3 Amendments of Jean-François JALKH related to 2012/0288(COD)
Amendment 159 #
Council position
Recital 28 a (new)
Recital 28 a (new)
(28a) For the cultivation of European biofuels to fit harmoniously into sustainable agriculture it will need to be protected by means of demanding agricultural standards in the face of competition from third countries.
Amendment 168 #
Council position
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 98/70/EC
Article 1 – point 11
Article 1 – point 11
11) 'low indirect land-use change-risk biofuels' means biofuels, the feedstocks of which are not listed in Part A of Annex V, or are listed in Part A of Annex V, but were produced within schemes which offset the indirect land-use change by means of action to meet demand on the internal EU market, or which reduce the displacement of production for purposes other than for making biofuels and which were produced in accordance with the sustainability criteria for biofuels laid down in Article 7b. Only the amount of feedstock which corresponds to the actual reduction in displacement achieved through the scheme may be considered. Such schemes may either operate as individual projects at a local level or as policy measures covering partly or entirely the territory of a Member State or a third country. Displacement of production for purposes other than for making biofuels can be reduced if the scheme achieves productivity increases within the area it covers beyond levels which would have prevailed in the absence of such productivity-promoting schemes;
Amendment 228 #
Council position
Article 2 – point 2 – point a
Article 2 – point 2 – point a
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
For the purpose of compliance with the targets referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph, the maximum joint contribution from biofuels and bioliquids produced from cereal and other starch-rich crops, sugars and oil crops shall be no more than the energy quantity corresponding to the maximum contribution as set out in paragraph 4(d). This cap shall not apply to cultivation combining biofuel production with other products which meet a demand in the internal market, including livestock feed.