10 Amendments of Marco AFFRONTE related to 2012/0288(COD)
Amendment 114 #
Council position
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In order to ensure the long-term competitiveness of bio-based industrial sectors, and in line with the Commission Communication of 13 February 2012 entitled 'Innovating for Sustainable growth: A Bioeconomy for Europe' and the Commission Communication of 20 September 2011 entitled 'Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe', promoting integrated and diversified biorefineries across Europe, enhanced incentives under Directive 2009/28/EC should be set in a way that gives preference to the use of biomass feedstocks that do not have a high economic or industrial value for uses other than biofuels.
Amendment 121 #
Council position
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council5 helps move the Union closer to becoming a 'recycling society', by seeking to avoid waste generation and to use waste as a resource. The waste hierarchy generally lays down a priority order of what constitutes the best overall environmental option in relation to waste legislation and policy. Member States should support the use of recyclates in line with the waste hierarchy and with the aim of becoming a recycling society, and whenever possible not support the landfilling or incineration of such recyclates. Some of the feedstocks that pose low indirect land-use change risks can be considered to be wastes. However, they may still be used for other purposes that would represent a higher priority than energy recovery in the waste hierarchy as established in Article 4 of Directive 2008/98/EC. It is therefore appropriate for Member States to have due regard to the waste hierarchy principle and the biomass cascading principle in any incentive measures for the promotion of low indirect land-use change risk biofuels or any measures to minimise incentives for fraud in relation to the production of such biofuels, so that incentives to use such biofuel feedstocks do not counter efforts to reduce waste or increase recycling and the efficient and sustainable use of available resources. Member States may include measures they are taking in that respect in their reporting under Directive 2009/28/EC. __________________ 5Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives (OJ L 312, 22.11.2008, p. 3).
Amendment 135 #
Council position
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) The estimated indirect land-use change emissions should be included in the reporting by the Commission of greenhouse gas emissions from biofuels under Directives 98/70/EC counted towards the target in Article 7a(2) of Directive 98/70/EC in order to provide incentives for the biofuels with low indirect land-use change impacts and to ensure the accuracy and credibility of the reduction target for life cycle greenhouse gas emissions. Those emissions should also be included in the reporting by the Commission of greenhouse gas emissions from biofuels under Directives 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC. In order to make sure that Union targets for greenhouse gas emission savings from the use of biofuels and bioliquids are meaningful and effectively met, indirect land-use change emissions should be taken into account when calculating the greenhouse gas emission savings required under the sustainability criteria set out in Directives 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC. Biofuels made from feedstocks that do not lead to additional demand for land, such as those from waste feedstocks, should be assigned a zero emissions factor.
Amendment 156 #
Council position
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) The Commission should review the effectiveness of the measures introduced by this Directive, based on the best and latest available scientific evidence, in limiting indirect land-use change greenhouse gas emissions and addressing ways to further minimise that impact. The Commission should carry out an appropriate analysis in order to evaluate the impact of the implementation of this Directive on the forestry and chemical sectors as well as in related industries.
Amendment 212 #
Council position
Article 2 – point 1
Article 2 – point 1
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point r
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point r
(r) 'ligno-cellulosic material' means material composed of lignin, cellulose and hemicellulose such as biomass sourced from forests, woody energy crops and forest-based industries' residues and wastes, excluding forestry and other wood fractions that are industrially or economically reusable or recyclable for further use;
Amendment 268 #
Council position
Article 2 – point 2 – point b – point iv
Article 2 – point 2 – point b – point iv
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point e – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point e – subparagraph 1
(e) Member States shall seek to achieve the objective of a minimum proportion of biofuels produced from feedstocks and other fuels, listed in part A of Annex IX, being consumed on their territory. To that effect, each Member State shall set a national target, which it shall endeavour to achieve. A reference value for this target is 0,5 percentage points in energy content of the share of energy from renewable sources in all forms of transport in 2020 referred to in the first subparagraph, to be met with biofuels produced from feedstocks and other fuels, listed in part A of Annex IX, and which shall be considered to be twice their energy content in accordance with point (f) of this subparagraph and part A of Annex IX. In addition, biofuels made from feedstocks not listed in Annex IX that were determined to be wastes, residues, non- food cellulosic material or ligno-cellulosic material by the competent national authorities and are used in existing installations prior to the adoption of Directive 2014/…/EU+ of the European Parliament and of the Council*, may be counted towards the national target. __________________ +OJ: please insert the number of this Directive.
Amendment 349 #
Council position
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The report referred to in the first subparagraph shall, if appropriate, be accompanied by a legislative proposal, based on the best available scientific evidence, for introducing adjusted estimated indirect land-use change emissions factors into the appropriate sustainability criteria an. It shall also be accompanied by a review of the effectiveness of the incentives provided for biofuels from non-land using feedstocks and non-food crops under Article 3(4) of Directive 2009/28/EC, and if appropriate by a legislative proposal for promoting advanced biofuels after 2020. The report shall take into account the environmental, social and economic opportunity cost of using raw materials for purposes other than biofuel and bioliquids production in order to ensure that overall positive and adverse impacts are reflected in the report. As part of that report, the Commission shall, in light of Member States' reports pursuant to Article 3(5) of Directive 2009/28/EC, assess the effectiveness of measures taken to prevent and fight fraud, and shall, if appropriate, submit proposals for further measures, including on additional measures to be taken at Union level.
Amendment 370 #
Council position
Annex II – point 1 a (new)
Annex II – point 1 a (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex V – part C – point 7 a (new)
Annex V – part C – point 7 a (new)
(1a) The following point is inserted in part C of Annex V: “7a. Emissions from indirect land-use change shall be calculated in accordance with the values set out in Annex VIII.”
Amendment 418 #
Council position
Annex II – point 3
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part A – point o
Annex IX – part A – point o
(o) Biomass fraction of wastes and residues from forestry and forest-based industries, i.e. bark, branches, pre-commercial thinnings, leaves, needles, tree tops, saw dust, cutter shavings, black liquor, brown liquor, fibre sludge, and lignin and tall oil.
Amendment 437 #
Council position
Annex II – point 3
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part A – point r a (new)
Annex IX – part A – point r a (new)
(ra) Further feedstocks may be added or removed by means of delegated acts to reflect scientific progress and technical development as set out in Article 3(5) of this Directive.