Activities of Paul BRANNEN related to 2016/0230(COD)
Plenary speeches (2)
Inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry into the 2030 climate and energy framework (debate)
Inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry into the 2030 climate and energy framework (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry into the 2030 climate and energy framework and amending Regulation No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council on a mechanism for monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions and other information relevant to climate change PDF (1 MB) DOC (189 KB)
Amendments (64)
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Paris Agreement, inter alia, sets out a long-term goal in line with the objective to keep the global temperature increase well below 2°C above pre- industrial levels and to pursue efforts to keep it to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. In order to achieve this goal, the Parties should prepare, communicate and maintain successive nationally determined contributions. The Paris Agreement replaces the approach taken under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol which will not be continued beyond 2020. The Paris Agreement also calls for a balance between anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases in the second half of this century, and invites Parties to take action to conserve and enhance, as appropriate, sinks and reservoirs of greenhouse gases, including forests. Parties acknowledge that adaptation action should follow a fully transparent approach, taking into account ecosystems and should be based on and guided by the best available science.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Paris Agreement, inter alia, sets out a long-term goal in line with the objective to keep the global temperature increase well below 2°C above pre- industrial levels and to pursue efforts to keep it to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. In order to achieve this goal, the Parties should prepare, communicate and maintain successive nationally determined contributions. The Paris Agreement replaces the approach taken under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol which will not be continued beyond 2020. The Paris Agreement also calls for a balance between anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases in the second half of this century, and invites Parties to take action to conserve and enhance, as appropriate, sinks and reservoirs of greenhouse gases, including forests. Parties acknowledge that adaptation action should follow a fully transparent approach, taking into account ecosystems and should be based on and guided by the best available science.
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) It is the role of other policies, e.g. the CAP, to incentivise practices going beyond the legal baseline and beyond good standard practice and which represent genuine adaptation, mitigation of climate change and maintenance of the carbon sink, as provision of public goods. Actions should be taken to implement and support, including through result-based payment, activities relating to mitigation and adaptation approaches for the integral and sustainable management of forests, including non-intervention action considering as well non-carbon benefits associated with such approaches, e.g. flood management, resilience and biodiversity. Actions should be taken to implement and support agricultural activities, including through result-based payment, relating to mitigation and adaptation approaches for the integral and sustainable management of cropland, grassland and wetlands, considering as well non-carbon benefits associated with such approaches, e.g. drought and flood management, resilience and biodiversity.
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The European Council of 23-24 October 2014 also acknowledged the multiple objectives of the agriculture and land use sector, with their lower mitigation potential as well as the need to ensure coherence between the Union food security and climate change objectives. The European Council invited the Commission to examine the best means of encouraging the sustainable intensification of food production, while optimising the sector's contribution to greenhouse gas mitigation and sequestration, including through afforestation, and to establish policy on how to include land use, land use change and forestry ('LULUCF') into the 2030 greenhouse gas mitigation framework as soon as technical conditions allow and in any case before 2020. It is the role of other policies, e.g. the CAP, to incentivize practices going beyond the legal baseline and beyond good standard practice and which represent genuine adaptation, mitigation of climate change and maintenance of the carbon sink, as provision of public goods. -Actions should be taken to implement and support, including through result- based payment, activities relating to mitigation and adaptation approaches for the integral and sustainable management of forests, including non-intervention action considering as well non-carbon benefits associated with such approaches, e.g. flood management, resilience and biodiversity. -Actions should be taken to implement and support agricultural activities, including through result-based payment, relating to mitigation and adaptation approaches for the integral and sustainable management of cropland, grassland and wetlands, considering as well non-carbon benefits associated with such approaches, e.g. drought and flood management, resilience and biodiversity.
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) The research into the role of dead wood, in particular above ground coarse woody debris and dead buried wood both in unmanaged and managed forests, should be strengthened to improve the accuracy of forest carbon accounting and in the calculation of the net ecosystem carbon balance. There is limited evidence available, but the evidence available indicates that dead wood can constitute a large carbon pool and leaving deadwood on site could, inter alia play a significant role in terms of biodiversity and be recognised as playing an important part in a greenhouse gas mitigation strategy. This is relevant considering that forest management can favour the removal of deadwood for example for energy purposes, and any decision over the correct mitigation and adaptation should be an informed and scientifically underpinned decision. Dedicated resources should be allocated to research over the period 2017-2020.
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) The research into the role of dead wood, in particular above ground coarse woody debris and dead buried wood both in unmanaged and managed forests, shall be strengthened to improve accuracy in forest carbon accounting and in the calculation of the net ecosystem carbon balance. There is limited evidence, but it indicates that dead wood can contribute a large carbon pool and leaving deadwood on site could, including having a significant biodiversity role, be recognized as greenhouse gas mitigation strategy. This is relevant considering forest management can favour removal of deadwood e.g. for energy purposes and any decision over the correct mitigation and adaptation shall be an informed and scientifically underpinned decision. Dedicated resources should be allocated to the research in period 2017-2020.
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 b (new)
Recital 6 b (new)
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 c (new)
Recital 6 c (new)
(6c) Given that the EU28 potential availability of removal units from agricultural land (i.e. cropland and grassland) is, as computed, 437 Mt CO2 for the period 2021-2030, agriculture needs to do its utmost to reach this potential, in order to deliver its fair share of contribution towards climate change mitigation and its limited reduction potential of non-C02 emissions. This can be achieved by improved cropping in order to increase soil organic carbon content, by the introduction of agro- forestry, or restoring the habitats, often priority habitats, from Annex I of Directive 92/43/EEC, related to agro- forestry.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 d (new)
Recital 6 d (new)
(6d) The purpose of this regulation to account for emissions and removals in the LULUCF sector should not be undermined by suggestions of undue pressure on land managers or operators on whom it does not legislate, i.e. apply.
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 b (new)
Recital 6 b (new)
(6b) Agro-ecology facilitates a shift from linear food systems to circular ones that mimic natural cycles and reduce carbon and ecological footprints of food and agriculture, promotion of such practices, to achieve the transformative potential of agro-ecology to address the urgency of adapting, mitigating and reversing climate change, needs to be embedded in EU policies.
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 c (new)
Recital 6 c (new)
(6c) Given that the EU28 potential availability of removal units from agricultural land (i.e. cropland and grassland) is, as computed, 437 MtCO2 for the period 2021-2030, agriculture needs to do its utmost to reach this potential, in order to deliver its fair share of contribution towards climate change mitigation and its limited reduction potential of non-C02 emissions. This can be achieved by improved cropping in order to increase soil organic carbon content, by the introduction of agro- forestry, or restoring the habitats, often priority habitats, from Annex I of the Directive 92/43/EEC, related to agro- forestry.
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 d (new)
Recital 6 d (new)
(6d) Role of this Regulation to account for emissions and removals in the LULUCF sector should not be undermined by suggestions of undue pressure on land managers or operators on whom it does not legislate, i.e. apply.
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) Wetlands, in particular peatland, are the most effective ecosystems on Earth at storing CO2. The degradation of wetlands in the EU is therefore not only a problem for biodiversity, it is also a major climate problem. Conversely protecting and restoring wetlands especially peatlands could both boost conservation efforts and generate huge carbon credits for Member States in the LULUCF sector. The category of 'managed wetlands' should therefore become part of mandatory accounting, in order for the Union to account for the true carbon balance in the LULUCF sector.
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) Wetlands, in particular peatland, are the most effective ecosystems on Earth at storing CO2. The degradation of wetlands in the EU is therefore not only a problem for biodiversity, it is also a major climate problem. Conversely protecting and restoring wetlands especially peatlands could both boost conservation efforts and generate huge carbon credits for Member State in the LULUCF sector. The category of 'managed wetlands' should therefore become part of mandatory accounting, in order for the EU to account for the true carbon balance in the LULUCF sector.
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 b (new)
Recital 7 b (new)
(7b) Given the pressure on our forest resources and ecosystems, both for wood and for energy, the opportunities of introducing agroforestry systems in the utilized agricultural area should be seized by the Common Agricultural Policy. This could go hand in hand with the development of a certification system for the management of agroforestry so that wood produced from these systems can be certified.
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 b (new)
Recital 7 b (new)
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Considering synergies between agricultural and environmental benefits and climate action of such activity, the introduction of agroforestry in cropland and restoration action on wooded meadows and grasslands (e.g. 6310 – Dehesas with evergreen Quercus spp, *6230 -species rich grasslands on siliceous substrates, *6530- Fennoscandian wooded meadow), improving the conservation status of such habitats, and in general increasing soil organic matter, should be one of the principles of agricultural policy in the EU, and of any other financing instrument affecting land use.
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) Emissions from harvested wood in the LULUCF sector have the potential to replace emissions in the ETS and ESR sector and this Regulation can both highlight and account for it.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) Emissions from harvested wood in the LULUCF sector have the potential to replace emissions in the ETS and ESR sectors and this Regulation can both highlight and account for it.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 b (new)
Recital 9 b (new)
(9b) Setting the accounting rules shall not lead to the creation of a reservoir of extra emissions allowances, or specifically use a reference period/reference level in the past where the use of wood had been incentivized by a change in policy. For this purpose, the reference level/period to which the emissions and removals from managed forest land are compared to shall not be a future period or practice defined in programming documents and strategies applicable for future, and in addition shall end up at the latest by cut- off date 2009.
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 b (new)
Recital 9 b (new)
(9b) Setting the accounting rules shall not lead to the creation of a reservoir of extra emissions allowances, or specifically use a reference period/reference level in the past where the use of wood had been incentivised by a change in policy. For this purpose, the reference level/period to which the emissions and removals from managed forest land are compared to shall not be a future period or practice defined in programming documents and strategies applicable for the future, and in addition shall end at the latest by cut-off date 2009.
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The increased sustainable use of harvested wood products can substantially limit emissions intoby the substitution effect (considering the energy and CO2 intensity of other sectors, e.g. cement production accounts for roughly 8% of global CO2 emissions), and enhance removals of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. The accounting rules should ensure that Member States accurately reflect in accounts the changes in the harvested wood products pool when they take place, to provideand to recognize, welcome and incentives forize enhanced use of harvested wood products with long life cycles over use for energy purposes. The Commission should provide guidance on methodological issues related to the accounting for harvested wood products.
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The increased sustainable use of harvested wood products can substantially limit emissions intoby the substitution effect (considering the energy and CO2 intensity of other sectors, e.g. cement production accounts for roughly 8% of global CO2 emissions), and enhance removals of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. The accounting rules should ensure that Member States accurately reflect in accounts the changes in the harvested wood products pool when they take place, toand to recognise, welcome and incentivise provide incentives for enhanced use of harvested wood products with long life cycles over use for energy purposes. The Commission should provide guidance on methodological issues related to the accounting for harvested wood products.
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Natural disturbances, such as wildfires, insect and disease infestations, extreme weather events and geological disturbances that are beyond the control of, and not materially influenced by, a Member State, may result in greenhouse gas emissions of a temporary nature in the LULUCF sector, or may cause the reversal of previous removals. As reversal can also be the result of management decisions, such as decisions to harvest or plant trees, this Regulation should ensure that human- induced reversals of removals are always accurately reflected in LULUCF accounts. Moreover, this Regulation should provide Member States with a limited possibility to exclude emissions resulting from disturbances that are beyond their control from their LULUCF accounts. However, the manner in which Member States apply those provisions should not lead to undue under-accounting. Where there is a correlation between management practice and the occurrence of natural disaster it shall be considered as human-induced. It shall be, individually or where possible in general, subject to the formal recognition by the scientific authorities.
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Natural disturbances, such as wildfires, insect and disease infestations, extreme weather events and geological disturbances that are beyond the control of, and not materially influenced by, a Member State, may result in greenhouse gas emissions of a temporary nature in the LULUCF sector, or may cause the reversal of previous removals. As reversal can also be the result of management decisions, such as decisions to harvest or plant trees, this Regulation should ensure that human- induced reversals of removals are always accurately reflected in LULUCF accounts. Moreover, this Regulation should provide Member States with a limited possibility to exclude emissions resulting from disturbances that are beyond their control from their LULUCF accounts. However, the manner in which Member States apply those provisions should not lead to undue under-accounting. Where there is a correlation between management practices and the occurrence of a natural disaster, it should be considered as human-induced. It should be, individually or in general where possible, subject to the formal recognition of national scientific authorities.
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) In the light of the 2018 Facilitative Dialogue, the Commission shall report to the European Parliament and to the Council by 28 February 2019 on the adequacy of the level of ambition of this Regulation. This Regulation should be reviewed as of 20243 and every 53 years thereafter in order to assess its overall functioning. This review can also be informed by the results of the global stocktake of the Paris Agreement.
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) In the light of the 2018 Facilitative Dialogue, the Commission shall report to the European Parliament and to the Council by 28 February 2019 on the adequacy of the level of ambition of this Regulation. This Regulation should be reviewed as of 20243 and every 53 years thereafter in order to assess its overall functioning. This review can also be informed by the results of the global stocktake of the Paris Agreement.
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) managed wetland, including peatland: land use reported as wetland remaining wetland, and settlement, other land converted to wetland and wetland converted to settlement and other land.
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) managed wetland, including peatland: use reported as wetland remaining wetland, and settlement, other land converted to wetland and wetland converted to settlement and other land.
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall include in their accounts for each land accounting category any change in the carbon stock of the carbon pools listed in Annex I, section B. Member States may choose not to include in their accounts changes in carbon stocks for carbon pools where the carbon pool is not a source, except for above-ground biomass, deadwood (above-ground and buried deadwood) on managed forest land and harvested wood products on managed forest land.
Amendment 144 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6
Article 5 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 14 to amend Annex I in order to reflect changes in the IPCC Guidelines and the 2013 IPCC Wetlands Supplementary Guidelines for national Greenhouse Gas Inventories.
Amendment 144 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall include in their accounts for each land accounting category any change in the carbon stock of the carbon pools listed in Annex I, section B. Member States may choose not to include in their accounts changes in carbon stocks for carbon pools where the carbon pool is not a source, except for above-ground biomass, deadwood (above-ground and buried deadwood) on managed forest land and harvested wood products on managed forest land.
Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6
Article 5 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 14 to amend Annex I in order to reflect changes in the IPCC Guidelines and the 2013 IPCC Wetlands Supplementary Guidelines for national Greenhouse Gas Inventories.
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Afforestation actions taking place in 2017-2030 on wetlands (including peatlands), Natura 2000 network and habitats listed in Annex I of the Directive 92/43/EEC, in particular natural and semi-natural grassland formations and raised bogs and mires and fens, and other wetland (including peatland) under applied gross-net accounting rules shall not appear in the national accounting. Such areas shall only count, if applicable, for removals (or emissions) in the category of forested land after its transition to managed forest land in accordance with Article 5(3).
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Afforestation actions taking place in 2017-2030 on wetlands (incl. peatlands), Natura 2000 network and habitats listed in Annex I of the Directive 92/43/EEC, in particular natural and semi-natural grassland formations and raised bogs and mires and fens, and other wetland (incl. peatland) under applied gross-net accounting rules shall not appear in the national accounting. Such area shall only count, if applicable, for removals (or emissions) in the category of forested land after its transition to forested land in accordance with Art.5(3).
Amendment 164 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Amendment 168 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 170 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. Member States that have chosen to include managed wetland in the scope of their commitments in accordance with Article 2 shall account for emissions and removals resulting from managed wetland, calculated as emissions and removals in the periods from 2021 to 2025 and/or from 2026 to 2030 minus the value obtained by multiplying by five the Member State’s average annual emissions and removals resulting from managed wetland in its base period 2005-2007.
Amendment 176 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Amendment 182 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. Member States that have chosen to include managed wetland in the scope of their commitments in accordance with Article 2 shall account for emissions and removals resulting from managed wetland, calculated as emissions and removals in the periods from 2021 to 2025 and/or from 2026 to 2030 minus the value obtained by multiplying by five the Member State’s average annual emissions and removals resulting from managed wetland in its base period 2005-2007.
Amendment 190 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Net removals from wood panels (as referred to in Article 9(b)) and sawn wood (as referred to in Article 9(c)) may be separately accounted for outside of and in addition to the net removals figure for managed forest land accounts up to the level of 3% of the Member State's emissions in its base year or period as specified in Annex III, multiplied by five.
Amendment 191 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 b (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 b (new)
Net removals from the carbon pool category of deadwood may be separately accounted for outside of and in addition to the net removals figure for managed forest land accounts up to the level of 3% of the Member State's emissions in its base year or period as specified in Annex III, multiplied by five.
Amendment 192 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 c (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 c (new)
The combined figure of the net removals in the first sub-paragraph (3,5% of Member State´s emissions in its base year or period) together with net removals for managed forest land accounts from wood panels, sawn wood and deadwood shall not exceed 7% of the Member State's emissions in its base year or period as specified in Annex III, multiplied by five.
Amendment 195 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. Where the result of the calculation referred to in paragraph 1 is negative in relation to its forest reference level, a Member State shall include in its managed forest land accounts total net removals of no more than the equivalent of 3,5 per cent of the Member State’s emissions in its base year or period as specified in Annex III, multiplied by five. Net removals from Art.9 b) wood panels and c) sawn wood can be separately accounted for outside of and in addition to the net removals figure for managed forest land accounts up to the level of 3% of the Member State's emissions in its base year or period as specified in Annex III, multiplied by five. Net removals from the carbon pool category of deadwood can be separately accounted for outside of and in addition to the net removals figure for managed forest land accounts up to the level of 3% of the Member State's emissions in its base year or period as specified in Annex III, multiplied by five. The combined figure of the net removals in the first sub-paragraph (3,5% of Member State´s emissions in its base year or period) together with net removals for managed forest land accounts from wood panels, sawn wood and deadwood shall not exceed 7% of the Member State's emissions in its base year or period as specified in Annex III, multiplied by five.
Amendment 204 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
The national forestry accounting plan shall contain all the elements listed in Annex IV, section B and include a proposed new forest reference level based on the continuation of current forest management practice and intensity, as documented between 1990-2009 per forest type and per age class in national forests, expressed in tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year, assuming a constant ratio between use of wood for production of harvested wood products with a half-life over 10 years and energy use from forest biomass.
Amendment 215 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
The national forestry accounting plan shall contain all the elements listed in Annex IV, section B and include a proposed new forest reference level based on the continuation of current forest management practice and intensity, as documented between 1990-2009 per forest type and per age class in national forests, expressed in tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year, assuming a constant ratio between use of wood for production of harvested wood products with a half-life over 10 years and energy use from forest biomass.
Amendment 241 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 a (new)
Article 9 a (new)
Article 9 a The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 14 to amend Annex V for the purpose of adapting the technical progress made and including new classes of harvested wood products for which half-life values over 10 years are known and confirmed.
Amendment 244 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Emissions resulting from harvesting or salvage logging activities that took place on those lands following the occurrence of the natural disturbances shall not be excluded.
Amendment 245 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 b (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 b (new)
Furthermore, in order to incentivise management practices supporting resilience of the system, where the national scientific authority finds that a correlation exists between the management and the occurrence of the disaster, and that the management undertaken in the respective area did not prevent or limit the impact of the natural disturbance, it shall be considered to be human induced. In that case, the first sub-paragraph of this Article and Article 10(3) shall not be applied and Articles 6 and 8 apply.
Amendment 246 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 14 to amend Annex V for the purpose of adapting the technical progress made and including new classes of harvested wood products for which half-life values over 10 years are known and confirmed.
Amendment 251 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. At the end of the periods from 2021 to 2025 and from 2026 to 2030, Member States may exclude from their accounts for afforested land and managed forest land greenhouse gas emissions resulting from natural disturbances exceeding the average emissions caused by natural disturbances in the period 2001-2020, excluding statistical outliers ('background level') calculated in accordance with this Article and Annex VI. Emissions resulting from harvesting or salvage logging activities that took place on those lands following occurrence of the natural disturbances shall not be excluded. Further, in order to incentivize management practices supporting resilience of the system, where the scientific authority finds that correlation exists between the management and occurrence of the disaster and that the management undertaken in the respective area did not prevent or limit the impact of natural disturbance such shall be considered human induced. Consequently, first sub-paragraph of this article and 10.3 shall not be applied and Art 6 and 8 apply.
Amendment 252 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Article 11 – paragraph 3
3. To the extent that total removals exceed 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 [ ] on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 or transferred to another Member State pursuant to paragraph 2, that Member State may bank the remaining quantity to the period 2026-2030 up to a limit of 5%.
Amendment 260 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. If the greenhouse gas emissions of a Member State in either the period from 2021 to 2025 or the period from 2026 to 2030 under this Regulation exceed its greenhouse gas removals, as determined in accordance with this Article, there shall be a deduction from that Member State’s annual emission allocations equal to the amount in tonnes of CO2 equivalent of those excess greenhouse gas emissions for the relevant years.
Amendment 262 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 3, 5, 8, 9, 10 and 13 shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from the [date of entry into force].
Amendment 265 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Article 11 – paragraph 3
3. To the extent that total removals exceed 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 [ ] on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 or transferred to another Member State pursuant to paragraph 2, that Member State may bank the remaining quantity to the period 2026-2030 up to a limit of 5%.
Amendment 266 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
In the light of the 2018 Facilitative Dialogue, the Commission shall report to the European Parliament and to the Council by 28 February 2019 on the adequacy of the level of ambition of this Regulation. The Commission shall report to the European Parliament and to the Council by 28 February 20243 and every fivthree years thereafter on the operation of this Regulation, its contribution to the EU's overall 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction target and its contribution to the goals of the Paris Agreement, and mayshall make proposals if appropriate.
Amendment 272 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. If the greenhouse gas emissions of a Member State in either the period from 2021 to 2025 or the period from 2026 to 2030 under this Regulation exceeded its greenhouse gas removals, as determined in accordance with this Article, there shall be a deduction from that Member State's annual emission allocations equal to the amount in tonnes of CO2 equivalent of those excess greenhouse gas emissions for the relevant years.
Amendment 274 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States´ experts together with the Commission shall check consistency between this Regulation and agricultural policy in 2019 and thereafter in sequences relevant for the reform of agricultural policy. The European Commission shall report on synergies and potential conflicts between this Regulation and the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) by 2020. This report shall feed into the process of the CAP reform to ensure consistency of the CAP with climate objectives. This shall, every 10 years, become part of the Integrated National Energy and Climate Plans.
Amendment 275 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 3, 5, 8, 9, 10 and 13 shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from the [date of entry into force].
Amendment 279 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
In the light of the 2018 Facilitative Dialogue, the Commission shall report to the European Parliament and to the Council by 28 February 2019 on the adequacy of the level of ambition of this Regulation. The Commission shall report to the European Parliament and to the Council by 28 February 20243 and every fivthree years thereafter on the operation of this Regulation, its contribution to the EU's overall 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction target and its contribution to the goals of the Paris Agreement, and mayshall make proposals if appropriate.
Amendment 291 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – part A – paragraph 1 a (new)
Annex IV – part A – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. When setting the forest reference levels, Member States shall discount the effect of nitrogen deposition and of CO2 fertilisation on timber growth and on the emissions and removals in the period 2021-2025 and 2026-2030.
Amendment 308 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – part A – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Annex IV – part A – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Member States shall discount effect of nitrogen deposition and CO2- fertilisation effects on timber growth when setting the forest reference levels and on the emissions and removals in the period 2021-2025 and 2026-2030.