Activities of Oreste ROSSI related to 2012/0202(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Timing of auctions of greenhouse gas allowances (debate)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a decision
Title
Title
DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amendrepealing Directive 2003/87/EC clarifying provisions on the timing of auctions of greenhouse gas allowances
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital -1 a (new)
Recital -1 a (new)
(-1a) A reduction in carbon dioxide emissions is being achieved in the Union, in line with the targets set in the EU’s ‘climate and energy’ package, principally owing to the economic crisis that Europe has been suffering since 2008.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Article 10(4) of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing aThere are clear structural shortcomings in the scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC does not specify how volumes of greenhouse gas emission allowances to be auctioned are to be distributed over the trading period(EU ETS) established by Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003: on the one hand, rather than preventing carbon leakage, it has actually encouraged this, while on the other hand it has added to energy costs in ETS sectors where there is no leakage.
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) The EU ETS has, by itself, therefore proved that it is not working, and for this reason it should be discontinued at the end of the current trading cycle in 2020, bearing in mind also that it is precisely in 2020 that a new global UNFCCC agreement will enter into force.
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
Recital 2
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Directive 2003/87/EC should therefore be amended accordinglyrepealed with effect from 1 January 2021,
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) More generally, the climate change policy based on market mechanisms, as provided for in the Kyoto Protocol, has shown itself to be ineffective, especially when those mechanisms are not applied at global level, and to be non-transparent. The EU should therefore consider adopting alternative policies in good time.
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 1
Article 1
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 - paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 1 - paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. By 30 June 2015, the Commission shall forward to the European Parliament and to the Council a feasibility study and cost-benefit analysis of climate change policies based on instruments other than market mechanisms, including the introduction of a carbon tax at the EU’s borders.