Article 3 of [recast of Directive 2009/28/EC as proposed by COM(2016) 767], a contribution to this target in terms of the Member State's share of energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption of energy in 2030; from 2021 onwards, that share shall follow a linear trajectory;
Amendment 658 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 1 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 1 – paragraph 2
Member States shall express their contribution in terms of absolute level of primary energy consumption and final energy consumption in 2020 and 2030, with a linear trajectory for that contribution from 2021 onwards. They shall explain their underlying methodology and the conversion factors used;
Amendment 699 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – point 4
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – point 4
(4) national objectives with regard to deployment of domestic energy sources (notably renewable energy);
Amendment 707 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point 1
(1) the level of electricity interconnectivity that the Member State aims for in 2030 in consideration of the electricity interconnection target for 2030 of at least 15 %; Member States shall explain the underlying methodology used;
Amendment 746 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – point 3
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – point 3
Amendment 771 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
When setting their indicative national energy efficiency contribution for 2030 and the last year of the period covered for the subsequent national plans pursuant to Article 4(b)(1), Member States shall ensure that: take into account the Union’s objectives for 2030 set out in Articles 1 to 3 of Directive EU/2012/27 [as amended by proposal COM(2016)761].
Amendment 773 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Amendment 786 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the Union’s binding target for 2030 referred to in Articles 1 and 3 of Directive 2012/27/EU [version as amended in accordance with proposal COM(2016)761] is met.
Amendment 787 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point -a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point -a (new)
(-a) the respective levels of primary or final energy consumption, or of energy intensity, in the year 2005;
Amendment 795 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) development of all sources of renewable energies, nuclear energy, carbon capture and storage;, and energy storage;
Amendment 833 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9
Article 9
Amendment 882 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Without prejudice to any other Union law requirements, Member States shall ensure that the public is given early and effective opportunities to participate in the preparation of draft plans referred to in Article 93 and attach to the submissnotification of their draft integrated national energy and climate plan to the Commission a summary of the public’s views. In so far as the provisions of Directive 2001/42/EC are applicable, consultations undertaken in accordance with that Directive shall be deemed to satisfy also the obligations to consult the public under this Regulation.
Amendment 902 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shallmay cooperate with each other at regional level to effectively meet the targets, objectives and contributions set out in their integrated national energy and climate plan.
Amendment 913 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall, well before submittnotifying their draft integrated national energy and climate plan to the Commission pursuant to Article 93(1), identify opportunities for regional cooperation and consult neighbouring Member States and the other Member States expressing an interest. Member States shall set out in their draft integrated national energy and climate plans the results of such regional consultation, including where applicable how comments have been taken into account.
Amendment 918 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Amendment 937 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the plans comply with requirements of Articles 3 to 11 and the Commission recommendations issued pursuant to Article 28.
Amendment 945 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Amendment 966 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall only modify the targets, objectives and contributions set out in the update referred to in paragraph 2 to reflect an increased ambition athe differences compared to the ones set in the latest notified integrated national energy and climate plan.
Amendment 977 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 5
Article 13 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall take into consideration the latest country-specific recommendations issued in the context of the European Semestermacroeconomic impact of their national plans once implemented, particularly with reference to employment levels and earnings, when preparing the update referred to in paragraph 2 .
Amendment 979 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 6
Article 13 – paragraph 6
6. The procedures laid down in Article 9(2) and Article 11 shall apply to the preparation and assessment of the updated integrated national energy and climate plans.
Amendment 1072 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. By 15 March30 September 2021, and every twofour years thereafter, Member States shall report to the Commission information on their national climate change adaptation planning and strategies, outlining their implemented or planned actions to facilitate adaptation to climate change, including the information specified in Part 1 of Annex VI.
Amendment 1079 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. By 15 March30 September 2021 and every year thereafter (year X), Member States shall report to the Commission information on:
Amendment 1080 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) support to developing countries within the meaning of the UNFCCC1 a, including the information specified in Part 2 of Annex VI; __________________ 1a The parts not included in Annex I to the UNFCCC.
Amendment 1102 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 2
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point b – point 2
(2) specific measures for regional cooperation, if necessary;
Amendment 1140 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) regional cooperation in implementing the objectives and policies referred to in points (a) to (d), if relevant;
Amendment 1168 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) regional cooperation in implementing the objectives and policies referred to in points (a) to (g), if relevant;
Amendment 1171 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point i
Amendment 1185 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) if appropriate, cooperation with other Member States in implementing the objectives and policies referred to in points (b) to (d), including coordination of policies and measures through the SET Plan, such as alignment of research programmes and common programmes;
Amendment 1188 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
By 15 March31 July 2021, and every year thereafter (year X), Member States shall report to the Commission:
Amendment 1207 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the progress made at Union level towards meeting the objectives of the Energy UnionUnion’s policy in the energy sector, including for the first ten- year period the Union's 2030 targets for energy and climate, notably in view of avoiding any gaps to the Union's 2030 targets for renewable energy and energy efficiency;
Amendment 1227 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 2
2. In the area of renewable energy, as part of its assessment referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall assess the progress made in the share of energy from renewable sources in the Union’s gross final consumption on the basis of a linear trajectory starting from 20% in 2020 and reaching at least 27% in 2030 as referred to in Article 4(a)(2)(i).
Amendment 1243 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
In the area of energy efficiency, as part of its assessment referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall assess progress towards collectively achieving a maximum energy consumption at Union level of 1 321 Mtoe of primary energy consumption and 987 Mtoe of final energy consumption in 2030 as referred to in Article 6(1)(a)the objective set in Article 1(1) of Directive 2012/27/EU.
Amendment 1249 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Amendment 1259 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) assess whether Member States' progress indicates that the Union as a whole is on track towards the level of energy consumption in 2030 as referred to in the first subparagraph, takingtake into account the assessment of information provided by Member States in their integrated national energy and climate progress reports;
Amendment 1273 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 6
Article 25 – paragraph 6
Amendment 1278 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26
Article 26
Amendment 1292 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – title
Article 27 – title
Amendment 1295 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1
Article 27 – paragraph 1
1. If, on the basis of its assessment of the integrated national energy and climate plans and their updates pursuant to Article 12 or on the basis of the assessment pursuant to Article 25, the Commission concludes that the targets, objectives and contributions of the national plans or their updates are insufficient for the collective achievement of the Energy Union objectives and, in particular, for the first ten-years period, forbinding objectives of the Union'’s 2030 targets for renewable energy and energy efficiency, it shall take measures at Union level in order to ensure the collective achievement of those objectives and targets. With regard to renewable energy, such measures shall take inenergy policy, it may bring infringement proceedings, in the field falling within its competence to cmonsideration the level of ambition of contributions to the Union's 2030 target by Member States set out in the national plans and their updatesitor the application of the law of the European Union, against the Member States deemed to be non-compliant.
Amendment 1302 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2
Article 27 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1310 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3
Article 27 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1324 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 1339 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Amendment 1345 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 1353 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Amendment 1370 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Amendment 1378 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 1383 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 1390 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4
Amendment 1396 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
Article 27 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
Amendment 1402 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 5 – point a
Article 27 – paragraph 5 – point a
Amendment 1403 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 5 – point b
Article 27 – paragraph 5 – point b
Amendment 1404 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 5 – point c
Article 27 – paragraph 5 – point c
Amendment 1409 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28
Article 28
Amendment 1438 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 29 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 1467 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Member States shallmay cooperate and coordinate fully with each other and with the Union in relation to obligations under this Regulation, in particular concerning:
Amendment 1469 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 1682 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI – part 2 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
Annex VI – part 2 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
(a) information on financial support committed and provided to developing countries, under the UNFCCC, for the year X-1, including:
Amendment 1694 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VII – part 2 – point d
Annex VII – part 2 – point d
(d) total building floor area of the buildings with a total useful floor area over 250 m2 owned and occupied by the Member States’ central government thatwhich, on 1 January in year X-2 and X-1, which did not meet the energy performance requirements referred to in Article 5(1) of Directive 2012/27/EU;