20 Amendments of Friedrich-Wilhelm GRAEFE zu BARINGDORF related to 2008/0016(COD)
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 39
Recital 39
(39) The incentives provided for in this Directive for biofuels and other bioliquids, and the increasing worldwide demand for biofuels and other bioliquids, should not have the effect of encouraging the destruction of bio-diverse lands. Such exhaustible resources, recognised in various international instruments to be of value to all mankind, should be preserved. Consumers in the Community, in addition, would find it morally unacceptable that their increased use of biofuels and other bioliquids could have the effect of destroying bio-diverse lands and food security in Member States and exporting third countries. For these reasons, it is necessary to provide criteria ensuring that biofuels and other bioliquids can only qualify for the incentives or be imported into the Union when it can be guaranteed that they do not originate in bio-diverse land or do not distort the food security in the producing countries. The criteria chosen consider forest as bio-diverse where it is undisturbed by significant human activity (following the definition used by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and the Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe14 ) or where it is protected by national laws for nature protection purposes. Further, considering the highly biodiverse nature of certain grasslands, it is also appropriate that biofuels made from raw materials originating in such lands should not qualify for the incentives provided for by this Directive. The Commission should establish appropriate criteria and/or geographical ranges to define such highly biodiverse grasslands in accordance with the best available scientific evidence and relevant international norms.
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 47
Recital 47
(47) The requirements for a sustainability scheme for energy uses of biomass, other than bioliquids and biofuels,and food security impact assessment for energy uses of biomass should be analysed by the Commission by 2010efore this Directive is implemented, taking into account the need for biomass resources to be managed in a sustainable manner.
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1
Article 1
This Directive establishes a common framework for the promotion of energy from renewable sources. It sets a mandatory targets for the overall share of energy fromreduction of green house gas emissions and the use of non renewable resources in energy consumption and an indicative target for the share of energy from renewable sources in production and transport. It lays down rules relating to guarantees of origin, administrative procedures and electricity grid connections in relation to energy from renewable sources. It establishes economic, environmental and social sustainability criteria for biofuels and other bioliquidall renewable energy sources.
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 − paragraph 1
Article 3 − paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall adopt a national action plan. The national action plans shall set out Member States'first assess the potential of energy saving measures and the availability of biomass resources as well as the surface needed for sustainable food security at national level and then set out targets for the shares of energy from renewable sources in transport, electricity and heating and cooling in 2020, and adequate measures to be taken to achieve these targets, including national policies to develop existing biomass resources and sustainably mobilise new biomass resources for different uses, and the measures to be taken to fulfil the requirements of Articles 12 to 17.
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 − paragraph 2
Article 3 − paragraph 2
2.. Member States shall introduce appropriate measures to ensure that the share of energy from renewable sources equals or exceeds that shown in the indicative trajectory set out in Part B of Annex I, ensuring that renewable resources from agriculture do not undermine food security in the producing countries or destroy biodiversity in the regions concerned or give rise to major usage conflicts between food, industrial and energy uses.
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 − Title
Article 15 − Title
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 − paragraph 4 − subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 15 − paragraph 4 − subparagraph 1 – introductory part
4. Biofuels and other bioliquidmass for energy other than for transport fuels taken into account for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be made from raw material obtained from land with high carbon stock, that is to say land that had one of the following statuses in January 20081990 and no longer has this status:
Amendment 114 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 − paragraph 4 − subparagraph 1 − point a
Article 15 − paragraph 4 − subparagraph 1 − point a
(a) wetlands, that is to say land that is covered with or saturated by water permanently or for a significant part of the year, including pristine peatland;
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 − paragraph 4 − subparagraph 1 − point a a (new)
Article 15 − paragraph 4 − subparagraph 1 − point a a (new)
(aa) peatlands,
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 − paragraph 4 − subparagraph 1 − point b
Article 15 − paragraph 4 − subparagraph 1 − point b
(b) continuously forested areas, that is to say land spanning more than 10.5 hectare with trees higher than 5 metres and a canopy cover of more than 310%, or trees able to reach these thresholds in situ;
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 − paragraph 4 − subparagraph 1 − point b a (new)
Article 15 − paragraph 4 − subparagraph 1 − point b a (new)
(ba) Savannah and scrubland, that is to say areas of mixed tree, shrub and grassland that hold high carbon stock;
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 − paragraph 4 − subparagraph 2 − point b b (new)
Article 15 − paragraph 4 − subparagraph 2 − point b b (new)
Amendment 120 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 − paragraph 4 − subparagraph 2
Article 15 − paragraph 4 − subparagraph 2
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15, paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 15, paragraph 4 a (new)
(4a) Irrespective of whether the raw materials were cultivated inside or outside the territory of the Community, biomass for energy shall only be taken into account for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1 if effective measures have been taken to prevent: (a) water pollution, including groundwater; (b) excessive water consumption in areas where water is scarce; (c) air pollution; (d) deterioration of the soil quality.
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 − paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 15 − paragraph 4 b (new)
(4b) Irrespective of whether the raw materials were cultivated inside or outside the territory of the Community, biomass for energy shall not be taken into account for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1 unless the raw material from which they are produced was cultivated in accordance with the following criteria: (a) respect of land rights of local communities and indigenous peoples as set out in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and other relevant international frameworks such as the right to use the land can be demonstrated and is not legitimately contested by local communities with demonstrable rights; (b) compliance with national law relating to health and safety of workers as well as minimum wages; (c) compliance with the relevant conventions and recommendations of the International Labour Organization;
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 − paragraph 5
Article 15 − paragraph 5
5. Agricultural raw materials cultivated in the Community and used for the production of biofuels and other bioliquids and heating and cooling energy produced from renewable energy sources taken into account for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1, shall be obtained in accordance with the requirements and standards under the provisions listed in point A of Annex III to Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 under the heading "Environment" and in accordance with the minimum requirements for good agricultural and environmental condition defined pursuant to Article 5(1) of that Regulation respecting existent coexistence requirements.
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 − paragraph 4 − subparagraph 1
Article 16 − paragraph 4 − subparagraph 1
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 − paragraph 4 − subparagraph 2
Article 16 − paragraph 4 − subparagraph 2
4. The Commission may decidwill encourage that voluntary national or international schemes setting standards for the production of biomass products contain accurate data for the purposes of Article 15(2) or demonstrate that consignments of biofuelmass for energy comply with the environmental and social sustainability criteria in paragraphs 3 or 4 of Article 15.
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 − paragraph 4 − subparagraph 3
Article 16 − paragraph 4 − subparagraph 3
The Commission may decide that national, multinational or international schemes to measure greenhouse gas savings contain accurate data for the purposes of Article 15(2 under regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 21 (3).
Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 − paragraph 6
Article 16 − paragraph 6
6. Decisions pursuant to paragraph 4 shall be adopted in accordance with the procedureregulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 21(23). Such decisions shall be valid for a period of no more than 5 years and can be revoked at the initiative of the Commission, the Committee provided for in Article 21(2) or the European Parliament at any time when there is significant concern over a scheme’s reliability.