18 Amendments of Merja KYLLÖNEN related to 2016/0230(COD)
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
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 scientists agree requires the world to enter into a period of negative emissions, where forests, agriculture land and wetlands/peatlands will play a central role in achieving this. 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.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) The coherence between this Regulation, Regulation [(EU) ... 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], Directive [(EU)... to enhance cost-effective emission reductions and low-carbon investments] and the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement should be ensured.
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) Advanced management practices beneficial to landowners and respecting biodiversity can contribute significantly to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the LULUCF sector. Promoting the development of innovative practices and encouraging landowners to make use of advanced management practices, such as precision agriculture, close-to-nature forestry and smart farming are potential means of helping Member States to reach their targets.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 b (new)
Recital 7 b (new)
(7b) 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.
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Emissions and removals from forest land depend on a number of natural circumstances, age-class structure, as well as past and present management practices that differ between Member States. The use of a base year would not make it possible to reflect those factors and resulting cyclical impacts on emissions and removals or their interannual variation. The relevant accounting rules should instead provide for the use of reference levels to exclude the effects of natural and country- specific characteristics. In the absence of the international review under the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol, a review procedure should be established to ensure transparency and improve the quality of accounting in this category.
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) When the Commission chooses to be assisted bFor the review of the national forestry accounting plans, an expert review team, consisting of experts on climate change mitigation, Forest Ecology, sustainable forest management and biodiversity ain expert review teamqual numbers should be set up in accordance with Commission Decision (C(2016)3301) in the review of national forestry accounting plans, it. The expert review team should build on the good practice and experience of the expert reviews under the UNFCCC, including as regards participation of national experts and recommendations, and select a sufficient number of experts from the Member States should be selected.
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) 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 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-accounting. and should not discourage Member States from investing in and taking preventative measures that reduce the risk of the occurrence of natural disturbances.
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
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 without compromising the overall ambition level of Union greenhouse gas reduction targets.
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In order to ensure efficient, transparent and cost-effective reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions and removals and of other information necessary to assess compliance with Member States' commitments, reporting requirements should be included in Regulation (EU) No. 525/2013 by this Regulation, and compliance checks under this Regulation should take these reports into account. Regulation (EU) No. 525/2013 should therefore be amended accordingly. These provisions may further be streamlined to take into consideration any relevant changes in respect of the integrated governance of the Energy Union for which a proposal is foreseen by the end of 2016 in the Commission’s work programme.
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) harvested wood products.
Amendment 157 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a Adherence to the Biodiversity Strategy In order for removals to be included in the accounts of a Member State, the Member State concerned shall ensure that its mitigation activities do not negatively impact Union biodiversity objectives, as specified in the EU biodiversity strategy.
Amendment 199 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
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 currentsustainable 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 years defined by the Forest Europe process, expressed in tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year, whereby at minimum maintaining the forest net carbon sink and ensuring stable increase in carbon stocks of forests and harvested wood products, while allowing the forest sector to maintain biodiversity and meet growing needs of the post- petroleum era. These calculations shall include the most recent national forest data and policies up to 2017 for the period 2021-2025, and up to 2022 for the period 2026-2030 and take into account the long timeframes in forestry.
Amendment 222 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5
Article 8 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall review the national forestry accounting plans and technical corrections and assess the extent to which the proposed new or corrected forest reference levels have been determined in accordance with the principles and requirements set out in paragraphs (3) and (4) as well as Article 5(1). A review team consisting of Member States experts on climate change mitigation, forest ecology, sustainable forest management and biodiversity in equal number, shall assist the Commission in the review. To the extent that this is required in order to ensure compliance with the principles and requirements set out in paragraphs (3) and (4) as well as Article 5(1), the CommissionMember States may recalculate the proposed new or corrected forest reference levels.
Amendment 232 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 6
Article 8 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission shall, by 31 December 2019 with a view to the period 2021-2025, and by 31 December 2024 with a view to the period 2026-2030, adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 14 to amend Annex II in the light of the reviewassessment carried out pursuant to paragraph (5) to update Member State forest reference levels based on the national forestry accounting plans or the technical corrections submitted, and any recalculations made in the context of the review. Until the entry into force of the delegated act, Member State forest reference levels as specified in Annex II shall continue to apply for the period 2021- 2025 and/or 2026-2030.
Amendment 239 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The Commission shall, by 31 December 2019, adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 14 in order to update the categories in the pool of harvested wood products with additional products that have a positive substitution effect. The delegated act shall also update the default half-life values specified in Annex V.
Amendment 259 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. To ensure the compliance with the Union’s commitments in accordance with articles 3, 4 and 14 of the Paris Agreement, the Commission shall report, on the basis of an independent report from the European Environmental Agency, to the European Parliament and to the Council the impacts of this regulation on climate change mitigation on one hand and on forests, other wooded land and biodiversity on the other, and on the need to review this regulation or to submit other legislative proposals in order to guarantee the Union´s climate action.
Amendment 267 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall ensure coherence between this Regulation, Regulation [(EU) ... 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], Directive [(EU)... to enhance cost- effective emission reductions and low- carbon investments] and the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement. To this end, the Commission shall report 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 long-term goals of the Paris Agreement, and may make proposals if appropriate.