21 Amendments of Luke Ming FLANAGAN related to 2016/0382(COD)
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10 a) The promotion of energy from renewable sources should be based on the principles of the circular economy and be fully part of the building of a sustainable bio economy, in particular with respect to forest and agricultural biomass. These principles aim to achieve the utmost resource efficiency, where the value of products, bio based materials and other resources is maintained in the economy, and the generation of waste minimised. Policies should therefore take into account these principles and promote the keeping of bio based raw materials in the economy for as long as possible by supporting the production of long lived products and only support recovery for energy purposes at the end of the life cycle of these resources, as required among others by the waste hierarchy established in Directive 2008/98/EC.
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) In order to facilitate the penetration of renewable energy in the transport sector, each Member State should endeavour to gradually increase the share of renewable energy supplied for transport from at least 10% in 2020 to at least 15% in 2030, expressed in terms of national share of final energy consumption and calculated according to the methodology set out in Article 7. Individual Member States have significant unrealized potential to produce sustainable crop based biofuels with low ILUC impacts, which have the potential to provide Europe with a cleaner energy mix for road transport, and can provide jobs in rural areas which can help to secure farm incomes. They also have huge potential to reduce GHG and other harmful emissions, and, as a co-product, produce non GMO high protein animal feed needed to address the EU's massive animal feed deficit.
Amendment 128 #
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. To this end, an increasing number of Member States allocate support in a form where support is granted in addition to market revenues. Support schemes of this nature should respect the proximity principle and the principles of the circular economy.
Amendment 147 #
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 Annex does not create additional demand for land for the production of biomass and bio fuels while promoting the use of wastes and residues, the Commission, when regularly evaluating the Annex, should consider the inclusion of additional feedstocks, that have proven benefits in reducing GHG emissions, 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).
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) To ensure that national measures for developing renewable heating and cooling are based on comprehensive mapping and analysis of the national renewable and waste energy potential and demand and also to provide for increased integdevelopment of regional structures for generation of renewable energy and waste heat and cold sources, it is appropriate to require that Member States carry out an assessment of their national potential of renewable energy sources and the use of waste heat and cold for heating and cooling, in particular to facilitate mainstreaming renewable energy in heating and cooling installations and promote efficient and competitive district heating and cooling as defined by Article 2(41) of Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council21. To ensure consistency with energy efficiency requirements for heating and cooling and reduce administrative burden this assessment should be included in the comprehensive assessments carried out and notified in accordance with Article 14 of that Directive. __________________ 21 Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on energy efficiency, amending Directives 2009/125/EC and 2010/30/EU and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC (OJ L 315, 14.11.2012, p. 1).
Amendment 177 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 62
Recital 62
(62) TWhereas the European Strategy for a low- carbon mobility of July 2016 pointed out that food-based biofuels have a limited role in decarbonising the transport sectromotes a greater role for advanced biofuels in the future, crop based biofuels in current production will continue to make an important contribution to the Union target on renewable energy. European biofuel production is an impor tandt income should be gradually phased out and replaced by advanced biofuels. To prepare for the transition towards advanced biofuels and minimise the overall indirect land-use change impacts, it is appropriate to reduce the amount of biofuels and bioliquids produced from food and feed crops that can be counted towards the Union target set out in this Directiverce for farming families and has encouraged investment and job creation in rural areas. Europe's biofuel industry provides EU producers with non GMO animal feed helping to address the EU's over dependence on imported protein feed for animals - Sustainably produced EU crop based biofuels have a significant role to play in decarbonising the transport sector and this valuable role should be recognized as an important element in any coherent policy aimed at transiting the EU to a coherent and successful renewable energy policy.
Amendment 189 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 71 a (new)
Recital 71 a (new)
(71 a) If land with high stocks of carbon in its soil or vegetation is converted for the cultivation of raw materials for biofuels or bioliquids, some of the stored carbon will generally be released into the atmosphere, leading to the formation of carbon dioxide. The resulting negative greenhouse gas impact can offset the positive greenhouse gas impact of the biofuels or bioliquids, in some cases by a wide margin. The full carbon effects of such conversion should therefore be accounted for in calculating the greenhouse gas emission saving of particular biofuels and bioliquids. This is necessary to ensure that the greenhouse gas emission saving calculation takes into account the totality of the carbon effects of the use of biofuels and bioliquids.
Amendment 196 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 74
Recital 74
(74) In the framework of the Common Agricultural Policy Union, farmers should comply with a comprehensive set of environmental requirements in order to receive direct support. Compliance with those requirementAgricultural and forestry residues for the production of biofuels, bioliquids cand be most effectively verified in the context of agricultural policy. Including those requirements in the sustainability scheme is not appropriate as the sustainability criteria for bioenergy should set out rules that are objective and apply globally. Verification of compliance under this Directive would also risk causing unnecessary administrative burdeiomass fuels should be cultivated and harvested using practices that are consistent with the protection of soil quality and soil organic carbon.
Amendment 227 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 67
Recital 67
(67) The costs of connecting new producers of gas from renewable energy sources to the gas grids should be based on objective, transparent and non- discriminatory criteria and due account should be taken of, weighted to encourage and incentivize local producers taking into account the benefits that embedded local producers of gas from renewable sources bring to the gas grids.
Amendment 232 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 68
Recital 68
(68) In order to exploit the full potential of biomass to contribute to the decarbonisation of the economy through its uses for materials and energy, while excluding biomass imports from third countries, the Union and the Member States should promote greater sustainable mobilisation of existing timber and agricultural resources and the development of new agro forestry and agriculture production systems.
Amendment 236 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point u
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point u
Amendment 242 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 73
Recital 73
(73) Agricultural feedstock for the production of biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels should not be produced on peatland, wetlands or soils of high organic matter as the cultivation of feedstock on peatlandthese types of soils would result in significant carbon stock loss if the land was further drained for that purpose while the absence of such drainage cannot be easily verified.
Amendment 251 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 76
Recital 76
(76) To ensure that, despite the growing demand for forest biomass, harvesting is carried out in a sustainable manner in forests where regeneration is ensured, that special attention is given to areas explicitly designated for the protection of biodiversity, landscapes and specific natural elements, that biodiversity resources are preserved and that carbon stocks are tracked, woody raw material should come only from forests that are harvested in accordance with the principles of sustainable forest management developed under international forest processes such as Forest Europe and are implemented through national laws or the best management practices at the forest holding level, in addition to avoid unsustainable practices at a global level imports of biomass from third countries should be avoided. Operators should take the appropriate steps in order to minimise the risk of using unsustainable forest biomass for the production of bioenergy. To that end, operators should put in place a risk- based approach. In this context, it is apporopriate for the Commission to develop operational guidance on the verification of compliance with the risk based approach, following the consultation of the Energy Union Governance Committee, and the Standing Forestry Committee established by Council Decision 89/367/EEC24. __________________ 24 Council Decision 89/367/EEC of 29 May 1989 setting up a Standing Forestry Committee (OJ L 165, 15.6.1989, p. 14).
Amendment 274 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 325 #
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 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 cascading use principle, in compliance with the Union sustainability criteria, supporting 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 343 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f f
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f f
Amendment 545 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex IX – part Part A – point h
Annex IX – part Part A – point h
Amendment 550 #
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, leaves, needles, tree tops, saw dust, cutter shavings, black liquor, brown liquor, fibre sludge, lignin .
Amendment 551 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex IX – part Part A – point p
Annex IX – part Part A – point p
Amendment 553 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex IX – part Part A – point q
Annex IX – part Part A – point q
Amendment 560 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex IX – part Part B – point c
Annex IX – part Part B – point c