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2016/0230(COD) 2030 climate and energy framework: inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry

Progress: Procedure completed

RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead ENVI LINS Norbert (icon: PPE PPE) BRANNEN Paul (icon: S&D S&D), WIŚNIEWSKA Jadwiga (icon: ECR ECR), TORVALDS Nils (icon: ALDE ALDE), JÁVOR Benedek (icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE), AFFRONTE Marco (icon: EFDD EFDD)
Committee Opinion DEVE MARCELLESI Florent (icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE) Nirj DEVA (icon: ECR ECR), Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY (icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL)
Committee Opinion AGRI KÖSTINGER Elisabeth (icon: PPE PPE) Giulia MOI (icon: EFDD EFDD), Hannu TAKKULA (icon: ALDE ALDE)
Committee Opinion TRAN
Committee Opinion ITRE Pilar AYUSO (icon: PPE PPE), Benedek JÁVOR (icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE), Barbara KAPPEL (icon: ENF ENF), Notis MARIAS (icon: ECR ECR), Dario TAMBURRANO (icon: EFDD EFDD)
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 59-p4, TFEU 192-p1

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2018/06/19
   Final act published in Official Journal
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PURPOSE: to contribute to the reduction of total greenhouse gas emissions in the EU over the period 2021-2030 through better protection and management of land and forests throughout the Union.

LEGISLATIVE ACT: Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry in the 2030 climate and energy framework, and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 and Decision No 529/2013/EU.

CONTENT: the Regulation sets out Member States' commitments in the area of land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) which contribute to achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the EU's greenhouse gas emission reduction target for the period 2021-2030.

Accounting rules : the new regulation establishes a framework for accounting for LULUCF emissions and removals . This shall enable the EU to meet its Paris goal of reducing emissions by at least 40% by 2030.

To this end, the Regulation establishes EU-wide accounting rules for LULUCF activities, which have been developed to ensure effective and consistent accounting of emissions and removals generated during the period 2021-2030.

The Regulation applies to reported greenhouse gas emissions and removals occurring within the territory of the Member States and falling under the following land accounting categories: forested land, deforested land, managed cropland, managed grassland, managed forest land.

Wetland accounting shall become mandatory for the period 2026-2030 , unless a 5-year deferral is considered appropriate in the light of experience gained from updating the 2006 guidelines for national greenhouse gas inventories prepared by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

During the period 2021-2025, a Member State may choose to extend its commitment also to managed wetland by notifying the Commission by 31 December 2020.

The Regulation lays down general rules to avoid double counting of emissions or removals, in particular by ensuring that emissions and removals are not accounted for under more than one land accounting category.

Commitments : under the Regulation, all Member States shall ensure that their total emissions in the LULUCF sector are balanced and do not exceed total CO₂ removals.

Flexibilities : the Regulation provides that a Member State may use the general flexibilities as well as flexibilities for the managed forest land to comply with its commitment. This would give Member States some flexibility to temporarily increase their harvest intensity in accordance with sustainable forest management practices that are consistent with the objective set out in the Paris Agreement, provided that within the Union total emissions do not exceed total removals in the LULUCF sector.

Under such flexibility, all Member States shall be granted a basic amount of compensation calculated on the basis of a factor expressed as a percentage of their reported sink in the period from 2000 to 2009 to compensate for the emissions from managed forest land they have accounted for. It should be ensured that Member States can only be compensated up to the level at which their forests are no longer sinks.

Compliance checks : by 15 March 2027 for the period 2021-2025, and by 15 March 2032 for the period 2026-2030, Member States shall be required to submit to the Commission a compliance report containing the balance of total emissions and removals for the relevant period on each of the land accounting categories defined in the Regulation.

On the basis of the compliance reports, the Commission shall prepare a report in 2027 and 2032. The European Environment Agency shall assist the Commission in the implementation of the monitoring and compliance framework.

ENTRY INTO FORCE: 9.7.2018.

2018/06/06
   EC - Commission response to text adopted in plenary
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2018/05/30
   CSL - Draft final act
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2018/05/30
   CSL - Final act signed
2018/05/30
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2018/05/14
   EP/CSL - Act adopted by Council after Parliament's 1st reading
2018/05/14
   CSL - Council Meeting
2018/04/17
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
2018/04/17
   EP - Decision by Parliament, 1st reading
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The European Parliament adopted by 574 votes to 79, with 32 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry into the 2030 climate and energy framework and amending Regulation No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council on a mechanism for monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions and other information relevant to climate change.

The issues had been referred back to the committee responsible for interinstitutional negotiations at the sitting of 13.9.2017.

The European Parliament’s position adopted at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure amended the Commission proposal as follows:

Objective : the Regulation would set out Member States' commitments in the area of land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) that contribute to achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the EU's greenhouse gas emission reduction target for the period 2021-2030.

The scope shall cover:

during the periods 2021 to 2025 and 2026 to 2030, forest and agricultural lands and lands that are no longer assigned to those uses or those that are newly affected there; starting in 2026, the ‘managed wetland’ . Wetlands are efficient ecosystems for storing carbon. Therefore, protecting and restoring wetlands could reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the LULUCF sector.

During the period 2021 to 2025 , a Member State may choose to also make its commitment to managed wetlands by notifying the Commission of this choice by 31 December 2020 at the latest.

In the light of the experience gained from the application of the revision of the IPCC Guidelines, the Commission may propose to postpone for a further five years the mandatory accounting of managed wetlands.

Commitments : for the periods 2021 to 2025 and 2026 to 2030, each Member State shall ensure that emissions do not exceed the removals, calculated as the sum of total emissions and total removals in its territory in all categories cumulative land counts and accounted for in accordance with the regulations.

During the period from 2021 to 2025, each Member State that includes managed wetland in the scope of its commitments, and all Member States during the period from 2026 to 2030, shall account for emissions and removals resulting from managed wetland, calculated as emissions and removals in the respective periods minus the value obtained by multiplying by five the Member State’s average annual emissions and removals resulting from managed wetland in its base period from 2005 to 2009.

Accounting rules : for the LULUCF sector to contribute to the achievement of the Union's 40% emission reduction target, as well as the long-term goal of the Paris Agreement, the proposed Regulation defines general rules to avoid double counting of emissions or removals, including ensuring that emissions and removals are not accounted for in more than one land accounting category.

It also defines the specific accounting rules applicable to (i) afforested land and deforested land; (ii) managed cropland, managed grassland and managed wetland; (iii) managed forest lands; iv) harvested wood products.

The relevant accounting rules shall instead provide for the use of reference levels to exclude the effects of natural and country-specific characteristics. Forest reference levels shall take account of any unbalanced age structure of forests and shall not unduly constrain future forest management intensity, so that long-term carbon sinks can be maintained or strengthened.

Other land use categories : under the proposal, land that is converted to another land use category shall be considered to be in the process of transitioning to that category for the default value of 20 years referred to in the IPCC Guidelines. Member States should only be able to derogate from that default value for afforested land and only in limited circumstances justified under the IPCC Guidelines.

Flexibilities : the Regulation provides that a Member State may use the general flexibilities as well as flexibilities for the managed forest land to comply with its commitment. This would give Member States some flexibility to temporarily increase their harvest intensity in accordance with sustainable forest management practices that are consistent with the objective set out in the Paris Agreement, provided that within the Union total emissions do not exceed total removals in the LULUCF sector.

Under such flexibility, all Member States shall be granted a basic amount of compensation calculated on the basis of a factor expressed as a percentage of their reported sink in the period from 2000 to 2009 to compensate for the emissions from managed forest land they have accounted for. It should be ensured that Member States can only be compensated up to the level at which their forests are no longer sinks.

Review : the Regulation shall be kept under review taking into account, inter alia , international developments and efforts undertaken to achieve the long-term objectives of the Paris Agreement. The Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council, within six months of each global stocktake agreed under the Paris Agreement, on the operation of this Regulation.

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2018/04/16
   EP - Debate in Parliament
2018/01/24
   EP - Text agreed during interinstitutional negotiations
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2018/01/23
   EP - Approval in committee of the text agreed at early 2nd reading interinstitutional negotiations
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2017/10/13
   CSL - Council Meeting
2017/09/13
   EP - Decision by Parliament, 1st reading
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The European Parliament adopted by 532 votes to 44, with 20 abstentions, amendments to the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the taking into account of greenhouse gas emissions and removals resulting from the ' land use and forestry in the context of the Climate and Energy Action for 2030 and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on a mechanism for the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions and for the reporting of further information related to climate change.

The matter was referred back to the committee responsible for interinstitutional negotiations.

The main amendments adopted in plenary deal with the following points:

Potential of the LULUCF : the proposal aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase removals from forests in order to combat climate change. Parliament highlighted the considerable potential of land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) sector to contribute to the achievement of long-term climate the Union and at international level. It stressed that the LULUCF accounting system needed to be robust, suggesting that removals by the sector should be treated as a separate pillar in EU climate policy.

Commitments : Members proposed that Member States increase their CO2 removals so that they exceed their emissions from 2030 .

The Commission shall propose a framework for targets after 2030 which includes such increased removals, in line with the Union’s long-term climate objectives and the commitments made under the Paris Agreement.

During the period from 2021 to 2025 , a Member State may choose to include managed wetland. It shall notify that choice to the Commission by 31 December 2020. During this period, Member States that have not chosen to include managed wetland in the scope of their commitments shall nevertheless report the emissions and removals from managed wetland to the Commission.

Flexibility : the proposal states that, depending on national preferences, Member States should be able to choose adequate national policies for achieving their commitments in LULUCF, including the possibility of compensating emissions from one land category by removals from another land category.

Parliament stated that Members States should be able to use up to 280 million tonnes of total net removals resulting from the combined accounting categories of deforested land, afforested land, managed cropland, managed grassland, managed wetland where applicable, and, subject to the delegated act adopted pursuant to the Regulation on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030.

Other land-use categories : proposals indicate that land that is converted to another land use category should be considered in transition to that category for the default value of 20 years in the IPCC Guidelines. Parliament considered that Member States should only derogate from that default value only for afforested land and only in very limited circumstances justified under the IPCC Guidelines.

Forest land accounts : Parliament proposed to change the cap for forest management credits from 3.5 % of Member States emissions to 7 %, with the aim of encouraging Member States to increase the absorption of CO2 by dead wood.

Parliament also proposed to change the reference period for the forest accounting plan from 1990-2009 to 2000-2012 . It also called for a team of experts comprising representatives of the Commission and the Member States, in consultation with the Standing Forestry Committee and the civil society dialogue group on national forest accounting plans.

The Commission shall adopt delegated acts to amend Annex II to the Regulation in the light of the review and the assessment carried out by the expert review team. Until the entry into force of the delegated acts, Member State forest reference levels as specified in Annex II shall continue to apply for the period 2021-2025 and/or 2026-2030.

The Commission shall also adopt delegated acts to update the categories of harvested wood products (paper, wood panels, sawn timber) with integrating additional carbon-sequestration products on the basis of the IPCC Guidelines.

Report : the Commission shall report in 2027 and 2032 on the cumulative balance of emissions and removals from managed forest land in the Union in reference to average emissions and removals during the period 1990-2009.

If the cumulative balance is negative, the Commission shall present a proposal to compensate and remove the corresponding amount of emission allowances from Member States under the European Parliament and Council regulation on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030.

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2017/09/13
   EP - Matter referred back to the committee responsible
2017/09/11
   EP - Debate in Parliament
2017/07/17
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading
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The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety adopted the report by Norbert LINS (EPP, DE) on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry into the 2030 climate and energy framework and amending Regulation No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council on a mechanism for monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions and other information relevant to climate change.

The committee recommended that the European Parliament's position adopted at first reading in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure should amend the Commission proposal as follows:

Commitments : this proposal seeks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase removals from forests in order to combat climate change. For the period after 2030, Member States shall endeavour to increase their removals so that they exceed their emissions. The Commission shall propose a framework for targets after 2030 which includes such increased removals, in line with the Union’s long-term climate objectives and the commitments made under the Paris Agreement.

During the period from 2021 to 2025 , a Member State may choose to include managed wetland. It shall notify that choice to the Commission by 31 December 2020. During this period, Member States that have not chosen to include managed wetland in the scope of their commitments shall nevertheless report the emissions and removals from managed wetland to the Commission.

Flexibility : the proposal states that, depending on national preferences, Member States should be able to choose adequate national policies for achieving their commitments in LULUCF, including the possibility of compensating emissions from one land category by removals from another land category.

Members stated that Members States should be able to use up to 280 million tonnes of total net removals resulting from the combined accounting categories of deforested land, afforested land, managed cropland, managed grassland, managed wetland where applicable, and, subject to the delegated act adopted pursuant to the Regulation on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030.

Other land-use categories : proposals indicate that land that is converted to another land use category should be considered in transition to that category for the default value of 20 years in the IPCC Guidelines. Members considered that Member States should only derogate from that default value only for afforested land and only in very limited circumstances justified under the IPCC Guidelines.

Forest land accounts : Members proposed to change the cap for forest management credits from 3.5 % of Member States emissions to 7 %, with the aim of encouraging Member States to increase the absorption of CO2 by dead wood.

The report proposed to change the reference period for the forest accounting plan from 1990-2009 to 2000-2012 . It also called for a team of experts comprising representatives of the Commission and the Member States, in consultation with the Standing Forestry Committee and the civil society dialogue group on national forest accounting plans.

The Commission shall adopt delegated acts to amend Annex II to the Regulation in the light of the review and the assessment carried out by the expert review team. Until the entry into force of the delegated acts, Member State forest reference levels as specified in Annex II shall continue to apply for the period 2021-2025 and/or 2026-2030.

The Commission shall also adopt delegated acts to update the categories of harvested wood products (paper, wood panels, sawn timber) with integrating additional carbon-sequestration products on the basis of the IPCC Guidelines.

Report : the Commission shall report in 2027 and 2032 on the cumulative balance of emissions and removals from managed forest land in the Union in reference to average emissions and removals during the period 1990-2009.

If the cumulative balance is negative, the Commission shall present a proposal to compensate and remove the corresponding amount of emission allowances from Member States under the European Parliament and Council regulation on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030.

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2017/07/11
   EP - Vote in committee, 1st reading
2017/06/19
   CSL - Debate in Council
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2017/06/19
   CSL - Council Meeting
2017/06/01
   EP - Committee opinion
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2017/06/01
   EP - Committee opinion
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2017/05/03
   EP - Committee opinion
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2017/04/06
   EP - Amendments tabled in committee
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2017/04/06
   EP - Amendments tabled in committee
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2017/02/23
   EP - Committee draft report
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2016/12/19
   CSL - Debate in Council
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2016/12/19
   CSL - Council Meeting
2016/12/18
   CZ_SENATE - Contribution
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2016/12/13
   CSL - Debate in Council
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2016/12/13
   CSL - Council Meeting
2016/11/30
   EP - MARCELLESI Florent (Verts/ALE) appointed as rapporteur in DEVE
2016/11/10
   PT_PARLIAMENT - Contribution
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2016/11/09
   IT_SENATE - Contribution
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2016/11/09
   RO_SENATE - Contribution
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2016/10/26
   PL_SENATE - Contribution
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2016/10/20
   RO_CHAMBER - Contribution
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2016/09/28
   EP - LINS Norbert (PPE) appointed as rapporteur in ENVI
2016/09/12
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading
2016/08/30
   EP - KÖSTINGER Elisabeth (PPE) appointed as rapporteur in AGRI
2016/07/22
   EC - Document attached to the procedure
2016/07/22
   EC - Document attached to the procedure
2016/07/20
   EC - Document attached to the procedure
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The Commission presents a communication entitled ‘ Accelerating Europe's transition to a low-carbon economy ’, which accompanies:

the legislative proposal on binding annual greenhouse gas emissions reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030; the legislative proposal on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry into the 2030 climate and energy framework.

The series of measures set out in the communication aim to offer those Member States that have already started to prepare their post-2020 energy and climate strategies with the necessary clarity and tools to proceed with the domestic ratification process of the Paris agreement in climate change.

The Commission considers that the package of measures helps Europe to prepare for the future and to stay competitive . These measures are primarily addressed to Member States, since they will be in the forefront of deciding how to implement measures to meet the agreed greenhouse gas emission target for 2030.

However, Member States cannot do it alone. The EU must also:

support its businesses, farmers, researchers, investors, educators and social partners , by providing EU-wide measures and enabling environment ; support action by its rural communities and also its cities , which are among the most dynamic and innovative actors in implementing a low-carbon, circular economy.

In the current global context, the Union must support its climate diplomacy action plan and seek to:

remain a leader in developing innovative low-carbon technologies and services, not only in the energy sector but also in industry, buildings and transport; continue to equip Europeans with the right skills for the low-carbon economy, invest in the future and help industry to adjust to changing needs.

Guiding principles of a regulatory framework : the EU agreed in October 2014 a clear commitment to reach a binding, economy-wide emissions reduction target of at least 40% by 2030, compared to 1990 levels in all sectors (buildings, transport, waste, agriculture, as well as land-use and forestry). The new regulatory framework is based on the key principles of fairness, solidarity, flexibility and environmental integrity.

To start implementing that commitment, in July 2015, the Commission presented a proposal to reform the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) to make it fit for purpose and drive investments after 2020 in the industrial and power sectors. The European Parliament and the Council should do their utmost to adopt this proposal quickly.

Furthermore, for the first time, the land use and forestry sector (LULUCF) will be integrated into the EU 2030 Climate and Energy Framework. The Commission proposes a careful balance between more incentives to capture carbon in soil and forests and the need to maintain the environmental integrity of the EU climate framework.

The proposal for a Regulation on the LULUCF sector establishes more robust accounting rules for land, land-use and forestry. As forest management is the main source of biomass for energy and wood production, more robust accounting rules for forest management will provide a solid basis for Europe's renewables policy and the further development the bio-economy after 2020.

Fostering the enabling environment for low-carbon transition in the EU : building on this regulatory framework, the EU will support Member States with a number of tools and enabling measures.

Strategy for Energy Union and other sectoral initiatives:

the Commission is presenting a strategy on low-emission mobility , which identifies the key levers in the field of transport, including EU-wide measures on low and zero-emission vehicles and alternative low emissions fuels. The strategy also underlines the need to make the most of the synergies between the transport and energy systems; the Commission is reviewing the existing EU-framework for energy efficiency and will present proposals later this year, including on how to attract financing into buildings renovation; the land-use and forestry proposal will create additional incentives for carbon sequestration in these related activities; with regard to the common agricultural policy, the review of EU-wide policy addressing the use of fertilisers is expected to contribute to a reduction of emissions from mined and synthetic fertilisers; the Waste Management Framework Directive and in particular the Landfill Directive , for which the Commission proposed revisions last year, are expected to contribute to a significant reduction of emissions from waste.

Several factors outside this framework can help to facilitate energy transition in all sectors of the economy . The Commission notes the following:

meet the challenges of the circular economy (an ambitious circular economy package was presented in 2015); present an integrated Energy Union strategy for research, innovation and competitiveness later this year, in order to directly support the achievement of Europe's climate and energy goals; increase efforts for shifting and rapidly scaling up private investment : the recent emergence of green bonds can also help direct capital flows towards low-carbon investments; ensure that the current EU budget spending is aligned with the climate objectives; explore ways to combine the resources available under other EU programmes, as for example the Connecting Europe Facility or Horizon 2020 to unlock additional investments, in particular through investment platforms ; anticipate and mitigate the societal impact of the transition in specific regions and socio-economic sectors, including through the European Structural and Investment Funds; improve skills intelligence and address skills shortages in specific economic sectors including green technologies in the framework of the new comprehensive skills agenda for Europe; as a member of the World Trade Organisation, actively promote liberalisation of goods and services , which can deliver environmental benefit.

The Commission will immediately start or accelerate better regulation processes (including public consultations and impact assessments) to turn the action plan on low-emission mobility into a set of efficient and proportionate measures. By the end of the year, it will also present the remaining initiatives to complete the delivery of the EU's Energy Union Strategy .

2016/07/20
   EC - Legislative proposal published
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PURPOSE: to determine how to include land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) in the EU's climate and energy framework, from 2021.

PROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council.

ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European Parliament decides following the ordinary legislative procedure on an equal footing with Council.

BACKGROUND: emissions and removals of greenhouse gases in LULUCF are currently covered by international obligations under the Kyoto Protocol only, up to 2020. Up to this date, the Kyoto Protocol places constraints on the EU and each of its Member States, as they need to ensure that the LULUCF sector does not yield extra emissions. However, the Kyoto Protocol will expire at the end of 2020. Consequently, governance for the LULUCF sector needs to be further developed within the EU.

Currently, this is carried out under Decision No 529/2013/EU on accounting rules on greenhouse gas emissions and removals resulting from activities relating to LULUCF. Without a legal framework defining the applicable rules for the period post-2020, the way in which LULUCF would be included in the overall framework could be heterogeneous across the EU.

The proposal is part of the legislation completing the integrated framework for climate and energy policies up to 2030 endorsed by the European Council in October 2014, to achieve the EU 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction target of at least -40% compared to 1990 levels domestically in a cost effective manner and contribute to limiting global warming. It is part of the Commission's ten political priorities, and an important element of the strategic framework for the Energy Union . It also aims to implement the EU’s commitments under the Paris Agreement (December 1995) on climate change.

IMPACT ASSESSMENT: in the conclusion of the impact assessment, a stand-alone LULUCF policy pillar was identified as the preferred option. This would continue to be utilised together with the commitment by each Member State to ensure that the LULUCF sector should have no net emissions on their territory (no-debit rule).

CONTENT: the proposal aims to define how the LULUCF sector will contribute to an EU-wide 30% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in non-ETS (emission trading scheme) sectors by 2030 compared to 2005 . It lays down;

the commitments by Member States towards meeting the greenhouse gas emission reduction commitment of the Union for the period from 2021 to 2030; accounting rules relating to emissions and absorption linked to LULUCF activity and to verification of Member States’ commitments.

The mandatory scope is, in essence, forest land and agricultural land, and land for which the use has changed from or to these uses. The approach proposed discards the parallel Kyoto Protocol reporting framework and streamlines the system with the UNFCCC "land-based" reporting framework. The scope includes greenhouse gases CO2, CH4 and N2O.

Furthermore, the proposal:

provides that each Member State is to ensure that the LULUCF sector should have, after the application of the accounting rules specified in the Regulation, and taking into account the flexibilities, no net emissions on their territory ("no-debit rule"); lays down general rules to avoid double counting , to manage the transitions between land use categories and to account for each carbon pool, except those falling under a "de minimis" rule; outlines the specific accounting rules for land use changed from (deforested) and to (afforested) forest land; outlines the specific accounting rules for managed cropland, grassland and wetland, including categories of land changing from and to these categories; provides for accounting rules for managed forest land using a forest reference level to exclude the effects of natural and country-specific characteristics; lays down the accounting for harvested wood products; permits Member States to exclude emissions from natural disturbances (forest fire, pest invasion, etc.) from their accounts; provides for Member States to compensate for emissions from one land accounting category by removals from another land accounting category in their territory; outlines the requirements for Member States to ensure appropriate monitoring for accounting purposes, and establishes regular compliance checks by the Commission; amends Regulation No 525/2013/EU in order to ensure that the reporting requirements currently applying to LULUCF are continued within the framework of that Regulation.

BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS: the proposal has very limited implications for the EU budget ( EUR 1.668 million for the period 2017-2020 ).

The Commission states that the indirect impacts on Member States’ budgets will depend on the choice of national policies and measures for greenhouse gas emission reductions and other mitigation action in the land use sector covered by this initiative chosen in each specific country. The proposal eliminates one (of the existing two) reporting frameworks, streamlining the process of accounting compared to that required under the Kyoto Protocol. This will reduce the administrative costs for Member States and the European Commission.

DELEGATED ACTS: the proposal contains provisions empowering the Commission to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

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2017/09/13 Outcome: +: 365, -: 310, 0: 17
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A8-0262/2017 - Norbert Lins - Am 65/3 13/09/2017 12:44:15.000 #

2017/09/13 Outcome: +: 569, -: 64, 0: 61
DE IT PL ES RO FR CZ BE GB BG SE NL AT SK DK EL HU PT LT HR FI SI IE MT LU CY EE LV
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2017/09/13 Outcome: +: 532, -: 144, 0: 20
PL DE IT ES RO SE BG FR BE CZ GB SK HR DK EL HU LT FI IE AT SI NL MT CY LU LV PT EE
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2018/04/17 Outcome: +: 574, -: 79, 0: 32
DE ES IT RO GB SE FR NL BE BG HU CZ EL AT PT DK FI HR SK IE LT SI LV PL LU EE CY MT ??
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AmendmentsDossier
745 2016/0230(COD)
2017/03/10 DEVE 22 amendments...
source: 601.117
2017/03/28 ITRE 150 amendments...
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2017/03/29 AGRI 296 amendments...
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The series of measures set out in the communication aim to offer those Member States that have already started to prepare their post-2020 energy and climate strategies with the necessary clarity and tools to proceed with the domestic ratification process of the Paris agreement in climate change. The Commission considers that the package of measures helps Europe to prepare for the future and to stay competitive . These measures are primarily addressed to Member States, since they will be in the forefront of deciding how to implement measures to meet the agreed greenhouse gas emission target for 2030. However, Member States cannot do it alone. The EU must also: support its businesses, farmers, researchers, investors, educators and social partners , by providing EU-wide measures and enabling environment ; support action by its rural communities and also its cities , which are among the most dynamic and innovative actors in implementing a low-carbon, circular economy. In the current global context, the Union must support its climate diplomacy action plan and seek to: remain a leader in developing innovative low-carbon technologies and services, not only in the energy sector but also in industry, buildings and transport; continue to equip Europeans with the right skills for the low-carbon economy, invest in the future and help industry to adjust to changing needs. Guiding principles of a regulatory framework : the EU agreed in October 2014 a clear commitment to reach a binding, economy-wide emissions reduction target of at least 40% by 2030, compared to 1990 levels in all sectors (buildings, transport, waste, agriculture, as well as land-use and forestry). The new regulatory framework is based on the key principles of fairness, solidarity, flexibility and environmental integrity. To start implementing that commitment, in July 2015, the Commission presented a proposal to reform the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) to make it fit for purpose and drive investments after 2020 in the industrial and power sectors. The European Parliament and the Council should do their utmost to adopt this proposal quickly. Furthermore, for the first time, the land use and forestry sector (LULUCF) will be integrated into the EU 2030 Climate and Energy Framework. The Commission proposes a careful balance between more incentives to capture carbon in soil and forests and the need to maintain the environmental integrity of the EU climate framework. The proposal for a Regulation on the LULUCF sector establishes more robust accounting rules for land, land-use and forestry. As forest management is the main source of biomass for energy and wood production, more robust accounting rules for forest management will provide a solid basis for Europe's renewables policy and the further development the bio-economy after 2020. Fostering the enabling environment for low-carbon transition in the EU : building on this regulatory framework, the EU will support Member States with a number of tools and enabling measures. Strategy for Energy Union and other sectoral initiatives: the Commission is presenting a strategy on low-emission mobility , which identifies the key levers in the field of transport, including EU-wide measures on low and zero-emission vehicles and alternative low emissions fuels. The strategy also underlines the need to make the most of the synergies between the transport and energy systems; the Commission is reviewing the existing EU-framework for energy efficiency and will present proposals later this year, including on how to attract financing into buildings renovation; the land-use and forestry proposal will create additional incentives for carbon sequestration in these related activities; with regard to the common agricultural policy, the review of EU-wide policy addressing the use of fertilisers is expected to contribute to a reduction of emissions from mined and synthetic fertilisers; the Waste Management Framework Directive and in particular the Landfill Directive , for which the Commission proposed revisions last year, are expected to contribute to a significant reduction of emissions from waste. Several factors outside this framework can help to facilitate energy transition in all sectors of the economy . The Commission notes the following: meet the challenges of the circular economy (an ambitious circular economy package was presented in 2015); present an integrated Energy Union strategy for research, innovation and competitiveness later this year, in order to directly support the achievement of Europe's climate and energy goals; increase efforts for shifting and rapidly scaling up private investment : the recent emergence of green bonds can also help direct capital flows towards low-carbon investments; ensure that the current EU budget spending is aligned with the climate objectives; explore ways to combine the resources available under other EU programmes, as for example the Connecting Europe Facility or Horizon 2020 to unlock additional investments, in particular through investment platforms ; anticipate and mitigate the societal impact of the transition in specific regions and socio-economic sectors, including through the European Structural and Investment Funds; improve skills intelligence and address skills shortages in specific economic sectors including green technologies in the framework of the new comprehensive skills agenda for Europe; as a member of the World Trade Organisation, actively promote liberalisation of goods and services , which can deliver environmental benefit. The Commission will immediately start or accelerate better regulation processes (including public consultations and impact assessments) to turn the action plan on low-emission mobility into a set of efficient and proportionate measures. By the end of the year, it will also present the remaining initiatives to complete the delivery of the EU's Energy Union Strategy . type: Document attached to the procedure body: EC
  • date: 2016-07-22T00:00:00 docs: url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=SWD:2016:0246:FIN:EN:PDF title: EUR-Lex title: SWD(2016)0246 type: Document attached to the procedure body: EC
  • date: 2016-07-22T00:00:00 docs: url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=SWD:2016:0249:FIN:EN:PDF title: EUR-Lex title: SWD(2016)0249 type: Document attached to the procedure body: EC
  • date: 2017-02-23T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=COMPARL&mode=XML&language=EN&reference=PE599.777 title: PE599.777 type: Committee draft report body: EP
  • date: 2017-04-06T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=COMPARL&mode=XML&language=EN&reference=PE602.735 title: PE602.735 type: Amendments tabled in committee body: EP
  • date: 2017-04-06T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=COMPARL&mode=XML&language=EN&reference=PE602.941 title: PE602.941 type: Amendments tabled in committee body: EP
  • date: 2017-05-03T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=COMPARL&mode=XML&language=EN&reference=PE599.579&secondRef=02 title: PE599.579 committee: DEVE type: Committee opinion body: EP
  • date: 2017-05-19T00:00:00 docs: title: PE604.845 type: Amendments tabled in committee body: EP
  • date: 2017-06-01T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=COMPARL&mode=XML&language=EN&reference=PE592.164&secondRef=03 title: PE592.164 committee: ITRE type: Committee opinion body: EP
  • date: 2017-06-01T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=COMPARL&mode=XML&language=EN&reference=PE597.534&secondRef=02 title: PE597.534 committee: AGRI type: Committee opinion body: EP
  • date: 2018-05-30T00:00:00 docs: url: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/content/out?lang=EN&typ=SET&i=ADV&RESULTSET=1&DOC_ID=[%n4]%2F18&DOC_LANCD=EN&ROWSPP=25&NRROWS=500&ORDERBY=DOC_DATE+DESC title: 00068/2017/LEX type: Draft final act body: CSL
  • date: 2018-06-06T00:00:00 docs: url: /oeil/spdoc.do?i=30114&j=0&l=en title: SP(2018)350 type: Commission response to text adopted in plenary
  • date: 2016-10-21T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.connefof.europarl.europa.eu/connefof/app/exp/COM(2016)0500 title: COM(2016)0500 type: Contribution body: RO_CHAMBER
  • date: 2016-12-19T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.connefof.europarl.europa.eu/connefof/app/exp/COM(2016)0479 title: COM(2016)0479 type: Contribution body: CZ_SENATE
  • date: 2016-11-10T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.connefof.europarl.europa.eu/connefof/app/exp/COM(2016)0479 title: COM(2016)0479 type: Contribution body: IT_SENATE
  • date: 2016-10-27T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.connefof.europarl.europa.eu/connefof/app/exp/COM(2016)0479 title: COM(2016)0479 type: Contribution body: PL_SENATE
  • date: 2016-11-11T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.connefof.europarl.europa.eu/connefof/app/exp/COM(2016)0479 title: COM(2016)0479 type: Contribution body: PT_PARLIAMENT
  • date: 2016-11-10T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.connefof.europarl.europa.eu/connefof/app/exp/COM(2016)0479 title: COM(2016)0479 type: Contribution body: RO_SENATE
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  • date: 2016-07-20T00:00:00 type: Legislative proposal published body: EC docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2016/0479/COM_COM(2016)0479_EN.pdf title: COM(2016)0479 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2016&nu_doc=0479 title: EUR-Lex summary: PURPOSE: to determine how to include land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) in the EU's climate and energy framework, from 2021. PROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council. ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European Parliament decides following the ordinary legislative procedure on an equal footing with Council. BACKGROUND: emissions and removals of greenhouse gases in LULUCF are currently covered by international obligations under the Kyoto Protocol only, up to 2020. Up to this date, the Kyoto Protocol places constraints on the EU and each of its Member States, as they need to ensure that the LULUCF sector does not yield extra emissions. However, the Kyoto Protocol will expire at the end of 2020. Consequently, governance for the LULUCF sector needs to be further developed within the EU. Currently, this is carried out under Decision No 529/2013/EU on accounting rules on greenhouse gas emissions and removals resulting from activities relating to LULUCF. Without a legal framework defining the applicable rules for the period post-2020, the way in which LULUCF would be included in the overall framework could be heterogeneous across the EU. The proposal is part of the legislation completing the integrated framework for climate and energy policies up to 2030 endorsed by the European Council in October 2014, to achieve the EU 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction target of at least -40% compared to 1990 levels domestically in a cost effective manner and contribute to limiting global warming. It is part of the Commission's ten political priorities, and an important element of the strategic framework for the Energy Union . It also aims to implement the EU’s commitments under the Paris Agreement (December 1995) on climate change. IMPACT ASSESSMENT: in the conclusion of the impact assessment, a stand-alone LULUCF policy pillar was identified as the preferred option. This would continue to be utilised together with the commitment by each Member State to ensure that the LULUCF sector should have no net emissions on their territory (no-debit rule). CONTENT: the proposal aims to define how the LULUCF sector will contribute to an EU-wide 30% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in non-ETS (emission trading scheme) sectors by 2030 compared to 2005 . It lays down; the commitments by Member States towards meeting the greenhouse gas emission reduction commitment of the Union for the period from 2021 to 2030; accounting rules relating to emissions and absorption linked to LULUCF activity and to verification of Member States’ commitments. The mandatory scope is, in essence, forest land and agricultural land, and land for which the use has changed from or to these uses. The approach proposed discards the parallel Kyoto Protocol reporting framework and streamlines the system with the UNFCCC "land-based" reporting framework. The scope includes greenhouse gases CO2, CH4 and N2O. Furthermore, the proposal: provides that each Member State is to ensure that the LULUCF sector should have, after the application of the accounting rules specified in the Regulation, and taking into account the flexibilities, no net emissions on their territory ("no-debit rule"); lays down general rules to avoid double counting , to manage the transitions between land use categories and to account for each carbon pool, except those falling under a "de minimis" rule; outlines the specific accounting rules for land use changed from (deforested) and to (afforested) forest land; outlines the specific accounting rules for managed cropland, grassland and wetland, including categories of land changing from and to these categories; provides for accounting rules for managed forest land using a forest reference level to exclude the effects of natural and country-specific characteristics; lays down the accounting for harvested wood products; permits Member States to exclude emissions from natural disturbances (forest fire, pest invasion, etc.) from their accounts; provides for Member States to compensate for emissions from one land accounting category by removals from another land accounting category in their territory; outlines the requirements for Member States to ensure appropriate monitoring for accounting purposes, and establishes regular compliance checks by the Commission; amends Regulation No 525/2013/EU in order to ensure that the reporting requirements currently applying to LULUCF are continued within the framework of that Regulation. BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS: the proposal has very limited implications for the EU budget ( EUR 1.668 million for the period 2017-2020 ). The Commission states that the indirect impacts on Member States’ budgets will depend on the choice of national policies and measures for greenhouse gas emission reductions and other mitigation action in the land use sector covered by this initiative chosen in each specific country. The proposal eliminates one (of the existing two) reporting frameworks, streamlining the process of accounting compared to that required under the Kyoto Protocol. This will reduce the administrative costs for Member States and the European Commission. DELEGATED ACTS: the proposal contains provisions empowering the Commission to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
  • date: 2016-09-12T00:00:00 type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP
  • date: 2016-12-13T00:00:00 type: Debate in Council body: CSL docs: url: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/content/out?lang=EN&typ=SET&i=SMPL&ROWSPP=25&RESULTSET=1&NRROWS=500&DOC_LANCD=EN&ORDERBY=DOC_DATE+DESC&CONTENTS=3509*&MEET_DATE=13/12/2016 title: 3509
  • date: 2016-12-19T00:00:00 type: Debate in Council body: CSL docs: url: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/content/out?lang=EN&typ=SET&i=SMPL&ROWSPP=25&RESULTSET=1&NRROWS=500&DOC_LANCD=EN&ORDERBY=DOC_DATE+DESC&CONTENTS=3512*&MEET_DATE=19/12/2016 title: 3512
  • date: 2017-06-19T00:00:00 type: Debate in Council body: CSL docs: url: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/content/out?lang=EN&typ=SET&i=SMPL&ROWSPP=25&RESULTSET=1&NRROWS=500&DOC_LANCD=EN&ORDERBY=DOC_DATE+DESC&CONTENTS=3550*&MEET_DATE=19/06/2017 title: 3550
  • date: 2017-07-11T00:00:00 type: Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading body: EP
  • date: 2017-07-17T00:00:00 type: Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A8-2017-0262&language=EN title: A8-0262/2017 summary: The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety adopted the report by Norbert LINS (EPP, DE) on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry into the 2030 climate and energy framework and amending Regulation No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council on a mechanism for monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions and other information relevant to climate change. The committee recommended that the European Parliament's position adopted at first reading in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure should amend the Commission proposal as follows: Commitments : this proposal seeks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase removals from forests in order to combat climate change. For the period after 2030, Member States shall endeavour to increase their removals so that they exceed their emissions. The Commission shall propose a framework for targets after 2030 which includes such increased removals, in line with the Union’s long-term climate objectives and the commitments made under the Paris Agreement. During the period from 2021 to 2025 , a Member State may choose to include managed wetland. It shall notify that choice to the Commission by 31 December 2020. During this period, Member States that have not chosen to include managed wetland in the scope of their commitments shall nevertheless report the emissions and removals from managed wetland to the Commission. Flexibility : the proposal states that, depending on national preferences, Member States should be able to choose adequate national policies for achieving their commitments in LULUCF, including the possibility of compensating emissions from one land category by removals from another land category. Members stated that Members States should be able to use up to 280 million tonnes of total net removals resulting from the combined accounting categories of deforested land, afforested land, managed cropland, managed grassland, managed wetland where applicable, and, subject to the delegated act adopted pursuant to the Regulation on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030. Other land-use categories : proposals indicate that land that is converted to another land use category should be considered in transition to that category for the default value of 20 years in the IPCC Guidelines. Members considered that Member States should only derogate from that default value only for afforested land and only in very limited circumstances justified under the IPCC Guidelines. Forest land accounts : Members proposed to change the cap for forest management credits from 3.5 % of Member States emissions to 7 %, with the aim of encouraging Member States to increase the absorption of CO2 by dead wood. The report proposed to change the reference period for the forest accounting plan from 1990-2009 to 2000-2012 . It also called for a team of experts comprising representatives of the Commission and the Member States, in consultation with the Standing Forestry Committee and the civil society dialogue group on national forest accounting plans. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts to amend Annex II to the Regulation in the light of the review and the assessment carried out by the expert review team. Until the entry into force of the delegated acts, Member State forest reference levels as specified in Annex II shall continue to apply for the period 2021-2025 and/or 2026-2030. The Commission shall also adopt delegated acts to update the categories of harvested wood products (paper, wood panels, sawn timber) with integrating additional carbon-sequestration products on the basis of the IPCC Guidelines. Report : the Commission shall report in 2027 and 2032 on the cumulative balance of emissions and removals from managed forest land in the Union in reference to average emissions and removals during the period 1990-2009. If the cumulative balance is negative, the Commission shall present a proposal to compensate and remove the corresponding amount of emission allowances from Member States under the European Parliament and Council regulation on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030.
  • date: 2017-09-11T00:00:00 type: Debate in Parliament body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20170911&type=CRE title: Debate in Parliament
  • date: 2017-09-13T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P8-TA-2017-0339 title: T8-0339/2017 summary: The European Parliament adopted by 532 votes to 44, with 20 abstentions, amendments to the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the taking into account of greenhouse gas emissions and removals resulting from the ' land use and forestry in the context of the Climate and Energy Action for 2030 and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on a mechanism for the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions and for the reporting of further information related to climate change. The matter was referred back to the committee responsible for interinstitutional negotiations. The main amendments adopted in plenary deal with the following points: Potential of the LULUCF : the proposal aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase removals from forests in order to combat climate change. Parliament highlighted the considerable potential of land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) sector to contribute to the achievement of long-term climate the Union and at international level. It stressed that the LULUCF accounting system needed to be robust, suggesting that removals by the sector should be treated as a separate pillar in EU climate policy. Commitments : Members proposed that Member States increase their CO2 removals so that they exceed their emissions from 2030 . The Commission shall propose a framework for targets after 2030 which includes such increased removals, in line with the Union’s long-term climate objectives and the commitments made under the Paris Agreement. During the period from 2021 to 2025 , a Member State may choose to include managed wetland. It shall notify that choice to the Commission by 31 December 2020. During this period, Member States that have not chosen to include managed wetland in the scope of their commitments shall nevertheless report the emissions and removals from managed wetland to the Commission. Flexibility : the proposal states that, depending on national preferences, Member States should be able to choose adequate national policies for achieving their commitments in LULUCF, including the possibility of compensating emissions from one land category by removals from another land category. Parliament stated that Members States should be able to use up to 280 million tonnes of total net removals resulting from the combined accounting categories of deforested land, afforested land, managed cropland, managed grassland, managed wetland where applicable, and, subject to the delegated act adopted pursuant to the Regulation on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030. Other land-use categories : proposals indicate that land that is converted to another land use category should be considered in transition to that category for the default value of 20 years in the IPCC Guidelines. Parliament considered that Member States should only derogate from that default value only for afforested land and only in very limited circumstances justified under the IPCC Guidelines. Forest land accounts : Parliament proposed to change the cap for forest management credits from 3.5 % of Member States emissions to 7 %, with the aim of encouraging Member States to increase the absorption of CO2 by dead wood. Parliament also proposed to change the reference period for the forest accounting plan from 1990-2009 to 2000-2012 . It also called for a team of experts comprising representatives of the Commission and the Member States, in consultation with the Standing Forestry Committee and the civil society dialogue group on national forest accounting plans. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts to amend Annex II to the Regulation in the light of the review and the assessment carried out by the expert review team. Until the entry into force of the delegated acts, Member State forest reference levels as specified in Annex II shall continue to apply for the period 2021-2025 and/or 2026-2030. The Commission shall also adopt delegated acts to update the categories of harvested wood products (paper, wood panels, sawn timber) with integrating additional carbon-sequestration products on the basis of the IPCC Guidelines. Report : the Commission shall report in 2027 and 2032 on the cumulative balance of emissions and removals from managed forest land in the Union in reference to average emissions and removals during the period 1990-2009. If the cumulative balance is negative, the Commission shall present a proposal to compensate and remove the corresponding amount of emission allowances from Member States under the European Parliament and Council regulation on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030.
  • date: 2017-09-13T00:00:00 type: Matter referred back to the committee responsible body: EP
  • date: 2018-01-24T00:00:00 type: Approval in committee of the text agreed at early 2nd reading interinstitutional negotiations body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/commissions/envi/inag/2018/01-24/ENVI_AG(2018)620864_EN.pdf title: PE620.864
  • date: 2018-04-16T00:00:00 type: Debate in Parliament body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20180416&type=CRE title: Debate in Parliament
  • date: 2018-04-17T00:00:00 type: Results of vote in Parliament body: EP docs: url: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=30114&l=en title: Results of vote in Parliament
  • date: 2018-04-17T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P8-TA-2018-0096 title: T8-0096/2018 summary: The European Parliament adopted by 574 votes to 79, with 32 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry into the 2030 climate and energy framework and amending Regulation No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council on a mechanism for monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions and other information relevant to climate change. The issues had been referred back to the committee responsible for interinstitutional negotiations at the sitting of 13.9.2017. The European Parliament’s position adopted at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure amended the Commission proposal as follows: Objective : the Regulation would set out Member States' commitments in the area of land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) that contribute to achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the EU's greenhouse gas emission reduction target for the period 2021-2030. The scope shall cover: during the periods 2021 to 2025 and 2026 to 2030, forest and agricultural lands and lands that are no longer assigned to those uses or those that are newly affected there; starting in 2026, the ‘managed wetland’ . Wetlands are efficient ecosystems for storing carbon. Therefore, protecting and restoring wetlands could reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the LULUCF sector. During the period 2021 to 2025 , a Member State may choose to also make its commitment to managed wetlands by notifying the Commission of this choice by 31 December 2020 at the latest. In the light of the experience gained from the application of the revision of the IPCC Guidelines, the Commission may propose to postpone for a further five years the mandatory accounting of managed wetlands. Commitments : for the periods 2021 to 2025 and 2026 to 2030, each Member State shall ensure that emissions do not exceed the removals, calculated as the sum of total emissions and total removals in its territory in all categories cumulative land counts and accounted for in accordance with the regulations. During the period from 2021 to 2025, each Member State that includes managed wetland in the scope of its commitments, and all Member States during the period from 2026 to 2030, shall account for emissions and removals resulting from managed wetland, calculated as emissions and removals in the respective periods minus the value obtained by multiplying by five the Member State’s average annual emissions and removals resulting from managed wetland in its base period from 2005 to 2009. Accounting rules : for the LULUCF sector to contribute to the achievement of the Union's 40% emission reduction target, as well as the long-term goal of the Paris Agreement, the proposed Regulation defines general rules to avoid double counting of emissions or removals, including ensuring that emissions and removals are not accounted for in more than one land accounting category. It also defines the specific accounting rules applicable to (i) afforested land and deforested land; (ii) managed cropland, managed grassland and managed wetland; (iii) managed forest lands; iv) harvested wood products. The relevant accounting rules shall instead provide for the use of reference levels to exclude the effects of natural and country-specific characteristics. Forest reference levels shall take account of any unbalanced age structure of forests and shall not unduly constrain future forest management intensity, so that long-term carbon sinks can be maintained or strengthened. Other land use categories : under the proposal, land that is converted to another land use category shall be considered to be in the process of transitioning to that category for the default value of 20 years referred to in the IPCC Guidelines. Member States should only be able to derogate from that default value for afforested land and only in limited circumstances justified under the IPCC Guidelines. Flexibilities : the Regulation provides that a Member State may use the general flexibilities as well as flexibilities for the managed forest land to comply with its commitment. This would give Member States some flexibility to temporarily increase their harvest intensity in accordance with sustainable forest management practices that are consistent with the objective set out in the Paris Agreement, provided that within the Union total emissions do not exceed total removals in the LULUCF sector. Under such flexibility, all Member States shall be granted a basic amount of compensation calculated on the basis of a factor expressed as a percentage of their reported sink in the period from 2000 to 2009 to compensate for the emissions from managed forest land they have accounted for. It should be ensured that Member States can only be compensated up to the level at which their forests are no longer sinks. Review : the Regulation shall be kept under review taking into account, inter alia , international developments and efforts undertaken to achieve the long-term objectives of the Paris Agreement. The Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council, within six months of each global stocktake agreed under the Paris Agreement, on the operation of this Regulation.
  • date: 2018-05-14T00:00:00 type: Act adopted by Council after Parliament's 1st reading body: EP/CSL
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    • The European Parliament adopted by 532 votes to 44, with 20 abstentions, amendments to the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the taking into account of greenhouse gas emissions and removals resulting from the ' land use and forestry in the context of the Climate and Energy Action for 2030 and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on a mechanism for the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions and for the reporting of further information related to climate change.

      The matter was referred back to the committee responsible for interinstitutional negotiations.

      The main amendments adopted in plenary deal with the following points:

      Potential of the LULUCF: the proposal aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase removals from forests in order to combat climate change. Parliament highlighted the considerable potential of land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) sector to contribute to the achievement of long-term climate the Union and at international level. It stressed that the LULUCF accounting system needed to be robust, suggesting that removals by the sector should be treated as a separate pillar in EU climate policy.

      Commitments: Members proposed that Member States increase their CO2 removals so that they exceed their emissions from 2030.

      The Commission shall propose a framework for targets after 2030 which includes such increased removals, in line with the Union’s long-term climate objectives and the commitments made under the Paris Agreement.

      During the period from 2021 to 2025, a Member State may choose to include managed wetland. It shall notify that choice to the Commission by 31 December 2020. During this period, Member States that have not chosen to include managed wetland in the scope of their commitments shall nevertheless report the emissions and removals from managed wetland to the Commission.

      Flexibility: the proposal states that, depending on national preferences, Member States should be able to choose adequate national policies for achieving their commitments in LULUCF, including the possibility of compensating emissions from one land category by removals from another land category.

      Parliament stated that Members States should be able to use up to 280 million tonnes of total net removals resulting from the combined accounting categories of deforested land, afforested land, managed cropland, managed grassland, managed wetland where applicable, and, subject to the delegated act adopted pursuant to the Regulation on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030.

      Other land-use categories: proposals indicate that land that is converted to another land use category should be considered in transition to that category for the default value of 20 years in the IPCC Guidelines. Parliament considered that Member States should only derogate from that default value only for afforested land and only in very limited circumstances justified under the IPCC Guidelines.

      Forest land accounts: Parliament proposed to change the cap for forest management credits from 3.5 % of Member States emissions to 7 %, with the aim of encouraging Member States to increase the absorption of CO2 by dead wood.

      Parliament also proposed to change the reference period for the forest accounting plan from 1990-2009 to 2000-2012. It also called for a team of experts comprising representatives of the Commission and the Member States, in consultation with the Standing Forestry Committee and the civil society dialogue group on national forest accounting plans.

      The Commission shall adopt delegated acts to amend Annex II to the Regulation in the light of the review and the assessment carried out by the expert review team. Until the entry into force of the delegated acts, Member State forest reference levels as specified in Annex II shall continue to apply for the period 2021-2025 and/or 2026-2030.

      The Commission shall also adopt delegated acts to update the categories of harvested wood products (paper, wood panels, sawn timber) with integrating additional carbon-sequestration products on the basis of the IPCC Guidelines.

      Report: the Commission shall report in 2027 and 2032 on the cumulative balance of emissions and removals from managed forest land in the Union in reference to average emissions and removals during the period 1990-2009.

      If the cumulative balance is negative, the Commission shall present a proposal to compensate and remove the corresponding amount of emission allowances from Member States under the European Parliament and Council regulation on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030.

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    • The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety adopted the report by Norbert LINS (EPP, DE) on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry into the 2030 climate and energy framework and amending Regulation No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council on a mechanism for monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions and other information relevant to climate change.

      The committee recommended that the European Parliament's position adopted at first reading in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure should amend the Commission proposal as follows:

      Commitments: this proposal seeks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase removals from forests in order to combat climate change. For the period after 2030, Member States shall endeavour to increase their removals so that they exceed their emissions. The Commission shall propose a framework for targets after 2030 which includes such increased removals, in line with the Union’s long-term climate objectives and the commitments made under the Paris Agreement.

      During the period from 2021 to 2025, a Member State may choose to include managed wetland. It shall notify that choice to the Commission by 31 December 2020. During this period, Member States that have not chosen to include managed wetland in the scope of their commitments shall nevertheless report the emissions and removals from managed wetland to the Commission.

      Flexibility: the proposal states that, depending on national preferences, Member States should be able to choose adequate national policies for achieving their commitments in LULUCF, including the possibility of compensating emissions from one land category by removals from another land category.

      Members stated that Members States should be able to use up to 280 million tonnes of total net removals resulting from the combined accounting categories of deforested land, afforested land, managed cropland, managed grassland, managed wetland where applicable, and, subject to the delegated act adopted pursuant to the Regulation on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030.

      Other land-use categories: proposals indicate that land that is converted to another land use category should be considered in transition to that category for the default value of 20 years in the IPCC Guidelines. Members considered that Member States should only derogate from that default value only for afforested land and only in very limited circumstances justified under the IPCC Guidelines.

      Forest land accounts: Members proposed to change the cap for forest management credits from 3.5 % of Member States emissions to 7 %, with the aim of encouraging Member States to increase the absorption of CO2 by dead wood.

      The report proposed to change the reference period for the forest accounting plan from 1990-2009 to 2000-2012. It also called for a team of experts comprising representatives of the Commission and the Member States, in consultation with the Standing Forestry Committee and the civil society dialogue group on national forest accounting plans.

      The Commission shall adopt delegated acts to amend Annex II to the Regulation in the light of the review and the assessment carried out by the expert review team. Until the entry into force of the delegated acts, Member State forest reference levels as specified in Annex II shall continue to apply for the period 2021-2025 and/or 2026-2030.

      The Commission shall also adopt delegated acts to update the categories of harvested wood products (paper, wood panels, sawn timber) with integrating additional carbon-sequestration products on the basis of the IPCC Guidelines.

      Report: the Commission shall report in 2027 and 2032 on the cumulative balance of emissions and removals from managed forest land in the Union in reference to average emissions and removals during the period 1990-2009.

      If the cumulative balance is negative, the Commission shall present a proposal to compensate and remove the corresponding amount of emission allowances from Member States under the European Parliament and Council regulation on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030.

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      • PURPOSE: to determine how to include land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) in the EU's climate and energy framework, from 2021.

        PROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council.

        ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European Parliament decides following the ordinary legislative procedure on an equal footing with Council.

        BACKGROUND: emissions and removals of greenhouse gases in LULUCF are currently covered by international obligations under the Kyoto Protocol only, up to 2020. Up to this date, the Kyoto Protocol places constraints on the EU and each of its Member States, as they need to ensure that the LULUCF sector does not yield extra emissions. However, the Kyoto Protocol will expire at the end of 2020. Consequently, governance for the LULUCF sector needs to be further developed within the EU.

        Currently, this is carried out under Decision No 529/2013/EU on accounting rules on greenhouse gas emissions and removals resulting from activities relating to LULUCF. Without a legal framework defining the applicable rules for the period post-2020, the way in which LULUCF would be included in the overall framework could be heterogeneous across the EU.

        The proposal is part of the legislation completing the integrated framework for climate and energy policies up to 2030 endorsed by the European Council in October 2014, to achieve the EU 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction target of at least -40% compared to 1990 levels  domestically in a cost effective manner and contribute to limiting global warming. It is part of the Commission's ten political priorities, and an important element of the strategic framework for the Energy Union. It also aims to implement the EU’s commitments under the Paris Agreement (December 1995) on climate change.

        IMPACT ASSESSMENT: in the conclusion of the impact assessment, a stand-alone LULUCF policy pillar was identified as the preferred option. This would continue to be utilised together with the commitment by each Member State to ensure that the LULUCF sector should have no net emissions on their territory (no-debit rule). 

        CONTENT: the proposal aims to define how the LULUCF sector will contribute to an EU-wide 30% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in non-ETS (emission trading scheme) sectors by 2030 compared to 2005. It lays down;

        • the commitments by Member States towards meeting the greenhouse gas emission reduction commitment of the Union for the period from 2021 to 2030;
        • accounting rules relating to emissions and absorption linked to LULUCF activity and to verification of Member States’ commitments.

        The mandatory scope is, in essence, forest land and agricultural land, and land for which the use has changed from or to these uses. The approach proposed discards the parallel Kyoto Protocol reporting framework and streamlines the system with the UNFCCC "land-based" reporting framework. The scope includes greenhouse gases CO2, CH4 and N2O.

        Furthermore, the proposal:

        • provides that each Member State is to ensure that the LULUCF sector should have, after the application of the accounting rules specified in the Regulation, and taking into account the flexibilities, no net emissions on their territory ("no-debit rule");
        • lays down general rules to avoid double counting, to manage the transitions between land use categories and to account for each carbon pool, except those falling under a "de minimis" rule;
        • outlines the specific accounting rules for land use changed from (deforested) and to (afforested) forest land;
        • outlines the specific accounting rules for managed cropland, grassland and wetland, including categories of land changing from and to these categories;
        • provides for accounting rules for managed forest land using a forest reference level to exclude the effects of natural and country-specific characteristics;
        • lays down the accounting for harvested wood products;
        • permits Member States to exclude emissions from natural disturbances (forest fire, pest invasion, etc.) from their accounts;
        • provides for Member States to compensate for emissions from one land accounting category by removals from another land accounting category in their territory;
        • outlines the requirements for Member States to ensure appropriate monitoring for accounting purposes, and establishes regular compliance checks by the Commission;
        • amends Regulation No 525/2013/EU in order to ensure that the reporting requirements currently applying to LULUCF are continued within the framework of that Regulation.

        BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS: the proposal has very limited implications for the EU budget (EUR 1.668 million for the period 2017-2020).

        The Commission states that the indirect impacts on Member States’ budgets will depend on the choice of national policies and measures for greenhouse gas emission reductions and other mitigation action in the land use sector covered by this initiative chosen in each specific country. The proposal eliminates one (of the existing two) reporting frameworks, streamlining the process of accounting compared to that required under the Kyoto Protocol. This will reduce the administrative costs for Member States and the European Commission.

        DELEGATED ACTS: the proposal contains provisions empowering the Commission to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

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