Activities of Theodoros SKYLAKAKIS related to 2011/2095(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Competitive low-carbon economy in 2050 (debate)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recognises that the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) is the principal instrument for reducing industrial emissions and promoting investment in low carbon technologies, but acknowledges that the carbon price, due to lower actual emissions because of the economic crisis, is very much lower than was originally envisaged and is failing to provide the necessary investment stimulus;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point a
Paragraph 6 – point a
(a) recalibrating the ETS before the commencement of the third phase by setting aside allowances so as to restore scarcity, thus allowing the original objective of providing incentives for investments in low carbon technologies and energy efficiency measures to be met, and thereafter proposing a legislative act to enable such allowances to be eliminated; this should be done after making special provision for instances where a substantial but temporary drop in output occurs as a result of the economic crisis;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 f (new)
Paragraph 8 f (new)
8f. Calls on the Commission to produce an analysis on the absence of the geographical criterion in the carbon leakage assessment, for products with high transport cost;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 g (new)
Paragraph 8 g (new)
8g. Calls on the Commission to produce an analysis on the absence of the geographical criterion in the carbon leakage assessment for the electricity market in South-East Europe;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 f (new)
Paragraph 9 f (new)
9f. Calls on the Commission, when promoting energy efficiency, to establish specific measures in order to tackle the reverse incentives that occur between the consumers and the distributors of energy;