2 Amendments of Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN related to 2016/0375(COD)
Amendment 252 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The European Council agreed on 24 October 2014 on the 2030 Framework for Energy and Climate for the Union based on four key targets: at least 40% cut in economy wide greenhouse gas ("GHG") emissions, at least 27% improvement in energy efficiency with a view to a level of 30%, at least 27% for the share of renewable energy consumed in the Union, and at least 15%noted the proposal of the Commission to report regularly to the European Council with the objective of arriving at a 15% target for electricity interconnection. It specified that the target for renewable energy is binding at Union level and that it will be fulfilled through Member States’' contributions guided by the need to deliver collectively the Union target.
Amendment 504 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 9
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 9
(9) 'the Union’'s 2030 targets for energy and climate' means the Union-wide binding target of at least 40% domestic reduction in economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions as compared to 1990 to be achieved by 2030, the Union-level binding target of at least 27% for the share of renewable energy consumed in the Union in 2030, the Union-level target of at least 27% for improving energy efficiency in 2030, to be reviewed by 2020 having in mind an EU level of 30%, and thas referred to in Article 3 of [recast of Directive 2009/28/EC as proposed by COM(2016) 767], and the Union target for improving energy efficiency, as referred to in Article 1(1) and Article 3(4) of Directive 2012/27/EU [version as amended in accordance with proposal COM(2016)761], and the indicative 15 % electricity interconnection target for 2030 as proposed by the European Commission or any subsequent targets in this regard agreed by the European Council or Council and Parliament for the year 2030.