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82 Amendments of Henna VIRKKUNEN related to 2016/0382(COD)

Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 61 a (new)
(61a) While facilitating the development of emerging forms of renewable energy production remains an important goal, it is also crucial to remember the important role and recognize the benefits to the functioning of energy systems of renewable energy production such as hydropower and biomass.
2017/06/28
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 76 a (new)
(76a) Risk-based approach is carried out starting at country level. If requirements of single criterion cannot be fulfilled by national and/or sub-national legislation or monitoring systems, the information regarding that part should be provided at supply base level in order to reduce the risk of using unsustainable forest biomass production.
2017/06/28
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 80
(80) Based on experience in the practical implementation of the Union sustainability criteria, it is appropriate to strengthennote the role of voluntary international and national certification schemes for verification of compliance with the sustainability criteria in a harmonised manner.
2017/06/28
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e e
(ee) ‘advanced biofuels’ means biofuels that are produced from feedstocks listed in part A of Annex IX;biomass other than food/feed crops while meeting the EU sustainability regime under the legislation in force.
2017/06/28
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
(ba) For the purpose of complying with the target set out in Article 3(1)(a), the contribution of fuels supplied in the aviation and maritime sector shall be considered to be 2 times the energy content
2017/06/28
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Member States shallmay ensure that no guarantees of origin are issued to a producer that receives financial support from a support scheme for the same production of energy from renewable sources. Member States shall issue such guarantees of origin and transfer them to the market by auctioning them. The revenues raised as a result of the auctioning shall be used to offset the costs of renewables support.
2017/06/28
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 166 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 7
7. The right to disconnect or switch supplier may be exercised by individual customers, by joint undertakings formed by customers or by parties acting on the behalf of customers. For multi-apartment blocks, such disconnection may only be exercised at whole building level.
2017/06/28
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 183 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point b – paragraph 1
for the calculation of the numerator, the energy content of advanced biofuels and other biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock listed in Annex IXbiogas, renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non- biological origin, waste based fossil fuels supplied to all transport sectors, and renewable electricity supplied to road vehicles, shall be taken into account.
2017/06/28
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 187 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point b – paragraph 2
For the calculation of the numerator, the contribution from biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock included in part B of Annex IX shall be limited to 1.7% of the energy content of transport fuels supplied for consumption or use on the market and the contribution of fuels supplied in the aviation and maritime sector shall be considered to be 1.2 times their energy content.
2017/06/28
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 189 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
(18) Without prejudice to adaptations of support schemes to bring them in line with State aid rules, renewables support policies should be stable and avoid frequent or retroactive changes. Such changes have a direct impact on capital financing costs, the costs of project development and therefore on the overall cost of deploying renewables in the Union. Member States should prevent the revision of any support granted to renewable energy projects from having a negative impact on their economic viability. In this context, Member States should promote cost-effective support policies and ensure their financial sustainability for consumers.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 232 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 45
(45) It is important to provide information on how the supported electricity is allocated to final customers. In order to improve the quality of that information to consumers, Member States should ensure that guarantees of origin are issued for all units of renewable energy produced. In addition, with a view to avoiding double compensation, renewable energy producers already receiving financial support should not receive guarantees of origin. However, those guarantees of origin should be used for disclosure so that final consumers can receive clear, reliable and adequate evidence on the renewable origin of the relevant units of energy. Moreover, for electricity that received support, the guarantees of origin should be auctioned to the market and the revenues should be used to reduce public subsidies for renewable energy.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 253 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 76
(76) To ensure that, despite the growing demand for forest biomass, harvesting is carried out in a sustainable manner in forests where regeneration is ensured, that special attention is given to areas explicitly designated for the protection of biodiversity, landscapes and specific natural elements, that biodiversity resources are preserved and that carbon stocks are tracked, woody raw material should come only from forests that are harvested in accordance with the principles of sustainable forest management developed under international forest processes such as Forest Europe and are implemented through national laws or the best management practices at the forest holdingsupply base level. Operators should take the appropriate steps in order to minimise the risk of using unsustainable forest biomass for the production of bioenergy. To that end, operators should put in place a risk- based approach. In this context, it is apporopriate for the Commission together with the Standing Forestry Committee as established by Council Decision 89/367/EEC24, to develop operational guidance on the verification of compliance with the risk based approach, following the consultation of the Energy Union Governance Committee, and the Standing Forestry Committee established by Council Decision 89/367/EEC24. __________________ 24 Council Decision 89/367/EEC of 29 May 1989 setting up a Standing Forestry Committee (OJ L 165, 15.6.1989, p. 14).
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 259 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 76 a (new)
(76a) A 'risk-based approach' is carried out starting at country level. If requirements of a single criterion cannot be fulfilled by national and/or subnational legislation or monitoring systems, the information regarding that part should be provided at supply base level in order to reduce the risk of unsustainable forest biomass production.
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 330 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e e
(ee) ‘advanced biofuels’ means biofuels that are produced from feedstocks listed in part A of Annex IXbiomass other than food/feed crops while meeting the EU sustainability criteria under the legislation in force;
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 346 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) ‘energy from renewable sources’ means energy from renewable non-fossil sources, namely wind, solar (solar thermal and solar photovoltaic) and, geothermal energy, ambient heat, tide, wave and other ocean energy, hydropower, biomass, landfill gas, sewage treatment plant gas and biogases and recovered heat from buildings and processes;
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 355 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point j j
(jj) ‘harvesting permit’ means an official document giving the right to harvest the forest biomass;deleted
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 359 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point ll a (new)
(lla) ‘supply base’ means the geographic region from which biomass feedstock originates;
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 360 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point m m
(mm) ‘forest holding’ means one or more parcels of forest and other wooded land which constitute a single unit from the point of view of management or utilisation;deleted
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 362 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) 'geothermal energy' means energy stored in the form of heat beneath the surface of solid earth;
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 371 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) ‘district heating’ or ‘district cooling’ means the distribution of thermal energy in the form of steam, hot water or chilled liquids, from a central or decentralized sources of thermal energy source of production through a network to multiple buildingcustomers or sites, for the use of space or process heating or cooling;
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 377 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point g
(g) ‘biofuels’ means liquid or gaseous fuel for transport produced from biomass;
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 389 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point y
(y) 'waste heat or cold' means heat or cold which is generated as by-product in industrial, tertiary sector or power generation installations and which would be dissipated unused in air or water without access to a district heating or cooling system;
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 397 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point z
(z) ‘repowering’ means renewing power plants producing renewable energy, including the full or partial replacement of installations or operation systems and equipment, in order to replace or increase capacity or increase efficiency;
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 411 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a a
(aa) ‘renewable self-consumer’ means an active customer as defined in Directive [MDI Directive] who consumes and may store and sell renewable electricity which is generated within his or its premisesbehind the point of his or its connection to the grid, including a multi- apartment block, a commercial or shared services site or a closed distribution system, provided that, for non-household renewable self- consumers, those activities do not constitute their primary commercial or professional activity;
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 424 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c c
(cc) ‘power purchase agreement’ means a contract under which a legal or natural person agrees to purchase renewable electricity directly from an energy generator;
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 433 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e e
(ee) ‘advanced biofuels’ means biofuels that are produced from feedstocks listed in part A of Annex IXbiomass other than food/feed crops while meeting the EU sustainability criteria under the legislation in force;
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 453 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point q q
(qq) 'biogas' means gaseous fuels produced from biomass by digestion or thermal gasification, regardless of physical form (gas, liquefied gas, etc.);
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 456 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point qq a (new)
(qq a) 'solid fuels' are fuels other than liquid and gaseous fuels;
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 522 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Subject to State aid rules, in order to reach the Union target set in Article 3(1), Member States may apply support schemes. Support schemes for electricity from renewable sources shall be designed so as tomarket- based and market responsive, thereby fostering market integration, avoiding unnecessary distortions of electricity markets, and ensureing that producers take into account the supply and demand of electricity as well as possible grid constraints.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 558 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. With effect from 1 January 2021, Member States shall require fuel suppliers to include a minimum share of energy from advanced biofuels and other biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock listed in Annex IX, from renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non- biological origin, from waste-based fossil fuels and from renewable electricity in the total amount of transport fuels they supply for consumption or use on the market in the course of a calendar year.
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 573 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. When support for Renewable Energy is granted through tendering and in order to ensure a high project realisation rate, Member States shall define and publish: – non-discriminatory and transparent pre-qualification criteria and rules on the delivery period of the project; – a long-term schedule in relation to expected tenders for support for energy from renewable sources;
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 602 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Member States shall review the possible impact on the industrial sector from the financial model chosen for support schemes. This assessment shall include measures to preserve industrial global competitiveness.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 603 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point b – subparagraph 1
(b) for the calculation of the numerator, the energy content of advanced biofuels and other biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock listed in Annex IX, renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin, waste based fossil fuels supplied to all transport sectors, and renewable electricity supplied to road vehicles, shall be taken into account.
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 606 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Six months after the adoption of this Directive, the Commission shall review the Environment and Energy State Aid Guidelines (EEAG) for the period until 2030.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 615 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point b – subparagraph 2
For the calculation of the numerator, the contribution from biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock included in part B of Annex IX shall be limited to 1.7% of the energy content of transport fuels supplied for consumption or use on the market and the contribution of fuels supplied in the aviation and maritime sector shall be considered to be 2 times and 1.2 times their energy content respectively.
2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 647 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall assess by 2025 the benefits on the cost-effective deployment of renewable electricity in the Union of provisions set out in this Article. On the basis of this assessment, the Commission may propose to increasemodify the percentages set out in paragraph 2.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 674 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
Ambient heat and geothermal energy captured by heat pumps shall be taken into account for the purposes of paragraph 1(b) provided that the final energy output significantly exceeds the primary energy input required to drive the heat pumps. The quantity of heat to be considered as energy from renewable sources for the purposes of this Directive shall be calculated in accordance with the methodology laid down in Annex VII.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 678 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
(ba) For the purpose of complying with the target set out in Article 3(1), the contribution of fuels supplied in the aviation sector shall be considered to be 2 times the energy content
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 738 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 4
4. Biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from agricultural biomass taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 shall not be made from raw material obtained from land that was peatland in January 2008, unless evidence is provided that the cultivation and harvesting of raw material does not involve drainage of previously undrained soil.
2017/07/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 740 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Member States shall, in their building regulations and codes or by other means with equivalent effect, require the use of minimum levels of energy from renewable sources in new buildings and in existing buildings that are subject to major renovation, reflecting the results of the cost-optimal calculation carried out pursuant to Article 5(2) of Directive 2010/31/EU. Member States shall permit those minimum levels to be fulfilled, inter alia, through district heating and cooling produced using a significant proportion of renewable energy sources.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 741 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Member States shall, in their building regulations and codes or by other means with equivalent effect, require the use of minimum levels of energy from renewable sources in new buildings and in existing buildings that are subject to major renovation, reflecting the results of the cost-optimal calculation carried out pursuant to Article 5(2) of Directive 2010/31/EU. Member States shall permit those minimum levels to be fulfilled, inter alia, using a significant proportion of renewable energy sources and/or waste heat and cold.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 746 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a – point i
i) harvesting is carried out in accordance to the conditions of the harvesting permit within legally gazetted boundarieslegally;
2017/07/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 757 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a – point iii
iii) areas of highdesignate by national law or by relevant competent national authorities, for nature conservation valuepurposes, including wetlands and peatlands, are protected;
2017/07/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 761 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 9
9. Member States shall remove administrative, regulatory and information barriers to corporate long- term power purchase agreements to finance renewables and facilitate their uptake, and ensuring that these are not subject to disproportionate charges that are not cost reflective.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 767 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a – point iv
iv) the impacts of forest harvestingharvesting is carried out taking into account maintenance onf soil quality and biodiversity are minimised; and
2017/07/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 778 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a – point v
v) harvesting does not exceedmaintains or improves the long-term productionvity capacity of the forest at country level;
2017/07/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 780 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 4
4. The permit granting process referred to in paragraph 1 shall not exceed a period of three years, except for the cases set out in Article 16(5) and Article 17, and allowing for potential legal appeals that may arise.
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 787 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – introductory part
(b) when evidence referred to in the first subparagraph is not available, the biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from forest biomass shall be taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 if managementappropriate control systems are in place at forest holdingthe supply base level to ensure that:
2017/07/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 799 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point i
i) the forest biomass has been harvested according to a legal permitlegally;
2017/07/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 806 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point iii
iii) areas of high conservation valuedesignated, by national law or by relevant competent national authorities, for nature protection purposes, including peatlands and wetlands, are identified and protected;
2017/07/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 823 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point v
v) harvesting does not exceedmaintains or improves the long-term productionvity capacity of the forest.
2017/07/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 825 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b – point v
v) harvesting does not exceed the long-term productionvity capacity of the forests in Member States.
2017/07/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 836 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Member States shall ensure that no guarantees of origin are issued to a producer that receives financial support from a support scheme for the same production of energy from renewable sources. Member States shall issue such guarantees of origin and transfer them to the market by auctioning them. The revenues raised as a result of the auctioning shall be used to offset the costs of renewables support.deleted
2017/07/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 841 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
When evidence referred to in the first subparagraph is not available, the biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from forest biomass shall be taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 if managementappropriate control systems are in place at forest holdingthe supply base level to ensure that carbon stocks and sinks levels in the forest are maintained.
2017/07/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 847 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 4
By 31 December 2023, the Commission shall assess whether the criteria set out in paragraphs 5 and 6 effectively minimise the risk of using unsustainable forest biomass and address LULUCF requirements, on the basis of available data. The Commission shall, if appropriate, present a proposal to modify the requirements laid down in paragraphs 5 and 6.deleted
2017/07/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 906 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 3
3. Subject to their assessment included in the integrated national energy and climate plans in accordance with Annex I of Regulation [Governance], on the necessity to build new infrastructure for district heating and cooling produced from renewable energy sources and waste heat or cold in order to achieve the Union target referred to in Article 3(1) of this Directive, Member States shall, where relevant, take steps with a view to developing a district heating infrastructure to accommodate the development of heating and cooling production from large biomass, solar and geothermal facilities and waste heat or cold.
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 908 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 10
10. For the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1, Member States may place additional sustainability requirements for biomass fuels.deleted
2017/07/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 923 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) are entitled to carry out self- consumption and sell, including through power purchase agreements, their excess production of renewable electricity without being subject to disproportionate procedures and without being subject to or benefitting from charges that are not cost- reflective;
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 936 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) maintain their rights as consumers; , and;
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 939 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) are not considered as energy suppliers according to Union or national legislation in relation to the renewable electricity they feed into the grid not exceeding 10 MWh for households and 500 MWh for legal persons on an annual basis; andeleted
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 954 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Member States may set a higher threshold than the one set out in point (c).deleted
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 960 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that renewable self-consumers living in the same multi-apartment block, or located in the same commercial, or shared services, site or closed distribution system, are allowed to jointly engage in self- consumption as if they were an individual renewable self-consumer. In this case, the threshold set out in paragraph 1(c) shall apply to each renewable self-consumer concerned.
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1018 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex IX
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2017/07/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1018 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 2
2. Without prejudice to State aid rules, when designing support schemes, Member States shall take into account the specificities of renewable energy communities., while ensuring a level playing field between all generators of electricity from renewable energy sources;
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1036 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1
1. In order to facilitate the penetration of renewable energy and/or waste heat and cold in the heating and cooling sector, each Member State shall endeavour to increase the share of renewable energy and/or waste heat and cold supplied for heating and cooling by at least 1 percentage point (pp) every year, expressed in terms of national share of final energy consumption and calculated according to the methodology set out in Article 7.
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1043 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1
1. In order to facilitate the penetration of renewable energy in the heating and cooling sector, each Member State shall endeavour todevelop an incentivizing framework aimed at increaseing the share of renewable energy supplied for heating and cooling by at least 1 percentage point (pp) every year, expressed in terms of national share of final energy consumption and calculated according to the methodology set out in Article 7.
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1055 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) physical incorporation of renewable energy and/or waste heat and cold in the energy and energy fuel supplied for heating and cooling;
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1061 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) direct mitigation measures such as installation of highly efficient renewable heating and cooling systems in buildings or renewable energy and/or waste heat and cold use for industrial heating and cooling processes;
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1070 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
(ca) other policy measures with an equivalent effect to reach the increase set out in paragraph (1).
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1080 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – point b
(b) the total amount of renewable energy and/or waste heat and cold supplied for heating and cooling;
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1087 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – point d
(d) the type of renewable energy and/or waste heat and cold source.
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1103 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that district heating and cooling suppliers provide information to end-consumers on their energy performance and the share of renewable energy and/or waste heat and cold in their systems. Such information shall be in accordance with standards used under Directive 2010/31/EU.
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1120 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 3
3. Member States may restrict the right to disconnect or switch supplier to customers who can prove that the planned alternative supply solution for heating or cooling results in a significantly better energy performance. The performance assessment of the alternative supply solution may be based on the Energy Performance Certificate as defined in Directive 2010/31/EU.
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1127 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall lay down the necessary measures to ensure non- discriminatory access to dthat there are no regulatory barriers for District hHeating or cand Cooling systems forto buy heat or cold produced from renewable energy sources and for waste heat or cold. This non- discriminatory access shall enable direct supply of heating or cooling from such sources to customers connected to when it is economically and technically feasible for the dDistrict hHeating or cooling system by suppliers other than the operator ofsystem operators and customers connected to the dDistrict hHeating or cooling sSystem.
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1132 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 5
5. An operator of a district heating or cooling system may refuse access to suppliers where the system lacks the necessary capacity due to other supplies of waste heat or cold, of heat or cold from renewable energy sources or of heat or cold produced by high-efficiency cogeneration. Member States shall ensure that where such a refusal takes place the operator of the district heating or cooling system provides relevant information to the competent authority according to paragraph 9 on measures that would be necessary to reinforce the system.deleted
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1140 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 6
6. New district heating or cooling systems may, upon request, be exempted from the application of paragraph 4 for a defined period of time. The competent authority shall decide on such exemption requests on a case-by-case basis. An exemption shall only be granted if the new district heating or cooling system constitutes 'efficient district heating and cooling' within the meaning of Article 2(41) of Directive 2012/27/EU and if it exploits the potential for the use of renewable energy sources and of waste heat or cold identified in the comprehensive assessment made in accordance with Article 14 of Directive 2012/27/EU.deleted
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1145 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 7
7. The right to disconnect or switch supplier may be exercised by individual customers, by joint undertakings formed by customers or by parties acting on the behalf of customers. For multi-apartment blocks, such disconnection may only be exercised at whole building level.
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1148 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 8
8. Member States shall require electricity distribution system operators to assess at least biennially, in cooperation with the operators of district heating or cooling systems in their respective area, the potential of district heating or cooling systems to provide balancing and other system services, including demand response and storing of excess electricity produced from renewable sources and if the use of the identified potential would be more resource- and cost-efficient than alternative solutions.
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1150 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 9
9. Member States shall designate one or more independcompetent authorities to ensure that the rights of consumers and the rules for operating district heating and cooling systems in accordance with this Article are clearly defined and enforced.
2017/07/05
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1163 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
With effect from 1 January 2021, Member States shall require fuel suppliers to include a minimum share of energy from advanced biofuels and other biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock listed in Annex IX, from renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non- biological origin, from waste-based fossil fuels and from renewable electricity in the total amount of transport fuels they supply for consumption or use on the market in the course of a calendar year.
2017/07/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1193 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point b – paragraph 1
for the calculation of the numerator, the energy content of advanced biofuels and other biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock listed in Annex IX, renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non- biological origin, waste based fossil fuels supplied to all transport sectors, and renewable electricity supplied to road vehicles, shall be taken into account.
2017/07/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1204 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point b – paragraph 2
For the calculation of the numerator, the contribution from biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock included in part B of Annex IX shall be limited to 1.7% of the energy content of transport fuels supplied for consumption or use on the market and the contribution of fuels supplied in the aviation and maritime sector shall be considered to be 2 times and 1.2 times their energy content respectively.
2017/07/31
Committee: ITRE