48 Amendments of Ulrike MÜLLER related to 2021/0201(COD)
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) In Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council30 , the Union has enshrined the target of economy-wide climate neutrality by 2050 in legislation. That Regulation also establishes a binding Union commitment to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions (emissions after deduction of removals) by at least 55 % below 1990 levels by 2030. All sectors of the economy are expected to contribute to achieving that target, including the land use, land use change and forestry sectorwith the highest priority being the reduction of fossil emissions. The contribution of net removals to the 2030 Union climate target is limited to 225 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. In the context of Regulation (EU) 2021/1119, the Commission reaffirmed in a corresponding statement its intention to propose a revision of Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council31 , in line with the ambition to increase net carbon removals to levels above 300 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in the land use, land use change and forestry sector by 2030. This Regulation must remain as a climate accounting framework for carbon emissions and removals in accordance with the IPCC reporting guidelines. To ensure better regulation and avoiding excessive burden and regulatory overlap, LULUCF should not be extended to encompass other policy areas such as measures in agriculture and forestry, _________________ 30 Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 June 2021 establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulations (EC) No 401/2009 and (EU) 2018/1999 (‘European Climate Law’) (OJ L 243, 9.7.2021, p. 1).’. 31 Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry in the 2030 climate and energy framework, and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 and Decision No 529/2013/EU (OJ L 156, 19.6.2018, p. 1).
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In order to contribute to the increased ambition to reduce greenhouse gas net emissions from at least 40 % to at least 55 % below 1990 levels, binding annual targets for net greenhouse gas removals should be set out for each Member State in the land use, land use change and forestry sector in the period from 2026 to 2030 (in analogy to the annual emission allocations set out in Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council32 ), resulting in a target of 310 millions of tonnes CO2 equivalent of net removals for the Union as a whole in 2030 and should take into account the principles of sustainable forest management as agreed by Forest Europe and FAO. The methodology used to establish the national targets for 2030 should take into account the average greenhouse gas emissions and removals from the years 2016, 2017 and 2018, reported by each Member State, and reflect the current mitigation performance of the land use, land use change and forestry sector, and each Member State’s share of the managed land area in the Union, taking into account the capacity of that Member State to improve its performance in the sector via land management practices or changes in land use that benefit the climate and biodiversity. _________________ 32 Regulation (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).
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In order to enhance greenhouse gas removals, individual farmers or forest managers and owners need a direct incentive to store more carbon on their land and their forests while encouraging to implement sustainable forest management practices. Union should base the LULUCF accounting in line with Article 6 of the Paris Agreement and outcomes of the Glasgow Summit to avoid double counting and enhance the development of robust and harmonized global accounting of carbon removals. New business models based on carbon farming incentives and on the certification of carbon removals need to be increasingly deployed in the period until 2030. Carbon removals should be based on solid financial framework, accounting rules and market based design from public and private resources, whereas CAP-funding must mainly remain targeted for food production and ensuring food security in the Union. Such incentives and business models will enhance climate mitigation in the bio- economy, including through the use of durable harvested wood products and through substitution of fossil-based raw materials, in full respect of ecological principles fostering biodiversity and the circular economy. Hence, new categories of all carbon storage products should be introduced in addition to the harvested wood products all bio-based products, while ensuring new innovative solutions, taking into account the potential of side streams and residues as well as carbon capture and storage technologies. The emerging business models, farming and land management practices to enhance removals contribute to a balanced territorial development and economic growth in rural areas. They also create opportunities for new jobs and provide incentives for relevant training, reskilling and upskilling.
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) There are evident benefits of sustainable forest management in increasing the carbon sink targets by enhancing carbon sinks, preventing natural disturbances and increasing biodiversity.
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 b (new)
Recital 10 b (new)
(10b) It is necessary to underline that there is potential of sustainably sourced growing media constituents for seedlings in carbon sequestration.
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Considering the specificities of the land use, land use change and forestry sector in each Member State caused by fluctuations in the nature, economy and society, as well as the fact that Member States need to increase their performance to achieve their national binding targets, a maximum range of flexibilities within LULUCF-sector and between LULUCF and ESR should remain at the disposal of the Member States, including trading surpluses and the extension of forest- specific flexibilities, while respecting the environmental integrity of the targets.
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Due to the change to reporting- based targets, the greenhouse gas emissions and removals need to be estimated with a higher level of accuracy. Moreover, the updated EU Bioeconomy Strategy, the Communication from the Commission on EU Biodiversity Strategy for 203038 , the Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system39 , the EU Forest Strategy40 , the revised Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council41 and the Communication from the Commission on Forging a climate-resilient Europe - the new EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change42 will all require enhanced monitoring of land, thereby helping to protect and enhance the resilience of nature-based carbon removals throughout the Union. The monitoring and reporting of emissions and removals needs to be upgraded, using advanced technologies available under Union programmes, such as Copernicus, and digital data collected under the Common Agricultural Policy, applying the twin transition of green and digital innovation. _________________ 38 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 - Bringing nature back into our lives (COM(2020) 380 final). 39 COM/2020/381 final. 40 […] 41 Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 82). 42 COM/2021/82 final.
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) In Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council30 , the Union has enshrined the target of economy-wide climate neutrality by 2050 in legislation. That Regulation also establishes a binding Union commitment to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions (emissions after deduction of removals) by at least 55 % below 1990 levels by 2030. All sectors of the economy are expected to contribute to achieving that target, including the land use, land use change and forestry sectorwith the highest priority being the reduction of fossil fuel emissions. The contribution of net removals to the 2030 Union climate target is limited to 225 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. In the context of Regulation (EU) 2021/1119, the Commission reaffirmed in a corresponding statement its intention to propose a revision of Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council31 , in line with the ambition to increase net carbon removals to levels above 300 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in the land use, land use change and forestry sector by 2030. This regulation must therefore remain as a climate accounting framework for carbon emissions and removals in accordance with the IPCC reporting guidelines. To ensure better regulation and avoiding excessive burden and regulatory overlap, LULUCF should not be extended to encompass other policy areas such as measures in agriculture and forestry; __________________ 30Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 June 2021 establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulations (EC) No 401/2009 and (EU) 2018/1999 (‘European Climate Law’) (OJ L 243, 9.7.2021, p. 1).’. 31 Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry in the 2030 climate and energy framework, and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 and Decision No 529/2013/EU (OJ L 156, 19.6.2018, p. 1).
Amendment 114 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) In Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council30 , the Union has enshrined the target of economy-wide climate neutrality by 2050 in legislation. That Regulation also establishes a binding Union commitment to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions (emissions after deduction of removals) by at least 55 % below 1990 levels by 2030. All sectors of the economy are expected to contribute to achieving that target, including the land use, land use change and forestry sector. The regulation should take into account that local food production in the Union and the growing of trees and plants into carbon sinks requires sustainably sourced natural resources. A stable supply of growing media constituents is crucial for European food security and food production. The contribution of net removals to the 2030 Union climate target is limited to 225 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. In the context of Regulation (EU) 2021/1119, the Commission reaffirmed in a corresponding statement its intention to propose a revision of Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council31 , in line with the ambition to increase net carbon removals to levels above 300 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in the land use, land use change and forestry sector by 2030. __________________ 30 Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 June 2021 establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulations (EC) No 401/2009 and (EU) 2018/1999 (‘European Climate Law’) (OJ L 243, 9.7.2021, p. 1).’. 31 Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry in the 2030 climate and energy framework, and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 and Decision No 529/2013/EU (OJ L 156, 19.6.2018, p. 1).
Amendment 123 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point g a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point g a (new)
(ga) carbon storage;
Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. The 2030 Union target for net greenhouse gas removals is 310 million tonnes CO2 equivalent as a sum of the Member States targets established in accordance with paragraph 3 of this Article, and shall be based on the average of its greenhouse gas inventory data for the years 2016, 2017 and 2018. The conditions on measures for achieving those targets in land use and forestry sectors should be set in other related legislation at both Union and national level. This legislation sets the overall ambition and accounting rules.
Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In order to contribute to the increased ambition to reduce greenhouse gas net emissions from at least 40 % to at least 55 % below 1990 levels, binding annual targets for net greenhouse gas removals should be set out for each Member State in the land use, land use change and forestry sector in the period from 2026 to 2030 (in analogy to the annual emission allocations set out in Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council32 ), resulting in a target of 310 millions of tonnes CO2 equivalent of net removals for the Union as a whole in 2030 and should take into account the principles of sustainable forest management as agreed by Forest Europe and FAO. The methodology used to establish the national targets for 2030 should take into account the average greenhouse gas emissions and removals from the years 2016, 2017 and 2018, reported by each Member State, and reflect the current mitigation performance of the land use, land use change and forestry sector, and each Member State’s share of the managed land area in the Union, taking into account the capacity of that Member State to improve its performance in the sector via land management practices or changes in land use that benefit the climate and biodiversity. __________________ 32Regulation (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).
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Each Member State shall ensure that, taking into account the flexibilities provided for in Articles 12 and 13 and 13b, the annual sum of its greenhouse gas emissions and removals on its territory and in all of the land reporting categories referred to in Article 2(2), points (a) to (j), in each year in the period from 2026 to 2030 does not exceed the limit established by a linear trajectory, ending in 2030 on the target set out for that Member State in Annex IIa. The linear trajectory of a Member State shall start in 2022.
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 Regulation (EU) 2018/841
3. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts setting out the annual targets based on the linear trajectory for net greenhouse gas removals for each Member State, for each year in the period from 2026 to 2029 in terms of tonnes CO2 equivalent. These national trajectories shall be based on the average greenhouse gas inventory data for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023, reported by each Member State. The value of the 310 million tonnes CO2 equivalent net removals as a sum of the targets for Member States set out in Annex IIa may be subject to a technical correction due to a change of methodology by Member States. The method for determination of the technical correction to be added to the targets of the Member States, shall be set out in these implementing acts. For the purpose of those implementing acts, the Commission shall carry out a comprehensive review of the most recent national inventory data for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023 submitted by Member States pursuant to Article 26(4) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999.
Amendment 176 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Regulation 2018/841
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts by ... 3 months after the entry into force of this Regulation in accordance with Article 16 in order to amend paragraph 1 of this Article and Annex V by adding new categories of carbon storage products, including harvested wood products, and all relevant bio-based products that have a carbon sequestration effect, based on IPCC Guidelines as adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC or the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement, and ensuring environmental integrity. The Commission shall take into account the life cycle analysis, the substitution effect, the potential of side streams and residues and the inclusion of bioenergy carbon capture, storage and utilization technologies in carbon storage products.;
Amendment 186 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point a
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
(a) paragraph 3 is deletedreplaced by the following: “3. To the extent that total removals exceed total emissions in a Member State in the period from 2021 to 2025, and after subtraction of any quantity taken into account under Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 2018/842 or transferred to another Member State pursuant to paragraph 2 of this Article, that Member State may bank the remaining quantity of removals to the period from 2026 to 2030.”;
Amendment 194 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The land sector has the potential to become rapidly climate-neutral by 2035 in a cost-effective manner, and subsequently generate more greenhouse gas removals than emissions. A collective commitment aiming to achieve climate-neutrality in the land sector in 2035 at EU level, taking into account the local circumstances and starting points from different Member States, can provide the needed planning certainty to drive land- based mitigation action in the short term, considering that it can take many years for such action to deliver the desired mitigation outcomes. Moreover, the land sector is projected to become the largest sector in the EU greenhouse gas flux profile in 2050. It is therefore particularly important to anchor that sector to a trajectory that can effectively deliver net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. By mid-2024, the Member States should submit their updated integrated national energy and climate plans in accordance with Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council34 . The plans should include relevant measures by which each Member State best contributes to the collective target of climate neutrality in the land sector at EU level in 2035. On the basis of these plans, the Commission should propose national targets, ensuring that the Union-wide greenhouse gas emissions and removals in the land use, land use change and forestry sector and the emissions from the agriculture non-CO2 sectors are at least balanced by 2035. Contrary to the EU level target of climate neutrality for the land sector by 2035, such national targets will be binding and enforceable on each Member State, taking into account the different starting positions and local circumstances of different Member States. __________________ 34Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action, amending Regulations (EC) No 663/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives 94/22/EC, 98/70/EC, 2009/31/EC, 2009/73/EC, 2010/31/EU, 2012/27/EU and 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 2009/119/EC and (EU) 2015/652 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p.1).
Amendment 217 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13c – paragraph 1
Article 13c – paragraph 1
Amendment 220 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13c – paragraph 2
Article 13c – paragraph 2
Amendment 220 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In order to enhance greenhouse gas removals, individual farmers or forest managers and owners need a direct incentive to store more carbon on their land and their forests. New business models based on carbon farming incentives and on the certification of carbon removals need to be increasingly deployed in the period until 2030 while encouraging implementation of sustainable forest management practices. The LULUCF accounting system should be in line with the Article 6 of the Paris Agreement and the outcome of the Climate Summit in Glasgow, to avoid double counting and to enhance development of harmonized global accounting of carbon removals. New business models based on carbon farming incentives and on the certification of carbon removals need to be increasingly deployed in the period until 2030. Carbon removals should be based on solid financial framework, accounting rules and a market based design with public and private resources, whereas CAP- funding should mainly be targeted for food production and ensuring food security. Such incentives and business models will enhance climate mitigation in the bio- economy, including through the use of durable harvested wood products and substitution of fossil-based raw materials, in full respect of ecological principles fostering biodiversity and the circular economy. Hence, new categories of carbon storage products should be introduced in addition to the harvested wood products, while ensuring new innovative solutions taking into account the potential of side streams and residues as well as carbon capture and storage technologies. The emerging business models, farming and land management practices to enhance removals contribute to a balanced territorial development and economic growth in rural areas. They also create opportunities for new jobs and provide incentives for relevant training, reskilling and upskilling.
Amendment 221 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In order to enhance greenhouse gas removals, individual farmers or forest managers need a direct incentive to store more carbon on their land and their forests. New business models based on carbon farming incentives and on the certification of carbon removals need to be increasingly deployed in the period until 2030 and must be further developed thereafter. These business models can only develop if a robust and voluntary carbon certification system is established and funding is secured from both public and private sources to incentivise land users to uptake carbon. These carbon farming schemes should be the main tool to achieve the targets set out in this regulation. Such incentives and business models will enhance climate mitigation in the bio- economy, including through the use of durable harvested wood products, in full respect of ecological principles fostering biodiversity and the circular economy. Hence, new categories of carbon storage products should be introduced in addition to the harvested wood products. The emerging business models, farming and land management practices to enhance removals contribute to a balanced territorial development and economic growth in rural areas and are a tool to achieve the targets as set out in this regulation. They also create opportunities for new jobs and provide incentives for relevant training, reskilling and upskilling.
Amendment 229 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In order to enhance greenhouse gas removals, individual farmers or, forest managers and owners need a direct incentive to store more carbon on their land and their forests. New business models based on carbon farming incentives and on the certification of carbon removals need to be increasingly deployed in the period until 2030. Such incentives and business models will enhance climate mitigation in the bio- economy, including through the use of durable harvested wood products, and through substitution of fossil-based raw materials, in full respect of ecological principles fostering biodiversity and the circular economy. Hence, new categories of all carbon storage products, such as new innovative solutions, all bio-based products and bio-energy carbon and capture storage (BECCS) technologies, should be introduced in addition to the harvested wood products. The emerging business models, farming and land management practices to enhance removals contribute to a balanced territorial development and economic growth in rural areas. They also create opportunities for new jobs and provide incentives for relevant training, reskilling and upskilling.
Amendment 237 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) Sustainable forest management brings many benefits to increasing the carbon sink targets as it enhances carbon sinks, prevents natural disturbances and increases biodiversity;
Amendment 249 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Considering the specificities of the land use, land use change and forestry sector in each Member State, as well as the fact that Member States need to increase their performance to achieve their national binding targets, a range of flexibilities should remain at the disposal of the Member States, including trading surpluses and, the extension of forest-specific flexibilities and the flexibility to achieve the targets without being restricted by land-use specific targets, while respecting the environmental integrity of the targets.
Amendment 251 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III
Annex III
Regulation (EU) 2018/1999
Annex V – Part 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Annex V – Part 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Geographically explicit land-use conversion data in accordance with the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for national GHG inventories. TheMember States are encouraged to develop greenhouse gas inventory shall operate on the basis of electronic databases and geographic information systems, and comprise:
Amendment 254 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III
Annex III
Regulation (EU) 2018/1999
Annex V – Part 3 – paragraph 1 – point d – indent 1
Annex V – Part 3 – paragraph 1 – point d – indent 1
Amendment 255 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III
Annex III
Regulation (EU) 2018/1999
Annex V – Part 3 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Annex V – Part 3 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) areas subject to compensation for natural disturbances under paragraph 5 of Article 13b of Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Amendment 256 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III
Annex III
Regulation (EU) 2018/1999
Annex V – Part 3 – paragraph 4
Annex V – Part 3 – paragraph 4
Member States shall aim at from 2026 for all carbon pool emission and removal estimates falling in areas of high carbon stock land use units referred to in point (c) above, areas of land use units under protection or under restoration referred to in points (d) and (e) above, and areas of land use units under high future climate risks referred to in point (f) above, apply Tier 3 methodology, in accordance with the 2006 IPCC guidelines for national GHG inventories.’.
Amendment 268 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
Amendment 271 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
Amendment 293 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Due to the change to reporting- based targets, the greenhouse gas emissions and removals need to be estimated with a higher level of accuracy. Moreover, the updated EU Bioeconomy Strategy, the Communication from the Commission on EU Biodiversity Strategy for 203038 , the Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system39 , the EU Forest Strategy40 , the revised Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council41 and the Communication from the Commission on Forging a climate-resilient Europe - the new EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change42 will all require enhanced monitoring of land, thereby helping to protect and enhance the resilience of nature-based carbon removals throughout the Union. The monitoring and reporting of emissions and removals needs to be upgraded, using advanced technologies available under Union programmes, such as Copernicus, and digital data collected under the Common Agricultural Policy, applying the twin transition of green and digital innovation. __________________ 38Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 - Bringing nature back into our lives (COM(2020) 380 final). 39 COM/2020/381 final. 40 […] 41Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 82). 42 COM/2021/82 final.
Amendment 357 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) carbon storage products
Amendment 358 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) carbon storage;
Amendment 386 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. The 2030 Union target for net greenhouse gas removals is 310 million tonnes CO2 equivalent as a sum of the Member States targets established in accordance with paragraph 3 of this Article, and shall be based on the average of its greenhouse gas inventory data for the years 2016, 2017 and 2018. Carbon removals achieved through carbon farming practises and voluntary carbon farming certification schemes shall be counted towards this target.
Amendment 407 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Each Member State shall ensure that, taking into account the flexibilities provided for in Articles 12 and 13 and 13b, the annual sum of its greenhouse gas emissions and removals on its territory and in all of the land reporting categories referred to in Article 2(2), points (a) to (j), in each year in the period from 2026 to 2030 does not exceed the limit established by a linear trajectory, ending in 2030 on the target set out for that Member State in Annex IIa. The linear trajectory of a Member State shall start in 2022.
Amendment 425 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
3. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts setting out the annual targets based on the linear trajectory for net greenhouse gas removals for each Member State, for each year in the period from 2026 to 2029 in terms of tonnes CO2 equivalent. These national trajectories shall be based on the average greenhouse gas inventory data for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023, reported by each Member State. The value of the 310 million tonnes CO2 equivalent net removals as a sum of the targets for Member States set out in Annex IIa may be subject to a technical correction due to a change of methodology by Member States. The method for determination of the technical correction to be added to the targets of the Member States, shall be set out in these implementing acts. For the purpose of those implementing acts, the Commission shall carry out a comprehensive review of the most recent national inventory data for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023 submitted by Member States pursuant to Article 26(4) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999.
Amendment 448 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
4. The Union-wide greenhouse gas emissions in the sectors set out in Article 2(3), points (a) to (j), shall aim to be net zero by 2035 and the Union shall achieve negative emissions thereafter. The Union and the Member States shall take the necessary measures to, in particular the establishment of voluntary carbon certification schemes and securing appropriate funding for them to function to effectively enable the collective achievement of the target for 2035.
Amendment 460 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2a
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2a
The Commission shall present in 2022 a regulatory framework with a market- based design for the certification of carbon removals through which land- users can receive direct incentives. By 31 December 2024 and every year thereafter, the Commission shall assess whether additional measures or funding is necessary to ensure the effectiveness of this framework in incentivising land-users to increase their carbon storage and to achieve the targets as set out in this regulation.
Amendment 500 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts by…( 3 months after the entry into force of this Regulation) in accordance with Article 16 in order to amend paragraph 1 of this Article and Annex V by adding new categories of carbon storage products, including harvested wood products,bioenergy carbon capture and storage, harvested wood products and all relevant bio-based products that have a carbon sequestration effect, based on IPCC Guidelines as adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC or the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement, and ensuring environmental integrity.; The Commission should take into account the life cycle analysis, the substitution effect, the potential of side streams and residues and the inclusion of bioenergy carbon capture, storage and utilization technologies in carbon storage products.;
Amendment 501 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 16 in order to amend paragraph 1 of this Article and Annex V by adding new categories of carbon storage products, including harvested wood products, that have a carbon sequestration effect, based on IPCC Guidelines as adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC or the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement, and ensuring environmental integrity. The Commission should take into account the life cycle analysis, the substitution effect, the potential side streams and residues and the inclusion of bioenergy carbon capture, storage and utilization technologies in carbon storage products;
Amendment 527 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point a
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
(a) paragraph 3 is deletedreplaced by the following: ‘To the extent that total removals exceed total emissions in a Member State in the period from 2021 to 2025, and after subtraction of any quantity taken into account under Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 2018/842 or transferred to another Member State pursuant to paragraph 2 of this Article, that Member State may bank the remaining quantity of removals to the period from 2026 to 2030’;
Amendment 612 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 c
Article 13 c
Amendment 614 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 c – paragraph 1
Article 13 c – paragraph 1
Amendment 621 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 c – paragraph 2
Article 13 c – paragraph 2
Amendment 637 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) The implementation of voluntary carbon certification schemes and their contribution to the targets as set out in this regulation;
Amendment 640 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) synergies between climate mitigation and bioeconomy development, including estimates on the GHG savings associated to the substitution of carbon- and fossil-intensive materials with wood- and bio-based materials.
Amendment 650 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 14 a (new)
Article 14 a (new)
(15a) The following Article 14a is inserted: "Article 14a The Commission shall present in 2022 a legal framework with a market-based design for the certification of carbon removals through which land-users can receive direct incentives. By 31 December 2024 and every year thereafter, the Commission shall assess whether additional measures or funding is necessary to ensure the effectiveness of this framework in incentivising land-users to increase their carbon storage and to achieve the targets as set out in this regulation."
Amendment 666 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. The Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council, no later than six months after […] global stocktake agreed under Article 14 of the Paris Agreement, on the operation of this Regulation, including, where relevant, an assessment of the impacts of the flexibilities referred to in Article 11, as well as on the contribution of voluntary carbon certification schemes and this Regulation as a whole to the Union’s overall 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction target and its contribution to the goals of the Paris Agreement, in particular with regard to the need for measures to ensure the functioning of voluntary carbon certification schemes and additional Union policies and measures, in view of the necessary increase in greenhouse gas emissions reductions and removals in the Union.