42 Amendments of Norbert LINS related to 2021/0218(COD)
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Agricultural and horticultural businesses have space and roof area and they produce biomass. These are assets that allow them to play a key role in the energy transition of rural areas and within rural communities, especially given the decentralised production. The sector is a relatively small user of energy and can produce significantly more renewable energy than it needs. This is why the roll- out of energy sharing and energy communities should be further encouraged and supported.
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22 a (new)
Recital 22 a (new)
(22a) Since the feedstocks of advanced biofuels listed in Part A of Annex IX also have a material application, special attention should be paid to cascading and waste hierarchy within this list.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 24 a (new)
Recital 24 a (new)
(24a) The agricultural sector has the potential to produce additional renewable electricity. This renewable electricity is produced in a decentralised way, which is an opportunity in the energy transition. In order to put this electricity on the grid, this grid needs to have sufficient capacity. However, in rural areas the grid often ends and therefore has insufficient capacity to accommodate additional electricity. Grid reinforcement in rural areas should be strongly encouraged so that farms can actually fulfil their potential contribution to the energy transition through decentralised electricity production;
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 24 b (new)
Recital 24 b (new)
(24b) Small-scale on-farm energy production installations have an enormous potential to increase the on- farm circularity by transforming the waste and residual streams of the farm, amongst others manure, into heat and electricity. Therefore, all barriers should be removed to encourage farmers to invest in these technologies towards a circular farm, such as pocket digesters. One of these barriers is the valorisation of residues of the process, for instance RENURE, as well as ammonium sulphate, which should be able to be categorised and used as fertilizers.
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) To ensure higher environmental effectiveness of the Union sustainability and greenhouse emissions saving criteria for solid biomass fuels in installations producing heating, electricity and cooling, the minimum threshold for the applicability of such criteria should be lowered from the current 20 MW to 510 MW.
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a – point i
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a – point i
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 4
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) The Union’s renewable energy policy aims to contribute to achieving the climate change mitigation objectives of the European Union in terms of the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. In the pursuit of this goal, it is essential to also contribute to wider environmental objectives, and in particular the prevention of biodiversity loss, which is negatively impacted by the indirect land use change associated to the production of certain biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels. Contributing to these climate and environmental objectives constitutes a deep and longstanding intergenerational concern for Union citizens and the Union legislator. As a consequence, the changes in the way the transport target is calculated should not affect the limits established on how to account toward that target certain fuels produced from food and feed crops on the one hand and high indirect land-use change-risk fuels on the other hand. In addition, in order not to create an incentive to use biofuels and biogas produced from food and feed crops in transport, Member States should continue to be able to choose whether count them or not towards the transport target. If they do not count them, they may reduce the greenhouse gas intensity reduction target accordingly, assuming that food and feed crop-based biofuels save 50% greenhouse gas emissions, which corresponds to the typical values set out in an annex to this Directive for the greenhouse gas emission savings of the most relevant production pathways of food and feed crop-based biofuels as well as the minimum savings threshold applying to most installations producing such biofuels.
Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Directive 2018/2001
Article 3 – paragraph 4a
Article 3 – paragraph 4a
4a. Member States shall establish a framework, which may include support schemes and facilitating the uptake of renewable power purchase agreements, enabling the deployment of renewable electricity to a level that is consistent with the Member State’s national contribution referred to in paragraph 2 and at a pace that is consistent with the indicative trajectories referred to in Article 4(a)(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999. In particular, that framework shall tackle remaining barriers, including those related to permitting procedures for instance for on-farm medium-sized wind turbines, to a high level of renewable electricity supply. When designing that framework, Member States shall take into account the additional renewable electricity required to meet demand in the transport, industry, building and heating and cooling sectors and for the production of renewable fuels of non- biological origin.;
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 15a – point 4 a (new)
Article 15a – point 4 a (new)
(4a) In order to increase the use of renewable energy in the agricultural sector, the support for small-scale on- farm energy production should be increased; investments in installations that can produce renewable heat and electricity from residual streams and animal waste should be encouraged as this boosts the circularity of the farms.
Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 20 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 3 a (new)
(9a) In Article 20, the following paragraph is inserted: 3a. Member States shall strengthen the electricity grid in rural areas in order to allow farmers to put electricity on the grid and to encourage farms to fulfil their potential contribution to the energy transition through decentralised electricity production;
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 22 a – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 22 a – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. While meeting these targets, the possible price increases of products developed with this energy, such as fertilizers, must always be taken into account. Higher targets should not result in higher prices for fertilizers, and thus ultimately in higher production costs for farmers, at least not without additional support.
Amendment 187 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the amount of renewable fuels and renewable electricity supplied to the transport sector leads to a greenhouse gas intensity reduction of at least 136 % by 2030, compared to the baseline set out in Article 27(1), point (b), in accordance with an indicative trajectory set by the Member State; Member States shall require suppliers, for this reduction, to comply with the following intermediate targets: · 6 % by 31 December 2021, · 9% by 31 December 2024, · 10 % by 31 December 2025, · 11 % by December 2026 · 12 % by December 2027, · 13,5 % by December 2028, · 15 % by December 2029, · 16 % by December 2030.
Amendment 192 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the share of advanced biofuels and biogas produced from the feedstock listed in Part A of Annex IX in the energy supplied to the transport sector is at least 0,2 % in 2022, 0,51 % in 2025 and 2,26 % in 2030, and the share of renewable fuels of non-biological origin is at least 2,6 % in 2030.
Amendment 204 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point a – point i
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point a – point i
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 26 – paragraph 1
Article 26 – paragraph 1
For the calculation of a Member State's gross final consumption of energy from renewable sources referred to in Article 7 and of the greenhouse gas intensity reduction target referred to in Article 25(1), first subparagraph, point (a), the share of biofuels and bioliquids, as well as of biomass fuels consumed in transport, where produced from food and feed crops, shall be no more than one percentage point higher than the share of such fuels in the final consumption of energy in the transport sector in 2020 in that Member State, with a maximum of other than high ILUC-risk feedstock, shall be no more than 7 % of final consumption of energy in the transport sector in that Member State.;
Amendment 205 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point a – point i
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point a – point i
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 26 – paragraph 1
Article 26 – paragraph 1
For the calculation of a Member State's gross final consumption of energy from renewable sources referred to in Article 7 and of the greenhouse gas intensity reduction target referred to in Article 25(1), first subparagraph, point (a), the share of biofuels and bioliquids, as well as of biomass fuels consumed in transport, where produced from food and feed crops, shall be no more than one percentage point higher than the share of such fuels in the final consumption of energy in the transport sector in 202019 in that Member State, with a maximum of 7 % of final consumption of energy in the transport sector in that Member State.;
Amendment 232 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 17 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 17 – point b a (new)
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 28 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 4 (new)
Article 28 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 4 (new)
(ba) The following subparagraph is added: Any addition to the list of feedstocks set out in Part A of Annex IX shall be accompanied by an increase of the targets set out in point b) of Article 25 (1), corresponding to the sustainable potential of these feedstock.
Amendment 237 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point a – point ii
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point a – point ii
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a
— (a) in the case of solid biomass fuels, in installations producing electricity, heating and cooling with a total rated thermal input equal to or exceeding 520 MW,
Amendment 239 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point a – point ii
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point a – point ii
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a
— (a) in the case of solid biomass fuels, in installations producing electricity, heating and cooling with a total rated thermal input equal to or exceeding 510 MW,
Amendment 247 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point b a (new)
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 29 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 29 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b a) The article 29 paragraph 3 point (c) point ii last sentence is replaced by the following: unless the removal of the harvested material is not prohibited in the protected area statutes and thus the production of that raw material did not interfere with those nature protection purposes;
Amendment 249 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point b b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point b b (new)
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 29 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 29 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b b) The article 29 paragraph 3 point (d) point ii last sentence is replaced by the following: unless the harvesting of the raw material is necessary to preserve its status as highly biodiverse grassland.
Amendment 261 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
3. Member States shall take measures to ensure that energy from biomass is produced in a way that minimises undue distortive effects on the biomass raw material market and harmful impacts on biodiversity. To that end , they shall take into account the waste hierarchy as set out in Article 4 of Directive 2008/98/EC and the cascading principle referred to in the third subparagraph.
Amendment 279 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point a – point i
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point a – point i
Amendment 331 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Annex V – part C – point 18
Annex V – part C – point 18
18. For the purposes of the calculations referred to in point 17, the emissions to be divided shall be eec + el + esca + those fractions of ep, etd, eccs and eccr that take place up to and including the process step at which a co-product is produced. In the case of eccr CO2 from fermentation that is captured and re-used for replacing fossil- based CO2 shall be considered an emission saving that is entirely allocated to the biofuel and bioliquids resulting from fermentation. If any allocation to co- products has taken place at an earlier process step in the life-cycle, the fraction of those emissions assigned in the last such process step to the intermediate fuel product shall be used for those purposes instead of the total of those emissions. In the case of biogas and biomethane, all co- products that do not fall under the scope of point 7 shall be taken into account for the purposes of that calculation. No emissions shall be allocated to wastes and residues. Co- products that have a negative energy content shall be considered to have an energy content of zero for the purposes of the calculation. Wastes and residues including all wastes and residues included in Annex IX shall be considered to have zero life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions up to the process of collection of those materials irrespectively of whether they are processed to interim products before being transformed into the final product. Residues that are not included in Annex IX and fit for use in the food or feed market shall be considered to have the same amount of emissions from the extraction, harvesting or cultivation of raw materials, eec as their closest substitute in the food and feed market that is included in the table in part D. In the case of biomass fuels produced in refineries, other than the combination of processing plants with boilers or cogeneration units providing heat and/or electricity to the processing plant, the unit of analysis for the purposes of the calculation referred to in point 17 shall be the refinery;
Amendment 346 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point b a (new)
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point b a (new)
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Annex IX – part C
Annex IX – part C
(b a) c) Part C. Biomass fuel feedstocks for use in stationary installations outside the transport sector, including the following points: 1. Biomass fraction of residues and waste in the primary food processing industry: a) beet pulp (only self-use internal to sector) b) herbs& leaves from beet washing c) cereal husks and fruit shells d) biomass fraction of industrial waste not fit for use in the food and feed chain e) the fibrous fraction of sugar beet after extraction of the diffusion juice, leaves and tails and other liquors obtained after sugar extraction 2. Biomass fraction of sludge from waste water treatment in the primary food processing industry;
Amendment 647 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 17 – point b a (new) Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 17 – point b a (new) Directive (EU) 2018/2001
(ba) in paragraph 6 the following subparagraph is added: “3a. Any addition to the list of feedstocks set out in Part A of Annex IX shall be accompanied by an increase of the targets set out in point b) of Article 25 (1), corresponding to the sustainable potential of these feedstock.”
Amendment 669 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point a – point ii – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point a – point ii – point a
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point a
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point a
— (a) in the case of solid biomass fuels, in installations producing electricity, heating and cooling with a total rated thermal input equal to or exceeding 520 MW,
Amendment 688 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point a b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point a b (new)
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 29 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point ii
Article 29 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point ii
(ab) in paragraph 3, subparagraph 1, point (c), point ii, is replaced by the following: “(ii) for the protection of rare, threatened or endangered ecosystems or species recognised by international agreements or included in lists drawn up by intergovernmental organisations or the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, subject to their recognition in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 30(4), unless evidence is provided thatthe removal of the harvested material is not prohibited in the protected area statutes and thus the production of that raw material did not interfere with those nature protection purposes;”;
Amendment 689 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point a c (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point a c (new)
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 29 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point ii
Article 29 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point ii
(ac) paragraph 3, subparagraph 1, point c point ii is replaced by the following: "(ii) for the protection of rare, threatened or endangered ecosystems or species recognised by international agreements or included in lists drawn up by intergovernmental organisations or the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, subject to their recognition in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 30(4), unless evidence is provided that the productionthe harvesting of thate raw material did not interfis necessary to preserve with those nature protection purposes;s status as highly biodiverse grassland.
Amendment 697 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point b
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 29 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1a
Article 29 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1a
This paragraph, with the exception of the first subparagraph, point (c), also applies to biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from forest biomass, originating from a country or subnational entity or forest sourcing area which does not meet the criteria set out in paragraph 6a or 6b.;
Amendment 710 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point c
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2a
Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2a
The first subparagraph, with the exception of points (b) and (c), and the second subparagraph also apply to biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from forest biomass, originating from a country or subnational entity or forest sourcing area which does not meet the criteria set out in paragraph 6a or 6b.;
Amendment 723 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point d
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 29 – paragraph 5
Article 29 – paragraph 5
5. Biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from agricultural or forest biomass from a country or subnational entity or forest sourcing area which does not meet the criteria set out in paragraph 6a or 6b, taken into account for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1, first subparagraph, points (a), (b) and (c), 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 that raw material does not involve drainage of previously undrained soil and compliance on national, subnational, or forest sourcing area level, in line with the criteria to minimise the risk of using forest biomass derived from unsustainable production referred to in paragraph 6, can be reported by competent authorities.;
Amendment 732 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point d a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point d a (new)
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 29 – paragraph 5 a
Article 29 – paragraph 5 a
(da) the following new paragraph 5a is inserted: Biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from agricultural biomass taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 shall not be made from raw material obtained in a country that is not Party to the Paris Agreement”;
Amendment 872 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 31a – paragraph 1
Article 31a – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall ensure that a Union database is set up to enable the tracing of liquid and gaseous renewableinterfacing with established national datas bases and allows the tracing of biomass fuels and recycled carbon fuels.
Amendment 875 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 31a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 31a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. Member States shall require the relevant economic operators to enter in a timely manner accurate information into thate national or union database on the transactions made and the sustainability characteristics of the fuels subject to those transactions, including their life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions, starting from their point of production to the moment it is consumed in the Union. Information on whether support has been provided for the production of a specific consignment of fuel, and if so, on the type of support scheme, shall also be included in the database.
Amendment 876 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 31a – paragraph 2
Article 31a – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall require biomass fuel suppliers to enter the information necessary to verify compliance with the requirements laid down in Article 25(1), first subparagraph, into the Union database.
Amendment 877 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 31a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 31a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 878 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 31a – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 31a – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
5. Member States shall ensure that the accuracy and completeness of the information included by economic operators in the national or EU database is verified, for instance by using voluntary or national schemes.
Amendment 892 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Directive 98/70/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Amendment 947 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point b a (new)
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point b a (new)
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Annex IX – part B a (new)
Annex IX – part B a (new)
Amendment 948 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c a (new)
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c a (new)
Directive 98/70/EC
Annex I – table
Annex I – table
(ca) With regard to the entry ‘Oxygen content’ the maximum limit is set at "8,0" instead of, "3,7" With regard to the entry ‘Ethanol (stabilising agents may be necessary)’ the maximum limit of "10,0" is replaced by "22,0".