56 Amendments of Maria GRAPINI related to 2021/0206(COD)
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3 a) The "UN Climate Change Conference UK 2021", known as COP26, committed to the transition to climate neutrality to be just and sustainable, so that no region or community is left behind and highlighted the importance of ensuring a just transition of the workforce and the creation of decent work and quality jobs. The COP26 emphasised the need to support communities and regions that are particularly vulnerable to the economic, employment and social effects of the transition.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Those amendments have differing economic and social impacts on the different sectors of the economy, on the citizens, and the Member States. In particular, the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and the Council31 should provide an additional economic incentive to invest intoEU regions and Member States. The aspect of social compensation is critical to address the greduction of fossil fuel consumption and thereby accelerate the reduction of gen transition and to protect and prevenhouse gas emissions. Combined with other measures, this should, in the medium to long term, reduce the costs for buildings and road transport, and provide new opportunities for job creation and investment. _________________ 31Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union (OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32)t the possible negative impacts on the most vulnerable households and enterprises while maintaining a high level of investment to ensure the success of the ecological transition.
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) However, sufficient, stable and equitable resources are needed to finance those investments. In addition, before they have taken place, the cost supported by households and transport users for heating, cooling and cooking, as well as for road transport, is likely to increase as fuel suppliers subject to the obligations under the emission trading for buildings and road transport pass on costs on carbon to the consumers.
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The increase in the price for fossil fuels maywill disproportionally affect vulnerable households, vulnerable micro- enterprises including SMEs and vulnerable transport users who spend a larger part of their incomes on energy and transport, who, in certain regionthus exacerbating inequalities, and who, in certain regions, especially in rural, peripheral, remote, outermost, insular, mountainous and sparsely populated ones, as well as those in less developed regions or territories and those suffering from other demographic and accessibility challenges, do not have access to alternative, affordable mobility and transport solutions and who may lack the financial capacity to invest into the reduction of fossil fuel consumption.
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Therefore, a part of the revenues generated by the inclusion of building and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC should be used to address the social impacts arising from that inclusion, for the transition to be just and inclusive,Social Climate Fund should be established at EU level, alongside Member States' Social Climate Plans, in order to ensure a green inclusive and just transition that leavinges no one behind.
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) This is even more relevant in view of the existing levels of energy poverty. Energy is essential and access to affordable energy services is a basic social right and essential for social inclusion. Energy poverty is a situation in which households are unable to access essential energy services such as cooling, as temperatures rise, and heating. About 34 million Europeans reported an inability to keep their homes adequately warm in 2018, and 6.9% of the Union population have said that they cannot afford to heat their home sufficiently in a 2019 EU-wide survey32 . Overall, the Energy Poverty Observatory estimates that more than 50 million households in the European Union experience energy poverty. Energy poverty is therefore a major challenge for the Union. While social tariffs or direct income support can provide immediate relief to households facing energy poverty, only targeted structural measures, in particular energy renovations, can provide lasting solutions. _________________ 32 Data from 2018. Eurostat, SILC [ilc_mdes01]).
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12 a) The increasing importance of energy and transport poverty have been acknowledged at EU-level through various initiatives. However, there are no standard Union level definitions and as a result, no transparent and comparable data on energy and transport poverty are available. Therefore, a broad Union level definition of both concepts should be established to target support and monitoring practices, in particular for the most vulnerable households, vulnerable enterprises and vulnerable transport users.
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 b (new)
Recital 12 b (new)
(12 b) Rural areas, which are home to 30.6% of the EU, are more exposed to suffer, particularly those that are sparsely populated, from transport poverty, due to, among others, lack of infrastructure and quality transport services, as well as from a deterioration in existing services and a low frequency or lack of public transport services, resulting in people relying on their own private vehicles and directly impacting in these regions' connectivity and socioeconomic development. To address all the latter, cooperation at EU, national and regional level is needed to incorporate rural mobility in the transition, throughout boosting investment in sustainable transport infrastructure and public transport services, as well as providing support to purchase low and zero-emission vehicles and promoting alternative mobility solutions such as sustainable mobility on demand and shared mobility services in these territories.
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) A Social Climate Fund (‘the Fund’) should therefore be established to provide funds to the Member States to support their policies to address the social impacts of the emissions trading for buildings and road transport on vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises, including SMEs, and vulnerable transport users. Thise Fund should promote fairness and solidarity between and within Member States while mitigating the risk of energy and mobility poverty during the transition and should build on and complement existing solidarity and climate mechanisms. This should be achieved notably through temporary income support and measures and investments intended to reduce reliance on fossil fuels through, on one hand, increased energy efficiency of buildings, decarbonisation of heating and cooling of buildings, including the integration of energy from renewable sources, and granting improvedon the other hand, by granting access to zero- and low-emission mobility and transport, including attractive and safe active mobility, to the benefit of vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises and vulnerable transport usersenterprises, including SMEs, and vulnerable transport users, as well as by promoting the use of affordable and accessible public transport and increasing the quality and frequency of its services particularly in rural areas, and incentivising clean urban transport fleet renewal and the deployment of the corresponding refuelling and recharging infrastructure .
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13 a) The implementation of the Fund should take into account an ex ante impact assessment provided by the Commission, illustrating the socioeconomic impact of the transition on vulnerable households, vulnerable enterprises, including SMEs, and vulnerable transport users in Member States. This assessment should go hand in hand with an EU socioeconomic and governance policy addressing inequalities, in particular energy and transport poverty and social exclusion.
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) For that purpose, each Member State should submit to the Commission a Social Climate Plan (‘the Plan’). Those Plans should pursue twohe following objectives. Firstly, they should provide vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises, including SMEs, and vulnerable transport users the necessarysufficient resources to finance and carry out investments in energy efficiency, decarbonisation of heating and cooling, in of buildings and to access zero- and low- emission vehicles and mobility. Secon, including attractive and safe active mobility. Secondly, the Plans should provide the sufficient resources to promote the use of affordable and accessible public transport and increase the quality and frequency of its services particularly in rural areas, as well as to incentivise clean urban transport fleet renewal and the deployment of the corresponding refuelling and recharging infrastructure. Thirdly, they should mitigate the impact of the increase in the cost of fossil fuels on the most vulnerable and thereby prevent energy and transport poverty during the transition period until such investments have been implemented. The Plans should have an investment component promoting the long-term solution of reduce fossil fuels reliance and could envisage other measures, including temporary direct income support to mitigate adverse income effects in the shorter term.
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14 a) The Plans should also include resources to provide information and awareness-raising support, capacity building and training necessary to implement the investments and measures intended to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and to grant access to zero- and low- emission mobility and transport modes, promote the use of affordable and accessible public transport and increase the quality and frequency of its services particularly in rural areas, incentivise clean urban transport fleet renewal and the deployment of the corresponding refuelling and recharging infrastructure, as well as to increase energy efficiency of buildings, and decarbonisation of heating and cooling of buildings including the integration of energy from renewable sources.
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Member States, in consultation with regional, local level authorities, social partners and civil society organizations, are best placed to design and to implement Plans that are adapted and targeted to their local, regional and national circumstances as their existing policies in the relevant areas and planned use of other relevant EU funds. In that manner, the broad diversity of situations, the specific knowledge of local and regional governments, research and innovation and industrial relations and social dialogue structures, as well as national traditions, can best be respected and contribute to the effectiveness and efficiency of the overall support to the vulnerable.
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Ensuring that the measures and investments are particularly targeted towards energy poor oraddressing energy and transport poverty, particularly in the case of vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises, including SMEs, and vulnerable transport users is key for a just and inclusive transition towards climate neutrality. Support measures to promote reductions in greenhouse gas emissions should help Member States to address the social impacts arising from the emissions trading for the sectors of buildings and road transport.
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Pending the impact of those investments on reducing costs and emissions, well targeted direct income support for the most vulnerable would help the just transition. Such support should be understood to be a temporary measure accompanying the decarbonisation of the housing and transport sectors. It would not be permanent as it does not address the root causes of energy and transport poverty. Such support should only concern direct impacts of the inclusion of building and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC, not electricity or heating costs related to the inclusion of power and heat production in the scope of that Directiveconcern direct impacts of the transition and should address and reduce energy and transport poverty. Eligibility for such direct income support should be limited in time.
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Taking into account the importance of tackling climate change in line with Paris Agreement commitments, and the commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the actions under this Regulation should contribute to the achievement of the target that 30% of all expenditure under the 2021-2027 multiannual financial frameworkat least 30% of the total amount of the Union budget and the European Union Recovery instrument expenditure should be spent on mainstreamto supporting climate objectives and should contribute to the ambition of providing 7.5% of annual spending under the MFF to biodiversity objectives in 2024 and 10% of annual spending to biodiversity objectives in 2026 and 2027, while considering the existing overlaps between climate and biodiversity goals. For this purpose, the methodology set out in Annex II of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council33 should be used to tag the expenditures of the Fund. The Fund should support activities that fully respect the climate and environmental standards and priorities of the Union and comply with the principle of ‘do no significant harm’ within the meaning of Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council34 . Only such measures and investments should be included in the Plans. Direct income support measures should as a rule be considered as having an insignificant foreseeable impact on environmental objectives, and as such be considered compliant with the principle of ‘do no significant harm’. The Commission intends to issue technical guidance to the Member States well ahead of the preparation of the Plans. The guidance will explain how the measures and investments must comply with the principle of ‘do no significant harm’ within the meaning of Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852. The Commission intends to present in 2021 a proposal for a Council Recommendation on how to address the social aspects of the green transition. _________________ 33Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2021 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the Cohesion Fund, the Just Transition Fund and the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund and financial rules for those and for the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, the Internal Security Fund and the Instrument for Financial Support for Border Management and Visa Policy (OJ L 231, 30.6.2021, p. 159). 34 Regulation (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 118 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Women are particularly affected by carbon pricing asdisproportionally affected by the consequences of climate change1a, by energy poverty and are particularly affected by carbon pricing due to the employment, income, pay and pension gaps. Moreover, they represent 85% of single parent families. Single parent families, which have a particularly high risk of child poverty. Gender equality and are under-represented as tenants. Women are also under-represented as car owners and feel more unsafe in public transport, despite using it more1b. All the latter, limits women's involvement in the green and digital mobility transition. Gender equality as well as rights and equal opportunities for all, and the mainstreaming of those objectives, as well as questions of accessibility for persons with disabilities and reduced mobility should be taken into account and promoted throughout the preparation and, implementation and monitoring of Plans to ensure no one is left behind. _________________ 1aEIGE, Area K - Women and the environment: climate change is gendered, 05 March 2020, available at: https://eige.europa.eu/publications/beijing -25-policy-brief-area-k-women-and- environment 1bIPOL study on "Women and transport", available at: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank /nl/document/IPOL_STU(2021)701004
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19 a) Women have different and more complex mobility patterns than those of men. They require more varied means of transport as they are the main responsible persons for care within households. They use more public transport, are more interested in the frequency and quality of service and more affected by transport and mobility affordability1a.Moreover, as transport is a factor that can directly impact and increase poverty and social exclusion, gender mainstreaming should be promoted and implemented into all EU and national transport-related legislation, policies, programmes and actions, including those of the Social Climate Fund and the Member States’ Social Climate Plans. _________________ 1aIPOL study on "Women and transport", available at: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank /nl/document/IPOL_STU(2021)701004
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) The financial envelope of the Fund should, in principle, be commensurate to amounts corresponding to 25% of the expected revenues from the inclusion of buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC in be negotiated within the EU budget and the resource allocation should be negotiated between the European Parliament and the Council as any other EU programme. The budget of the Fund should be at least EUR 23 700 000 000 in current prices for the period 20263-2032. Pursuant to Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/205341 , Member States should make those revenues available to the Union budget as own resources27 and EUR 48 500 000 000 in current prices for the period 2028-2032. This amount could be revised upwards in line with the evolution of the costs of the transition. Member States are to finance 5025 % of the total costs of their Plan themselves. For this purpose, as well as for investment and measures to accelerate and alleviate the required transition for citizens negatively affected, Member States should inter alia use their expected revenues from emissions trading for buildings and road transport under Directive 2003/87/EC for that purpose. _________________ 41Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/2053 of 14 December 2020 on the system of own resources of the European Union and repealing Decision 2014/335/EU, Euratom (OJ L 424, 15.12.2020, p. 1)This share could be revaluated in accordance with the resources allocated to the Fund.
Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)
Recital 23 a (new)
(23 a) In the event of higher carbon price, additional financing should be made available for the Fund to ensure the adequate and fair mitigation of the impact on the most vulnerable households, vulnerable enterprises, including SMEs, and vulnerable transport users.
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
The measures and investments supported by the Fund shall benefit households, micro-enterprises including SMEs and transport users, which are vulnerable and particularly affected by the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC, especially households in energy poverty and citizens without public transport alternative to individual cars (in remote and rural areas)costs of the transition and who suffer from or at risk of energy and transport poverty.
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4
Article 1 – paragraph 4
The general objective of the Fund is to contribute to the transition towards climate neutrality by addressing the social impacts of the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/ECpreventing and addressing the possible socioeconomic impacts of the measures taken at Union and national level to advance in the green transition to achieve the climate neutrality objective set out in Article 2, paragraph 1 of the Regulation EU 2021/1119 ("European Climate Law"). The specific objective of the Fund is to support vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises, including SMEs, and vulnerable transport users through temporary direct income support and through measures and investments intended to, on one hand, increase energy efficiency of buildings, decarbonisation of heating and cooling of buildings, including the integration of energy from renewable sources, and granting improvedon the other hand, granting access to zero- and low-emission mobility and transport. , promoting the use of affordable and accessible public transport and increasing the quality and frequency of its services particularly in rural areas, and incentivising clean urban transport fleet renewal and the deployment of the corresponding refuelling and recharging infrastructure.
Amendment 156 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) ‘building renovation’ means all kinds of energy-related building renovationmeasures to increase energy efficiency in buildings, including the insulation of the building envelope, that is to say walls, roof, floor, the replacement of windows, the decarbonisation of replacement of heating, and cooling and cooking applianc, the replacement of cooking appliances and lighting for more efficient ones, and the installation of on-site production of energy from renewable sources, as well as measures aiming at adapting buildings for people with disabilities and/or reduced mobility;
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) ‘energy poverty’ means energy poverty as defined in point [(49)] of Article 2 of Directive (EU) [yyyy/nnn] of the of the European Parliament and of the Council50 ; _________________ 50[Directive (EU) [yyyy/nnn] of the of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ C […], […], p. […]).] [Proposal for recast of Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency]a household’s inability to meet its basic energy supply needs and lack of access to essential energy services as to guarantee basic levels of comfort and health and a decent standard of living.
Amendment 165 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
(2 a) 'transport poverty' means a household inability to carry out its basic daily mobility to meet its essential socioeconomic needs (such as accessing the workplace, health facilities, education...) resulting of, among others: low income, lack of financial means, inability to replace their combustion engine cars and purchase low or zero- emission vehicles, high fuel costs, lack of affordable or availability of quality and high-frequency public transport services, lack or shortage of alternative mobility solutions;
Amendment 177 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11
(11) ‘vulnerable households’ means households inwhich suffer from or at risk of energy poverty or households, including lower and middle- income ones, that are significantly affected by the price impacts of the inclusion of buildings into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC and lack the means to renovate the building they occupy;measures taken at Union and national level to advance in the green transition to achieve climate neutrality.
Amendment 186 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)
(12 a) ‘small or medium-sized enterprise’ or ‘SME’ means a small or medium-sized enterprise as defined in Article 2 of the Annex to Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC;
Amendment 191 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
(13) ‘vulnerable transport users’ means transport users, including from lower and middle-income households, that are significantly affected by the price impacts of the inclusion of road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC and lack the means to purchase zero- and low- emission vehicles or to switch to alternative sustainable modes of transport, including public transport, particularly in rural and remote areasuffer from or at risk of transport poverty; particular attention should be taken to vulnerable transport users in rural peripheral, remote, outermost, insular, mountainous and sparsely populated regions, as well as those in less developed regions or territories and those suffering from other demographic and accessibility challenges.
Amendment 197 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The Plan may include national m: a) Measures providing temporary direct income support to vulnerable households and households that are vulnerable transport users to address and reduce the impaccost of the increase in the price of fossil fuels resulting from the inclusion of buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC. transition to climate neutrality. Member States that have ongoing national or regional programmes in the areas of energy renovation of buildings and zero and low emissions mobility and transport may allocate up to 100% of the fund's allocation to direct income support. b) Finance measures and investments to increase energy efficiency of buildings, to implement energy efficiency improvement measures, to carry out building renovation, and to decarbonise heating and cooling of buildings, including the integration of energy production from renewable energy sources, to carry out electrical, fire and seismic safety inspection and renovation; c) Finance measures and investments to increase the uptake of zero- and low- emission mobility and transport, to promote the use of affordable and accessible public transport and increase the quality and frequency of its services, particularly in rural areas, and to incentivise clean urban transport fleet renewal and the deployment of the corresponding refuelling and recharging infrastructure.
Amendment 202 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Amendment 238 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) envisaged milestones, targets to reduce the number of vulnerable households, vulnerable enterprises, including SMEs, and an indicative timetable for the implementation of the measures and investments to be completed by 31 July 2032;
Amendment 246 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point j
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point j
(j) for the preparation and, where available, for the implementation of the Plan, a summary of the consultation process provided in Article 3, paragraph 3a (new), conducted in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and with the national legal framework, of local and regional authorities, social partners, civil society organisations, youth organisations and other relevant stakeholders, and how the input of the stakeholders is reflected in the Plan;
Amendment 277 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may include the costs of measures providing temporary direct income support to vulnerable households and vulnerable households that are transport users to absorb the increase in road transport and heating fuel prices. Such support shall decrease over time and be limited to the direct impact of the emission trading for buildings and road transportof fuel prices and other costs of the transition to smart and sustainable mobility. Such support shall decrease over time. Eligibility for such direct income support shall cease within the time limits identified under Article 4(1) point (d).
Amendment 283 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) support building renovations, prioritising social housing and deprived areas, especially for those occupying worst- performing buildings, including in the form of financial support or fiscal incentives such as deductibility of renovation costs from the rent, independently of the ownership of the buildings concerned;
Amendment 286 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) contribute to the decarbonisation, including the electrification, of heating and cooling ofin buildings, and of cooking in, buildings andappliances, as well as the integration of energy from renewable sources that contribute to the achievements of energy savings;
Amendment 296 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) provide accessfinancial support or incentives to access, including for their purchase, to zero- and low- emission vehicles and bikes, including financial support or fiscal incentives for their purchasecycles, as well as for appropriate public and private infrastructure, including for recharging and refuelling; for support concerning low-zero - emission vehicles, a timetable for gradually reducing the supportincentivising its uptake shall be provided;
Amendment 298 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) promote the use of affordable and accessible public transport and increase the quality and frequency of its services particularly in rural areas, granting free access to public transport or adapted tariffs for access to public transport, as well as fostering sustainable mobility on demand and shared mobility services paying particular attention to those areas suffering from demographic and accessibility challenges such as depopulated areas, and incentivising clean urban transport fleet renewal and the deployment of the corresponding refuelling and recharging infrastructure;
Amendment 300 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) support public and private entities in developing and providing affordable zero- and low-emission mobility and transport services and the uptake of attractive and safe active mobility options, for rural, insular, mountainous, remote and less accessible areas or for less developed regions or territories, including less developed peri-urban areatermost, peripheral, remote, mountainous, and sparsely populated regions as well less developed regions or territories, including less developed peri-urban areas, and regions and territories suffering from other demographic and accessibility challenges.
Amendment 307 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
(f a) support training, upskilling and reskilling of the labour force for jobs in sectors related to the transition towards smart and sustainable mobility and to energy-efficient building renovation.
Amendment 308 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point f b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point f b (new)
(f b) provide targeted information and awareness-raising support, capacity building and training necessary to implement the measures and investments listed in Article 6 paragraph 2 of this Regulation.
Amendment 313 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 317 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Where it is proven by the Member State concerned in its Plan that the public interventions referred to in paragraph 1 do not fully off-set the price increase resulting from the inclusion of the sectors of buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/ECcosts of the transition to climate neutrality, direct income support may be included in the estimated total costs in the limits of the price increase not fully off-set.
Amendment 327 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The financial envelope for the implementation of the Fund for the period 20253-2027 shall be at least EUR 23 700 000 000 in current prices.
Amendment 335 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The financial envelope for the implementation of the Fund for the period 2028-2032 shall be at least EUR 48 500 000 000 in current prices, subject to the availability of the amounts under the annual ceilings of the applicable multiannual financial framework referred to in Article 312 TFEU.
Amendment 348 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a Technical assistance of Member States 1) At the initiative of the Member State, the Fund may support actions necessary for the effective administration and use of the Fund, as well as to provide financing to carry out, among others, functions such as preparation, training, management, monitoring, evaluation, visibility and communication. 2) The Member State may propose to undertake additional technical assistance actions to reinforce the capacity and efficiency of public authorities and bodies, beneficiaries and relevant partners necessary for the effective administration and use of the Fund. 3) The amount of technical assistance will be established at 10% of the total amount of the Fund.
Amendment 362 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Amendment 365 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
(i) whether the Plan represents a response to the social impact on and challenges of the costs of the transition faced by vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises, including SMEs, and vulnerable transport users in the Member State concerned from establishing the emission trading system for buildings and road transport established pursuant to Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/EC, especially households in energy poverty, duly taking into account the challenges identified in the assessments of the Commission of the update of the concerned Member State’s integrated national energy and climate plan and of its progress pursuant to Article 9(3), and Articles 13 and 29 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, as well as in the Commission recommendations to Member States issued pursuant to Article 34 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in view of the long-term objective of climate neutrality in the Union by 2050. This shall take into account the specific challenges and the financial allocation of the Member State concerned;
Amendment 379 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point b – point iii a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point b – point iii a (new)
(iii a) whether the consultation for the preparation of the Plan was conducted in accordance with Article 3, paragraph 3a (new).
Amendment 383 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. Where a Social Climate Plan, including relevant milestones and targets, is no longer achievable, either in whole or in part, by the Member State concerned because of objective circumstances, in particular because of the actual direct effeccosts of the emission trading system for buildings and road transport established pursuant to Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/ECtransition to climate neutrality, the Member State concerned may submit to the Commission an amendment of its Plan to include the necessary and duly justified changes. Member States may request technical support for the preparation of such request.
Amendment 387 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 5
Article 17 – paragraph 5
5. By 15 March 2027 each Member State concerned shall assess the appropriateness of its Plans in view of the actual direct effeccosts of the emission trading system for buildings and road transport established pursuant to Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/087/ECtransition. Those assessments shall be submitted to the Commission as part of the biennial progress reporting pursuant to Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999.
Amendment 390 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. After the Commission has adopted a decision as referred to in Article 16, it shall in due time conclude an agreement with the Member State concerned constituting an individual legal commitment within the meaning of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 covering the period 20253-2027. That agreement may be concluded at the earliest one year before the year of the start of the auctions under Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/EC.
Amendment 403 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) in 2027, an assessment of the Plan referred to in Article 17(5) in view of the actual direct effects of the emission trading system for buildings and road transport established pursuant to Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/087/ECcosts of the transition;
Amendment 405 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. By 1 July 20284, the Commission shall provide the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions with an early evaluation report on the implementation and functioning of the Fund.
Amendment 407 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 24 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. By 1 July 2026 the Commission shall provide the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions with an evaluation report on the implementation and functioning of the Fund.
Amendment 412 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3
Article 24 – paragraph 3
3. The evaluation report shall, in particular, assess to which extent the objectives of the Fund laid down in Article 1 have been achieved, the efficiency of the use of the resources and the Union added value. It shall consider the continued relevance of all objectives and actions set out in Article 6 in light of the impact on greenhouse gas emissions from the emission trading system for buildings and road transport pursuant to Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/EC and from thef the measures taken at Union and national level to advance in the green transition to achieve the climate neutrality objective, as well as the impact of national measures taken to meet the binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council63 . It shall also consider the continued relevance of the financial envelope of the Fund in relation to possible developments concerning the auctioning of allowances under the emission trading system for buildings and road transport pursuant to Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/ECcosts of the transition and other relevant considerations. _________________ 63Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 contributing to climate action to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 (OJ L 156, 19.6.2018, p. 26-42).
Amendment 415 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 2