30 Amendments of Oreste ROSSI related to 2012/0288(COD)
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Article 3(4) of Directive 2009/28/EC on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable energy sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/777/EC and 2003/30/EC requires Member States to ensure that the share of energy from renewable energy sources in all forms of transport in 2020 is at least 10% of their final energy consumption. The blending of biofuels is one of the methods available for Member States to meet this target, and is expected has hitherto been the main contributor.
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Based on forecasts of biofuel demand provided by the Member States and estimates of indirect land-use change emissions for different biofuel feedstocks it is likely that greenhouse gas emissions linked to indirect land use change are significant, and couldwill negate some or all of the greenhouse gas savings of individual biofuels. This is because almost the entire biofuel production in 2020 is expected to come from crops grown on land that could be used to satisfy food and feed markets. In order to reduce such emissions, it is appropriaFurthermore, increased use of biofuels produced from food crops contributes to distinguish between crop groups such as oil crops, cereals, sugars and other starchfood price volatility and could have negative impacts on for global food security. This has had significant negative social impacts on livelihoods and the ability to realise human rights including the right to food or access to land for local communities living in poverty in countaining crops accordinglyries outside the Union. In order to reduce such emissions and such negative social impacts, it is appropriate to in particular focus on reducing the projected use of biofuels grown on land.
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Liquid renewable fuels are likely to be required by the transport sector in order to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. Advanced biofuels, such as those made from wastes and algae, provide high greenhouse gas savings with low risk of causing indirect land use change and do not compete directly for agricultural land for the food and feed markets. It is appropriate, therefore, to encourage greater production ofHowever, such advanced biofuels as these are currently not available commercially available in large quantities, in part due to competition for public subsidies with established food crop based biofuel technologies. Further incentives should be provided by increasing the weighting of advanced biofuels towards 10% target for transport set in Directive 2009/28/EC compared to conventional biofuels. In this context, only advanced biofuels with, despite numerous research projects and initial experiments, and many studies agree that in the short and medium term it will be impossible to increase their production volumes. In this context, as part of the renewable energy policy framework, advanced biofuels should be supported and, where necessary, subsidised, only after a preliminary scientific assessment has been carried out as to their merits and their true sustainability, proving that they have a low estimated indirect land use change impacts and that they enable high overall greenhouse gas savings should be supported as part of the post 2020 renewable energy policy framework.
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Liquid renewable fuels are likely to be required by the transport sector in order to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. Advanced biofuels, such as those made from wastes and algae, provide high greenhouse gas savings with lowno risk of causing indirect land use change and do not compete directly for agricultural land for the food and feed markets. IAfter prior scientific assessment about their merits and their true sustainability, it is appropriate, therefore, to encourage greater production of such advanced biofuels as these are currently not commercially available in large quantities, in part due to competition for public subsidies with established food crop based biofuel technologies. Further incentives should be provided by increasing the weighting of advanced biofuels towards 10% target for transport set in Directive 2009/28/EC compared to conventional biofuels. In this context, only advanced biofuels with lowhich meet sustainability criteria, which do not compete with food for land, water or other resources and which have no estimated indirect land use change impacts and high overall greenhouse gas savings should be supported as part of the post 2020 renewable energy policy framework.
Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) In order to guarantee the efficiency of promotion measures, especially those targeted to further encourage biofuels giving additional benefits, it is appropriate that the support systems defined by Member States take into account the need to verify and cross-check biofuels volumes with the aim to avoid frauds regarding the real origin of the biofuels products or concerning untrustworthy multiple declarations of the same biofuels volumes under two or more national systems or international accreditation schemes. This should concern advanced biofuels as well as all conventional biofuels products, since frauds based on untrustworthy multiple declarations also concern voluntary and national biofuels sustainability schemes and not only specific measures for advanced biofuels.
Amendment 142 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) In order to ensure the long-term competitiveness of bio-based industrial sectors, and in line with the 2012 Communication "Innovating for Sustainable growth: A Bioeconomy for Europe" and the Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe12 ", promoting integrated and diversified biorefineries across Europe, enhanced incentives under Directive 2009/28/EC should be set in a way that gives preference to the use of biomass feedstocks that do not have a highindustrial or economic value for other uses than biofuels, that use waste materials for energy purposes only in accordance with the waste hierarchy, that do not compete for the use of land and water so to protect land and food rights.
Amendment 189 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) The use of land for growing biofuel feedstocks should not result in the displacement of local and indigenous communities. To this end, only biofuels and bioliquids whose production does not impinge on the rights of local and indigenous communities should be considered as sustainable.
Amendment 214 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) In order to permit adaptation to technical and scientific progress of Directive 2009/28/EC, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the list of biofuel feedstocks that are counted multiple times towards the target set in Article 3(4), the energy content of transport fuels, criteria and geographic ranges for determining highly biodiverse grassland, the methodology for the calculation of indirect land-use change emissions, and the methodological principles and values necessary for assessing whether sustainability criteria have been fulfilled in relation to biofuels and bioliquids.
Amendment 221 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) The Commission should review the effectiveness of the measures introduced by this Directive, based on the best and latest available scientific evidence, in limiting indirect land-use change greenhouse gas emissions and addressing ways to further minimise that impact, which cshould include the introduction of estimated indirect land-use change emission factors in the sustainability scheme as of 1st January 2021sustainability criteria to be met for promoting advanced biofuels. The Commission should carry out an appropriate analysis in order to evaluate the impact of the implementation of this Directive on the forestry sector and related industries.
Amendment 224 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) It is of particular importance that the Commission in application of this Directive carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level from the forestry and forestry-based industries and agriculture. The Commission, when preparing and drawing up delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and to the Council.
Amendment 234 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – point -a (new)
Article 1 – point 1 – point -a (new)
Directive 98/70/EC
Article 7a – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 7a – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(-a) in paragraph 2, the following point (ca) is inserted: "(ca) Member States shall ensure that the maximum contribution of biofuels produced from cereal and other starch rich crops, sugars and oil crops or dedicated energy crops for the purpose of compliance with the target referred to in the first subparagraph shall not exceed an energy quantity corresponding to 5%, the estimated share at the end of 2011, of the final consumption of energy in transport in 2020."
Amendment 307 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point -1 (new)
Article 2 – point -1 (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 1
Article 1
-1. Article 1 is replaced by the following: This Directive establishes a common framework for the promotion of energy from renewable sources. It sets mandatory national targets for the overall share of energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption of energy [...]. It lays down rules relating to statistical transfers between Member States, joint projects between Member States and with third countries, guarantees of origin, administrative procedures, information and training, and access to the electricity grid for energy from renewable sources. It establishes sustainability criteria for biofuels and bioliquids."
Amendment 308 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point - 1 (new)
Article 2 – point - 1 (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 2 – point e
Article 2 – point e
-1. In Article 2, point (e) is replaced by the following: "(e) "biomass" means the biodegradable fraction of products, waste and residues from biological origin from agriculture (including vegetal and animal substances), forestry and related industries including fisheries and aquaculture, as well as the biodegradable fraction of industrial and municipal waste, but excluding forestry and other wood fractions that are industrially or economically reusable or recyclable for further industrial use;"
Amendment 310 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point -1 a (new)
Article 2 – point -1 a (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 2 – point k
Article 2 – point k
-1a. In Article 2, point (k) is replaced by the following: "(k) "support scheme" means any instrument, scheme or mechanism applied by a Member State or a group of Member States, that promotes the use of energy from renewable sources by reducing the cost of that energy, increasing the price at which it can be sold, or increasing, by means of a renewable energy obligation or otherwise, the volume of such energy purchased. This includes, but is not restricted to, investment aid, tax exemptions or reductions, tax refunds, renewable energy obligation support schemes including those using green certificates, and direct price support schemes including feed-in tariffs and premium payments; support schemes shall not create market distortion on raw material price for other industrial sectors that are traditionally using the same raw materials;"
Amendment 321 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 2 – point b
Article 2 – point 2 – point b
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 330 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 2 – point b
Article 2 – point 2 – point b
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
For the purpose of compliance with target referred to in the first subparagraph, the maximum joint contribution from biofuels and bioliquids produced from cereal and other starch rich crops, sugars and oil crops or dedicated energy crops shall be no more than the energy quantity corresponding to the maximum contribution as set out in Article 3(4)d.
Amendment 338 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 2 – point c
Article 2 – point 2 – point c
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 4
(c) paragraph 4 is amended as follows: (i) in point (b), the following phrase is added: "This indent shall be without prejudice to Articles 17(1)a and 3(4)d;" (ii) the following point (d) is added: "(d) for the calculation of biofuels in the numerator, the share of energy from biofuels produced from cereal and other starch rich crops, sugars and oil crops shall be no more than 5%, the estimated share at the end of 2011, of the final consumption of energy in transport in 2020. (iii) the following point (e) is added: The contribution made by: (i) biofuels produced from feedstocks listed in Part A of Annex IX shall be considered to be four times their energy content; (ii) biofuels produced from feedstocks listed in Part B of Annex IX shall be considered to be twice their energy content; (iii) renewable liquid and gaseous fuels of non-biological origin shall be considered to be four times their energy content. Member States shall ensure that no raw materials are intentionally modified to be covered by categories (i) to (iii). The list of feedstock set out in Annex IX may be adapted to scientific and technical progress, in order to ensure a correct implementation of the accounting rules set out in this Directive. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 25 (b) concerning the list of feedstock set out in Annex IX'deleted.
Amendment 358 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 2 – point c – point ii
Article 2 – point 2 – point c – point ii
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point d
(d) for the calculation of biofuels in the numerator, the share of energy from biofuels produced from cereal and other starch rich crops, sugars and oilfood crops and dedicated energy crops shall be no more than 5%, the estimated share at the end of 2011, of the final consumption of energy in transport in 2020.
Amendment 393 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 2 – point c – point iii
Article 2 – point 2 – point c – point iii
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point e – subparagraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point e – subparagraph 2
Member States shall refer to an independent European-wide registration system for verifying the origin and the traceability of all biofuels and particularly of advanced biofuels listed under Annex IX or eligible for an extra-incentive or for a separate target at EU or national level: such register should consist in a single database certifying all biofuels volumes from their origin until their final consumption. The register shall be aimed to avoid untrustworthy multiple declarations of the same volumes under two or more national or European schemes, shall register biofuels as from their origination and shall ensure that no raw materials are intentionally modified to be covered by categories (i) to (iii).
Amendment 410 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 5 – point -a (new)
Article 2 – point 5 – point -a (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
(-a) the following subparagraph is added to paragraph 1: "Energy from biofuels and bioliquids produced from cereal and other starch rich crops, sugars and oil crops or dedicated energy crops taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) shall be no more than 5%, the estimated share at the end of 2011, of the final consumption of energy in transport in 2020."
Amendment 459 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 11
Article 2 – point 11
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 25b – paragraph 2
Article 25b – paragraph 2
2. The delegation of power referred to in Article 3(4)(d), Article 5(5), the third subparagraph of Article 17(3)(c), Articles 19(5), 19(6) and 19(7) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of timefive years from [the date of entry into force of this Directive].
Amendment 464 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 11
Article 2 – point 11
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 25b – paragraph 3
Article 25b – paragraph 3
3. The delegation of power referred to in Article 3(4)(d), Article 5(5), the third subparagraph of Article 17(3)(c), Articles 19 (5), 19 (6) and 19 (7) may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision of revocation shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.
Amendment 467 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 11
Article 2 – point 11
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 25b – paragraph 5
Article 25b – paragraph 5
5. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 3(4)(d), Article 5(5), the third subparagraph of Article 17(3)(c), Articles 19 (5), 19 (6) and 19 (7) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of 2 months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by 2 months at the initiative of the European Parliament or the Council.
Amendment 473 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3
Article 3
The Commission shall, before 31 December 2017, submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council reviewing, on the basis of the best latest available scientific evidence, the effectiveness of the measures introduced by this Directive in limiting indirect land- use change greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production of biofuel and bioliquids. The report shall, if appropriate, be accompanied by a legislative proposal based on the best available scientific evidence, for introducing estimated indirect land use change emissions factors into the appropriate sustainability criteria to be applied from 1st January 2021 and a review of the effectiveness of the incentives provided for include an impact assessment analysis of the biofuels production on the forestry-based industries and wood availability. The report shall, if appropriate, be accompanied by a legislative proposal based on the best available scientific evidence, for introducing sustainability criteria to be applied for incentivising biofuels from non- land using feedstocks and non-food crops under Article 3(4)d of Directive 2009/28/EC.
Amendment 477 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3
Article 3
The Commission shall, before 31 December 2017, submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council reviewing, on the basis of the best latest available scientific evidence, the effectiveness of the measures introduced by this Directive in limiting indirect land- use change greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production of biofuel and bioliquids. The report shall, if appropriate, be accompanied by a legislative proposal based on the best available scientific evidence, for introducing estimated indirect land use change emissions factors into the appropriate sustainability criteria to be applied from 1st January 2021 and a review of the effectiveness of the incentives provided for biofuels from non- land using feedstocks and non-food crops under Article 3(4) of Directive 2009/28/EC.
Amendment 522 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/CE
Annex IX
Annex IX
Amendment 544 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part A – point c
Annex IX – part A – point c
(c) Biomass fraction of industrial waste except if industrially or economically reusable for other industrial purposes.
Amendment 563 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part A – point n
Annex IX – part A – point n
(n) Bark, branches, leaves, saw dust and cutter shavings.
Amendment 617 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3
Annex II – point 3
(d) Ligno-cellulosic material except saw logs and veneer logs that are industrially or economically reusable for any other industrial use, and any other ligno- cellulosic leftover reusable for other industrial purposes.