Progress: Procedure completed
Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Lead | ENVI | ARSENIS Kriton ( S&D) | MORKŪNAITĖ-MIKULĖNIENĖ Radvilė ( PPE), PAKARINEN Riikka ( ALDE), EICKHOUT Bas ( Verts/ALE), GIRLING Julie ( ECR) |
Committee Opinion | AGRI | GIRLING Julie ( ECR) | Elisabeth KÖSTINGER ( PPE), Patrick LE HYARIC ( GUE/NGL) |
Committee Opinion | ITRE |
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
TFEU 192-p1
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PURPOSE: to gradually integrate the land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) sector into the Union’s climate policy by means of a separate legal framework which addresses the sector’s specific profile and by ensuring a robust and harmonised accounting framework.
LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision No 529/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on accounting rules on greenhouse gas emissions and removals resulting from activities relating to land use, land-use change and forestry and on information concerning actions relating to those activities.
CONTENT: this Decision sets out a harmonised legal framework for comprehensive and robust accounting rules applicable to emissions and removals of greenhouse gases resulting from land use, land- use change and forestry (‘LULUCF’) activities which are consistent with relevant decisions adopted within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) framework.
The decision represents a first step towards the inclusion of LULUCF activities in the EU's greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments. The LULUCF sector can contribute to climate change mitigation in several ways in particular by reducing emissions, and maintaining and enhancing sinks and carbon stocks.
Obligation to prepare and maintain LULUCF accounts : Member States shall prepare and maintain accounts that accurately reflect all emissions and removals resulting from the activities on their territory falling within the following categories: afforestation; reforestation; deforestation; forest management as well as cropland management and grazing land management. They may also prepare and maintain accounts that accurately reflect emissions and removals resulting from revegetation and wetland drainage and rewetting.
The accounting rules should ensure that accounts accurately reflect human-induced changes in emissions and removals.
Natural disturbances : the Decision stipulates that natural disturbances, such as wildfires, insect and disease infestations, extreme weather events and geological disturbances that are beyond the control of, and not materially influenced by, a Member State, may result in greenhouse gas emissions of a temporary nature in the LULUCF sector, or may cause the reversal of previous removals. As reversal can also be the result of management decisions, such as decisions to harvest or plant trees, this Decision should ensure that human- induced reversals of removals are always accurately reflected in LULUCF accounts.
Information on LULUCF actions : Member States should provide information on their current and future LULUCF actions, setting out nationally appropriate measures to limit or reduce emissions and to maintain or increase removals from the LULUCF sector.
Information on LULUCF actions shall include, amongst other things: (i) a description of past trends of emissions and removals including, where possible, historic trends, to the extent that they can reasonably be reconstructed; (ii) a list of the most appropriate measures to take into account national circumstances, that are to be implemented in order to pursue the mitigation potential.
Moreover, to promote best practice and synergies with other policies and measures relating to forests and agriculture, an indicative list of measures that may also be included in the information provided should be set out in an Annex to this Decision.
The Commission may provide guidance to facilitate the exchange of comparable information .
Member States shall make available to the public the information on their LULUCF actions.
ENTRY INTO FORCE: 08.07.2013.
DELEGATED ACTS: the power to adopt acts should be delegated to the Commission to update the definitions laid down in this Decision in accordance with changes to definitions adopted by the bodies of the UNFCCC or the Kyoto Protocol or of agreements deriving from or succeeding them. The power to adopt delegated acts shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of eight years from 8 July 2013 . The European Parliament or the Council may raise objections to a delegated act within a period of two months from the date of notification (this may be extended by two months.) If the European Parliament or Council express objections, the delegated act will not enter into force.
The European Parliament adopted by 635 votes to 42 with 3 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on accounting rules and action plans on greenhouse gas emissions and removals resulting from activities related to land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF).
Parliament adopted its position in first reading following the ordinary legislative procedure. The amendments adopted in plenary are the result of a compromise agreement negotiated between Parliament and Council. The main amendments are as follows:
Purpose and scope: the amended text states that the Decision sets out accounting rules applicable to emissions and removals of greenhouse gases resulting from land use, land-use change and forestry (‘LULUCF’) activities, as a first step towards the inclusion of those activities in the Union's emission reduction commitment, when appropriate. It does not lay down any accounting or reporting obligations for private parties.
Definitions: Members insert a definition for ‘background level’ which means the average emissions caused by natural disturbances in a given time period, excluding statistical outliers, calculated in accordance with the provisions in the Decision.
Obligation to prepare and maintain LULUCF accounts : Member States must prepare and maintain their accounts ensuring the accuracy, completeness, consistency, comparability and transparency of relevant information used in estimating emissions and removals from the LULUCF sector in line with guidance provided in relevant Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories , including on methodologies for accounting for non-CO 2 greenhouse gas emissions adopted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Accounting period beginning on 1 January 2021: annual accounts should accurately reflect all emissions and removals resulting from the activities on their territory falling within the following categories: (a) cropland management ; (b) grazing land management .
Accounting period from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2020 : Member States must:
· from 2016 to 2018 , report to the Commission by 15 March each year on the systems in place and being developed to estimate emissions and removals from cropland management and grazing land management;
· prior to 1 January 2022 , submit to the Commission by 15 March each year initial, preliminary and non-binding annual estimates of emissions and removals from cropland management and grazing land management using, where appropriate, IPCC methodologies;
· no later than 15 March 2022 , submit their final annual estimates for accounting of cropland management and grazing land management.
Member States wishing to benefit from a derogation shall submit a reasoned request to the Commission by 15 January 2021.
Afforestation, reforestation and deforestation : in accounts relating to afforestation and reforestation, Member States shall reflect emissions and removals resulting only from such activities taking place on those lands that were not forest on 31 December 1989 . Member States may reflect emissions from afforestation and reforestation in a single account.
Forest management : Member States shall account for emissions and removals resulting from forest management activities. The reference levels shall be identical to those established by acts approved by the bodies of the UNFCCC or of the Kyoto Protocol.
Harvested wood products : each Member State shall reflect in its accounts emissions and removals resulting from changes in the pool of harvested wood products, including emissions from harvested wood products removed from its forests prior to 1 January 2013 . Emissions from harvested wood products already accounted for under the Kyoto Protocol during the period from 2008 to 2012 on the basis of instantaneous oxidation shall be excluded.
For exported harvested wood products, country-specific data refers to country-specific half-life values and harvested wood products usage in the importing country.
Furthermore, Member States shall not use country-specific half-life values for harvested wood products placed on the market in the Union that deviate from those used by the importing Member State.
Harvested wood products resulting from deforestation shall be accounted for on the basis of instantaneous oxidation .
Natural disturbances : the text states that natural disturbances, such as wildfires, insect and disease infestations, extreme weather events and geological disturbances that are beyond the control of, and not materially influenced by, a Member State, may result in greenhouse gas emissions of a temporary nature in the LULUCF sector, or may cause the reversal of previous removals. As reversal can also be the result of management decisions, such as decisions to harvest or plant trees, this Decision ensures that LULUCF accounts always accurately reflect human-induced reversals of removals.
Moreover, the new Decision should provide Member States with a limited possibility to exclude emissions through the use of background levels and margins in accordance with Decision 2/CMP.7, of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol, adopted by the 17th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC to exclude emissions resulting from disturbances in afforestation, reforestation and forest management that are beyond their control from their LULUCF accounts.
Wetland drainage and rewetting : a new recital recalls that emissions from degrading and draining peatlands correspond to approximately 5 % of global greenhouse gas emissions and represented between 3.5 and 4 % of the Union's emissions in 2010. Therefore, as soon as relevant IPCC guidelines are internationally agreed, the Union should endeavour to advance the issue at the international level with a view to reaching an agreement within the bodies of the UNFCCC or of the Kyoto Protocol on the obligation to prepare annual accounts of emissions and removals from activities falling within the categories of wetland drainage and rewetting and with a view to including this obligation in the global climate agreement to be concluded no later than 2015.
Information on LULUCF actions : no later than 18 months after the beginning of each accounting period, Member States shall transmit to the Commission information on their current and future LULUCF actions to limit or reduce emissions and maintain or increase removals resulting from the activities referred to in the Decision, as a separate document.
Information on LULUCF actions shall include, amongst other things: (i) a description of past trends of emissions and removals including, where possible, historic trends , to the extent that they can reasonably be reconstructed; (ii) a list of the most appropriate measures to take into account national circumstances, that are to be implemented in order to pursue the mitigation potential.
The Commission may provide guidance and technical assistance to Member States to facilitate the exchange of information and best practices among Member States.
Member States shall make available to the public the information on their LULUCF actions.
The Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety adopted the report by Kriton ARSENIS (S&D, EL) on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on accounting rules and action plans on greenhouse gas emissions and removals resulting from activities related to land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF).
The parliamentary committee recommends that the position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure should be to amend the Commission’s proposal as follows:
Purpose and scope: the report specifies that the Decision lays down the obligations of Member States in implementing those accounting rules and action plans. It does not lay down any accounting or reporting obligations for private parties .
Definitions: clarifications proposed by Members relate to the following: carbon stock, reforestation, afforestation, deforestation, harvested wood product, natural disturbances, background level, margin, half-life value and instantaneous oxidation method.
Accounting obligations: Members propose that wetland drainage and wetland rewetting , within one year following the publication of relevant guidance published by the IPCCC should be considered as activities for which accounting obligations should be introduced.
General accounting rules: an amendment stipulates that Member States shall make any necessary recalculations in order to include in their existing and newly established accounts, the carbon pools and greenhouse gases referred to in the Decision.
Forestry management: Member States shall account for emissions and removals resulting from forest management activities. Reference levels for forest management shall be identical to those established by acts approved by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ( UNFCCC ) or Kyoto bodies.
Harvested wood products (HWPs): HWPs as such shall not be considered as emissions of greenhouse gas . Furthermore, Member States shalldistinguish between products originating from deforestation and forest management. Imported harvest wood products irrespective of their origin, shall not be accounted for by the importing Member State.
Members propose that: (i) Member States electing to use country-specific half-life values for exported harvest wood products shall notify the Commission for review and approval; (ii) Member States shall not use country-specific half-life values for HWPs placed on the market in the Union that deviate from those used by the importing Member State in their accounts.
In addition, the report proposes to invite Member States: (i) to account for emissions resulting from harvest wood products resulting from deforestation on the basis of instantaneous oxidation , and (ii) to provide information about the country of harvest of the HWP and whether it was harvested in a sustainable manner .
Natural disturbances: in Members’ opinion, the Decision should provide Member States, within certain limits, to use a limited possibility to exclude emissions resulting from disturbances in afforestation, reforestation and forest management that are beyond their control from their LULUCF accounts through the use of background levels and margins in accordance with Decision 2/CMP.7.
Member States shall, assisted by the Commission where appropriate, make any technical corrections or recalculations to their forest management reference level to include the background level of emissions associated with annual natural disturbances.
In addition, Member States should provide transparent information showing, among other things, how annual emissions resulting from natural disturbances and the subsequent removals in those areas are estimated. They should not exclude from accounting emissions from natural disturbances on those lands that are subject to land-use change following the disturbance.
LULUCF Action Plans: Members propose that the content of LULUCF Action Plans is laid down so as to include: (i) historic trends to the extent that those can reasonably be reconstructed; (ii) projections for emissions and removals consistent with the trends in population, infrastructure development, energy use, agriculture intensity and forestry, for the respective accounting period; and (iii) a list of the most appropriate measures to meet national circumstances, to be adopted in order to pursue the mitigation potential.
The Commission shall provide assistance and adopt structural guidelines for the LULUCF Action Plans. An ad hoc working group of national experts should be constituted in order to evaluate the implementation of the national action plans together with the Commission. The Commission may issue practicable recommendations, as appropriate, with a view to enhancing Member States´ efforts. Lastly, the Decision should provide for early and effective opportunities for the public to participate during the preparation, modification and review of these LULUCF Action Plans.
The Council had an orientation debate on the proposal for a decision on accounting rules and action plans on greenhouse gas emissions and removals resulting from activities related to land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF).
The Commission proposes that member states should establish, for each accounting period, national action plans on measures to limit or reduce emissions and to maintain or increase removals from the LULUCF sector. The national action plans are aimed at stimulating the mitigation potential of the sector, increasing the visibility of measures taken and promoting best practice.
Ministers discussed two main issues : the proposed phased approach and its implications and the role and implementation of the proposed national action plans. Member states generally welcomed the Commission's proposal and its phased approach.
Concerning the timing and conditions for the second step (i.e. the formal inclusion of the sector in the EU’s greenhouse emission reduction commitment) there were different views around the table. For some delegations, this step should be taken as soon as possible, whereas for others it is linked to new or revised emission reduction commitments. The Presidency concluded that this complex issue needs to be explored both in more depth and taking account of the wider context of the EU climate policy. Overall, it was considered very important to ensure consistency of the proposal with decisions taken
in the context of the UNFCCC.
As regards the national action plans , ministers generally agreed on the importance to stimulating the mitigation potential of the LULUCF sector and of increasing the visibility of the mitigation efforts by farmers, forest owners and all other actors concerned. Furthermore, many delegations pointed out that the sector should not be considered in isolation but in an integrated way and by making use of synergies with existing policies at EU and national level.
Several ministers stressed the need to avoid creating any unnecessary administrative burden or duplication of work and to take due account of national circumstances and competencies at each level.
Many delegations were of the view that member states themselves are best placed to decide on the appropriate measures. The guiding principles resulting from this debate will be taken into account with a view to further discussions and progress on this file.
PURPOSE: to gradually integrate the land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) sector into the Union’s climate policy by means of a separate legal framework which addresses the sector’s specific profile and by ensuring a robust and harmonised accounting framework.
PROPOSED ACT: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council.
BACKGROUND: appropriate land uses and management practices in forestry and agriculture can limit emissions of carbon and enhance removals from the atmosphere. Such practices are covered by the LULUCF sector, which comprises mostly carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and removals by terrestrial ecosystems, generally estimated as carbon stock changes. Agriculture, forestry, related industries and energy are the most important economic sectors relevant for LULUCF and they can contribute to the reduction of emissions and enhancement of sinks in several ways.
Although the LULUCF sector does not yet count towards the Union’s emission reduction target for 2020, it counts in part towards the Union’s commitment under the Kyoto Protocol to the UNFCCC for the period from 2008 to 2012. However, the existing international accounting rules, which are a mix of voluntary and mandatory practices, have significant drawbacks . Most importantly, accounting is voluntary for most LULUCF activities, notably for forest management (representing about 70% of the sector) and for cropland and grazing-land management (representing about 17% of the sector). As a result, accounting in this first commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol varies greatly between Member States. Another drawback is the lack of incentives for climate change mitigation in forestry. Improvements in accounting are necessary to create a level playing field within the agricultural, forestry and related industries and energy sectors in the Member States with a view to ensuring their consistent treatment within the Union’s internal market.
IMPACT ASSESSMENT: the impact assessment investigated three key issues that need to be addressed when assessing how LULUCF should be included in the Union’s greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments, namely how to:
ensure robust accounting rules for emissions and removals; achieve robust monitoring and reporting; establish the appropriate policy context for bringing the sector into the Union’s climate change commitments.
Based on the policy context for including the sector in the Union’s commitments currently regulated by the ESD and the EU ETS, the impact assessment considered three options for including LULUCF , namely as part of the ESD, as a separate framework or by delaying inclusion altogether. Each option addressed the issues of accounting and monitoring. The potential social, economic and environmental impacts of the various options were considered in detail.
The impact assessment concluded that there were good reasons to include LULUCF in the Union’s greenhouse gas emission-reduction commitments, namely to improve their policy coherence, environmental integrity and economic efficiency. But this will only be possible if the right policy context for LULUCF is put in place. The high variability of emissions and removals in forests means that annual emission reduction targets of the kind that apply to other sectors are unsuitable. The long lead times needed for mitigation measures to take effect also set LULUCF apart from most other sectors. In view of this, the impact assessment indicated that a separate legal framework for LULUCF would be the preferred option.
In terms of accounting, the suitable options identified included mandatory accounting of emissions and removals from both forestry and agricultural activities and giving equal weight to mitigation action irrespective of whether it was taken in the forestry, agriculture, related industries or energy sectors.
LEGAL BASIS: Article 192(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).
CONTENT: the main objective of this Decision is to establish robust and comprehensive accounting rules for LULUCF as well as to enable future policy development towards the full inclusion of LULUCF in the Union’s greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments when the conditions are right. To this end this Decision establishes a framework for:
a mandatory accounting obligation on Member States as regards greenhouse gas emissions by sources and removals by sinks associated with agricultural and forestry activities in the LULUCF sector and voluntary accounting for revegetation and wetland drainage and rewetting; the general accounting rules that must be applied; the specific accounting rules for afforestation, reforestation, deforestation, forest management, changes in the harvested wood products pool, cropland management, grazing land management, revegetation, and wetland drainage and rewetting; the specific rules for accounting for natural disturbances ; adopting LULUCF Action Plans in Member States designed to limit or reduce emissions by sources and maintain or increase removals by sinks associated with LULUCF activities, and for the evaluation of those plans by the Commission; the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in order to:
1. update the definitions in the light of changes to definitions adopted by the bodies of the UNFCCC or the Kyoto Protocol or other multilateral agreement relevant to climate change concluded by the Union;
2. amend Annex I to add accounting periods and ensure consistency between those accounting periods and the relevant periods applicable to Union emission reduction commitments in other sectors,
3. amend Annex II with updated reference levels in accordance with the proposed reference levels submitted by Member States pursuant to Article 6 subject to corrections made in accordance with this Decision;
4. revise the information specified in Annex III in accordance with scientific progress and to revise the conditions relating to the accounting rules for natural disturbances laid down in Article 9(2) in the light of scientific progress or to reflect revisions to acts adopted by UNFCCC or Kyoto Protocol bodies.
BUDGETARY IMPLICATION: this Decision will be implemented using the existing budget and will not have an impact on the multi-annual financial framework.
DELEGATED ACTS: this proposal contains provisions empowering the Commission to adopted delegated acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
PURPOSE: to gradually integrate the land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) sector into the Union’s climate policy by means of a separate legal framework which addresses the sector’s specific profile and by ensuring a robust and harmonised accounting framework.
PROPOSED ACT: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council.
BACKGROUND: appropriate land uses and management practices in forestry and agriculture can limit emissions of carbon and enhance removals from the atmosphere. Such practices are covered by the LULUCF sector, which comprises mostly carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and removals by terrestrial ecosystems, generally estimated as carbon stock changes. Agriculture, forestry, related industries and energy are the most important economic sectors relevant for LULUCF and they can contribute to the reduction of emissions and enhancement of sinks in several ways.
Although the LULUCF sector does not yet count towards the Union’s emission reduction target for 2020, it counts in part towards the Union’s commitment under the Kyoto Protocol to the UNFCCC for the period from 2008 to 2012. However, the existing international accounting rules, which are a mix of voluntary and mandatory practices, have significant drawbacks . Most importantly, accounting is voluntary for most LULUCF activities, notably for forest management (representing about 70% of the sector) and for cropland and grazing-land management (representing about 17% of the sector). As a result, accounting in this first commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol varies greatly between Member States. Another drawback is the lack of incentives for climate change mitigation in forestry. Improvements in accounting are necessary to create a level playing field within the agricultural, forestry and related industries and energy sectors in the Member States with a view to ensuring their consistent treatment within the Union’s internal market.
IMPACT ASSESSMENT: the impact assessment investigated three key issues that need to be addressed when assessing how LULUCF should be included in the Union’s greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments, namely how to:
ensure robust accounting rules for emissions and removals; achieve robust monitoring and reporting; establish the appropriate policy context for bringing the sector into the Union’s climate change commitments.
Based on the policy context for including the sector in the Union’s commitments currently regulated by the ESD and the EU ETS, the impact assessment considered three options for including LULUCF , namely as part of the ESD, as a separate framework or by delaying inclusion altogether. Each option addressed the issues of accounting and monitoring. The potential social, economic and environmental impacts of the various options were considered in detail.
The impact assessment concluded that there were good reasons to include LULUCF in the Union’s greenhouse gas emission-reduction commitments, namely to improve their policy coherence, environmental integrity and economic efficiency. But this will only be possible if the right policy context for LULUCF is put in place. The high variability of emissions and removals in forests means that annual emission reduction targets of the kind that apply to other sectors are unsuitable. The long lead times needed for mitigation measures to take effect also set LULUCF apart from most other sectors. In view of this, the impact assessment indicated that a separate legal framework for LULUCF would be the preferred option.
In terms of accounting, the suitable options identified included mandatory accounting of emissions and removals from both forestry and agricultural activities and giving equal weight to mitigation action irrespective of whether it was taken in the forestry, agriculture, related industries or energy sectors.
LEGAL BASIS: Article 192(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).
CONTENT: the main objective of this Decision is to establish robust and comprehensive accounting rules for LULUCF as well as to enable future policy development towards the full inclusion of LULUCF in the Union’s greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments when the conditions are right. To this end this Decision establishes a framework for:
a mandatory accounting obligation on Member States as regards greenhouse gas emissions by sources and removals by sinks associated with agricultural and forestry activities in the LULUCF sector and voluntary accounting for revegetation and wetland drainage and rewetting; the general accounting rules that must be applied; the specific accounting rules for afforestation, reforestation, deforestation, forest management, changes in the harvested wood products pool, cropland management, grazing land management, revegetation, and wetland drainage and rewetting; the specific rules for accounting for natural disturbances ; adopting LULUCF Action Plans in Member States designed to limit or reduce emissions by sources and maintain or increase removals by sinks associated with LULUCF activities, and for the evaluation of those plans by the Commission; the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in order to:
1. update the definitions in the light of changes to definitions adopted by the bodies of the UNFCCC or the Kyoto Protocol or other multilateral agreement relevant to climate change concluded by the Union;
2. amend Annex I to add accounting periods and ensure consistency between those accounting periods and the relevant periods applicable to Union emission reduction commitments in other sectors,
3. amend Annex II with updated reference levels in accordance with the proposed reference levels submitted by Member States pursuant to Article 6 subject to corrections made in accordance with this Decision;
4. revise the information specified in Annex III in accordance with scientific progress and to revise the conditions relating to the accounting rules for natural disturbances laid down in Article 9(2) in the light of scientific progress or to reflect revisions to acts adopted by UNFCCC or Kyoto Protocol bodies.
BUDGETARY IMPLICATION: this Decision will be implemented using the existing budget and will not have an impact on the multi-annual financial framework.
DELEGATED ACTS: this proposal contains provisions empowering the Commission to adopted delegated acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
Documents
- Final act published in Official Journal: Decision 2013/529
- Final act published in Official Journal: OJ L 165 18.06.2013, p. 0080
- Draft final act: 00002/2013/LEX
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2013)306
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading: T7-0063/2013
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Debate in Council: 3211
- Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading: A7-0317/2012
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE497.790
- Committee opinion: PE489.490
- Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report: CES1167/2012
- Contribution: COM(2012)0093
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE492.911
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE494.534
- Committee draft report: PE491.221
- Contribution: COM(2012)0093
- Debate in Council: 3173
- Contribution: COM(2012)0093
- Contribution: COM(2012)0093
- Contribution: COM(2012)0093
- Legislative proposal: COM(2012)0093
- Legislative proposal: EUR-Lex
- Document attached to the procedure: EUR-Lex
- Document attached to the procedure: SWD(2012)0040
- Document attached to the procedure: EUR-Lex
- Document attached to the procedure: SWD(2012)0041
- Legislative proposal published: COM(2012)0093
- Legislative proposal published: EUR-Lex
- Legislative proposal: COM(2012)0093 EUR-Lex
- Document attached to the procedure: EUR-Lex SWD(2012)0040
- Document attached to the procedure: EUR-Lex SWD(2012)0041
- Committee draft report: PE491.221
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE492.911
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE494.534
- Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report: CES1167/2012
- Committee opinion: PE489.490
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE497.790
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2013)306
- Draft final act: 00002/2013/LEX
- Contribution: COM(2012)0093
- Contribution: COM(2012)0093
- Contribution: COM(2012)0093
- Contribution: COM(2012)0093
- Contribution: COM(2012)0093
Amendments | Dossier |
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2012/0042(COD)
2012/07/20
ENVI
258 amendments...
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 5 a (new) (5a) Accounting rules based on Decision 2/CMP.7, and Decision 16/CMP.1 do not allow for accounting the substitution effect of using harvested wood products for energy and material purposes, since this would lead to double accounting. However, these are important contributions of forestry to climate change mitigation. For this reason, and for informative purposes, Member States may calculate emissions avoided through substitution effects of forest management. This would increase policy coherence.
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 6 (6) The accounting rules should accurately represent human-induced changes in emissions and removals. In that regard, this Decision should provide for the use of specific methodologies in respect of different LULUCF activities. Emissions and removals related to afforestation, reforestation and deforestation are the direct result of human intervention and should therefore be accounted for in their entirety. However, given that not all emissions and removals from forest management are anthropogenic, the relevant accounting rules should provide for the use of reference levels to exclude the effects of natural and country-specific characteristics. Reference levels constitute estimates of the annual net emissions or removals resulting from forest management within the territory of a Member State for the years included in an accounting period, and should be set transparently in accordance with Decision - /CMP.7. They should be
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 6 (6) The accounting rules should accurately represent human-induced changes in emissions and removals. In that regard, this Decision should provide for the use of specific methodologies in respect of different LULUCF activities. Emissions and removals related to afforestation, reforestation and deforestation are the direct result of human intervention and should therefore be accounted for in their entirety. However, given that not all emissions and removals from forest management are anthropogenic, the relevant accounting rules should provide for the use of reference levels to exclude the effects of natural and country-specific characteristics. Reference levels constitute estimates of the annual net emissions or removals resulting from forest management within the territory of a Member State for the years included in an accounting period, and should be set transparently in accordance with Decision - /CMP.7. They should be
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 6 (6) The LULUCF account
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 6 (6) The accounting rules should accurately represent human-induced changes in emissions and removals. In that regard, this Decision should provide for the use of specific methodologies in respect of different LULUCF activities. Emissions and removals related to afforestation, reforestation and deforestation are the direct result of human intervention and should therefore be accounted for in their entirety. However, given that not all emissions and removals from forest management are anthropogenic, the relevant accounting rules should provide for the use of reference levels to exclude the effects of natural and country-specific characteristics. Reference levels constitute
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 6 a (new) (6a) The accounting rules should appropriately reflect the positive contribution of greenhouse gas storage in wood and wood-based products and should contribute to greater use of forests as a resource, within a framework of sustainable forest management, and to increased use of wood products.
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 7 (7) The accounting rules for forest management should ensure that Member States accurately reflect in accounts the time emissions of greenhouse gasses from harvested wood take place, to provide incentives for the use of harvested wood products with long life cycles. The first- order decay function applicable to emissions resulting from harvested wood products should therefore correspond to equation 12.1 of the 2006 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 7 (7) The
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 7 (7) The accounting rules should ensure that Member States accurately reflect in accounts the time emissions of greenhouse gasses from harvested wood take place, to provide incentives for the use of harvested wood products with long life cycles. The first-order decay function applicable to emissions resulting from harvested wood products should therefore correspond to equation 12.1 of the 2006 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (‘IPCC’) Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, and the
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 8 (8) Since inter-annual fluctuations in greenhouse gas emissions and removals resulting from agricultural activities are
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 8 (8) Since inter-annual fluctuations in greenhouse gas emissions and removals resulting from agricultural activities are much smaller than those related to forestry activities, Member States should have the option of accounting for greenhouse gas emissions and removals from cropland and grazing land management activities relative to its base year in accordance with their reviewed initial report on base year emission data as submitted to the UNFCCC pursuant to Decision 13/CMP.1 of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (‘Decision 13/CMP.1’).
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 8 a (new) (8a) Wetland drainage and rewetting cover emissions from peatlands storing very large amounts of carbon. Emissions from degrading and draining peatlands correspond to some 5% of global greenhouse gas emissions and represented 3,5-4% of Union's emissions in 2010. In order to have full transparency and to show leadership in a sector where the Union is the second largest emitter globally, emissions and removals from wetland drainage and rewetting should also be included in Member States' accounts.
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 10 (10) Reporting rules on greenhouse gas emissions and other information relevant to climate change, including information on the LULUCF sector, fall within the scope of Regulation (EU) No
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 12 Amendment 114 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 12 Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 12 Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 12 (12) Member State LULUCF Action Plans should set out measures to limit or reduce emissions and to maintain or increase removals from the LULUCF sector. Member States should be allowed to include the Action Plans within their current programmes for the LULUCF sector, in order to avoid red tape. Each LULUCF Action Plan should contain certain information as specified in this Decision. Moreover, to promote best practice, an indicative list of measures that may also be included in those plans should be set out in Annex to this Decision.
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 12 (12) Member State LULUCF Action Plans should set out measures to limit or reduce emissions and to maintain or increase removals from the LULUCF sector. Each LULUCF Action Plan should contain certain information as specified in this Decision. Moreover, to promote best practice, an indicative list of measures that may also be included in those plans should be set out in Annex to this Decision. The Commission should periodically evaluate the content and implementation of Member States’ LULUCF Action Plans and, where appropriate, provide practicable recommendations to enhance Member State action.
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 12 (12) Member State LULUCF Action Plans should set out measures to limit or reduce emissions and to maintain or increase removals from the LULUCF sector. Each LULUCF Action Plan should contain certain information as specified in this Decision. Moreover, to promote best practice, an indicative list of measures that may also be included in those plans should be set out in Annex to this Decision.
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 12 (12) Member State LULUCF Action Plans should set out measures to limit or reduce emissions and to maintain or increase removals from the LULUCF sector. Each LULUCF Action Plan should contain certain information as specified in this Decision. Moreover, to promote best practice, an indicative list of measures that may also be included in those plans should be set out in Annex to this Decision. The Commission should periodically evaluate the content and implementation of Member States
Amendment 120 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 12 (12) Member State LULUCF Action Plans should set out measures to limit or reduce emissions and to maintain or increase removals from the LULUCF sector. Each
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 12 (12) Member State LULUCF Action Plans established as a part of the Low Carbon Development Strategies should set out measures to limit or reduce emissions and to maintain or increase removals from the LULUCF sector. Each Member State should define the most appropriate measures to meet national circumstances. Each LULUCF Action Plan should contain certain information as specified in this Decision. Moreover, to promote best practice, an indicative list of measures that may also be included in those plans should be set out in Annex to this Decision.
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 12 (12) Member State LULUCF Action Plans should set out measures to limit or reduce emissions and to maintain or increase removals from the LULUCF sector. Each LULUCF Action Plan should contain certain information as specified in this Decision. Moreover, to promote best practice, an indicative list of measures that may also be included in those plans should be set out in Annex to this Decision. The Commission should periodically evaluate the content and implementation of Member States’ LULUCF Action Plans and, where appropriate, provide recommendations to enhance Member State action. The relevant administrative arrangements should be kept as efficient as possible.
Amendment 123 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 13 (13) 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 to update the definitions laid down in Article 2 in the light of changes to definitions adopted by the bodies of the UNFCCC or the Kyoto Protocol or other multilateral agreement
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 13 (13) 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 to update
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 13 (13) 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 to update the definitions laid down in Article 2 in the light of changes to definitions adopted by the bodies of the UNFCCC or the Kyoto Protocol or other multilateral agreement relevant to climate change concluded by the Union, to amend Annex I to add accounting periods and ensure consistency between those accounting periods and the relevant periods applicable to Union emission reduction commitments in other sectors
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 13 (13) 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 to update the definitions laid down in Article 2 in the light of changes to definitions adopted by the bodies of the UNFCCC or the Kyoto Protocol or other multilateral agreement
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 13 (13) 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 to update the definitions laid down in Article 2 in the light of changes to definitions adopted by the bodies of the UNFCCC or the Kyoto Protocol or other multilateral agreement relevant to climate change concluded by the Union, to amend Annex I to add accounting periods and ensure consistency between those accounting periods and the relevant periods applicable to Union emission reduction commitments in other sectors, to amend Annex II with updated reference levels in accordance with the proposed reference levels submitted by Member States pursuant to Article 6 subject to corrections made in accordance with this Decision, to revise the information specified in Annex III in accordance with scientific progress and to revise the conditions relating to the accounting rules for natural disturbances
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 13 (13) 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 to update the definitions laid down in Article 2 in the light of changes to definitions adopted by the bodies of the UNFCCC or the Kyoto Protocol or other multilateral agreement relevant to climate change concluded by the Union, to amend Annex I to add accounting periods and ensure consistency between those accounting periods and the relevant periods applicable to Union emission reduction commitments in other sectors, to amend Annex II with updated reference levels in accordance with the proposed reference levels submitted by Member States pursuant to Article 6
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 13 a (new) (13a) The Commission should examine whether, in drawing up and implementing the action plans on greenhouse gas removals, there is potential for promoting agricultural investment.
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 14 (14) Since the objectives of the proposed action cannot, by their very nature, be sufficiently achieved by the Member States alone and can therefore by reason of scale and effects of the action be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. LULUCF- issues, such as forest policy, are under Member States' competence. The Union should not intervene in relation to national forest policies and should respect the competence of Member States in this field. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Decision does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives,
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 14 (14) Since the objectives of the proposed action cannot, by their very nature, be sufficiently achieved by the Member States alone and can therefore by reason of scale and effects of the action be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. However, since competence for LULUCF issues lies mainly with Member States, the Union must follow the precautionary principle, especially as regards forestry in order to respect the competence of Member States and to give full recognition to the fact that sustainable forest management is a comprehensive concept and cannot be regulated from a climate perspective only. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Decision does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives,
Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a decision Article 1 This Decision sets out accounting rules applicable to emissions and removals resulting from land use, land use change and forestry activities. It also provides for Member State LULUCF Action Plans to limit or reduce emissions and to maintain or increase removals
Amendment 133 #
Proposal for a decision Article 1 This Decision sets out accounting rules applicable to emissions and removals resulting from land use, land use change
Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a decision Article 1 This Decision sets out accounting rules applicable to emissions and removals resulting from land use, land use change and forestry activities.
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a decision Article 1 This Decision sets out accounting rules applicable to emissions and removals resulting from land use, land use change and forestry activities.
Amendment 136 #
Proposal for a decision Article 1 This Decision sets out accounting rules for Member States applicable to emissions and removals resulting from land use, land use change and forestry activities. This Decision does not lay down accounting or reporting obligations for private parties. It also provides for Member State LULUCF Action Plans to limit or reduce emissions and to maintain or increase removals, and for the evaluation of those plans by the Commission.
Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a decision Article 1 This Decision sets out accounting rules applicable to emissions and removals resulting from land use, land use change and forestry activities as a first step towards the formal inclusion of the LULUCF sector in the Union and the Member States' greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments pursuant to Article 9 of Decision No 406/2009/EC. It also provides for Member State LULUCF Action Plans to limit or reduce emissions and to maintain or increase removals, and for the evaluation of those plans by the Commission.
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a decision Article 1 This Decision sets out accounting rules for Member States applicable to emissions and removals resulting from land use, land use change and forestry activities. This Decision does not lay down accounting or reporting obligations for private parties. It also provides for Member State LULUCF Action Plans to limit or reduce emissions and to maintain or increase removals, and for the
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a decision Article 1 This Decision sets out accounting rules applicable to emissions and removals resulting from land use, land use change and forestry activities.
Amendment 140 #
Proposal for a decision Article 1 This Decision sets out accounting rules applicable to emissions and removals resulting from land use, land use change and forestry activities.
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a decision Article 1 This Decision sets out accounting rules applicable to emissions and removals resulting from land use, land use change and forestry activities as a first step towards the formal inclusion of the LULUCF sector in the Union and the Member States' greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments pursuant to Article 9 of the Decision No 406/2009/EC. It also provides for Member State LULUCF Action Plans to limit or reduce emissions and to maintain or increase removals, and for the evaluation of those plans by the Commission.
Amendment 142 #
Proposal for a decision Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point j (j) ‘carbon stock’ is the quantity of the element carbon stored in a carbon pool
Amendment 143 #
Proposal for a decision Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point q (q) ‘forest’ is an area of land of at least 0
Amendment 144 #
Proposal for a decision Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point q (q)
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a decision Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point q (q)
Amendment 146 #
Proposal for a decision Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point q (q)
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a decision Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point t (t)
Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a decision Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point t a (new) (ta) "background level" is the average of consistent and initially complete time series containing 1990-2009 emissions associated with natural disturbances after the application of an iterative process to remove outliers, based on twice the standard deviation around the mean until no outliers can be identified. Alternatively, Member States may apply a transparent and comparable country- specific approach using a consistent and initially complete time series of data including for a period containing 1990- 2009. All approaches shall avoid the expectation of net credits during the commitment period. If a Member State's forest management reference level does not include a background level of emissions, for the application of the background as referred to in Article 9(2), a value for the background level shall be estimated by applying the first approach mentioned above. Where the background level is defined as above, the margin would be equal twice the standard deviation on the time series defining the background level. In the case that the background level is defined using the country-specific approach or the Member State's reference level is zero, the Member State must describe how a margin is established, where a margin is needed. All approaches should avoid the expectation of net credits during the commitment period.
Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a decision Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point u (u)
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a decision Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point u (u) ‘half-life value’ is the number of years it takes for the carbon content of
Amendment 151 #
Proposal for a decision Article 2 – paragraph 2 Amendment 152 #
Proposal for a decision Article 2 – paragraph 2 Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a decision Article 2 – paragraph 2 2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 12 to amend the definitions in paragraph 1 of this Article
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a decision Article 2 – paragraph 2 2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 12 to amend the definitions in paragraph 1 of this Article
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a decision Article 2 – paragraph 2 2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 12 to amend the definitions in paragraph 1 of this Article for the purpose of updating those definitions in
Amendment 156 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – title Amendment 157 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part For each accounting period specified in Annex I, Member States shall draw up and maintain accounts that accurately reflect all emissions and removals resulting from the activities on their territory falling within the three following categories of activity:
Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a (a)
Amendment 159 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a (a) afforestation and reforestation;
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b (b)
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c (c)
Amendment 163 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d Amendment 164 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d (d) forest management
Amendment 165 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e Amendment 166 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e Amendment 167 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e Amendment 168 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e Amendment 170 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e Amendment 172 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e Amendment 173 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e Amendment 174 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f Amendment 175 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f Amendment 176 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f Amendment 177 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f Amendment 178 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f Amendment 179 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f Amendment 180 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f Amendment 181 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f Amendment 182 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f Amendment 183 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 Member States may also draw up and maintain accounts that accurately reflect emissions and removals resulting from cropland management, and grazing land management, revegetation, and wetland drainage and rewetting.
Amendment 184 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 Member States may also choose to draw up and maintain accounts for the first accounting period that accurately reflect emissions and removals resulting from cropland management and grazing land management, revegetation, and wetland drainage and rewetting.
Amendment 185 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 Member States may also draw up and maintain accounts that accurately reflect emissions and removals resulting from cropland management, grazing land management, revegetation, and wetland drainage and rewetting.
Amendment 186 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 Member States may also draw up and maintain accounts that accurately reflect emissions and removals resulting from cropland and grazing land management, revegetation, and wetland drainage and rewetting.
Amendment 187 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 Member States may also draw up and maintain, on a voluntary basis, accounts that accurately reflect emissions and removals resulting from cropland management, grazing land management, revegetation, and wetland drainage and rewetting.
Amendment 188 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 Member States may also draw up and maintain accounts that accurately reflect emissions and removals resulting from cropland management, grazing land management, revegetation, and wetland drainage and rewetting.
Amendment 189 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 Member States may
Amendment 190 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 Member States may also
Amendment 191 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 3 3. Member States shall include in their accounts a
Amendment 192 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 3 Amendment 193 #
Proposal for a decision Article 4 – title Amendment 194 #
Proposal for a decision Article 4 – paragraph 2 2. Emissions and removals resulting from any activity falling within one or more categories of activity referred to in Article 3(1) shall only be accounted for under one category to prevent double accounting.
Amendment 195 #
Proposal for a decision Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new) Member States shall make any technical corrections and recalculations necessary to include in their existing and newly established accounts, where otherwise excluded, the carbon pools referred to in this paragraph, and greenhouse gases referred to in Article 3(2).
Amendment 196 #
Proposal for a decision Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 However, Member States may choose not to include in their accounts changes in carbon stock for carbon pools listed under points (a) – (e) of the first subparagraph where the
Amendment 197 #
Proposal for a decision Article 4 – paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 198 #
Proposal for a decision Article 4 – paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 199 #
Proposal for a decision Article 6 – paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 200 #
Proposal for a decision Article 6 – paragraph 4 4. No later than one year before the end of each accounting period, Member States shall communicate to the Commission
Amendment 201 #
Proposal for a decision Article 6 – paragraph 4 4. Reference levels for forest management shall be identical to those established by acts adopted by the UNFCCC or Kyoto Protocol bodies. No later than one year before the end of each accounting period, Member States shall communicate to the Commission
Amendment 202 #
Proposal for a decision Article 6 – paragraph 4 4. No later than one year before the end of each accounting period, Member States shall communicate to the Commission
Amendment 203 #
Proposal for a decision Article 6 – paragraph 4 4. No later than one year before the end of each accounting period, Member States shall communicate to the Commission
Amendment 204 #
Proposal for a decision Article 6 – paragraph 5 5. If there are changes to the relevant provisions of Decision -/CMP.7, the Member States shall communicate to the Commission
Amendment 205 #
Proposal for a decision Article 6 – paragraph 5 5. If there are changes to the
Amendment 206 #
Proposal for a decision Article 6 – paragraph 5 5. If there are changes to the
Amendment 207 #
Proposal for a decision Article 6 – paragraph 5 5. If there are changes to the relevant provisions of Decision -/CMP.7, the Member States shall communicate to the Commission
Amendment 208 #
Proposal for a decision Article 6 – paragraph 6 6. If improved methodologies become available allowing a Member State to calculate reference levels in a significantly more accurate manner or where there are significant improvements in the quality of data available to a Member State, the Member State concerned shall communicate to the Commission
Amendment 209 #
Proposal for a decision Article 6 – paragraph 6 6. If improved methodologies become available allowing a Member State to calculate annual emissions and removals in forest management reference levels in a significantly more accurate manner or where there are significant improvements in the quality of data available to a Member State, the Member State concerned shall c
Amendment 210 #
Proposal for a decision Article 6 – paragraph 6 6. If improved methodologies become available allowing a Member State to calculate annual emissions and removals in forest management reference levels in a significantly more accurate manner or where there are significant improvements in the quality of data available to a Member State, the Member State concerned shall c
Amendment 211 #
Proposal for a decision Article 6 – paragraph 6 6. If improved methodologies become available allowing a Member State to calculate reference levels in a significantly more accurate manner or where there are significant improvements in the quality of data available to a Member State, the Member State concerned shall communicate to the Commission
Amendment 212 #
Proposal for a decision Article 6 – paragraph 7 7. For the purposes of paragraphs 4, 5 and 6, Member States shall specify the amount of annual emissions resulting from natural disturbances which have been included in their
Amendment 213 #
Proposal for a decision Article 6 – paragraph 7 7. For the purposes of paragraph
Amendment 214 #
Proposal for a decision Article 6 – paragraph 7 7. For the purposes of paragraph
Amendment 215 #
Proposal for a decision Article 6 – paragraph 7 7. For the purposes of paragraphs 4, 5 and 6, Member States shall specify the amount of annual emissions resulting from natural disturbances which have been included in their
Amendment 216 #
Proposal for a decision Article 6 – paragraph 8 Amendment 217 #
Proposal for a decision Article 6 – paragraph 8 Amendment 218 #
Proposal for a decision Article 6 – paragraph 8 8. The Commission shall
Amendment 219 #
Proposal for a decision Article 6 – paragraph 8 8. The Commission shall
Amendment 220 #
Proposal for a decision Article 6 – paragraph 8 8.
Amendment 221 #
Proposal for a decision Article 6 – paragraph 8 8.
Amendment 222 #
Proposal for a decision Article 6 – paragraph 9 Amendment 223 #
Proposal for a decision Article 6 – paragraph 9 Amendment 224 #
Proposal for a decision Article 6 – paragraph 9 Amendment 225 #
Proposal for a decision Article 6 – paragraph 9 Amendment 226 #
Proposal for a decision Article 6 – paragraph 9 Amendment 227 #
Proposal for a decision Article 6 – paragraph 9 Amendment 228 #
Proposal for a decision Article 6 – paragraph 9 9. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 12 to update the reference levels in Annex II
Amendment 229 #
Proposal for a decision Article 6 – paragraph 9 9.
Amendment 230 #
Proposal for a decision Article 6 – paragraph 10 Amendment 231 #
Proposal for a decision Article 7 – paragraph 1 1. Member States shall reflect in their accounts pursuant to Article 3(1) emissions from harvested wood products containing carbon on 1 January 201
Amendment 232 #
Proposal for a decision Article 7 – paragraph 1 1. Member States shall reflect in their accounts pursuant to Article 3(1) emissions from harvested wood products containing carbon on 1 January 2013 even where such harvested wood products were harvested prior to this date and shall distinguish between products originating from deforestation and forest management.
Amendment 233 #
Proposal for a decision Article 7 – paragraph 1 1. Harvested wood products as such shall not be considered as emissions of greenhouse gas. Member States shall reflect in their accounts pursuant to Article 3(1) emissions from harvested wood products containing carbon on 1 January 2013 even where such harvested wood products were harvested prior to this date.
Amendment 234 #
Proposal for a decision Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a (a) pulp and paper;
Amendment 235 #
Proposal for a decision Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new) (ca) wood for energy production.
Amendment 236 #
Proposal for a decision Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new) (ca) woody energy
Amendment 237 #
Proposal for a decision Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 Member States may use country-specific methodologies and half-life values instead of the methodologies and half-life values specified in Annex III provided that those methodologies and values are determined by the Member State on the basis of transparent and verifiable data and that the methodologies used are at least as detailed or accurate as those prescribed above.
Amendment 238 #
Proposal for a decision Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 Member States may use country-specific methodologies and half-life values instead of the methodologies and half-life values specified in Annex III provided that those values are determined by the Member State on the basis of transparent and verifiable
Amendment 239 #
Proposal for a decision Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 Member States may use country-specific half-life values and methods instead of the half-life values specified in Annex III provided that those values are determined by the Member State on the basis of transparent and verifiable data.
Amendment 240 #
Proposal for a decision Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 In accounts relating to exported harvested wood products, Member States may use country-specific half-life values instead of the half-life values specified in Annex III, provided that those values are determined by the Member State on the basis of transparent and verifiable data on the use of those harvested wood products in the importing country and that they are at least as detailed or accurate as those Annex III.
Amendment 241 #
Proposal for a decision Article 7 – paragraph 4 4. Where Member States reflect in their accounts emissions resulting from harvested wood products that were harvested for energy purposes, they shall
Amendment 242 #
Proposal for a decision Article 7 – paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 243 #
Proposal for a decision Article 7 – paragraph 4 4. Where Member States reflect in their accounts emissions resulting from harvested wood products that were harvested for energy purposes, they shall do so also on the basis of the instantaneous oxidation method. For informative purposes, the emissions avoided through the use of this biomass may be calculated.
Amendment 244 #
Proposal for a decision Article 7 – paragraph 6 6. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 12 to revise the information specified in Annex III in accordance with scientific progress and in the light of changes to reference levels adopted by the bodies of the UNFCCC or the Kyoto Protocol.
Amendment 245 #
Proposal for a decision Article 7 – paragraph 6 6. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 12 to revise the information specified in Annex III
Amendment 246 #
Proposal for a decision Article 8 Amendment 247 #
Proposal for a decision Article 8 – title Amendment 248 #
Proposal for a decision Article 8 – paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 249 #
Proposal for a decision Article 8 – paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 250 #
Proposal for a decision Article 8 – paragraph 1 1. In
Amendment 251 #
Proposal for a decision Article 8 – paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 252 #
Proposal for a decision Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 Amendment 253 #
Proposal for a decision Article 9 – paragraph 1 1. Where the conditions set out in paragraph 2 are met, Member States may exclude non-anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions by sources resulting from natural disturbances from calculations relevant to their accounting obligations pursuant to points (a), (b), (d), (e) and (f) of Article 3(1). If Member States exclude such emissions they shall also exclude any subsequent removals on lands where those natural disturbances have occurred. However, non-anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions by sources resulting from natural disturbances which have been included in the calculation of the
Amendment 254 #
Proposal for a decision Article 9 – paragraph 1 1. Where the conditions set out in paragraph 2 are met, Member States may exclude non-anthropogenic greenhouse gas
Amendment 255 #
Proposal for a decision Article 9 – paragraph 2 – introductory part 2. Member States may exclude non- anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions by sources in accordance with paragraph 1 from calculations relevant to their accounting obligations pursuant to points (a), (b) and (d) of Article 3(1) where those non-anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions from such natural disturbances in a single year exceed
Amendment 256 #
Proposal for a decision Article 9 – paragraph 2 – introductory part 2. Member States may exclude
Amendment 257 #
Proposal for a decision Article 9 – paragraph 3 3. Member States may also separately exclude non-anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions by sources in accordance with
Amendment 258 #
Proposal for a decision Article 9 – paragraph 4 4. Member States
Amendment 259 #
Proposal for a decision Article 9 – paragraph 5 5. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with
Amendment 260 #
Proposal for a decision Article 9 – paragraph 5 5. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 12 to revise the conditions referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 2
Amendment 265 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 No later than
Amendment 266 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 No later than
Amendment 267 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 No later than six months after the beginning of each accounting period specified in Annex I, Member States shall draw up and transmit to the Commission draft LULUCF Action Plans to limit or reduce emissions and maintain or increase removals resulting from the activities referred to in Article 3(1). Member States shall ensure that
Amendment 268 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 No later than
Amendment 269 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 No later than
Amendment 270 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 No later than
Amendment 271 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 No later than six months after the beginning of each accounting period specified in Annex I, Member States shall d
Amendment 272 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 Amendment 273 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 The
Amendment 274 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new) An ad hoc working group of experts shall be constituted in order to assist the Commission in the evaluation of the national action plans.
Amendment 275 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 2 Amendment 276 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 2 – introductory part 2. Member States shall consider includ
Amendment 277 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 2 – introductory part 2. Member States shall consider includ
Amendment 278 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 2 – introductory part 2. Member States shall
Amendment 279 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 2 – introductory part 2. Member States shall consider includ
Amendment 280 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point c (c) an analysis of the potential to limit or reduce emissions and to maintain or increase removals; including through the substitution of greenhouse gas intensive materials and energy feed stocks.
Amendment 281 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point d (d) a list of measures, including, but not limited to, as appropriate, those indicatively specified in Annex IV by each Member State defining the most appropriate measures to meet national circumstances, to be adopted in order to pursue the mitigation potential, where identified in accordance with the analysis referred to in point (c);
Amendment 282 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point d (d)
Amendment 283 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point e Amendment 284 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point f Amendment 285 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point f (f) indicative timetables for the adoption and implementation of the measures referred to in point (d).
Amendment 286 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new) The Commission shall provide guidance and technical assistance to Member States and adopt specific guidelines for the LULUCF Action Plans.
Amendment 287 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. If the Member States have national programmes or action plans concerning the agricultural and forestry sector and these programmes are similar to the measures in Annex IV, the Member States may use these programmes and action plans as substitute programmes for LULUCF action plans.
Amendment 288 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Member States shall in the LULUCF Action Plans establish targets for limiting or reducing emissions and maintaining or increasing removals from the activities covered by this decision, reflecting the mitigation potential. Member States shall in any case ensure that their respective removals do not decline or emissions from the LULUCF sector are reduced compared to 2005 levels.
Amendment 289 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 3 Amendment 290 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 3 Amendment 291 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 Amendment 292 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 Amendment 293 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 The Commission shall evaluate a Member State’s draft LULUCF Action Plan within three months of receiving all relevant information from that Member State. The Commission shall publish the results of that evaluation and may issue practicable recommendations, as appropriate, with a view to enhance Member States’ efforts to limit or reduce emissions and maintain or increase removals.
Amendment 294 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 The Commission
Amendment 295 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 The Commission
Amendment 296 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 The Commission shall
Amendment 297 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 The Commission shall
Amendment 298 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 Amendment 299 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 Amendment 300 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 Amendment 301 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 Member States shall
Amendment 302 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 Member States shall take due account of the
Amendment 303 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 4 Amendment 304 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 4 4. Member States shall submit to the Commission, where relevant as part of their reporting subject to Regulation (EU) No .../... [Commission proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council on a mechanism for monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions and for reporting other information at nation and Union level relevant to climate change (COM (2011)0789 final – 2011/0372(COD)] by the date falling in the mid-
Amendment 305 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 4 4. Member States shall submit to the Commission,
Amendment 306 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 5 Amendment 307 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 5 Amendment 308 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 5 Amendment 309 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 Amendment 310 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 The Commission shall publish those reports and the results of that evaluation and may issue practicable recommendations, as appropriate, with a view to enhance Member States’ efforts to limit or reduce emissions and maintain or increase removals. Member States shall take due account of the Commission’s findings.
Amendment 311 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 The Commission shall publish those reports and the results of that evaluation
Amendment 312 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 a (new) Article 10 a Reporting and monitoring obligations Member States shall undertake to fulfil their monitoring and reporting obligations with regard to emissions and removals resulting from activities in the context of this decision in line with Regulation (EU) No .../... [Commission proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council on a mechanism for monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions and for reporting other information at nation and Union level relevant to climate change (COM (2011)0789 final – 2011/0372(COD)].
Amendment 313 #
Proposal for a decision Article 11 – paragraph 1 The Commission shall review the accounting rules in this Decision at the latest within a year of the end of the first accounting period specified in Annex I
Amendment 314 #
Proposal for a decision Article 12 – paragraph 2 2. The delegation of power referred to in Articles 2(2),
Amendment 315 #
Proposal for a decision Article 12 – paragraph 2 2. The delegation of power referred to in Articles 2(2), 4(7),
Amendment 316 #
Proposal for a decision Article 12 – paragraph 2 2. The delegation of power referred to in Articles
Amendment 317 #
Proposal for a decision Article 12 – paragraph 3 3. The delegation of power referred to in Articles 2(2), 4(7),
Amendment 318 #
Proposal for a decision Article 12 – paragraph 3 3. The delegation of power referred to in Articles 2(
Amendment 319 #
Proposal for a decision Article 12 – paragraph 5 5. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Articles 2(2), 4(7),
Amendment 320 #
Proposal for a decision Article 12 – paragraph 5 5. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Articles 2(
Amendment 321 #
Proposal for a decision Article 13 – paragraph 1 This Decision shall enter into force on 1 January 201
Amendment 322 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I - table - row 2 - column 2 From 1 January 201
Amendment 323 #
Proposal for a decision Annex III – "Default half-life values (HL)" – line 1 2 years for paper and energy-producing wood
Amendment 326 #
Proposal for a decision Annex IV – point g – indent 5 – increasing the harvested wood products pool. Wood products derived from harvested timber are also significant carbon pools, wooden material should be seen as substitute for energy-intensive materials. Increasing the use of harvested wood products should be supported in construction, renovation and in public procurement;
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a decision Title DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on accounting rules
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 1 (1) The Union land use, land use change and forestry (‘LULUCF’) sector is a net sink that removes from the atmosphere greenhouse gasses in an amount equivalent to a significant share of total Union emissions. It results in anthropogenic emissions and removals of greenhouse gases as a consequence of changes in the quantity of carbon stored in vegetation and soils. The increased sustainable use of harvested wood products can substantially limit emissions and enhance removals from the atmosphere. Emissions and removals of greenhouse gases resulting from the LULUCF sector are not counted towards the Union's 20 % greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for 2020 pursuant to Decision No 406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the efforts of Member States to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to meet the Community's greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments up to
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 1 a (new) (1a) In accordance with the Roadmap for moving to a competitive low carbon economy in 2050, it is necessary to consider all land uses in a holistic manner and to address LULUCF within the Union's climate policy.
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 2 (2) Article 9 of Decision No 406/2009/EC requires the Commission to assess modalities to include greenhouse gas emissions and removals resulting from activities related to land use, land use change and forestry into the Union’s greenhouse gas emission reduction commitment, whilst ensuring the permanence and environmental integrity of the contribution of the sector, and providing for accurate monitoring and accounting of the relevant emissions and removals. This Decision should, therefore, as a first step, set out accounting rules applicable to greenhouse gas emissions and removals from the LULUCF sector.
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 2 (2) Article 9 of Decision No 406/2009/EC requires the Commission to assess modalities to include greenhouse gas emissions and removals resulting from
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 2 (2) Article 9 of Decision No 406/2009/EC requires the Commission to assess modalities to include greenhouse gas emissions and removals resulting from
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 2 (2) Pursuant to Article 9 of Decision No 406/2009/EC
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 2 Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 2 (2) Pursuant to Article 9 of Decision No 406/2009/EC
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 2 a (new) (2a) This Decision lays down the obligations of Member States in implementing these accounting rules and action plans. It does not lay down any accounting or reporting obligations for private parties including farmers and foresters.
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 2 a (new) (2a) This Decision lays down the obligations of Member States in implementing these accounting rules and action plans. It does not lay down any accounting or reporting obligations for private parties including farmers and foresters.
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 3 (3) The 17th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, meeting in Durban in December 2011, adopted Decision
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 3 (3) The 17th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, meeting in Durban in December 2011, adopted Decision 2- /CMP.7 of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 3 (3) The 17th Conference of the Parties of
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 3 (3) The 17th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, meeting in Durban in December 2011, adopted Decision - /CMP.7 of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 3 a (new) (3a) In addition to the opportunities directly linked to forestry and agriculture, there are potential mitigation benefits in the related industries (e.g. pulp and paper, wood processing) and renewable energy sectors if agricultural land and forests are managed for the production of timber and energy. Whilst carbon is stored in trees and in other plants and soils, it can also be stored for several decades in products (e.g. construction wood). Industry and consumer oriented policies can make an important contribution to increasing the long term use and recycling of wood and/or the production of pulp, paper and wood products, thereby replacing more emission-intensive equivalents (e.g. concrete, steel, plastics made from fossil fuels). In fact, the bio-based industry can make use of crops grown for material substitution (e.g. hemp and grass for insulation instead of glass fibre, straw for furniture production, car door panels made from flax or sisal plants, bio- plastics) or for energy (e.g. using biomass instead of fossil fuels). Studies show that for each tonne of carbon in wood products substituted for non-wood products an average greenhouse gas emission reduction of approximately two tonnes of carbon can be expected.
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 3 a (new) (3a) The accounting rules applicable to the Union LULUCF sector should not generate an additional administrative burden, therefore the reports submitted in accordance with those rules should not be required to include information that is not required pursuant to the decisions of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC and the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol;
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 4 (4) The LULUCF accounting rules should reflect efforts made in the agriculture and forestry sectors to enhance the contribution of changes made to the use of land resources to the reduction of emissions. This Decision should provide for accounting rules applicable on a mandatory basis to the forestry activities of afforestation, reforestation, deforestation and forest management
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 4 (4) The LULUCF accounting rules should reflect efforts made in the agriculture and forestry sectors to enhance the contribution of changes made to the use of land resources to the reduction of emissions. This Decision should provide for accounting rules applicable on a mandatory basis to the forestry activities of afforestation, reforestation, deforestation and forest management
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 4 (4) The LULUCF accounting rules should reflect efforts made in the agriculture and forestry sectors to enhance the contribution of changes made to the use of land resources to the reduction of emissions. This Decision should provide for accounting rules applicable on a mandatory basis to the forestry activities of afforestation, reforestation, deforestation and forest management
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 4 (4) The
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 4 (4) (4) LULUCF accounting rules should reflect efforts made in the agriculture and forestry sectors to enhance the contribution of changes made to the use of land resources to the reduction of emissions. This Decision should provide for accounting rules applicable on a mandatory basis to the forestry activities of afforestation, reforestation, deforestation and forest management
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 4 (4) The LULUCF accounting rules should reflect efforts made in the agriculture and forestry sectors to enhance the contribution
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 4 (4) The LULUCF accounting rules should
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 4 (4) The LULUCF accounting rules should reflect efforts made in the agriculture and forestry sectors to enhance the contribution of changes made to the use of land resources to the reduction of emissions. This Decision should provide for accounting rules applicable on a mandatory basis to the forestry activities of afforestation, reforestation, deforestation and forest
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 4 (4) The LULUCF accounting rules should reflect efforts made in the agriculture and forestry sectors to enhance the contribution of changes made to the use of land resources to the reduction of emissions. This Decision should provide for accounting rules applicable on a mandatory basis to the forestry activities of afforestation, reforestation, deforestation and forest
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 4 (4) The LULUCF accounting rules should reflect efforts made in the agriculture and forestry sectors to enhance the contribution of changes made to the use of land resources to the reduction of emissions. This Decision should provide for accounting rules applicable on a mandatory basis to the forestry activities of afforestation, reforestation, deforestation and forest
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 4 (4) The LULUCF accounting rules should
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 5 (5) To ensure the environmental integrity of the LULUCF account
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 5 (5) To ensure the environmental integrity of the accounting rules applicable to the Union LULUCF sector, these rules should be based on the accounting principles laid down in Decision -/CMP.7, and Decision 16/CMP.1 of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 5 (5) To ensure the environmental integrity of the accounting rules applicable to the Union LULUCF sector, these rules should be based on the accounting principles laid down in Decision -/CMP.7, Decision 2/CMP.6 and Decision 16/CMP.1 of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol and applied in a consistent, comparable and complete manner within the Union and among Member States.
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Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 2 (2) Article 9 of Decision No 406/2009/EC requires the Commission to assess modalities to include greenhouse gas emissions and removals resulting from activities related to land use, land use change and forestry into the Union’s greenhouse gas emission reduction commitment, whilst ensuring the permanence and environmental integrity of the contribution of the sector, and providing for accurate monitoring and accounting of the relevant emissions and removals. This Decision should, therefore, as a first step, set out accounting rules applicable to greenhouse gas emissions and removals from the LULUCF sector. To ensure the preservation and enhancement of carbon stocks in the interim, it should also provide for Member States to
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 3 (3) The 17th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, meeting in Durban in December 2011, adopted Decision
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 3 a (new) Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 4 (4) The LULUCF accounting rules should reflect efforts made in the agriculture and forestry sectors to enhance the contribution of changes made to the use of land resources to the reduction of emissions. This Decision should provide for accounting rules applicable on a mandatory basis to the forestry activities of afforestation, reforestation, deforestation and forest management
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 4 (4) The LULUCF accounting rules should reflect efforts made in the agriculture and forestry sectors to enhance the contribution of changes made to the use of land resources to the reduction of emissions. This Decision should provide for accounting rules applicable on a mandatory basis to the forestry activities of afforestation, reforestation, deforestation and forest management
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 5 (5) To ensure the environmental integrity of the accounting rules applicable to the Union LULUCF sector, these rules should be based on the accounting principles laid down in Decision -/CMP.7, Decision 2/CMP.6 and Decision 16/CMP.1 of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 8 a (new) (8a) Emissions from degrading and draining peatlands correspond to some 5% of global greenhouse gas emissions and represented 3,5-4% of emissions in the Union in 2010. In order to have full transparency and to show leadership in a sector where the Union is the second largest emitter globally, emissions and removals from wetland drainage and rewetting should also be included in Member States accounts.
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 12 (12) Member State LULUCF Action Plans established as part of the Low Carbon Development Strategies should set out measures to limit or reduce emissions and to maintain or increase removals from the LULUCF sector. Each Member State should define the most appropriate measures to meet national circumstances. Each LULUCF Action Plan should contain certain information as specified in this Decision. Moreover, to promote best practice, an indicative list of measures that may also be included in those plans should
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a decision Article 1 This Decision sets out accounting rules applicable to emissions and removals resulting from land use, land use change and forestry activities with a view to accounted emissions and removals arising from such activities being included in the Union reduction commitment. It also provides for Member State LULUCF Action Plans to limit or reduce emissions and to maintain or increase removals, and for the evaluation of those plans by the Commission.
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a decision Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point q (q) ‘forest’ is
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a decision Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point q (q) ‘forest’ is a
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a decision Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point t (t) ‘natural disturbances’
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a decision Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point w (w) ‘salvage logging’ is any activity consisting of recovering timber affected by a natural disturbance and that can still be used
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a decision Article 2 – paragraph 2 Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f a (new) (fa) wetland drainage and rewetting.
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 Member States may
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 Member States may also choose to draw up and maintain accounts for the first accounting period that accurately reflect emissions and removals resulting from cropland management and grazing land management, revegetation, and wetland drainage and rewetting.
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a decision Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new) Member States shall make any technical corrections and recalculations necessary to include in their existing and newly established accounts, where otherwise excluded, the carbon pools referred to in the first subparagraph, and greenhouse gases referred to in Article 3(2).
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a decision Article 6 – paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a decision Article 6 – paragraph 8 Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a decision Article 6 – paragraph 9 Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a decision Article 6 – paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Member States may include in their accounting of forest management under Article 3(4) of the Kyoto Protocol, anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions by sources and removals by sinks resulting from the harvest and conversion of forest plantations accounted for under forest management, to non-forest land, provided that all of the requirements below are met: (a) the forest plantation was first established through direct human- induced planting and/or seeding of non- forest land before 1 January 1990, and, if the forest plantation was re-established, that this last occurred on forest land through direct human-induced planting and/or seeding after 1 January 1960; (b) a new forest of at least equivalent area as the harvested forest plantation is established through direct human- induced planting and/or seeding of non- forested land that did not contain forest on 31 December 1989; (c) this newly established forest will reach at least the equivalent carbon stock that was contained in the harvested forest plantation at the time of harvest, within the normal harvesting cycle of the harvested forest plantation, and, if not, a debit would be generated under Article 3(4) of the Kyoto Protocol.
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a decision Article 6 – paragraph 10 b (new) Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a decision Article 7 – paragraph 1 1. Member States shall reflect in their accounts pursuant to Article 3(1) emissions from harvested wood products containing carbon on 1 January 2013 even where such harvested wood products were harvested prior to this date and shall distinguish between products originating from deforestation and forest management.
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a decision Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new) (ca) wood for energy.
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a decision Article 7 – paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a decision Article 8 – title Accounting rules for
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a decision Article 8 – paragraph 1 1. In
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a decision Article 9 – paragraph 2 – introductory part 2. Member States may exclude
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 1. No later than
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 2 – introductory part 2. Member States shall consider includ
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point c (c) an analysis of the potential to limit or reduce emissions and to maintain or increase removals, including through the substitution of greenhouse gas intensive materials and energy feedstocks;
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point d (d) a list of measures, including, as appropriate, th
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point e (e) policies foreseen to implement the measures referred to in point (d), including a quantitative or qualitative description of the expected effect of those measures on emissions and removals, taking into account other policies and measures related to the LULUCF sector;
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point f (f) indicative timetable
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new) The Commission shall provide guidance and technical assistance to Member States and adopt specific guidelines for the LULUCF Action Plans.
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Member States shall establish, in the LULUCF Action Plans, targets for limiting or reducing emissions and maintaining or increasing removals from the activities covered by this decision, reflecting the mitigation potential. Member States shall in any case ensure that their respective removals do not decline, nor that emissions from the LULUCF sector are reduced compared to 2005 levels.
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 3 Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 3. The Commission shall evaluate a Member State’s draft LULUCF Action Plan within three months of receiving all relevant information from that Member State. The Commission shall publish the results of that evaluation and may issue recommendations
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 3. The Commission shall
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 5 Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 5. The Commission shall
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a decision Article 12 – paragraph 2 2. The delegation of power referred to in Articles
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a decision Article 12 – paragraph 3 3. The delegation of power referred to in Articles
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a decision Article 12 – paragraph 5 5. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Articles
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PURPOSE: to gradually integrate the land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) sector into the Unions climate policy by means of a separate legal framework which addresses the sectors specific profile and by ensuring a robust and harmonised accounting framework. PROPOSED ACT: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council. BACKGROUND: appropriate land uses and management practices in forestry and agriculture can limit emissions of carbon and enhance removals from the atmosphere. Such practices are covered by the LULUCF sector, which comprises mostly carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and removals by terrestrial ecosystems, generally estimated as carbon stock changes. Agriculture, forestry, related industries and energy are the most important economic sectors relevant for LULUCF and they can contribute to the reduction of emissions and enhancement of sinks in several ways. Although the LULUCF sector does not yet count towards the Unions emission reduction target for 2020, it counts in part towards the Unions commitment under the Kyoto Protocol to the UNFCCC for the period from 2008 to 2012. However, the existing international accounting rules, which are a mix of voluntary and mandatory practices, have significant drawbacks. Most importantly, accounting is voluntary for most LULUCF activities, notably for forest management (representing about 70% of the sector) and for cropland and grazing-land management (representing about 17% of the sector). As a result, accounting in this first commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol varies greatly between Member States. Another drawback is the lack of incentives for climate change mitigation in forestry. Improvements in accounting are necessary to create a level playing field within the agricultural, forestry and related industries and energy sectors in the Member States with a view to ensuring their consistent treatment within the Unions internal market. IMPACT ASSESSMENT: the impact assessment investigated three key issues that need to be addressed when assessing how LULUCF should be included in the Unions greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments, namely how to:
Based on the policy context for including the sector in the Unions commitments currently regulated by the ESD and the EU ETS, the impact assessment considered three options for including LULUCF, namely as part of the ESD, as a separate framework or by delaying inclusion altogether. Each option addressed the issues of accounting and monitoring. The potential social, economic and environmental impacts of the various options were considered in detail. The impact assessment concluded that there were good reasons to include LULUCF in the Unions greenhouse gas emission-reduction commitments, namely to improve their policy coherence, environmental integrity and economic efficiency. But this will only be possible if the right policy context for LULUCF is put in place. The high variability of emissions and removals in forests means that annual emission reduction targets of the kind that apply to other sectors are unsuitable. The long lead times needed for mitigation measures to take effect also set LULUCF apart from most other sectors. In view of this, the impact assessment indicated that a separate legal framework for LULUCF would be the preferred option. In terms of accounting, the suitable options identified included mandatory accounting of emissions and removals from both forestry and agricultural activities and giving equal weight to mitigation action irrespective of whether it was taken in the forestry, agriculture, related industries or energy sectors. LEGAL BASIS: Article 192(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). CONTENT: the main objective of this Decision is to establish robust and comprehensive accounting rules for LULUCF as well as to enable future policy development towards the full inclusion of LULUCF in the Unions greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments when the conditions are right. To this end this Decision establishes a framework for:
1. update the definitions in the light of changes to definitions adopted by the bodies of the UNFCCC or the Kyoto Protocol or other multilateral agreement relevant to climate change concluded by the Union; 2. amend Annex I to add accounting periods and ensure consistency between those accounting periods and the relevant periods applicable to Union emission reduction commitments in other sectors, 3. amend Annex II with updated reference levels in accordance with the proposed reference levels submitted by Member States pursuant to Article 6 subject to corrections made in accordance with this Decision; 4. revise the information specified in Annex III in accordance with scientific progress and to revise the conditions relating to the accounting rules for natural disturbances laid down in Article 9(2) in the light of scientific progress or to reflect revisions to acts adopted by UNFCCC or Kyoto Protocol bodies. BUDGETARY IMPLICATION: this Decision will be implemented using the existing budget and will not have an impact on the multi-annual financial framework. DELEGATED ACTS: this proposal contains provisions empowering the Commission to adopted delegated acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. New
PURPOSE: to gradually integrate the land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) sector into the Unions climate policy by means of a separate legal framework which addresses the sectors specific profile and by ensuring a robust and harmonised accounting framework. PROPOSED ACT: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council. BACKGROUND: appropriate land uses and management practices in forestry and agriculture can limit emissions of carbon and enhance removals from the atmosphere. Such practices are covered by the LULUCF sector, which comprises mostly carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and removals by terrestrial ecosystems, generally estimated as carbon stock changes. Agriculture, forestry, related industries and energy are the most important economic sectors relevant for LULUCF and they can contribute to the reduction of emissions and enhancement of sinks in several ways. Although the LULUCF sector does not yet count towards the Unions emission reduction target for 2020, it counts in part towards the Unions commitment under the Kyoto Protocol to the UNFCCC for the period from 2008 to 2012. However, the existing international accounting rules, which are a mix of voluntary and mandatory practices, have significant drawbacks. Most importantly, accounting is voluntary for most LULUCF activities, notably for forest management (representing about 70% of the sector) and for cropland and grazing-land management (representing about 17% of the sector). As a result, accounting in this first commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol varies greatly between Member States. Another drawback is the lack of incentives for climate change mitigation in forestry. Improvements in accounting are necessary to create a level playing field within the agricultural, forestry and related industries and energy sectors in the Member States with a view to ensuring their consistent treatment within the Unions internal market. IMPACT ASSESSMENT: the impact assessment investigated three key issues that need to be addressed when assessing how LULUCF should be included in the Unions greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments, namely how to:
Based on the policy context for including the sector in the Unions commitments currently regulated by the ESD and the EU ETS, the impact assessment considered three options for including LULUCF, namely as part of the ESD, as a separate framework or by delaying inclusion altogether. Each option addressed the issues of accounting and monitoring. The potential social, economic and environmental impacts of the various options were considered in detail. The impact assessment concluded that there were good reasons to include LULUCF in the Unions greenhouse gas emission-reduction commitments, namely to improve their policy coherence, environmental integrity and economic efficiency. But this will only be possible if the right policy context for LULUCF is put in place. The high variability of emissions and removals in forests means that annual emission reduction targets of the kind that apply to other sectors are unsuitable. The long lead times needed for mitigation measures to take effect also set LULUCF apart from most other sectors. In view of this, the impact assessment indicated that a separate legal framework for LULUCF would be the preferred option. In terms of accounting, the suitable options identified included mandatory accounting of emissions and removals from both forestry and agricultural activities and giving equal weight to mitigation action irrespective of whether it was taken in the forestry, agriculture, related industries or energy sectors. LEGAL BASIS: Article 192(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). CONTENT: the main objective of this Decision is to establish robust and comprehensive accounting rules for LULUCF as well as to enable future policy development towards the full inclusion of LULUCF in the Unions greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments when the conditions are right. To this end this Decision establishes a framework for:
1. update the definitions in the light of changes to definitions adopted by the bodies of the UNFCCC or the Kyoto Protocol or other multilateral agreement relevant to climate change concluded by the Union; 2. amend Annex I to add accounting periods and ensure consistency between those accounting periods and the relevant periods applicable to Union emission reduction commitments in other sectors, 3. amend Annex II with updated reference levels in accordance with the proposed reference levels submitted by Member States pursuant to Article 6 subject to corrections made in accordance with this Decision; 4. revise the information specified in Annex III in accordance with scientific progress and to revise the conditions relating to the accounting rules for natural disturbances laid down in Article 9(2) in the light of scientific progress or to reflect revisions to acts adopted by UNFCCC or Kyoto Protocol bodies. BUDGETARY IMPLICATION: this Decision will be implemented using the existing budget and will not have an impact on the multi-annual financial framework. DELEGATED ACTS: this proposal contains provisions empowering the Commission to adopted delegated acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. |
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The Council had an orientation debate on the proposal for a decision on accounting rules and action plans on greenhouse gas emissions and removals resulting from activities related to land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF). The Commission proposes that member states should establish, for each accounting period, national action plans on measures to limit or reduce emissions and to maintain or increase removals from the LULUCF sector. The national action plans are aimed at stimulating the mitigation potential of the sector, increasing the visibility of measures taken and promoting best practice. Ministers discussed two main issues: the proposed phased approach and its implications and the role and implementation of the proposed national action plans. Member states generally welcomed the Commission's proposal and its phased approach. Concerning the timing and conditions for the second step (i.e. the formal inclusion of the sector in the EUs greenhouse emission reduction commitment) there were different views around the table. For some delegations, this step should be taken as soon as possible, whereas for others it is linked to new or revised emission reduction commitments. The Presidency concluded that this complex issue needs to be explored both in more depth and taking account of the wider context of the EU climate policy. Overall, it was considered very important to ensure consistency of the proposal with decisions taken in the context of the UNFCCC. As regards the national action plans, ministers generally agreed on the importance to stimulating the mitigation potential of the LULUCF sector and of increasing the visibility of the mitigation efforts by farmers, forest owners and all other actors concerned. Furthermore, many delegations pointed out that the sector should not be considered in isolation but in an integrated way and by making use of synergies with existing policies at EU and national level. Several ministers stressed the need to avoid creating any unnecessary administrative burden or duplication of work and to take due account of national circumstances and competencies at each level. Many delegations were of the view that member states themselves are best placed to decide on the appropriate measures. The guiding principles resulting from this debate will be taken into account with a view to further discussions and progress on this file. New
The Council had an orientation debate on the proposal for a decision on accounting rules and action plans on greenhouse gas emissions and removals resulting from activities related to land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF). The Commission proposes that member states should establish, for each accounting period, national action plans on measures to limit or reduce emissions and to maintain or increase removals from the LULUCF sector. The national action plans are aimed at stimulating the mitigation potential of the sector, increasing the visibility of measures taken and promoting best practice. Ministers discussed two main issues: the proposed phased approach and its implications and the role and implementation of the proposed national action plans. Member states generally welcomed the Commission's proposal and its phased approach. Concerning the timing and conditions for the second step (i.e. the formal inclusion of the sector in the EUs greenhouse emission reduction commitment) there were different views around the table. For some delegations, this step should be taken as soon as possible, whereas for others it is linked to new or revised emission reduction commitments. The Presidency concluded that this complex issue needs to be explored both in more depth and taking account of the wider context of the EU climate policy. Overall, it was considered very important to ensure consistency of the proposal with decisions taken in the context of the UNFCCC. As regards the national action plans, ministers generally agreed on the importance to stimulating the mitigation potential of the LULUCF sector and of increasing the visibility of the mitigation efforts by farmers, forest owners and all other actors concerned. Furthermore, many delegations pointed out that the sector should not be considered in isolation but in an integrated way and by making use of synergies with existing policies at EU and national level. Several ministers stressed the need to avoid creating any unnecessary administrative burden or duplication of work and to take due account of national circumstances and competencies at each level. Many delegations were of the view that member states themselves are best placed to decide on the appropriate measures. The guiding principles resulting from this debate will be taken into account with a view to further discussions and progress on this file. |
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