46 Amendments of Paul BRANNEN related to 2016/0382(COD)
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) The Member States should consider the extent to which the use of different types energy sources is compatible with target of limiting warming to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, and compatible with the goal of fossil-free economy and at the same time low-carbon economy. The power to adopt acts in this respect should be delegated to the Commission to assess the contribution to these goals of different types of renewable energy sources based on the payback period and results compared to fossil fuels and to consider proposing maximum allowable payback period as a sustainability criterion, in particular for ligno-cellulosic biomass.
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Support schemes for electricity generated from renewable sources have proved to be an effective way of fostering deployment of renewable electricity. If and when Member States decide to implement support schemes, such support should be provided in a form that is as non-distortive as possible for the functioning of electricity markets, material markets and principle of waste hierarchy. To this end, an increasing number of Member States allocate support in a form where support is granted in addition to market revenues. This should not negatively affect material producers, e.g. producers of sawn wood, who compete with producers of renewable energy, in absence of additional support.
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) In order to ensure that Annex IX takes into account the principles of the waste hierarchy established in Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council17 , the Union sustainability criteria, and the need to ensure that the Aannex does not create additional demand for land while promoting the use of wastes and residues, tfeedstocks with significant existing industrial uses are not proposed in the Annex. The Commission, when regularly evaluating the Aannex, should consider the inclusion of additional feedstocks that do not cause significant distortive effects on markets for (by-)products, wastes or residues. _________________ 17 Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives (OJ L 312, 22.11.2008, p. 3)The Commission may as well consider removal of feedstocks from the Annex IX.
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 25 a (new)
Recital 25 a (new)
(25 a) The Report of European Parliament on Palm oil and deforestation called on the Commission to take measures to phase out the use of vegetable oils that drive deforestation, including palm oil, as a component of biofuels, preferably by 2020.
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Support schemes for electricity generated from renewable sources have proved to be an effective way of fostering deployment of renewable electricity. If and when Member States decide to implement support schemes, such support should be provided in a form that is as non-distortive as possible for the functioning of electricity markets, material markets and principle of waste hierarchy. To this end, an increasing number of Member States allocate support in a form where support is granted in addition to market revenues. This should not negatively affect material producers, e.g. producers of sawn wood, who compete with producers of renewable energy, in the absence of additional support.
Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) In order to ensure that Annex IX takes into account the principles of the waste hierarchy established in Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council17, the Union sustainability criteria, and the need to ensure that the Aannex does not create additional demand for land while promoting the use of wastes and residues, tfeedstocks with significant existing industrial uses are not proposed in the Annex. The Commission, when regularly evaluating the Aannex, should consider the inclusion of additional feedstocks that do not cause significant distortive effects on markets for (by- )products, wastes or residues. The Commission can therefore consider removal of feedstocks from the Annex IX. __________________ 17 Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives (OJ L 312, 22.11.2008, p. 3).
Amendment 152 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 25 a (new)
Recital 25 a (new)
(25a) The European Parliament Resolution of 4 April 2017 on Palm Oil and Deforestation called on the Commission to take measures to phase out the use of vegetable oils that drive deforestation, including palm oil, as a component of biofuels, preferably by 2020.
Amendment 187 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 71
Recital 71
(71) The production of agricultural and forest raw material for biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels , and the incentives for their use provided for in this Directive, should not have the effect of encouraging the destruction of biodiverse lands Such finite resources, recognised in various international instruments to be of value to all mankind, should be preserved. It is therefore necessary to provide sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions savings criteria ensuring that biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels qualify for the incentives only when it is guaranteed that the agricultural and forest raw material does not originate in biodiverse areas or, in the case of areas designated for nature protection purposes or for the protection of rare, threatened or endangered ecosystems or species, the relevant competent authority demonstrates that the production of the agricultural raw material does not interfere with such purposes. Forests should be considered as biodiverse according to the sustainiability criteria, where they are primary forests in accordance with the definition used by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) in its Global Forest Resource Assessment, or where they are protected by national nature protection law or hold international or national certification of high conservation value, including sites of outstanding universal value to humanity. Areas where the collection of non-wood forest products occurs should be considered to be biodiverse forests , provided the human impact is small. Other types of forests as defined by the FAO, such as modified natural forests, semi- natural forests and plantations, should not be considered as primary forests. Having regard, furthermore, to the highly biodiverse nature of certain grasslands, both temperate and tropical, including highly biodiverse savannahs, steppes, scrublands and prairies, biofuels , bioliquids and biomass fuels made from agricultural and forest raw materials originating in such lands should not qualify for the incentives provided for by this Directive. The Commission should establish appropriate criteria to define such highly biodiverse grasslands in accordance with the best available scientific evidence and relevant international standards.
Amendment 214 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 78
Recital 78
(78) Biomass fuels should be converted into electricity and heat in an efficient way in order to maximise energy security and greenhouse gas savings, as well as to limit emissions of air pollutants and minimise the pressure on limited biomass resources. For this reason, public support to installations with a fuel capacity equal to or exceeding 205 MW, if needed, should only be given to highly efficient combined power and heat installations as defined Article 2(34) of Directive 2012/27/EU. Existing support schemes for biomass- based electricity should however be allowed until their due end date for all biomass installations. In addition electricity produced from biomass in new installations with a fuel capacity equal to or exceeding 205 MW should only count towards renewable energy targets and obligations in the case of highly efficient combined power and heat installations. In accordance with State aid rules, Member States should however be allowed to grant public support for the production of renewables to installations, and count the electricity they produce towards renewable energy targets and obligations, in order to avoid an increased reliance on fossil fuels with higher climate and environmental impacts where, after exhausting all technical and economic possibilities to install highly efficient combined heat and power biomass installations, Member States would face a substantiated risk to security of supply of electricity.
Amendment 227 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) ‘energy from renewable sources’ means energy from renewable non-fossil sources that are compliant with sustainability criteria to guarantee their availability and do not impacts on other possibilities of use, namely wind, solar (solar thermal and solar photovoltaic) and , geothermal energy , ambient heat, tide, wave and other ocean energy, hydropower, biomass, landfill gas, sewage treatment plant gas and biogases;
Amendment 232 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point p
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point p
Amendment 239 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 71
Recital 71
(71) The production of agricultural and forest raw material for biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels, and the incentives for their use provided for in this Directive, should not have the effect of encouraging the destruction of biodiverse lands Such finite resources, recognised in various international instruments to be of value to all mankind, should be preserved. It is therefore necessary to provide sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions savings criteria ensuring that biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels qualify for the incentives only when it is guaranteed that the agricultural and forest raw material does not originate in biodiverse areas or, in the case of areas designated for nature protection purposes or for the protection of rare, threatened or endangered ecosystems or species, the relevant competent authority demonstrates that the production of the agricultural raw material does not interfere with such purposes. Forests should be considered as biodiverse according to the sustainiability criteria, where they are primary forests in accordance with the definition used by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) in its Global Forest Resource Assessment, or where they are protected by national nature protection law or hold international or national certification of high conservation value, including sites of outstanding universal value to humanity. Areas where the collection of non-wood forest products occurs should be considered to be biodiverse forests, provided the human impact is small. Other types of forests as defined by the FAO, such as modified natural forests, semi- natural forests and plantations, should not be considered as primary forests. Having regard, furthermore, to the highly biodiverse nature of certain grasslands, both temperate and tropical, including highly biodiverse savannahs, steppes, scrublands and prairies, biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels made from agricultural and forest raw materials originating in such lands should not qualify for the incentives provided for by this Directive. The Commission should establish appropriate criteria to define such highly biodiverse grasslands in accordance with the best available scientific evidence and relevant international standards.
Amendment 269 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 78
Recital 78
(78) Biomass fuels should be converted into electricity and heat in an efficient way in order to maximise energy security and greenhouse gas savings, as well as to limit emissions of air pollutants and minimise the pressure on limited biomass resources. For this reason, public support to installations with a fuel capacity equal to or exceeding 205 MW, if needed, should only be given to highly efficient combined power and heat installations as defined Article 2(34) of Directive 2012/27/EU. Existing support schemes for biomass- based electricity should however be allowed until their due end date for all biomass installations. In addition electricity produced from biomass in new installations with a fuel capacity equal to or exceeding 205 MW should only count towards renewable energy targets and obligations in the case of highly efficient combined power and heat installations. In accordance with State aid rules, Member States should however be allowed to grant public support for the production of renewables to installations, and count the electricity they produce towards renewable energy targets and obligations, in order to avoid an increased reliance on fossil fuels with higher climate and environmental impacts where, after exhausting all technical and economic possibilities to install highly efficient combined heat and power biomass installations, Member States would face a substantiated risk to security of supply of electricity.
Amendment 281 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Subject to State aid rules, in order to reach the Union target set in Article 3(1), Member States may apply support schemes. Support schemes for electricity from renewable sources shall be designed so as to avoid unnecessary distortions of electricity markets and ensure that producers take into account the supply and demand of electricity as well as possible grid constraints. In addition to the condition laid down in the first sub-paragraph, support schemes from biomass sources shall be designed as to avoid unnecessary distortion of material markets. Assessment of the support scheme shall for this purpose include impact on local and regional material producers, in particular producers of sawn wood as a result of competition for feedstock.
Amendment 293 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) ‘energy from renewable sources’ means energy from renewable non-fossil sources, that are compliant with sustainability criteria to guarantee their availability and do not impact on other possibilities of use; namely wind, solar (solar thermal and solar photovoltaic) and, geothermal energy, ambient heat, tide, wave and other ocean energy, hydropower, biomass, landfill gas, sewage treatment plant gas and biogases;
Amendment 306 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point p
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point p
Amendment 322 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 32 to amend the list of feedstocks in parts A and B of Annex IX in order to add or remove feedstocks, but not to remove them. Each delegated act shall be based on an analysis of the latest scientific and technical progress, taking due account of the principles of the waste hierarchy established in Directive 2008/98/EC and the principle of cascading use, in compliance with the Union sustainability criteria, supporting or contradicting the conclusion that the feedstock in question does not create an additional demand for land and promoting the use of wastes and residues, while avoiding significant distortive effects on markets for (by-)products, wastes or residues, delivering substantial greenhouse gas emission savings compared to fossil fuels based on a life cycle assessment of emissions including emissions from the land sector and possible displacement effects, and not creating risk of negative impacts on the environment and biodiversity.
Amendment 331 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Every 2 years, the Commission shall carry out an evaluation of the list of feedstocks in parts A and B of Annex IX in order to add or remove feedstocks, in line with the principles set out in this paragraph. The first evaluation shall be carried out no later than 6 months after [date of entry into force of this Directive]. If appropriate, the Commission shall adopt delegated acts to amend the list of feedstocks in parts A and B of Annex IX in order to add or remove feedstocks, but not to remove them.
Amendment 368 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
1. In order to facilitate the penetration of renewable energy in the heating and cooling sector, each Member State shall endeavour to increase the share of renewable energy supplied for heating and cooling, by at least 1 percentage point (pp) every year by supporting innovative technologies such as heat pumps, geothermal and solar thermal technologies, expressed in terms of national share of final energy consumption and calculated according to the methodology set out in Article 7.
Amendment 404 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
In addition to the condition laid down in the first sub-paragraph, support schemes from biomass sources shall be designed as to avoid unnecessary distortion of material markets. Assessment of the support scheme shall for this purpose include impact on local and regional material producers, in particular producers of sawn wood as a result of competition for feedstock.
Amendment 418 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) eligibility for financial support, fiscal incentives or other policy measures for the consumption of biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels.
Amendment 433 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from agricultural and forest biomass taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 shall not be made from raw material obtained from land with high biodiversity value, namely land that had one of the following statuses in or after January 2008, whether or not the land continues to have that status:
Amendment 435 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b – paragraph 1 – point ii a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b – paragraph 1 – point ii a (new)
(ii a) as area with high or exceptional conservation value by voluntary international and national certification schemes, including sites of outstanding universal value to humanity
Amendment 437 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c – introductory part
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c – introductory part
(c) highly biodiverse grassland, including wooded meadows and pastures, spanning more than one hectare that is:
Amendment 444 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 4
Article 26 – paragraph 4
4. Biofuels, and bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from agricultural and forest biomass taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 shall not be made from raw material obtained from land that was wetland, including peatland in January 2008.
Amendment 469 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 32 to amend the list of feedstocks in parts A and B of Annex IX in order to add or remove feedstocks, but not to remove them. Each delegated act shall be based on an analysis of the latest scientific and technical progress, taking due account of the principles of the waste hierarchy established in Directive 2008/98/EC and the principle of cascading use, in compliance with the Union sustainability criteria, supporting or contradicting the conclusion that the feedstock in question does not create an additional demand for land and promoting the use of wastes and residues, while avoiding significant distortive effects on markets for (by-)products, wastes or residues, delivering substantial greenhouse gas emission savings compared to fossil fuels based on a life cycle assessment of emissions including emissions from the land sector and possible displacement effects, and not creating risk of negative impacts on the environment and biodiversity.
Amendment 473 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 478 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 4 a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 479 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Every 2 years, the Commission shall carry out an evaluation of the list of feedstocks in parts A and B of Annex IX in order to add or remove feedstocks, in line with the principles set out in this paragraph. The first evaluation shall be carried out no later than 6 months after [date of entry into force of this Directive]. If appropriate, the Commission shall adopt delegated acts to amend the list of feedstocks in parts A and B of Annex IX in order to add or remove feedstocks, but not to remove them.
Amendment 520 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 32 – paragraph 2
Article 32 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 7(5), 7(6); 19(11), 19(14), 25(6), 26(6) and 28(5) shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years from 1st January 2021.
Amendment 522 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
1. In order to facilitate the penetration of renewable energy in the heating and cooling sector, each Member State shall endeavour to increase the share of renewable energy supplied for heating and cooling, by at least 1 percentage point (pp) every year by supporting innovative technologies such as heat pumps, geothermal and solar thermal technologies, expressed in terms of national share of final energy consumption and calculated according to the methodology set out in Article 7.
Amendment 522 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 32 – paragraph 6
Article 32 – paragraph 6
6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Articles 7(5), 7(6); 19(11), 19(14), 25(6), 26(6) and 28(5) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.
Amendment 548 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex IX – part Part A – point o
Annex IX – part Part A – point o
(o) Biomass fraction of wastes and residues from forestry and forest-based industries, i.e. bark, branches, pre- commercial thinnings up to a diameter not suitable for any material use, leaves, needles, tree tops, saw dust, cutter shavings, black liquor, brown liquor, fibre sludge, lignin .
Amendment 556 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex IX – part Part A – point q
Annex IX – part Part A – point q
(q) Other lLigno-cellulosic material as defined in point (r) of the second paragraph of Article 2 except saw logs and veneer logs.biomass from short rotation coppice established on marginal agricultural land, and waste and residues from agroforestry systems on utilized agricultural area
Amendment 687 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) eligibility for financial support, fiscal incentives or other policy measures for the consumption of biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels.
Amendment 716 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
2. Biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from agricultural and forest biomass taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 shall not be made from raw material obtained from land with high biodiversity value, namely land that had one of the following statuses in or after January 2008, whether or not the land continues to have that status:
Amendment 721 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – point b – point ii a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – point b – point ii a (new)
(iia) as area with high or exceptional conservation value by voluntary international and national certification schemes, including sites of outstanding universal value to humanity;
Amendment 724 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – point c – introductory part
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – point c – introductory part
(c) highly biodiverse grassland, including wooded meadows and pastures, spanning more than one hectare that is:
Amendment 730 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 4
Article 26 – paragraph 4
4. Biofuels, and bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from agricultural and forest biomass taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 shall not be made from raw material obtained from land that was wetland, including peatland in January 2008.
Amendment 838 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 856 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 4 a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 4 a (new)
When implementing the first subparagraph of this paragraph, the Commission with Member States experts shall evaluate the contribution of different types of feedstock to climate change mitigation based on in particular the payback period. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 32 to propose a maximum allowable payback period as a sustainability criterion to be consistent with the goals of the Paris Agreement and ensuring the contribution of the LULUCF sector to climate change mitigation and adaptation.
Amendment 976 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 32 – paragraph 2
Article 32 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 7(5), 7(6); 19(11), 19(14), 25(6), 26(6) and 28(5) shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years from 1st January 2021.
Amendment 982 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 32 – paragraph 6
Article 32 – paragraph 6
6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Articles 7(5), 7(6); 19(11), 19(14), 25(6), 26(6) and 28(5) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.
Amendment 1043 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex IX – Part A – point o
Annex IX – Part A – point o
(o) Biomass fraction of wastes and residues from forestry and forest-based industries, i.e. bark, branches, pre- commercial thinnings up to a diameter not suitable for any material use, leaves, needles, tree tops, saw dust, cutter shavings, black liquor, brown liquor, fibre sludge, lignin .
Amendment 1049 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex IX – Part A – point q
Annex IX – Part A – point q
(q) Other lLigno-cellulosic material as defined in point (r) of the second paragraph of Article 2 except saw logs and veneer logsbiomass from short rotation coppice established on marginal agricultural land, and waste and residues from agroforestry systems on utilised agricultural area.