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Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2

(2) The European Council conclusions of October 2014 foresaw that the target should be delivered collectively by the Union in the most cost-effective manner possible, with the reductions in the Emissions Trading System (ETS) and non- ETS sectors amounting to 43% and 30% by 2030 compared to 2005 respectively, with efforts distributed on the basis of relative Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita. All sectors of the economy should contribute to achieving these emission reductions, and all Member States should participate in this effort, balancing considerations of fairness and solidarity, and national targets within the group of Member States with a GDP per capita above the Union average should be relatively adjusted to reflect cost- effectiveness in a fair and balanced manner. Achieving these greenhouse gas emission reductions should boost efficiency and innovation in the European economy and in particular should promote improvements, notably in buildings, agriculture, waste management ~~and~~, transport and dietary patterns, in so far as they fall under the scope of this Regulation.

2017/03/07
Committee: AGRI

Maria HEUBUCH

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)

~~(Effective mitigation actions are listed in line with table70 of the report “Effective~~(2a) In order to achieve those emissions reductions and in an effort to maximise the role of the agriculture sector, Member States should promote mitigation actions with the greatest potential to reduce emissions of non-CO2 gases methane and nitrous oxide and fossil carbon dioxide covered in this Regulation, as well as net emissions of biogenic carbon dioxide covered in Regulation [LULUCF]. Actions with beneficial synergies between biodiversity, environmental, and climate goals should be prioritised. Where mitigation actions have potentially harmful environmental tradeoffs, for example decreasing functional biodiversity, these should either be safeguarded against or avoided. Climate mitigation actions should include: conversion of arable to permanent grassland; management of hedges, buffer strips and trees on agricultural land; new agroforestry and mixed woodland planting schemes of native species; prevention of tree removal and deforestation; use of cover/catch crops and crop residues on land; carbon auditing and soil/nutrient management plans; improved nitrogen efficiency and biological N fixation in rotations and in grass mixes; wetland/peat land restoration and conservation; limiting animal rearing to ensure animals are fed with local feed and to avoid the inefficient feeding of grain to animals in terms of resources and climate; promoting sustainable low- emissions and healthy human diets, containing less animal products, substituted with healthy alternatives in the form of pulses, grains, seeds, vegetables and fruits. Or. en performance of tools for climate action policy”.)

2017/03/07
Committee: AGRI

Maria HEUBUCH

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3

(3) ~~On 10 June 2016 the Commission presented the proposal for the EU to ratify the Paris agreement~~The Council ratified the Paris Agreement on 5 October 2016, following the consent given by the European Parliament on 4 October 2016. The Paris Agreement entered into force on 4 November 2016 and aims at keeping the increase in global temperature to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels. This legislative proposal forms part of the implementation of the EU’s commitment in the Paris agreement. 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.

2017/03/07
Committee: AGRI

Maria HEUBUCH

Proposal for a regulation
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, energy performance of building, renewables, energy efficiency and the Circular Economy, as well as Union funding instruments for climate- related investments, including funding the transition to a sustainable, high biodiversity and low-emissions food and farming system as an important goal of the common agricultural policy (CAP).

2017/03/07
Committee: AGRI

Maria HEUBUCH

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12

(12) Regulation [ ] [on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry into the 2030 climate and energy framework] lays down accounting rules on greenhouse gas emissions and removals relating to land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF). While the environmental outcome under this Regulation in terms of the levels of greenhouse gas emission reductions that are made is affected by taking into account a quantity up to the sum of total net removals and total net emissions from deforested land, afforested land, managed cropland and managed grassland as defined in Regulation [ ], flexibility for a maximum quantity of 280 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent of these removals divided among Member States according to the figures in Annex III should be included as an additional possibility for Member States to meet their commitments when needed. 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 power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of Article 7 to reflect a contribution of the accounting category managed forest land in the flexibility provided by that Article. Before adopting such a delegated act, the Commission should evaluate the robustness of accounting for managed forest land based on available data, and in particular the consistency of projected and actual harvesting rates. In addition, the possibility to voluntarily delete annual emission allocation units should be allowed under this Regulation in order to allow for such amounts to be taken into account when assessing Member States’ compliance with requirements under Regulation [ ].deleted (Linked to deletion of Article 7)

2017/03/07
Committee: AGRI

Maria HEUBUCH

Proposal for a regulation
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 States’ 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, the application of deductions should only be considered at five-year intervals, so that the potential contribution from deforested land, afforested land, managed cropland and managed grassland taking place pursuant to Regulation [ ] can be considered. This is without prejudice to the duty of the Commission to ensure compliance with the obligations of Member States resulting from this Regulation or to the power of the Commission to initiate infringement proceedings for this purpose. (Linked to deletion of Article 7)

2017/03/07
Committee: AGRI

Maria HEUBUCH

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16

(16) In order to provide for the appropriate accounting of transactions under this Regulation ~~including the use of flexibilities~~ and the application of compliance checks the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of Article 11. The necessary provisions should be contained in a single instrument combining the accounting provisions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC, Regulation (EU) No 525/2013, Regulation [ ] and this Regulation. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Inter-institutional Agreement on Better Law-Making of 13 April 2016. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States’ experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts.

2017/03/07
Committee: AGRI

Maria HEUBUCH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1

1. This Regulation applies to the greenhouse gas emissions from IPCC source categories of energy, industrial processes and product use, agriculture and waste as determined pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 525/2013, excluding emissions from the activities listed in Annex I to Directive 2003/87/EC. The zero emission factor for biomass is only applied to bioenergy from waste and residues.

2017/03/07
Committee: AGRI

Maria HEUBUCH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2

2. Subject to the flexibilit~~ies~~y 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, each 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 its greenhouse gas emissions during 2016, 2017 and 2018 determined pursuant to paragraph 3 and ending in 2030 on the limit set for that Member State in Annex I to this Regulation.

2017/03/07
Committee: AGRI

Maria HEUBUCH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4

4. This implementing act shall also specify, based on the percentages notified by Member States under Article 6(2), the quantities that may be taken into account for their compliance under Article 9 between 2021 and 2030. If the sum of all Member States’ quantities were to exceed the collective total of 100 million, the quantities for each Member State shall be reduced on a pro rata basis so that the collective total is not exceeded.deleted

2017/03/07
Committee: AGRI

Maria HEUBUCH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1

1. Member States may use the flexibilities set out in paragraphs 2 to 6 of this Article~~, and in Articles 6 and 7~~.

2017/03/07
Committee: AGRI

Maria HEUBUCH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6

Flexibility for certain Member States following reduction of EU ETS 1. limited cancellation of up to a maximum of 100 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. 2. shall notify the Commission by 31 December 2019 of any intention to make use of a limited cancellation of allowances up to the percentage listed in Annex II for that Member State, for their compliance under Article 9. 3. Central Administrator designated under Article 20 of Directive 2003/87/EC (thereafter “the Central Administrator”) shall take into account the quantity referred to in Article 4(4) for that Member States’ compliance under Article 9. One- tenth of the quantity of allowances determined pursuant to Article 4(4) shall be cancelled pursuant to Article 12(4) of Directive 2003/87/EC for each year from 2021 to 2030.Article 6 deleted allowances Member States that may have a Member States listed in Annex II At a Member State’s request, the

2017/03/07
Committee: AGRI

Maria HEUBUCH

Proposal for a regulation
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 article 7 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.~~grassland

2017/03/07
Committee: AGRI

Maria HEUBUCH

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III

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2017/03/07
Committee: AGRI

14 Amendments of Maria HEUBUCH related to 2016/0231(COD)

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