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Activities of Benedek JÁVOR related to 2016/0230(COD)

Plenary speeches (1)

Inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry into the 2030 climate and energy framework (debate) HU
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/0230(COD)

Shadow reports (1)

REPORT 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 PDF (1 MB) DOC (189 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: ENVI
Dossiers: 2016/0230(COD)
Documents: PDF(1 MB) DOC(189 KB)

Shadow opinions (1)

OPINION 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
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2016/0230(COD)
Documents: PDF(710 KB) DOC(150 KB)

Amendments (62)

Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) The Paris Agreement, inter alia, sets out a long-term goal in line with the objective to keep the global temperature increase well below 2°C above pre- industrial levels and to pursue efforts to keep it to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels which requires the world to enter into a period of negative emissions, where forests will play a central role. In order to achieve this goal, the Parties should prepare, communicate and maintain successive nationally determined contributions. The Paris Agreement replaces the approach taken under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol which will not be continued beyond 2020. The Paris Agreement also calls for a balance between anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases in the second half of this century, and invites Parties to take action to conserve and enhance, as appropriate, sinks and reservoirs of greenhouse gases, including forests.
2017/04/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) To achieve negative emissions required to meet the Paris Agreement goals, removals of CO2 from the atmosphere through land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) must be ambitious, and should not be used to offset emissions reductions from other sources. As removals through LULUCF are reversible, they should not be used to compensate for emissions and should be treated as a separate pillar in the Union climate policy framework.
2017/04/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 b (new)
(4b) Agriculture and land use have a direct and significant impact upon Union biodiversity and related ecosystems services. An important objective of any policy affecting the sector needs to ensure coherence with Union Biodiversity Strategy objectives including halting and reversing the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services, as well as with the Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council1a and Council Directive 92/43/EEC1b. ___________________________ 1aDirective 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds (OJ L 20, 26.1.2010, p. 7). 1b Council 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).
2017/04/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) The Paris Agreement, inter alia, sets out a long-term goal in line with the objective to keep the global temperature increase well below 2°C above pre- industrial levels and to pursue efforts to keep it to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. In order to achieve this goal, the Parties should prepare, communicate and maintain successive nationally determined contributions. The Paris Agreement replaces the approach taken under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol which will not be continued beyond 2020. The Paris Agreement also calls for a balance between anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases in the second half of this century, and invites Parties to take action to conserve and enhance, as appropriate, sinks and reservoirs of greenhouse gases, including forests. Increasing the absorption of CO2 by forests is a critical prerequisite for achieving the Paris Agreement objectives, particularly the 1.5°C target.
2017/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) To achieve negative emissions required to meet the Paris Agreement goals, removals of CO2 from the atmosphere through land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) must be ambitious, and should not be used to offset emissions reductions from other sources. As removals through LULUCF are reversible, they should not be used to compensate for emissions in the ETS and ESR sectors.
2017/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) Agriculture and land use have a direct and significant impact upon Union biodiversity and related ecosystems services. An important objective of any policy affecting the sector needs to ensure coherence with the European Union biodiversity objectives, as the ecosystems provide the basis for our economies.
2017/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) Underlines the need, in the context of the Paris Agreement and the EU's climate objectives, to prioritise funding for climate change research – particularly as the United States is considering significant budgetary cuts to US environmental research institutions;
2017/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) The internationally agreed IPCC Guidelines for national greenhouse gas inventories state that emissions from the combustion of biomass can be accounted as zero in the energy sector with the condition that these emissions are accounted for in the LULUCF sector. In the EU, emissions from biomass combustion are accounted as zero pursuant to Article 38 of Regulation (EU) No. 601/2012 and the provisions set out in Regulation (EU) No. 525/2013, hence consistency with the IPCC Guidelines would only be ensured if these emissions should be covered accurately under this Regulatione robust and transparent rules. However given the urgency for climate action to stay in line with Paris Agreement objectives, in terms of policies and measures, only bioenergy from waste and residues should be considered carbon neutral.
2017/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) NAvoiding negative impacts on the forest carbon sink from natural disturbances, such as wildfires, insect and disease infestations, extreme weather events and geological disturbances that are beyond the control of, and not materially influenced by, a Member State, may result in greenhouse gas emissions of a temporary nature in the LULUCF sector, or may cause the reversal of previous removals. As reversal can also be the result of management decisions, such as decisions to harvest or plant trees, this Regulatishould be part of sustainable forest management practices by Member States. Such reasons should ensure that human-induced reversals of removals are always accurately reflected in LULUCF accounts. Moreover, this Regulation should provide Member States with a limited possibility to exclude emissions resulting from disturbances that are beyond their control from their LULUCF accounts. However, the manner in which Member States apply those provisions should not lead to undue under-accountingnot be used as an excuse for clear cutting or measures with undue negative impacts on biodiversity.
2017/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) 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. They should also be able to cumulate net removals over the period 2021-2030. Trading among Member States should continue as an additional option to help compliance. Following the practice in the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, there should also be a possibility for a Member State to use its overachievement under Regulation [] on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 for a resilient Energy Union and to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement 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 in order to ensure its compliance with its commitment under this Regulation.
2017/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
It is the ultimate objective of this Regulation to contribute to the global objective to keep temperatures below 2 degrees, pursuing efforts to limit to warming to 1.5 degrees.
2017/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) The internationally agreed IPCC Guidelines for national greenhouse gas inventories state that emissions from the combustion of biomass can be accounted as zero in the energy sector with the condition that these emissions are accounted for in the LULUCF sector. In the EU, emissions from biomass combustion are accounted as zero pursuant to Article 38 of Regulation (EU) No. 601/2012 and the provisions set out in Regulation (EU) No. 525/2013, hence consistency with the IPCC Guidelines would only be ensured if these emissions should be covered accurately on a net-net basis under this Regulation. However given the urgency for climate action to stay in line with Paris Agreement objectives, in terms of policies and measures, only bioenergy from waste and residues should be considered carbon neutral.
2017/04/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) managed wetlands: land use reported as wetland remaining wetland, and settlement, other land converted to wetland and wetland converted to settlement and other land.
2017/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) NAvoiding negative impacts on the forest carbon sink from natural disturbances, such as wildfires, insect and disease infestations, extreme weather events and geological disturbances that are beyond the control of, and not materially influenced by, a Member State, may result in greenhouse gas emissions of a temporary nature in the LULUCF sector, or may cause the reversal of previous removals. As reversal can also be the result of management decisions, such as decisions to harvest or plant trees, this Regulation should ensure that human-induced reversals of removals are always accurately reflected in LULUCF accounts. Moreover, this Regulatishould be part of sustainable forest management practices by Member States. Such reasons should provide Member States with a limited possibility to exclude emissions resulting from disturbances that are beyond their control from their LULUCF accounts. However, the manner in which Member States apply those provisions should not lead to undue under-accountingnot be used as an excuse for clear cutting or measures with undue negative impacts on biodiversity.
2017/04/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) harvested wood products
2017/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) 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. They should also be able to cumulate net removals over the period 2021-2030. Trading among Member States should continue as an additional option to help compliance. Following the practice in the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, there should also be a possibility for a Member State to use its overachievement under Regulation [] on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 for a resilient Energy Union and to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement 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 in order to ensure its compliance with its commitment under this Regulation.
2017/04/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. A Member State may choose to include managed wetland, defined as land use reported as wetland remaining wetland, and settlement, other land converted to wetland and wetland converted to settlement and other land, in the scope of its commitment pursuant to Article 4. Where a Member State chooses to do so, it shall account for emissions and removals from managed wetland in accordance with this Regulation.deleted
2017/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 14 to adapt the definitions in paragraph 1 to scientific developments or technical progress and to ensure consistency between those definitions and any changes to relevant definitions in the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories ('IPCC Guidelines') and the 2013 Supplement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories: Wetlands.
2017/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
For the period from 2021 to 2025 and from 2026 to 2030, taking into account the flexibilities provided for in Article 11, each Member State shall ensure that emissions do not exceedare lower than removals, calculated as the sum of total emissions and removals on their territory in the land accounting categories referred to in Article 2 combined, as accounted in accordance with this Regulation.
2017/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall, by the end of 2019 [the date shall be in line with the proposed Governance regulation] submit an action plan to the Commission that sets out long-term targets for 2040, 2050 to increase removals. These plans shall be incorporated into the National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs).
2017/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. For removals to be included in the accounts of a member State, the member State concerned shall ensure that their mitigation activities in the land sector do not negatively impact Union biodiversity objectives or provisions of Birds and Habitats Directives.
2017/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall account for emissions and removals resulting from afforested land and deforested land, as the totalcalculated as emissions and removals for each of the years in the periods from 2021 to 2025 and from 2026 to 2030 minus the value obtained by multiplying by five the Member State's average annual emissions and removals resulting from managed afforested land and deforested land, in its base period 2005-2007.
2017/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. By derogation from the requirement to apply the default value established in Article 5(3), a Member State may transition cropland, grassland, wetland, settlements and other land from the category of such land converted to forest land to the category of forest land remaining forest land after 30 years from the date of conversion.deleted
2017/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
This Regulation contributes to the compliance by the Union with the Paris Agreement commitments and objectives.
2017/04/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 100 #
3. Where a Member State chooses to include managed wetland in the scope of its commitment in accordance with Article 2, it shall notify that choice to the Commission by 31 December 2020 for the period 2021-2025 and by 31 December 2025 for the period 2026-2030.deleted
2017/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. Member States that have chosen to include managed wetland in the scope of their commitments in accordance with Article 2 shall account for emissions and removals resulting from managed wetland, calculated as emissions and removals in the periods from 2021 to 2025 and/or from 2026 to 2030 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 2005-2007.
2017/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall account for emissions and removals resulting from managed forest land, calculated as emissions and removals in the periods from 2021 to 2025 and from 2026 to 2030 minus the value obtained by multiplying by five itsannual average emissions and removals in the forest reference levelperiod. A forest reference levelperiod is an estimate of the average annual net emissions or removals resulting from managed forest land within the territory of the Member State in the periods from 2021 to 2025 and from 20261990 to 20309.
2017/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) managed wetland: land use reported as wetland remaining wetland, and settlement, other land converted to wetland and wetland converted to settlement and other land.
2017/04/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. Where the result of the calculation referred to in paragraph 1 is negative in relation to its forest reference levelperiod, a Member State shall include in its managed forest land accounts total net removals of no more than the equivalent of 3,5 per cent of the Member State’s emissions in its base year or period as specified in Annex III, multiplied by five.
2017/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall determine the new forest reference level based on the criteria set out in Annex IV, section A. They shall submit to the Commission a national forestry accounting plan including a new forest reference level, by 31 December 2018 for the period from 2021 to 2025 and by 30 June 2023 for the period 2026-2030.deleted
2017/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
(eb) harvested wood products.
2017/04/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. A Member State may choose to include managed wetland, defined as land use reported as wetland remaining wetland, and settlement, other land converted to wetland and wetland converted to settlement and other land, in the scope of its commitment pursuant to Article 4. Where a Member State chooses to do so, it shall account for emissions and removals from managed wetland in accordance with this Regulation.deleted
2017/04/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
The national forestry accounting plan shall contain all the elements listed in Annex IV, section B and include a proposed new forest reference level based on the continuation of current forest management practice and intensity, as documented between 1990-2009 per forest type and per age classthe annual average emissions and removals in the forest reference period between 1990-2009, expressed in tones of CO2 equivalent per year. Member States shall maintain or increase the ratio of biomass used for long lived wood products against energy purposes. If the ratio ins national forests, expressed in tonnes of CO2 equivalent per yearot maintained or increased, it shall be counted against the reference period.
2017/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 14 to adapt the definitions in paragraph 1 to scientific developments or technical progress and to ensure consistency between those definitions and any changes to relevant definitions in the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories ('IPCC Guidelines') and the 2013 Supplement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories: Wetlands.
2017/04/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 133 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall endeavour to increase their removals so that they exceed their emissions for the periods 2021 to 2025 and from 2026 to 2030. For the periods from 2031, the total removals from each Member State as accounted in accordance with this Regulation shall increase, in line with the Union’s long term climate objectives and the commitments made under the Paris Agreement.
2017/04/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
In accounts pursuant to Article 6(1) and 8(1) relating to harvested wood products,Member States shall account for emissions and removals resulting from the changes in the pool of harvested wood products, as the total of emissions and removals for each of the years in the periods from 2021 to 2025 and from 2026 to 2030. Member States shall reflect emissions and removals resulting from changes in the pool of harvested wood products falling within the following categories using the first order decay function, the methodologies and the default half-life values specified in Annex V:
2017/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 144 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 14 to add product categories on the basis of IPCC Guidelines and to ensure the accounting for harvested wood products does not undermine environmental integrity of the Union LULUCF accounting.
2017/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10
Accounting for natural disturbances 1. 2021 to 2025 and from 2026 to 2030, Member States may exclude from their accounts for afforested land and managed forest land greenhouse gas emissions resulting from natural disturbances exceeding the average emissions caused by natural disturbances in the period 2001-2020, excluding statistical outliers ('background level') calculated in accordance with this Article and Annex VI. 2. Where a Member State applies paragraph 1, it shall submit to the Commission information on the background level for each land accounting category determined in paragraph 1 and on the data and methodologies used in accordance with Annex VI. 3. Where a Member State applies paragraph 1, it shall exclude from accounting until 2030 all subsequent removals on the land affected by natural disturbances. 4. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 14 to revise the methodology and information requirements in Annex VI in order to reflect changes in the IPCC Guidelines.rticle 10 deleted At the end of the periods from
2017/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 146 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. For removals to be included in the accounts of a Member State, the Member State concerned shall ensure that its mitigation activities in the land sector do not negatively impact Union biodiversity objectives or provisions of Directive 2009/147/EC and Directive 92/43/EEC, and respect the tenure rights of local residents as prescribed in the International Labour Organization Indigenous Tribal Peoples' Convention (Convention 169) and the United Nations Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure.
2017/04/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall account for emissions and removals resulting from afforested land and deforested land, calculated as the total emissions and removals for each of the years in the periods from 2021 to 2025 and from 2026 to 2030 minus the value obtained by multiplying by five the Member State's average annual emissions and removals resulting from afforested land and deforested land in its base period 2005- 2007.
2017/04/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. To the extent that total removals exceed emissions in a Member State and after subtraction of any quantity taken into account under Article 7 of Regulation [ ] on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030, that Member State may transfer the remaining quantity to another Member State subject to a discount factor of 25%. The transferred quantity shall be taken into account when assessing the receiving Member State's compliance with its commitment pursuant to Article 4.
2017/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3
3. To the extent that total removals exceed emissions in a Member State in the period from 2021 to 2025, and after subtraction of any quantity taken into account under Article 7 of Regulation [ ] on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 or transferred to another Member State pursuant to paragraph 2, that Member State may bank 25% of the remaining quantity to the period 2026- 2030.
2017/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. By derogation from the requirement to apply the default value established in Article 5(3), a Member State may transition cropland, grassland, wetland, settlements and other land from the category of such land converted to forest land to the category of forest land remaining forest land after 30 years from the date of conversion.deleted
2017/04/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 152 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4
4. In order to avoid double counting, the quantity of net removals taken into account under Article 7 of Regulation [ ] on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 shall be subtracted from that Member State's quantity available for transfer to another Member State or banking pursuant to paragraphs 2-3.deleted
2017/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 156 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
TWithin six months of the facilitative dialogue to be convened under the UNFCCC in 2018 to take stock of the collective efforts of Parties in relation to progress towards the global long-term goal, as well as within six months of the global stocktake in 2023 and subsequent global stocktakes thereafter, the Commission shall submit reports to the European Parliament and to the Council by 28 February 2024 and every five years thereafter on the operation of this Regulation, its contribution to the EU's overall 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction target and its contribution to the goals of the Paris Agreement, and may makassessing the need to update and enhance the combined ambition of this Regulation, Regulation .../... of the European Parliament and of the Council1a and Directive .../... of the European Parliament and of the Council1b. Those reports shall assess the need to enhance the Union's 2030 and 2050 greenhouse gas emissions targets, including LULUCF, to ensure coherence with achieving the Paris Agreement's long- term goals, i.e. to hold the increase in global average temperature to well below 2˚C above pre-industrial levels and pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C, and to achieve a balance between anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases in the second half of this century. Those reports shall be accompanied by legislative proposals if, as appropriate.
2017/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 165 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – part A
A. Criteria for determining forest reference levels Member State forest reference levels shall be determined in accordance with the following criteria: (a) consistent with the goal of achieving a balance between anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases in the second half of this century; (b) Reference levels shall ensure that the mere presence of carbon stocks is excluded from accounting; (c) robust and credible accounting, to guarantee that emissions and removals resulting from biomass use are properly accounted for; (d) Reference levels shall include the carbon pool of harvested wood products, providing a comparison between assuming instantaneous oxidation and applying the first-order decay function and half-life values; (e) account the objective of contributing to the conservation of biodiversity and the sustainable use of natural resources, as set out in the EU Forest Strategy, Member States' national forest policies, and the EU Biodiversity Strategy; (f) Reference levels shall be consistent with the national projections of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions by sources and removals by sinks reported under Regulation (EU) No 525/2013; (g) consistent with greenhouse gas inventories and relevant historical data and shall be based on transparent, complete, consistent, comparable and accurate information. In particular, the model used to construct the rdeleted Reference levels shall be Reference levels should ensure a Reference levels should take into Reference levels shall be able to reproduce historical data from the national greenhouse gas inventory.
2017/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 166 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Where a Member State chooses to include managed wetland in the scope of its commitment in accordance with Article 2, it shall notify that choice to the Commission by 31 December 2020 for the period 2021-2025 and by 31 December 2025 for the period 2026-2030.deleted
2017/04/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. Member States that have chosen to include managed wetland in the scope of their commitments in accordance with Article 2 shall account for emissions and removals resulting from managed wetland, calculated as emissions and removals in the periods from 2021 to 2025 and/or from 2026 to 2030 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 2005-2007.
2017/04/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 176 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – paragraph 1 – indent 3
– Imported harvested wood products, irrespective of their origin, are not accounted for by the importing Member State ("producconsumption approach").
2017/03/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 182 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall account for emissions and removals resulting from managed forest land, calculated as emissions and removals in the periods from 2021 to 2025 and from 2026 to 2030 minus the value obtained by multiplying by five itsannual average emissions and removals in the forest reference levelperiod. A forest reference levelperiod is an estimate of the average annual net emissions or removals resulting from managed forest land within the territory of the Member State in the periods from 2021 1990 to 2025 and from 2026 to 2030.09. (The change of “forest reference level” to “forest reference period” applies throughout the text.)
2017/04/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 193 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall determine the new forest reference level based on the criteria set out in Annex IV, section A. They shall submit to the Commission a national forestry accounting plan including a new forest reference level, by 31 December 2018 for the period from 2021 to 2025 and by 30 June 2023 for the period 2026-2030. deleted Or. en (Linked to an amendment to Article 8(1).)
2017/04/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 203 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
The national forestry accounting plan shall contain all the elements listed in Annex IV, section B and include a proposed new forest reference level based on the continuation of curthe annual average emissions and removals in the forenst forest management practice and intensity, as documented between 1990-2009 per forest type and per age class in national forests, expressed in tonnes of CO2 equivalent per yearreference period between 1990-2009, expressed in tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year. Member States shall maintain or increase the ratio of biomass used for long lived wood products against energy purposes.
2017/04/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 236 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
In accounts pursuant to Article 6(1) and 8(1) relating to harvested wood products,Member States shall account for emissions and removals resulting from the changes in the pool of harvested wood products, as the total of emissions and removals for each of the years in the periods from 2021 to 2025 and from 2026 to 2030. Member States shall reflect emissions and removals resulting from changes in the pool of harvested wood products falling within the following categories using the first order decay function, the methodologies and the default half-life values specified in Annex V:
2017/04/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 240 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 14 to add product categories on the basis of IPCC Guidelines and to ensure that the accounting for harvested wood products does not undermine environmental integrity of the Union LULUCF accounting.
2017/04/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 242 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10
Accounting for natural disturbances 1. 2021 to 2025 and from 2026 to 2030, Member States may exclude from their accounts for afforested land and managed forest land greenhouse gas emissions resulting from natural disturbances exceeding the average emissions caused by natural disturbances in the period 2001-2020, excluding statistical outliers ('background level') calculated in accordance with this Article and Annex VI. 2. Where a Member State applies paragraph 1, it shall submit to the Commission information on the background level for each land accounting category determined in paragraph 1 and on the data and methodologies used in accordance with Annex VI. 3. Where a Member State applies paragraph 1, it shall exclude from accounting until 2030 all subsequent removals on the land affected by natural disturbances. 4. empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 14 to revise the methodology and information requirements in Annex VI in order to reflect changes in the IPCC Guidelines.rticle 10 deleted At the end of the periods from The Commission shall be
2017/04/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 249 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. To the extent that total removals exceed emissions in a Member State and after subtraction of any quantity taken into account under Article 7 of Regulation [ ] on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030, that Member State may transfer the remaining quantity to another Member State subject to a discount factor of 25%. The transferred quantity shall be taken into account when assessing the receiving Member State’s compliance with its commitment pursuant to Article 4.
2017/04/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 253 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3
3. To the extent that total removals exceed emissions in a Member State in the period from 2021 to 2025, and after subtraction of any quantity taken into account under Article 7 of Regulation [ ] on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 or transferred to another Member State pursuant to paragraph 2, that Member State may bank 25% of the remaining quantity to the period 2026- 2030.
2017/04/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 257 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4
4. In order to avoid double counting, the quantity of net removals taken into account under Article 7 of Regulation [ ] on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 shall be subtracted from that Member State’s quantity available for transfer to another Member State or banking pursuant to paragraphs 2-3.deleted
2017/04/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 261 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 a (new)
Article 12 a 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 in the period from 1990 to 2009. If the cumulative balance is negative, the Commission shall make a proposal to compensate and remove the corresponding amount from Member States emission allocations under Regulation .../... of the European Parliament and of the Council1a. __________________ 1a Regulation .../... of the European Parliament and of the Council of ... on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 for a resilient Energy Union and to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement 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 (OJ L ..., ..., p. ...).
2017/04/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 265 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
TWithin six months of the facilitative dialogue to be convened under the UNFCCC in 2018 to take stock of the collective efforts of Parties in relation to progress towards the global long-term goal, as well as within six months of the global stocktake in 2023 and subsequent global stocktakes thereafter, the Commission shall submit reports to the European Parliament and to the Council by 28 February 2024 and every five years thereafterassessing the need to update and enhance the combined ambition of this Regulation, Regulation .../... of the European Parliament and of the Council1a and Directive .../... onf the operation of this Regulation, its contribution to the EU's overall 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction target and its contribution to the goals ofEuropean Parliament and of the Council1b. Those reports shall assess the need to enhance the Union's 2030 and 2050 greenhouse gas emissions targets, including LULUCF, to ensure coherence with achieving the Paris Agreement's long- term goals, i.e. to hold the increase in global average temperature to well below 2˚C above pre-industrial levels and pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C, and to achieve a balance between anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases in the second half of this century. Those reports shall be accompanied by legislative proposals, as appropriate. ________________ 1a Regulation .../... of the European Parliament and of the Council of ... on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 for a resilient Energy Union and to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement, and may make proposals if appropriate. 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 (OJ L ..., ..., p. ...). 1b Directive .../... of the European Parliament and of the Council of ... amending Directive 2003/87/EC to enhance cost-effective emission reductions and low-carbon investments (OJ L ..., ..., p. ...).
2017/04/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 280 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – part A
A. Criteria for determining forest reference levels Member State forest reference levels shall be determined in accordance with the following criteria: (a) consistent with the goal of achieving a balance between anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases in the second half of this century; (b) the mere presence of carbon stocks is excluded from accounting; (c) robust and credible accounting, to guarantee that emissions and removals resulting from biomass use are properly accounted for; (d) carbon pool of harvested wood products, providing a comparison between assuming instantaneous oxidation and applying the first-order decay function and half-life values; (e) account the objective of contributing to the conservation of biodiversity and the sustainable use of natural resources, as set out in the EU Forest Strategy, Member States' national forest policies, and the EU Biodiversity Strategy; (f) consistent with the national projections of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions by sources and removals by sinks reported under Regulation (EU) No 525/2013; (g) consistent with greenhouse gas inventories and relevant historical data and shall be based on transparent, complete, consistent, comparable and accurate information. In particular, the model used to construct the reference level shall be able to reproduce historical data from the national greenhouse gas inventory. deleted Reference levels shall be Reference levels shall ensure that Reference levels should ensure a Reference levels shall include the Reference levels should take into Reference levels shall be Reference levels shall be Or. en (Linked to an amendment to Article 8(1).)
2017/04/06
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 292 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – indent 3
- Imported harvested wood products, irrespective of their origin, are not accounted for by the importing Member State ("producconsumption approach").
2017/04/06
Committee: ENVI