Activities of Jytte GUTELAND related to 2015/2113(INI)
Legal basis opinions (0)
Amendments (16)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s communication and underlines the importance of striking the right balance between its different goals: energy security and affordability, an ambitious climate policy and the transition towards a more sustainable and low carbon economy, while guaranteeing the EU’s competitiveness; underlines that the completion of the internal energy market as well as ambitious energy efficiency and renewable energy targets are of key importance both to reduce external energy dependence and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls the European Parliament resolution of the 5th of February 2014 calling on the Council and the Commission to adopt and implement, as part of the EU’s 2030 framework for climate and energy policies, a multi- faceted approach based on mutually reinforcing, coordinated and coherent policies and ambitious binding targets for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, renewable energy sources and energy efficiency;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls thatNotes the agreement of the European Council on the ‘2030 framework for climate and energy policies’ comprises ing the commitment of an at least 40% domestic reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared to 1990 levels, being the basis for developing the decarbonisation dimension of the Energy Union; calls on the Commission and Member States to raise this commitment of the EU to 50%; twhis decision alsoch would constitutes an ambitious contribution to the international climate negotiations with a view to achieving a binding climate agreement in 2015 and provide a solid basis for the decarbonisation of Europe;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes the agreement of the European Council on the ‘2030 framework for climate and energy policies’ comprising the commitment of a 27% EU binding renewable energy target; calls on the Commission and Member States to raise this commitment to 45% which is to be implemented through nationally binding renewable energy targets;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that all proposals forming part of the Energy Union, in particular the climate and energy targets, follow the ordinary legislative procedure, thus fully involving the European Parliament at all stages and ensuring effective democratic oversight; underlines the crucial role of a legislative proposal for a robust and predictable 2030 governance system in order to ensure the implementation of the 2030 climate and energy targets in a transparent and democratic manner where the European Parliament is fully involved;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the key role of the Emissions Trading System (ETS) as a cost-effective tool to achieve the EU’s 2030 emission reduction target; in addition to the Market Stability Reserve (MSR), a structural post 2020 reform of the ETS should be implemented, to take into account the 2030 CO2 reduction target, and including as long as no comparable efforts are undertakiming at reducing industrial emissions and promoting investment in other major economies tangible and more harmonised measures on carbon leakage to safeguard EU industry, by ensuring that there will be no additional direct and indirect ETS costs at the level of best performers and by taking into account changing production levelslow carbon technologies; doing so in a manner that creates a level playing field for competing technologies, that gives companies the flexibility to develop their own mitigation strategy, and that provides for specific measures to combat carbon leakage;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for new EU initiatives in the non- ETS sectors, in particular in the transport and buildings sector to assist Member States in achieving their reduction targets; supports, in line with the European Parliament resolution, the introduction of an ambitious EU-level energy efficiency target for 2030 of at least 340%, that should be focused in particular on non-ETS sectors;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to recognise the importance of energy efficiency and its role in both lowering costs to consumers and maintaining security supply and emphasises the importance of investing in energy efficiency across the European Union in any energy Security plans;
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 122 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to urgently step up the EU’s efforts to pursue the decarbonisation of the transport sector, ; calls on the Commission to put forward a legislative proposal setting ambitious emissions performance standards for cars and light duty vehicles for 2025; recalls that international shipping still is excluded from binding commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; calls on the European commission to present a legislative proposal on greenhouse gas reduction targets for international shipping, unless binding measures are agreed in the IMO before the end of 2016;
Amendment 127 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Regrets the Commission’s decision to withdraw its proposal on a reviewed energy taxation directive, and the failure of Member States to agree on a model where energy taxation is based on the CO2 and energy content;
Amendment 135 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Insists on the need for more ambitious EU initiatives for developing and stimulating incentives for the roll-out of alternative fuels infrastructure, to further incentivise the production and use of advanced biofuels and to speed up the electrification of transport; notes that biomass from sustainable forestry could make a contribution towards the achievement of climate and energy goals of the 2030 framework;
Amendment 194 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on Member States and the Commission to establish a pathway for phasing out of fossil fuels subsidies in the EU by 2020 and to fully integrate such effort in the Energy Union; underlines the need for swift action in this regard in order to ensure that external costs are fully internalized throughout the economy;
Amendment 198 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Calls for full transparency in the accounting of fossil fuels’ subsidies in the EU; welcomes in this regard the clarity provided in such reporting, for example the OECD 2013 report on Budgetary Support and Tax Expenditures for Fossil Fuels which identified an inventory of 550 measures that support fossil fuel production in 34 member countries with a value of USD 55-90 billion annually between 2005 and 2011;
Amendment 200 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12c. Emphasises the importance of research and investment in energy storage technologies and considers that energy storage is key in facilitating an affordable, equitable and practical transition to renewable energies;
Amendment 201 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 d (new)
Paragraph 12 d (new)
12d. Stresses the need to modernise the heating sector, in particular district heating, to improve security of supply and increase energy efficiency.