32 Amendments of Piernicola PEDICINI related to 2016/0231(COD)
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) On 10 June 2016 the Commission presented the proposal for the EU to ratify the Paris agreement. This legislative proposal forms part of the implementation of the EU's commitment in the Paris agreement and recognises the need to limit the rise in temperature to 1.5° by the end of the century. The Union's commitment to economy-wide emission reductions was confirmed in the intended nationally determined contribution of the Union and its Member States that was submitted to the Secretariat of the UNFCCC on 6 March 2015. .
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The transition to clean energy requires changes in investment behaviour and incentives across the entire policy spectrum, starting with the reduction and optimisation of energy consumption. It is a key Union priority to establish a resilient Energy Union to provide secure, sustainable, competitive and affordable energy to its citizens. Achieving this requires continuation of ambitious climate action with this Regulation and progress on the other aspects of Energy Union as set out in the Framework Strategy for a Resilient Energy Union with a Forward- Looking Climate Change Policy.16. _________________ 16 COM(2015)80.
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Data currently reported in the national greenhouse gas inventories and the national and Union registries are not sufficient to determine, at Member State level, the CO2 civil aviation emissions at national level that are not covered by Directive 2003/87/EC. In adopting reporting obligations, the Union should not impose upon Member States and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) burdens that are disproportionate to the objectives pursued. CO2 emissions from flights not covered by Directive 2003/87/EC represent only a very minor part of the total greenhouse gas emissions, and establishing a reporting system for these emissions would be unduly burdensome in the light of existing requirements for the wider sector pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC. Therefore, CO2 emissions from IPCC source category ‘1.A.3.A civil aviation’ should be treated as being equal to zero for the purposes of this Regulationprovision should be made for subscription to a fund to finance national compensation measures for CO2 emissions from IPCC source category ‘1.A.3.A civil aviation’ for the purposes of this Regulation. The annual subscription charge should be calculated on the basis of an estimate of emissions inferred from fuel consumption in the previous year, to which the market price for the CO2 quotas for the sectors covered by Directive 2003/87/EC should be applied.
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The reduction of each Member State for 2030 shouldmust be determined in relation to the level of its 2005 reviewed greenhouse gas emissions covered by this Regulation, excluding verified emissions from installations that operated in 2005 which were only included in the EU ETS after 2005. Annual emissions allocations for 2021 to 2030 shouldmust be determined on the basis of data submitted by the Member States and reviewed by the Commission.
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The approach of annually binding national limits taken in Decision No 406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council19 should be continued from 2021 to 2030, with the start of the trajectory calculation in 202017 on the average of the greenhouse gas emissions during 2016 to 2018, or the 2020 target, whichever is lower, and the end of the trajectory being the 2030 limit for each Member State. An adjustment to the allocation in 2021 is provided for Member States with both a positive limit under Decision 406/2009/EC and increasing annual emission allocations between 2017 and 2020 determined pursuant to Decisions 2013/162/EU and 2013/634/EU, to reflect the capacity for increased emissions in those years. The European Council concluded that the availability and use of existing flexibility instruments within the non-ETS sectors should be significantly enhanced in order to ensure cost- effectiveness of the collective Union effort and convergence of emissions per capita by 2030. _________________ 19 Decision No 406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the effort of Member States to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to meet the Community’s greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments up to 2020 (OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 136).
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9 a) The emissions reduction of each Member State from 2031 onwards should intend to achieve a linear trajectory leading to at least a 95% greenhouse gas emission reduction, to be achieved reliably by 2050 compared to the 2005 baseline. Each Member State should continue beyond 2031 to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions covered by this Regulation. In order to achieve that goal, Member States should take into account the international objectives of attaining a stable equilibrium between anthropogenic emissions and removal of sinks in the second half of this century. The Commission should present a legislative proposal to achieve that goal.
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) A new one-off flexibility is created in order to facilitate the achievement of targets for Member States with national reduction targets significantly above both the Union average and their cost effective reduction potential as well as for Member States that did not allocate any allowances for free to industrial installations in 2013, as set out in the impact assessment20 . _________________ 20. SWD(2016) 247
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) A range of Union measures enhance Member States’ ability to meet their climate commitments and are crucial to achieving necessary emission reductions in the sectors covered by this Regulation. These include legislation on fluorinated greenhouse gases, CO2-reductions from road vehicles, improvements in the energy performance of buildings, an increase in renewables, greater energy efficiency and promotion of the Circular Economy, as well as Union funding instruments for climate- related investments.
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) In order to ensure efficient, transparent and cost-effective reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions and of other information necessary to assess progress with Member State's annual emissions allocations, the requirements for annual reporting and evaluation under this Regulation are integrated with the relevant Articles under Regulation (EU) No. 525/2013, which should therefore be amended accordingly. The amendment of that Regulation should also ensure that progress of Member States in making emission reductions continues to be evaluated annually, taking into account progress in Union policies and measures and information from Member States. Every two years, the evaluation should include the projected progress of the Union towards meeting its reduction commitments and of Member States towards fulfilling their obligations. However, tThe application of deductions should only be considered at five-year intervals, so that the potential contribution from deforested land, afforested landmust be annual, managed cropland and managed grassland taking place pursuant to Regulation [ ] can be considered. This is without prejudice to the duty ofd the Commission musto ensure compliance with the obligations of Member States resulting from this Regulation or to the power of the Commissionby exercising all its powers and prerogatives, including the power to initiate infringement proceedings for this purposin the event of non-compliance.
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) As a means to enhance the overall cost-effectiveness of total reductions, Member States should be able to transfer part of their annual emission allocation to othoser Member States. The transparency of such transfers should be ensured and may be carried out in a manner that is mutually convenient, including by means whose total reduction targets have already been attained. The transparency of asuctioning, the use of market intermediaries acting on an agency basis, orh transfers should be ensured by way of bilateral arrangements.
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Any adjustments in the coverage as set out in Articles 11, 24, 24a and 27 of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council22 shouldmust be matched by a corresponding adjustment in the maximum quantity of greenhouse gas emissions covered by this Regulation. Consequently, where Member States include additional emissions into their commitments under this Regulation from installations that were previously covered by Directive 2003/87/EC, those Member States should implement additional policies and measures in the sectors covered by this Regulation in order to reduce those emissions. _________________ 22comply with reduction obligations in all sectors. _________________ 22 Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32).
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Regulation lays down obligations on the minimum contributhe annual obligations ofor Member States to meeting threduce greenhouse gas emission reduction commitment of the Unios in the sectors not covered by Directive 2003/87/EC which are necessary in for the periodder to reduce emissions in those sectors by 30% from 2021 to 2030, r. Rules on determining annual emission allocations and for the evaluation of Member States' progress towards meeting their minimum contributions shall also be established.
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall, inby 2030, limitreduce its greenhouse gas emissions at least by the percentage set for that Member State in Annex I to this Regulation in relation to its emissions in 2005 determined pursuant to paragraph 3, whose total amount is -30% in relation to the base year.
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Subject to the flexibilities provided for in Articles 5, 6 and 7, to the adjustment pursuant to Article 10(2) and taking into account any deduction resulting from the application of Article 7 of Decision No 406/2009/EC, eEach Member State shall ensure that its greenhouse gas emissions in each year between 2021 and 2029 do not exceed the level defined by a linear trajectory, starting in 2020 on the average of its17 at the level of its average greenhouse gas emissions duringin the period 2016, -2017 and 2018 determined pursuant to paragraph 38, or its 2020 target, whichever is lower, and ending in 2030 on the limit set for that Member State in Annex I to this Regulation.
Amendment 151 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. In respect of the years 2021 to 20295, a Member State may borrow a quantity of up to 53% from its annual emission allocation for the following year.
Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. A Member State whose greenhouse gas emissions for a given year are below its annual emission allocation for that year, taking into account the use of flexibilities pursuant to this Article and Article 6, may bankuse that excess part of its annual emission allocation to subsequent years until 2030meet the target for the next year.
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. A Member State may transfer up to 5% of its annual emission allocation for a given year to other Member States. Thewhich, before 2030, has already reached its own national targets as provided for in this Regulation and Directive 2003/87/EC may transfer to other Member States up to 50% of the quotas for each year after reaching the target, until 2030. A receiving Member State may use this quantity for compliance under Article 9 for the givenat year or for subsequentthe next two years until 2030.
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6
Article 5 – paragraph 6
Amendment 184 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Member States that may have a limited cancellation of up to a maximum of 1040 million EU ETS allowances as defined in Article 3(a) of Directive 2003/87/EC collectively taken into account for their compliance under this Regulation are listed in Annex II to this Regulation.
Amendment 196 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7
Article 7
Additional use of up to 280 million net removals from deforested land, afforested land, managed cropland and managed 1.To the extent that a Member State's emissions exceed its annual emission allocations for a given year, a quantity up to the sum of total net removals and total net emissions from the combined accounting categories of deforested land, afforested land, managed cropland and managed grassland referred to in Article 2 of Regulation [ ] [LULUCF] may be taken into account for its compliance under Article 9 of this Regulation for that year, provided that: (a)the cumulative quantity taken into account for that Member State for all years of the period from 2021 to 2030 does not exceed the level set in Annex III for that Member State; (b)such quantity is in excess of that Member State's requirements under Article 4 of Regulation [ ][LULUCF]; (c)the Member State has not acquired more net removals under Regulation [ ][LULUCF] from other Member States than it has transferred; and (d)the Member State has complied with the requirements of Regulation [ ] [LULUCF]. 2.Where the delegated act to update the forest reference levels based on the national forestry accounting plans pursuant to Article 8 (6) of Regulation [LULUCF] is adopted, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt a delegated act to modify paragraph 1 of this Article in order to reflect a contribution of the accounting category managed forest land in accordance with Article 12 of this Regulation.rticle 7 deleted grassland
Amendment 232 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. In 2027 and 2032, if the reviewed greenhouse gas emissions of a Member State exceed its annual emission allocation for any specific year of the period, pursuant to paragraph 2 of this Article and the flexibilities used pursuant to Articles 5 to 7, the following measures shall apply:
Amendment 235 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) an addition to the Member State's emission figure of the following year equal to the amount in tonnes of CO2 equivalent of the excess greenhouse gas emissions, multiplied by an annual factor of 1.082, in accordance with the measures adopted pursuant to Article 11; and
Amendment 237 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the Member State shall be temporarily prohibited from transferring any part of its annual emission allocation to another Member State until it is in compliance with this Regulation. The Central Administrator shall implement this prohibition in the registry referred to in Article 11. .
Amendment 243 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Amendment 247 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall ensure the accurate accounting under this Regulation through the Union Registry established pursuant to Article 10 of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013, including annual emission allocations, flexibilities exercised under Article 4 to 7, compliance under Article 9 and changes in coverage under Article 10 of this Regulation. The Central Administrator shall conduct an automated check on each transaction under this Regulation and, where necessary, block transactions to ensure there are no irregularities. This information shall be accessible to the public.
Amendment 251 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 7(2) and 11 of this Regulation shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from the entry into force of this Regulation.
Amendment 253 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. The delegation of powers referred to in Article 7(2) and 11the preceding paragraph may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision of revocation shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.
Amendment 255 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Article 12 – paragraph 4
4. Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State and the European Parliament in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making of 13 April 2016.
Amendment 262 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Amendment 273 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III
Annex III
Amendment 281 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV
Annex IV