64 Amendments of Demetris PAPADAKIS related to 2021/0201(COD)
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The Paris Agreement, adopted in December 2015 under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) entered into force in November 2016 (“the Paris Agreement”). Its Parties have agreed to hold the increase in the global average temperature well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1,5 °C above pre-industrial levelsn its 2018 Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1,5°C above pre- industrial levels, in its 2019 Special Reports on Climate Change and Land and on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate, and in its 2021 Report on the Physical Science Basis, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provided the latest scientific evidence on the impacts of climate change and illustrated the need to urgently reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in all sectors of the economy and to reverse the degradation of carbon sinks in order to limit global warming to 1,5°C. By adopting the Glasgow Climate Pact, its Parties recognised that limiting the increase in the global average temperature to 1,5 °C above pre-industrial levels would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change and committed to strengthening their 2030 targets by the end of 2022 to close the ambition gap.
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 b (new)
Recital 1 b (new)
(1b) In its resolution of 28 November 2019 on the climate and environment emergency1a,the European Parliament urged the Commission to take immediate and ambitious action to limit global warming to 1,5°C and to avoid massive biodiversity loss, including by addressing inconsistencies in current Union policies with the climate and environment emergency, in particular through a far- reaching reform of its agricultural, trade, transport, energy and infrastructure investment policies, and by ensuring that all relevant future legislative and budgetary proposals are fully aligned with the objective of limiting global warming to under 1,5°C and that they do not contribute to biodiversity loss. __________________ 1a OJ C 232, 16.6.2021, p. 28.
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Taking a holistic approach to tackling climate and environmental-related challenges and reaching the objectives of the Paris Agreement while living up to the green oath to 'do no harm' to other environmental objectives of the Union are at the core of the Communication on ’The European Green Deal’, adopted by the Commission on 11 December 201928 . The necessity and value of the European Green Deal and of its holistic approach have only grown in light of the very severe effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health and economic well-being of the Union’s citizens. __________________ 28 COM(2019)640 finalIt is therefore necessary to complement the accounting of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from the land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) sector by introducing an obligation to do no significant harm to other environmental objectives, in particular to the Union’s biodiversity objectives as set out in the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and in the relevant Union legal acts, within the meaning of Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council28a. __________________ 28 COM(2019)640 final. 28aRegulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2020 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 (OJ L 198, 22.6.2020, p. 13).
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) The 8th Environmental Action Programme is aimed at accelerating the green transition to a climate-neutral, sustainable, non-toxic, resource-efficient, renewable energy-based, resilient and competitive circular economy in a just, equitable and inclusive way and at protecting, restoring and improving the state of the environment including by, inter alia, halting and reversing biodiversity loss. It recognises that a healthy environment underpins the well- being of all people, where biodiversity is conserved and ecosystems thrive and nature is protected and restored, leading to increased resilience in relation to climate change, weather and climate- related disasters and other environmental risks.
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The Union committed to reducing the Union’s economy-wide net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 % below 1990 levels by 2030 in the updated nationally determined reduction commitment submitted to the UNFCCC Secretariat on 17 December 202029 , while the European Parliament has called to reduce the Union's economy-wide gross greenhouse gas emissions by at least 60% below 1990 levels by 2030. __________________ 29 https://www4.unfccc.int/sites/ndcstaging/P ublishedDocuments/European%20Union% 20First/EU_NDC_Submission_December %202020.pdf
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) In Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council30 , the Union has enshrined the target of economy-wide climate neutrality by 2050achieving an economy-wide balance between anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gas emissions within the Union by 2050 at the latest in legislation. That Regulation also establishes a binding Union commitment to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions (emissions after deduction of removals) by at least 55 % below 1990 levels by 2030. All sectors of the economy are expected to contribute to achieving that target, including the land use, land use change and forestry sector. The contribution of net removals to the 2030 Union climate target is limited to 225 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. In the context of Regulation (EU) 2021/1119, the Commission reaffirmed in a corresponding statement its intention to propose a revision of Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council31 , in line with the ambition to increase net carbon removals to levels above 300 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in the land use, land use change and forestry sector by 2030When implementing the 2030 Union climate target, the relevant Union institutions and Member States also committed to prioritising swift and predictable emission reductions and, at the same time, enhancing removals by natural sinks. In order to ensure that sufficient mitigation efforts are deployed by emitting sectors until 2030, the contribution of net removals to the 2030 Union climate target has been limited to 225 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent, without prejudice to the objective of enhancing its net carbon sinks beyond that level in 2030 in view of achieving climate - neutrality by 2050 at the latest. __________________ 30Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 June 2021 establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulations (EC) No 401/2009 and (EU) 2018/1999 (‘European Climate Law’) (OJ L 243, 9.7.2021, p. 1).’. 31 Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 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 (OJ L 156, 19.6.2018, p. 1).
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The binding annual targets for net greenhouse gas removals should be determined for each Member State by a linear trajectory. The trajectory should start in 2022, on the average of greenhouse gas emissions reported by that Member State during 2021, 2022 and 2023 and end in 2030 on the target set out for that Member State. For Member States that improve their methodology of calculating the emissions and removals, a concept of technical correction should be introduced, subject to independent scientific review. A technical correction should be added to the target of that Member State corresponding to the effect of the change inimproved accuracy in the methodology used on the targets and the efforts of the Member State to achieve them, in order to respect environmental integrity.
Amendment 173 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The Communication of 17 September 2020 on Stepping up Europe’s 2030 climate ambition33 outlined andifferent pathways and policy options to combine agriculture non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions with land use, land use change and forestry net removals, thus creating a newly regulated land sector. Such combination can promote synergies between land-based mitigation actions and enable more integrated policymaking and policy implementreach the Union's increased 2030 climate target. It stressed that reaching climate neutrality will require Union action to be significantly stepped up in all sectors of the economy. Progress in one sector cannot compensate for the lack of progress in other sectors. Moreover, removals of greenhouse gases by natural carbon sinks are fragile and potentially reversible, which leads to increased uncertainty in measuring emissions and removals in the land sector compared to other sectors. The risk of reversal of removals by natural carbon sinks is further aggravated by climate change. Climate science also shows that the climate response to emissions and removals is asymmetrical, meaning thati on at national and Union level. To this end, the obligation for Member States to submit integrated mitigation plans for the land sector should be reinforcede tonne of greenhouse gases emitted to the atmosphere cannot be compared to one tonne of greenhouse gases removed33a. Therefore, the objective of enhancing removals by natural carbon sinks should be pursued strictly separately from the objective of rapidly and drastically reducing greenhouse gas emissions from other sectors, including non-CO2 agricultural emissions. __________________ 33 COM(2020) 562 final.
Amendment 195 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The landLULUCF sector has the potential to become rapidly climate-neutral by 2035 in a cost-effective manner, and subsequently generate more greenhouse gas removals than emissions. A collective commitment aimsubstantially increase the amount of net-removals in a cost-effective manner both in the short and longer term while taking into achieve climate-neutrality in the land sector in 2035 at EU level can provide the needed planning certainty to drive land-based mitigation action in the short term, considering that it can takcount the specificities, opportunities and challenges of the land use, land use change many years for such action to deliver the desired mitigation outcomes. Moreover, the land sector is projected to become the largest sector in the EU greenhouse gas flux profile in 2050. It is therefore particularly important to anchor that sector to a trajectoryd forestry sector in each Member State. However, realising such potential requires a clear vision to be set out and concrete action to be stepped up already over the coming decade, otherwise thate chan effectively deliver net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050ges required after 2030 would have to happen unrealistically fast. By mid-2024, the Member States should submit their updated integrated national energy and climate plans in accordance with Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council34 . The plans should include relevant measures by which each Member State best contributes to the collobjective target of climate neutrality in the land sector at EU level in 2035. On the basis of these plans, the Commission should propose national targets, ensuring thatof ensuring a sustainable and predictable long-term contribution of natural carbon sinks to the Union’s climate neutrality objective by 2050 at the latest. On the basis of these plans, and after taking into account the advice of the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change and the Union-wide greenhouse gas emissions and removals in the land use, land use change and forestry sector andbudget set out in Regulation (EU) 2021/1119, the eCommissions from the agriculture non- CO2 sectors are at least balanced by 2035. Contrary to the EU level target of climate neutrality for the land should propose Union and Member States targets for net greenhouse gas removals from the LULUCF sector byfor 2035, s2040, 2045 and 2050. Such national targets will be binding and enforceable on each Member State. __________________ 34Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action, amending Regulations (EC) No 663/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives 94/22/EC, 98/70/EC, 2009/31/EC, 2009/73/EC, 2010/31/EU, 2012/27/EU and 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 2009/119/EC and (EU) 2015/652 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p.1).
Amendment 202 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Forests in particular are hugely important for biodiversity, soil stabilisation, the purification of air and water, carbon sequestration and storage, and the provision of sustainably sourced long-lived wood products. The forests in the Union are home to around 80% of Union terrestrial biodiversity, but intensive forestry activities are the second largest reported pressure category for species. National reporting under Article 17 of the Habitats Directive also shows that forestry activities have sometimes been at the expense of habitat types of other natural ecosystems that are important for both climate mitigation and biodiversity, notably peatlands. Many forest-dependent species are negatively affected by the removal of dead, dying and old trees1a, the reduction of old-growth forests and certain forest management methods such as clear-cutting. The Communication of the Commission of 16 July 2021 on the New EU Forest Strategy for 2030 set out a vision and specific actions to improve the quantity and quality of forests in the Union and strengthen their protection, restoration and resilience. It highlighted the urgent need for adaptive forest restoration and ecosystem-based management approaches that strengthen the resilience of forests in the Union in light of the climate and biodiversity crises. As such, the Strategy contributes both to the Union’s biodiversity and climate objectives. __________________ 1aReport from the Commission of 15 October 2020 entitled ‘The state of nature in the European Union – Report on the status and trends in 2013–2018 of species and habitat types protected by the Birds and Habitats Directives’ (COM(2020)0635).
Amendment 210 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 b (new)
Recital 8 b (new)
(8b) Cropland, grassland and wetlands are currently net emitters of greenhouse gases in the Union, but have the potential to become a source of net removals of greenhouse gases, in particular through the upscaling of agroforestry, organic farming, and the restoration of wetlands, including peatlands. The protection and restoration of species-rich grasslands and wetlands are also necessary to fulfil the objectives of the Biodiversity Strategy, but may be undermined by inappropriate land-use changes, underscoring the importance of addressing the problems of climate change and biodiversity loss in a synergistic way.
Amendment 218 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The increased level of ambition in the land-use and forestry sector will have social, labour and economic impacts. It is therefore important to ensure a just transition of the land-use and forestry sector to become more sustainable, with the full involvement of social partners and relevant civil society organisations in both the planning and implementation phases, benefitting forest and land managers, famers, workers, the environment and society more widely. In order to enhance greenhouse gas removals, individual farmers or forest managers need a directcould benefit from incentives to store more carbon on their land and their forests. New business models based on carbon farming incentives and on the certification of carbon removals need to be increasingly deployed in the period until 2030. Such incentives and business models will enhance climate mitigation in the bio-economy, including through the use of durable harvested wood products, in full respect of ecological principles fostering biodiversity and the circular economy. Hence, new categories of carbon storage products should be introduced while ensuring the protection of biodiversity and other societal co-benefits, through the promotion of ecosystem-based approaches and biodiversity-friendly practices. Public funding under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and other EU programs– LIFE, the Cohesion Funds, Horizon Europe, the Recovery and Resilience Fund, the Just Transition Fund – can already support ecosystem-based approaches in forests and agricultural lands and should be increased. Such incentives should also enhance climate mitigation in a fully circular and sustainably sourced bio-economy, including through the use of durable harvested wood products, in full respect of ecological principles fostering biodiversity. They, as well as large-scale nature restauration initiatives, also create opportunities for new jobs and provide incentives for relevant training, reskilling addition to the harvested wood products. The emerging business models,nd upskilling. Inline with the increased ambition in the LULUCF sector, additional public support should be provided to individual farmingers and landforest management practices to enhance removals contribute to a balanced trs for implementing ecosystem- based approaches and biodiverrsitorial development and economic growth in rural areas. They also create opportunities for new jobs and provide incentives for relevant training, reskilling and upskilling. y- friendly practices on their land according to common rules provided by the Commission. At the same time, climate and environmentally-harmful subsidies in the land-use and forestry sector should be abolished by 2025 at the latest.
Amendment 247 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) CIn order to incentivise increased efforts to overachieve their national targets, and considering the specificities of the land use, land use change and forestry sector in each Member State, as well as the fact that Member States need to increase their performance to achieve their nationMember States should be allowed to continue trading surpluses, while respecting the environmental binding targets, a rategrity of the targets by settinge of flexibilities should remaut a minimum price for such trading at the disposal of the Member States, including trading surpluses and the extension of forest- specific flexibilities, while respecting the environmental integrity of the targetsnd ensuring revenues generated from such trading are allocated to climate change mitigation and adaptation by promoting ecosystem-based approaches, and to protect and restore biodiversity in line with the Union’s Biodiversity Strategy for 2030.
Amendment 259 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Discontinuing the current accounting rules after 2025 creates a need for alternative provisions for natural disturbances such as fire, pest, and storms, in order to address uncertainties due to natural processes or as a result of climate change in the land use, land use change and forestry sector. A flexibilnatural disturbance solidarity mechanism linked to natural disturbances should be available to Member States in 2032, provided that they have exhausted all other flexibilities at their disposal, put in place appropriate measures to and have demonstrated that the remaining surplus is directly linked to the impact of natural disturbances, put in place appropriate measures to enhance natural carbon sinks in a way that contributes to enhancing biodiversity, reduced the vulnerability of their land to such disturbances, and that the achievement by the Union of the 2030 target for the land use, land use change and forestry sector is completed.
Amendment 279 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2018/841 concerning the setting out of the annual target allocations for Member States, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission. Those powers should bespecify the requirements set out in this Regulation, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission to supplement this Regulation in respect of setting out annual target allocations for Member States for the LULUCF sector as well as the method for determination of the technical correction to be added to the targets of the Member States and for the independent expert review, specifying common rules and methodologies to ensure that measures taken to meet the Member States national targets do not significantly harm other Union environmental objectives, specifying common criteria for the selection of projects to support land managers implementing ecosystem-based approaches in forests and agricultural land, and setting out the means for collecting excess premiums. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council37 . __________________ 37Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 oft level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making of 13 April 201636a. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of theshould receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts should systematically have access to meetings of Commission’s expercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2t groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. __________________ 36a OJ L 123, 12.5.20116, p. 13).
Amendment 294 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) provides for, among other things, the monitoring of the components of biological diversity, including those requiring conservation measures, while noting that the fundamental requirement for the conservation of biological diversity is the in-situ conservation of ecosystems and natural habitats and the maintenance and recovery of viable populations of species in their natural surroundings (recital 10 CBD); the monitoring of the effects of any categories of human activities likely to have significant adverse impacts on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity; and the maintenance and organisation of data derived from such monitoring (Article 7(b), (c) and (d) CBD). Provisions for monitoring the contribution of land to achieving climate neutrality should include the generation of data necessary to show the effects on those components of biodiversity that are subject to existing Union protection and restoration requirements, those with high climate risk and those envisaged for enhancement under the Biodiversity Strategy.
Amendment 310 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(c) a Union target for net greenhouse gas removals in the land use, land use change and forestry sector for the period from 2026 to 2030, including a sub-target for reaching a balance at Union level between emissions and removals from cropland, grassland and wetlands by 2030 and achieving negative emissions in those categories thereafter;
Amendment 323 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) targets for net greenhouse gas removals in the land use, land use change and forestry sector for Member States for the period from 2026 to 2030, including sub-targets concerning cropland, grassland and wetlands;
Amendment 328 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) commitments of the relevant Union institutions and Member States to take the necessary measures for enhancing net greenhouse gas removals in the LULUCF sector from 2031 and onwards so as to contribute to Article 5(1) of the Paris Agreement and ensure a sustainable and predictable long-term contribution of natural sinks to the Union’s climate-neutrality objective by 2050 at the latest and to achieving negative emissions thereafter, as set out in Regulation (EU) 2021/1119;
Amendment 334 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point e
Amendment 353 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. This Regulation also applies to emissions and removals of the greenhouse gases listed in Section A of Annex I, reported pursuant to Article 26(4) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and occurring on the territories of Member States in the period from 2026 to 2030onwards, in any of the following land reporting categories and/or sectors:
Amendment 364 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Amendment 377 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new)
2 a. in Article 3, the following point 10a is added: “(10a) 'ecosystem-based approaches' mean strategies for the integrated management of land, water and living resources that promotes conservation, restoration and sustainable use in an equitable way as part of an overall strategy and which aspires to maintaining the natural structure and functioning of ecosystems;”
Amendment 406 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Each Member State shall ensure that, taking into account the flexibilities provided for in Articles 12 and 13 and 13b, the annual sum of its greenhouse gas emissions and removals on its territory and in all of the land reporting categories referred to in Article 2(2), points (a) to (j), in each year in the period from 2026 to 2030 does not exceed the limit established by a linear trajectory, ending in 2030 on the target set out for that Member State in Annex IIa. The linear trajectory of a Member State shall start in 2022.
Amendment 432 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 437 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. The relevant Union institutions and the Member States shall take the necessary measures at Union and national level, respectively, to continue enhancing net greenhouse gas removals in the LULUCF sector from 2031 onwards so as to contribute to Article 5(1) of the Paris Agreement and ensure a sustainable and predictable long-term contribution of natural sinks to the Union’s climate-neutrality objective by 2050 at the latest, as set out in Regulation (EU) 2021/1119. By 1 January 2025, the Commission shall, taking into account the advice of the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change and the Union greenhouse gas budget set out in Regulation (EU) 2021/1119, and on the basis of the integrated national energy and climate plans submitted by Member States by 30 June 2024 pursuant to Article 14 (2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, adopt a proposal to amend this Regulation to set out Union and Member States targets for net greenhouse gas removals in land use, land use change and forestry at least for 2035, 2040, 2045 and 2050.
Amendment 441 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Amendment 464 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Member States shall ensure that measures taken to meet their national targets as referred to in paragraph 2 do not significantly harm other Union environmental objectives, in particular Union biodiversity objectives as set out in the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and in the relevant legislation, within the meaning of Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 16 to supplement this Regulation by specifying common rules and methodologies to achieve the objective set out in this paragraph, including minimum criteria for the inclusion of biodiversity monitoring in National Forest Inventories or other land monitoring systems.
Amendment 472 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4 a (new)
3 a. the following Article 4a is inserted: ‘Article 4a Financial support for ecosystem-based approaches 1. By... [six months after the entry into force of this Regulation], the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council assessing the consistency of different funding instruments under the Union budget and the European Union Recovery Instrument, including the national CAP Strategic Plans, with the commitments and targets set out in Article 4 of this Regulation, and shall identify ways of increasing financial support for ecosystem-based approaches in forests and agricultural land. 2. In addition, Member States shall use the revenues from transfers of removals to another Member State according to Article 12(2) of this Regulation and the revenues from excess premiums according to Article 13c (-a) (new) of this Regulation to support land managers implementing ecosystem-based approaches in forests and agricultural land. Projects shall be selected on the basis of objective, science-based and transparent common criteria and reward practices whose climate and environmental benefits are scientifically proven and that lead to the sustainable and long-term increase of carbon sequestration in soils and biomass while ensuring societal co-benefits. 3. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 16 to supplement this Regulation concerning common criteria for the selection of projects referred to in paragraph 2, based, inter alia, on the Commission's guidelines on biodiversity- friendly afforestation and reforestation and closer-to-nature-forestry practices. The Commission shall consult the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1119, as well as civil society and relevant stakeholders, before the adoption of the delegated acts referred to in this paragraph.’
Amendment 486 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 9 – title
Article 9 – title
Amendment 495 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 16 in order to amend paragraph 1 of this Article and Annex V by adding new categories of carbon storage products, including harvested wood products, that have a carbon sequestration effect, based on IPCC Guidelines as adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC or the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement, and ensuring environmental integrity.;
Amendment 514 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b
(b) in order to comply with the commitments and targets set out in Article 4, the managed forest land flexibility set out in Articles 13 and the natural disturbances solidarity mechanism set out in Article 13b.
Amendment 518 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
(ba) paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: "2. If a Member State is not in compliance with the monitoring requirements laid down in point (da) of Article 7(1) of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013, the Central Administrator designated under Article 20 of Directive 2003/87/EC (‘the Central Administrator’) shall temporarily prohibit that Member State from transferring or banking pursuant to Article 12(2) and (3) of this Regulation or using the managed forest land flexibility pursuant to Article 13 of this Regulation.’ Or. en (Regulation (EU) 2018/841)
Amendment 519 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point -a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point -a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
(-a) paragraph 1 is deleted;
Amendment 521 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point –a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point –a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
(-a) paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: ‘2. To the extent that total removals exceed total emissions in a Member State and after subtraction of any quantity taken into account under Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 2018/842, that Member State may transfer the remaining quantity of removals to another Member Statefor the period from 2021 to 2025, or that net greenhouse gas removals in 2030 in a Member State exceed the 2030 target set out for that Member State in Annex IIa, that Member State may transfer the remaining quantity of removals to another Member State subject to the payment by the recipient Member State of at least EUR 250 per tonne of transferred removals. The quantity transferred shall be taken into account when assessing the recipient Member State’'s compliance with its commitment pursuant to Article 4 of this Regulation.2030 target as set out in Annex IIa.’
Amendment 528 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point a
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 12 – paragraphs 3 and 4
Article 12 – paragraphs 3 and 4
(a) paragraphs 3 isand 4 are deleted;
Amendment 530 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point b
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 12 – paragraph 5
Article 12 – paragraph 5
5. Member States may useshall use all revenues generated by transfers pursuant to paragraph 2 to tackle climate changereduce emissions by sources and increase removals by sinks of greenhouse gases and to adapt to climate change by promoting ecosystem-based approaches, and to protect and restore biodiversity, in the Union or in third countries in a socially just manner and shall inform the Commission of any such actions taken. as to the use of those revenues and to the actions taken in the reports referred to in Article 19 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999.
Amendment 538 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the Member State has included in its strategy submitted in accordance with Article 15 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 ongoing or planned specific measures to ensure the conservation or enhancement, as appropriate, of forest sinks and reservoirs in a way that contributes to enhancing biodiversity, and to reduce the vulnerability of the land to natural disturbances, while ensuring social cohesion; and
Amendment 540 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) there is a positive trend in relation to the Member State's conservation of habitats under Council Directive 92/43/EEC1a and Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council1b; __________________ 1aCouncil Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7). 1b Directive2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild bird (OJ L 20, 26.1.2010, p. 7).
Amendment 544 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
When assessing whether, within the Union, total emissions exceed total removals as referred to in the first subparagraph, point (b), the Commission shall ensure that double counting is avoided by Member States, in particular in the exercise of the flexibilities set out in Article 12 of this Regulation and Articles 7(1) or 9(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/842.
Amendment 551 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 13 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) Finland included in its strategy submitted in accordance with Article 15 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 ongoing or planned specific measures to ensure the conservation or enhancement, as appropriate, of forest sinks and reservoirs in a way that contributes to enhancing biodiversity, and to reduce the vulnerability of the land to natural disturbances in a socially fair way;
Amendment 556 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 13 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) there is a positive trend in relation to Finland concerning the conservation of habitats under Directives 92/43/EEC and 2009/147/EC;
Amendment 560 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 13 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
When assessing whether, within the Union, total emissions exceed total removals as referred to in the first subparagraph, point (b), the Commission shall ensure that double counting is avoided by Member States, in particular in the exercise of the flexibilities set out in Article 12 and 13 of this Regulation and Articles 7(1) or 9(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/842.
Amendment 567 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 b – title
Article 13 b – title
Amendment 570 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 b – paragraph 1
Article 13 b – paragraph 1
1. A land use flexibilnatural disturbances solidarity mechanism corresponding to a quantity of up to 178 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent shall be established in the Union Registry established pursuant to Article 40 of Regulation (EU) No 2018/1999, subject to the fulfilment of the Union target referred to in Article 4(2). The flexibilnatural disturbances solidarity mechanism shall be available in addition to the flexibilities provided for in Article 12.
Amendment 574 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 b – paragraph 2
Article 13 b – paragraph 2
2. Where, in the period from 2026 to 2030, the difference between the annual sum of the greenhouse gas emissions and removals on the territory of a Member State and in all of the land reporting categories referred to in Article 2(2), points (a) to (j), and the corresponding target is positive, accounted and reported in accordance with this Regulation, that Member State may use the flexibilitynatural disturbances solidarity mechanism set out in this Article in order to comply with its target set out pursuant to Article 4(2).
Amendment 576 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 13 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
3. Where, in the period from 2026 to 2030, the result of the calculation referred to in paragraph 2 is positive, the Member State concerned shall be entitled to compensate the excess emissionsmay use the natural disturbances solidarity mechanism set out in this Article provided that the following conditions are fulfilled:
Amendment 580 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 13 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the Member State has included in its updated integrated national energy and climate plan and long-term strategy submitted pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 new, ongoing or planned specific measures to ensure the conservation or enhancement, as appropriate, of all land sinks and reservoirs in a way that contributes to enhancing biodiversity, and to reduce the vulnerability of the land to natural disturbances;
Amendment 584 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 13 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the Member State has exhausted all other flexibilities available pursuant to this Article 12 of this Regulation or Article 7(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/842;
Amendment 587 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 13 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) there is a positive trend in relation to the Member State concerning the conservation status of habitats under Directives 92/43/EEC and 2009/147/EC;
Amendment 596 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 13 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 16 to amend Annex VIII in order to revise the information requirements in that Annex to reflect changes in the IPCC Guidelines as adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC or the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement.
Amendment 601 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 13 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
When assessing whether, within the Union, total emissions exceed total removals as referred to in the first subparagraph, point (c), the Commission shall determine whether to include 20% of net removals not banked by Member States from the period from 2021 to 2025 on the basis of the impact of natural disturbances and applying information submitted by Member States in accordance with paragraph 5 of this Article. The Commission shall in that assessment also ensure that double counting is avoided by Member States, in particular in the exercise of the flexibilities set out in Article 12 of this Regulation and Article 7(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/842.
Amendment 616 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 c – paragraph 1
Article 13 c – paragraph 1
If, as a result of the comprehensive review carried out by the Commission in 2032 pursuant to Article 14(2), the Commission finds that the reviewed greenhouse gas emissions and removals of a Member State in 2032 exceed the annual targets of that Member State for any specific year of the period 2026 to 2030, taking into account the flexibilities used pursuant to Articles 12 and 13b, the following measures shall apply:
Amendment 624 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 c – paragraph 2
Article 13 c – paragraph 2
Amendment 627 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 c – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 13 c – paragraph 2 a (new)
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 16 in order to supplement this Regulation by setting out the means for collecting excess premiums imposed under point (a) of the first subparagraph.
Amendment 630 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 c – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 13 c – paragraph 2 b (new)
The amount of the excess premium shall be transferred to the financial support established under Article 4a(2) of this Regulation.
Amendment 633 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 b (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 e (new)
Article 13 e (new)
Amendment 663 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. The Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council, no later than six months after […]each global stocktake agreed under Article 14 of the Paris Agreement, on the operation of this Regulation, including, where relevant, an assessment of the impacts of the flexibilities referred to in Article 11, as well as on the contribution of this Regulation to the Union’s overall 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction target on the necessary increase in greenhouse gas emissions reductions and removals in the Union, as well as on the contribution of this Regulation to the Union’s climate neutrality objective and intermediary climate targets set out in Regulation (EU) 2021/1119, to the goals of the Paris Agreement, and its contribution to othe goals of the Paris Agreement, in particular with regard to the need for additional Union policies and measures, in view of the necessary increase in greenhouse gas emissions reductions and removals in the Unionr Union objectives and measures such as the 8th Environmental Action Programme, the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and the EU nature restoration targets. The report shall assess in particular the need for additional Union policies and measures, in particular taking into account any future improvement of the monitoring, data collection and reporting system concerning forests in the Union as announced under the New EU Forest Strategy for 2030, and in view of the necessary increase in greenhouse gas emissions reductions and removals in the Union and of the objective to protect and restore biodiversity and to ensure healthy ecosystems. The report shall take into account the best available and most recent scientific evidence, including the latest reports of the IPCC, IPBES and of the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1119.
Amendment 677 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Following the report, the Commission shall make legislative proposals where it deems it appropriate. In particular, the proposals shall set out annual targets and governance aiming towards the 2035 climate-neutrality target as laid downdditional Union policies and measures to achieve the post-2030 LULUCF targets referred to in Article 4(43), additional Union policies and measures, and a post-2035 framework, including innd extend the scope of theis Regulation to include greenhouse gas emissions and removals from additional sectors, such as the marine and freshwater environmentthe marine, coastal and freshwater ecosystems, based on robust scientific methodologies, and to set additional net removals targets for those ecosystems.;
Amendment 682 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
No later than six months after the entry into force of Regulation (EU) …/… [EU Nature Restoration Law], the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council assessing the consistency of this Regulation, in particular of the targets set out in Article 4(2), with the restoration targets set out in that Regulation. The report shall be accompanied, where appropriate, by legislative proposals to amend this Regulation.’
Amendment 685 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) 2018/1999
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 1 – point ii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 1 – point ii
the Member State’s commitments and national targets for net greenhouse gas removals pursuant to Article 4(1) and (2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/841 and its contributions aim towards reaching the Union objective of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2035 and achieving negative emissions thereafter pursuant to Article 4(4) of that Regulation;;
Amendment 708 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1
Annex III – paragraph 1
Regulation (EU) 2018/1999
Annex V – Part 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 7 a (new)
Annex V – Part 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 7 a (new)
– The protected areas designated in order to achieve the protected areas targets under the Biodiversity Strategy for 2030;
Amendment 709 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1
Annex III – paragraph 1
Regulation (EU) 2018/1999
Annex V – Part 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 7 b (new)
Annex V – Part 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 7 b (new)
– Land units which are subject to measures for ensuring the non- deterioration of areas that are subject to restoration measures according to a nature restoration plan applicable in a Member State;